1. 30. Immunereally, it seems, in the pound crosses to the brexit headlines. You get a little bit of movement, but not very much on the headlines being generated out of brussels. Crude down 0. 6 . A cautious outlook coming from opec . The virus story front and center. Alix virus cases. Leaders virus cases surging across europe. Leaders weighing options. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is holding a press conference right now, saying they cannot take the same measures as in the first wave of the virus. Joining us with more from roane bloombergs is alessandro. Ndro the milan area has requested a curfew from 11 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. To stop the activity, to stop people mingling together and going out for a drink in the evening. This is not enough to stop the spread of the virus. We had almost around 10,000 cases per day daily, below the european average, but still higher than what we have seen just a few weeks ago. We are expecting new numbers for today any minute now. Guy when you
Francine we will have plenty more on that throughout the day. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika no murder charges in the Fatal Shooting of breonna taylor. A kentucky grand jury chose not to file the indictments against any of the Police Officers involved. A single officer was charged with wanton endangerment for firing into neighboring apartments. The decision has sparked outrage and renewed violence. At least two Police Officers have been shot. President trump says the Supreme Court will likely have to decide the outcome of the november election. Hes arguing he needs to confirm a new justice to replace ruth bader ginsburg. Hes casting doubt on the validity of the election, reiterating his criticism of mailin voting. Idea of challenging the virus is gaining. The study speeding up research but raises ethical questions about exposing people to a potentially fatal virus. Global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalist
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Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The market is taking in a few things, european stocks dropping due to these new travel roles. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Israel and the united arab startes have decided to talks. The two sides will hold a range of talks in the coming weeks. In the meantime, israel has agreed to suspend its efforts to annex part of the west bank. Palestinian officials quickly criticize the move, calling it a betrayal. The u. S. Is adding france and netherlands and malta to its quarantined list. People now have to isolate for 14 days. It comes as the u. K. Has even more lockdown measures and even tougher penalties for ignoring social distancing rules. Fines for not wearing a mask will double to a maximum 3200 pounds. Lai kong media tycoon jimmy accusing china of arresting him on trumped up charges. Lai pushed back a
Report, and the jobs data tomorrow. Without a doubt, to of the greatest mysteries we have seen since february. We cant emphasize enough the imports of this claims data. Jonathan we really hope we see an improvement after things went the other way last week. Later tomorrow, we get the payrolls report. Unpredictable. That is the word you would here again and again. Tom lisa, i am going to go back to your bond work for years. Theres a point always where you switch from yield dynamics and analysis to a price study, and it really is beginning to feel to me right now that all the media and the experts in the pundits are beginning to look at price, not yield of bonds. Lisa i think you underscored one of the most important questions in the bond market this week when you asked, is it the real economy driving yields solo or is it the Federal Reserve . I think that is a key question Going Forward as we see the recovery stall out. Can yields go lower not because of the fed promising to buy bonds,