Last month was a huge bounce in this number, up by 24. 7 . The perimeter is that much greater. Coming introng number on the Manufacturing Index as well. At 21. Through alix a really strong number. The big news of the day in the u. S. , it jay powell and Steven Mnuchin will speak before the House Financial Services committee. Powell will stick to his call for more fiscal aid. It comes against the backdrop of a darkening prospect for continuing stimulus. The latest news is mitt romney says he will back a vote on trumps pick this year. Joining us now is Emily Wilkins. Does this make stimulus more or less likely. It feels like the pendulum shifted towards the republicans with the Supreme Court nominee. Emily this makes the stimulus funding less likely to come before the election. Both sides werent making a lot of progress anyway. For monthsighting over the amount of funding. Both Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell are really not budging. It senate is going to pit of
Demand for fuel continues to collapse. U. S. Futures dropping below 20 a barrel. Bridgewater associates says the pandemic is more damaging than the financial crisis i decade ago. We hear from the cochairman, ray dalio, this hour. Shery here is how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing stocks continue to gain ground for the third session. We continue to see Downside Pressure for u. S. Futures, which are down 0. 7 . Really accelerating those losses this evening. This after the s p 500 already sank from a onemonth high. We have seen earnings, Economic Data highlighting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Nikkei futures down 0. 4 . As we continue to see an appreciation in the japanese yen, which is now at a two week strength against the u. S. Dollar. When it comes to crude, prices rebounding a little bit after plunging to the lowest level in two decades after the record collapse in u. S. Fuel demand. In his daily coronavirus briefing, President Trump saying there are positiv
And the dresser. And a new heat wave hits iraq. Temperatures are expected to reach 62 degrees celsius. Im drawing a natural sco with the sports as south africa make it into the knockout. So the womens world cup, the African Champions beat. Its lisa who, who best 1st of a winning the competition instead of a class with the spoken to the news for me, us present. Donald trump has been indicted by his attendance to overtime. The results of the 2020 president ial election. Now its trump said criminal indictment this year. The latest charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Hes been southern to a pay before a federal judge on thursday night to try to concentrate reports from washington dc. Never before has a former us president been criminally charged for attempting to hold onto power after losing and election. Donald trump has again made History Today and then died and then within sealed charging donald j. Trump, w
Its decades long paramilitary campaign against british control of Northern Ireland and a father that broke out in a house in beijing has killed at least nineteen people and injured eight the course is not yet non of the headlines on aljazeera and five story is coming up next. There are reports saudi arabia is demanding money from senior officials recently arrested crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon says its an Anti Corruption operation but many say its a way for him to increase his power so how far will he go this is inside story. Were. Were. I know that and welcome to the program im laura cairo hes stoking huge tension in an already volatile region saudi arabias thirty two year old crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has made a number of controversial decisions that many believe could forever change the kingdom and the entire region the developments in saudi arabia and what they mean for the rest of the world has been the focus of a conference in london on saturday thats where former dip
The World Leaders are gathering in paris for the u. N. Climate conference known as cop 21 of the its the start of two weeks of intense negotiations all aimed at forging a deal to immaterial lit Global Warming to two degrees celsius above preindustrial levels. 147 heads of state and government are attending the opening day of the talks. In total, 25,000 official delegates are hoping to secure a legally binding accord for every country to cut their emissions levels. This needs to all come in to effect from the year 2020 when the current commitment from the key oat owe protocol run out. Lets take you live now to al jazeeras adrian brown he is in the chinese capital. What everyone is talking about there in paris is the picture behind you. All of that smog. All of thabo lunges shows us just why this paris conference is so important. Reporter its very fitting. This is the picture in bay jinx, seeing is believing. At the moment the air quality in this city is 15 times worse than the standards