In strange prisoners for the 2nd time since 1 oclock for half dog began his assault on tripoli. European coincides with apple in a setback to e. U. s votes to crack down on tax deals favoring the multinationals. If you will be a has begun filling the reservoirs of a controversial mega on the blue nile thats according to the countrys water minister egypt and sudan had requested the grander nacelles dam not be filled until an agreement is reached theres been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce Water Supplies to downstream countries if you opiah has said the dam is crucial for its growth i will begin filling it during this months rainy season stratford lays out the politics behind the down. Its taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5000000000. 00 ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a great source of national pride. But a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egyp
A truce softer 3 days of fighting with troops from azerbaijan celebrations for some prisoners of war in libya 16 of them go home in a swap between the warring sides and a European Court sides with our poll in a setback to efforts to crack down on tax deals favoring multinationals im joining us roscoe with the sports world cup organizes release the schedule for the 20 twentieths here cats all tournament for the 1st time there will be 4 matches a day in the group stages all have all the details coming up this hour. Thank you for joining us we begin with breaking news this hour after months of negotiations and failed talks with egypt and sudan ethiopias government says it started to fill the reservoir of africas largest down on the blue nile the 5000000000. 00 mega project is the centerpiece of ethiopias. Bed to become africas biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduce Water Supplies downstream and didnt want the river dammed until they reach an agreement with ethiopia last month
Blocked a deal pushed by the trumpet ministration to end the gulf crisis. 18000000 people are to lose their jobs 45000000 to plunge into poverty as the uns dial warning on the impact of the pandemic on latin america. Also this half hour is chaos and anger grips sudan again and the Prime Minister asks his cabinet to resign. The u. S. Supreme court has issued mixed verdicts on demands for Donald Trumps financial records and for now at least the president ial tax returns and other documentation remain out of the public eye but it can be examined by prosecutors in new york she had pretends he has more the president from displayed mixed emotions following the 2 judgments on the release of his financial records what the rules were basically. Show you all over again so make everything back down to the lower courts and so i know you get so for the 6 point satisfies you know the point that. This is a political witch like you know you know if you want to keep your which are. Just like the model
Arizona, and hospital cases in california all marking new highs. Plus top advisers to President Trump are set to urge the u. S. To undermine the hong kong dollar peg to punish china for its crackdown in the city. Ons get a quick check up how markets are set up for the open. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie in asia this wednesday, we are seeing a mixed start to the session with focus on china and if mainland stocks can keep up that rally we have seen for six days. Futuresd 14 so we have in the green for the most part. Hang seng futures settling higher after the rally did stall in hong kong on tuesday. Switching out the board, checking in on the hong kong dollar, which continues to have the 7. 75 mine as they continue to defend the peg, we are seeing little reaction in the curb. Jumping into the terminal for a big picture book, low 200 pips after the spike we saw in may but staying elevated on economic and political uncertainties. Tracking any reaction to a bloomberg report
Else to beat still out. Thats going to be tough but what what we do have today is definitely going to be one of our hottest ones of the forecast if not the hottest day for many areas so not going to be comfortable one the shelterinplace only complicates things more a lot of times you have a lot of cool options to get yourselves to want to be such today. One of those are pretty limited downside say watch out for your neighbor, if you know someone is a bit more susceptible to the he doesnt have a c keep a close eye out for him do everything that you can that maybe help them out as we make our way into this afternoon as of right now were still comfortable though lots of clear skies across the bay area and comfortable temperatures looks great an area that is actually going to be encouraged by sri again this afternoon peach areas on the map heat advisories back in effect while in chic are excessive heat warnings back and clay temperatures right now are still nice and comfortable 50s and 60s