Further. We are joined this hour by finance minister. The other big story today, lawmakers in washington take aim at the power of big tech. Saystitrust investigation they are abusing their dominant status. Australia coming online. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong with a checkup on markets. A two day rise, we are seeing pressure come through for the benchmark while the aussie dollar is testing that 71 popl after forming a double early this october. We are seeing action in the bond space. The front end of the aussie curb slipping with the three year yield falling as much as four basis points earlier in the session. This after australias updated debt issuance coming in less than expected. I want to highlight bhp shares. We are seeing the stock fall as much as 2. 3 this morning. Tesla bhp in focus be at flipping the board to check in on futures, s p eminis under pressure. The yen trading study but theres upward pressure on the stimulus deadlock. We are watching iphone makers aft
Orders for Financial Relief for the millions made jobless because of coronavirus. Welcome to the Program Breaking News coming out of lebanon where the calls grow for complete political reform lebanons information minister has become the 1st Senior Member of the government to resign since explosion in beirut on choose day when all of those some are made the surprise announcement in her office in the past half hour she apologized to the lebanese people saying there was little hope for change it comes after thousands came out in protests demanding reform in the wake of tuesdays port disaster 158 people have been reported killed when 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded in a hot a joins us now from beirut lets just talk about the resignation of that government minister how signet. Is it in the fore in the makeup of the cabinet. Well the cabinet will not be toppled she is the 1st senior minister to resign we are getting reports that a 2nd minister the environment minister may tender his r
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Start be coping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country just a population of around 108000000 the country plans to expulsion kristie across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. But egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existential threat and egypt does have legitimate concerns i mean that egypt relies on our 90 percent of its fresh water needs and the largest share of the river runs through each direction territory and what we have has had in egypt is a situation where they have a significant gap between the amount of water they produce and the amount of water they consume. And with a rapidly growing population of iran 100000000. To this problem only getting worse ethiopia also has strong claims because its the source of the blue nile the largest of the river gna