20 leaders commit to fair access for coronavirus facts. And the polls close in became a fast in an election, overshadowed by violence, and staying by claims of fraud. And in school theres an old familiar name of the top of the Italian League table to swallow. It moved into 1st place after its true. Know when its true and welcome to news hour. Ill talk story in a dramatic escalation, ethiopias Prime Minister has issued a 72 hour ultimatum to forces in the dissident region of to gripe. A ahmed says the Peoples Liberation front has 3 days to surrender, or brace for an all out assault on the regional capital mccalla a. The Reuters News Agency has been reporting that to grind forces have destroyed roads and bridges. Just slow down the government offensive. The oaths, Ethiopian Military plans to surround the city with tanks and artillery in an effort to end the nearly 3 week war, according to, a military spokesman. And in an address on state, t. V. , residents were told to save themselves an
The us says its hoping to begin a program of vaccinations against cover 19 could begin as early as december, the 11th head of the White House Vaccine Task force. So the plans to vaccinate 20000000 people before the end of the year 2 vaccines are up for approval in december. Both said to be 95 percent effective. Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. So i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who will be immunized across the United States across all states. In all the areas where this, the state department of health will have to told us where to deliver the vaccine. , theres been a surge in new infections across the u. S. , which has now recorded more than 12000000 cases. Hospital admissions have doubled in recent weeks and daily deaths and they are in highs not seen since may. And g. 20 leaders have promised to spend no effort in making sure that vaccines
Gdp readings are expected to show an 18 rebound from the covid19 fallout. 15 asiapacific nations formally launched the biggest freetrade deal. The accord covers 2 billion people and is a decade in the making. Howi lets take a look at it is feeding through. Havent seen much of a reaction when it comes to the kiwi aussie dollar. We are seeing bond markets the little bit cautious. We are seeing 3 10 of 1 when it comes to trading in sydney. Thirdquarter gdp numbers showing a sharp rebound in japan. We are seeing nikkei futures trading mildly optimistically. That is the picture when it comes to u. S. Futures. Back to thiss get incredible trade deal. After eight years of difficult negotiations, the largest ever freetrade deal has finally been signed. The regional, comprehensive, Economic Partnership includes 15 countries with china, japan, on. Ralia and all of aussie how important is the timing of this considering the damage caused by covid19 . This will be, as trade ministers will say, a bi
Rose. Microsoft saw a better First Quarter revenue, helped by demand for Cloud Services as more people work remotely. Sales through september topping 37 billion. Melbourne, the merge from a melbourne emerges from a strict lockdown. Ours and restaurants are reopening, even home visits are allowed. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures opening lower, down. 4 . This after stocks fell to a three week low in the regular session. We had cyclical stocks taking the brunt as virus cases continued to climb globally. We have the nasdaq composite pulling back of yesterdays losses on the deal around amd. Durable goods orders coming in better than expected. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing losses continue here in asia. Chip stocks very much a focus after amds deal to buy. Earnings. We have results from sony, zte, as well as budweiser asia to name a few. And a straley or, we have had
The uncertainty is out there in the election and particularly on pandemic news worldwide. Jon ferro, we are touching 50 on futures. On radio and tv, we will do more data checks throughout the hour. Rro in withn let fe his famed cross asset that a check as well. Three big figures out on vicks. What is the data on the screen that matters to you right now . Jonathan i just think the news flow out of europe has hijacked the whole agenda morning. The data is looking at the banks and bank equities, particularly in europe. I think the banks this week are down 6 , 7 in europe. Thats where the story is, more restrictions. Macron a little bit later this evening. Reports out of france suggesting a onemonth lockdown. Chancellor merkel talking about proposing restaurants that proposing closing restaurants and bars for a month talking about proposing closing restaurants and bars for a month. It is winter now in europe. That the idea right now not only is the virus increasingly severe throughout euro