Meanwhile, a survey by a Credit Research firm has revealed more about the papandemicss impact the e japanesese economymy. It shows more e than 100 compans went bankrupt in both june and july. Bars, restaurants, and hotels were hit especially hard. More r more than 400 firms have gone bankrupt since february. The recent surge in cases dampened consumer sentiment. More could go under, including manufacturers. Tough times for japan and also abroad. In june, the countrys current account surplus plunged 86 from a year earlier. The finance Ministry Says the figure stood at 167 billion yen or 1. 6 billion. Despite the fall, it means the monthly balance has remained in the black for six years. Officials say exports shrank by more than 25 , including automobiles. The nations travel account surplus faired worse, down 90 for the month. The figure represents the amount foreign visitors spend in japan minus what japanese travelers spend overseas. The number of global coronavirus cases has topped 20
To ten years in jail. The first clash between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn of the election is on the way. We are alive tonight in salford, whether two will meet ina tonight in salford, whether two will meet in a couple of hours. The Plastic Waste crisis highlighted by David Attenboroughs blue planet 2 programme now he says there are signs of improvement. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so, i think its very encouraging, to that degree. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news tonight could be the night for wales. Win against hungary in cardiff, theyll qualify for the euros. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Ever since the bbc revealed the scale of its failings, the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust has been under the spotlight. Tonight, a leaked report on the Maternity Hospital reveals failures way beyond what we knew already. Several dozen unexplained deaths are now being i
You have already indicated that you will do a calendar style agreement which would take seven years to negotiate. So youre not going to get it done in a few months and you know that perfectly well. Are the highlights from the first half of the debate, which is wrapping up as i speak, to be going to an advertisement break which will be oui advertisement break which will be our opportunity to speak to our Political Correspondent who was at the debate venue in salford for us. This lining up the shot before they go for their advertisement break. You can see that at the moment, youll be talking, a couple of interesting things i noticed was that Boris Johnson interesting things i noticed was that borisjohnson was talking about the nhs and insisting that there would be no question of the nhs. I gather you can hear us now. One of the things i was saying to us than that struck to me was Boris Johnson slapping down a suggestion that the nhs might feature in a trade deal with the United States. A
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Former President Park yohe and her associate choice and still now both serving long prison terms he was given a 5 year sentence for bribery but only served one year before his sentence was cut in half on appeal and he was able to walk free but the prosecution appealed that decision and won a ruling at the Supreme Court which is now resulted in this retrial the case has also highlighted the longstanding controversy over the role of south koreas j. Ball these are family run conglomerates that dominate the economy i dont often accused of wielding too much power prosecution lawyers have told the court that lees alleged bribery was part of a plan to take over the chairmanship of some song from his father it poses a challenge to the current liberal administration of president moon j n seen here at a recent ceremony with a lady unveiling a multibillion dollar investment. Boon has promised to curb the chaebol powers but it comes at a difficult time for south korea and samsung as the tech giant