Secretary of states unprecedented visits to an illegal israeli settlement and the occupied Golan Heights. Welcome to the program. We begin with the latest on the current virus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says that people over 70 whove been tested have shown a strong immune response to the vaccines being developed with oxford university. And its in the final stages of human trials. In the last 10 days to other drug makers finds and modernity reported. There vaccines are more than 90 percent effective in the late stage trials. Globally, cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. And 250000 of those are in the us, make you the worst affected country by far, charlie or july has been following developments from london. Just published its phase 2 results, which were based on a group of 560. 00 volunteers. Is i
Starts now. The war. Machine i am pretty to santas for our top story today the family of a federal judge overseeing a Class Action Lawsuit involving Deutsche Bank and Jeffrey Epstein has been targeted by a murderous mens rights activist yeah this story is something youd expect from a bad made for t. V. Movie but as the old cliche goes the truth is stranger than fiction over the weekend the son and husband of the u. S. District judge esther sallis were shot at their new jersey home by a man disguised as a fed ex Delivery Driver judge phalluses 20 year old son daniel and her all died while her husband mark suffered critical injuries judged alice was reportedly home in the basement of the time of the shooting so she was not injured the f. B. I. Confirms the suspected gunman is mens rights activist and attorney roy den hall and. There they say his motive may have been an active legal case that hed been involved in that judge sallis oversaw but the suspect stepped back from that case becaus
Ill be talking to our Asia Business hub to find out how markets are reacting to the big losses on wall street. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also we would love to hear from you. Today were talking about finland. From 2020, workers in finland will be able to decide when and where they work for at least half of their hours. Finland is being praised for being at the forefront of flexible working. Tell us what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. We begin in india today. In a major speech, indias Prime Minister has described his governments much criticised decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir after seven decades as a major achievement. Narendra modi has been giving a nationwide broadcast to mark indias Independence Day, his first since he won a massive election mandate. The disputed region has been in lockdown for more than a week, with internet and phones cut off, and hundreds of peo
Plenty more on all of those stories online, or you can find them on the bbc news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Recession and safe havens. As bond markets flash red, are the n and german bonds the best place for your money . Hong kong brand witch hunt. Why Fashion Companies are rushing to apologise to china. The yen. It isa apologise to china. The yen. It is a friday, almost the weekend. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could join us for this exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. And exciting overnight action in Global Markets as the us bond market flashed a key recession warning. Sent more investors into safe haven assets as the us china trade war and uncertainty over brexit continues to weigh heavily on the markets. Over the past nine months the price of gold has shot up dramatically, rising more than 300 us dollars per ounce. And it is notjust the precious metal. Concerns about the Global Economy has deepened demand fo
Cred c. D. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] looks like f. B. I. , the licksrya police chief, sheriff, ire chief as well. Coming right now. Good afternoon. Hello again. My name is timothy slater. Im the special agent in charge of the f. B. I. s Washington Field office. Im here to provide an investigative update on the shooting that occurred this morning. Mr. Slater i would like to thank the Alexandria Police department, u. S. Capitol police, and met medinah cal Response Teams and medical Response Teams who responded to the scene this morning for their quick and decisive actions. Actually saving lives. I remind you that this is an active investigation and details continue to unfold. I stressed this earlier and im going to underscore it now. That the f. B. I. Is not going to talk about the character or nature in which we are inve