The crown a virus has infected more than 2400000 people globally its taken more than 160000 lives while some countries are seeing a flattening curve others are still seeing a surge in new cases coppa 19 has infected more than 766000 americans while deaths in the u. S. Have top 40000 new york state which is finally seeing a drop in new cases announced that its going to begin aggressive statewide Antibody Testing this week protests continue across the u. S. Over shelter in place orders amid pressure on governors to reopen local economies at sundays briefing president said hell use the defense production act to increase manufacturing of testing swabs while working with governors to reopen their economies are with the governors doing a better job than others the robust capacity that weve brought online will empower governors to deploy sophisticated strategies so they can safely reopen their states. Some people believe in. Play and other people believe in it less strongly but still its a ve
Transformation which will catch every part of our society and our economy. And we will do it because it is the right thing to do. Investors want their say. Carl icahn turns hostile in its bid for hp and dell shares dropping in after hours trade as they slash its full year revenue cost and blames a chip shortage from intel. I feel like a bit of a broken record saying this every day, but we have new wall street record highs yesterday for all the three majors yet again inching higher yesterday more optimism on the trade talks as well with the u. S. President saying that they are in the final throes of reaching a potential deal and that has given a boost to asian markets as well. The stoxx 600 reached a four year high. So very good dumomentum and you can see that there is a green board right behind me. All the majors are trading positive ftse 100 the outperformer up about 30 points. Good performance in the Mining Sector so that is the uk. Xetra dax up about a ten it th t as well. Pointing
Charles schwab takes advantage firm and israge said to be moving on rival Td Ameritrade. Apple overhaul Software Testing after finding glitches in its software. This is our second day at the new Economy Forum in beijing and we have plenty of great interviews ahead on our programs including mastercards device. Hairman also eurasia groups president as well. Competition was really focused on trade tensions, the risks for the global economy, the u. S. And china dynamic. We will see more conversations about today as well, but also more focus on technology, ai, 4g, and transitioning into 5g. Much it was very optimistic or hopeful is maybe a better word, hoping to come to some sort of heavy copper mines, but there was the idea that some of these issues are just going to remain issues forever, like Henry Kissinger saying the issue remain kong will problematic and other people saying the issue of sovereignty will be sensitive and will come up during trade negotiations. All of that has affected
Australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement, by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the
Protesters in hong kong and beijing promises retaliation if it becomes law. Alibaba set to raise 11 billion in a second listing next week. It marks hong kongs biggest share sale since 2010. Coming from behind, Jeremy Corbyn holds his own against Boris Johnson in the first tv debate in the u. K. Election, a snap poll puts the leaders at almost even on the night. Good morning. Matt good morning. We are getting headlines that hsbc is going to replace its head of Investment Banking, so those of you working at the Investment Bank at hsbc, at least according to the financial times, looks set to get a new boss. The head will move to a nonexecutive role according to the f role ft and he will get a replacement. We will bring you the developments on this story as the new head of Investment Banking those into the Hong Kong Shanghai banking corporation. Less than half an hour from the european open and lets look quickly at what is going on in terms of the risk picture this morning, the treasury yi