Last week. That means 38. 9 Million People have been thrown on to the unemployment lines in the last eight weeks. 38. 64 million to be precise. The only bright spot is the weekly claims have consistently come down. That implies that the layoff trend has already hit bottom. Heres the markets reaction to all of this. The dow at the moment is on the down side but not much by. Youre looking at 60 points lower. Youre looking at the nasdaq down about 16. Small losses across the board. Helping the market, astrazeneca, working with Oxford University, they have announced progress on a vaccine. They will do phase three trials with 30,000 american patients in july. If it works, they say they could deliver 300 million doses by the early fall. Then weve got three stories about open up and open up now. 600 doctors delivered a letter to the president outlining the Severe Health costs of the lockdown. They call it a mass casualty incident. Open up, they say. The front page of the New York Post blares
Evening. Welcome to denys electioncast. We are looking for exa m ples of electioncast. We are looking for examples of where this snap election may have mocked up your life logistics. I dont know, maybe you are planning a summit of nato leaders. And in the middle of it, there was an Election Campaign instead. It doesnt have to be that grand. Us know by e mailing us or using the hashtag. We will probably not be a notice of any of your logistical mock ups. Later tonight in the programme, we are good to be dropping into another pa rt good to be dropping into another part of the uk to look at the election there. Maybe it could be your patch. But first of all, there was a special guest in the Election Campaign in donald trump. I discussed that earlier with chris mason and Emily Maitlis from newsnight. I wanted to get you back on because weve got another American Intervention in the Election Campaign. Although he hasnt really intervened, has he, donald trump . Its interesting. Speaking to con
It is about 2 30am in the morning. Now on bbc news electioncast, with adam fleming. Good evening all, welcome to tonights election cast. Now, were looking for examples of where the snap election they have mucked up your life logistics. Maybe you are planning a summit of nato leaders, and in the middle of it there was an Election Campaign instead. It doesnt have to be background. Let us doesnt have to be background. Let us by e mailing us. Or, you can use the hashtag and we will read out, but probably not be able to solve some of yourjust a cool problems because of the election. Later on internodes programme will be dropping in on the of the uk look at the election in detail there it be your patch. But first of all, there was a special surprise guest in the Election Campaign because of that nato summit, us president donald trump. I discussed that with chris mason and Emily Maitlis from newsnight. I wanted to get you back on because weve got another American Intervention in the Election
Is a constitutional outrage. Suspending parliament is not acceptable its not on what the pm is doing is a sort of smash n grab on our democracy in order to force through a no deal exit from the eu whats he so afraid of . Ruth davidson is on the verge of resignation as the leader of the scottish conservatives. She is said tonight to be considering her position. League one Football Team Bolton Wanderers have announced theyve been saved with their administrators securing the clubs sale to Football Ventures limited. And a huge hoard of silver coins found in North Somerset dating back good evening. Boris johnson has made a controversial move to suspend parliament in september for about five weeks, in the run up to the october 31st brexit deadline. The queen approved the Prime Ministers move, which means the current parliamentary session will end just days after mps return from their summer break. Parliament will only resume less than three weeks before the end of october for the queens spee
Champions by munich i held to a shock to rule by betty. Thank you. And im on your kids mackinnon thanks so much for joining us hong kong is facing a nother weekend of demonstrations by the prodemocracy movement and the situation is growing increasingly tense that as uncertainty about possible chinese plans to quell the unrest a large force of on the vehicles has been assembled in chens and just across the border with hong kong and the rhetoric is ramping up Chinese State media are condemning the protest as actions as the beginning of terrorism. Now our correspondent charlotte has on pell is covering the protests in hong kong and she reports now the governments opponents are becoming ever more inventive in voicing their dissent. Its a startling visual reminder of the power of paper and pen fierce clashes this week left many concerns that message was being eclipsed by violence. But step away from the protest front lines of the scale of peaceful dissent becomes clear. This train station n