Smooth transfer of power. Abc news projected that biden has secured victory in arizona, it has been red since 1952, excepting bill clinton in 1996. His total is now 290, well over the 270 threshold needed to secure the presidency. Trump has won 217 electors. Michael hayden sent a letter to the Agency Responsible for providing support for the Transition Team but has yet to do so for biden. The letter warns that a delay in the transfer of power could pose a serious risk to national security, particularly during the pandemic. Meanwhile, trump has continued to claim that there was massive election fraud, without showing any evidence. Officials from multiple government organizations issued a joint statement on thursday. It said they have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections and you should too. Moving to japan where nearly 1700 new coronavirus cases have been reported so far on friday. Surpassing the record set a day earlier. The Prime Ministers calling for re
The u. S. Election and there is profit taking in parts of the market. Investors, trying to figure out what a biden possible blue sweep and the senate means for markets. The focus is on brexit. Rushing outstories and we go to the fed and jobs tumbling. Oil two other stories we are watching, euro area october are thanring pmi, that expected, 54. 8 instead of 54. 4. Se extra this is pretty lockdowns. Watch down for some of the stocks because there was an input error. Maybe we look at individual countries instead of the stoxx 600 as a whole. Lets get to the first word news in new york in london with leighann gerrans. And thank you. With one day until the u. S. President ial election, democratic nominee joe biden is leading incumbent donald trump in a series of polls. He remains ahead nationally as well as in key battleground states although some of the races remain extremely close. A number of polls put widen and ahead in the key swing state of pennsylvania. The u. K. Is set to enter a loc
Down without demand. Ryanair says the risks are skewed to the downside as the ceo called the new lockdown political mismanagement on a grand scale. Welcome to the program this monday morning. Just under one hour to go until the start of the cash Equities Trading session and futures look like this. It will be moving to the downside. The u. S. Session on friday, particular tech stocks taking a hit. You might expect negativity coming through. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures, a slightly different trend for us this morning. No trend, in fact. Fairly flat. Theaw a definitive move to downside on friday. There are a number of themes in play as we go into this, not least of which the u. S. Election and the fed. The chinese data we had out overnight, interesting of course for markets but really from a european perspective, we are focused on what is going on with the left story across europe and we will be thinking a lot about that and talking to our guests a lot about that as we go through the
United kingdom say their new Coronavirus Vaccine could be up to 90 percent effective. It can be kept for a frigid temperatures. Unlike other recently announced vaccines. Astra zeneca says it will have 200000000 doses available by years end. China has launched an Unmanned Mission to bring back rocks and desperately from the surface of the moon. Its the 1st mission by any nation to retrieve the lunar samples. Since the 1970s, the probe is expected to return with material down to help scientists learn more about earths nearest neighbor, including how it was formed. This is the news from berlin. Follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website. Dot com. The world is starting the 3rd week in a row with news of yet another promising Coronavirus Vaccine. Today, astra zeneca became the latest pharmaceutical to announce that its vaccine is effective at preventing covidien 19. Astra zeneca has vaccine has important advantages with a price tag of just a few dollars. It is now the front run
China launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon and a mission to bring lunar rocks back to earth. We ask a planetary scientist, what success would make for chinas ambitious space program. Im rebecca riches, welcome to the program. 3 weeks after the u. S. Election president elect joe biden has finally been given the green light to start the transition process. The President Donald Trump tweeted tuesday that he was directing his administration to cooperate in the handover process. Its the closest hes come to conceding defeat. Meanwhile, biden has pushed ahead and began announcing nominations for his own administration. Looking president ial didnt elect joe biden efficiently, revealed his picks for the top positions of his cabinet, monday, signaling his readiness to take over the helm, bidens Foreign Policy and National Security choices. Mark a clear shift away from trumps america 1st doctrine. Instead, a lot of familiar faces from the Obama Administration so many that some are calling