Attacking Media Freedom in the philippines president bird rico tatay takes legal action to shut down the largest t. V. Network which is also his fierce critics journalists accuse him of dictatorship so what now for freedom of speech in one of asias largest democracies this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Its being described as the most severe attack on Media Freedom in the philippines president rodrigo tatay has 5 a Supreme Court petition to shut down the not Just Television network accusing a. B. S. C. B. S. And of committing what are described as highly abusive practices the National Union of journalists of the philippines protested on friday accusing the detect a government of trying to silence critical media tatty has repeatedly vowed to stop the Networks Operations its franchise expires on march 30th make an egg report. Journalists and activists show their support at the headquarters of a. B. S. C b n in manila the leading network in the philippines faces closur
Qatars foreign minister keeps diplomatic channels open after talks to end the gulf crisis are suspended. And the former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden battles for a much needed victory if he hopes to keep his race for the white house alive. Hello the number of new cases of corona virus in china has slowed for the 3rd day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday thats down by more than 600 from the previous day but there are still serious concerns over the spread of the onus the World Health Organization issued a warning that other countries must step up their preparations for corona virus which has now killed more than 1600 people the w. H. O. Chief says its impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take. Its impossible to predict which direction this week will take we are concerned about the levels of rumor and misinformation that. The response will concern it by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from chin
Unseal certain grand jury materials from the mueller investigation. This is one hour 40 minutes. This is in session. Be seated, please. The u. S. 10th. Authorizing the release of grand jury material. The committee on the judiciary of the house of representatives. Mr. Friedman. Good morning again. Good morning again. The court knows, and the time since the last oral argument, the committee referred to the Florida House of representatives. In the house of representatives approved two articles of impeachment. Is thergument information, the grand jury information, underlines the Mueller Report to proven in a senate trial in the articles of impeachment approved by the house, the president upon culpability president posco culpability. There are a couple of problems. This is not the need the District Court found. We have concerns with the test of the District Court applies. That aside for the moment. What the district found was the house of representatives was the Senate Impeachment trial. Th
Their representation in San Francisco. The majority of percentage, do we know if thats longterm or shortterm . Whether theyve been on conservatorship for a longneve . I do not have that but i would be happy to provide that to you. Supervisor walton, in terms of demographics of who we see, those numbers are fairly consistent with whom we see as a department. How does this work for individuals in custody or for youth . How does it work for individuals in custody . So for adults in custody, we do work with the jail, the Psychiatric Services Division Within the jail and we are conserving individuals while they are in jail and we are trying to move them out of jail as quickly as we possibly can. I would add that its rare that individuals who are on an existing lps conservatorship are brought into custody. I think were successful there, but there are individuals who certainly are seen in custody who would benefit from being on a conservatorship and the jail is able to make those referrals. W
More on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Caught up in the hong kong protests, american Gaming Company Activision Blizzard reports its results after its controversial ban on players. The economic benefits of coffee beans. We report on a local community in sumatra. It is thursday. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could join us for another action packed edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets begin with us Gaming Company Activision Blizzard, which reports its latest numbers later today. You might remember the firm for suspending the accounts of four players after they openly supported the hong kong protests. Almost immediately, the hashtag boycottblizza rd immediately, the hashtag boycottblizza rd started trending immediately, the hashtag boycottblizzard started trending on twitter, prompting some players to stop playing. The firms leader says they will stick with their band, but they will