Of people. The top story this half a russian opposition politicians to come up skier has left the country shes now in a few wanita it follows a 2nd nights of violent clashes over disputed Election Results demonstrators have been rallying in the capital minsk since the countrys Election Commission reported that the long time president Alexander Lukashenko had won sundays election by a landslide the police in both the roof say a protester died after a bomb exploded in his hands the outcomes being rejected by his main rival she describes whats going on as a sham step vasant joins us live from minsk step this is such a complex political story now just unpack it for us where are we now. Yes it is very complex and very difficult to report on because the internet has been blocked for 3 days already its quite a miracle you can actually see me right now a very dramatic statement has come from a subplot at the kind of sky just an hour ago in which she explains that she made a very difficult deci
Detained. And hong kongs chief executive kerry lamb invokes emergency laws to postpone septembers election for a year. The coronavirus has already had a profound impact on the Global Economy its changed the way we live work and travel now the World Health Organization says the up he will will reverberate for generations at a meeting at the. Emergency committee the director general. Said the pandemic was a once in a Century Health crisis effects of which will be felt for decades to come but there was some optimistic news from americas top Infectious Disease expert dr anthony believes a vaccine could be available within months were also starting to get more of a picture on the impact of covert 19 on the economy the pandemic has plunged the eurozone into a historic recession the sharpest drop in 25 years of records elsewhere about 4000000 people in the north of england are returning to corona virus restrictions because of a surge in infections there but we begin in the United States where
Hes glad to have an extra year to prepare for tokyo. Translator i want to push ahead so ill be in good shapes for the olympics next year if they happen. Jude doak coonosho won gold. Hes the ace on the japanese team. But his training is restricted because athletes have to practice social distancing. Translator to be honest, i havent been able to think about the Tokyo Olympics yet. Nonot being able t to t train he me enjoy judo more. The postponement of the tokyo games is expected to cost several b billion dollars. Organizers are considering ways to reduce spending in over 200 areas. Those include cutting the number of spectators. They plan on focusing on savings in around 50 areas. Theyre planning to announce the overall increase in costs in the next few months. Meanwhile nhk learned the organizing committee of the world event is studying measures to prevent infections. Sources Say Committee officials have more than 400 proposals for antivirus steps. Theyre using the basketball venue at
Accused of masterminding the massive task of prominent twitter accounts 2 weeks ago. And zimbabwe sends out its military to enforce a ban on antigovernment protests dozens of people are detained. Now Hong Kong Police are reportedly seeking the arrest of 6 prodemocracy activists living in exile as china steps up its enforcement of its newly imposed National Security they include former u. K. Consulate worker simon chang prominent activist nathan law and u. S. Citizen samuel chu now chang says he was tortured by the chinese authorities for information about hong kongs antigovernment protests while north fled to london soon after china imposed that National Security law and truth founded the Hong Kong Democracy Council in the United States the police have declined to comment but it would be the. Time to talk of an activist outside the 50 under the federal law joining me right now from los angeles is samuel chub one of the activists whose arrest has been ordered by the police as weve been
Saying. Prodemocracy leader nathan long talks in exile in london he says hell continue to speak out against chinas crackdown on the territory. 76 years ago i dont hate lawyers survived an assassination attempt now germanys Armed Forces Honor a plow some fun stuff into the man who tries to kill hitler. Plus argentina starts easing the lockdown restrictions bringing a welcome boost to businesses battered by a 4 Month National lockdown. Im sumi so much kind of good to have you with Us European Union leaders have taken a break after their tense summit over a proposed 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery package went into a 4th day members are split over how much money should be just. Viewed as handouts or as loans that will have to be repaid and whether strings should be attached to enforce the rule of law and some countries now hard hit Southern States including italy and spain want to see substantial aid payments but a group of the players frugal Northern European countries want loans