His fans with tax cuts. And a belgian food designer makes edible art that will take you by surprise. But 1st we begin in london, which can appear quite gloomy in the darker days of fall and winter, but french, a Graphic Designer come in while law is trying to change that by injecting bold colors and shapes into the city. She believes strong colors, like these have a powerful impact on people. So she turns building facades, bridges, and even cross walks into a high catchers. Her style is inspired by the postmodern Italian Design Movement called memphis. Well, we met up with her in london to see how she is transforming the city. Cammy was a french designer, colorful, and playful. Mission to turn london into a more cheerful place, through geometric and colorful patterns. Just want to change a bit of the of the city by bringing a lot of bright corals on buildings. All i can from the space, like umbrage, i think, is just you dont realize the impact of corals how he does on people can meet h
Answers and there are many stories make up your double made for mines. , infection rates are rising and so are jobless claims. U. S. , economy, braces for another blow as chase numbers reach, new heights. More states impose business locked outs with the latest from new york. Also on the show deal or no deal. Time is running out for brussels and london to agree to a trade agreement. Before the new year, a coven is complicating the negotiations. And will drop in on the french film industry. Actors and production numbers are bouncing, worked with safety, made a 2nd wave of growth of hers infections. Welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. The new figures show u. S. Jobless claims have risen for the 1st time in more than a month. The countrys Labor Department reporting that 740000 americans applied for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats up about 30000 in the previous week. The rise suggests that climbing infection rates and tightening business
Foreign policy. Im tired. Ray, thank you for joining me. E. U. Leaders have not managed to end a diplomatic route that is stalling its long term budget and the release of a message and see coronavirus stimulus funding. Now poland and hungary are unhappy about plans that would allow the e. U. To block payments to countries that it decides are corrupt or violate the rule of law. Now the 2 countries say that these takut stem, the deadlock, involves some 1. 8, trillion euros, nearly half of which is aimed at helping the e. U. Deal with the effects of the pandemic. Possible to need to do in this hugging room is providing some comfort. The 2nd wave of covert 19 is heating italy just as hard as the 1st wave did in the spring, and the economic consequences are equally rough. Italy, along with many other e. U. States, is anxiously awaiting a multimillion euro e. U. Finance package to help ease the coded 19 crisis. But the funds are being blocked at a Virtual Summit on thursday. Hungary and pola
He may never again you see is this all the time it was necessary and were going to finally because the New York Times correspondent something straight out of this why for 3 am here in the russian capital. Thanks for joining us on the program today. Now 1st donald trump has said just in the last hour or so that a formal transition can begin for joe biden to take office. This comes after the head of the General Services administration reveals. She was kicking off the procedure, and many murphy said shed been pressured by the democrats to brief them on the transition as early as this choose. They are donald trump, in the meantime, still claims the game is not yet over, but said all protocols for the handover of power should be followed earlier today. The u. S. State of michigan has officially certified its president ial election results, handing joe biden at 16 Electoral College votes. The president elect has already begun busy year, really would busy filling key posts in his proposed adm
Very good move only in New York Times. Correspondent reads Something Like straight out of a spy thriller live from moscow. Thanks for joining us. That was the north international. Welcome to the program. The 1st, the transition process to hand power to president elect. Joe biden has been officially kicked off in the United States. The head of the General Services administration confirmed the news in the last few hours and has more. Emily murphy, of the General Services administration, has said that she is now beginning the process of transitioning to a biden white house. Now she put forward a letter explaining that she was taking this move and she said that she was not asked to do this by anyone in the trump white house. They had not requested that she begin this process. But furthermore, she emphasized that she had been threatened and that she had faced quite a bit of pressure in the lead up to making this decision. I was never directly or indirectly pressured by an executive branch o