That extremism is what we might call and essentially contested concept. In laymans terms it means Different Things to different people and certainly if you were 100 terrorism experts to define extremism, you would certainly get a wide number of answers if not 100. Speaking for myself, i would define extremism as not just believing certainly there is believe and then there is action. Sometimes scholars will distinguish between the two, but believing in things that are fundamentally radical. That would imply radical change for society. Extremistords, if the political views were actualized in society, society would be thaned in fundamental ways what it is now. Made are distinctions between extremism and violent extremism, a violent extremist is somebody who believes that violence is necessary to bring about these changes. To extremism on the far right, extremism on the far left, there are differences in terms of their beliefs. Anarchist believes a much different set of beliefs than a farr
Heated ever, and the last 10 weeks is basically stealing that ground is the most heated rally we have had in quite some time. Caroline brian jacobson, lets get back to him. Wells fargo Asset Management strategist. Are you committed to equities now . What about other assets . Taylor focused on the weakening dollar. Where else are opportunities . U. S. Treasury yields are still through the floor even though we saw a bit of a selloff today. Brian yes, even though we have seen it come up a little bit, the twoyear, at 75 basis points, or 0. 75 on a 10 year treasury, we do like the highyield area. But you need to discriminate within that between the energy names and the nonenergy names. Indexerg has a fantastic on highyield excluding energy, and it is fascinating how that from losses, but not completely. It is mainly the energy names that have been down. But that might be showing signs of coming back to life. We do like highyield. Italy, we have been seeing a bit of a rotation with some euro
Crimes that he says japanese prosecutors, government officials conspired to bring him down. The president of the European Commission is warning britain that it will not get the highest quality access to the european brexit,markets after and less make major concessions. En says negotiating a new e. U. U. K. Trade deal will be tough. She also says that what Boris Johnson has imposed makes it basically impossible to strike a new agreement. The cancer death rate in the u. S. Has fallen by the most on record. Advances in treatments prolonged patient lives. The desk death rates of cancer declined 2. 2 . Global news, 24 hours a day on air and quictake at bloomberg powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, i am vonnie quinn. Live in toronto, i am Amanda Langford we are now joined both by our bloomberg and bnm bloomberg audiences. Here are the top stories. A sigh of relief on the comments and
Stories thousands of volunteer firefighters are to be offered compensation for loss of earnings after battling the australian bushfires for weeks. Somalias president says his country will not be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than seventy people. Democratic president ial contender joe biden says theres no legal basis to force him to testify at Donald Trumps impeachment trial. And the french crowd funding plan which aims to return a zoo full of animals to the wild. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Australian Government says thousands of volunteer firefighters in New South Wales will be compensated for loss of earnings during the bushfires. More than a hundred are still burning in southern australia and conditions are expected to worsen. Meanwhile, sydneys mayor has insisted the new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite calls to redirect funds to the firefighting efforts. Briony sowden reports. For those living on the edge of the fires, this is now the new norma
Votes against a social media company, taking steps that could lead to a u. S. Ban on the popular chineseowned social media app tiktok. National security concerns at odds with the platforms 170 million american users. We will talk about that and the prospects in the senate. The judge in georgia dropping three of the 13 federal charges against donald trump ahead of his trial. What the judge is calling into question and how that could push the case past election day. Warning signs, as Vladimir Putin talks about nuclear war. Nancy pelosi joins me on new house efforts to force a vote on aid to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Theres big news today from capitol hill. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly, 35265, passing a bill that could lead to a ban on tiktok over National Security concerns. Specifically, the potential that the platforms chinese owner would have access to sensitive personal data on more than 170 million americans w