A more forceful approach towards dissent. D. W. Correspondent florin missions in bangkok and he says these latest protests are extremely high stake thailands students are risking it all by challenging not only the incumbent military backed regime but also the until now untouchable monarchy this is nothing short of revolutionary in a country that has had its fair share of violent crackdowns against dissenters now the genie is out of the bottle and its not likely to go back in any time soon many expect this weekends protest leaders to be slapped with lawsuits and long jail terms for what the government calls inciting unrest or for supposedly defaming the monarchy but the self declared leaderless revolution is set to continue protestors are vowing not to stop until their demands are met whatever the costs may be. Opponents of bella who says hardline president Alexander Lukashenko a gathering for more mass protests in the capital minsk weekly demonstrations have become the focus for prodem
In the white house, continue they continue to push reopening. Stephen mnuchin says another shutdown is off the agenda. Like ait does look terrible set up when it comes to this final friday training session. The selloff looks to continue. In the u. S. , it was deep and heavy volumes as we saw that box provedy go really be wrong that came to a screeching halt. 2 trillion to write off the value of u. S. Equities in under seven hours time. The are seeing a rebound when it comes to u. S. Futures trading for the s p, seeing upside about. 5 . Chicago and nikkei futures looking positive. Still, we could see some downside in the session, particularly as we continue to see the yen, really the only outperform against the dollar. In sydney, no such luck. Futures plummeting by over 3 . We had aussie stocks falling the most in six weeks in the thursday session. We are seeing the correction extend to almost 4. 5 percent in the early part of this session as we see downside for the kiwi and the aussie
We have a number of exclusive interviews for you. As always lets check on your markets. One of the things we watched the most. Rising, european stocks were up, they are turning a little bit lower. The risk on kicked off the week is starting to show signs of easing. Yields under recovery. Also looking at Sterling Sterling rallying. Well have plenty more in your markets. Lets get straight to the bloomberg news. Trump is escalating his threats against the World Health Organization, he is unhappy over its handling on the coronavirus pandemic and may personally just permit the cut u. S. Funding of it doesnt make sweeping reform bring saying the agency is to close to china. President xi gave the who his full backing. The u. S. Is going to have to suffer through a spike in virus cases as the economy reopens according to lowell lloyd banks Lloyd Blankfein break saying they can afford to wait afford to wait for vaccine before reopening. Most historical credits would have to acknowledge. Can i c
Protests hammer u. S. Cities nationwide for a seventh straight night. President trump threatens to deploy the military to end what he calls the lawlessness in the streets. U. S. Futures slipped as new york goes under curfew for the first time in over 70 years. As we pointing higher said. The u. K. Virus infection rate falling to its lowest since march. And a second wave of stimulus cannot hurt. Angela merkel looks to broker a deal on a stimulus package with 100 billion euros here as the u. K. Chancellor plans to prepares plans to bolster growth after Emergency Support is withdrawn there. We are just under one hour away from the cash equity trade here across europe. Lets take a look at futures, keeping in mind that the german dax was closed yesterday. It is up about. 5 in terms of futures. Euro stoxx 50 futures, the 6 . Chmark up. Ftse futures up. 4 . They have been positive just about one hour ago, at least partially. Now mastec futures are still keeping their heads above water. We are
Pandemic could do lasting harm to u. S. Productivity. And bnp paribas warns earnings will see a big hit from the outbreak as it takes more than one billion dollars in charges as a writedown. Economyr view, the getting back to normalization will be happening at the best at the end of the year and a return to gdp to normal will not be before 2022. Voice of guidance for those numbers. Warning that profitability could drop as much as 20 this year. Between 15 20 is the warning. In the dropping by 14 quarter but it is the announcer 9rovision covid1 provision. When you think about what has come so far, santander, 1. 6 billion. Deutsche bank was 500 million. What you see here is para bof taking a smack at the equity side of the business. Fixed income commodities rising by 35 . Those are the top line numbers. Let us get to lars maca henil. Were three projections impacting. The cost of risk. 500 million. Literally affect is leading to the accounting. Our portfolios are growing linked to what the