That Is wide ranging in itself. Clearly if city are not found guilty of anything, and they have absolutely declared their innocence on numerous occasions, then there will be a light very firmly shown upon the Premier League and its processes. So, yes, it Is a huge moment for the Premier League. The Manchester United manager, erik ten hag, has been responding to criticIsm from their former striker crIstiano ronaldo. He pointed out that the portugal forward admitted himself that United Werent placed to win the biggest trophies after hitting out at ten hag for suggesting the same. United take on southampton in the Premier League thIs weekend after consecutive defeats to brighton and liverpool. I have said before, we are still in a transition period. We have to integrate a lot of young players also in the team. We are still dealing with injuries. We have to bring the injuries back in the team. Before anyone thinks about excuses, we have to win every game. I know that. The team knows thIs,
Attacks in afghanistan the taliban denies any involvement. Bringing back coronavirus restrictions lebanons government orders a full closure of the country one week after easing measures. And leading members of the u. S. Coronavirus task force is calling on states not to rush to ease restrictions Dr Anthony Fauci has warned of serious consequences including needless death is among experts testifying before senators there reviewing the trumpet ministrations handling of the pandemic and discussing plans to lift lockdowns but he said that ignoring guidelines could trigger an outbreak that states may be unable to control. Well lets go live to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hall could a very measured tone that was taken by dr fox he and all the members of the Coronavirus Task force. Yeah very measured not the explosive testimony that some had been expecting given the fact that the u. S. President is not hovering over anthony found she told or as he has in past when the doctor the top
The economy as early as next month. Almost 2 Million People have died worldwide. The imf and world bank prepare to meet amid the most down the worst downturn since the 1930s. The new reality of collapsed trade and mounting unemployment. Oily we are seeing reversing gains as much as a percent at one point in london. 25 , sames now down for wti. We had the reduction coming from opec and its allies are that would have been the sickest single largest in history. Goldman sachs but says it is insufficient. U. S. Futures gained at the open, reversing earlier prices. The nikkei futures also down 1 . We have markets closed on holidays including australia and new zealand. Global cases also affecting sentiment in the markets. Those cases rising towards 2 million with the United States the epicenter of you break after fatalities in the country surpassed italy. There are signs of optimism in the hotspots like new york. Lets bring in Sophie Kamaruddin with the latest. We have seen President Trump. A
Earnings season even as Goldman Sachs warns of a 35 g. D. P. Slump. And jpmorgan is the first u. S. Bank to report. Wells fargo comes next. Dont miss our interview with the c. F. O. Later on today. Those earnings come out before the u. S. Bell this morning. And global coronavirus cases approach the 2 million mark with 119,000 people dead. France extends its lockdown. The u. K. Is expected to follow suit this week. Were just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We had the u. S. Trade down yesterday. India is doing quite well or did quite well overnight. European futures up more than 1 across the board. Ftse and euro stocks, dak futures this morning. Dax futures this morning. Here h your top stories this morning. President trump says he has total authority to order states to relax social distancing and reopening their economies. A number of u. S. State governors say they will form regional alliances to coordinate th
Positive territory here by the closing bell. Volume is lighter than usual. A lot of asian markets closed, western markets. Many are waiting for the start of earnings season. Fargo first. Lls perhaps investors will be forgiven of money misses but it is the commentary at any kind of planning we are looking forward to hearing from these different ceos. Romaine you brought up the idea of the banks kicking off earnings season. A pretty strong route in financials today. Index down about 4 . The regional index down more than 6 on the day. When you overlay that with some of the concerns here that whatever sort of economic beound we may get may not Strong Enough in the way that some investors may have wanted. Scarlet earlier about earnings. Sherry in terms of earnings, i do think there are traditional tools in the traditional toolbox that analysts will be looking towards in addition to corporate identity. The traditional things are going to be balance sheets. Thisve heard a lot about over the l