A condition for arms sales to egypt as president sisi visits paris as bush fires force evacuations in australia Scientists Say 2020 is on course to be the hottest year ever. Hello we begin in the u. S. Navigating its way through a president ial transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day so the president elect joe bidens reportedly made his pick for Health Secretary one of the incoming administrations most consequential jobs hes eyeing this man californias attorney general have you for the position well in his home states some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive Care Capacity their shrinks and members of congress whove been deadlocked for months over another coronavirus aid package could unveil a bipartisan proposal as early as monday its expected to be some 908000000000. 00 in fund
Australian government is slowing down. It is flat in the session. The jci and jakarta composite index just started off its trading day. Dollar index moving to the upside. Sterling is flat at the moment after gains. Those gains coming about after we got brexit talks being extended to the end of october. That is adding some optimism that may be a deal could be done after one of the chief eu sides comingid see close together at the end of last week. Crude oil and gold moving to the downside as we have limbo in regards to the fiscal package or stimulus package out of capitol hill. Lets have a look at what is going on in terms of the first word news as we get over to new york and join Karina Mitchell. Karina global coronavirus numbers continue to make headlines with the u. S. Reporting record infections for the second day in a row. The white house saying the administration is not going to control the crisis. the news comes as Vice President mike pences chief of staff tests positive. Withe h
And in thailand tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of bangkok defining a ban on large gatherings and states of emergency. And on soundless and i have all the support the Los Angeles Dodgers put on the back called break in performance to win the 1st game of the National League championship series. But we begin this news hour in kyrgyzstan where the president has announced his resignation after weeks of political turmoil serum buy back of had been facing daily protests since the disputed parliamentary election earlier this month but the vote sparked widespread demonstrations with accusations the vote was rigged in the governments favor since then some leading politicians have been 4 states theres a new Prime Minister and another election has been. Promised so lets say turn out to charles stratfords hes live for us in eastern care to stand charles the president said he would resign after the election was really run so why has he done it right now. Its fair to say mr jeenbe
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