Iran and russia are attempting to interfere with the president ial election. They say theres no hacking involved. There are 12 days left until the vote. Spain is the first nation in western europe with one million virus cases. Rome considers implementing a nightly curfew. It comes as u. S. Hospitalizations reach a two month high. German cases jump to a new daily record of more than 12,000. The pound surges the most in six months as the u. K. And European Union resume talks over post trex it trade deal a week after Boris Johnson threatens to walk away. Negotiators arrive in london today. Anna lets get to some breaking news. Corporate reporting. Lets talk about some numbers from unilever. Third quarter underlying sales up by 4. 4 . Increase of 1. 8 . That looks to be better than in then has been anticipated. An estimate of an increase of over one. On pricing, things are weaker. The pricing comes in below estimates. Topline takeaway, sales have been beaten estimates. They are talking abou
A 13000000000. 00 euro tax spilled a u. S. Slapped on apple that on behalf of our allies will the tech giant have to pay out doubling doesnt even want the money well talk about why. And south africa reopens good schools up despite rising coronavirus cases many of them lack basic facilities and that has people worried theyll become breeding grounds for the covert 1000 bucks. Plus flooding in bangladesh forcing more than a 1000000 people from their homes about a 3rd of the countrys now under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades forecasters are warning more rain is on the way. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today you. President donald trump has signed an executive order ending hong kongs special trading privileges he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijings crackdown on human rights in the territory china has condemned the move and says it will impose sanctions and turn on u. S. Citizens well go live to beijing after this and
Developments. Reporter reporters are staged just outside the oval office now ready to go into the oval whenever the president invites them in for his discussion obviously a much anticipated moment at the white house. Do they have a deal . Do they not have a deal . Do they have something in between that might be an interim step along the way to a deal we dont know as we stand here right now. A lot of rumors swirling around washington and wall street but the chinese delegation is here, theyre in the oval office now. We expect to see the president at some point we just dont know exactly what theyre going to stay Stephen Mnuchin came to the Briefing Room a short time ago, i asked him for an update on the talks and whether or not its possible we get to the end of the day today without an announcement of any developments at all we declined to answer the question he said the talks so far have been productive and that time of the day they were going in to brief the president but no specific in
The fairytale for coco gauff continues here at wimbledon. At the age of 15, shes now into the third round and she says she canbeat anyone. The son will continue to shine in wimbledon all day. The sun. The further south you are, you will hang onto the sunny conditions but further north, cloud will build with heavy and persistent rain in the north west of scotland. We will be back with more later. Its thursdayjuly the 4th. Our top story patients lives are being put at risk because of delays in treatment for sepsis, referred to by experts as a hidden killer, because it is hard to spot. Its estimated 50,000 people in the uk die from sepsis every year. Hospitals are meant to put patients on an antibiotic drip within an hour when its suspected, but research by the bbc suggests a quarter of patients in england are waiting longer. Lauren moss reports. A father remembering his son as a bright student with ambition of becoming an accountant and taking ca re of becoming an accountant and taking c
Anna a very warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak, our flagship morning show in london. Im anna edwards. Manus and i am manus cranny. Lets kick it off with some red hot headlines. Anna we have numbers coming through from deutsche telecoms. Of course, to rise about 4 , so says the company this morning. They have given us the numbers for the Fourth Quarter. Revenue at 19. 5 billion euros. That is ahead of the estimate of 19. 1 billion euros. Giving us their numbers. Missing estimates, the dividend coming in at 0. 6 euros per share. That is one of the big stories around Deutsche Telekom at the moment. Back in their home market, prices are under pressure because of competition from vodafone. Better news out of the u. S. Unit. We heard from tmobile, with 1. 2 million monthly Wireless Subscribers, more than any other Wireless Subscriber in the u. S. This is a bond based business. Manus a couple more red hot headlines. Lets jump into standardbanks four year adjusted earnings per share. This is a