Becky is off today all breaking fivemonth win streaks with the dow the big loser. Still a good quarter i should say a very good quarter. The dow gaining 7. 5 take a look at u. S. Equity futures this morning lets show you where things stand as we speak. The dow up triple digits s p looking to open higher nasdaq about 140 points hire overnight, Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended trading after a glitch blaming a hard wear problem followed by a failure to switch over to a backup device. The first fullday closure of the tokyo markets since trading began in 1999. Too much partying like in 1999 also in 1999, the year after was the year 2000. That was the last time the nasdaq had two quarters as good as this. It has been 20 years the nasdaq was up 45 . So it has been pretty unbelievable yesterday, we had worries about coronavirus. Even in new york and elsewhere where there is high infection rates. We had sort of just the aftermath of the debate, which people said was unsettling just watching then
Will be the first from the Prime Ministers Office in 2 1 2 months. Abe will speak to reporters after the government finalizes plans with its Coronavirus Task force. The government is expected to lay out a policyo sececure medical systems and expand tetesting capabilities ahead of the wininr. Officials worry about facilities being overwhelmed with the seasonal flu coincides with the coronavirus. Japan says it will likely seek to secure enough vaccine shots for all its citizens by the first half of next year. The government is also expected to take legal measures prior to the inoculations so it can offer compensation to business if they suffer losses because vaccines cause health problems. The japanese government is currently recommending people infected with the virus be hospitalized. To lessen the burden on health care workers, its planning to make the government ordinance on dealing with large numbers of people with no or minor symptoms more flexible. Abe is also expected to mention h
From the government, after grabbing a Climate Change protestor and marching her out of a dinner in the city of london. Mr field said he acted instinctively when the woman approached the stage, during a speech by the chancellor philip hammond. The minister has apologised. The woman he confronted has said he needs anger management classes. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. In red dresses, suffragette style sashes and dinnerjackets, the Climate Emergency protesters had little difficulty getting past security and into a room full of senior politicians and bankers. There, they staged a noisy protest as the chancellor, phillip hammond, tried to make his speech. Some diners intervened and there was pushing and shoving. Among the protesters, janet barker, a long term greenpeace activist. She starts to make her way to the top table and the chancellor and the governor of the bank of england, at which point Foreign Office minister mark field intervenes and angrily manhandles h
People at risk of becoming victims of knife crime. The plan will be discussed at next months general si nod of the church of england where theyll consider the plan will be discussed at next months general synod of the church of england where theyll consider whether churches should open their doors to Vulnerable Children after school. Kathryn stan cheshun has more. Kathryn stancheshun has more. Theyve always been places of sanctuary but could churches now become a bigger part of the fight against knife crime . There are calls today for buildings like this to make sure their doors are open in the hours after school finishes. A safe haven for any child at risk. Members of my church have lost loved ones through knife crime and i think having the resources of churches, its an amazing resource, and i think, actually, we should look at ourselves and say, are there ways in which we can open our churches in that critical post school hours . Certainly, i think its possible and could be one of th
There is still some dry, bright and reasonably warm weather to be enjoyed through the afternoon. Temperatures up to about 2k degrees in parts of southern and eastern england. For scotland, one ortwo showers building for the northern pa rt showers building for the northern part of scotland, but then the rain moves in through the south west and heads northwards through the country over the night. Some heavy, thundery bursts of rain overnight and particularly in the north of england and into eastern scotland. There could be quite a lot of blank surface water. Elsewhere in the uk, sunny spells but happy and thundery showers. They are hit and miss do we wont all see them. Temperatures somewhere between 18 and up to 25 degrees. Colour in the north of scotland. Some heavy rain around on tuesday, particularly in south eastern parts of england. Things will become drier and warmer from the middle of the week onwards. Hello this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines theres continued focus on