Story on the vaccine pause we were talking about with the cfo a little earlier on. We are waiting to see what news we get on the stimulus front as well. Brexit talks look like they are going nowhere. The s p is higher as we await news from apple. Day. Ve amazon prime the pound is lower, down by 0. 6 . The euro is softer as well. And there we go. We are watching the bdp trade the btp trade. This is we continue to see the redenomination trade factor into the btp market. Expectedue to see an further move from the ecb being factored into the btp market. How much further will it go . We will talk about that throughout the program. Alix as you were mentioning, countries across europe are widening curbs to get a grip on the fender mike thats on the pendant. In the on the pandemic. In the u. S. , there is still conversation about the election and pricing in a blue wave. Anwitiet more with dr. Bahuguna, Columbia Management head of multiasset strategy. Bahuguna thank you for having me on the sho
Pounce on the remarks an hour after he made them seems like a little bit of a leap here. It mixed into the selling sauce. The markets dont need to hear much to sell or trigger something. If they dont know what is happening on the fed front and certainly dont know what is happening on the virus front. As i often say they sell first ask questions later. Well see. Jackie deangelis on the new york stock exchange. With the dow down 265 points. An update. Jackie . Reporter were off session lows. It was interesting around 11 30 the market dropped the first 100 points. People were scratching their heads, asking if there were any headlines crossing the tape, what was causing this and there wasnt a clear explanation. When the second 100 point drop came, one gentleman said there were rumors floating around, chatter, that the markets were too complacent when it came to the coronavirus. There were concerns china is not forthright with all the information. Maybe the numbers are not accurate. Maybe t
The president of somalia has blamed al shabaab militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed about 70 people. But Mohamed Abdullahi farmajo said they wouldnt succeed in demoralising the somali people. The explosion took place at a security checkpoint in the south west of the capital mogadishu. Its being reported that at least 16 of those killed were university students. Our africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports. Moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. Smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have been a massive car bomb. Shocked civilians move in to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured
Stories thousands of volunteer firefighters are to be offered compensation for loss of earnings after battling the australian bushfires for weeks. Somalias president says his country will not be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than seventy people. Democratic president ial contender joe biden says theres no legal basis to force him to testify at Donald Trumps impeachment trial. And the french crowd funding plan which aims to return a zoo full of animals to the wild. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Australian Government says thousands of volunteer firefighters in New South Wales will be compensated for loss of earnings during the bushfires. More than a hundred are still burning in southern australia and conditions are expected to worsen. Meanwhile, sydneys mayor has insisted the new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite calls to redirect funds to the firefighting efforts. Briony sowden reports. For those living on the edge of the fires, this is now the new norma
Calls for an independent inquiry after the new years honours data leak in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and Police Officers were published online. It isa it is a serious and they need extraordinary breach because this is a well established process that has been going on the same way for years so been going on the same way for years soi been going on the same way for years so i think an urgent investigation is certainly needed. Five people stabbed in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of an orthodox rabbi. Calls for sydneys new years eve fireworks to be cancelled quarter of a Million People sign a petition for the money to be spent fighting australias bushfires instead in tennis former world number one andy murray says hes gutted to be missing next months Australian Open after pulling out because of injury and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35. This mornings reviewers are lucy fisher and john crowley. There are calls for an independent