There im david and this is climate change. Happiness increase books. This is the book for you. To get smarter for free for you good morning. An extraordinary statement from vaccine makers during extraordinary times pfizer and astra zeneca among firms publicly pledging to delegate here to all safeguards as the pressure grows to produce the coppa 19 vaccine quickly. And it was not news tesla investors expected the pioneering car maker excluded from one of americas major stock it indexes a little wall street for the latest. Also on the show for lens new internet. Well airport is set to open next month following years of delays and millions of euros and unplanned spending to check out the latest test run. Globe welcome to the show as hes been busy in berlin its good to have you with us chief executives for 9 pharmaceutical and biotech firms likely to produce an early kovan 1000 vaccine release a joint statement tuesday in which they promise to adhere to ethical and scientific guidelines th
Only have been carried out with the approval of bloody me of a russian dissident tells d. W. The order to poison alexina came straight from the top other activists say poison is just one tactic the kremlin uses against its enemies. Plus a stark warning for european football the head of europes Clubs Association says the coronavirus pandemic is causing a cash crisis and that the facts could be felt for years to come. Im told me a lot of its good to have you with us we start in bella ruse and developments relating to the fate of the leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikov after she went missing on monday but authorities said they detained her while she was try. Cross the border into ukraine now 2 opposition members who were in that car have spoken up dramatic new details. Chants of maria you are a hero people in del russo once again on the streets of minsk marching in support of leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnik of. She went missing on monday the russian authorities claimed she
Although probeijing officials have said we should not be too concerned, it will lead to stability in the city. 7 . Sci asia pacific down it is certainly something of a riskoff mood, following off what we saw toward the end of play on friday in the u. S. The nikkei is down more than 1 . In the mainland, you have a bit of pressure as well a despite industrial profits up 6 coming in over the weekend for the month of may. On to the next board. We will be looking at the currencies. A bit of dollar weakness. On friday it reached its highest level in four weeks, but it has since come off slightly, leading to a bit of strength for the offshore currency here in china. The korean won is up about plan to 01 . On to some of the commodities we are looking at. Wti has been under pressure as the demand story as we focus on the rate of infections, 10 million infections, 500,000 deaths, you can see that it is lower today. Gold, science that investors are preparing to cross through 1800. 0. 64 . Year yi
Lets break down the data. The ism manufacturing number has come in at 43. 1. That is shy on the consensus, which was 43. 8, but ahead of where we thought things would be at bloomberg economics. The headline number is a bit of ordersaly because of the and the duration of orders component, which messes things up a bit. That number is coming in as expected. The employment numbers picked up as well, and the prices paid number picked up strongly. Lets get a look at what this means for the u. S. Economy. Giving us that assessment is that shes shot is ashish shah. From Goldman Sachs. Lets talk about the data we are getting from the u. S. Economy. We have got the big payroll number coming up friday. My sense is these numbers are getting better, but not consistent with a vshaped recovery at this point. They still look pretty bad and still indicate that while things are improving, the u. S. Economy is still in a tough spot right now. Give us your thoughts. Ashish i think that is exactly right. I
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Mental Health support as soldiers returning from war. It would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you dont do anything every 12 hours. That is how bad it is. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the governments top scientific advisors today, as they dem