Human Rights Groups are pressuring macron to take a hard line on human rights abuses. Hello and thank you for joining us. It is crunch time for a post brexit trade deal. At this point the prospects are looking tenuous at best. A transition period ends december 31. Boris johnson says he will travel to brussels this week after a phe call tonight with the European Commission chief ursula v der leyen failed to produce a breakthrough. Main Sticking Points on fishing rights and business rules remain. Meantime the British Parliament is voting on a market built tonight that could allow britain to allow certain requirements on Northern Ireland and other issues. For more we are joined by our correspondent in london. As we mentioned, johnson is headed to brussels this week. What does this indicate . Yes. Interestingly we have learned after this 90 minute phone call, the second in 48 hours between the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Eu Commission president ursula von der leyen, that t
U. N. This on the day trump almost conceded defeat, but vows to in his words, carry on the good fight. The situation in paris with police under increasing scrutiny. This incident, a demonstration by migrants broken up as a controversial new security bill was voted through. This is life in paris. Thank you very much for being with us. Emmanuel macron told france the covid19 lockdown will be relax from saturday. More shops will be allowed to open for longer hours. Up to 30 people will be able to gather in one place. In a speech, the french president detailed how france would leave lockdown at setpoints, december 15 is earmarked as the lockdown, but a curfew will take its place. Christmas eve and new years eve, traditional celebratory nights in france, will be open for visiting. January could see ski stations open for business. Restaurants and gyms could reopen, too. All with no deterioration of the covid figures. 1955 new cases of covid19 in france. 1005 new deaths over the past 20 fire
Ultimatum, saying surrender or a military assault will begin on your capital. U. S. President elect, joe biden, announcing some major cabinet nominees for the top diplomatic post, secretary of state, he has picked antony blinken, who is deputy secretary of state under president obama. He also has a French Connection he went to high school in paris and speaks the language fluently. Another notable nominee, former secretary of state, john kerry, has been chosen to lead the effort to combat climate change. For more on how biden is filling out his National Security and Foreign Policy teams, lets bring in our washington correspondent. Tell us more about the pix biden made today. Reporter there are two words at describe these six pix. One is diversity and the second is expertise. Diversity because there are, as a first in these cabinet picks, if these people are confirmed, starting with errol haynes, who will become the first woman director of National Intelligence if she is to be confirmed.
Status was scrapped, Narendra Modi lays stone for a hindu tetemple. Thank you very much for joining us here. I day after a massive explosion rocked the lebanese capital, residents in beirut remain in shock. Rescuers digging through the rubble i in the cityty today afr at leaeast 100 people died and over 4000 were wounded after a blast with the force of an earthquake hit the city. An investigation is underway to a to determine the cause of the blast. It does appear to have been 2700d in a fire ignited tons of Ammonium Nitrate stored unsafely at a warehouse. Reporter beirut this morning is similar to a war zone. Back to check onon their homes, everything is almost destroyed. Many the big explosion cars are destroyed. More than 100 dead. And more than 4000 injured. Many people were displaced from this area. They went to relatives, friends, or hotels. They came back this morning to clean. I have an eyewitness that was here when the explosion occurred. Saw, what you felt . Devastation. It l
I know that chips are not, of course, a specific Coverage Area this is a big deal at a very confusing time for many in the market what do you take awa from a move like this and what sorts of changes or adjustments do you see . It is very, very interesting. Were in the middle of a pandemic, but it dung change the fact that a lott of companies are doing deals and acquisitions there is still strength and still a lot of people making money in this market there is an area that we need to participate in, talk to our clients about actively and want to move some and shift some cash over to different areas to make sure that we also participate. Often when things happen like the nasdaq getting into New Territory like this, this is a stock pickers market we have to look at individual opportunities. Do you feel that way and if so what are you looking at . Sorry, that is for scully for us it is always a stock pickers market, frankly. With that said if you look at the internet and Digital Media grou