Infection rates accel orating fast some labs in germany like this one in ryan and platon it a warning that smaller facilities are already working at full capacity and wouldnt necessarily be able to cope with rising numbers. Theres also increasing concern that more areas in germany will have to implement restrictions again like kiran back to london in bavaria where even schools have closed down again to curb the spread. But joining us now is d. W. Political correspondent huns plants huns what these numbers into perspective for us just how serious is the situation here in germany. Well one thing you could say is if germany was a foreign country germans wouldnt all be warned against traveling to that country because germany as a whole has exceeded the critical level of 50 cases of call the 100000 in the last 7 days but of course germany is germans are not being warned against traveling to germany itself the situation in germany is being looked at in a lot more detail of the fine detail in
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
On kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live outside this morning over the bay bridge as we start this thursday morning together. Good morning. It is october 22. I am len kiese. I am michelle griego. A new red flag warning and thousands of residents have begun losing power. The latest to go dark are folks in napa and sonoma. Almost 3500 customers are impacted. An hour earlier more than 200 in santa clara had their power shut off. The first, a little over 500 customers in alameda and contra costa counties. Here we go again, our second red flag warning of the week. It does look more extensive with bay area hills, mountains, Higher Elevations above 1,000 feet under that red flag warning until 8 00 a. M. Friday. North bay mountains, santa cruz mountains, San Mateo County coast under that warning with gusts to 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour and low relative humidity values. Everything is just so dry out there. Our temperatures as we go through the day are cooler compared to yesterday. Abo
In a statement on thursday, the government said the serious situation has eased enough that authorities can enforce the regular laws. Bangkok has seen eight Straight Days of unrest since last wednesday. Tens of thousands of protesters marched to the Government House demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister. Organizers put the figure at close to 50,000. In a televised address on wednesday, the Prime Minister said an extraordinary session of parliament will be held next week to discuss the demonstrations. Translator the only way to a lasting solution for all sides is to discuss and resolve these differences through the parliamentary process. Protest organizeers have issued a threeyda ultimatum to the Prime Minister calling on him to resign or face another flood of people in the streets. The japanese government is mulling further easing entry restrictions for Business Travelers. It is considering an exemption of quarantine requirement for short stays of up to 72 hours. The exemptio
Emergency measures designed to curb the wave of protests the demonstrators say theyll keep up their demands for reform planning giving him 3 days to resign to get an update from bangkok. Im rebecca ridges welcome to the program germanys Public Health body says the country could face an uncontrolled spread of corona virus infections robert cock institute has recorded a new high fidelity cases and ones that covert 9 tain death rates are set to rise of dorothys have issued new travel warnings and are urging people to stick to the rules in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus stricter measures could be yet to come. Its the highest number of new covert 1000 infections the german Public Health institute has had to report during this pandemic more than 11000 new cases in one day these maps show in red where theyve been more than 50 new infections paragraph 1000 inhabitants over a 7 day period left is a map of germany 2 months ago now to the right its clear half of germany has changed co