The departments 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital in pakistan impish hour after oxygen supplies ran too low hundreds of patients were left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay in deliveries come on haidar has more from islam abouts. Yesterday when this incident happened the operating experience. There tried to call the concerned department. Including the biomedical engineer who is responsible for maintaining the optimum level of oxygen and that. There was no. Later on. Finding. Fault there was. Basically that there was a lack of oxygen for several months nobody. Regarding renewal of. The french president s mind about my cost says arms sales to egypt wont be made conditional on its human rights record he says he did speak frankly about Rights Violations with the president on benefit to his c. C. In paris on monday without adding details European Union leaders have held last its talks to see what hope remains of a post trade deal with the u k e u chief negotiator M
We begin in the u. S. So which is navigating its way through a president ial transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation so a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day the president elect joe bidens reportedly made his pick for Health Secretary one of the incoming administrations most consequential jobs so hes eyeing californias attorney general have yet to sarah for the position in his home state some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive Care Capacity there continues to shrink and members of congress whove been deadlocked for months over another coronavirus aid package could on vallely bipartisan proposal as early as monday its expected to be some 908000000000. 00 in funding our White House Correspondent kelly halkett has more on bidens pick for Health Secretary. Its been a combination of surprise and controversy lets start w
Nikkei, last 30 minutes of trade. Final stretch of the morning session paid south korea is being dragged down. Currency markets. Sterling, cable, eurodollar, aussie, the sing dollar. 136 following this weeks mas decision and policy response. Fairly flat. We could see more action later tonight and into next week, when you have the likes of chinese gdp numbers coming out. Gyrations on the political scene, i would imagine. Lets go to your first word news and get you updated on the virus situation in europe with the u. K. And france facing tough virus restrictions as global infections are heading towards 40 million. Households indoors going under overnight curfew as they have a new wave of covid19. Daily infections hitting record in germany, italy, ireland, and spain. Reporting the most new cases since april. President trump is ramping up rift with Senior Republicans, saying he supports a bigger stimulus package. He is blaming democrats for delaying an agreement, but says he goes further t
More night from scott hydes lawyer who is in bangkok at scotts. Just tell us whats happening where you are because youve been up that protest site for most of the day. And what has happened is that you know as we were talking about earlier you know what the protesters did at the end it didnt they do the police saying that theyre going to hold another large protest where they did it thursday evening for more than 10000 came out but instead they did it about a kilometer down the road to where we are now where this confrontation is happening now in between those 2 locations on a very popular high end Shopping Mall right mr part of bangkok paragon and what did happen is that the riot police gave warnings to the podcasters down the road and they started marching down the road and then that was met by some of the protesters i would say hundreds of the protesters marching down to meet them and then there was kind of a battle lines drawn the police over loudspeakers heard damage tried to encou
Candidates come in the harris suspends travel plans after a staff member contracts covert 19. And operation is underway to return more than a 1000 prisoners home across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying he fighters whove been held by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition have been arriving in the capital sanaa the swap is a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks the coalition started facing the eightys in march 2015 well earlier a plane carrying say the u. A. E. Coalition forces left the whose you control the capital sanaa the rebels have also released 2 u. S. Citizens in exchange for 250 of their fighters white house says humanitarian workers under loli and business when she died there have been released and the remains of a 3rd american have also been returned or has more. You have planes carrying government and saudi detainees from the airport of sorrow all the way to the city of a pane saudi arabia of the same time who the president boarding planes from th