Ease some of the Capital Buffers as well, potentially some of the u. S. Banks. We know again this is not a financial crisis, this is more of an exhaustion us shock. So letting the banks perhaps ease up on some of these roles to make sure they can get loans out to people who need them, certainly perhaps a smart idea. Ofncine yeah, i think a lot policymakers are just worried over what is essentially a Health Crisis that will turn into a financial crisis as they are trying to give loans and credit to Small Businesses that need it. I am looking forward to an interview with the treasury people in charge in the u. K. About the stimulus they put out yesterday lets get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with the Trump Administration pushing a one point 2 trillion stimulus plan. This to counter the Economic Impact of coronavirus. Bloomberg has learned americans could get direct payment of 1000 or more within two weeks. A month later, a second set of check
Began and more than 12000 Health Workers have been infected also hospital Officials Say they not only need more test kits but also some training on how to use them. When this Government Crisis Committee comes out to say we have everything it is not true when they say we have 300000 test kids well thats all very nice to have 300000 kids but those kids must be tested by professionals who know how to do it if not why do you need them so we also have this problem when they say we have 300000 kids daily i can tell you that it is not true so much of her own now from madrid with more on those latest infection numbers. 14 percent of the total amount people have that have tested positive from coronaviruses spain 5000. 00 in total 12300. 00 are Health Care Workers the thought of growing up from coronavirus house has reached 7800. 2 up to date weve seen how the Health Care Workers have been struggling have been claiming because they are lacking the running out of protective measures they dont hav
Daily death toll of more than 830 people such a small increase on the previous day is seen as a glimmer of hope that the situation remains critical the choice. It is very likely that the outbreak is evolving properly thanks to everyones efforts having only 20 percent of our cases recovering and that is an encouraging statistic but it is true that the number of people going into intensive care units is doing creasing and there are many regions operating at Maximum Capacity and many other religions quickly getting closer to this limit yes yes autonomous. The u. K. Has recorded its 2nd successive day of more than 200 new deaths and the government has put the entire country on emergency footing unprecedented in peace time asked about the timescale for the current restrictions the answer came a could be many months so i think 3 weeks for review 2 or 3 months to see whether weve really squashed it and that about 3 to 6 months ideally and lots of uncertainty in that then to see which point we
Abroad. Some of Freedom People on the pacific all of the political foes in the hope of independence. Could begin in burundi where elections are 6 months away but there are concerns of the security opposition leaders say theres a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party the u. N. Has also issued a warning but the government tells aljazeera the election will be free and fair catherine sort of reports from burundis commercial capital virgin birth protected by the neck where you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. Riots started in 2015 and pays n. P. R. Includes a run for. And warn a 3rd tom that his opponents say it was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next year and the be real father says people are still being in
In front of his home crowd the world number one showing his fighting spirit to help spain and france to the davis cup semifinals. We begin this news in the u. S. Where the state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine that a 100 page document was made public after a freedom of information request by an ethics watchdog it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state mike pump a. O. And Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani earlier this year the exchanges took place in the months before but then the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie you have out of it was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiev into investigating trumps rival joe biden lets go live to washington d. C. John hendren is more is there john what more do we know about these documents how did they come to light. Adrian we are still going through these documents that came out in a civil lawsuit against