And across england, you have to be home at 10 00. In scotland, most have to close all together. In london, musicians staged a protest last week against the ban on concerts they say is killing their livelihoods. India, believe it or not, has had fewer cases than europe for the past few days, but because of overcrowding and poverty, it has the highest daily death rate on earth, just ahead of the u. S. North Korean Leader kim jongun staged a military extravaganza on saturday, to convince the world his missiles are bigger than anyone elses, and this covid problem sller. North korea has not had a single covid case, he said, and offered condolences to the rest of the world. And finally, in a country that really has pretty much stamped out covid, new zealand allowed its First International rugby match since the pandemic to go ahead in front of a crowd of 30,000 fans, none of them wearing masks. Here in britain, the current strategy is a program of whackamole, in order to try to avoid another
Indonesia as well has been the laggard when it comes to its performance against the dollar. That is also seeing some decent gains. We are up 4. 5 . Yesterday, we saw a stunning rally, jumping the most in 20 years. May just be a technical rebound given how extreme the drop had been before. Brent and crude, we are still seeing some decent gains. We could be in a freefall given the shutdowns we have seen across the globe. Australia. Hing the only laggard today, down about 1. 5 . Still has been a stunning rebound. E. M. Having a good run. Jay powell has been reassuring americans the fed still has plenty of tools and plenty of tools to blunt the economic damage from the coronavirus. He is urging the house to pass the 2 trillion stimulus package. Kathleen hays is here with what happened today and what happens next. Is the stimulus package a one and done deal . It looks like it is going to pass. The Senate Passed it 960. The first vote was 4747. Finally, after days of backandforth, democrats
Majority of catalan independence. They could follow the latvian route or the slovenian route that because of our strategy for independence, forgetting that any of these countries, the population was that 90 . For independence. That is not the case in catalonia. Way before catalonia breaks away from spain, catalonia itself would break in two because there was a huge section that does not want that and it will respond this sunday. Let the side the relationship between catalonia and the rest of spain, it is so strong that any push for independence that may be successful, it is the catalonian economy that could be affected for years. Last but not least, catalan parties have never made it clear what kind of political system they want from the country while it is independent. Right now we have a parliamentary democracy and monarchy with respect for human rights and rule of law. Im not sure that this will be the case. Thanks lets have a look at the weather now. Heavy rain across and wales wer
The Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland has vowed to oppose the Prime Ministers brexit deal in the coming weeks unless he negotiates changes. Dup leader Arlene Foster told the Party Conference today her mps would use their votes to defeat borisjohnson in westminster. Heres our ireland correspondent emma vary and a warning, theres some flash photography in her report. What a difference this time last year, it was Boris Johnson walking onto this stage to rapturous applause. Today, he was scolded by the dup leader. Rather than have boris with us today, we have had to send him to the naughty step in Parliament Twice in this last week. Twice the party has refused to back the government on crucial brexit votes, saying borisjohnson sacrificed commitments he made to the dup in order to get a deal. We will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to Northern Ireland and taking us in the wrong direction. Las
Cant happen without men. That was the message from the duchess of sussex when she met youth ambassadors from around the world at Windsor Castle today. And to underline her argument, prince harry turned up as a surprise guest as Sarah Campbell reports. It was a short drive in their electric car for prince harry and the duchess of sussex, from home to Windsor Castle. Good to see you guys, how are you . This, the first time they have both faced the cameras since their revealing interviews aired on sunday night. The focus of discussion today between young people from countries including south africa, nigeria, malawi and bangladesh, was one meghan is passionate about. Gender equality, which has been something i have championed for quite a long time. Harry hadnt originally been invited, but his wife explained why he was there. You cant have a conversation about womens empowerment withjust women. Right, and, so, for that reason, it made complete sense for him to join today, so thank you for l