Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Its been confirmed a new virus spreading across china can be transmitted between humans. More than 200 people have been infected with the virus so far and a short time ago a fourth death has been confirmed. Cases have also been reported in japan, thailand, and south korea. The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting later this week. Rich preston reports. Its now been confirmed, the virus known as 2019 ncov can be passed from person to person. Despite early effo rts from person to person. Despite early efforts to contain the virus, cases have been reported in shanghai, shands in and beijing. Cases have also been reported injapan, south korea, and thailand. This latest Development Comes as millions prepare to celebrate chinese new year, making journeys of hundreds of m
As we speak, key figures from industry, World Leaders and even a few celebs are all descending on the alpine ski resort of davos. At this years World Economic forum, Climate Change is the hot topic of the week. Attending this year will be president trump, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and top executives from firms including google, netflix, coca cola but is there the will to tackle the issue . Theres clearly a business impact, a report by the imf and Cambridge University found that if temperature continue to rise by 0. 04 degrees every year, for the next 80 years peoples wealth on average will 7 lower compared to if action is taken. However its not all bad news, the Global Commission on adaptation has calculated that a 1. 8 trillion investment over the next decade in measures to adapt to Climate Change, could produce benefits worth more than 7 trillion. Well to get more on this, the bbcs Sally Bundock is in davos for us this week and sent this report. World leaders chief exec
Per month for our teenager girls. 4 00 a. M. In the east. We start with the massive news from the capitol. A threeyear prison sentence for Michael Cohen. Another bombshell for an already shaken white house, prosecutors striking a non prosecution agreement with ami. The National Enquirer Parent Company. In exchange, ami admits making 150,000 to silence Karen Mcdougal. I have spoken to allan about how to set the whole thing up with funding. Yes. And its all the stuff. News of the deal with ami came moments after cohens sentencing for crimes which included arranging payments and lying to congress about the trump tower project in moscow during the campaign. Cohens false testimony was shared with the white house and its possible President Trump knew cohen would make false statements under oath. Not a peep from the president on wednesday, but behind the scenes, we are told the president is seething and assuring associates cohen is a liar. We have athena jones with more. Reporter good morning
The Chief Financial Officer, Huawei Technologies Co. Limited. Sabrina Meng, has disclosed that with the emergence of 5G, a lot of transformation and new value