Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. This is what the gap. There is a big movement on europound. That is what i would be watching. Also data coming in better than expected but really still under 50 at 41. 7. If you look at the data, the story on the markets is exactly what is happening with euro pound. Now, the fact that france is now floating a veto threat over the brexit deal makes a lot of Market Participants very nervous. I am looking at our live blog, in 2020 at funny expecthe basically says eurosterling to appreciate rapidly through the september high. Leaplks about ready to Tall Buildings if the trade talks fail. Overall, looking at global stocks really pausing for breath after record highs. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Expanding the lockdown in germany for three more weeks until january 10. Reassessrkel wants to the restrict
Okay, i think we can start. Cochair madrid okay. This is the mayors disability Public Meeting for november 20, 2020 at s 1 p. M. My name is alex madrid. Thank you, alex. Im Deputy Director of m. O. D. And serving as clerk for this meeting. This is a virtual meeting. Its being broadcast to the public on sfgovtv. It is open caption and sign language interpreted. The Mayors Disability Council holds nine meetings and generally held on the third friday of the month. Please call the Mayors Office of disability at 415 5546789. Or by email, you can contact us at mod sfgov. Org with any m. D. C. Business. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, january 15, 2021 from 1 00 to 4 00 p. M. This will also be an Online Meeting and will be broadcast on sfgovtv. Thank you for joining us. Well now do roll call. And helen, joining the meeting. Sorry. Great. So ill go through the list . Can anybody hear me . Yes, we can hear you. Great, thank you. Please say present when i call your name. Alex madrid .
Terms with a dark chapter of its past. And in sports, a historic win for argentinas rugby team for the 1st time ever. Theyve beaten a 3 time world champions music. So were going to start with the worsening situation in ethiopia, where after days of denial, a leader from the region has confirmed yes, their forces did strike for sparking the fighting, which has killed hundreds of people. He says the great Peoples Liberation from the t. P. L. F. Launched a preemptive strike against a military base last week. It was that which prompted the federal government to launch its own offensive in the region. Get to go his own article and what you must understand that the 2 great people are at risk, both internally and externally. Eritrea on one and Ethiopian Forces on all sides. This move was purely a selfdefense measure small countries when they feel the risk of a stronger enemy which is about to destroy them. They often carry out a preemptive strike like this one. Well, since that strike, the fi
To the upside. Other news coming through about approvals for future houses as well. The asx up 119 points. Thats move along and look at other Asset Classes. Crude trading yesterday with a 33 handle, hasnt had a huge rally since then. Part of that is down to russia and opec looking like they will not be hiking reduction in january. That news helping to propel oil prices up to over 97 in the last six hours or so. ,old remaining where it was just shy of the 1900 level. Thats ahead of the u. S. Election. The u. S. Dollar index marginally down, the Rate Decision coming expecting a 0. 15 cut in the base rate and we do have in anticipation of all that move slightly higher than that, and thats down to a commodity related currency and the crude price helping that along. Lets head over to new york and join karina mitchell. We start with the latest headlines on the pandemic. Starling fell to its weakest in the month, with an economy already reeling from similar measures earlier this year. France
A tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience and tonight we welcome a man who eventually we will record as preeminent among World Leaders in the area of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the discussion of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped behind an iron curtain. I have in mind the feeling of futility in korea, oppression in our homeland but to meet out the savings and troubling the motors of ourfree enterprise economy. Here then is the man, framed in more who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president who we love with a deep andabiding affection. [applause] [music] welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the Commonwealth Club. This tech staff is helping to put together these online programs. Weve done dozens and dozens of them since the crisis began and its my great pleasure to in