The focus certainly on the u. S. Not only for the infections but of the transition period and what we can expect from the markets. The markets looking at some caution, we heard from Central Banks saying look, the vaccine is not going to be a cureall. If you look at what investors are trying to assess, it is additional stimulus, an economy that has been battered by these coronavirus cases that we have seen going up and up. Treasuries adding to the gains, and if you look at other things we are looking at, you know, the dging higher afterword that Dominic Cummings will leave his role with Boris Johnson at the start of the year. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hi, laura. Laura good morning, francine. Powell, ecb president christine lagarde, and Andrew Bailey used a Virtual Conference to highlight the risk. The post pandemic economy will be different in many ways. The 2020 election was the most secure in american history. They say there are is no e
A super spreader of the disease in the senate to suspend its legislative work for 2 weeks. The fight for me going to care about intensifies with both as a by john and i may be accused of targeting civilians. Taking a step towards peace sudans government and great side a deal of sunshine in the agreement. And the world athletics comes to kenya with one of the 1st major sporting events in africa since the outbreak of the content. So the team of doctors treating the u. S. President for covert 900 say they are cautiously optimistic with his progress and have suggested that he began showing signs of the virus on wednesday afternoon which he did then previously disclosed double trump was admitted to the Walter Reed National military Medical Center in maryland on friday hes been. Receiving experimental treatment for the disease i well go to say hes doing very well multiple reports are quoting sources say that some of the trauma so vital signs of the last 24 hours were very concerning and that
A new york Court Sentences Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison 2 weeks after being convicted of rape and Sexual Assault. That the deadly fight for cameroon our exclusive interview with the man who says he is behind many of the separatist attacks. In sport coronavirus threatens the opening race of the formula one season 3 f one c. Members are placed in quarantine in melbourne ahead of sundays race. The corona virus crisis has been declared a pandemic making the declaration World Health Organization officials said the number of cases globally is just going to increase 118000 people have now been infected in 114 countries as the number of cases outside china increased 13 fold in the past 2 weeks Charlie Angela begins our coverage. This is daily life under lockdown in italy people employing Patient Protection and distance all Good Measures that countries should practice according to the World Health Organization but not enough as a declared covert 19 is now a pandemic. Has been seeing t
Opposition leader reach a deal to form a unity government. Hello welcome to the news hour south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu after the countrys 1st death and an increase in corona virus cases medics have confirmed 156 infections there or thought he say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu the Prime Minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading china reported 118. 00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before 2 australians evacuated from a cruise ship that had been to quarantine in japan have tested positive for corona virus after returning home and now theyre being isolated as crossover to katrina your correspondent in beijing and katrina those hopes that things were on the mend have really just been dashed in the past few hours. Why especially in south korea were seeing that there was a case of more than 50 cases announ
On tackling global warming. Former emmerdale actor, Kelvin Fletcher, drafted in as a last minute replacement, wins this years striclty. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35 this mornings reviewers are dawn foster from the guardian and asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor for the daily telegraph. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps whod lost their seats. But in a letter in the sunday mirror, he says he takes responsibility and that his party came up short. Heres our Political Correspondent, iain watson. Jeremy corbyn is under pressure from some of his own mps to relinquish the Party Leadership sooner rather than later, but so far he is resisting. Reporter do you feel that you let the party down . He says he accepts his responsibility for labours heavy defeat but adds progress does not come in a simple straight line.