Hello and welcome. The National Party convention in us politics is generally a boisterous, rousing affair never more so than in a president ial election year, as the partys nominees are confirmed. For donald trump it would be a vital platform in his bid to win a second term in the white house. But with a spike in coronavirus cases in florida, where the convention was due to take place next month, he has called the whole thing off. Mr trump said he would give a speech ahead of us elections as planned, but in a different form. The bbcs north america correspondent david willis reports. President trump had wanted nothing more than to accept his pa rtys nothing more than to accept his partys nomination in front of a packed arena stop the coronavirus has now put paid to thatis coronavirus has now put paid to that is that has to so many other aspects of american life. So the delegates are going to north carolina, and they will be doing the nomination. And were going to do some other things wi
Hello. The Democratic Party in the us is about to begin its convention, designed to drum up support forjoe biden and formally nominate him as the partys candidate for novembers president ial election. But this year the four day jamboree will take place almost entirely online due to the pandemic. Its barely a jamboree. It will be based in wisconsin, a key swing state, but instead of the usual roaring crowds, speeches will be delivered remotely by video link. Our correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in wilmington, delaware. How is this going to work, is it going to work . Well, mike, thatis it going to work . Well, mike, that is the big question. Sorry for those technical glitches we have gotte n for those technical glitches we have gotten used to seeing on zoom because this is a glorified zoom clinical convention. Tonight, youre going to see speakers live and table going to see speakers live and ta ble two going to see speakers live and table two are coming in from remote locations all acro
Welcome to bbc news. In the last few hours, the democratic led us house of representatives has passed an emergency bill to provide 25 billion to the cash strapped Postal Service. This is part of a push to prop up the struggling Postal Service and ensure it can handle an influx of millions of postal ballots for the 2020 president ial election in november. The white house said on friday it strongly opposes the bill and would recommend President Trump vetoes it. Alanna petroff has the latest. Us politics has become increasingly polarised over the post office. We are saying to donald trump, we are saying to postmaster dejoy, no enough is enough give us back our post office applause and cheering protesters gathered in places like texas, pennsylvania, new york, and washington, dc. They re concerned about a recent slowdown in deliveries and they worry about what this means for postal voting in the upcoming us election. Will votes arrive on time and be counted, especially in a pandemic . This
U. S. Now confirm new negotiations in coming weeks to deal with the conflict that has had major implications in both nations and ripple effects throughout the world. The effects of todays news made a lot of people a lot of money in the markets and at the end of the trading day today the dow was up 373. The s p 500 gained 38, and we will start there with chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. For months now progress and lack thereof have taken the stock markets and retirement fortunes of millions of americans on a roller coaster ride. But now come up with tariffs beginning to bite deeply in china, new signs that the chinese may be willing to cut a deal. Another big update for the market as the u. S. And china announced they will hold another round of trade talks. The u. S. Trade Representatives Office is saying investor lighthouse or spoke with china regarding u. S. China trade talks. They agreed to hold meetings with the ministerial level in washington in the c
Is translated into action. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The former head of Renault Nissan, carlos ghosn, has unexpectedly flown to lebanon, despite being banned from leaving japan where hes been awaiting trial for financial crimes. Mr ghosn denies enriching himself at his companys expense and misstating his income. Before his arrest in november last year, he was one of the most powerfulfigures in the global car industry. Prosecutors are investigating how he left japan. Gareth barlow has the latest. Carlos ghosn was one of the great tycoons of the car industry, known for turning around the fortunes of some of the world was my biggest brands. At one point, nissan, renault, and mitsubishi were all under his control. This citizen of brazil, france, and lebanon, mr ghosn established himself injapan where he was considered a hero for transforming their son. He was a very powerful car executive who was particularly known for his efficient cost cutting, which saved nissan, in essence, here.