To justice nato steps into the issues surrounding the alleged poisoning of the russian Opposition Leader alexian abounding saying the attack on him is an assault on fundamental rights. Not a super tanker on fire for a 2nd day off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. The. Also this half hour standoff the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group has surrounded the prison calling for the release of their members. Ok lets begin this half hour in lebanon has been a month since the massive explosion at the forts in beirut incredibly rescue teams may have found signs of life underneath a collapsed building theyre digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of breathing the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate igniting at the port about 200 people were killed 6000 were injured hundreds of thousands were left homeless rescue workers say there were initial attempts havent been succe
Was 25 n the s p 500 better than average over the last month. We are waiting on the let us check of japan, as the pandemic puts more pressure on the economy already sliding into recession. Inflation numbers are due at this hour. Haidi lets check in on the markets. We had a pretty tepid handover from the u. S. Stocks edging higher. Volumes still below what we have seen over the past month or so. Very much a rangebound trading session. We continue to seek a new catalyst. We continue to see rising cases across the u. S. , driving the idea of a second wave. Beijing struggling with a second wave as well. Conflicting data not giving a great deal of intel as to what the future holds. We are dealing and upside on s p futures, up about. 3 . Nikkei futures also a little bit higher, japan weighing the frostburg of reopening. Also the potential demise when it comes to tourism. Sydney futures are a little bit to the downside at the moment. We could see a modest bounce at the start of trading here i
No less are ready stuff is really starting off to another high tide adding to the threat to the citys unique cultural landmarks the macros for international aid. And its the end of an era for disney a good club by the president only her next has to step down and this was with find for 40 years during which time the Club Developed into the powerhouse in german football. Im hell of a home for a glad you could join me the impeachment inquiry into u. S. President donald trump has resumed with another day of public hearings today sessions and his own testimony from marie yojana the novich the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine was fired from her post in kiev off to coming under attack by trumps postell noya Rudy Giuliani in some dramatic testimony today she said she felt threatened often being ousted from her post and finding out the president had denounced her in a phone call with the ukrainian president take a listen to a portion off a testimonial idea. What did you think when president t
That is one thing you might want to know. The other thing i was talking about, and this concerns hong kong, have a look at the hong kong dollar. It does seem that is a big spike up. Dont forget, two things. It is a pet fed currency. We export Monetary Policy from the fed. From them Hong Kong Monetary lookrity earlier, when you at these rate differentials, expect this to start moving towards the weaker part of the trading range. If i take this back to 2004, you will know what i am talking about. Unless the fed continues to normalize, expect the slide to move closer to 785. Into how all of the Central Bank Action we have seen, i am joined out of gapore by mike cudmore mark cudmore. So far, a fairly eventful day, given the fact that we were expecting the fed to do it anyway. What stood out to you . Dovish fed,e seen a a dovish reaction. Some people in the market were betting that with so little priced, it is expectation that there will be a rate hike yesterday, three hikes for the seemed
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