Understandable. And in spain, its not just catalonian nationalists who are pushing for independence, but also people from the basque region in the northwest. Despite the violence surrounding the recent independence referendum in catalonia, basque separatists there say they now feel more determined than ever. It is a busy day for newsstand operator Isabel Lopategi. Here in bilbao in the Basque Country, the Catalan Independence referendum, which was banned by the spanish government, is headline news. The events in catalonia are being closely watched. It depends how things go in catalonia but it could be good , for us, because we want the same as they do. Things need to change. The catalan vote could set a precedent. The Basque Country could be the next region to hold a referendum. Separatists have been fighting for independence here for decades. They argue that the basque people have their own language and their own culture. Many people here are outraged by the Violent Police crackdown a
Providing relief for investors on the idea that u. S. Inventories are not going to keep building in the way they have. We are seeing a bullish reaction for oil, up 2. 5 . Lets take a look at what this looks like on the week. This is a great chart we have, although it is an updated but this is a weekly bart chart in terms of the inventories, the bills and drawdowns. We will have a relatively large draw down here, going right below that line. One of the bigger drawdowns we have seen. A bullish report for oil. Lets take a look at the majors. , letsllish oil report see if it has had a positive effect on stocks. Not so much. , the00, the dow and nasdaq nasdaq down nearly. 9. The tech pullback that started june 9, the last time the nasdaq put in an alltime high, continues, with the nasdaq down nearly 4 from that record high. Piece oftant technology, facebook, amazon, alphabet, all the big internet ames, yesterday, we saw relief rally. The sector is down 7 since then i stuck with the day high
With tom keene. Tom you have an optimist to keep us going. Francine mark carney. Employment figures and deflation. Onus Christopher Wheeler banking with those bankers coming out of the United States. Lets get to the first word desk. Here is vonnie in new york. The four challengers took on frontrunner Hillary Clinton. At one point clinton and Bernie Sanders does a great about wall street. It is the greed, recklessness, and the havey are a wall street where fraud is a Business Model helped to destroy this economy and the lives of millions of people. When i think about capitalism, i think of the Small Businesses that were started because we have the opportunity and freedom in our country for people to do that, and make a good living for themselves and their families. I do not think we should confuse what we have to do every so often in america, save capitalism from itself. Theie Bernie Sanders said American People were tired about hearing about her emails. According to the new york times,
Members of the new government, whod just touched down there. And rescuers search for people missing, after a landslide sweeps through a village in norway. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. The uk has become the first country in europe to approve the use of two covid 19 vaccines. Today the uk medicines regulator gave the go ahead for the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine signalling a landmark moment in the fight against coronavirus. It comes as the uk announced a further 981 deaths in the past 2a hours the highest figure since april. But as the news of the vaccine was received, it was also announced that roughly 20 million more people across england are set to join the toughest tier 4 covid restrictions. From midnight tonight, the midlands, north east, parts of the north west and parts of the south west are among those escalated to tier 4 with people asked to stay at home and in another of todays announcements it was confirmed that the reopeni
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. Millions more people in england are entering tougher restrictions for covid 19 as the second wave of the virus continues to spread at an alarming rate. The uk authorities have announced a further 50,023 new infections, recorded in the latest 2a hours. The average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is nowjust over 40,000. And 981 deaths were reported , thats people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. It means on average in the past week, 500 deaths were announced every day. Here is our medical editor, fergus walsh. Amidst the terrible toll the virus is taking there was other news which gives hope for the future. The uk medicines regulator gave the go ahead for the approval of the oxford vaccine, which is a fantastic achievement for british science. Its a great day, we are very proud. This is a really significant moment in the fight against this pandemic. It is, i thin