Implications around the world. And we are lucky to have mr. Denis mcdonough, former white house chief of staff. Cabinet rank, we have broken the cabinet rank ceiling here. Former Deputy National security advisor and former advisor to the n. S. C. He is someone who has sat at the nexus of Foreign Policy, u. S. Politics and communication and he knows a Little Something about northeast asia as well. The pride of stillwater, minnesota, he currently is a professor at notre dame and i , think he microing mores the st. Johns University Athletic department from afar. I see the football helmet in the background there, an institution alum. Ch he is a proud he holds a masters degree from Georgetown University and most, i think, notably for those with follow entertainment, played by john hamm in the movie the report. Not many people can say that. Welcome, mr. Mcdonough, to the excellent. Great to be with you. Been looking forward to this conversation and happy to see victor too as well. Finally, s
Also coming up Box Office Battle odeon zone enters urgent talks with water brothers over its decision to make all of its films available to stream instantly next year. And our welcome to the program saudi arabias foreign minister says he is hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bass a dispute with qatar its been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea an Arab Blockade on cata for ministers of Catherine Quaid also say theres been progress towards resolving the crisis. Now reports. Crucial days ahead for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwaits foreign minister whose country has been be generally mediate again and to the crisis says hes confident. A constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the inte
A standoff with the government over crop prices shows no sign of being resolved. Plus a backlash and boycotts the nikkei it for its provoke debate about diversity in japan. And im he said with the sport and then pick organizers say the tokyo games will cost an extra 2400000000. 00 because of the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Now more than one of the half 1000000 people have died from covert 1000 worldwide a 3rd of those deaths happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting Record Numbers of deaths in new cases among them italy which registered its highest daily death toll on thursday since the start of the pandemic its introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions in the worlds worst affected countries the United States hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs the president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during his 1st 3 months in office. Its on the 1st day im an arguer had
Index, just marginally down. The real story has been the bounceback after last weeks fall for bitcoin, approaching record highs. 19,595. 1. 1 to the upside. Drivings within opec that crude oil price down. Lets look at what is going on in the emerging market context. Asian markets are bouncing back nicely after yesterdays big move to the downside. What has been responsible for this change in mood . , onethink first of all should partly see yesterdays price action as an anomaly. I think the Way Investors are now returning to the positive things like easy fed policy, Global Economic recovery, which was confirmed by asian pmis and the index that just came out, and optimism about vaccines. Juliette and your team has written a piece on the e. M. Currency outlook for 2021. It reads quite positively. What is the basis for all that optimism . Maybe there are three reasons. First, valuation. We believe that emfx is undervalued and conditions should be conducive to pushing them into overvalued te
A few weeks left in office. The us secretary of state to gives his backing to israels illegal settlements. Forced from their homes, remains the ethiopians who fled to sudan and are not desperate for help. But begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. But its chemical company, astra. Zeneca says its phase 2 trials are promising when it comes to protecting groups most at risk. It says people who are over 70 whove been tested have shown a strong immune response. The vaccines being developed with Oxford University and its in the final stages of human trials, but some parts of the world are still battling the virus infections across africa have not so passed 2000000, but with low rates of testing, the real number is thought to be much higher worldwide, there are now over 56000000 covered 1000 cases, and more than 1300000 deaths. The United States has the highest number of cases and the highest mortality rate. Tony angela has been following