yana barton, eaton vance equity portfolio manager, will be joining us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: live from new york, i'm alix steel, with guy in london. this is "bloomberg markets." the minutes from the federal reserve indicated members are getting ready to start tapering bond purchases. the big question is when. we want to bring in michael mckee. the fed was blamed earlier for the selloff in asia. what did the fed actually say? michael: the fed said dog bites man. there's nothing i am going to tell you that the markets didn't know, which is why it seems very unusual that people are brimming the fed for the market selloff. this is a key phrase that came out of the minutes yesterday. most dissidents noted that, provided the economy were to evolve as the anticipated, they judged it could be appropriate to start reducing the pace of asset purchases this year. what we will see is continued drops is in the unemployment rate and inflation start to roll over. none of that is really happened yet. this is when last year, the pandemic began in february, so all

running high, and there is a possibility of more protests than the possibility of more questions. yana gland is the general secretary of the norwegian refugee council. he says his main concern of the refugees who fear for their future our focus is on the internally displaced the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of on top of the millions before this latest emergency in the country. i mean, the, the, the international airport, which has all eyes on it now, will be organized by american forces is a lot of attention on what's happening. there are concern are the millions and millions who are now standing, who are very afraid of, of, of their existence in the future. hundreds of thousands where displaced the cost of the pricing because of the cross tire. but others will also to space by fear of what was now coming, and that could be less bloodshed. now, that could be because the, the, the conflict between the taliban and the african are made the previous african army and the international pulses seem to be over. and that should enable people to return to their homes. we're doing a lot of

all right, let me just bring in one more, yana cathy on it. everybody always ask and we have conversations like this on the stream. how can we help? tatiana has a suggestion, and then i'm going to get natasha. to add to that suggestion, hearing us though, of course, right now, keep in mind that it's not just goods that they need. it's not just clothes, they need food, they need water, they need to be able to feed their themselves and their families. so don't overflow . the country with donated goods and donated items we did experience with the earthquake in 2010. there were so many good that were donated. a lot of them went to waste because that's not what the people needed. so if anything partner or collaborate with organizations that are already on the ground that i've heard from and spoken to the actual people that have suffered these losses, to see what they need and understand how you can respond or how you can fill some of those needs so that is just a point. what does hating right now today this week? well, i like to add a little bit to

restaurant and shop owners have declared that they've refused to also help pauses from their customers. yana gotten says are all ways to get around the new restrictions not come, no go on. i'm on. i'm going to do like the government does. i'm going to hijack the law. i'm not going to say restaurant anymore. i will put private club and everything will be by reservation. private clubs don't need a pass. i don't know why you have to ask the government, mr. dominant and his tough on it. well sir, convent, the law. they know how to do it. all those gentlemen, they go to for star restaurants, but someone greets them at the door. that's for sure. but we can't afford to do that. we are too small. and finally, looks like the initial warm relations between the biden administration and the media come to an end, as the white house has lashed out up the press. so the coverage of a recent us health report this as vaccinated people can still in fact, others biden's team which staunchly promotes covert job, says those media outlets took things out of context. what a spokesperson for the bike and ministratio

yana lyushnevskaya from bbc monitoring in kyiv has been following the story. opening a murder investigation here? there's not much we know for— investigation here? there's not much we know for sure _ investigation here? there's not much we know for sure at _ investigation here? there's not much we know for sure at the _ investigation here? there's not much we know for sure at the moment - investigation here? there's not much we know for sure at the moment but| we know for sure at the moment but we know for sure at the moment but we know for sure at the moment but we know the police are investigating various theories behind this, behind the death of vitali shishov. they are saying it could be suicide or suicide disguised as premeditated murder. they have no doubt it would be a murder, the belarusian house, believe that it could be a plot by special services, an attack on activist living abroad. irate special services, an attack on activist living abroad. we don't know a huge — activist living abroad. we don't know a huge amount _ activist living abroad. we don'

on that here's yana looshnevskaya from bbc monitoring in kyiv.nt but we do know that the police are investigating various theories behind this, behind the death. they are saying that it could be a suicide or it could be a suicide disguised as a premeditated murder. vitaly shishov associates have been speaking to the media this morning and they actually have no doubt that it was a murder for up they do not believe that he could have committed suicide. shishov was head of the belarusian house group — an organisation which helps exiles who have fled repression in their homeland. their public statement is unequivocal. they said that "there is no doubt that this is an operation meanwhile, in london, the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetlana tikhanovskaya today met with the british prime minister borisjohnson in downing street. here she is on mr shishov�*s death. i know i prefer to wait for results of the investigation because i can't, i understand the background of this death. i would say it was crime but i can't say it without results of the

yana lyushnevskaya from bbc monitoring in kyiv has been following the story. saying this activist was found dead after going missing yesterday during his morning run. he was found hanged in the park in kyiv and his personal belongings were found in him. the most important part but we know is that the police are investigating all kinds of theories behind this incident. they say it could have been suicide or it could have been murder that was disguised as a suicide. we havejust had an official statement from the belarusian house in ukraine, they are saying he had been under surveillance recently. the headlines on bbc news... 9.13. team gb sails to double gold in the tokyo games — dylan fletcher and stuart bithell win the men's 49—er class in the finn class. the government abandons plans for an amber——watchlist of countries for international travel — after warnings the system was becoming too complex. fighting is raging in helmand province between taliban militants and afghan government forces for control of the southern the southern city of lashka ga. labour has

let's get more on this with our analyst at bbc monitoring, yana lyushnevskaya.e in belarus to thissto .~ this story. well, is always the case with belarus. _ this story. well, is always the case with belarus, the _ this story. well, is always the case with belarus, the response - this story. well, is always the case | with belarus, the response depends whether you speak to a government supporter or critic. to this athlete, krystsina tsimanouskaya, she has had a lot of support from the belarusian competition as part of a wider crackdown we have seen in belarus since last year since the protest began. her supporters say she should be able to speak her mind, she should not be treated as a slave by the belarusian authorities and the government basically blew this whole thing out of proportion and turn this relatively minor incident into a huge international scandal. then of course there's the other side, the government and the pro—government media, who see her as who has been acting very selfishly and someone who is probably used by the west in some kind of politica