A popular singer the Prime Minister accuses al so it is of being behind his murder. And more of europes Coronavirus Border restrictions on lift this and its reopening to travelers from a safe 1st of 14 countries. More than 370 people have been arrested on the streets of hong kong as a contentious new National Security law posed by chinas Central Government took effect of the fired tear gas and pepper bullets to protest all the anniversary of the former british colonies hand over to chinese rule us secretary of state has again condemned the law saying china promised 50 years of freedom for hong kong but only gave it 23. 00. Free hong kong was one of the worlds most stable prosperous and dynamic cities now now will be just another communist run city where its people we subject to the party elites wimps its sad. Indeed this is already happening Security Forces are already rounding up on congress for doing to speak and think freely the rule of law has been eviscerated and as always the Chi
N foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing sol for americas neglected needs. And by contributio to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. City. Ca, reporting from new york numbers four coronav bus infections also for new bs, how the u. S. Economy is trying to get back on track as cases sore. Jeffrey epeins exgirlfriend arrested, Ghislaine Maxwell accused of helping him abuse young girls. She pretended she pretended to be a woman they could trust, all the while she was setting them up to be abused by etein and his some cases by maxwell herself. Laura should it be a museum or a mosque . Turkes top court ways thein iconic buiends in stem ball. The big apple trying to welcome torts, the july 4 holidayin weeken new york would be the same wont be the same. Laura for you watching around the globe, welcome to world news america. The numbers show the United States being pulled in different directions. 5 million jobs were created in june, a record. The countrsaw
A deal with egypt sudan within weeks. And then to a political deadlock theres a new Prime Minister paul martin will lead an Unlikely Coalition government. Facebook announces aborning tags for some content is more Big Companies pull advertising because of the speech can. Go with the sports and warning that the n. B. A. Maybe halted if there is significant spread of coronavirus after 16 players test positive. So the enormity of the Coronavirus Crisis is triggering fears about the ability to treat patients in some parts of the world india now has more than half a 1000000 infections driven by another record daily increase announced a few hours ago the Capital Region of new delhi alone it expects 500000 cases by the end of july and thats led to worries about a shortage of medical equipment and a scramble to build temporary facilities on friday the United States reported it is increasing cases since a pandemic began florida and texas among the states delaying efforts to reopen and increasing
Was 25 n the s p 500 better than average over the last month. We are waiting on the let us check of japan, as the pandemic puts more pressure on the economy already sliding into recession. Inflation numbers are due at this hour. Haidi lets check in on the markets. We had a pretty tepid handover from the u. S. Stocks edging higher. Volumes still below what we have seen over the past month or so. Very much a rangebound trading session. We continue to seek a new catalyst. We continue to see rising cases across the u. S. , driving the idea of a second wave. Beijing struggling with a second wave as well. Conflicting data not giving a great deal of intel as to what the future holds. We are dealing and upside on s p futures, up about. 3 . Nikkei futures also a little bit higher, japan weighing the frostburg of reopening. Also the potential demise when it comes to tourism. Sydney futures are a little bit to the downside at the moment. We could see a modest bounce at the start of trading here i
U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer was on capitol hill to testify on the Trump Administration trade policy. The use of tariffs, trade with china and implementation of the u. S. Canada trade agreement. Mr. Lighthizer was asked about the Global Supply chain of the inquisition of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Hearing is just under three hours. Im pleased to welcome ambassador lighthizer. Thank you for joining us. We need to have you here because we face great challenges whether its the murder of floyd or whether its the economic downturn we had because of the pandemic or the pandemic itself. We have a lot facing our country. Its not going to be easy to bring us back on the course of iran and their brave but good trade policy will be one important part of doing so so im glad we have that discussion today. Trade policy is immediately significant because we need to make sure we dont have any unnecessary taxes on goods g2 the recovery or i