To the upside. Other news coming through about approvals for future houses as well. The asx up 119 points. Thats move along and look at other Asset Classes. Crude trading yesterday with a 33 handle, hasnt had a huge rally since then. Part of that is down to russia and opec looking like they will not be hiking reduction in january. That news helping to propel oil prices up to over 97 in the last six hours or so. ,old remaining where it was just shy of the 1900 level. Thats ahead of the u. S. Election. The u. S. Dollar index marginally down, the Rate Decision coming expecting a 0. 15 cut in the base rate and we do have in anticipation of all that move slightly higher than that, and thats down to a commodity related currency and the crude price helping that along. Lets head over to new york and join karina mitchell. We start with the latest headlines on the pandemic. Starling fell to its weakest in the month, with an economy already reeling from similar measures earlier this year. France
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Bombing syria were allegations of chemical weapons used by the Syrian Government now it is the o. P. C. W. That is the specter of a conspiracy after whistleblower testimony but today the word conspiracy is arguably more associated with this information about corona virus joining me now via skype from brussels as the chief medical officer of britains 3rd biggest Pharmaceutical Company g s k dr Thomas Brewer thanks so much thomas for coming on how confident is yes k of getting a vaccination for those people who are infected with corona virus. So obviously it is a rapidly the developing situation normally maxime Development Takes 8 to 10 years its up to see not have put into current search takes what has changed is that in the lead vaccines can be developed much faster but you still have to test any medicine and specifically vaccines in Clinical Trial its in humans and it takes 3 if 218 months or for the current outbreak in china its not be hoped for but an. Anemic develops and you see th
The social divide they came out to Tahrir Square in the area surrounding to hear your square but they were expressing a real resolve these protesters committed to continue coming out day after day demonstrators determined to effect some kind of change they said that through their demonstrations they wanted to make sure they could help ensure build a Better Future pour it up and it up please when we arrived at to have your square earlier in the day we didnt really know what we would find there had been reports of deaths in basra protesters being killed in basra and protesters overnight being killed in baghdad when we arrived into heres where earlier in the day we found a real jubilant crowd a real festive atmosphere not just people discussing their political concerns that really people going out of their way to express their creativity we saw plays being enacted in the streets we saw musicians performing the National Anthem and singing for others theyre trying to boost the morale of tho
first, let s hearfrom the crown prosecution service. today, the victims who suffered at the hands of david carrick have finally seen justice. it is their courage in standing up against his hand the abusive man. it is their courage in standing up against this heinously abusive man, a police officer, that has helped to secure his conviction. here s what we know. carrick admitted a total of 49 charges spanning two decades. he was suspended from duty when he was arrested in october 2021. at that time, he was an armed officer in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. that s an elite armed unit, tasked with guarding embassies, downing street and the houses of parliament. let s hear from the met police. devastating to the trust and confidence we are trying to earn from women and girls across this area. this is the data policing has definitely taken a step back. and this is detective chief inspector iain moor who led the investigation. some allege that they were stopp