Ehran. Welcome to countdown. Coming up, we are going to bring you a look at the geneva show. We will speak with sergio marchionne. Despite slow growth in the european market, prospect of the future are promising. It is nothing spectacular, but it is consistent. It is not a flybynight. It is not a flimsy recovery. It is a decent base on which to build the future. That Economic Reforms being carried out by the european governments go through, and if European Unions see their way to learn how to manage themselves, i think the prospects are good. India bank just cut Interest Rates in an unscheduled move for the second time this year. The governor says weakness in asia goss thirdlargest economy has given the bank room to ease. He cut it by a quarter point. For more, lets get to anna preand i year anna. This is the second time the governor has acted around this global theme of policy easing. Bring us up to speed. It is the second out of policy cuts we have seen. He likes to keep everyone on.
Nationalists surge. The snp is on track to become the Third Largest party in parliament. We are live in glasgow. Sterling rallies against all major counterparts and surges to a sixyear high against the euro. We bring you the latest market reaction. Now lets get some Details Behind those stories. David cameron is set to stay in downing street as the Prime Minister of the u. K. Exit polls show conservatives will head with either a minority or a working majority vote. This is clearly a very strong night for the conservative party. I think weve had a positive response to a positive campaign about safeguarding our economy and creating jobs. Above all, a plan for the next five years. Those who do the best should find the system on their side. Anna the labour party has failed to gain key seats in england and scotland as the nationalists surge. The snp is set to become the third Biggest Party in parliament. What we are looking at tonight is a very historic shift in opinions in scotland. We sai
Good to have you with us. California has reversed the easing of many coronavirus restrictions as the number of infections in the us state continue to rise sharply. The United States as a whole has now recorded more than 3. 3 million cases almost certainly an underestimate. All this with the nations top Infectious Disease official underfire from the white house. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has more. Testing times. They rolling back of californias reopening plan because the virus is still spreading fast. The new measures mean sweeping closures of businesses that involve people getting together indoors. Restaurants, bars, cinemas, and museums are all being forced to close. More than 7000 people have died from covid 19 in the state and the rate of new cases has risen to 8000 a day. We are continuing to see hospitalisations rise in the state stop we are continuing to see a modest increase in icus. And the number of beds represented by icu patients throughout the state of cal
Also in the programme a warning from us regulators to telecoms giants sharpen up on data protection. And talking trade british negotiators are brussels bound to begin dialogue about a new deal with the eu. And well be getting the inside track on how disaster can often lead to success we talk to professional cyclist morgan fox, who turned his life around after suffering a serious crash. Today, we want to know job hunting is a big theme on worklife so whats the weirdest or worst questions youve ever been asked in an interview . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. Brand new trading week has begun and eve ryo ne brand new trading week has begun and everyone was on tenterhooks, which way will Financial Markets go . Asia started with heavy losses. But share prices in asia have reversed early losses afterjapans central bank followed the us, and promised to support markets in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The virus is continuing to spread across
But the busiest places remain the cemeteries. And we begin a day of special reports on employment with the uk expected to report a record rise in joblessness shortly. Good to have you with us. Whether you are watching us in the uk oraround whether you are watching us in the uk or around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. In the last hour, President Trump has sent a list to the head of the World Health Organization listing its alleged failings. In a long tweet, he threatened to withdraw us support permanently. He says hell make the temporary freeze of us funding to the Agency Permanent and reconsider the countrys membership if the who does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days. As the death toll from the virus in the us passes 90,000, President Trump revealed he was taking an anti malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a precaution despite official warnings against its general use against the virus