This is what the markets are doing. The focus will be on the u. S. Data. The latest in the u. S. , the focus has been on what the European Central bank has done. Hero trading at 113 against the dollar. Theres a lift to the euro trading at 113 against the dollar. Theres a lift to the market. We could have the extension of these action cuts. Production cuts. Brexit not going as planned. ,f you are expecting for a deal pound is moving. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with leighann gerrans. A night of largely peaceful protest has americans gathering for george floyd, the unarmed black man whose death sparked unrest. The extended security theft is across fences across the white house. The kronos reported a Record Number of deaths. The nation departing italy to become third in the world. It has become an epicenter of the virus, with over 600,000 confirmed cases. Fears of deflation warranted European Central banks decision to ramp up stimulus. Thats according to the policym
See the jobs report, francine. I see all sorts of numbers modeled. 6 rate be looking at the u. I do not see any forecast of where that statistic is going, but it harkens back to an american job economy of 1933. Francine we will have a big look on whether we will go back to those depression years. Lets get to first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Francine, andd, tom, as you were saying, todays jobs report expects to see the u. S. Unemployment rate surge to almost 20 last month after reaching the highest level since the Great Depression in april. The may report is likely to show the jobs slump has extended into whitecollar positions. By 7. 5s publicly shrank million positions. The jobs report comes out at 8 30 new york time. In buffalo, new york, two Police Officers have been suspended after a video of them pushing an elderly protester to the ground went viral. The video shows the 75yearold lying motionless with blood pooling around his head. Been hospitalized in serious condi
A circumstance to animals to people who move to the markets there no less than a celebrity like support mccartney who is quick to say we must close the wet markets down i notice youve been keen to emphasize the difference between western markets per se and wildlife markets perhaps seeking not to oriental eyes this pandemic. Yes well the thing is the point about a wet market is that most wet markets in china dont sell wild animals theyre more like they promise markets that we have while we have them in britain and america but not wild animals thats now been closed in china the trading and selling of wild animals for troops the problem here is you saw one problem but then another looms and the one looming here is all the thousands of people who actually have no other likelihood so you have to help them get through changing from breeding and selling wild animals hunting wild animals for food and finding another way of making money so you see poverty is crucial eradication of poverty is cr
Intelligence. Oh syria is experiencing its biggest exodus in 9 years of civil war nearly a 1000000 people most of them women and children have now fled province the countrys last rebel held stronghold progovernment forces have vowed to seize control of the region but turkey has warned of an imminent attack unless the regime ends its brutal assault aid agencies are overwhelmed with the u. N. Calling it a humanitarian catastrophe people are fleeing under horrendous conditions many are on foot or on the backs of trucks in below freezing temperatures in the rain and in the snow theyre moving into increasingly crowded areas they think will be safe. But a need live nowhere is safe. Almost 50000 sheltering under trees or in other open spaces im getting daily reports of babies and other Young Children dying in the cold imagine the grief of a parent who escaped a war zone with their child only to watch that child freeze to death mike hanna is live at the United Nations what more is the u. N. Sa
Bonuses even preferential treatment for their children as incentives to work on the coronavirus front lines and are in tailor nandan with the top stories from europe including the e. U. Takes on ai trying to resolve the real life dilemmas caused by Artificial Intelligence. And sport manchester citys chief executive heads out at the decision to ban the club from European Competition the most important thing i have to say to that is that the allegations of a natural parents arianna and says that didnt break financial rules. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a russian backed syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near turkeys border under her brendas condition. This is the latest stark assessments of what the u. N. Says is going on in northwestern syria its syria envoy and humanitarian chief have both address the u. N. Security council describing catastrophic human suffering today my 1st concern is for the syrian civilians caught in the fighting we continue to r