Southeast region with a total of bilateral trade of over 58000000. 00 in goods and just over 56000000. 00 worth of trade in services and the agreement includes sections on Renewable Energy investments ecommerce and even intellectual property theft president of the European Commission John Carr Juncker said this is the European Unions 1st bilateral trade agreement with a South East Asian country a Building Block towards a closer relationship between europe and one of the most dynamic regions in the world while European Commissioner for trade cecilia on strong said our trade agreement with singapore provides further evidence of our commitment to fair and rules based trade the agreement will benefit workers farmers and companies of all sizes both here and in singapore. The European Unions competition commissioner margaret best juror wants to take a deeper look at apple pay use top regulator previously had sent out a questionnaire to merchants asking if they had been told to use apple pay.
A heros welcome after his release from prison say hes free and ready to fight. And germany marks 30 years as the form of the wall in a world that many say is more divided than ever before. Demonstrators in iraqs capital have fled a barge of gunfire and take gas a Security Forces move in to clear protest sites the Iraqi Human Rights Commission is saying at least 4 people have been killed in baghdad more than 100 have been wounded antigovernment protesters have been on the streets for weeks now saying theyre fed up with corruption a struggling economy and a lack of basic services theyve rejected a plan by the government to reform the economy and want the countrys entire Political Leadership to step down including the Prime Minister abdul mattie. Well natasha going to joins us live now from baghdad and the tasha as youre hearing the Human Rights Commission has said that at least 4 protesters were killed as the protest sites were stormed by iraqi Security Forces in baghdad today any update
Its president signed 2 bills into law that back hong kong prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and hong kongs special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say itll damage relations with the u. S. While chinas expressed extreme mcgrath over the moves saying it will respond with foreign countermeasures particle has been following developments from washington. The president aware that he was sort of forced into this not wanting to see china react sending out a fairly unusual statement saying that he signed these bills out of respect for president g. China and the people of hong kong they also put in their announcement that he had signed these 2 bills that he believes some provisions interfere with the president s Constitutional Authority and they would be treating the bill it with that if it were in mind what exactly does that mean they didnt spell out what provi
Good evening and thanks for joining us this is. 30 years ago the berlin wall was told reuniting east and west berlin now during the beginning of the end to numerous events including exhibitions on the walls history. With a look at the walls rise and fall. Of. The berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a mine that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long at slice of the city and was erected in the night august 13th 1981 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete france with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today the checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossing became all but impossible. Imagine this a concrete wall 3. 6 meters high and 1. 2 meters wide smooth still nerve running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over watchtower. Every 200 meters by 962 a 2nd wall was built around 100 meters and east berlin territory this buffer zone became known as the death s
Brazils controversial former president needed to silva gets a heros welcome after hes released from prison saying hes free and ready to fight. And just many marks 30 years since the fall of the wall in a world that many say is more divided than ever before. And im were hearty in doha with sports a record crowd is in attendance as the england womens Football Team played germany in a friendly at wimberley. Welcome to the news al top story demonstrators in iraqs capital have fled a barge of gunfire and tear gas a Security Forces move in to clear protest sites the Iraqi Human Rights Commission is saying that at least 4 people have been killed and more than 100 injured antigovernment protest as have been on the streets for weeks now say. Theyre fed up with corruption and a struggling economy and hashim going to reports from baghdad. On saturday evening Security Forces from baghdad to basra and karbala confronted protestors in baghdad there were reports of gunfire and tear gas at a square an