They want to break up the nra once and for all. And fast, free, but not optional. Germany is making coronavirus tests mandatory for all people entering the country from designated hotspots. New infections here are increasing, now at their highest level in three months. Brent on brent goff. To our viewers on pbs and all around the world and the united states, welcome. The message to beirut today you are not alone. Help is on the way. Macron pledged to spearhead a donors conference to rebuild the city, but said there will be no blank checks, demanding political leaders begin real reform before it is too late. In a city racked in a city racked by the force of tuesdays catastrophic explosion, people in beirut are coming together to clean up the debris in the city streets. But with solidarity and a strong sense of Community Comes also anger. Atat the c corruption and mismanagement that are seen as causes of the blast, and thatat have plagued the country for decades. We are no longer able to
Are in charge. Nothing is able to put a dent in the rally at the moment. What is happening on the s p 500, futures contracts. We are called higher by about. 3 . We have new sanctions from china off the back of that, we saw a little cut back, but overall, a positive picture. It is all about earnings as we look ahead to pepsico later on in the afternoon, the impact of the coronavirus in focus and adjusted etfs fall 23 could be on the cards. The german bund, largely pointged, negative zero 46. An unwinding of some haven demand, italian bonds slipping. Shaping up. The dollar, weakening against g10 peers, about 1 5 of 1 and copper is a standout in the commodities space. A bit of a rally on the way in the Industrial Metals overall, coming roaring out of the blocks. Also because we are looking at potential supply risks because covid19 has laid low mineworkers in chile. Its get to the first word news. s Electoral Commission says incumbent andrzej duda is set to win the countrys president ial v
Hidden education emergency more on the millions of children will miss out on school because of the pandemic. Im joining with the sports. Played to play next seasons Champions League cup winning their appeal against a 2 year ban. While the political shift towards the right in Eastern Europe has got yet another boost with polands incumbent on to do the nominally winning the president ial runoff he secured just over 51 percent of the vote in a close race against the liberal wausau mayor ruffle toss coffee to this party already controls parliament and this result means it can press ahead with its conservative agenda alexey obrien reports. It was a vote seen as a. Basle for polands future and the results show a country divided but by a tiny margin andrzej duda will stay in office. Hes been there for 5 years propped up by the rightwing law and Justice Party yet for all the control they wield in poland due to filed to secure a comfortable when they are not a bad example i want to make it clea
How to taper without hitting prices . Polands president ial election is too close to call. We have the incumbent ahead by a thin margin. The result is seen as pivotal for the nations future ties with the European Union. Welcome to the European Market open. Matt is off this week, but just a month under an hour until the start of the trading day. European futures and u. S. Futures for you and both tell a similar story. European equity fund its pointing to the upside, u. S. Futures pointing to the upside. Between. 6 andp. 8 . Weve got u. S. Banks reporting, plenty of those coming through the week. Weve got a few Central Banks giving us their Interest Rate decisions, a little less likely to drive sentiment this week. Looking to the earnings season for any clues. Lets have a look at the gmm to see where weve been overnight through the Asian Session and any clues into the european session. Flying, chinese assets taking off despite caution in chinese papers. The japanese nikkei come also stro
Surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. Looking some at oil, the oil recovery is at risk because of a resurgence of covid19. That is having not a direct impact for the moment. We did see a bit of downward pressure. The u. S. 10year yield pretty much unchanged. Eurodollar a good one to look at, because we saw a bit of data with the european economies. You can see the euro stoxx 600 actually trading sideways, but we did tr see the chinese trying to do their bed. Bit. Thelets get straight to bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. The finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, won the ballot. Recoveryhe spanish minister. Action. Is having against fran in the long france in a longrunning feud over tech. Ballpark ofn the 500 million to 700 million in goods. The items targeted would include , andh wines, teas handbags. Poland, president andrzej duda says he will never allow compensation for jewish property lost in world war