But this time preparing to drive through the. Companys plant and define legacy before should the time. Ive been to spend a g. Welcome to the program theres been a 10 day attack in pakistans commercial hub the city of karachi the target for the Stock Exchange been doing with the 4 assailants killed at least 6 people before they themselves were killed separatists from pakistans southwestern but not just on province sponsibility for the attack. Looking for clues where the attack began Officials Say the 4 gunman drove the car to the pakistan Stock Exchange throwing grenades at the security parts they then opened fired with automatic weapons trying to fight their way in it didnt last long. All 4 gunmen were killed by Security Forces before they could enter the Stock Exchange. Of the. Good. The. Gate and the port. I mean going to get up just. Saw the Law Enforcement agency is there bulletin that inures played a very very vital role and come back to. The gunman killed at least 3 people 2 guards and a Police Officer police found large supplies of ammunition explosives and food on the militants and say its possible they had planned for a long siege the assault was like they claimed but the Baluchistan Liberation Army the separatist group has been responsible for a string of attacks in recent years demanding independence from pakistan for the resource rich baluchistan province the Stock Exchange is pakistans largest located in a high security zone bomb disposal teams were called to clear the building of any remaining explosives. Journalist scotty joins us from karachi with more. Have thought of teas been able to establish some want the circumstances in which this attack was planned. At the mall would be a parties have been flown that 7 people have been lost and i suggest incident 3 of them well you know i foresee agency one Police Officer and 2 security guards the school sealants how close of the killers in the subjects that are not those of the injured in this case hospitals around kharkiv what is important to the grassy Stock Exchange that jack was flying to the this is a lawn mower and kind of explosives that were being carried by him and when launched watching what we do listen to the Stock Exchange hes got and he still will slow the evidence that relieved to be evaluated by the winds recent agencies to determine who will show his attack which is under british long as he understands and people are talking and all off they. Separatists have been killed in this attack or use for karachi is no stranger to violence such as this unfortunately the terror attack on the chinese consulate in 2800. 00 comes to mind other than the special precautions police or Security Forces stake around important buildings such as the Stock Exchange. Absolutely got she has a very well defined grid zone and security is generally on very very high and this is also be the very reason why the students cannot reach inside action premises on the Stock Exchange and the shutdown outside what is important also to note that the state home shanghai Stock Exchange in the us on stocks this will also be one of the factors leading to this indictment of the bush not Liberation Army has spoiled us by the such attacks this is said to be one of many that will be conducted by. Scott in karachi many thanks for that information lets just bring you some more background on this for more im joined by my colleague shows of janani from the asia desk shows the attack has been claimed by benoit separatists what do we know about this socalled north just on Liberation Army. Well this is the militant group which has been active in the province of baluchistan for many years now they have targeted Security Forces there but also behind chinese attack on the chinese consulate you mentioned 2 years ago in karachi theyve also attacked a 5 star hotel in the port of goddard where china is building a huge Infrastructure Project and in the seaport so they are at all but the Pakistani Army the Chinese Development in baluchistan but the pakistani officials believe that they are backed by hostile foreign intelligence agencies and they basically point the finger at india and the intelligence and agency role which has in the past been linked to extremist violence what is behind that with for many years going to achieve Political Violence it was also subjected to violence by al qaeda and taliban groups but in the last 3 to 4 years the situation has really improved. Pakistani army and police have really gone after many of these Islamist Groups and separatist groups so this comes after you know after a long time and that is why theres a lot of very the country is facing coronavirus it is canonically sinking and so this attack. Is a source of worry but officials are saying they have managed to respond quickly and we were able to save lives and that just by it was wrapped up within like 4 hours so that if you spoke of economic problems that pakistan is facing is this attack on the Stock Exchange likely to shake confidence in pakistans financial. Well the Investor Confidence was already low in pakistan this is even before the endemic came along and made matters worse clearly this will have a psychological impact because pakistani Stock Exchange is seen as one of those a high risk high return Stock Exchanges in emerging markets so theres a psychological impact but i think you know in a country like pakistan which just seems so much violence the government even says you know we were actually we did well weve even prepared and we were able to stop you know more blood bought. And theyve given want to carry on pakistans economic problems. Are already quite severe and that this will only make it a bit worse should have learned from the asia thank you very much not some of the other stories making the news at this polands incumbent president has won the 1st round of voting in the president ial election with almost 44 percent but he fell short of the absolute majority he needs to win outright his opponent in the runoff vote on the approach of july wed be the mayor of warsaw. Just costy gonna just over 30 percent of the vote. At least 28 people died in the bangladesh capital talk when the ferry capsized off the condition the boat was carrying around 100 passengers but it was hit by a larger vessel rescuers are continuing to search the river. China has want to impose visa restrictions on u. S. Citizens who it accuses of court egregious conduct relating to hong kong it follows u. S. 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Lined up we have been making sure we stockpile all the things that we need that we dont have now the one thing we do know these make a gigantic difference as usual President Trump didnt wear a mask wont golfing over the weekend. Here now are some other developments in relation to the penn demick india has reported a new daily record of almost 20000 new over 1000 infections some states are imposing a full or partial lockdown in china has reposed a strict lock down near beijing effect informed a 1000 people offered an increase in cases there and australia state of victoria is considering reinstating social distancing restrictions it comes up for the country reported its biggest one day rise in new Coronavirus Infections in more than 2 months. In just 2 days germany will take over the presidency of the 27 Member European Union and give them a call and frances president Emmanuel Mccraw are due to meet to discuss the transition changes of the rotating presidency and normally it would dean but this time its the last opportunity american will have to define how european legacy therefore should attires next year shes expected to take firm control of pushing through the e. U. s multi 1000000000 euro. Recovery plan. Some call them the driving force of euro and now that a pandemic you say came the e. U. To the core german chancellor i go america then french president emanuel seem to be closer than ever of that attend them didnt see eye to eye at the beginning of the pandemic now they asked sending more united. For the corporation than the friendship between france and germany close on the us to send this signal even if we know that they are 27. 00 even Member States i believe that if germany and france even impose it is something that would promote the formation of opinion in europe that. They must act we must act european so that we come out of these crises well and stronger. Back in may france and germany propose an unprecedented you Recovery Fund of 500000000000 euros now they must clarify details and gain support from the e. U. s 27 Member States the e. U. Commission back to Franco German plan for both leaders this is also a chance to be a european they can see a common goal was a notable difference angle americas Approval Ratings at home getting a man in my comments faced with criticism over his management of the koran up i was quite says. I spoke to did i was just Political Correspondent melinda crane and i asked her what to expect from todays meeting. We can expect to hear both chancellor merkel and french president emmanuelle maclin declare their very strong support for the e. U. Commissions economic Recovery Plan that is based on the proposal the 2 of them made 6 weeks ago there are 3 really noteworthy aspects of that and you can expect to hear the leaders emphasize all 3 1st of all the size of this Recovery Plan 750000000000 euros 500000000000 of that in grants thats especially important for the southern European Countries that have been very very hard hit by the economic fallout from the corona crisis secondly the way this Recovery Plan would be financed it would be financed by allowing the euro can Pm Commission to borrow on the Financial Markets against the backing of an expanded euro zone budget now what that means and this is historic is that we are seeing a 1st step toward common euro zone debt and the 1st step toward establishing the eurozone as a fiscal identity and the 3rd crucial aspect is speed expect to hear both leaders saying it is imperative to get this Recovery Plan approved fast and get that money out to those who need it and that europes fate could hinge on that. 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