The start of trading this morning after long Holiday Weekend, Dow Jones Industrial average better 500 points and s p 500 is also higher by 56 and nasdaq up 174. This after the dow, nasdaq and the s p 500 closed tout week of gains of better than 3 on the week as you see across the board. Another milestone today, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange will reopen but not quite business as usual. A look at the new restrictions coming up this morning. And turning to the 2020 race, former Vice President joe biden looks to take on President Trump on the economy, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria the easing of lockdowns and optimism of Vaccine Developments leads to gain this morning. Ftse 100 up 87, cac quarante in paris is up 63 and dax index in germany higher by 79. Spain announcing it is opening to foreign visitor this is july and germany ready to lift travel restrictions for other European Countries. In ash asia overnight markets looked like this. Planning another round of st
Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have you along meets africas football off they get. A 27 year old was named african player off at the castle ward ceremony in egypt on tuesday. Runner up for the past 2 years sally im on a is the bridesmaid no more hes finally got his hands on one of african footballs most coveted prizes. 29000 was a stellar year for man a for his club and his country and his 61 appearances he racked up 34 goals and 12 assists his performances helped club side liverpool win the Champions League title and they fired his nation senegal to 2nd place at the africa cup of nations. But the glitzy awards ceremony in egypt man a story of competition from last years winner most sila his Liverpool Team mates and manchester citys riyad maurice whose algeria side beat senegal in the cup of nations final. The others had won this award theyd have deserved it of course i just want to congratulate them because theyre very good players theyve had a great sea
Tamara ecclestone the daughter of former formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has had a reported £50 million worth of jewellery stolen from her london home. After his performances in englands world cup win and his heroics in the ashes, ben stokes wins the bbc Sports Personality of the year. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new conservative mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so what can the new intake expect from their first week in westminster . Today, therell be a minor Cabinet Reshuffle to replace ministers who lost their seat or didnt stand for re election. Tomorrow, the speaker will begin the process of swearing in mps, who are required to take an oath of allegiance to the crown. On thursday, the queen will formally open parliament with a shorter than usual speech, which focuses on delivering brex
With a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The whole house, it was like an earthquake. Texas gets roughed up as Severe Weather moves across the south. 21 million americans are under the threat of Severe Weather including tornados and hail the size of tennis balls. New frightened video out of texas where an ominous twister touched down this week. Ive been thinking about this day forever. Bruce jenner said it out loud on national tv. Baltimore police now admitting to mistakes made in the arrest of freddie gray. It cannot be business as usual. Activists want to shut down the city with a massive rally. A major earthquake shook nepal. A herd of buffalo roaming around rural new york guns down over concerns it would hurt someone. It was turned into the wild wild west. It was ridiculous. It was time to put an end to it. We have a huge fire on the pit lain. Oh my goodness, a scary situation at richmond. No more freebies at scar bucks. The glitch has been fixed. And all that mat
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. The whole house, it was like an earthquake. Texas gets roughed up as Severe Weather moves across the south. 21 million americans are under the threat of Severe Weather including tornados and hail the size of tennis balls. New frightened video out of texas where an ominous twister touched down this week. Ive been thinking about this day forever. Bruce jenner said it out loud on national tv. Baltimore police now admitting to mistakes made in the arrest of freddie gray. It cannot be business as usual. Activists want to shut down the city with a massive rally. A major earthquake shook nepal. A herd of buffalo roaming around rural new york guns down over concerns it would hurt someone. It was turned into the wild wild west. It was ridiculous. It was time to put an end to it. We have a huge fire on the pit lain. Oh my goodness, a scary situation at richmond. No more freebies at scar bucks. The glitch has been fixed. And all that matters victory tates sweeft