Now to a hearing on diversity and inclusion in the Intelligence Community. Witnesses included three officials from military and civilian Intelligence Agency who talked about recruitment efforts to include more women and people of color into the workforce. The committee will come to order. Before we begin i want to remind you we are in open session and as such we will discuss unclassified matters only without objection, the chair may declare a recess at anytime. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you joined us today to discuss the mission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of Diversity Inclusion at all levels entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. There has been some improvement in recent years the demographic profile of the workforce still does not mirror of the Wider Population is lighting and attracting the best and brightest from all walks of life. Only taking advantage of the diverse and correct inn
Protesters withstood heavy rain in hong kong to march for an 11th straight weekend. Organizers say more than 1. 7 Million People took part across the city. The protests shut down major boulevards. Ekendsaken demonstrations were mostly peaceful. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im ritika gupta. This is bloomberg. David it is 1 00 in london, 1 00 in newon york, 6 00 in london, 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stories from the bloomberg and around the world. All eyes on the bed. Fomc chair jay powell will kickoff the Kansas City Feds annual jackson hole Economic Policy symposium. Wall Street Apartments are not selling like hotcakes. We will tell you what is behind the slowdown. And its been a little more than a year since the sports world changed forever after the Supreme Court clear the way for states to legalize sports betting. W
Christiane and im Daniel Prieto in washington heres a look at whats on deck today joyce thing continues to slash jobs as part of its restructuring could there be an eerie pattern on folding nailer a Public Citizen is on hand to sort through whats in store for the banking behavior. In the wake of the constant Terror Threats auto exports from mexico to the states have spite lauren fix the car coach joins us today to break down the boom of cars coming across the border we have packed out i thought lets go and dive right in. A legal fight that could such major global precedence on down to sharing and privacy leads our Global Reports today as the Irish Data Protection Commission takes a case against facebook to the European Court of justice on tuesday the e. C. G. The top court of the European Union began hearing a case that began with revelations that a u. S. Spy agency the National Security agency was compelling facebook and Similar Companies to turn over private data from users in the e.
The top court of the European Union began hearing a case that began with revelations that a u. S. Spy agency the National Security agency was compelling facebook and Similar Companies to turn over private data from users in the e. U. The 11 specific questions that spun out of that case are now before the court and center on the rules that govern Tech Companies sharing data from users around the world socalled standard contractual causes or c cs if the e. C. J. Finds that as he sees fail to protect the privacy rights guaranteed by e. U. Laws Companies Like facebook and its peers could be forced to sequester that lucrative trove of european consumer data and rewrite their rules for sharing what is arguably their most valuable resource a decision from the court is expected before the end of this year. Catching up with africa 54 of 55 leaders attending the recent African Union summit in nigeria has signed an agreement to create the african continental free. Trade area the proposal under di
How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledging action on climate change. Mark harper called for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. Rory stewart will laun