Colorado arizona montana oregon utah and washington what were experiencing this year is simply without precedent the small town of malden in Eastern Washington was almost completely incinerated by a wind driven wildfire authorities are searching the rubble unsure whether all of the towns approximately 300. 00 residents made it out alive in medford oregon a fire swept through of mobile Home Community reducing it to a burned out health scape of an ash and twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she owned. What youre wearing right now this. Powerful winds are spreading the oregon fires the governor invoked Emergency Powers to marshal more resources in california high winds are also fanning the flames 14000 firefighters are out on the front lines in california. Where 28 major fires have scorched over 100000 hectors tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from several of the largest fires in the States History a big fire in San Diego County is moving dangerously close to
Interrogated killed and dismembered but while 21. 00 men were detained by saudi arabia over his murder and 11 went on trial much of what happened in the courtroom remains a mystery the trial was done in secret and closed trial that there was no International Observers in the hands of the victims or the accused were not published. And theres no more. Appeal possible so the nature of the evidence only in every technical part of the trial or most has been questioned by. Internationally accepted judicial standards last year 5 of them were given the Death Penalty for the killing but thats been cut to 20 years in prison 3 others have been given sentences of saving to teen years and will say is calling a fast i think. The whole verdict seems to me to have been manipulated and i way they used of course they get behind a fig leaf according to practice Legal Practice in saudi arabia and the family has the right to commute any sentence and the family has issued as such they flourish and most prob
Bloomberg surveillance. Im tom keene in new york. Guy johnson in for Francine Lacqua in london. Monthsin to the summer in august. I look at the newspapers in the United Kingdom and it is sort of a soup of distractions right now. Inme and update on the virus the United Kingdom, because the statistics i look at are actually pretty good. Guy . They are pretty good, tom, and there are large parts of the country where people are talking about the fact that we may have achieved herd immunity. You listen to the commentary come out of a large hospital, out of large hospitals, they are seeing a fraction of the number of cases they saw coming through the door back in the spring. The situation seems to be under control. This is pumping Boris Johnson the prime minister, to make firm assertions that schools will september, in the same way Governor Cuomo is making those assertions in new york. Thathe is pretty lonely on right now. That will be one of our themes without question in august. Back to sc
Dividend plans. Welcome to surveillance. Im yousef gamal eldin. We have a situation. The countdown of the trade deal between u. S. And china is being factored in the wider picture. The stoxx 600 is up three tens of 1 , traders looking at two more stimulus measures. The president s actions appears to have bought enough time to get people back to the negotiating table, slightly risk on. Thats getting reflected in the brent crude trade, just below the 45 a barrel handle. We are snapping a today losing streak. Indications from saudi aramco are bullish. Asia getting stronger, as well, back to previrus levels. A little downside. A weaker dollar but the g10 players can find a narrow range ubsu. S. 10 year yields says go short on the five year yield. Plenty to consider, plenty to get through, lets get the first word news with leighann gerrans. Leighann good morning. Billionaire bill gates says its mind blowing the government hasnt approved coronavirus testing. Cnn, he cited long lines at comme
Hong kong Police Arrest a media tycoon and prominent activist jimmy lai after the u. S. Penalizes the citys chief executive carrie lam. 15 ,s in next digital get dip 50 only to reverse losses. The inflation debate. Investors look ahead to u. S. Ppi and cpi as global debt with subzero yields top 16 trillion. A ton of negative that out there. Bob prince tells bloomberg a pickup in inflation would be mind blowing. Frome under an hour away the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures this morning. Looking at gains across European Equity indexes,. 8 of the gains you seen on the widely traded euro stoxx 50 futures, also on ftse futures. In london. Dax in frankfurt. Looking at games on the u. S. Futures picture. Tradings p minis stronger than nasdaq futures, but you still see green arrows, so it could be a risk on monday to kickoff the week. Lets get the first word news with laura wright in london. Gates billionaire bill says it is mind blowing the u. S. Has not imp