In Central London in solidarity with americas and to racism crowds. Also china moves towards greater control of hong kong britains Prime Minister talks of offering citizenship to millions im going to go just go with sports as the German Football Federation says it will not punish players who protest racism and the killing of george floyd saying the players have their respect and understanding. Welcome to the news with the fallout over the death of george floyd in the us and the mass protests across the country u. S. Defense secretary mark esper has spoken within the past hour and has a differing view from the president over the use of military to control crowds donald trump has increasingly put pressure on governments to mobilize troops but the pentagon has pushed back and asked for says hes trying to keep his department out of politics. Ive always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities in these situa
Anti racism grounds. Also china moves towards greater control of hong kong so britains Prime Minister talks of offering citizenship to millions. Back into the program we begin with the fallout over the death of george floyd in the us and the mass protests across the country u. S. Defense secretary mark asked for has spoken going against the president s stance on using military to control grounds donald trump has increasingly put pressure on governors to mobilize troops but the pentagon has pushed back as the sense hes trying to keep his department out of politics has been increasing scrutiny of the militarys role after troops and helicopters were used to control protests in washington d. C. Ive always believed in continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities in these situations. In support of local Law Enforcement i say this not only as secretary defense but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Gu
Coronavirus testing in some of the u. S. Communities hardest hit. And about turn from a top epidemiologists to admits that sweden should have done more to curb the pandemic. And 100000. 00 people forced to flee to safety from a Tropical Cyclone heading towards india. Welcome to the program protesters are out again in cities across the u. S. Over the death of george floyd but the defense secretary says he doesnt want to see military used against them marcus 1st spoke at the pentagon a few hours ago contradicting the stance of President Donald Trump now hes been calling on governors to mobilize troops and has talked of invoking a little used law to clamp down on the growing demonstrations but asked for says hes trying to keep his department. Out of politics theres been increasing scrutiny of the militarys rollout to troops and helicopters were used to control protests in washington d. C. Ive always believed in continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Dome
Musicians look full of making money. Because of the virus. Welcome to the program for the 1st time in history u. S. Just crashed into negative territory on monday that means producers have to. Take oil off their hands the crash was triggered by a collapse in demand as the world continues its shutdown because of the coronavirus its an Unprecedented Development well discuss the impact in just a moment but 1st this report. Went. To one thing. We certainly have plenty of oil. In fact far too much of it the president tried to calm nerves after the value of u. S. Crude went negative for the 1st time ever on monday at one point reaching minus 40. 00 a barrel in a month or so go a little bit its at 25. 00 and 28. 00 or so its largely a financial squeeze and they did get squeezed with a traders who found themselves on monday under heavy pressure to sell off their crude futures to the rising cost of holding the oil in the u. S. Is when dealing Storage Facilities means keeping it is becoming too
Musicians before. The program its billed as the worlds biggest festival and every year it attracts some 6000000. 00 visitors from around the globe but this year. The 1st. Event is the latest to be canceled because of the corner of. The state. Given the enormous crowds. Its the 1st time the festival has been. Political correspondent nina hauser joins us with more. Emotionally difficult moment. I think for a very in politics in this is probably one of the west nightmares come true and the october fest means everything to the varians it stands for everything they think the various should stand for its a gigantic party its a piece of important its an important piece of Cultural Heritage and then last but not least its also a very important business event last year alone the oktoberfest generated some 1230000000 euros let me just say yes 1000000000 euros and actually hotels taxi drivers restaurants they all benefit from it so its an extremely important period and this is why it was so diffi