are being instructed to shelter in place as western governments try to figure out a means to safely evacuate them. also tonight, scientific censorship in china. crucial genetic sequencing that could have helped with the fight against covid, was deleted, covered up or withdrawn under pressure from party officials. we will speak to the new york times investigators. what about the transition to clean power? nine countries meeting in belgium today have commited to building an entire electricity system in the north seas, based on renewable energy. and we will talk about the global addiction to cheap clothing 10 years on from the rana plaza disaster in bangladesh have we improved conditions for some of the poorest workers in the developing world. but first to sudan, a country fast coming apart at the seams. in khartoum it is now a stark choice between hunger and deprivation indoors and the risk of being killed in the street battles outside. there are tens of thousands of foreign
inauguration of a new bank on shanghai. the new development bank has been set up by the brix group, that s brazil, russia india and china and south africa and president lula said the new financial institution frees developing countries from established ones our business reporter has more on the significance of this trip. on the significance of this tri -. , ., ., , trip. the goal in his own words is to strengthen trip. the goal in his own words is to strengthen the is to strengthen the relationship. and at least when it comes to business ties our already pretty significant. china is brazil s biggest export market, each year buying tens of thousands of billions of dollars of natural resources and agricultural products, including soybeans, iron ore, oil and be for that while brazil according to chinese state media is the biggest recipient in latin america. president lula da silva needs more of it if these two bruised brazil s stagnant economy. that s why the brazilian gover
to get under way shortly. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal against the pre trial detention of the us journalist, appeal against the pre trial detention of the usjournalist, evan gershkovich,. even though the decision was widely expected, it will still hit hard for the 35 year old american and his supporters. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he strongly denies. the court appearance was his first. he was arrested nearly three weeks ago. the authorities say evan gershkovich try to obtain classified information but have offered no information to support their claims. he is the first usjournalist to support their claims. he is the first us journalist to face espionage charges in russia since soviet times. after his appearance, the us ambassador to russia had just a short statement. i the us ambassador to russia had ust a short statement. a short statement. i was able to meet kevin a short statement. i was able to meet kevin yesterday a sho