A 2 state solution also the race to find a vaccine for the corona virus that has never been more crucial for rural parts of south africa and the show must go on somehow the future of british theatre under a pandemic as the industry struggles to find its way forward. And Sport England insists their cricket series against pakistan will go at and thats despite pakistan announcing that tan and their players have tested positive for corona virus. Hello everyone after weeks of increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula including the destruction of a joint Liaison Office north korea has now announced it is suspending plans for military action against the south and the state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Partys Central Military Commission that was chaired by. Kim jong un his sister kim your xiong who is in charge of relations with the south remember she had warned all of possible military action those pictures there of course that joint Liaison Office which wa
Pacific waters of pullout are becoming a beacon of hope. And timely harding with sport saudi arabia. Football champions and while there defends his heavyweight boxing title with yet another devastating knockout to win his rematch with. Us. And we begin this hour in hong kong where polls have just closed in local elections the turnout has been the highest in the citys history more than 2800000 people thats nearly 70 percent of registered voters cast their ballots now more than 1000. 00 candidates are running for 452. 00 District Council seats of recorder of the councils are also part of a Large Committee that votes for hong kongs chief executive now this is the 1st election since the antigovernment protests began in june and is seen as a political tests for kerry lands government. In a moment well go live to rob a broad in hong kong 1st though hes got with this report. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ba
In the next sixty minutes tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of athens in a dispute with its neighbor over the name macedonia. Political turmoil and on rest in the maldives as the opposition files in each minute motions on senior government gets. Talking tough on venezuela the u. S. Secretary of state discusses the political instability on his trip to argentina. And in sport the new wing England Patriots are preparing to face the Philadelphia Eagles in the super bowl the patriots Quarterback Tom Brady is aiming for eighty six championship title will be live in minneapolis added the game. Come to the program our top story more than one hundred thousand people have been demonstrating in the greek capital athens against the use of the name macedonia by its neighboring country greece has blocked the former yugoslav republic from joining nato the European Union saying its name implies a claim over the greek province also called macedonia the protesters are angry at sugges
Anna a warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Manus some cracking guests for you. We have j. P. Morgans asia ceo. Opening up in china. Anna we will bring you an interview with the allianz ceo. We will talk about where you want to put your money. Pimco be heart of the story. Some breaking news. This is the hard luxury watchmaker, diamond maker. Period, 974he Million Euros. That is what we have. Sales came in at 5. 61. Couple look at a couple of different stories. They are trying to grab a hold of their grand again. Operating margin, 20. 8 billion. 20. 8 . When it comes to changes, they went through some serious change last year. The abolition of the chief executive officer position plaster, trying to rejuvenate the board. You had the head of watches, he left. He went to breitling. Coo andjerome as emmanuel to be the head of watch this division. This is trying to have a hold of this business, make sure it is fit for purpose going forward. Lets talk about the steel sector. Arcelormitt
Ten points off session lows. Ill call it gets set to kick off Fourth Quarter earnings season tomorrow. Melissa is washington in need of a new perspective . Are you ready for some football . The title up for grabs. Do you know who is playing . Melissa sure. I have a lot of notre dame friends that are at the game. Lori do you know the point spread . As we do every 15 minutes, it is back to the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole lets take a look at the major market averages. We did it a fiveyear high on the s p 500. We are pulling back here. The Dow Jones Industrials down about 80 points right now. There has been selling across the board from sector to sector for the most part, it has been selling across the board. Bank of america is one of the banks. They will pay 3. 6 billion over to fannie mae. Part of that is that bank of america will actually do some repurchasing. 6. 7 billion that were spilled over to fannie mae. It is a done deal. We did see them hit a 52 week high. Back