A shooting in the austrian capital vienna the government calls it a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections. And the sports news argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although hes done to says its not related to code 19 all of the details coming up this hour. Its 1500 g. M. T. And 10 am in the eastern United States where polls are open for one of the most controversial and highly anticipated elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months its now up to the American Public people in all but 5 states are now voting with 3 of those california idaho and oregon opening their. Polls this hour the man battling for the presidency havent stopped campaigning with biden in scranton pennsylvania and trump in arlington virginia. Lets speak to our coverage good begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan where int
Counting continues in a handful of states with more results to to be announced in the coming hours. In other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as ethiopias Prime Minister sends troops into the to gray region. Its over 600 g. M. T. Which is 1 oclock in the morning in the United States and in georgia one of several battleground states where the results of tuesdays president ial election remains in the balance now these are the latest pictures from atlanta georgias capital city where a vote counting still ongoing is the extremely close race in the traditionally republican states and all troops initial lead has been steadily falling now hes about 28000 votes ahead with thousands of absentee ballots still to be counted now we are expecting more data in the coming hours what might help joe biden though most of all is that the remaining votes from atlanta are from the suburbs which lean more towards the democrats what winning georgia could be crucial for biden this
Sun is a dick if we are attacked it is for our values for our taste for freedom for this possibility on our soil to believe freely and not to give in to any mind of terror to coopt i say it with great clarity once again we will not give in european leaders are introducing strict measures in response to rising corona virus infections france has gone into a month long lockdown spains catalonia region is shutting its borders for 15 days and in germany nationwide restrictions will come into force from monday. The u. S. Saw another record daily rise in coded 1000 cases nearly 84000 were posted on thursday the highest daily average since the pandemic again was recorded in the past week almost 9000000 people contracted the virus. President trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have been holding competing rallies in the battleground state of florida with just 5 days to go until the u. S. Election a record 80000000 americans have cast their vote early. Newspapers or nongovernmental orga
Because most of. What i do use today has the future. Dot com to go see if. You. Could turn. The covert 19 pandemic has put the spotlight on virologists well right now but their star status has also made them the target of public anger even death threats. And people because of their lack of trust in authority would not want to take. Want to shut the country down anthony found she has gained a huge following but not everyone. Wants to listen dr saltz much of this in. Germany too has spawned its science superstars like. His podcast is one of the most popular in the country. Xander kick ali is a regular guest on german talk shows. With politicians over their bias response at the beginning of the crisis. But as social media memes feed the echo chamber are these new celebrities serving to further polarize scientific debate. Well different views are vital in the world of science asking questions is key at the end of the day people believe what they want to believe but should we trust science
And solid numbers in tech are not enough to keep investors from selling, dragging down u. S. Equity futures. Good morning. Over the past 45 minutes, we have seen a leg lower across equity futures as well as across the msci asia pacific, even though yesterday wall street did close higher, it was a relatively flat close in europe. S p 500 futures down 0. 9 , and the nasdaq 100 futures extending the losses past 2 this morning. Clearly the stabilization yesterday has not been enough. It has been a difficult week in the markets. The tech overnight did not meet expectations. Apple down more than 4 in afterhours trading. It was about expenses and costs for apple in china. Twitter extending losses more than 17 in overnight trading. For investors. Alphabet, one bright spot in big tech, up or than 6 . U. S. 10 year yields at 80 basis points. This was the close yesterday for the german bund market as well as the 10 year italian btps. Christine lagarde gave a clear signal more stimulus is on the w