Join protesters calling for the president to step down. And score perri sundram out of reach the European Champions League final for the very 1st time in history fans are celebrating after a 3 nil semifinal win over all the large sick. What appears to be a crew is unfolding in one of west africas largest countries soldiers staged a mutiny at a military base near malis capital bamako and have now detained the president and Prime Minister the head of the United Nations has demanded that unconditional release money has been in crisis for months with demonstrators demanding week after week that president ibrahim stepped down new fokker reports. I hundreds of antigovernment protesters poured into the streets of the capital bamako some ransacking and burning government offices. They were responding to reports of an intervention in the countrys troubled politics and the rest of president abraham. And Prime Minister. I. Have troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the pres
Minister gives new details about the violence that followed the killing of a popular musician and activist. And the philippine president signed an anti terror law from Rights Groups say is designed to further muzzle his critics. Almost 2 years after journalist Marcus Shockey was murdered in istanbul the turkish trial has begun for 20 saudi nationals accused of being involved with your fiance had to take jenkins was among those to testify but none of the accused were anywhere near the court as shocked as murder inside the saudi consulate provoked outrage around the world in the u. N. Special repertory who investigated the case said the world must not forget. I call on them to ensure that in the last next session in november that they are far greater International Presence so that we continue to deliver that message to saudi arabia and to the rest of the world that you cannot get away with killing a join the least and lets not forget that these is a state exec you shouldnt of course we a
Folks theally shows weekend that we go into, it is midmay. I believe the calendar says its may 15. Part of that debate is the tension about june being upon us and even beginning to consider july. What i notice in my friday reading is that there is, including mr. Macron, there is this huge attention about this pandemic forward. Francine it certainly is and how you distribute all the medication. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Bless you, tom. Good morning, francine, tom. China denying it try to cover up details of the coronavirus outbreak. Beijing says it did not know until january 19 how infectious the new disease was. China says they release that information the next day. Chinese the federal government is out with new guidance on how to reopen bars, restaurants, and workplaces. Of cdc has outlined a number steps, among them, including social distancing, and how to tect coronavirus cases. Germany has ended a historic recession with its biggest month in over a decade
And the news for china, sense that the president is cking supplies for huawei [indiscernible] on slot for china. We have the index above 100, and the 10 year yield at 62 basis points. The market except in all of this dire data we are getting this morning. s get to that data now [no audio] michael why that is, unless people just sort of got used to what was happening, and the fact that they have been locked down and couldnt go shopping or Something Like that. That is the only thing i can think of, and maybe the idea that as the weather gets warmer, they are seeing they are feeling a little bit better. I have no good answers for that. For theay, the numbers sentiment are really high, but they didnt do what they said. They didnt go shopping the way they said they would because retail sales were down 16. 4 on the month. That is a new record drop for the month of april. Of course vonnie vonnie vonnie and of course, the data earlier on included retail sales , but that was only temporary as w
Between here and there. The bill faces an uncertain future in the senate. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. Some senators have already vowed to vote against it. If it does move through the senate, joe biden has said he will sign it. Proponents of the bill argue tiktok is a National Security threat and the apps 170 million us users are vulnerable to data theft by the Chinese Government. The priority is National Security and chinese access to millions of american s minds. Thats what the primary issue is. There are trade offs with that though. The former President Donald Trump used to back the idea but he changed his tune, saying while it poses a security and privacy concern, banning the app would be a boon for facebook. Which he called an enemy of the people. With that, a National Security, free speech and youth issue also becomes a campaign issue. Protesters took to capitol hill on wednesday in support of tiktok.