Good morning and welcome to bloomberg survellance. Francine lacqua here in london. The interview of the day is when we have a conversation for the Vice President from facebook emea. That we also heard from ursula von der leyen, the president of the European Commission. 225 billionlanned euros in green bonds that may have an impact on markets. Later on we look at etf. Stocks are actually rising ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting. Treasuries and the dollar pretty much steady. Crude oil extending gains. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Ruled the u. S. Violated International Rules by imposing tariffs on china. It is unlikely to lead to changes in washington. The white house can veto the decision by appealing. It has paralyzed the wto by blocking new appointments. President trumps controversial pick for the Federal Reserve senateoes not have the support needed to win confirmation, according to the number two republican in the chamber, senator john thune. Received critic
This is what markets are doing now, steady as they go. They seem to be range bound. A lot of focus is on President Trump and his health. A lot of focus is on the risk off move we saw friday not filtering today. The yen is retreating, trends study, pound weakening as they start a two week period of brexit talks. Lets get to our top stories. Its been a weakened of speculation over President Trumps health. Sean connolly now admitting to giving a statement about the president receiving oxygen. What do we know about the president s condition right now president s condition right now . Doctors in a press conference sunday sounded upbeat, saying he was improving and could be discharged as soon as later today. But remarks were inconsistent. They withheld information about level,gs and his oxygen john conolly telling reporters the president did indeed receive oxygen friday. Connolly previously said he did not. We also know the president has been given three experimental treatments, remdesivir,
Another 5 days. Germany has held an official ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of its reunification president frank. Addressed the event in potsdam you know berlin he described the past 30 years as a triumph of democracy of oppression he also warned against populism and extremist. Sudans Transitional Government and rebel groups have signed the landmark peace deal and in decades of war that has killed thousands you freeman signed in neighboring south sudan he called couples power sharing between the warring groups the return of refugees and land rights. This is d. W. News from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the deadly news or visit our website thats d. W. Dot com. Well blue planet is becoming increasingly dominated by concrete over health the global population now lives in cities and the number is rising. Not only are millions of people moving into urban areas wild animals are entire populations of them. Urban areas are covered in cement bricks and asphalt whic
A dollar only 0. 25 maximum it would really be used. And hit by inflation aid agencies helping flood victims in sudan so their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. Ok lets get going the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating Global Leaders but the number of deaths decreasing lets take a look at world picture focusing on the 5 countries that have seen the most deaths from the virus the u. K. Is fish in the world more than 41000 people have died there and its curve is going the wrong way the u. K. s Health Minister says hospital admissions a doubling every 8 days across the atlantic nearly 200000 americans have died since february. Hospital admissions are slightly to around 30000. 00 per day brazil has the worst outbreak in latin america with more than 137000 there around 4000000. 00 people have survived it india leads the world in the number of recoveries nearly 4 and a half 1000000 so far more than 1000 patients are being relea
History in the United Kingdom as they extend the pandemic watch out to march of 2021. Jon ferro, theres no other headline for me this morning. All of us dealing with this pandemic, and Boris Johnson sets us a new timeline. Jonathan jonathan new restrictions on the u. K. Economy being announced today. We will hear from the Prime Minister addressing the nation at 8 00 p. M. Local time. Those restrictions could last a solid six months. Lets get straight to the price action to give people a feel of how things have turned around in the last 30 minutes or so. Equity futures were positive, now slightly negative. In the fx market, the pound was positive. It is now slightly negative. In the bond market, yields were up by almost a basis point. 0. 67 . Y are unchanged at it is a subtle shift, but a reminder of the difficult moment we have ahead of us as we go deeper into the end of the year. Tom so much going on here. We welcome all of you on Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Radio across americ