The dollar gaining some ground after paring losses after that meeting. Fx sellinging asia off, especially the renminbi after reaching may 2019 highs. There are signs perhaps the currency is being overbought. Expecting boj, boe, and Bank Indonesia today. Those currencies and focus. Watching the bond market as well put it did not get adjustments on qe from the fed. We saw the 10 and 30 yield spike coming off a little now but that did lead to earlier the yield curve steepening and coming off a little. We are watching brent crude as well as wti. Also saw off some of the highs we saw overnight. There is optimism for demand but that is also losing some of those gains right now. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the first word News Headlines and other stories. President trump says a Coronavirus Vaccine could be just tribute it widely as early as october, contradicting statements by some of his top health officials. The head of the centers for Disease Control and prevention told a Sena
They do everything they can to reach them. And the people who have. One such encounter took place in november 27th in. A rubber boat carrying an estimated 140. 00 people started sinking in International Waters off the libyan coast the libyan coast guard and a vessel operated by the german n. G. O. S sea watch both arrived at the same. As the engineers rescue boats approached some migrants who could not swim was struggling to stay afloat the libyan crude made no move to help. The libyan coast guard signalled the see what crew to leave and bait migrants to prevent them from jumping off the patrol boat. Some my friends risked their lives in hopes of reaching the german risky vessel. That. Was. Libyan boats at high speed while one person was still clinging to the side ladder. To see what activists were only able to bring about half of the migrants on board. 5 people including one child who drowned. Sicily is the gateway to europe along the Central Mediterranean ridge in 2017120000 migrants
A video filmed in the siberian city of novosibirsk days before he collapsed on a flight to moscow now the German Government says tests carried out in a military laboratory have produced unequivocal proof the russian Opposition Leader was poisoned with a nerve agent joke and chancellor merkel says it was attempted murder alexina by any thoughtful and separation and that scene of ali is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silent and i condemn this in the shop as a possible manner in the name of the entire German Government. Germanys foreign minister heiko mass has summoned the Russian Ambassador saying its urgent that those responsible in russia be identified and brought to justice novell me whos 44. 00 was airlifted to germany late last month 2 days after being taken to a hospital in the siberian city of sc the Charity Hospital in berlin says hes still on a respirator in intensive care and although the symptoms of his poisoning are declining it cant rule out long term consequences
Establish ties with israel well our White House Correspondent can be how has been following the story and says the president s announcement comes at a time when hes facing new challenges on the domestic front. In terms of the sort of diplomatic win that the white house is touting this is something that donald trump needs badly on an already bad news day hes been batting back the domestic press here continuing to downplay it an article in the atlantic magazine that alleges that donald trump called Service Members and even war hero john mccain. Losers and also saying that they didnt win if they were killed and found themselves buried in a Military Cemetery now this is caused outrage at the white house the president when the story broke did a 7 minute rebuttal to reporters in the dark he has since gone on twitter to downplay the story try and disparage the atlantic magazine well israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcome the deal harry forces in west jerusalem with more on the i