Chambers testify about their concerns. From february until april of 2020. But the closure rates for minority owned businesses are significantly higher with 41 of blackowned businesses, 32 of latino acts owned businesses and 22 of asian businesses. They closed over the same time frame. Now, in april of this year the federal return bank of new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and are twice as likely to be classified as at risk for distress then nonminorities Small Businesses. Further, companies are three times likely as healthy businesses to close because of [inaudible]. The pcp program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury as funding lifeline for distressed businesses responding to the culminating pandemic. What recent analysis by the color of change and the u no space United States found only one in ten African American and late lati
Celebrating 50 years of elmo big on the cookie monster we look at the global success by the iconic childrens show sesame street. Larkin darwood sports as liverpool beat of Manchester City in the English Premier League plus Rugby World Cup win in south africa parade through Port Elizabeth the home town of kalak to see our colleagues. We begin with breaking news this hour bolivias president obama has announced his resignation follows comments from bolivia as military chief calling on morale is to step down so that stability can be restored to the country on sunday morales declared he would hold new elections after the organization of american states said there was serious it regularities in octobers vote the president won that election with just enough votes to avoid a 2nd round runoff but it did trigger suspicions of. And its nationwide protests have been taking place over the past few weeks and that puts south americas longest serving leader under increasing pressure as opposition grou
At the Japanese Corporate giant toshiba forces its Top Executive to step down. And womens Rights Groups in india want a ban on instant divorces. One more hour before polls close in burundi in a controversial president ial election that has seen months of unrest in parts of the country. The incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza seen here earlier at this polling both. The opposition say they wont recognize the results of the vote. One person was killed in overnight shooting in the capitol. Haru mutasa has this report. Reporter after a night of gunfire and explosions, the dead are being counted on voting day. This man was an opposition member. No one here knows who killed him or why, but its frightening them. We dont sleep all night. We dont sleep. We are here. We see or hear the guns again neighborhoods. We dont know. We have fear. Reporter people say he was killed somewhere else and then dumped here. It is causing a lot of anger here. People are really concerned there could be lines have after t
Secretary Ashton Carter holds talks in saudi arabia. And find out why a fisherman in east africa are damaging the waters for an asian appetite. Leading opposition figure in burundi is calling for a unity government following tuesdays controversial president ial election. The vote was boycotted by some of the opposition because they say the incumbent president shouldnt be running for a third term eu and others said they would dismiss the poll and before it started a civilian and a policeman were killed in the capitol. So why is this election so contentious . Well, on april the 25th president Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid to run defying the twoterm limit in the constitution. The following day thousands demonstrated in the capitol and that was the start of months of often violent protests and police crack downs. In may the Constitutional Court cleared cleared Pierre Nkurunziza to run a third term and protests and a coup that failed and people died in the violence of 160,000 people s
Plus. Many ways to fall down in rome and the best way is to take a un mrann unplanned pass and a shower in one of the many fountains here. Trying to keep cool as the heat rises across europe. Hello, he defied his countrys constitution and inspired months of violent protests but burundis president Pierre Nkurunziza is on course to win a third consecutive term in office and as votes are counted there are some things to compromise and would not oppose the formation of a National Unity government which is the demand of opposition parties. Early figures suggest as many as 74 of people who could vote in this election did despite the ongoing threat of violence. Result is expected on thursday but the u. S. , the eu and the African Union have already said they wont recognize that result. Al jazeeras harry can join us live from the capitol and harry what more can you tell us about this idea of a unity government . Well its getting late and a lot of people are now heading home but we had a chance