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
This a while is natural gas. Prices is hanging on the energy markets. If we have those market boards for you, lets bring them up so i can go out for some of the things were watching out for. European stocks gain 1 . Brent gaining to around 40. On a thought there would be an agreement between opec and opec plus. Investors are eyeing a potential extension of record production curbs by opec plus. Looking at natural gas. This is because the spector of egative rates. P. M. I. Coming in a bit better than we thought. 30. 5 instead of the preliminary 28. 7. Now lets get straight to the first word news. Hi. Hi, francine. Unrest continuing across the United States overnight. President trump has come under Harsh Criticism for his response to the demonstrations. He is also not getting the backing of local governors over his offer to send in the military to prevent looting. Thousands ignored curfews last night. In germany, chancellor merkel failed to broker a deal on stimulus yesterday. A delayed p
Good evening everyone. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Thoseof the focus on deaths and infection. It seems europe may be stabilizing, i spoke to a number ,f experts think its too soon if you look at the curve of the seems its getting worse and we are also hearing did may get worse before it gets better. This is what your markets are telling you. I know weve been talking about the dollar almost day in and day out. A lot of the focus is on whats going on. Lets have a at what equities are doing, gaining 2 . Gaining, u. S. Futures, dollar strengthening a touch. A debate over whether theres ground for a rally given the continued spread of the coronavirus but today they are focusing on betterthanexpected in the u. S. Treasuries also advancing. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. We begin in italy. Be approaching a peak according to the World Health Organization. Numbersees the smallest of new cases in almost two weeks. The nation setting to extend its current c
Its chinamade model 3 just a year after they broke ground teheran condemns what it calls terrorist attacks on iranallied militia. We continue to demand the Islamic Republic iran act consistent in a wi i laid back in may 2018 for what it is we expect iran to do so it can rejoin the community of nations. So lets take a look at the European Markets now that they had a bit of time to warm up, although warming up is the opposite of whats going on here because they are cooling down. Nikkei down 2 ftse mib in italy down and germany down by 4. 5 its been a very good year for all of these markets year to date lets take a look at how the overnight action was while we were all fast c markets. Im looking in the correct perspective now. The nikkei 225 did finish down but has closed for the year. Year to date its tally was up by 18 . The shanghai composite was the stand out performer for the asia pacific markets up over the past ten years down by just over 7 the hang seng in Congress Hong was an und
With an impeachment inquiry against him. Reporterer metta worlds athlec championship where it is goals for the host. Winning the high jump crown. Also a new world record in the womens 400 meters hurdles. Anchor welcome to the newshour. Primep story the iraqi minister seeing a curfew will be lifted at 5 a. M. On saturday after hundreds of demonstrators defied the lockdown. 10 people were killed after Security Forces opened fire on the crowd. More than 50 have died since the protests begin four days ago as anger erupted over poverty and the lack of basic services. This has resulted in rallies and protests on the streets of the country. One of the most powerful politicians has called for the government to resign and hold snap elections. Protesters take cover under a bridge in central baghdad as gun shots ring out. Iraqs Security Forces continue to fire bullets at unarmed protesters. Dozens have been killed in the last four nights in antigovernment protests. More than 2000 people have been