Up to deliver vaccines to remote areas. We start on wall street where the Stock Market Rally continues with the s p 500 and nasdaq closing at new record highs. Americas Top Companies are reporting better than expected results. The senate is inching towards passing President Biden s 1. 9 trillion stimulus package. And theres been another fall in the number of americans filing forjobless benefits a sign the Labour Market is stabilising. There are still huge problems facing the worlds biggest economy but investors believe the flow of cheap money from the Federal Reserve will keep on coming. The biggest problem isjust that we have 20 million americans who are still in some state of receiving Unemployment Insurance benefit so we still have a really long way to go on the labour front and that take quite a bit of time to resolve. But gdp and output may recover faster but it will take more time to employ that many americans. I think it means that for market, we now believe that for market, we
Being out of school is having on children and parents. Three Premier League defeats in a row forjose mourinho and spurs. They lose at home to chelsea, who continue their good start under new boss thomas tuchel. Today, snow only really Northern Scotland but over the next few days we are going to see is no more widely and all of us will feel the bitter chill of an easterly wind seeing snow more widely. Its friday, february 5th. Our top story. From the 15th Of February uk residents returning from Coronavirus Hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in hotels for ten nights. Theres been mounting pressure for ministers to set out details of the scheme, which was first announced last week. The government has been accused of being too slow to act. Simonjones reports. A new destination for new arrivals from the most high risk countries. British nationals returning home from more than 30 covid hot spots will have to check into designated hotels at their own expense for ten days. It is to try to
And its tightening border controls after detaining suspected russian mercenaries accused of attempting to disrupt next months election. Also more trouble for the Airline Industry the worlds biggest plane maker a net loss of 2200000000. 00 in the 1st half of this year. And yet again just go with the sports world number one ashley party pulls out of the u. S. Open saying the risk of catching coronavirus right. Into the program we begin the news are in whole call opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in septembers legislative election leading prodemocracy activists joshua warmed is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong authorities said asked the candidates about their views on. Beijings National Security law and u. S. Sanctions now the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time in Hong Kong Police also use the National Security law to crackdown on prodemocracy activists on
Prodemocracy candidates disqualified from hong kongs local elections and students arrested for online posts in the beijings new security. Suspected russian mercenaries are detained in bel air routes to queues of trying to disrupt an upcoming film. And on a mission to search for signs of life in space because mars rover blast off from florida heading for the red planet. Im going to guess rosco with the sport Saudi Arabian investors pull out of a bid to buy new cars so united up to months of premier league scrutiny. So theres more proof of the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic with the United States. Being its worst economic slump since the 940 s. Its economy has shrunk at the fastest pace on record that is down 9. 5 percent between april and june and in the past week another 1400000 people have applied for jobless benefits the same time europes biggest economy thats germany has plunged into recession shrinking by a record 10 percent of the pandemics wiped out nearly a decad
No man or machine has gone before launch is its most sophisticated mission yet to find life on mars. With 4 stories today including criminal proceedings in switzerland against the president a deadline for russia to avoid exclusion from. Saudi arabian investors pull. United after months of premier league scrutiny. The coronavirus pandemic is crushing the worlds most powerful economies and any recovery is being threatened by a new surge in cases the u. S. Recorded 1400 fatalities from code 19 on wednesday around one death a minute and is now reporting its worst economic decline on record output collapsed by 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year europes largest economy germany saw a decade of growth all but wiped out as g. D. P. Shrank by more than 10 percent in a country thats avoided the worst Health Problems but its in developing nations where people are likely to suffer the most likely. Mexico where the economy has shrunk by a staggering 17. 3 percent in fact theres a warning th