Want action to stop the virus fallout. Nato calls for International Cohesion on security. Consumer Price Inflation breaking out of south korea. We are seeing month on month deceleration of. 1 . The deceleration, though, is easing from the previous month when we had been pulled down and undershooting Inflation Numbers because of subsidies from the government. Also we are seeing acceleration of 0. 6 when it comes to the euro. Slightly missing estimates, but when you seek out fresh food and look at the core cpi numbers, it is still growth of 1 . Of course, we still have some spare economic capacity in south korea, but remember the Third Quarter final gdp numbers actually beat expectations, and still, Inflation Numbers are very much away from that target coronavirus pandemic raging across the world. Haidi we have just had the beginning of the testimony of the rba governor, appearing before the Economics Committee today, so be watching out for some of those, particularly regarding news on t
Upside. Looking at commodities. Crude moving to the upside. A big move to the downside with , on the vaccine and signs of Economic Growth in the u. S. Particularly helping people not to look for havens or avoid havens, get out of them. Gold down half of 1 . Bitcoin surging up again, it has above 18,500. Juliette lets get the first word news. The head of the u. S. Government Coronavirus Vaccine program says results of trials by astrazeneca show encouraging signs it may help block the most severe cases. No one given the vaccine developed severe covid, while 16 people on the placebo debt. He called the results excited. Nine, reports 70 process astrazeneca report 70 success. The centers for Disease Control a model shows weekly u. S. Cases and deaths rising every week for at least the next month. Italy is the Second European nation to report 50,000 total fatalities. The u. K. Is extending lockdown next week in favor of even tougher regional curbs. Reports from washington say the Trump Admin
Says the infection rate is too high to consider lifting the lockdown the restrictions will stay in place until january 10th and a dial warning for our planet. Is waging war on nature diseased suicidal nature always strikes. And hes already doing so we go in force and fury u. N. Chief un told you the terrorist urges World Leaders to make 2021 year they commit to fighting Climate Change. Im told me a lot of boy its good to have you with us the u. K. Has become the 1st country in the world to approve the covert 19 vaccine jointly produced by the German Company biotech and u. S. Drug maker fires a british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the authorization as fantastic news saying it will allow the british people to reclaim their lives the vaccine got the green light after just 10 months of Fast Track Research and development and is also awaiting approval in many other countries. But trial participant is given the bio on tech finds a coded 19 vaccine in the german city of minds hes j
To call the police, but it was the police. Its outrageous. And a relative of a civilian reportedly killed in a u. S. Drone strike in yemen says he continues to live in fear as a top court in germany rules. Berlin can legally distance itself from american operations conducted from german soil. A very warm welcome to you here at r. T. International. My names donald quarter taking you through your world news stories this hour. Welcome to the program. A scientist labeled, the father of Irans Nuclear program has been killed on the outskirts of tirant and response. The u. N. Has called for restraint and to avoid any actions that could lead to an escalation. Irans envoy to the global body warned israel and the u. S. Against any provocative moves. Local reporter gave us more details about the killing, which iran has branded a state act of terror. Senior iranian scientist was killed on a highway near tehran. Theres not much detail about the number of people involved in the attack, or number of
The bill awaits signoff from the president. Akron turns up the heat. France threatens to veto a brexit deal if it does not like the terms, piling pressure on the e. U. Not to make further concessions. Welcome to the program, everybody. 7 00 in london. 8 00 in paris. Lets look at the futures. We are fairly flat on futures. The young stock x50 futures flat. Yesterday, we saw some decent gains for the ftse, up by more than 1 and that was a standout compared to the rest of europe which was more mixed. It was mixed in the u. S. Session as well. We did actually see a bit of a late rally in u. S. Equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. All of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u. S. Stimulus. The concern about what can legitimately be done in the shortterm and a lot of hope around vaccines. Perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u. S. Yesterday and we are now pausing. We are pausing somewhat here. W