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the overall death toll the coronavirus nears 50,000 globally. [indiscernible] 100,000 military body bags for civilian use. u.s. officials say china concealed the extent of its outbreak, but futures rise in europe and in the u.s. after the worst drop for the s&p 500 in two weeks. and president trump voices optimism that russia and saudi arabia will end their oil spat soon. brent and wti each jumped 5% or more. you can see here a 20% jump over the past three days. we are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. we will take a look at where futures are trading now. we have, in terms of european slighterder gains then we had in the u.s. if you look at the dow jones and s&p 500, they are each up about 1.5% in terms of futures, so bigger gains in the u.s. picture , though further away from the open of cash equity trading. what does it look like on the gmm right now? just had numbers come through on the u.k.. house prices, i will come to that ....
the russell looking at a 100 point drop. volume has picked up today. volume in the dow, s&p and nasdaq positive versus yesterday. a little bit more activity in the selling on the first day of the second quarter. we have all three industry groups down. when you look at the decliners versus advancers, it is in double digits. romaine: on a day like this, anytime we have a big down day, i would like to see who the gainers are, the winners, names like balaton, tele-dock health. teledoc a lot of the consumer staples, target, kellogg, moving higher 1% or 2%, kroger up more than 1%. i want to bring back into the conversation jim polson, still with us. appreciate you being here. let s move from equities and look more broadly at some of the other asset classes. when we look at the treasury market today, i relatively tamped down day come a relatively tamped down day. on the long end, seeing the 30-year hold around 1.27%. when you look at the treasury market, what signal is it ....
0xfam says the behaviour of some staff was totally unacceptable. the n60 insists it did inform the charity commission, even issuing a press release at the time, and denies a cover up. 0xfam was actually proactive in going to the british public, the department for international development and the charity commission to explain that there had been serious misconduct and we d taken action. the government, which gives 0xfam more than £30 million a year, says. the way this appalling abuse of vulnerable people was dealt with raises serious questions that 0xfam must answer . today, fresh claims some of the disgraced staff gotjobs at other aid agencies because 0xfam failed to warn them about the misconduct. this is a shudderingly awful tale, terrible on every single level. and, of course, it eclipses the fact that 0xfam is one of the most brilliant humanitarian organisations in the world. 0xfam has worked in haiti for a0 years, helping more than half a million desperately poo ....
speed skater elise christie sets an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500m event. and a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. tax authorities say elderly and vulnerable people are becoming victims. and carillion bosses are lost for words, as mps ask why they should be believed. that s in the week in parliament, in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 0xfam has rejected claims that it covered up an investigation which found some of those sent to help in haiti in the aftermath of an earthquake there exploited local people for sex. 0xfam s chief executive said it did inform the charity commission, but admitted more could have been done to spell out the details of what happened. downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity in light of what it called the truly shocking reports. angus crawford reports. it was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 p ....
an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500m event. a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. tax authorities say elderly and vulnerable people are becoming victims. and taxi by air click looks ahead into the future of passenger travel. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 0xfam has rejected claims that it covered up an investigation downing street has said that it is reviewing its relationship with the charity 0xfam in the light of claims that some of its staff in haiti exploited people for sex following the earthquake there in 2011. 0xfam dismissed some workers and reported the matter to the charity to mission, but critics say it didn t do enough to deal with the situation. thanks crawford reports. it was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. 0xfam, with more than 70 years‘ experi ....