Coronavirus infection rates again. Host china is planning to impose tough National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the central government. The draft law is expected to be rubberstamped at chinas biggest political gathering in beijing. Activists fear it will be used to correct to crackdown on Political Freedoms and will likely make relations with the u. S. Even worse. Senators will introduce legislation to place sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy. We report from beijing. Correspondent on the eve of chinas National Peoples congress, the announcement of a proposed National Security law which criminalizes secession, foreign interference, and a subversion of state power in hong kong. Hong kong is an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china. Of mpc is the highest organ state power. It is exercising the power enshrined in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement me
Entirely. Just after midday in lagos 9 pm in canberra to me often and right here in moscow this thursday june the 4th welcome to our international. The remaining 3 you know former Minneapolis Police officers present at the death of george floyd well now also face murder charges after initially only losing their jobs theyre not charged with aiding and abetting murder while the officer who fatally pin floyd to the ground has had his charge raised to 2nd degree murder all face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted the spy the coasts the coasts the colts for just the sun Police Reform person appear many are peaceful but not all. Near the white house in washington another day of protests several demonstrators of reportedly targeted the multiple security barriers that have been erected. R. T. Americas Rachel Blevins reports from the capital. The protesters are marching to the capitol right now here in washington d. C. And we are hearing crawls i know gas is no peace say his name georg
The National Guard is ordered out of washington as people protest continues. Lets check on the markets. Saw ong those gains we friday, resuming the rally on better than expected jobs numbers from that job support. We are seeing new zealand trading higher. Bouncing back from the friday selloff. Sidney, we dont have trading today due to the queens birthday, long weekend. We are watching the aussie dollar. In terms of u. S. Futures, we have seen a pop up of about 0. 5 . Lets look at the oil patch. We had the extension by opec in the alliance. We are seeing upside when it comes to crude, up by 1. 6 . New york crude just over 40 a barrel. Continued gains when it comes to commodity commodities related currencies. Sophie protests continue across the u. S. And around the world as some of the largest crowds gathered over the weekend. The demonstrations have been largely peaceful. Cities have lifted curfews and President Trump has ordered the National Guard out of washington. A bloomberg editor
Backed government we take a key town and will often leave for half this push to capture the capital. We the National Football league in it we were wrong for. An apology from the National Football league in the United States it admits to making mistakes but ignoring players concerns about Racial Injustice and Police Brutality. So then a growing number of u. S. Police departments are enforcing changes to their tactics in the wake of George Floyds death the city of minneapolis where he was killed is Banning Police chokeholds and will require officers who see colleagues using improper force to step in and stop them as well as banning chokeholds new york state plans to classify false race based calls to Emergency Services as a hate crime and california will start training its officers to use the type of restraint that killed george floyd. Across this country we train techniques on strangleholds that put peoples lives a risk now we can argue that these are used as exceptions but at the end o
Asia braces for a second wave. This hour brings the latest check on the japanese economy, we await gdp Growth Numbers in a quarter dominated by the outbreak. Lets take a look at markets as we set up the trading session. We are seeing this with u. S. Futures. Backandforth between washington and beijing really dominating our can sentiment at the moment. Seeing new zealand trading on , as new zealand moves out of the restrictions. Positive upside,. 6 higher for australia futures going into the start of trading today. We are watching the yen, which has been seeing strength. Looking at positioning by money positionsnet long yen are being extended. There could be further upside with the japanese currency. Seeing upside continue with wti. Gains ineen the recent oil, shery. Shery we see more economies reopen and we are hearing from apple. They are saying nearly 100 stores globally have opened their doors again. Are refining it doesnt mean stores will not be shot if needed. Apple saying the sto