A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
Yes, a fed meeting at 2 00. None of it matters. What matters is the drama, the guys fromof four Silicon Valley lined up in front of congress. And oh yeah, the stimulus. What has your attention . Jonathan funnily enough, the Federal Reserve, but only because somebody people are playing it down. A lot of people have shaken their head. What was the last three months about . We are about to see a shift away from the accommodation we have seen towards much more Forward Guidance, and the commitment, the shift in the reaction function to formalize that commitment to low for a whole lot longer, and i think that its important. Tom the queen of the xaxis, lisa abramowicz, is here. Are we going to go out to 2023 today . Lisa the question is where. Are we talking about the front end . Clearly they are not going to raise rates anytime soon. What are going to be some of the measures they look to to decide what their policy is . Are they going to set inflation pegs . Are they going to set implement p
Coming up for the rest of the hour. The chairman and ceo of train technologies trane technologies, they do hvac. We will talk about how you recondition all of the airconditioning units that we have to allow us to basically eat and drink inside. A really important conversation as we think what will happen as we approach the autumn and fall. What will happen to the service side of the economy. The banks are in big focus. 93 man sachs reporting a surge in revenue on the stocks and bond trading in the Second Quarter. Highlights is our bloomberg wall street reporter. They have a lot of questions about the m a environment. Goldman the lead m a advisor. The backlogn saying is higher, but he expects activity to continue in the next two to four quarters. , but we will see them come back. There are a lot of uncertainties. One question was about the election season. Solomon warned that is a ways away. As we know in the u. S. There are major uncertainties with how largescale deals are viewed among
Massive fines if they dont act. Im Still Standing better than i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. Now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. And coming up, a Hollywood Gladiator sends a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high. He said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this Church Hall In Chingford where there used to be bingo nights and dog training.
Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee