Ethnic groups. To make sure that any possible side effects dont vary for people with different ancestry. Beyond taken pfizer and now planning to apply later this month for emergency use approval in the u. S. Even if it all goes well authorities have stressed its unlikely any vaccine will arrive before the end of the year. And Germanys Health minister has called the news very encouraging but he also warned against false expectations saying that the vaccine wont be available over night he urged people to remain cautious and keep socially distanced until they finally get vaccinated. Knowing that there is a good chance that the next autumn and winter might be considerably better than this year that gives me and i hope gives other germans and europeans optimism confirms us in our approach we must look after one another particularly well this november of this winter in general stick to the rules of and on the of to personal and the lake and so out into space is a once in a century kind of si
Acres over the last 10 or so days. 93 lightning strikes in the last 24 hours. 30 new fires. That occurred overnight. Those fires have all substantially been diminished and or extinguished. It gives you a sense again of the ongoing vigilance that is required at this moment in time of year. As that relates to work currently being done by cal fire. Some seven individuals have lost tragically there lives and 2100 structures that we have identified is destroyed. I always caution i do this on wednesday and ill do it again today. These are the numbers of fatalities that we are aware of and familiar with and number of structures that we have been able to identify there are still a lot of work to do as people begin to repopulate, and go back home as we continue to assess the damage, devastation and potentially the mortality related to this these fires. These numbers on the screen are likely to go up. Just to give you a sense of where we are. Good news, we are seeing in terms of things going up
In Wealth Management, we had a very strong performance, plus 70 in asia, plus 16 in europe, 3 in switzerland, upsetting the u. S. , where we saw the effect of net recurring fees being based on the previous quarter with an impact in our profits. Was there any sense of caution in the clients . How would you describe your client activity this quarter . Sergio still very active. More of a wait and see, starting to think about the second half of the year, which is full of events which potentially will trigger a change in investors sentiments. The geopolitical situation that we all know about the u. S. And china is going to the next level europe,ituation in which as we speak, is probably resolving but is still very complicated. Last but not least, the u. S. Election. According to our clients, 61 of our clients are thinking about changing their asset location post the election no matter who wins. Manus do you think that is holding them back, the election, overtraining and trade . Over china a
Tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Standard john cotton one members of the bridge about buying g5 equipment from the Chinese Company while way. The arkansas republican join former House Intelligence Committee chair mike rogers and retired Brigadier General Robert Spaulding who predecease her on the National Security council under the trump administration. They answered questions from the British Defense subcommittee on china for about two hours. Order, order. Welcome to this Defense Select Committee hearing to consider the International Response to the uk government decision to allow while we to continue to operate its 5g network and implications of the gibbous decision for information sharing across the alliance. Also to discuss International Ambitions and the role of 5g technology and within this specifically look at Cyber Attacks and the distal silk road. Our session date is divided into two parts and id like to welcome senator tom cotton joining us for part on
House of representatives before being elected senator. You are a regular, to use for the first and particularly on the u. S. And china relationship. For transparency, you and i have done each other for many, many years. I think prior to you entering politics so thank you very much indeed for your time today. Can i just say on a wider note we are very conscious that we meet during a challenging time for the u. S. Following the tragic death of george floyd. Our thoughts are very much with those impacted by this tragedy. The u. S. Is not alone in needing to do more to tackle the underlying issues but our thoughts and prayers are very much with those who are directly affected. Could i invite you to say a few words as an opening statement, then well move into questions. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, mr. Chair and thank you for this kind words about some of the strife on our streets today. Of course we all want justice for george floyd and we are all deeply disturbed by that horrifi