Nikkei, last 30 minutes of trade. Final stretch of the morning session paid south korea is being dragged down. Currency markets. Sterling, cable, eurodollar, aussie, the sing dollar. 136 following this weeks mas decision and policy response. Fairly flat. We could see more action later tonight and into next week, when you have the likes of chinese gdp numbers coming out. Gyrations on the political scene, i would imagine. Lets go to your first word news and get you updated on the virus situation in europe with the u. K. And france facing tough virus restrictions as global infections are heading towards 40 million. Households indoors going under overnight curfew as they have a new wave of covid19. Daily infections hitting record in germany, italy, ireland, and spain. Reporting the most new cases since april. President trump is ramping up rift with Senior Republicans, saying he supports a bigger stimulus package. He is blaming democrats for delaying an agreement, but says he goes further t
European headquarters here in london. And i am Francine Lacqua live from davos. We have a huge lineup of guests for you today. We will be speaking to Boris Johnson and Antony Jenkins, the mayor of london and the ceo of barclays. Then we will delve deeper into iran. We have some top ceos discussing iran and whether they want to do business there. I spoke to the nissan ceo. He said there is a lot of potential for the french carmakers to the big in iran. Need so much more investment that there is real potential for business deals and contracts here in davos. Is this what everybody is talking about at davos . You have an event taking place in the ukraine that is capturing the headlines as well. Rouhani seems to be the center of attention looking in. It is the first time we have an iranian president arriving in davos in a decade. I spent a lot of time trying to speak to him yesterday. I did have a couple of brief moments but he was backtoback meeting with the Prime Minister of the netherlan
Welcome to todays worldwide exchange. Ross westgate is away. Im kelly evans. These are your headlines from around the world. A new chief executive after dropping profit. But cnbc reports the leadership change isnt related to the results. This is a process that started years ago. Happens to coincide here today with a weaker pricing environment. But two totally unrelated events. Teleco stocks on the move. Kpns 4 billion Capital Raising plan is backed. Full year earnings below expectations. And comedianturnedpolitician says his moving is unstoppable. In an exclusive interview, he says italians need to step aside. The rush to set up shop in china is down. The fastest decline in more than three years in january. Okay. Lots happening on the program today including a grew interviewer coming up. Well be counting down to the bank of england minutes after Andrew Bailey is to lead the new banking regulation unit. The minutes will be out in a halfhours time. Well bring those and u. K. Unemployment
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