the centre—left premier in rhineland—palatinate will probably also hang onto power and that's becausestion we're all asking is what this means for angela merkel for the national government and those elections in september? and it is to a certain extent the first of a whole range of big elections this year which do indicate the mood of the country, and what we're seeing here is that it's been called a "superwahljahr" which is a "super election year", but things are not looking super for angela merkel�*s conservatives. that's because her party, not her personally — she's still popular — but her party is being blamed for a lot of perceived missteps over how germany's handling the pandemic such as the slow vaccine roll—out, a rather botched attempt at bringing in a new fast rapid testing strategy such as a scandal over conservative mps gaining or earning big commissions on deals to buy masks for the state. damien mcginnis there. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start in the premier league where in the last few minutes manchester

i will speak to the palatine ceo. two important leadership discussions as we cover the pandemic, one year out. those interviews in a moment, but first the markets, u.s. stocks took their cue from the fed which signaled it will hold interest rates steady. ed ludlow will paint the picture for us. what are you looking at? ed: kind of getting a collective sigh of relief, particularly as the federal reserve said rates would be near his zero through 2023. the s&p 500 is the main gauge of u.s. equities, a close up 3/10 of a percent. the most pronounced movies always in tech stocks, the nasdaq 100, a tech heavy index closing up 4/10 of a percent. it had been down by as much as one and a half percent before the fed decision came out. a similar move in the bank index. that has been a big story, rising yields, tech stocks with a stretch valuation. if you look at 10 year yield, we came up one year higher as the yield on the u.s. 10 year 1.6%. there have been this concerned about valuations in tech stock, this chart shows the forw

legislators and investment back an economic powerhouse in southwestern germany and neighboring rhineland palatinate poles point a week results for german chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union just 6 months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds her. well police in the netherlands have used water cannon to disperse people protesting against coronavirus restrictions thousands of people gathered for a rally in the hague approved capacity for that protest was just 200 behind the demonstration are seeking to bolster support ahead of elections on wednesday step and has. gone from abroad to remarks his style has been compared with former us president donald trump ignoring covert restrictions the leader of the anti immigration populist party. is trying to attract voters by calling covert 19 a common flu and blaming international conspiracies for being behind the pandemic. hundreds of people at the moment are in the hospital right suffering from corona many people in an island have died more than 15000 so it's a serious issue that's a normal number for a series flu we've had

her cdu party has a battle on its hands in baden—wurttemberg and rhineland—palatinate.s of retaining power in a federal vote later this year. italy, with the second—highest total toll in europe after britain, is bringing in additional restrictions on monday. shops, restaurants and schools will close in most of the country and a national lockdown is planned for the easter weekend at the beginning of next month. poland reported more than 21,000 new cases on saturday — the biggest increase in more than three months. france hopes to exceed its target of getting 10 million people vaccinated by mid april, according to prime ministerjean castex, after the country's death toll passed 90,000 on friday. meanwhile, dutch voters head to the polls next week in a major test of a european government's coronavirus policies in 2021, with by minster mark rutte on course to win a fourth term in office. aruna iyengar, bbc news. we now have the latest news on the case of breanna taylor. her boyfriend has spoken about how her boyfriend has spoken about how he felt on that night she died. hon

i will be speaking to the huber ceo as well as the palatine ceo and the cochair of the bill and melindandation, melinda gates. meantime, coming up, a by now, pay later model is picking up steam. one swedish company is keeping up with its peers. we will hear from the most valuable startup in europe amidst its big plan. the ceo joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: i want to take a quick look at gamestop dipping one point 9%, snapping a six-day winning streak. we are going to continue to follow gamestop throughout the week. i do want to talk about klarna, a new way to purchase goods at the virtual checkout counter. it is becoming increasingly popular with the next generation. giving consumers the option to pay for items in installments or deferred payments. leading the pack are paypal and klarna, the highest valued fintech startup in europe. recently raising $1 billion. joining me now is the ceo and cofounder. thank you so much for joining us late in the evening your time. talk to us about klarna and how it stands out from the competition whether it is square or paypal. all of these

major electoral test securing the pandemic polling stations a relatively calm and running land palatinate and baton burton burke half of the region's $11000000.00 eligible voters have opted for mail in ballots jews to coronavirus chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats are not in power in either state. the pressure is building on france to compensate more people in the south pacific exposed to radiation from 3 decades of nuclear tests it follows the reports accusing the governments of hiding the extensive contamination in french polynesia nicola gage reports. france carried out its 1st nuclear test in algeria in 1960. 6 years later the operation moved to the south pacific 193 tests took place in french polynesia over 3 decades up until 1990 seeks a new study claims france has concealed its true impact. reach a certain. history in terms of. researches along with the french news sites disclosed used a classified military documents and testimonies to recreate the impact of a number of the tests calculating around 110000 people in the overseas territory including into haiti were contam

in beijing washing bugg an economic powerhouse in southwestern germany and neighboring rhineland palatinate while dominant cain joins us now with the latest from berlin dominic this all kick starts a really big election year in germany and these states could potentially be a bellwether for what's to come. this is pretty much an important electorally for germany because you have the populations of 2 largish states in southwestern germany going to the polls electing state parliaments now the important thing is we're talking about 10000000 people or so that is a sizable chunk of the german electorate having the chance to express their point of view about the way that their states of being governed and many analysts looking at it and saying ok well we can start to get an idea of what people might be thinking right now and what that might mean for all of parties going forward remember there's a general election in this country on the 26th of september remember also that angle of merkel will not be seeking reelection she's no longer leader of a party and that after that election should no longer

palatine had a shipment problem as well.ew bikes to america. they are expanding. susan: interesting timing because if they can't get the bikes into the purchaser's hands it makes you wonder why they are trying to expand at this time. this is the first time going into the asia-pacific for palatine expanding into australia announcing plans to sell bikes starting in the second half of this year and we know it's been one of these that have come off high growth momentum plays that have been sold down as more people piling to the reopening and value place of say the banks and travel stocks. it is down 15% this month, over 30% on the year but over the past 52 weeks, over the past 12 months still up 300%. stuart: up 6% today. this caught my attention, susan, and i know you know more about this than i do. zoom ceo transferred billions of dollars worth of stock, to whom? susan: $6 billion worth of stock around 40% of the stock ownership, not sure the specific he gifted the shares to but we know it was set into two individual trust wit

and our power player of the week, the head of palatine, on how the pandemic gave his bikes a big pushl right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. president biden's push for his $1.9 trillion covid relief package is now in the home stretch after the senate approved the measure saturday in a straight party line 50-49 vote. the legislation includes funding for vaccine supplies and distribution along with a new round of stimulus for families, businesses, and state and local governments. democrats hope to get the bill through the house and put it on the president's desk before some benefits expire a week from today. in a moment we will speak with west virginia senator joe manchin who voted for the bill after reaching a deal late friday over unemployment aid. but first, let's bring in mike emanuel on capitol hill with what happens next. >> president biden: it's a good day today. >> president biden is a step away from a major legislative accomplishment, but recognizes he must keep his fellow democrats together as it heads back to the house. >>

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