Year killed 16 people and displaces close to a 1000000. Anger as well as resignation across europe those restrictions are tightened to fight a 2nd wave of coronavirus and m. P. To statements as sports highest court begins hearing the russians appealed against a 4 year ban for anti doping violations. That are just 24 hours left before polls open in the u. S. President ial election both donald trump and joe biden are using the final day of campaigning to focus on crucial battleground states a record 19000000 voters have already cast their ballots polls indicate biden has a lead nationwide but the race appears to be tight in some crucial swing states and gallacher has the latest from. Miami. President donald trump began his campaign sprint of battleground states in chile michigan 4 years ago trump took this state breaking the Democratic Partys socalled blue wall in this nations industrial rust belt as election day approaches National Polls show hes trailing biden. Thank you very much i lo
Just. Donald trump and joe biden make a last minute bid for votes on the eve of the election with a special focus on the rust belt. Gunman stormed Kabul University shooting students in their classrooms and as they fled in an attack which left at least 22. 00 people dead. And also coming up on the program the International Space station marks 20 years of pardon and human presence. During your. Welcome to the program well weve been following breaking news story for the last hour also coming to us from austria but he have said that several people have been killed in an attack in the center of the capital vienna. Well gunshots were heard in the city center in what the interior minister referred to as a terror attack thats how its been categorized at the moment he said that the incident is thought to have been committed by several people so more than one attacker involved one has been killed and more attackers potentially on the run so this is still a life situation that continues to unfold
pace, that is the message from the federal reserve. america s central bank. the policymakers says they intend to raise interest rates practice in its july after taking a break last month to assess the impact of ten brevis increases. it comes as americans are having to pay more for basic goods, but while officials seem to be an agreement are for what to do next, after the meeting on wednesday, there was disagreement over the decision to hold off untiljune. some say they could ve supported a rate rise last month because inflation remains well above its 2% target. the minutes show how policymakers are grappling with how to tame inflation after it hit a high last year, even as they left the benchmark rate unchanged in a five to five and a quarter percent, almost all officials believe more rate hikes are needed. i had of thejuly meeting, there are two marquee pieces of economic data that is due out to the statement a chapter practice friday and consumer inflation next week. us tre
this is the first time a us treasury secretary has visited china since the covid pandemic and this is the environment they find themselves in. for example, trade restrictions. one point of contention is over rare earth metals, essential components to make semiconductor those which are used in everything from smart phones to military equipment. earlier this week beijing said it will require a special license to obtain two metals predominantly mined in china stopping this move has seen a retaliation against export bands put in place by the united states of critical technology needed for artificial intelligence and quantum computing. both sides argue that these bands are neededin argue that these bands are needed in the interest of national security. another issueis national security. another issue is the weakening yuan. china s currency has lost nearly 5% of its value against the us dollar over the past year which makes chinese exports more competitive on the global market. the
between the us and china ranges from taiwan and ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. janet, at rbc brewin dolphin. good to have you with us. what janet, good to have you with us. what you make of this visit? as we said, the second in as many months. canjanet said, the second in as many months. can janet yellen said, the second in as many months. canjanet yellen do said, the second in as many months. can janet yellen do what the others have not yet managed to do, which is though that relationship that is particularly frosty about politics but also now economics and business two. ., but also now economics and business two. . ., ., but also now economics and business two. ., ., ., but also now economics and business two. thanks for having me. i think it is a difficult two. thanks for having me. i think it is a difficult task two. thanks for having me. i think it is a difficult task for two. tha