Infection rates low in tokyo but hong kong says the situation is increasingly severe. Jack ma looks to make more headlines. He is aiming for a 200 billion valuation with between listings in hong kong and shanghai. Look at how take a we are setting up when it comes to the asian open. We have a lot of positivity carrying on from that session. Investors are backing that buy the dip trend. The nasdaq hitting the alltime high. The s p hitting positive for the year. S p active futures contracts a little bit lower at the moment but it seems like the positive. Evelopment on vaccines trading sideways if you will. The dollar was broadly weaker in g10 except for the yen. We had Dollar Strength and yen weakness overnight. That is the handle we are looking at ahead of Inflation Numbers out of japan and getting machine tool numbers as well as some Retail Sentiment numbers by way of Department Store sales. Crude and gold were both a little bit lower in the asian start to the session. Some positive de
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejohn stevens, deputy Political Editor at the daily mail, and jack blanchard, editor at politico london playbook. Tomorrows front pages. Lets start with the daily mirror, that celebrates the uks nhs workers with a headline commending their work and saying give them all a medal. The times leads on the foreign secretary Dominic Raabs announcement that the government is to help stranded britons return home. It says the uk is planning the biggest peacetime repatriation operation, with plans to bring up to 300,000 people home, at a cost of up to £75 million. Get tough on cowards abusing the nhs, says the front page of the daily express. The guardian leads on police warned against overreach in use of virus lockdown powers. The guardian reports that Police Forces crossed their power limits in an attempt to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. And i leads on the nationwide lockdown impose
Countries follow suit. Last push for votes. Myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has rejected claims of genocide against her country at the Un International court ofjustice. Our digital elections reporter Recovery Efforts on new joe tidyjoins me now zealands white island volcano are on hold as seismic hes been looking at how digital activity activity suggests and social media platforms it may erupt again. Are being used during the campaign. The bodies of eight people have yet to be recovered. What s doing well at the moment . And, at the Climate Summit in madrid, Greta Thunberg has called on rich countries to reduce their Carbon Emissions and to help poorer you have probably seen the video countries follow suit. Yourself, it has been changing all morning on and off twitter and shared widely on facebook. The moment when Boris Johnson shared widely on facebook. The moment when borisjohnson was confronted by a reporter this good morning, welcome morning, it did not quite go to to bbc newsro
Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Borisjohnson will urge nato leaders to put on a united front today as they gather to mark the 70th anniversary of the partnership. President donald trump is among the 29 allies holding talks amid growing divisions over natos future. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Donald trump may have arrived for a meeting of nato leaders, but the big question is whether he will be able to resist saying anything about the general election. White house Officials Say the president knows he shouldnt wade into other countries politics, but the conservatives have made sure he wont have a one on one meeting with borisjohnson to avoid pictures that could be used by his opponents. This evening, the Prime Minister and the 28 other nato leaders will be guests of the queen at buckingham palace, for her reception to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance. But the smiles may be rather forced. For when they meet tomorrow at an hotel in watford,
Has reclaimed his World Championship belts from andy ruinr, becoming only the fourth heavyweight in the sports history to win a direct rematch. Dame helen mirrenjoined crowds in Trafalgar Square last night as thousands of people in cities around the world camped overnight to raise cash to tackle homelessness. Before the papers sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. Good morning. So nice to have a boxing match that he didnt have to stay up until the middle of the night for it was night, i was on an early shift this morning but it was worth it it was nice. Anthonyjoshua is heavyweight champion of the world again after beating andy ruinunior on points. Six months on from one of the biggest shocks in boxing history, joshua regained his three titles with a clinical victory in saudi arabia. Our Sports Editor dan roan was there. It was a fight he simply dare not lose. As he strode to the ring here at the edge of the desert, anthonyjoshua knew his career a