Jobless claims. President trump scrapped his g. O. P convention as the coronavirus rages. Concerns that big tech is on a bubble. Welcome today break europe. The results came out a few minutes ago. 650 million. T was an estimated loss of 250. 1 million. Equinor posted an unexpected Second Quarter profit. They are on track to deliver on their plan for cutting costs of 700 million. It cease 2021 capex at 21 billion. It sees 20222023 at an average of 12 billion. A clear beat in terms of Second Quarter adjusted net and profit. Keeping the dividend and keeping the fullyear capex guidance on change and on track for cost cutting. Those are the main lines coming through. Well speak the the c. E. O. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. U. K. Time. Japan is closed. China is bearing the brunt of the losses. Red on the screen in hong kong and australia. A little bit of a weaker yuan. An increase in tensions between the u. S. And china given the news around the order of the chengdu consulate. Take a look at what
Am. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has called off the florida portion of the Republican National convention citing health risks from the pandemic the 4 night celebration was expected to draw some 10000 people to mark trumps formal nomination as the partys candidate for the november election the decision to cancel the event comes as the us a surplus is 4000000 coronavirus cases a 1000000 of which were recorded in the last 2 weeks alone. A tough decision for a president who loves nothing more than a crowd. Donald trump canceled the Republican Convention in florida amid surging coronavirus cases across the state i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right just not right with whats happened recently the flare up in florida to have a Big Convention its not the right time its really something that for me i have to protect the American People thats what ive always done thats what i always will do thats what im about says it in a
Date for an exhibition fight against him around champions which its true. Now Chinas Foreign Ministry has ordered the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwest and city of chengdu it marks a further escalation in tensions between the 2 while the powers the announcement came just 2 days after washington ordered the shutdown of beijings consulate in Houston Texas the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or had described that concert as as a hub of spying and intellectual property theft while we can now speak truck correspondent katrina you she joins us live from katrina a tit for tat trade off a tit for tat diplomatic war it really seems quite the die lemma for beijing having to respond while risking even more global isolation at this stage. Thats right but the way beijing saw it it had to respond to what its called an unjustified act from the u. S. Theyve made no qualms about this this is in direct response to the u. S. Decision to close the chinese consulate in Houston Texas on j
A minute feeling that. d we should. Give warning for russia live from arts internationals World News Center here in moscow one of a know it it was the latest this hour for you thanks for the company by the way so 1st as mentioned in those headlines they trumpet ministration is reportedly sending at least 100. 00 more militarized federal agents to the city of portland in oregon as nationwide protests against racism continue into a 3rd month its been confirmed much criticized task force will stay in the city until the anti racism unrest is over 2 meantime the mayors of 6 major u. S. Cities including portland are appealing to congress to make it illegal for the president to send in the military when its not been requested. The to. Sleep. Has some pretty scary scenes there again lets go live to paul and thought about the vista derum around hi there thanks you time what effect is the news that the federal offices are on their way having on the protest having the effect of calling it or make
Beaches of nice. They mostly come from france and European Union countries coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been eased. 200 remember the chance of flight 1059 is just arriving from nice landing at Frankfurt Airport the aircraft will make a brief stop there before returning to the coach as. The 1st holiday makers are already at the gate but boarding takes longer than usual at the moment. Because you have to be. Very. Well. Normally passengers who just landed can disembark within 5 minutes but because of measures to contain coronavirus you can now take half an hour if youre looking to catch a connecting flight you have to factor in more time. Because thats because we need to observe social distancing rules and some countries also have rules that require people to disembark by road to ensure that everyone doesnt rush to the exit at the same time but if the wall is going the pandemic also means other changes for those traveling to holiday destinations face masks are mandatory in many