global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. ok as coronavirus disrupts life across the united states some people are criticizing president donald trump for his handling of the crisis now could his response to the pandemic impact his reelection battle in november share your thoughts with us on twitter or in our live chat and you too could be on the street . there are now more than 3700 confirmed cases of covert 19 in the us dating life has changed dramatically as schools what places and other institutions close to prevent the onus from spreading often this is downplaying the virus for several weeks trump declared a national emergency on friday freeing up government resources to tackle the problem on sunday he also wants to stop panic buying groceries there s no need for anybody in the country to hoard essential food supplies they said to me could you please tell i m just going by enjoy it have a nice dinner relax because there s plenty but you don
emmerson mnangagwa, has urged the country to unite. he s due to be inaugurated tomorrow good heading a football lead to dementia? new good heading a football lead to dementia 7 new research dementia? new research has commissioned on the brain. and england work hard on day one of the ashes. england enter the day on 196-4. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the chancellor has insisted yesterday s budget will address britain s problems with productivity, amid gloomy forecasts for economic growth. the office for budget responsibility said it expects the uk economy to expand by less than 2% for the next four years, partly because of persistently low productivity growth. a separate report by the think tank the resolution foundation has warned of the longest fall in people s living standards since records began more than 60 years ago. labour said philip hammond was cut off from the real lives of people . let s get more from our assistant political editor norman smith. the
group rising on the stoxx 600. helped in no small part by yesterday s fed meeting. still, the stoxx 600 is a low the close of june the 20th. this is the big piece of macro data. business confidence sinking to a four and a half year low in the days after britain voting to leave the eu. sliding to six in the wake of the record random referendum. the lowest level since december of 2001. the height of the european sovereign debt crisis. this gauge fell to -33 at the height of the financial crisis. the first negative reading since july 2012. let s focus on u.k. property. have u.k. property funds frozen withdrawals this week after four more joined the list. to dump realking estate holdings in the aftermath of the brexit vote. these are how asset managers and companies have fared. declines of 8% to 23%. be beingortugal might hit by eu sanctions. an unprecedented step to break budget deficit guidelines. this would be to enforce the rules to prevent another debt crisis. according to
you re welcome to the pulse live from london. european markets are trading higher this morning. the trading day. let s get straight to ryan chilcote. ryan: european equities on the rise after asian equities rose as well. why? you know. bad economic news is good for stocks. expectations for the fed rate hike getting pushed back. europeannestle so that equities the stoxx 600 despite we have some bad news with two of europe s biggest companies. hold the noodles. part of the reason is they voluntarily pulled their noodles in india. that alone they said was responsible for 30 basis points of a loss in terms of sales growth. they are predicting a sales growth of 4.5% this year. they have previously been guiding the market towards 5%. one of the reasons why shares are down. and folks wake and suffering for a second straight day. yesterday, we had the news that they are going to engage in europe s biggest ever recall of 8.5 million cars. this morning, we learned from the europe