2400000 new unemployment claims in the past week. Drive to attract tourists back to one of the worlds most visited cities but there are safety concerns. And support that a catalyst. Committing imbalance to keep the event affordable for barack. Is not pricing out supporters has become more important to Economic Impact at the coronavirus. So than china is planning to push through National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government and this comes as chinas biggest political gathering of the year kicks off in beijing the draft legislation will almost certainly be rubber stamped by the National Peoples congress is Spokesman Says the new law serves the fundamental interests of both china and hong kong activists fear it could be used to limit the Political Freedoms in hong kong. Xanga could be. Hong kong as an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and nee
Lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. After months of protests in hong kong against the Central Government china plans to introduce a new law to clamp down on protesters its expected to rubber stamp National Security laws at his biggest political gathering the u. S. Has warned it will respond strongly and is urging beijing to respect hong kongs autonomy katrina knew before. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of a 3rd National Security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be issues in sri hong kong as an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state. Power in light of new circumstances and need the n. P. C. Is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding National Security in hong kong. The new law
A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow joining us this hour. The World Health Organization has declared that the corona virus can now be labeled as a pandemic. In the plants 2 weeks the number of cases. Increases. And the number of 52 countries. We have that. System and that 19 can be contacted i used as a pundit make. The number of infections has now tops more than 118000 across the globe with more than 4000 deaths across a virus has spread to 114 countries with numbers growing by the day. In the race to find a vaccine for the virus scientists in london are on the lookout for human guinea pigs to infect for money and the 1st test of its kind. We can announce that we have commenced the development of the worlds 1st commercial human coronavirus challenge study more to also known as controlled human infection model we are pleased to be able to try and assist in the battle against coded 19. The study 15. 00 to 24. 00 people with 2 strains of corona vir
How an old us flag on the back of a trainer helped nike lose a Million Dollar grant from the state of arizona. And after englands world cup exit against the usa, we look ahead to tonights match as sweden face the netherlands for a place in the final. Hello, i am Christian Fraser in washington, david eades is in london. The worlds biggest trading bloc has just settled on the key politicians to drive it forward for the next five years. And you know what . None of them was in the running to start with and i would bet you dont now much about any of them. They are compromise candidates, some werent even mentioned until the last hours of negotiation. Is that a way to hand out the most criticaljobs in the European Union . The top posts have gone to german, french, spanish, belgian and italian nationals. And in france it has been hailed as a huge victory for president macron. His compatriot Christine Lagarde will head the European Central bank, his belgian ally Charles Michel will be the presi
Mr trump responded by posting a Campaign Statement on his social media channel truth social. He likened his prosecution to the lawless persecution in nazi germany. Shortly after the charges were announced, he sent out a Campaigning Email vowing to continue his campaign for the white house. Heres our north america editor, sarah smith is in washington and has sent this report. Die hard Trump Supporters were anything but distraught as they learned of the latest charges against him. These people do believe hes being unfairly persecuted, but also that he can beat the rap. Hes going to be the case. I think its helping his popularity. Most people will believe hes a martyr, you know, just being persecuted, and i think he will get more votes. I pledge allegiance keeping a Vigil Outside of a washington prison that has some of the january 6th rioters, they think this largely democratic city will be hostile territory for a trump trial. Do you think that if a dcjury finds donald trump guilty, am i