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
Support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition wont i dont think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic. Certainly the massive arrest that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held there last year it involving 5060 people who participated in a primary in preparation for last years election ok so so far the basis of the. Primaries involves a lot of candidates whose election platform. Volley. Article 22. 00 of the National Security law which is to paralyze the government to stop everything from functioning to basically opposed every si
What ideas do they have of their future. D. W. Dot com africa megacities the multimedia. Could enter. The for. Islands and immunization for indonesia a logistical nightmare. Its the Worlds Largest archipelago. Shipping shots to hundreds of millions of citizens spread across more than 17000. 00. From the been there very good good from actually taking a public boat is not an ideal condition for distribution of fact. Ceilings on drugs over the wall but i think its just not safe to carry vaccines in crowded conditions not moving at least in parts of vermont. And the countries Vaccination Campaign is highly controversial it prioritises younger people over the elderly. The government argues that they make up the bulk of the countrys workforce that the breadwinners. Critics say theyre more vulnerable could lose out. Indonesia has dropped 1000000. 00 coronavirus cases and to clamp down on the soaring infectious rate its launched one of the worlds biggest vaccine drives but its strategy is cont
Probation member of Hong Kongs Legislative Council and deputy and Chinas National Peoples Congress he says the log needs clarification so why does he still support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you. Hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53. 00 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition. Well i do think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic certainly the massive arrests that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held last year it involving 5060 people who participated in the primaries in preparation for last years election ok so so for the reasons of brother or sister the primary involves a lot of candidates who
1. 8 trillion. And jobless claims disappointed the street coming in at 898,000. It was the highest rating since mid august. Rising coronavirus cases in europe and the u. S. Affecting sentiment. 59 minutes left of trade down only 23 on the dow. The european measures definitely weighed on european markets. We have improved since the european close coming up, we will speak with gregg lemkau about how the pandemic changed the m a landscape. Plus the ceo of zoom will talk about the companys efforts to branch out beyond video meetings and the stocks run thissier. Fir mike, lets start with you the Broader Markets well off the session lows. A resilient showing throughout the last few years. You mentioned the market lows in the u. S. Were just before the european close perhaps that was one of the bigger pressure points, the overseas action. Where it has taken us though is really hasnt disturbed much of the trend. This is this area. Last week we broke above this range we have been in for a while