A black man killed in Police Custody International Condemnation grows as china imposes new security laws in hong kong the legislation could roll out within weeks and confined to their homes the argentinean shanty town where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Yard. He was President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Legal Protections of social Media Companies its in response to twitter labeling 2 of this tweets misleading and referring users to a Fact Checking page from says the order would remove the liability shield that Internet Companies currently enjoy he also said the choices twitter makes when it edits or blacklists people are editorial positions and nothing more then political activism. Had unchecked power to censor restrict and shape i alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences there is no president in American History for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sph
A tricky balancing act as they seek to reopen to tourists without driving out the current virus infection rates again. China is planning to impose tough National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government the draft law is expected to be rubber stamped to chinas biggest political gathering in beijing but activists fear it will be used to crackdown on hong kongs Political Freedoms and is likely to make relations with the u. S. Even worse american senators say and introduce legislation to impose sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy continue reports from beijing 2. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of the National Security law which criminalizes the session foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be additions and treat hong kong as an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state power in light of new ci
Africa. We begin in the United States where figures just released show almost 3200000. 00 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits it keeps april on track to be the worst month for job losses on record more than 33000000 people filed for unemployment in just the past 7 weeks and economists say Economic Growth could plummet by 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in the u. K. The picture is also looking bleak the bank of england expects the u. K. s economic output to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment to rise to 8 percent meanwhile the European Unions been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy tipped to slump by 7. 4 percent after years of growth but figures from china are suggesting a different picture their exports rose in april for the 1st time this year up 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened. Our economics editor is watching developments from london. I think notoriously difficult at this stage to actually say how deep recessions will b
The challenges battling false information about socalled cures for the grown a virus in africa. We get in the United States where new figures show almost 3200000. 00 people filed for Unemployment Benefits it keeps april and track to be the worst month for job losses on record more than 33000000 people have filed for unemployment in just 7 weeks and economists say Economic Growth could plummets by 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in the u. K. The picture is also looking bleak the bank of england expects u. K. s economic output to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment saw rise to 8 percent meanwhile the European Unions been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy tipped to slump by 7. 4 percent after years of growth but figures from china. Are suggesting a different picture their exports rose in april for the 1st time this year up 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened well lets get more now from our economics editor abbott alley whos following th
More likely to die from coronavirus than white people. Toxic gas leaks again from a factory in india where earlier leaks killed at least 11 and left hundreds in hospital. And the war on drugs has failed a global team of experts says hardline policies are actually fueling organized crime around the world. The devastating Financial Impact of the corona virus pandemic continues to unfold as governments across the world struggle to restart the whole to the economies in the u. S. Where more than 75000 people have died of the virus a staggering 3200000 more people filed for unemployment that means 33500000 or one in 5 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when the corona Virus Outbreak forced many businesses to close their doors. Here in the u. K. The bank of england warns the economy could shrink by 14 percent by the end of 2020 the worst slump in move 300 years is this is the economy could bounce back by 2021 if the pandemic is brought under control its a slightly better picture in