by the pandemic. it gives them time, breathing space. it doesn t mean things will be easy for him, either for the labour party. you could argue that the result shouldn t have been endowed, the labour party should have definitely be on its way to downing street. this gives some time, breathing space. george galloway took over 8000 votes against those and the labour party would say about this that they were probably labour vets. what with the tories? , ., , what with the tories? about 2296 of what with the tories? about 22% ofthe what with the tories? about 22% of the votes. what with the tories? about 22% of the votes, so what with the tories? about 22% of the votes, so pretty of the votes, so pretty credible result for galloway. the conservatives will say, look, they have been an office for 11 years, this hasn t been a conservative seat since 1997. they shouldn t be a question of than winning it. they took hartlepool. still, ithink there will be disappointment among t
earning potential? hello there. let s return to our top story the g7 summit in the cornish resort of carbis bay, in the south west of england. leaders of the rich democracies will be trying to agree how to lead the world out of the pandemic. the host, the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, wants the g7 to pledge to have the whole world vaccinated by the end of next year, with a promise to ramp up global production of doses. he s pledging 100 million doses from the uk for low income countries over the next year. president biden got the ball rolling on thursday, appearing with the boss of us drugs giant pfizer to announced a donation of half a billion of its vaccines paid for by america for 100 of the world s poorest countries. this isn t the american economy, it is in all of our interests to have the global economy recover well. that won t happen unless we get this pandemic under control worldwide. as a said inmate joint session to congress in april, america will be the arse
the bloomberg terminal. the dark winter of the pandemic. joe biden says he will move heaven and earth to vaccinate 100 million americans in the next 100 days but warrants that 100,000 may die in the next month. a last resort. angela merkel warns that germany could close its borders as eu leaders say stricter lockdowns could be necessary. christie look hard points to a downtown for the eurozone. hong kong will lock down tens of thousands of residents for the first time. that index has been growing higher and higher. we are under an hour away from the start of cash trading across europe. let s take a look at futures this morning. red arrows as warnings about virus lockdowns and concerns about vaccine shortages continue to plague markets around the world. you can see the euro stoxx 50 futures down about half a percent. u.s. futures are down as well this morning. as we said, these drops that we are seeing are after continued highs. yesterday, the s&p 500 was up to 3853. markets c
following the ousting of imran khan. and for the first time the queen talks about the effect having covid had on her. it does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn t it, this horrible pandemic? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the french president emmanuel macron and the far right challenger marine le pen will face each other in a run off vote in two weeks time and one will be the next president of france. the second round will be a repeat of the last presidential election in 2017. with almost all of the results in, marine le pen got 23% of the votes yesterday, emmanuel macron who sits in the middle of the political specturm got 27.6% and the far left candidate, jean luc melenchon, got nearly 22% of votes. all that means that it s going to be a straight run off now in a final vote on april the 24th. mr macron remains the favourite, and his team are now planning a series of big rallies and major tv appearances. marine le pen should pick
The EU has billed its climate policies as trailblazing. But experts say a rightward shift after European citizens go to the polls in June could see the bloc backpedal on its green ambitions.