Im brian thomas good to have you with us today im here in the studio with our Political Correspondent hans brant as german chancellor Angela Merkel is set to address parliament to lay out the governments new efforts to contain the coronavirus now this comes one day after she announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november these are live pictures were getting right now from the bundestag in berlin where merkel will be speaking shortly german is experiencing an alarming rise in new infections beginning monday restaurants gyms bars and theaters will be among the businesses that will have to shut down schools shops and places of worship will however be remaining open. Well heres on sprott now hans the chancellor is about to lay out some very strict guidelines for the Country National guidelines whats the government saying about the threat level thats made this necessary well its i who has been the warning voice in germany for quite a long time if we look back just one month at t
Sparked by a regulatory crackdown. Tencent earnings are out later today. Kongs of hong prodemocracy lawmakers resign as beijing tightens control. Carrie lam supports banning those not deemed sufficiently patriotic. Lets look at how things are shaping up when it comes to the start of the session. It continues to get some of that rebounding onring concerns might want to stick to. Rade could berecovery somewhat stop start. It did not move on rates and did at stimulus and effectively pushed back expectation for the timing of relative rates aired the kiwi market not pricing that in all of 2021. The nikkeis little bit negative but the top x are wiping out all of its losses for the ear and looking like that momentum could be sustained. Take a look at futures up about s p hittingsaw the the 10 week i. High. Prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong are set to resign en masse after beijing passed a to ban politicians not sufficiently stock. I would not say that for members remaining in a Legislative
To wall street chinese mobility giant is planning a listing in hong kong instead all of its rising chinese american tensions. And tunisian glass blowers in move around know who are struggling to weather the coronavirus pandemic. But come to me a business i want to johnsonville and good to have you with us. The head of the bank of england 100 bailey has painted a dreary picture of britains economy which shrunk by 20 percent in the 3 months to june now thats the biggest fall of any large advanced economy in the u. Of the coronavirus pandemic betty is warning the u. K. Faces an unprecedented level of Economic Uncertainty and things could get even worse should there be no deal breaks it talks between london and the e. U. Are stalled and with a transition period ending on the 31st of december the clock is yet again taking a lot is at stake almost half of all British Imports come from the e. U. And around 46 percent of all british exports go to the e. U. Making the e. U. Britains most import
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