At a Religious School in pakistan also this hour calls for a peaceful election in tanzania after violence and the arrest of an Opposition Leader in zines a car and the toll of yemens war on children the u. N. Says tens of thousands are suffering acute malnutrition. Im joined again with the sport as paralympic sprinter blake leeper loses his appeal to her to use prosthetic legs to true qualify for the olympics but he plans to fight what he says of races decision. Thank you very much for joining us with exactly a week to go before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting partly due to and despite the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday nights thats 4000000 more than all. 4 years ago National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a not tighter in some battleground states but the coronavirus pandemic continues to overshadow the campaign infections a surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospi
A Religious School in pakistan and well tell you why a new abortion law in poland has triggered mass protests across the country. Thank you very much for joining us with exactly a week to go before the u. S. Elections says been a surge in early voting partly due to when despite the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night thats 4000000 more than all early votes 4 years ago National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states but the coronavirus pandemic continues to overshadow the campaign infections are surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with. More than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began stock markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest one day drop in a month on monday as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery and rescue package remain
10ly plans on spending billion euros a month. Biden uses his first call with Boris Johnson to reaffirm his support for the good friday agreements. A lot to talk about this morning. Under one hour until the start of the European Equity trading session, futures look flat. Ftse futures, dax futures, a bit of a mix. Yesterday europe was up strongly 1. 5 or more on the major markets by the close. We come into today with a continuation of themes of the previous day, selling out on tech, getting back to value. Lets get to u. S. Futures, looking more buoyant and having to do with what we did not see in the u. S. Session yesterday. Things are not as strong across the board. Nasdaq down by 0. 3 . U. S. Futures looking have we seen that rotation playing out in terms of the tech versus value story . It is in play in asia. It is inch deceit a japanese equity market doing well. See the interesting to japanese equity market doing well. Part of this has to do with what is going on in tech, a crackdown
Sanctions forced Western Union to close operations in cuba and a big blow to those depending on money sent from abroad. Heads one week to election day in the u. S. And the candidates are hitting the battleground states polls indicate Democratic Party contender joe biden holds the lead nationally but its a close race in a number of must win swing States Mike Hanna reports. A final frenetic week of campaigning before election day president trying doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brask. Attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting Fake News Media is going full on. We are rounding the turn 99. 9 percent. And hes attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now were going to win the great state. Were goin
Handling the pandemic. Polands conservative government remains defiant as protests well against a courts ruling that severely restricts abortions. Wildfires force 100000 people to leave their homes in Southern California. 7 days to the u. S. President ial election and both candidates are making their final pitches to voters democratic candidate joe biden has gone on the offensive on coronavirus making his 1st campaign visit to whats normally the republican stronghold of georgia but where polling now shows a tight race this administrator yet to offer a single plan. Thats one of the reasons why the most one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world the new england journal of medicine call the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into a tragedy im ready to act i know what to do starting on day one of my presidency we will do it meanwhile donald trump is maintaining a hectic schedule hes held rallies in michigan and wisconsin and hes