i m nejra cehic in for francine lacqua in london. in terms of regional equity benchmarks, the ftse mib definitely under par from today underperforming today. a lot of the worst performers are italian companies, particularly italian banks. we have been seeing it yields a spike by more than 20 basis points across the curve. meanwhile, the euro took a little while to react initially for at least half an hour it was initially unchanged. it is heading a little lower now. quite a contained reaction in the euro compared to what we are seeing in italian bond and equity markets generally. let s take a look at what else we are watching the global markets. overall, and by the way the msci asia-pacific index ended the week on a high over in the asian session. we cite u.s. stocks again as well in some time and something like as many as four days. seeing the losses we are on europe s equity benchmark nothing compared to what we are seeing on the ftse mib. you are seeing 10-year bund yi
also on the programme: president biden boards air force one, destination belfast. he speaks of his hopes on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. make sure the irish accords and - the winter agreements stay in place, keep the peace. - that s the main thing. keep your fingers crossed. one of the uk s biggest business groups, the cbi, sacks its head tony danker after an investigation into workplace conduct. and the wild spring weather continues with warnings of strong winds for western parts of the uk. coming up on the bbc news channel, p9p coming up on the bbc news channel, pep guardiola takes on his old team for the first time since leaving them as manchester s city play good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. thousands ofjunior doctors in england have begun a four day strike, with nhs leaders warning it ll be the most disruptive in health service history. the dispute over pay is expected to see thousands of operations cancelled, though staff will be av
hello and welcome. ukraine says 174,000 square kilometres that s roughly the same area as syria has been contaminated by landmines since russia s invasion last february. most have been found in the north eastern kharkiv region. 0ur correspondent in ukraine james waterhouse reports. this is what you call a scratching of the surface, a sweep and a gentle prod for hidden killers. a job with very obvious occupational hazards. translation: my family calls me in the morning l and tells me to be careful, to watch where i tread. of course they re worried, very much worried. before, we would work with shells from world war ii, and now they are modern munitions, so we have to learn constantly because we find new kinds that we haven t encountered before. it s hard to describe this as anything other than random. this is a patch of land in the middle of balakliya. it s not a place, unlike other areas, that was once contested, where there was heavy fighting. but what these minesweepers
but businesses will be asked to pick up some of the costs. the world health organisation says the americas are now driving the pandemic and some countries failed to take its warnings about the disease seriously. the world pays tributes to the foot soldiers in scrubs battling covid 19 for international nurses day. welcome. let s start in the us, where the scientist leading the response to coronavirus has warned the senate of serious consequences if the country opens up too soon. dr anthony fauci said there could be new spikes of covid 19 and conceded the number of deaths is likely to be higher than the offical number. here s a little of what he had to say. some areas cities, states or what have you jump over those various checkpoints and prematurely open up without having the capability of being able to respond effectively and efficiently. my concern is that we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks, so therefore i have been very clear in my messa