After a wave of consolidation we break down the results from two of the key players. Mark will the drama pay . Itv reports. We see if the numbers are as big a hit with investors as Downton Abbey is with global viewers. Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Anna i am an edwards. On a edwards anna edwards. Stay with us for the bloomberg exclusive with megaupload founder. Mark the markets moving in asia and stocks under pressure as the global selloff continues. Weve seen 400 billion over the past three weeks. Lets start off with the stock market. Lets start off with the stock market. Were basically seeing a decline across the regional benchmark. In japan we are down 1 and the yen is a little bit stronger down 7 10 of 1 . One of the stories right now is asia with a very weak retail sales number in the u. S. To some extent, investors started to book those profits in japan. Australia was down because of the banks and the big mining stocks. That is up. 5 . That market hasnt really done anyt
The queen has carried out a Public Engagement outside a royal residence. She was joined by Prince William for the visit to the porton down laboratory near salisbury. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has more. Out and about again on official duty, for the first time for seven months. The queen, accompanied by Prince William, was at porton down. Socially distanced, of course, but without facemasks. Everyone they met had tested negative for coronavirus. They were shown the latest in bomb detection technology. Machines that can detect one billionth of a gram of explosives. And sniffer dogs, which do it the Old Fashioned way with a keen nose and a waggly tail. So to the subject which is dominating all of our lives, the pandemic. No one knows whats going to come next. And the scientists whose lives are spent dealing with deadly viruses. The queen listened and expressed a universal concern. Now it is doubling. Its off again, isnt it . It is unfortunately on the rise. In ordinary time
Russian intelligence. All right, guys. The fbi and Justice Department shot that theory down. No surprise because those who signed the letter claiming it was a putin plot claim there is no evidence. Clapper and brennan will roll their own. Was it a quid pro quo for hunter biden . Not so. Asking media to give equal time to bidens real scandal after 4 years of pushing the bogus trump once thats like asking cnns to cover their legal analysts doom hab its. Outraged over 2016 they put america through hell with unstub stantiated direct starting with the steele dossier. They refuse to cover this one story how the bidens put our nations interest on the line. The scandal is not what hunter did for dad and what dead knew. Its how the media decides what truths to bury. No one americans despise the press. If only hunter had endorsed trump, he would be toast the two of us are here in new York City Holding down the fort. Thats right. The other 5ers are in nashville the athens of the south. They have
Wont face lockdown as well. If the data is clear, then we will again have to impose restrictions on other areas. But at this point in time, i think it is appropriate that bangor is the right place to have some restrictions so that the high incidence rate there is controlled. Bangor had seen a significant cluster of cases, with the Welsh Government saying that they appeared to be closely associated with young people and the student population. If you go to the pubs, you see a range of ages socialising where they really probably shouldnt be. So i dont think it is fair theyre pointing the fingers at students. Were not allowed to form a bubble with any of our other friends any more, which we made a lot of friends in first year, so knowing were living in the same building and we cant go and see them just to have a coffee or something, is quite sad. Discussions on the situation in other parts of gwynedd will continue over the next few days. But for now, the first minister has confirmed that
A potential other vaccine could be helpful in the fight against covid 19. As efforts continue to develop proven treatments for covid 19, british scientists are beginning a study into whether the bcg vaccine which protects against tuberculosis could be helpful. The uk study is part of an International Research project. The hope is that bcg might provide some protection against covid until a specific vaccine against the virus is in use. James gallagher reports. In the fight against covid, scientists are turning to one of our oldest vaccines. Archive a new preventive weapon has nowjoined the battle. Bcg vaccine. The bcg jab was designed to fight tuberculosis, and was first trialled in 1921. It has since been given to hundreds of millions of people. But now doctors think its effect on the immune system may lessen the impact of coronavirus, too. Sam hilton is a gp. His job dealing with patients puts him at higher risk of getting covid. Hes one of 1,000 people in the uk, including care home