Improving but another environmental problem is piling up that is medical waste. And sport further talks are taking place to discuss English Premier League footballers taking a pay cut a deal is being negotiated that will see players salaries reduced by 30 percent. So the u. K. Government is holding its Daily Briefing on the current virus lets take you live now to downing street in central london. With covered 19 symptoms but the action of hospital admissions in england and wales has regional differences in the number of admissions folks like between the 1st and 2nd of april admissions a study in wales but in yorkshire and the northeast by 30 percent. And in the middle and the rate of hospital admissions has gone up by 47 percent 708 people have sadly lost their lives as a result of cover 19 the highest daily total yet recorded and that means that of those hospitalized in the u. K. The number who passed away now totals 4330 those numbers emphasize again the importance of maintaining soc
Welcome to day break australia. Im haidi here with paul. Paul jay powell reinforcing the feds wait and see approach. Oil extending its rally after opec plus sticks with current supply goods. Haidi taiwans chipmakers are set to resume work after an earthquake caused maim damage. Paul lets look at howie shaping up for this thursday in the asia pacific we have just opened for trade in australia, in the early going, just higher by a few points at the moment. Well keep and eye on a few stocks today. Rio tinto, after the Sovereign Wealth Fund expressed concern about the deforestation impact of a bauxite mine in brazil. Gold topping 2,300 an ounce for the first time. Not a lot of movement in yields at the moment. Dewid see yields in the u. S. Slipping a lit a. F. L. Jay powells q a following his remarks. Well get to that in a moment they have aussie a bit of a bep fishery from rare u. S. Dollar weakness, 65. 66 at the moment. Lets take a look at how were doing for japan. Futures right now a l
2017 has extraordinary brought it into eight very exclusive club. That is the Fifth Company worth and access of 500 billion, alongside apple, googles parent alphabet, microsoft and face book. It also means it has beaten alibaba to the milestone. News, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. Lets take a look at the markets closed, aboutust 4 10 of a percentage down. Japan, we are seeing gains all across the region. Emily this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, the doj is hitting at t hard. Details on the lawsuit that could block at ts 85 billion takeover of time warner. Uber speeds up its driverless push, striking a deal with volvo. Details ahead. Plus, more dealmaking in the chip industry. What marvells 6 billion acquisition of this Company Means in its continuing consolidation. Lets start with the lead. Our developing story the u. S. , Justice Department is suing to block at ts 85. 4 billion takeover of time warner. This is
Policy again. And coming up within the last hour. A big story today, pope francis is celebrating mass before thousands of people in cuba. The start of a i trip that will include a visit to the united states. Cbs reporter adriana diaz is in havana to bring us reports from the activities and catholics in cuba. Good morning. Reporter good morning, anne and phil. The pope is following a full schedule today. Hell meet with local clergy, young people and raul castro. He wrapped up the mass in front of huge crowds. As he steps on cuban soil, pope francis received a heros welcome. He received flowers, trumpets and canon. At the airport, francis emphasized his dedication to renew u. S. Relations and encourage those in power to continue down the road, he said, a road he helped build after hosting secret meetings between the u. S. And cuba the at vatican. She praised the pope for his role. I want to thank him for that. He brought back unity, she said. The 79yearold devout catholic received commun
Is why republicans are running with that a swing districtwent against the president just as voters and nastily are. His Approval Ratings the lowest ever from the latest wall street journal poll. The Health Care Law is a very big reason. And to the matter how many hit shows and they are desperately trying to keep it afloat. But theyre not getting better. They are getting worse. They are not remotely interested but all is said and done, 30 billion will remain uninsured. That is why voters are getting restless. Get ready in november for the real fireworks. Did the Sunshine State just are or am i just finding out . And to our guests, what is happening here . Is this the Tipping Point . Mid term electionyear republicans are looking to make big gains were they can make the argument obamacare is causing more harm than good. Neil you could say it was close in the eyes of the but ree sensing these exit polls and they have something to run on is that what they should run away from . Of course, t