On Katherine Floyd and the messiah is out in south in kenya and lives of thousands would have been on making the annual migration of the new tourist to see them ill be telling you why. Thank you for joining us we begin in hong kong where an ongoing political crisis is deepening further the territorys leader has invoked emergency loss to postpone Septembers Legislative Council election by a full year kerry lamb cited coronavirus size of reason for the d. N. A. This comes after beijing imposed a Controversial National security law on hong kong and is a major blow to the citys prodemocracy movement the opposition had said such a move would amount to a power grab so youre gonna get your thing the announcement i have to make today is the most difficult decision ive made in the past 7 months the Legislative Council general election is held every 4 years which is really a tough decision to deliberate but we want to ensure fairness we want to ensure Public Safety and health. As for individual
General election is held every 4 years it is really a tough decision to delay it but we want to ensure fairness we want to ensure Public Safety and health but your end it now is the most scandalous Election Fraud ever in hong kong history they get this qualify us they could arrest everyone they could even call of the election and create a pop at Parliament House where just gather with beijing loyalists however none of this can overturn the strong mandate for modest 600000 hong kong what passed that belit the citys 1st ever primaries early this month our boys is clear allowed to the world. Through kampala was born. They had been building up to this announcement over the past week or so saying that hong kongs increase in corona virus infections would be. Irresponsible to hold these elections under the Current Situation but opposite the opposition says and critics say that hong kong has always been quite successfully been able to contain its coronaVirus Outbreaks its been successfully abl
That once had the crisis under control and now under pressure. Americas top Infectious Disease expert dr anthony prepares to testify before congress on the countrys coronavirus response. Muslims around the world celebrate. With many under strict coronavirus restrictions. Over the sports including. Was. Returns with social justice high on its teams and officials meal in an anti racism protest. From the bron james later this hour. Welcome to the news hour we begin in hong kong where an ongoing political crisis is deepening the citys leader has invoked emergency laws to postpone septembers a legislative election by a full year terry cited coronavirus as the reason for the delay she also said it will be up to beijing to decide how to fill a vacuum in the citys legislature lets show caused by the delay it comes after beijing impose a Controversial National security law on hong kong a major blow to the citys pro democracy movement. The announcement i have to make today is the most difficult
Patriotic. Vaccine is on to find a amid warnings of a greater resurgence to come. Haidi pretty mixed midweek outlook when it comes to trading here in asia and for the first time in a while, we have seen equity markets kind of take a step back in terms of not headlines. A great deal of activities and commodities. Lets take a check of futures. Contracts trading higher after we saw a lack of conviction in u. S. Markets as we get concerns that perhaps this fourth round of fiscal stimulus will not be forthcoming. We are hearing the republicans are in the midst of crafting their own proposal to take to the democrats and we also heard from President Trump as he resumed his virus presser, encouraging americans to wear patrioticart of a duty. Over in japan, we are seeing outside of point 3 when it comes to trading for nikkei futures in chicago. More earnings on tap along with japanese pmi readings as well. Take a look at gold and soldiers. Pretty much flat at the moment, jumping close to a nine
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