and rockets overnight. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. travel rules for british tourists heading to europe could be released today. it comes as borisjohnson has said that people should not be taking holidays in most european countries. eu ambassadors will today consider whether to allow visits from travellers who have been fully vaccinated against covid 19. the ambassadors are also expected to lift the current ban on nonessential travel from the uk. their meeting comes as the government here has been accused of causing confusion with conflicting advice over its own traffic light system. meanwhile, surge testing is being stepped up in areas where there are concerns about the india variant. later today at 5pm, uk time, the health secretary, matt hancock, will be holding a downing street coronavirus briefing. our europe correspondent, jean mckenzie, has the latest from brussels. what we are expecting here in brussels today is for eu ambassa
have announced today will provide strong support for the economy. we are saying that roommates rates will remain accommodative until the economy as far along. leaves stimulus untouched. no move expected either. today s action could come from south africa as they battle we growth. president trump contradicts his health officials, saying a vaccine could come by october. deutsche bank says new york city staff can stay at home until next year. 6:00 a.m. in london. let s get you up-to-date with the interpretation of fed speak. good morning. i take you to ing. it s about the credibility andeen forward guidance state contingent forward guidance. we got both last night. that makes for more potent situations. perhaps doubly irrelevant. annmarie: a note this morning saying there s no pleasing some people. what else could the fed have done? maybe qe. also talking about the fact, they were saying, monetary stimulus, it s time to focus on policies for the real economy. in that moment, j
raised substantially. anna: hong kong protests smashed the hang seng. trade is prepared for volatile results. capital is set to make a bid as the burger king owner looks to diversify. welcome to the program, 20 minute 20 nine minutes into the start of the trading day. on teachers we are expecting to follow asia to the downside. on futures we are expecting to follow asia to the downside. the asian session has dominated more than the u.s. session last night on what president trump had to say on the gloomy side around trade and the possibility of higher tariffs. the psyche inated asia. the protest activity in hong kong, we see futures in the u.s. going weaker. we have selling more broadly even in hong kong, but that is down by 32%. further disruption in hong kong. is this something we can move on from at some point? this is the impact from hong kong, and also what president trump had to say. he said there could be a deal but also about the possibility of tariffs going higher
hostages released. hamas is believed to have given a positive response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza. the details of the deal set out by israel, the us, qatar and egypt have not been released. but it s reported to include a six week truce, when more israeli hostages would be exchanged for palestinian prisoners. israel and the us have both said they are reviewing hamas response. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in tel aviv in the past few hours where he s set to meet israel s leaders. before departing from qatar earlier, mr blinken showed optimism that a deal was in sight. we put forward a proposal that was aimed at not simply repeating the previous agreement but expanding it. as the prime ministerjust said, hamas responded tonight. we are reviewing that response now and i ll be discussing it with the government of israel tomorrow. there is still a lot of work to be done but we continue to believe that an agreement is pos