Welcome back to nhk newsline. Im Roger Pradhan with the news in tokyo. People in tokyo are watching with wary eyes as the daily case numbers hover in the mid 100s after topping 200 four days in a row through sunday. Officials confirmed 143 new infections in the captain on tuesday bringing the total number to nearly 8,200 in the city of 14 million. N. Many recent cases are young people who work at or visited nightlife districts. Translator the number of infected people is increasing considerably. We have to deal with the situation with a sense of crisis. In charge of the governments coronavirus response. He says officials and experts will discuss if nightclubs that dont act in accordance with antivirus guidelines should be asked to close. Cluster infections have been confirmed outside nightlife districts. They include about 40 actors, Staff Members and patrons at a theater in central tokyo. The infected theater goers came from across the greater tokyo region. A woman who attended the pe
Equipment from the chinese tech giant waves. Washington rejects beijings claims in the South China Sea china in turn accuses the u. S. Of undermining Regional Peace and stability. 14 dead an ongoing cross border fighting between us about john and armenia. Im joining with the sports including. The decision is that his grace since strong words from English Premier League manager. European ban is lifted. Now we begin with breaking news from the International Court of justice at the hague its ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 out of countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf states and have prevented qatar the aircraft from flying over their air space the court said the u. N. Civil Aviation Agency has jurisdiction in this case because of one. You know. For all. Of. Us too. By 15 both you. Told me that the council of the International Civil levy here organization has duties you can do that they. Need to eat by the government of the day of. The 27 p. And the seat of the occ
A disputed region. Welcome to the program u. S. President told trump has signed an executive order to hold china accountable for its treatment of hong kong this comes after a new National Security law was imposed on the territory that critics say is intended to squash dissent trump also said hes ending hole calls preferential status that means it will lot receive any special privileges or economic treatment to their side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hong kong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free
Meanwhile Federal Reserve not even thinking about raising rates now. Fed chair jay powell saying the current economic down torn is the most severe in our lifetime. Warning containing covid is essential to protecting our health and the economy. Big tech in focus all reporting today, their earnings after the bell, ceos grilled on capitol hill yesterday about anticonservative bias, Business Practices, privacy and china. Highlights from the fiery hearing coming up. Markets this morning pointing to selloff at the start of trading. Take a look at futures indicating decline 216 points right out of the gate, s p lower by 28. Marks rallied yesterday following Federal Reserve decision. The market was up 160 points don oh dow. The nasdaq up 140 and s p up 40 points yesterday. Unrest in america with violence in major cities. And the nba tipping off today, players taking to court in bubble at disney world with empty stands, we will check it out. The ceo of fanduel is here on how the virus is impact
On the ground in berlin to break down the new developments and why the u. S. Is pulling out all the stops to halt the project. Amid rising social pressure something passionate sports teams are looking to change their mascots but what could the economic consequences look like we take a look at the issue and the sponsors putting pressure on the team to change with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And china is the greatest long term threat to the United States those words are from the f. B. I. Director Christopher Ray who bless the Chinese Government in a speech made at the Hudson Institute race comments about beijing are wide reaching and include everything from accusing china of attempting to become the worlds only superpower to claiming that china has engaged in a campaign of theft and malign influence. Its now reached the point where the f. B. I. Is opening a new china related counterintelligence case about every 10 hours of the nearly 5000. 00 active f. B. I. Counterintelli