The euro strengthened during the course of yesterday after the European Union agreed a more than €750bn coronavirus rescue package.
Deals are proving harder to find for Brexit and the US-UK trade deal, with reports in both the FT and Daily Telegraph this morning that hope is fading for a deal with either by the end of the year.
In the UK, the long-awaited security investigation into Russian meddling in the UK was released. It concluded that effective Russian influence is now “the new normal” and that the UK government has done little to address or even track it.
Donald Trump faced up to some home truths too, admitting that Covid-19 will get worse and asking Americans to wear masks. New polls are showing his Democrat rival Joe Biden pulling ahead, with the election now less than four months away.
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