Which sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. In the states, a scathing ruling handed down by the judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of voter fraud. By can i reports from washington . But this very significance because its a ruling by a federal charge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he used. He likened the trump appeal to a frankenstein monster which had been put together haphazardly. He made very clear that he believed there was no grounds for the trump claim whatsoever. And this makes it very unlikely that it can go on an appeal given that there are no grounds. Nevertheless, trumps lawyers, his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who argued the case before the judge says he wants to take it to the next level, the 3rd district and from there to the supreme court. U. S. Health officials are urging people not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday as this week that says the country supports this 12000000 active cases. Meanwhile, the u. S
Want action to stop the virus fallout. Nato calls for International Cohesion on security. Consumer Price Inflation breaking out of south korea. We are seeing month on month deceleration of. 1 . The deceleration, though, is easing from the previous month when we had been pulled down and undershooting Inflation Numbers because of subsidies from the government. Also we are seeing acceleration of 0. 6 when it comes to the euro. Slightly missing estimates, but when you seek out fresh food and look at the core cpi numbers, it is still growth of 1 . Of course, we still have some spare economic capacity in south korea, but remember the Third Quarter final gdp numbers actually beat expectations, and still, Inflation Numbers are very much away from that target coronavirus pandemic raging across the world. Haidi we have just had the beginning of the testimony of the rba governor, appearing before the Economics Committee today, so be watching out for some of those, particularly regarding news on t
To work our way through. Let me start with the Michigan Consumer sentiment index. Headline number coming through at 76 point nine, broadly in line with expectations of 77. Current conditions at 87, i had of expectations. At 75. Tions youve got the difficult situation i think the consumer has got to figure out. Do i worry about the here and now and worry about the impact the virus is going to have over the next weeks and months, or do i think about what the vaccine is ultimately going to deliver . Like the markets, i think the consumer is probably having to balance those factors out. Kailey i want to point out housing data as well. The Housing Market has been particularly strong. That does continue. A pace of 909,000, versus the estimate of 975,000. We are getting october personal spending data, and for more on that as Bloomberg International economics and policy correspondent Michael Mckee to break it all down for us. Michael michael it is may the most important number of a lot of numb
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
Now meet with federal officials. Donald trump has accepted the decision, although he hasnt conceded trump said in a tweet, hes directing his team to cooperate, but is promising to keep up the fight political hay and has more from washington. All eyes are going to be on the Republican Party leadership in the coming days, because really were seeing increased pressure on them to buck the president. On this we saw the big wigs of National Security officials from former republican administrations. Theyve all come out and said this is bad for democracy. Its many of them, not all of them. Obviously, its bad for democracy. Its bad for National Security and probably more important. Were seeing dozens upon dozens of countries. C. E. O. s the most influential republican donors come out in a letter saying this has to. And Republican Leadership needs to let the president know that its over british drug company, astra zeneca, and the University Say late stage testing of their code 19 vaccine shows i