Surging because of the coronavirus young people are the 1st to bear the brunt of being particularly want. A story and needed a win to survive so was this the moment the bundesliga title slipped through their fingers vironment are celebrating after scoring what could be a decisive victory. Im serious i was gonna thank you for joining Us Commission president was a well funded line has announced a plan worth hundreds of billions of euros to help Member States bounce back from the recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic that plan includes a 500000000000. 00 euro Fund Proposed by germany and france based on common e. U. Debt a funnel line said the fund is an ambitious answer to the challenge theyre facing she also said the European Union is facing the choice of each country going it alone or responding together as the continent. The money will be raised by temporarily lifting the own resources ceiling to allow the commission to use its very strong Credit Rating to borrow money on th
Ease some of the Capital Buffers as well, potentially some of the u. S. Banks. We know again this is not a financial crisis, this is more of an exhaustion us shock. So letting the banks perhaps ease up on some of these roles to make sure they can get loans out to people who need them, certainly perhaps a smart idea. Ofncine yeah, i think a lot policymakers are just worried over what is essentially a Health Crisis that will turn into a financial crisis as they are trying to give loans and credit to Small Businesses that need it. I am looking forward to an interview with the treasury people in charge in the u. K. About the stimulus they put out yesterday lets get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with the Trump Administration pushing a one point 2 trillion stimulus plan. This to counter the Economic Impact of coronavirus. Bloomberg has learned americans could get direct payment of 1000 or more within two weeks. A month later, a second set of check
Stages of the Champions League. That is despite losing to Bayern Munich in theirfinal group game. Good morning. Weve got cloud and rain spilling in from the south west. Its moving north and eastward through the course of the day, possibly leaving some snow on the hills. Its going to be a blustery day, but the wind will strengthen from the south west later. I will have more in 15. Silent night. Christmas comes early for terrence, the age uk volunteer who wont be home alone for the first time in 20 years. It is thursday 12 december. Our top story after six weeks of campaigning, polls are about to open across the country for voting in the general election. It is the third ballot in less than five years, and the first to be held in december in nearly a century. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminster for us this morning. Jonathan, talk us through the day ahead. Good morning, yes, decision day has arrived. The time for politicians to do the talking is over and it is tim
China owned tiktok apologies to a us teenager for blocking her controversial videos as the us steps up its surveillance of hong kong. And the price of village life. Well find out how one couple is making a business of selling entire Spanish Villages, and who is buying them. Every day, thousands of people take on the responsiblity of caring for a loved one whos elderly, ill or disabled, but how do you cope with giving up a career and everything that goes with it, so well speak to one group trying to help the helpers. As we hear from the woman who is selling remote villages in north west spain to encourage investment, if you owned a village in rural galicia what would you do with it . Let us know just use bbcworklife. Send us your top tips and ideas. We start with the world of digital or cryptocurrencies. Since bitcoin arrived a decade ago, the market has exploded there are now more than 1,500 different Digital Currencies in use. Supporters say they are the future of finance, but they ar
As nigeria instigates storage controls on all on board is an attempt to crack down on smog inflation shoots up and neighbors like billionaire are asking is choking off trade like that really the only way to combat smuggling. More women are getting the real top jobs around the world the for africa thats been quite normal for some time and still why do africas female entrepreneurs still struggle to get fun its. Also the flying taxi its finally that. Call to demonstrate its prototype. This is business africa. As welcome. Free trade requires open borders spot the Nigerian Government effectively sealed its border with been in 2 months ago when its introduced painstaking customs them trolls in an attempt to crack down on smuggling last week it went a step further and made those controls mandatory on all of its land borders with imports down to a trickle the result has been a rapid rise in inflation on x. Report brings us to one of its neighbors new businesses relying on trade between the 2 c