A phone tapping scandal. Another record high for Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere. And theyre still growing despite industries shutting down during the pandemic. And in school the president s of african football and it has been banned for 5 years. Footballs governing body finding im guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Now astra zeneca say theyve developed a code with 19 vaccine for the world and a fraction of the cost of others in the pipeline. The british drug maker working with Oxford University says trials show it could be around 90 percent effective. It would cost around 2. 00 and a half dollars a dose and be stored in normal, frigid temperatures for 6 months, helping distribution. By contrast, modernise says its experimental vaccine looks to be 94. 5 percent effective. Well, it sits in a fridge for 30 days or a regular freezer for 6 months. The pfizer bio on tech vaccine is said to be 95 percent effective. However, it requires specialist deep freezing. Both madonna and pfize
Priority. Pandemic under control is his top priority. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. A lot of the focus is on the number of infected with covid19. At bond growth, a lot going on, treasuries, for example, rising. Overheated equity markets, the deteriorating coronavirus situation in many countries. Oil demandtting its outlook, saying they will not rescue the market, and then i got a look, not very often, but coming out with figures that were not great but were better than expected, leading to burberry gaining one point half percent. 1. 5 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hey, laura. Laura good morning, francine. The recovery is being derailed by a rise in virus cases and a. Ew lockdown president elect joe biden is naming longtime aide dr. Vinjamuri ron claim as his chief of staff. His leading role during the Health Crisis of the Obama Administration leaving the white house in the 2
California joins texas reaching one million infections. Picking a statement, President Trump bands investments and firms controlled by chinas military as u. S. Election Officials Say the vote was the most secure in american history. Welcome to the program, happy friday morning. Under one hour until the start of the cash equity trading session in europe. We have a mixed picture in futures. European futures looked negative. Yesterday u. S. And european stocks dropped around concern to the extent we may see new lockdown measures in the United States. We have a futures picture where europe is weaker, wanting to play catchup with latterday losses in the United States. U. S. Futures. 2 the upside. U. S. Futures point two the upside. Nasdaq futures are treated like havens during the coronavirus. Lets look where we are across the broader assets, weakness in china. President trump in the last few months of his presidency, focusing on the things he can still act on. China mobile and telecom fall
Richard. Harris and trade and a shocking presentation by a fellow who says main opposition Opposition Leader fails to get e. U. Foreign ministers to agree on sanctions. The u. S. Has set the stage for a showdown at the u. N. General assembly this week slapping additional sanctions on iran that followed the trumpet ministrations disputed weekend declaration that all un penalties eased on the 2050 nuclear deal had been restored nearly all u. N. Members including u. S. Allies in europe reject this the new sanctions many target those involved in irans defense sectors just imagine what iran would do therefore able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen. The president s executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the are a ministry of defense and Armed Fo
Pandemic has claimed more than 200000 lives in the u. S. The highest death toll in the world what does this mean for the president ial election just weeks away and wildfires ravaging california the amazon and other parts of the planets climate activists are pushing the United Nations for concrete action to protect the environment scientists are on their side many powerful politicians are not. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome the United Nations General Assembly has held its annual debates as the you when marks 75 years since its founding it was the 1st assembly where World Leaders did not gather in new york city but. Addressed the forum via video because of the coronavirus and did a far from delivering a unifying message us President Donald Trump repeatedly lashed out at china in his speech this prompted un secretary general antonio good terrorist who warns against a quote new code. Lets have a listen now to one of trumps attacks on china