Protests against a label law that was passed earlier this month that opponents say will erode workers rights and dismantle environmental protection. This is the dollar index on the way down. One week lows earlier on today. The euro new york crude moving to the downside. We had the report on inventories showing u. S. Stockpiles were indeed much higher than had been anticipated. Dollar weakness, golds gain. Tom lets bring you the first word news and a catch up on the pandemic situation in europe. Be amains and continues to coronavirus hotspot, with new daily infection records in germany and the netherlands. Ing a curfew in madrid. Manchester is being forced into the u. K. s strictest curbs. In the u. S. , new yorks governor blames President Trump for virus deaths in his state, calling him a liar and a super spreader. California is easing restrictions in San Francisco. By the u. S. Ing sued Justice Department for abusing its monopoly in search in what seen as the most significant antitrus
But the equity markets are open. We are up by 1. 2 . Earnings season getting up tomorrow with j. P. Morgan, but stimulus talks are not going anywhere. The german tenyear yield, yields are going lower. We are also seeing some pressure caught in periphery. We are getting awful close to a has 100 spread that basis points on it, and that is certainly something we are watching very carefully. We note the comments from mr. Lane over the weekend. The other thing we are noting as well is what is happening with chinese currency. The pboc over the weekend basically putting two way risk back into that currency pair. The question is, will that be marketto stabilize this and keep the pboc happy, or is further action ultimately going to be required . Kailey joining us now is mark mccormick, Td Securities global head of fx strategy. Lets talk about the u. K. First. More restrictions to stop the spread of the virus there. The market doesnt really seem to blink at any of these new additional restrictio
Cypriots go to the polls to select a president and the tensions over Gas Exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean. And spyware concerns how your boss might still be monitoring you while you are working from home. A fragile cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan is under threat following reports of attacks from both sides in the conflict over nagornokarabakh new fighting has killed at least 8 people theres a search for survivors buried beneath the rubble as any official say the 2nd city of gun joke was struck by missiles in the ne hours of sunday military officials in nagano caught a black have denied attacking the city saying they are observing the cease fire meanwhile armenia is accusing azeri forces of shelling the disputed regions largest cities to follow coutts. Both sides accuse each other of violating the humanitarian seems far which came into force on saturday the deal allows them to Exchange Prisoners and recover bodies hundreds of people have been killed since fighting flar
A camp thousands of refugees are relocated on the greek island of less was but there are new fears for their health. And in sport patrick reid has a halfway lead at golfs u. S. Help then the 20000 masters champion is a need to win his 2nd major title. Shes been a pillar of the fight for womens rights a liberal icon in the us now the death of long serving Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is poised to trigger a significant political battle just weeks ahead of the president ial election even as the 87 year old was dying from panda cam pantry pancreatic cancer she passed on a plea that there should be no rush to fill a vacancy at americas highest court. Aljazeera alan fischer looks at ginsburgs legacy. They started to gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in washington as news of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death broke it brought flowers and candles the number swelled people marking a loss they felt personally. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was physically small but her presence loomed large on
Review of the week russian opposition figure. Says he is making progress in his recovery as. Evidence in the poisoning. Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this international. Has seen another day of mass unrest 6 weeks on from the contested election thousands gathered in mens gone sunday calling on president lukashenko to resign. Earlier describing the tactics used by the protesters. What they do is they gather in little groups soon over the city in various districts where they live and then they could show all of that into a into a huge rally huge march asss happening barden knowledge crowds merging together right now its difficult to tell with the with regards to numbers for perhaps 5000 people behind me more may be joining the but the impression so far is that there are fewer people than there were last week at this at this time last week last sunday there were many more demonstrators a much larger much nevertheless theyve got their plan theyve got a route through m