The pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. and prepare to be inspired well meet the 75 year old whos probably stronger than you. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1 am in london and 8 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. Our asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt close to that edge. It is now illegal here to cover yourface in
Of hong kong. Oil strengthens after a shakeup in saudi arabia. Family is in charge of energy for the first time. Kathleen a quick reminder of how u. S. Stocks ended the session on friday. The fed chair speech later in the day with some of the big drivers. You can see is narrowly mixed. Leak. Big there is some good news. Points. 69 nasdaq a little nowhere. Suffering after news about the investigation. Basically, it was about jobs. 25,000 with temporary census records. Those are the parts that initially got a bond value. You have average Hourly Earnings following yearoveryear. Unemployment at a 50 year low. There is no recession on the doorstep. Not a 50 basis point cut. At any mate, jay powell confirmed that saying that he thinks that the labor market looks strong. Pointing to a rate cut, but nothing to get the markets going after all of that. Pointing a little bit to the positive side. How are things looking in asia . Asia futures are pointing to mixed and muted start this morning and
Of hokkaido in japan where he goes hunting, visits a mochi pounding contest, and takes part in an International Dance competition. Ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old, are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a Police Officer in berkshire who was dragged along a road by a vehicle. Pc Andrew Harper, who was 28, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary. Flags have been flying at half mast across the Thames Valley force area, in memory of the pc, who had only been married four weeks ago. Lets get the latest from our correspondent simonjones, who is at the scene near the village of sulhamstead, in west berkshire. Morning, there is still a big Police Presence at the scene hero pc harper lost his life. This side of the road remains cordoned off and if you take a look at the other side of the a for there are still a lot of these officers there as part of the ongoing investigation. We believe pc harper was dry to cross this rose by a vehicle and ended u
Cspan. Org. Live on cspan, our coverage from George Washington university where we are hearing from the head of radio free asia about reporting from china and other countries in asia. We will discuss how the rfa is reaching larger and lobby larger audiences by using Innovative Technologies to get around censorship and blocking on the website. Are a partnership of three organizations. The university of southern california, the center for communication leadership and policy, the public at the lummis and Public Diplomacy association of america, also here today has many things to tell us here she has been trying to think about how to cut it down so i will cut my info short. Is the longest serving, by far, head of a network of euros international broadcasting. She goes back to the bush administration, which no one else i think can claim. The radio free asia, which is what she heads, brings from china, north korea, and other areas, and then of course turns around and sends journalism back to
Is pushing for england to win the second ashes test, despite five sessions having been lost to rain. And foreign correspondents based in london give an outsiders view of events in the uk in this weeks dateline thats in half an hour. Good morning. Ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old, are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a Police Officer in berkshire who was dragged along a road by a vehicle. Pc Andrew Harper, who was 28, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary. Flags have been flying at half mast across the Thames Valley force area, in memory of the officer, who married only four weeks ago. Our correspondent simonjones is at the scene and i spoke to him a little earlier. Morning. There is still a big Police Presence at the scene here where pc harper lost his life. This part of the road remains cordoned off and if we have another look at the other side of the afor, a lot of offices there as part of an ongoing investigation. We believe pc harp