A legit state sponsored torture begins in germany. A standoff in the South China Sea the u. S. And a stray away into a dispute between china and malaysia. And in sports the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely millions of fans watching. Lets begin in the United States where figures released just hours ago paint a devastating picture of the economy in just 5 weeks tens of millions of jobs have been wiped out take a look at the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the scale of these weekly figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his coded 19 outbreak declarations. I want house correspondent kimberly house joins us live from washington d. C. Rising unemployment kinle
Its wednesday 25th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk economy is growing and at a faster rate than economists were expecting. The latest figures from the office for National Statistics paint a more positive picture of the economy. The figures show that the uk economy grew by 0. 4 between july and september. Most economists were expecting growth of 0. 3 which is how much the economy grew in the first two quarters. The bank of englands main Interest Rate is at the record low of 0. 25 . Todays Economic News increases the chances that the central bank will raise interests next month. Will raise Interest Rates next month. We can speak to our economics editor kamal ahmed. Why is the economy growing faster than many experts were predicting . think weve had better manufacturing news. Since the referendum, sterling has declined in value, which means oui has declined in value, which means our exports are has declined in value, which means oui exports are more has de
Meetings. It . Ael can you believe he will miss the ecb meeting. I am hearing a lot of interesting comments, saying that the ecb has to do something, but if they do something that just pushes up valuations, and maybe it is a bubble. The market can decide if its a good move for bad. Francine he really needs to make sure the markets understand how he can maximize qe, and its unclear at the moment. We will have more shortly, but first, lets get straight to the first word news with taylor riggs. Taylor the president , mario draghi, may have no choice but to extend his bond buying plan. He held a press conference he will hold a press conference. Most economists surveyed by bloomberg predict the ecb will have to extend quantitative easing. Hillary clinton and donald trump made backtoback appearances at a form of military last night. It was sponsored by nbc news and a veterans group. It was held on an Aircraft Carrier in new york. Clinton was asked about her plan to defeat the islamic state.
Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday, may 15th. Im here in jerusalem alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and luisberg door f in new york. Surrounding the opening of the new embassy in jerusalem. As todays New York Daily News cover demonstrates it is a jarring juxtathat position of what happened here. On the left, jerusalem. Officials including the president s daughter all smiles, dressed to the nines and there on your right, less than 50 miles away in the occupied gaza strip where at least 58 people died yesterday and more than 2,700 wounded as they convened near the border fence. Thats on top of the more than 100 People Killed and more than 11,000 wounded since the protests in gaza began at the end of march. This is according to gazas health ministry. The red cross has issued a dire warning that the Health System in gaza is on the verge of collapse due to the strain. Several nations have called for an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council with the palestinian rep causing the actions