Prices decline. The asx down nearly 1 . We dont have trading in india either because it is mahatma publics birthday, a holiday. Futures are trading on the nifty in singapore down zero point 3 . The 10 year yield slipping back as anticipated. A slight move to the downside with regard to the futures contracts. You see the currencies and weakness creeping in into the dollar overnight. We have seen a reversal of that this morning. You have the yen a tad weaker. Sterling had rebounded to 1. 29. Seenis after we have brexitinduced losses. The aussie dollar unchanged. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines. Top white house aide hope hicks has tested positive for covid19. She traveled with President Trump on air force one to tuesdays debate in cleveland. The president says there is no indication he contracted the virus. Tested positive, National Security advisor robert obrien. He has spent as much time with the president as hicks has. Coronavirus infections continue to surge with the new yo
Evidence the man wanted to defect. Officials say the man went missing from a patrol vessel in the yellow sea and could not have reached the spot where he was found unless he swam there. The findings are based on an analysis of the current at the time and the fact he wore a life jajacket. The south korean report also says north korea knew the mans name, age and hometown as well as his desire to defect. Pyongyang claims the man never disclosed his name and had tried to escape. South koreas coast guard and Defense Ministry have been investigating the shooting. The reports conclusions may also have been informed by north koreas military communication records. Seoul is calling for a joint investigation to find out what really happened. Japans Prime Minister says hell do whatever he can to bring back japanese nationals abducted by north korea decades ago. Suga yoshihide met with relatives of the abductees on tuesday for the First Time Since he took office. Translator i will personally lead e
A motorcade ride that many say breaks the code that 19 protocols and britain struggle to coltan influx of migrants crossing over from france is putting pressure on the government which promised to take back control of the borders after breakfast and. Im sara kelly welcome to the program the 2020 nobel prizes kicked off a short while ago with the naming of the winners in the fields of physiology or medicine this year it is a trio of. Harvey j. Alter Michael Hotel and charles am rice the panel at the institute in stockholm awarded them the prestigious prize for their discovery of the hepatitis c. Virus the medicine prize carries a tickler sick. If it can see this year with the corona virus pandemic highlighting the importance of medical research for societies and economies around the world and well have more on this in just a moment with our colleague Derek Williams from d. W. Science but 1st lets take a look at a situation in the United States there are mixed messages coming from washin
Hall t hallton, and rise, for the discovery of hepatitis b virus. Hepatitis is a major Global Health problem causing cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world. It was the discovery of the remaining hepatitis, making blood tests and new medicines that saved millions of lives. The assembly added the nobel winners research is an achievement in the ongoing battle against viral diseases. Now to the united states, where the president is being treated for covid19 with just weeks to go until the november election. Donald trump prisurprised his supporters sunday with a brief appearance outside the hospital where he spent the weekend. Nhk camera crew captured video of the 74yearold waving from a motorcade before returning to the medical center. Some u. S. Media are criticizing trump for staging a photoop before hes recovered from the disease that killed over 200,000 people in the country. Commentators are also focusing on the secret Service Agents who were in the vehicle, saying trum
Will be treated in their official residence. Trump underwent tests for the virus after one of his top advisers reportedly fell ill during a Campaign Stop on wednesday. Hope hicks traveled with trump to cleveland earlier this week for his debate against democratic candidate joe biden. The coronavirus has been a central issue for the campaign as the United States has become the worlds biggest hot spot. More than 200,000 people there have died. Trump has been criticized for down playing the impact of the disease. He said in february its going to disappear one day like a miracle more recently hes been reluctant to call for people to wear masks despite repeated requests from experts. Following his diagnosis trump tweeted he and Melania Trump have already begun the Recovery Process saying we will get through this together. The first lady also took to social media to relay the news telling followers that she and her husband are feeling good. To find out more, we spoke to professor kubo fume a