And the u. S. Secretary of state makes a surprise visit to afghanistan to salvage a deal with the taliban. But convulsions there are a lot down of indias major cities has begun in one of the biggest single government moves to slow the spread of the coronavirus its capital new delhi the Business Capital by and cities such as chennai and calcutta monks them curfews are also in place nationwide and International Flights have been banned for a week japans Prime Minister shinzo now says the Tokyo Olympic games may need to be perspire and thats after weeks of insisting the major sporting event would go ahead as planned in july the dozens also of cuban doctors have arrived in italy to help Italian Health workers italy is one of the countries thats been hardest hit more than 5000 people have died. Lets join elizabeth purana mark ora spondon in new delhi youve been following events obviously been whats been going on obviously in india of the past 24 hours indians woke up to a new reality on mon
The trend of bad mondays but contracts for major indexes shaking off losses to gain more than 1 . 2 on the euro stoxx 50. Global cases of the coronavirus than 3000,000, more died in spain and italy over the weekend as medical experts say deaths in the u. S. Could reach 200,000. The Oil Price Slump continues with wti briefly dropping below 20 a barrel in new york. Brent prices are at a 17 year low. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading across europe, you saw briefly, futures here in europe are more than 1 . Euro stoxx 50 futures up. They are trading out 1. 5 percent to 1. 75 . Futures also showing gains. Friday was a down day in u. S. Indexes so you could see today start off risk on. What do you see on the gmm . Anna interesting to see those futures looking strong. When you look at the gmm, you get a different picture. This is the Asian Session and how it looks right now. Msci asiad. 4 on the pacific. The australian and south korean markets in positive territory but th
A businessman 11 on answers the call to help this country with much needed medical supplies. Bare necessities a simple act thats keeping kids entertained despite living under lockdown. And the u. S. President donald trump says social distancing should remain in place for another month to slow the spread of the coronavirus that is a reversal from his comments just last week when he predicted the situation would be back to normal by april the backtrack comes as the number of deaths linked to the virus in new york state rises above 1000 across the u. S. At least 140000 people have now been infected and Britain Health officials are warning it could be 6 months before the strict social distancing measures are lifted the u. K. Was put under a partial lockdown last week and in china some people are going back to work where the virus was 1st detected the city who has been under strict quarantine for 2 months more on that in a moment 1st this update from robert analysts in the u. S. So empty be
Additional funding is provided. Corporate funding is provided by. Governor ned lamont, welcome to firing line. Margaret, nice to see you. You are the governor the state of connecticu a state that, as you pointed ishe fourthmost covidinfected state per capita in the country of covid in your s 3,000 cases and that number is increasing rapidly each day. Now, you, along with all of your fellow governors, are workinaround the clock to protect the citizens of your state, and so, governor, i wonder, can you tell me, where doou think you are in the curve right now . Running like hell and the virus is catching up every day. What the federal government doesnt realize is they think about this in terms of states and new york has all the fatalities, infections. They targeall the equipment and ppe there. And we keep trying to say, think about connecticut as part of that new yorpandemic. And if you do that, then youll see that we havee urth highest infection rate in the country right behind new york
About the stories that matter on the go to 0. 7 ok as coronavirus disrupts life across the United States some people are criticizing President Donald Trump to his handling of the crisis now could his response the Pandemic Impact his reelection bid in november share your thoughts with us on twitter or in our live chat and you too could be in the stream. There are now more than 3700 confirmed cases of covert 19 in the us dating life has changed dramatically as schools what places and other institutions close to prevent the onus from spreading often this is downplaying the virus for several weeks trump declared a national majesty on friday freeing up Government Resources to tackle the problem on sunday he also to stop panic buying groceries theres no need for anybody in the country to hoard essential Food Supplies they said to me could you please tell im just going by enjoy it have a nice dinner relax because theres plenty but you dont have to you dont have to buy the quantities. Because