New efforts towards december escalation, a commitment from the warg sides to reduce attacks on civilians. And a midwestern sweep in the u. S. Donald trump and Joe Biden Campaign days out from the election. Theres a desperate search for survivors in the coastal turkish city of izmir after it was struck by a powerful earthquake. The magnitude 7 tremor brought down builds and triggered tidal waves in the city as well as parts of greece. More than 240 after shocks have been recorded. The earth quake was felt as far away as a thence and istanbul. Turkey says at least 20 buildings were flattened in izmir. Greek media reported that it triggered a mini tsunami. 20 people are dead mostly in turkey. And more than 00 others are injured. Reporter rescuers search for survivors in a rubble of buildings in izmir. The epicenter, 7 magnitude earthquake was on turkeys back side. The ground started to shake. While i was watching our building, i saw you this one collapse. Many buildings collapsed injuring
Good to have you with us authorities in belarus has suspended the popular independent news outlet before 3 months the site has covered the ongoing protests against the reelection of the authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko for people to be has been a key source of information about the government crackdown on the demonstrations at sprawled cast images documenting police and mass arrests including those of opposition leaders journalists and photographers the government is also making it increasingly difficult for foreign journalists. Is trying to stop the cameras from filming and what that might mean for the protest movement. Weeks of protests capturing imaginations around the world colorful symbols charismatic leaders. Its often turned ugly Security Forces cracking down brutally on peaceful protests and when it did photographers and journalists were there to report. People here tell you one thing time and time again knowing that the world is watching makes them feel safer. They sh
Say it will hold. That desperate situation. One minute past 9 pm here in the russian capital this monday night here with your top news stories hello and welcome. Factory workers have done there too. Demanding a rerun of last weeks election with many taking to the streets right across the country president Alexander Lukashenko however has set a new vote will only be possible if the constitution is amended. Number of the but we need to adopt and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dylan you can situation we can hold new elections if you want to palm and the presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in belarus where the workers from a various a major manufacturers factories plants and other places have walked out on a National Strike and im talking about said Different Industries ultimo they have metallurgy mining to name just a few now they have put forward their demands and
Response, how europe response given the heightened trade tensions, how they could take advantage of that situation. Is what taylor, this the markets are telling us. Futures are climbing with european stocks. Im also looking at oil and treasuries to give us an indication of where we are seeing some of the havens. Treasuries on the dollar edging higher. I want to show you the chinese yuan. There is focus not only on this extra stimulus possibly coming from japan, but also on lockdowns. More Major Economies around the world opened up, taylor. Taylor we are hitting a milestone in the u. S. Yesterday you were looking at s p 3000. ,000, we have not closed above those levels, but it looks like we are seeming to get there. Some of that hope and optimism on the reopening is filtering through within the s p 500. Focusallcap domestic stocks, and a lot of optimism here about the strength of that u. S. Consumer coming back, making those smallcap mystic stops those smallcap domestic stocks amid the
Markets. Lets look at what they are telling us in terms of risk out there burden out there. The market is focused on things we will see in the gradual reopening and what that means. Yesterdayarting since , also looking at oil. Is moving to block a Retirement Fund buying chinese stocks. It will give us more of an idea about whats going on between the u. S. And china. Plenty more on your markets. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. , confusion over Prime Minister Boris Johnsons plan to get people back to work. Londons chamber of commerce is telling businesses not to change their plans. Companies are also asking for guidelines on what protective equipment can bought to buy. U. S. Won the battle to ramp up its Testing Capacity according to President Trump. More than three to thousand daily tests are being conducted. An Conference Also saw exchange with reporters. Areral reserve officials saying rates may go negative. They dont see the tool being used in the u. S. , it says it will start