I am Francine Lacqua in london. These are your markets, doing a little bit great after the week we had last week. The ftse gaining some 2. 2 . A risk on bit more of move. I would caution everyone that these are on thoughts that the central bank would step in, and it is not because of threats that the coronavirus is getting any better. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Number of deaths of coronavirus around the world is over 3000. New york city has reported its quarantined to her manhattan apartment after contracting the virus and iran. Whennor cuomo says it was not if the virus made its way to new york. Aking a hit in february after spread of the coronavirus. Pmi plunged to a record low of 40. 3. The official reading also reached a record low of 35. 7. Chinas economy is gradually returning to work. 70 of at 60 to capacity last week up from about 50 two weeks ago. In the u. S. , former Vice President joe biden has won the South Carolina primary. It puts him clo
International pressure and deploys his military to fight the fires. Well have the latest on what some are calling ecocide. Is it the first death caused by vaping . Well look at the case of an adult whose illness matches the recent outbreak of severe lung disease and those who use ecigarettes. And in our continuing series who we are, we go back two years to Hurricane Harvey and meet the 26yearold and the young volunteers who are rebuilding homes and restoring lives. But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Seeing a lot of the leaders who are friends of mine for the most part. Wouldnt say its 100 of the case, but forthe most part. President trump arrives for the g7 sum milt. Apparently not a fan of these gettogethers. President trump is not one to back down and the leaders here are not Strong Enough to challenge him. It started out as a stand your ground trial, a jury found Michael Drejka guilty of manslaughter. This man is a vigilante.
Stronger when we Work Together with threats to global stability and trade, that principle is more important than ever and throughout the summit my message is on the overriding need for International Cooperation and compromise. Longtime discussions with International Partners on economic and Security Matters i made clear britain would always stand by the global rules and the best means of securing peace and prosperity for all of us. I would take the may issue in turn. On the other issue is the need for International Collaboration greater than in the threat to the country and our people from Climate Change. As i arrived last week i was immensely empowered that britain had become the first major economy to commit in law to ending our contribution to global warning by 2015. I urge other countries to follow britains lead and set similarly ambitious net 0 target in their own countries. Those issues, the last generation of leaders with the power to limit Global Warming and i believe we have a
Between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large scale protest against chinas increasing control over the territory. The Jodrell Bank Observatory in cheshire, which has been at the forefront of astronomical research, is declared a unesco World Heritage site. The Foreign Office has begun an investigation, into who leaked emails from britains ambassador to washington, which described the Trump Administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional. In the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, Sir Kim Darroch, says despite his shortcomings, President Trump shouldnt be written off. Heres our washington correspondent, nick bryant. Inept, insecure, incompetent. In secret cables obtained by the mail on sunday, britains top diplomat in washington, Sir Kim Darroch, used the most undiplomatic of language to describe the chaos of the Trump White House and the personality flaws of the president himself. He spoke of donald trump radiating insecurity and delivered a withering as
We hear. So i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i cant believe that a mother would do this to her son. Live from moscow. Thanks for joining us on the program. A President Trump work with the British Ambassador to the United States. Could now become the 1st to be expelled from in over a century in which he described trump. Dysfunctional. As the story. Washington will be cutting its ties with British Ambassador kim derek now this comes on the heels of a damning assessment of the trumpet ministration in leaked diplomatic cables which have just recently been made public heres what donald trump had to say in response to these leaks regarding critical statements about the white house. I do not know the embassador but hes not like or will photo within the us will no longer deal with him the good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new Prime Minister now these diplomatic