South korea. Infections slow in japan, but young adults becoming more vulnerable. Do infections in new zealand itsend weaken reputation as a covid19 beater. The Prime Minister is delaying the election. Down that is weighing matters in new zealand, but lets look at u. S. Futures. Uncertainty continues to plague markets as we kick off this new session in asia. Uncertainty when it comes to trade with the phase one meetings being postponed indefinitely. We are also getting an indefinite stalemate when it comes to stimulus talks, as well as uncertainty over the future of mailin voting and usps. Theve futures trading on s p, positive 5. 1 . The nikkei 225 up by about. 25 . We are continuing to watch price action on the topics, the worlds best performing index in august as we continue to see the encouraging recovery in industrials and financials. The japanese economy sent to crater by a record in the latest quarter. We are getting gdp numbers later today. In new zealand, back to one of the to
That you are really good at portage is, so we are going to do a lot of canoeing. Back then, it used to be birchbark canoes. Of course, lisa was totally wired up in the adirondacks. Did you have anything at all . Lisa no communication, no internet. I am glad to be back, though. A pretty active late august, all things considered. Tom it is, lisa, without question, the most odd august since 1998. Mr. Ferro is still off. It has now gone from vacation to sabbatical for jon ferro. Lisa and i will get you through the week. Dow futures up to 70. We will get you to the data in a moment. Yields really havent moved, and that is a key item. Also, Lisa Abramowicz with some of the ideas of the morning. What do you have . Lisa not only do we have the political backdrop in the u. S. And also in europe, with the u. K. And the European Union continuing contentious negotiations this week. Last week, talks broke up friday with Michel Barnier warning that an agreement seems unlikely. New york city tentativ
If youve just got or are about to get your results wed love to hear from you. Are you happy or not with your grades . Are you going to appeal based on your mocks results or do you think you might need to take the exams in the autumn . Do get in touch at Annita Mcveigh on twitter or use bbcyourquestions. Elsewhere more bad news for the travel industry as tui the worlds biggest travel company says its lost over a billion dollars from march tojune. Coronavirus cases surge across much of europe with germany, france and spain all registering a Record Number of infections. A major Study Suggests that almost 3. 5 Million People in england may have already had covid 19 far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. Investigators are working to identify what caused a Train Derailment in aberdeenshire in scotland in which three people died. And coming up this hour warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk after record setting high temperatures. Hello and welcome if youre wa
Back society, the way to do that is to put women straight at the center, because guess what. Theyre already at the center. With a pandemic still raging and concerns it will get worse before it gets bter, what does philanthropist Melinda Gates say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. Corporate funding is provided by. Welcome to firing line, Melinda Gates. Hanks for having me, margaret. You cofoundethe bill and Melinda Gates foundationo cades ago, and since then your foundation has worked to fight global poverty and to combat infectious disease, including hiv, tuberculosis, malaria, ebola. And noyou have committed more than 300 million to fight the covid19 pandemic. My question just to start is, your work is so often focused on global health. Co d you have imagined that you would be battling a pandemic so close to home . No, theres no chancewe that we thoughould have a pandemic, you know, and that part of the start of it was here in seate. So, no, this has
I am Francine Lacqua in london. This is what the markets are looking like. Ofis more quiet because august, not so because of august 2020. The european shares are fluctuating, chinese stocks rally in, and oil up with the opec gathering this week. Travel agencies and Real Estate Companies were the biggest drags in the 600, with the dollar weakening against most of its peers. We will have more on the markets throughout the day, but now, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in london. Here is leighann gerrans. Leighann in the u. S. , House Speaker nancy pelosi is calling members back about the postal service, which has warned at least 46 states they may not be able to develop ballots on time for the november election amid operational changes and a funding cuts. President donald trump has said repeatedly and without evidence that voting by mail is subject to widespread fraud. Now, in new zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the general election by four weeks unti