Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im kelly evans. Yes, hello, everybody. Im Louisa Bojesen. These are your headlines from around the world. President obama calls congressional leaders to the white house today in what could be the last chance to come talk before the u. S. Falls off the fiscal cliff next week. Investors are bracing for the final eurozone bond sale of the year. Italy will sell up to 6 billion later today. And the yen has been sent lower and stocks to their highest level in 21 months. This is the final Worldwide Exchange from london of the year. Louisa is here for it. I cant believe it. Its my last working day of the year, as well. Is it . Yes. Unfortunately well still be talking about the same thing were talking about now. Although i feel well be talking more debt ceiling, as well. And speaking of which, president obama is trying a last ditch effort to restart budget talks days before the u. S. Goes over the fiscal cliff. Speaker john boehner has called the house back into s
And then weve got business inventories, also worth noting today, the treasury is holding a 30year bond auction at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Some of these bond auctions have been interesting to watch. You can see this morning the 30year is yielding 3. 428 . Twitter said to be considering a shakeup of the top executives. Reporting this includes a possible shift in the duties. Ali rowghani recently had some responsibility taken off his plate. Some members of twitters top staff have been upset he sold 300,000 shares of stock last month. Twitter shares under pressure. Also insiders and cofounders jack dorsey and Evan Williams have vowed not to sell as a signal of confidence. And then the story joe was referring to at the top of the hour, a hall of fame golfer, phil mickelson, reportedly not involved in Insider Trading in the shares of clorox when icahn was attempting that unsolicited takeover in 2011. The Consumer Products company among the stocks that the feds were examining as part of the inves
A new covid 19 Contact Tracing app will be launched in england and wales later this month protests in lesbos against conditions on the greek island with migrants demanding to be allowed onto mainland europe. And President Trump says bahrain will normalise its relations with israel. Britains coronavirus epidemic is once more on the rise. For the First Time Since march the r number for Coronavirus Infections has risen above the crucial level of one, meaning the virus is now spreading. That appears to be backed up by the latest daily figures which show the highest number of new infections in almost 4 months. The r number estimates how many people will get the disease from one infected person. The figure now stands at between 1. 0 and 1. 2. In parts of the midlands including the city of birmingham it is much higher. And new lockdown restrictions are being imposed on more than a Million People there next week. More on that in a moment. But first our medical editor fergus walsh reports on th
Tonight at ten more evidence the coronavirus pandemic in the uk is growing again. For the First Time Since march, the r numberfor infections has risen above one, meaning cases are beginning to rise sharply. The virus is increasing in prevalence and its an Early Warning and what we really need to do is to ta ke and what we really need to do is to take heed of that warning. 1. 6 Million People in birmingham will be banned from meeting other households at home, as infections double in a week. Its going to be very difficult for families, you know . I can understand that theyve got to try and curb it, but its going to be a very hard thing. Across the uk, infections are now doubling every seven to ten days. Also tonight. Better news on the economy, recovering by 6. 6 injuly, after lockdown. Up to half a million have to leave their homes in oregon, as wildfires devastate the American West coast. Singing. We report on the philippine governments war on drugs, which is killing more people than t
With the virus in spain, as the country also sees a resurgence of new infections. Bahrain has agreed to normalise its relations with israel, further eroding the arab worlds boycott of the jewish state. President trump tweeted the news after phone conversations with the leaders of the two countries. He said another historic breakthrough today our two great friends israel and the kingdom of bahrain agree to a peace deal the second arab country to make peace with israel in 30 days he also posted this joint statement that says bahrain and israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations. For decades most arab states have boycotted israel, insisting theyd only establish ties after the palestinian dispute was settled. But these pictures are from last month when the United Arab Emirates broke with that tradition, and agreed to normalise its relationship with the israelis. A palestinian official has described the bahraini deal as a betrayal. The bbcs tom bateman is injerusalem. Get to