Probably not today ahead of another call between Commission President ursula and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson. U. K. Banks and Home Builders suffered the brunt of the selling as the ftse 100 outperforms the spot 600 and the pound stays under pressure well, a very good morning and welcome to street signs, everybody. Our top story of the day, no surprise, brexit as talks enter the 11th hour. And we have plenty of coverage this morning were going to get into all the detail, all the latest in just a moment but i want to kickoff by showing you the Market Reaction because its been pretty interesting the moves weve seen so far. Starting with sterling, which is trading up 1. 5 versus the dollar, so currently around the 1. 3240 level this as volatility in sterling has reached an eightmonth high. So a substantial sell off in the currency this morning on the back of this weekends developments as we head into the final talks. The ftse, meanwhile, the main benchmark in the equity market for
In parts of Central America. The u. S. Says its pulling out additional troops from afghanistan and iraq by mid january. Thatll leave around 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country just before president the office. But senior figures in the military and the trunks, Republican Party, say its a mistake and a risky move. Aljazeera has an official reports from the white house. Donald Trump Campaigned in 2016 on ending americas wars abroad. In the final days of his presidency, hes acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. From 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to 2500. 00. It will be the same number in iraq, but it will come clean more than 3000. 00 times. So now this is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the American People and does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. In the stern is the us is longest war. Its lasted 1000 years, more than 2300. 00 soldiers have died. Its cost more than 193000000000. 00. Earlier
Vaccine the u. S. Drugmaker, mud dharna, says its vaccine has a success rate of nearly 95 . And a country without a leader, peru plunged into political crisis after the interim president steps down, but peruvians are celebrating in the streets. And flying drones near airports can cause danger as well as travel chaos. German researchers say they successfully used rain threat radar technologies to identify drone troublemakers. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs, in the United States and all of you around the world, welcome. We start here in germany and the wrangling over more or less lockdown. German chancellor Angela Merkel had been expected to announce tougher restrictions to the partial lockdown, known as lockdown light, but that did not happen today. Speaking after a meeting with the country 16 states, she says the state leaders objected to introducing stricter measures at this stage and that they would meet to discuss further measures next week. The restrictions imposed had not ha
And im a citizen of the world thats certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment, including i grew up in a small town. And libraries were how i got to know the world. I visited north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks who are going to band through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a citizen of the world, and this is the story of a the story of the final year in the korea of detail a man. He has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the last decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. Hes been head of the gemma National Library, the driving force behind the lens Famous Museum island, and president of germanys cultural powerhouse. The good to institute, but his last 12 months didnt go as planned. A final official trip to the african continen
U. S. Almost 100000. 00 new infections in a single day as some states theyre running out of intensive care beds. Hello im terry martin welcome to the program there is still no winner in the u. S. Election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former Vice President has picked up wins in some closely fought states president meanwhile is facing an increasingly difficult to win reelection hes launched legal challenges aimed to stop vote counting in several tight races a call echoed by his supporters in arizona a group of supporters have been gathering to protest the ongoing vote counting there that race is neck and neck. News outlets have reported joe biden has flipped the battleground state trump has made unfounded allegations of voter fraud and on wednesday accused democrats of trying to steal the election. So heres a look at the results so far with some closer attention given to states that have yet to declare a winter winner are a figure showed bi