Im british minister welcome to news asia glad you could join us tons of monaco is facing calls for change from thousands protesting on the streets of the country in particular focus is the current king of juda long gone whos wrong here in germany have raised questions not just among his people but also in the German Parliament has mall. The protest movement in thailand is picking up momentum protestors are calling for a constitutional change and want to reform thailands powerful monarchy people want to really really go to the root. Of this is they want. Change. And they will do you know and these protesters. Our very and. And when we look to the root causes of that part of the. Gene compositions as. They see in the palace of. Thailands king along corn has a Strong Influence on most aspects of thai society and has tried to consolidate his power he is known and often criticized for his lavish lifestyle. But instead of ruling from his royal residence in bangkok. The king prefers to spend
A big early leaders votes are counted in new zealands general election for their life to Christ Church as results come in. Class riot police in thailand crackdown on protesters defying a ban on demonstrations and the Prime Minister shrugs off the mound for him to quit well look at whats next for the democracy movement. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program a truce between as a big john and mania is threatening to fall apart after renewed clashes overnight as a vision says many and shelling of its 2nd stage biggest city has killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more men while a mania has accused as a vision of continuing to shell Populated Areas with the in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. Hundreds have been killed since fighting broke out there over the region in september. But joining me now is 3 chafee and hes a Foreign Policy analyst and chairman of the center of analysts and International Relations in back as a big john thanks very much for joining us what can you
Subsiding people are angry people do want change people do want Alexander Lukashenko to leave and i think that the the russian regime sees it as a potential danger because probably they thought things are going to peter out in a couple weeks. Cliff because definitely they are important and i think that she was that the dead there that minsk that the regime in minsk to try to keep her out to ukraine is very very probably become crude but its very probable if you look at what happened to sudan thats the kind of get the idea behind it as far as i understand be to make the protests completely leaderless to make it face this in terms of public figures and to do that without leaders without ordinator and this will end i suppose that this is a strategy that mr erlich shank will say stick to in the forseeable future political analyst constantine egret with tracking the latest for us there thank you so much found the latest protest in the valorous in capital minsk over the weekend around 600 pe
The decision. And millions more people in the u. S. Lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. Chinas premier is about to outline the countrys plans for the next year after some of its most challenging months the corona Virus Outbreak that began in woohoo and forced it into a National Shutdown which was badly hit the economy and its still locked in a trade dispute with the United States well its just gone 9 am in the Chinese Capital beijing and this is the great hall of the people where the National Peoples congress is getting underway with more than 3000 delegates in his opening address premier league chang is expected to announce plans to tackle the economic fallout will katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina this National Peoples congress was originally proposed because of the corona virus and how important is this years event given that beijing would want to show that its back to business as usual and claim victory over the pandemic. Well th
[applause] and ask for your job ration for the numbers of the national committee. Epidemic spreading and it is the most challenging Public Health emergency that china has encountered. We are fighting it with the sacrifice of our nation. Strategicde major achievements in response to covid19. We are promoting development. We fulfilled the targets and tests for economic and social development this year. The debut of the work in 2019 in first few modes of 2020 china faces many challenges. This let them and when this foundation reached the goal of prosperity the economy remained stable over all. The gdp rose 99 point with a 6. 1 increase over the previous year. New jobs were added. The Unemployment Rate was below 5. 3. Consumer prices rose by 2. 9 . A basic equilibrium was maintained in the balance of payments. The economic structure continued to improve, and the Development Priorities of regions are better aligned. Total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 40 trillion yuan, and consump