The way we traveled the way that we look after the environment oh absolutely i suspect so were not going to be drifting back to our own ways for quite a while but lets have hope as i say the one thing were good at is coping with change and so we can modify our behaviors the way we think we behave and some kind of to use that phrase new normal will emerge so you know fingers crossed but as a say im an optimist pleasure to talk to you thank you very much indeed professor Richard Wiseman thank you and thats it for the moment ill be back with more news in just under half an hour from now. This is the problem in studying pandemics you dont know and so you know its easier to be reactive than proactive. Renaissance your. Mornings to show us that this is a. This is the one business show you cant afford to miss im going to bore in washington coming up lawmakers around the globe have called on the International Monetary fund to accept debts for poor nations amid the covert 19 outbreak well bring
10000 People Killed spike covert 19. And were on the streets when a series for the government is bracing for an expected wave of coronavirus cases. Where the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus is becoming clearer with the u. S. Announcing a major rise in the unemployment rates a record 6600000 americans applied for Unemployment Benefits for the 1st time in the past week now thats 3000000 more than the week before 10000000 people in total in the u. S. Alone some benefits back in march there is a similar story over in spain the auctor investor calls more than 800000 redundancies last month many of them Seasonal Workers such as those in the tourism industry. 3 and a half 1000000 spaniards dont have a job and the number of british people blowing for government benefits is 10 times higher than normal almost a 1000000 brits claims universal credits in the past 2 weeks and thats to spice a stimulus package aims preventing layoffs well lets get more now from kimberly hole kids she
Bait a broader locked eye. And the street sensi isolation is in force but the still one place long queues and when a series sit kitchens. Will have all those stories for you in just a moment but 1st we are getting reports of a rocket attack on the saudi capital riyadh according to scientists state television a missile was intercepted over the city will say the media are also reporting that a missile hit the Southern City of jesus and on the red sea near the border with yemen we will bring you more on this story as it develops. Now the number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise for it spain and italy remaining at the center all of the pandemic the death toll in spain passed 5000 on saturday now in italy its now twice that they were in the hardest hit countries in europe but saturday also saw the highest day on day increase in deaths in the u. K. Now thats highlighting concerns over the trajectory of the virus especially as fears grow of a 2nd wave of infections in asia where the pan
The big day is here in the United States. Super tuesday. Can joe biden continue challenging Bernie Sanders . Will Michael Bloomberg or Elizabeth Warren claim their first date . First, more first state . First, more coronavirus cases in the u. S. Two employees in china contracted the virus, or cases in south korea, iran. The fed jumping in but u. S. Stocks still tumbling. What are you watching ahead of the open . Paul the u. S. Reaction really setting us up for wednesday. New zealand, already open and already weaker by half of 1 . Up day on monday no, a big update on tuesday, a down day on monday. Futures here in sydney are off by 1. 3 . The market up by almost three quarters of 1 yesterday. Nikkei futures pointing south by more than 2. 5 . We look at currencies, the aussie dollar actually gained amid all of this, knocking on the door of . 66. Gdp for australia a little later on for the Fourth Quarter. Those numbers are expected to be healthy but they are of course backward looking. The
Appetite for treasuries. Jay powell insists it is not the return of qe. Tension sores in the middle east. Turkey says its forces will move into syria at any moment. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures under pressure, fell. 1 after the s p 500 for two consecutive sessions. Semiconductors taking the biggest hit, they fell the most in about six weeks. We have trade headlines sparking concern about tensions intensifying between the u. S. And china. That is upsetting some of the comments coming from fed chair powell, who left the door open for rate cuts. The dow lost more than 300 points while the nasdaq fell 1. 7 . Lets see how we are setting up in asia. Sophie australian markets have lower, asx 200 opening snapping a threeday gain. Bhp shares among the biggest laggards. Studyssie dollar trading after overnight gyrations on the trade brinkmanship. Confidence numbers for october are due in a halfhour. Nikkei futures pointing to a lackluster start. South kor