Much as people had expect it. Demand obviously easing. Economic data, 8 30 a. M. , retail sales, initial jobless claims and import price index. Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index 10 00, business inventories, 2 00, and the budget. Earnings before the bell, power weeral and at 2 30 p. M. Will hear president obama deliver remarks on potentially increasing over time. Over tominimum wage overtime pay. He certainly has a mission right now. And the little bit of electioneering moving to the first tuesday in november of this Midterm Election you. Let me get through the data check here and we look at stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities. We bounce up today. Trade, yield, a risk off particularly wrapped around ukraine and crimea as they go into the weekend. 1. 40,ro making a dash to a huge deal for germany. Lets go right to foreign exchange. I am watching the ruble, the 10year russian peace as well. And the euroyen closeout, strong euro and weak yen. Havene and crimea, you may some fatigue o
A new covid 19 alert system. Hello and welcome. Today the us senate is moving ahead with confirmation hearings for President Trumps pick to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court amy Coney Barrett, an Appeals Court judge. Her appointment would cement a conservative majority on the influential body, with enormous implications for the nation. The push is like nothing seen in us history, so close to a president ial election. Barbara plett usher reports. An already contentious candidate walking straight into pandemic politics. Today it is my honour to nominate one of oui my honour to nominate one of our nations most brilliant and gifted legal minds. Amy Coney Barrett is a dream nominee for those on the right. She is of formidable intellect, a devout catholic, a super mother and staunchly conservative. Although he she tried to distance herself from partisan divides. If confirmed, iwould not assume that role for the sake of those may encircle, and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume t
Transition of power. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay. Wales has extended its lockdown by another three weeks with schools and colleges there remaining closed to most pupils until the february half term. And coming up, as the Coronavirus Vaccine roll out ramps up well be speaking to a pharmaceutical logistics expert about the challenges of distributing the vaccines across the uk. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. People arriving into the uk will soon have to provide a negative coronavirus test in order to enter the country. Arrivals, including uk nationals will have to take a test 72 hours before they are due to leave the country they are in. It will apply whether youre arriving by boat, train or plane. Those exempt from the new rules will include hauliers and children under the age of 11, and people travelling within the uk or ireland. The measures are expected to start as e
Welcome to bbc news, im aaron safir. Our top stories anyone arriving in the uk from spain will now have to quarantine for two weeks. It follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. India records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid 19 in two days. A chief minister is one of those testing positive. Thousands protest at polands decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. And tributes are paid to the veteran american tv star Regis Philbin, who has died at the age of 88. Hello and welcome. The Spanish Government has insisted the country is safe for tourists. It follows the uks decision to ask anyone returning from spain to quarantine for two weeks. There has been a sharp increase in spanish Coronavirus Infections, with nearly 1,000 new cases in the last two days. The new ruling means the travel plans of thousands could be thrown into chaos. Paul hawkins reports. Preparing to board the last
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Limiting handshakes to stop the spread of coronavirus, how easy is it to change that habit . Financial markets are reeling again because of the coronavirus pandemic. At one point, the nikkei index injapan was down by 10 . There have also been sharp falls in hong kong, south korea, australia and new zealand. On thursday, wall street and europe saw some of their biggest ever single day losses. Mariko oi is in singapore shes monitoring whats happening across asia. The rout continues with no end in sight. Indeed. It has been yet another brutal day here in asia. As you mentioned, markets across the region are well and truly in the red although it is interesting to point out that mainland Chinese Markets like shanghai, they are not down by as much because the situation there seems to have