Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

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October 16, 2025 19 mins

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(1) Chinese state actors systemically and successfully compromised classified UK government computer systems for more than a decade, according to two former senior security officials and other government officials familiar with the matter.


(2) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dangled the possibility of extending a pause of import...

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(1) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the US central bank is on track to deliver another quarter-point interest-rate cut later this month, even as a government shutdown significantly reduces its read on the economy.


(2) US President Donald Trump said he might stop trade in cooking oil with China, injecting fresh tensions...

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(1) President Donald Trump used a one-day tour of Israel and Egypt to soak in the praise from fellow leaders and lay out a vision for broader Middle East peace after the success of US-led mediation efforts to end the fighting in Gaza.

(2) US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest tit-for-tat sh...

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(1) Local media in Israel say seven hostages have been released by Hamas, under the US-brokered ceasefire deal.

(2) The White House has signalled it's open to doing a deal with China to calm fresh trade tensions, days after announcing new 100% tariffs.

(3) Stocks, oil and cryptocurrencies were hammered Friday by the flare-...

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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Nathan Hager take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

  • In the US – a look ahead to earnings for U.S banks.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to the annual New Energy Finance summit in London.
  • We also focus on a conversation with Citadel CEO Ken Griffin from Citadel’s securities conference on gold.

 

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(1) Israel’s government approved a deal that will see Hamas release any remaining hostages held in Gaza in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, another major step toward fulfilling the terms of a peace agreement and ending the two sides’ bloody conflict.

(2) Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel P...

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(1) Israel and Hamas have agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a major breakthrough in the US- and Qatari-brokered negotiations to end their two-year war.

(2) French President Emmanuel Macron said he’ll name a new prime minister by Friday evening, having for ...

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(1) Spot gold smashed through $4,000 an ounce for the first time, as concerns over the US economy and a government shutdown added fresh momentum to a scorching rally.


(2) From across the political spectrum, Emmanuel Macron’s rivals are turning up the pressure on the French president, demanding their choice of prime ministe...

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Emmanuel Macron gave his outgoing prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, 48 hours to negotiate with France’s political parties in a last-ditch effort to prevent the country from falling deeper into crisis.

(2) President Donald Trump said he would negotiate with Democrats over health care subsidies, a mo...

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(1) France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned Monday just a day after President Emmanuel Macron named a new cabinet, deepening the country’s political crisis and sparking a selloff of French assets.

(2) Gold rose to another record — closing in on the $4,000 an ounce mark — as the US Federal...

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(1) Japan’s election of a pro-stimulus leader shook up global markets, sending stocks surging on prospects for more spending, while currencies and bonds weakened, driving investors toward alternative assets such as gold and Bitcoin.

(2) President Donald Trump is pressing Israel and Hamas to seal a settlement to the t...

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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Tom Busby take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

  • In the US – a look ahead to the impact of lumber and timber tariffs on housing, and President Donald Trump’s Pfizer deal on drugmakers.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to the Nobel Prize decisions.
  • In Asia – a look ahead to the impact of the Golden Week holiday.

 

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On today's podcast:

(1) UK counter-terrorism police named a British citizen of Syrian descent as the perpetrator of an attack on a synagogue that killed two people. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, carried out the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday morning, according to statements from Counter Terrorism Policing and G...

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On today's podcast:

(1) The US Supreme Court refused to allow President Donald Trump to immediately oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she sues to keep her job, dealing a setback to his efforts to exert more control over the central bank.

(2) White House Budget Director Russell Vought is planning to swiftly dismiss federal workers, a sign that Republicans will lean into hardball tactics to pressure Democrat...

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(1) Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the US government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under President Donald Trump.

(2) US equity-index futures fell as the deadline to avert a government shutdown lapsed, disrupting one of the country’s largest employers and threatening to dela...

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On today's podcast:

(1) Vice President JD Vance said he believes the US government is on track to shut down, seeking to pin the blame on Democrats one day before federal funding is set to lapse.


(2) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had agreed to a 20-point plan designed to end the war in Gaza, though...

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On today's podcast:

(1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves can be sure the bond markets have her back. But on Monday she faces down her own party, and she may find them tougher to win over.

(2) The government is set to define what “contributions” foreign workers must make in order to claim settled status in the UK, marking ...

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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Tom Busby take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

  • In the US – a look ahead to the U.S jobs report and the Electric vehicle sector.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to the Bloomberg Women, Money, Power conference in London.
  • In Asia – a look ahead to the China PMI data.

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump announced a fresh round of tariffs, including a 100% duty on branded or patented pharmaceuticals starting October 1, unless a company is building a manufacturing plant in America.

(2) Former FBI Director James Comey was charged with lying to Congress and obstruction related to testimony he gave i...

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On today's podcast:


(1) HSBC Holdings said it’s achieved a world-first breakthrough in deploying quantum computing in financial markets, as a race intensifies among some of Wall Street’s biggest firms to embed the cutting-edge technology in their daily operations.

 
(2) Intel has approached Apple about securing an investment in the ail...

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