Im francine lacqua. Were just getting some breaking news. This is the i. F. O. Just breaking in line with expectations. The expectations for the future are a little bit higher. Germany is strong. They are certainly outdoing french. You look at the p. M. I. Numbers. Not difficult. You got some 47s from france and mid 50s from germany. Another piece of fairly strong data, pretty much in line with expect aations. A little bit of weakness maybe at the fringes but nevertheless germany still showing signs of strength. We have a guest hose for you this hour, jim oneill. A columnist for bloomberg view. Very Quick Reaction on this i. F. O. Number. Going strong. Actually the latest i. P. Numbers were not so great in germany. The surveys are strong. The Current Assessment is it is not the first time Current Assessment disappoints. It has gone on for a long time. Kind of boring. Lets move on. Our markets editor, manus cranny has more on how prepared the markets are for a possible december taper. P
Hello. Welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. And im anna edwards. A standingeport is by across the world ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Marcus cranny is following ahead of the fed decision and we are also in berlin on the latest deal in brussels. Preks hans nichols is in leipzig and Caroline Hyde has the most difficult assignment. Shes outside a chocolate shop in london with the story on the surging cocoa. Click some people get all the tough diggs. Lets get a gauge on whether the markets are pricing in the tapering this evening in any form. Click to the speak to anybody, whether it comes tonight, january, march, the markets are prepared. As people who have kids, if you take sugar away from children, is anything preparing you for the ruckus that might actually come . There will be a reaction. It will come for a day, says Goldman Sachs. They make it very clear. 90 of the bond market have priced this end. I think thats the issue. Aboutd elerian will talk that tonig
Where hundreds are lining up for a tiny device that will change their lives forever. Within the last hour abdul fatah alsisi warned of a plot against the egyptian state. It called for a meeting by the president to review security. A state of emergency has been imposed after two attacks killed 30 solliers. 27 soldiers. 27 decide in alarish when an attacker rammed his vehicle packed with explosives into a security checkpoint. In a Second Attack three security personnel were killed when gunmen opened fire at another checkpoint, as rafah crossing into gaza has been closed. Three days of mourning has been declared in egypt. The military has been struggling to stem a wave of unrest since the overthrow of president Mohamed Mursi in july last year. Translation im addressing all egyptians, be vim lent. A plot has started against all of us, we and all egyptians must join forces. The army is up to it. We cannot be shaken, our resolve cannot be depth. Do not think we are not feeling pain. Brave so
Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show whose podcast is available for download. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. I am kasie hunt on this tuesday, october 13th. We are going to start, as always, with the news. President trump returned to the campaign trail last night for the First Time Since being sidelined with coronavirus. He held another packed outdoor rally in florida with an estimated 7,000 people, very few wearing masks, even as covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the virus began to tick up again in the state. The president spoke for about an hour, attacking his opponents, playing down the virus, and telling his supporters they can ignore lockdown measures, if they want to. And weve got to remember, i said it right at the beginning, the cure cannot be worse than the problem itself. Cant. The cure cannot be worse. But if you dont feel good about it, if you want to stay, stay. Relax, stay. But if you want to get out there, get out. One thing with me, the
In under 4 years. Hes hoping to make a comeback. Ah, hello, im emily angry. This is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up, marching for their defeated candidate, supporters of brazilian president , jaya, ballston era, protest against his loss in sundays runner farms. Im harsh him a bottle in denmark with voters casper ballad in an election dominated by rising inflation, Climate Change anxiety of the future of the country as well. Prostate. And we look at why opium production in afghanistan has jumped by a 3rd in the past year despite a band by the taliban. Ah, we begin the program in israel where people have been voting for the 5th time in less than 4 years. Early figures suggest theres been an increase in turn out with numbers not seen in 23 years. Analysts say the Biggest Issue is whether people are for or against a former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whos facing corruption charges hell made to break a long standing deadlock in the can miss him and take 61 cents to regain p