Watching for wild swings right here 10 year yields 0. 7 and thats pretty stable compared to where we were two days ago i checked that, whats the problem with the markets but theres a lot going on breaking overnight, this should have been somewhat helpful you would think. Bank of england announced emergency cut. Lowering the bank rate by 50 basis points to. 25 englands central bank also announced a new funding plan to support small and Medium Sized Companies as well as new steps to help commercial banks lend more well get a live report from london in just a couple of moments. Now an update onthe coronavirus. In the u. S. , confirmed cases have now topped 1,000. Want to get to meg now who joins us with the latest meg. Good morning, andrew, case counts drived to 119,000 overnight with almost 4,300 deaths among the hardest hit countries, italy, iran, and south korea and they tell dramatically different stories. Italy reported highest daily jump in deaths yesterday to more than 600 of more
Im Maryam Namazie in london with the top stories from europe including the rich and powerful begin to descend on dallas for the World Economic forum and the Climate Crisis is top of the agenda and ive had a similar dispute over the concerns its rain which hampers the opening day of the Australian Open for the court under the roof to framing. The lights the crow. Thank you very much for joining us 2 iraqi protesters have been killed in baghdad where Security Forces used tear gas and live ammunition another has died in the central city of karbala further south demonstrators try to cut off the main highway to the oil rich province of basra well be live to baghdad in just a moment but 1st this report from a man caught. In one of the main squares in central Baghdad Police and protesters confront each other it again in the early hours of monday as protesters tried to block the road leading to the square they want a change of government and accuse the current one of corruption a cool had gone
A growing scale global trade doesnt always make sense. In todays world goods and services are traded between countries and continents on an unprecedented scale as globalization is credited with boosting Economic Growth free trade is a big honor for the corporations and benefits millions of people around the world but the price for that prosperity say critics is paid by the poor and nowhere is that more visible than in africa. 54 percent of the continents workforce relies on the Agricultural Sector but cheap and often subsidized goods brought in from asia and europe a swamping domestic markets causing prices to plummet. Over 120000 tons of tomato products enter ghana annually thats a 95. 00 fold increase since imports began in 1996 and that boom is taking its toll on local producers. Tomatoes they could be garners red to gold the soil is ideal and they can cultivated in the country for decades yet ghanas tomato factories now stand empty and farmers are opting to leave the country. There
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Lead. The bank. Is it time for the e. U. To rethink its relations with africa germany certainly thinks so and wants to begin after it takes over the e. U. Presidency later this year palin wants to tackle poverty security and Climate Change in africa with africans in what is billed as a deal for the century. And crunch time for cold german engineering giant z. Man says under pressure to pull out of the deal for a giant new coal mine in australia will it get tougher to find partners for african coal producers as well. And its take friday in mali is capital of bomber cole where young entrepreneurs are slugging it out on stage to attract attention and funding. This is business africa you update on african and Global Business news on the get out of Office Welcome germany says it wants the e. U. To strike a deal for the century with africa was a pact to be agreed when it takes on the revolving e. U. Presidency later this year German Development minister told the hundreds but newspaper it mus