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NATO warplanes were scrambled as Vladimir Putin's bombers launched an enormous blitz on Ukraine.
The Russian tyrant launched 93 missiles and some 200 drones overnight in strikes that has left the country freezing.
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China’s bond rally got a shot in the arm from a key economic meeting, where promises of interest rate cuts helped send the benchmark yield to a fresh record low.
Earlier this week, the Politburo, China’s top decision-making body, pledged “moderately loose” monetary policy in its first policy pivot in nearly 14 years.
On top of easing bets, bonds are also supported by concerns over a potential trade war with the US and a lack of other investment options amid fragile sentiment on stocks and the property market. In politcs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating slumped to its lowest level since he took office as he tried to defend his declaration of martial law and push back against efforts to oust him via impeachment.
Today's guests: Daniele Antonucci, Quintet Private Bank CIO; Beata Manthey, Citigroup; Jimmy Muchechetere, Investec Wealth & Investment
It follows Avery Graves as she is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband.
Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive. Streaming on Roku. Canary Black, a drama movie starring Kate Beckinsale, Saffron Burrows, and Ben Miles is available to stream now. Watch it on Prime Video on your Roku device.
Russia is said to be nearing an agreement with Syria's new leadership to keep two vital military bases in the country.
Also on the show: Asian equities under pressure with a lack of details from a Chinese economic conference disappointing some traders; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East as the Biden administration tries to shape the unfolding situation in Syria; South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating has fallen to the lowest level since he took office as he tries to push back against impeachment efforts;
China's top leaders set domestic consumption as their top economic priority for next year; Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to lower tensions over a deal that would allow Ethiopia to build a military base in Somaliland, in exchange for a stake in Ethiopian Airlines; focus on central bank actions with a surprise 50 basis point cut from the Swiss National Bank and a less surprising 25 basis point reduction by the ECB;
African countries facing climate-related disasters are turning to a non-traditional insurance product known as 'parametric' coverage to help with their recovery; French President Emmanuel Macron says he will name a new prime minister on Friday; fears post-election crisis in Georgia could escalate further;
EU is struggling with low productivity and failure to invest have led to trillions in lost growth; the identification of a mystery illness that's caused dozens of deaths in the DRC has been delayed.
It's been called the poor man's cocaine.
Captagon: the drug that funded Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule in Syria.
It's an amphetamine which - in high doses - induces feelings of euphoria and invulnerability.
Popular with soldiers, they say it offers 'chemical courage' and reportedly suppresses pain.
And it's made the Assad family billions - more than 10 billion dollars a year, by recent estimates. Money it used to shore up a crumbling dynasty.
Correspondent: Lindsey Hilsum
Filmed and edited by Soren Munk
Produced by Rob Hodge