A murder probe suspicions are growing top a high level cover up a senior figures result. U. S. President Donald Trump Tells her reelection rally in florida that the in teach men to inquiry has been going well for him in the swing state is a battleground for talks and sure german chancellor Angela Merkel tells lawmakers her government is pushing the Defense Budget tops in line with nato targets for spending. Im sumi so much gonda its good to have you with us european lawmakers are casting their votes at this hour on the new team of commissioners taking over at the executive arm of the European Union with their approval germanys was the last one to line is poised to formally take charge of the European Commission the sunday she set out our plans for the presidency in strasbourg this morning saying she would focus on equality the environment and digitalization lets listen in to her vision for the future of the e. U. It is not only about parties and politics rules or regulations markets al
Captioning performed by vitac by those we regulate, and of course, by this committee and congress. Whether were making changes to the staffs longstanding review process for shareholder proposals, assessing the duties of Investment Advisers or considering how to strengthen company disclosures, we must be fair and transparent about the policy choices we make and the data and information on which we rely on making those choices. I thank the committee for its oversight of these important issues. And i stand ready to answer your questions and listen carefully to your thoughts and concerns. Thank you. Commissioner lee. Chairman clayton you are now recognized. And i want to echo the thoughts of my colleagues on the opportunity we have to testify today and note that their testimony demonstrates the wide range of issues that the Commission Deals with every day. I want to thank this committee for your support of the commission and in particular the dedicated women and men who are our most import
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Since the United States withdrew from the deal last year and imposed a series of oil and banking sanctions on the country so really they are hoping that todays meeting in brussels will come out with some tangible results for the iranians so they will have some hope in the future of this deal. Thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera slowing down a trade war with the u. S. Is one of the factors driving chinas worst Economic Growth figures in years and monsoon rain leads to devastating floods across india nepal and bangladesh details in a moment. Logan its good to have you back well here just to the east of the philippines were going to be watching the potential of a cycle in developing and as you can see on our satellite theres plenty of clouds out there and we do start to see a circulation developing as we go from tuesday and into wednesday making its way towards the northeastern part of the philippines now at this point on wednesday were not really sure if this system is going to develop i
Wont be necessary at all the Municipal Corporation has started testing of recycling program in 3 areas this year they hope to do the rest of the region within one year. They also say theyll start clearing does he put in september and some of its waste will be used to build a national highway elizabeth aljazeera east delhi. Police have fired tear gas to Disperse Protesters in paris after the bastille day parade city authorities had banned. The event but several groups linked to the movement organized protests several 100 demonstrators tried to occupy the show before Police Detained more than 150. 00 people. A small plane or skydiving trip has crashed in northern sweden killing all people on board the aircraft came down on the island near the city there shortly after takeoff a witness reported hearing a loud noise before the plane crashed police say the victims were all swedish. Dozens of people have been arrested in russia at a rally demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to en