U. S. Recalls its 1st coronavirus day. Malaysia has a new Prime Minister but the outgoing leader marketeer challenges his legitimacy. Turkey opens its border with greece saying it wont stop migrants trying to cross into europe. Now comfortable which is being predicted for former Vice President joe biden in South Carolina the 1st Southern State to vote in the process to select the candid it will take on donald trump in novembers president ial election the result is closely watched as South Carolina is the 1st state with a large black population to vote africanamericans are a key element of the Democratic Partys support. Oh you were knocked down counted out lucky arent rices your cafe the law. First days ago the press and the pundits a Good Practice can see dead. Now our thanks to all of your own heart of the democratic right we just want and weve long big because. There are 54. 00 delegates up for grabs in South Carolina if biden does particularly well he could draw level with Bernie Sa
Cruise ship is the 1st to die in australia from the virus and thailands also reported its 1st. Tussle at the top in malaysia continues even as a new Prime Minister is sworn in. As one the South Carolina democratic primary securing almost half the votes with Bernie Sanders coming a distant 2nd he got about 20 percent of the votes bidens victory may give him the momentum he needs going into super tuesday when 14 states head to the polls and gallagher reports from columbia in South Carolina. He spent weeks fighting to keep his Campaign Alive but on saturday former Vice President joe biden was back in the race a few months ago victory in South Carolina was a foregone conclusion but both Bernie Sanders and Billionaire Tom Steyer made inroads that threatened bardens bid for the democratic ticket now though joe bidens campaign is alive and kicking thank you thank you. Thank you South Carolina i. Was out thanks to all of your own heart of the democratic primary we just won and we won big becau
Democratic president ial candidate the vital boost it needed. A deal signed between the u. S. And the Afghan Taliban may have already hit a major stumbling block afghanistans president afghani says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners and it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on thursday the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan and a long lasting peace i will go live to hot abdelhamid in kabul in a moment but 1st this report by osama bit of a its. The United States has agreed on a deal that could see the complete. Running war in the next 14 months. Thanks. We recognize america shouldnt fight in perpetuity in the graveyard of empires if we can help afghans forge peace. And we have respect we believe that the Afghan People are ready to shirk their own course forward. Negotiating in. Peace. And if we continue to fight against.
A skier with the sport so with 145. 00 days until take your host the olympics the japanese kept talking about scale down marathon with just 200. 00 runners in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus. Welcome to the news greece is stepping up security at its border with turkey where thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to gather local media is reporting that 10000 people have been prevented from entering over the past 24 hours now the surge in numbers follows turkeys decision to open its borders to europe Greek Police Say more than 500 refugees and migrants also arrived on the greek islands closest to turkey on sunday most of them landing on less boss or we have correspondents across those developments saying both greece and. Turkey in a few moments well hear from John Psaropoulos whos on lens possible 1st and speak to National Attention again then whos in on turkeys side of the border with greece i mean obviously a fast moving story in terms of the way that these migra
More than 2 on the stoxx 600 great s p futures point to another day of decline in the u. S. On track for six days of declines and heading for lowest close since october and global stocks for the 10 year yield hitting a fresh record low. Yields are dropping across the u. S. Curve. The two year yield sitting around 112. To the euro missed the risk off memo . Three out of the past four days. 10947. It could be down to the broad dollar weakness. The yen has been big today along with gold. Saying we could get 1800 on gold. Wti extending its slide beyond a 13 month low. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. We begin with italian Opposition Leader Matteo Salvini who accuses the government of underestimating the threat of coronavirus. He is urging them to earmark at least 10 billion euros for emergency measures. I think it will be the composed of factions the dont like each other. Its already the weakest in terms of growth. After the virus, which will evidently slide us into a recession, a g