Where Reigns Supreme there are 47000000 cars on its roads in a cities a choking on dangerously high levels of particulate matter nitrogen oxide and enormous c o 2 emissions the government has to proposals for driving bans in speed limits now its decided electric cars will fix the problem. In this and then we need to rid transportation of it c o 2 footprint and electron mobility is a key part of that and its way to go time. Going green on germanys roads electric mobility is promoted as the ticket to a clean future and one of the Fastest Growing sectors in the global market. Seem to be some yeah thats france germany and the e. U. Aim to supply 30 percent of the global battery demand by 2030. J. And can make us also have ambitious plans. For the big shots in the same yard by 20251 in 5 models and the b. M. W. Group will be electric but our electric cars are really the solution. For the boy look up and you can talk about clean energy for countries like germany if youre destroying peoples l
Will also not apply to the United Kingdom truck justified the strict measures by blaming european leaders now dealing with a mass outbreak of cases. The European Union failed to take the same proportions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots with Financial Markets falling and a rising number of americans staying home from work trump also urged the u. S. Congress to put in place measures to provide Financial Relief if we are vigilant and we can reduce the chance of infection which we will we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus us corona virus infections now number more than a 1000 prompting local governments around the country to cancel large public gatherings closed schools and even ban fans from sporting events Late Wednesday the n. B. A. Suspended its season after a utah jazz player contracted the virus and in another stunning announcement hollywood superstar tom hanks and els t. V. And his wife also tested positive in recent weeks trungpa sought to c
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 to assure afghan he 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 saturday the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan and a long lasting peace how does the maid is in kabul for us hot how major an issue is this likely to be. I think its going to be a very big issue because weve heard yesterday from the taliban saying that they expecting that release of prisoners or rather than exchange of prisoners to happen sooner rather than later and then this morning quite early. Holding a press conference was saying well that deal is between the americans and the taliban and we have nothing to do with it and we did
Is already forced thousands from their homes. And in big changes for african footballs Biggest International tournament the 2021 africa cup of nations in cameroon will start in january. Now russian and syrian warplanes have resumed attacks on province syrias the last remaining rebel held area and thats despite a cease fire that was supposed to come into force on sunday at least 21. 00 people have been killed in recent days the White Helmets rescue group says its recorded more than a dozen violations of that cease fire will have more on the die humanitarian situation in edges but 1st this report from cutting up has what area. The damage caused by one of several airstrikes in the northwest part. Its a bit like survivors trying to salvage whats left i emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child was there civilians were among the casualties and it lip city i was. Delighted to david to point out that in the afternoon it lapses he was targeted by stroke or 23 jets they h
Lifeline. We will hear from the Morgan Stanley ceo on the big 13 billion acquisition of e trade. Paul. Paul thanks, emily. Lets check on how futures are looking in asia. Looking like a much quieter day than yesterday. Sydney futures looking fairly flat right now. U. K. Futures looking weaker by 0. 4 . A bit of a move down in costly futures. We saw u. S. Markets ending modestly low. Concerns about earnings downgrade. More on that later. New zealand also trading right now. Currently flat. Emily thanks. Lets get a check of where the u. S. Markets closed today. Taylor riggs is in the newsroom. What were the highlights . Taylor sort of a risk off day. Really 500 Big Companies leading the losses. Bonds rallying five basis points after the crucial 1. 51, and the yield curve is inverted by the most since october, six basis points. Take a look at the chart in my terminal that put the selloff into perspective. The chip performance relative to s p 500 performance is still near an 18 year high. On