A president ial debate. And not backing down protesters in thailand scuffle with one police defying a ban on gathering. Recoded corona virus infections have reached a new daily high of more than 380000 worldwide numbers a surging particularly in europe italy set a one day record for infections and its highest death toll in months germany also saw an unprecedented spike with 6600 new cases meanwhile in france 12000 police have been deployed to enforce curfews in paris and other major cities where infections are rampant and from saturday more than half of englands population will again be subjected to strict rules on where they can go and who they can meet the reports from london. This city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household is. The governments latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from it means more. De
Meetings. Says the talkso are likely to include discussions on how free nations can Work Together to handle threats from china. The vatican is staying notably silent after pope francis appeared to back samesex civil unions. The comments made during an interview for a new documentary reportedly took even the most senior levels of the Catholic Church by surprise. Popeses per spokesperson has not returned emails or calls looking for clarification on the comments. Many are wondering if they indicate an official change in church policy. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a stimulus deal could be close a
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More catastrophic fire warnings have been issued for parts of New South Wales, with temperatures set to hit the mid 40s celsius. In south australia, one person has died in a blaze east of adelaide, while crews are also battling outbreaks in the west of the country and in victoria. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, whos been widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis, is expected back in australia soon. Dr Sarah Perkins kirkpatrick, who is a climate scientist at the university of nsws Climate Change Research Centre joins me now from sydney. Thanks forjoining us here. Personable, if i can ask, how unprecedented are these fires . These fires are unprecedented in a number of ways, firstly in their size, there have been over 2 million hectares that have been burnt, and the time of year. We dont usually expect bushfires to occur and be this extreme at this time of year, so this extreme at this time of year, so particularly with this catastrophic fire rating, this is the secon
This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua here in london. These are your markets. Global chief economist. A lot of the focus is on the next, the mastercard trade war. A lot of the focus is on data executive vice chair on out. We see pound. Diversity and her thoughts on we are of course watching that because we are one month exactly the apple card gender bias issue. From the early election, this is bloomberg. December 12, and the u. K. After the brexit party said they will not expand conservative seats. 1. 93. 0 year yield at coming up, we will be speaking to musabbeh al kaabi, the chairman of Mubadala Petroleum at 9 30 a. M. U. K. Time. That is manus cranny bringing that live. Lets kick off the show with the latest from hong kong. Rn that the city is on the brink of total breakdown as protesters rocked the citys financial district to a standstill. The chaos follows a flareup in violence after the first fatality linked to the protests. Is it different from yesterday . Is the mo