ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. the chances of congress passing a stimulus package before the election are fading fast. house speaker and a few people of seann treasury secretary steven mnuchin continue to bicker over the details of the almost $2 trillion proposal. meanwhile, resistance from sent republicans is building, and some house democrats are reluctant to come back to washington to vote if the senate won't do so. in europe, governments have started to impose curfews more widely to stop a resurgence of coronavirus. daily virus cases are hitting records across the continent. france reported more than 40,000 new cases for the first time. the u.k. has signed its first major trade deal since brexit. the agreement with japan largely preserves the terms under which the u.k. traded with tokyo as part of the european union. meanwhile, there are signs of progress in trade talks between the u.k. and the eu. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg...