You why. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us filipino president rudra go to caretake gears up for a faceoff with china its his 5th visit there at a time when he faces pressure back home to raise the problem of beijings military expansion in the South China Sea even before it began it promised to be a feisty affair threatened to cancel the trip if you couldnt discuss the contested waters the philippines like others in the region rejects chinas claim to the area china wants to control virtually the entire sea which is a critical shipping route rich in fish and oil and gas reserves in recent years beijing has stepped. Naval patrols and even constructed manmade islands theyre worrying neighbors and in 2016 an International Tribunal in the hague ruled that china was in the wrong china ignored the ruling. In the philippines critics have pounced on to territory for being seen to turn a blind eye to chinas development in return for trade but when a chinese vessel rammed
For example the south china bank and Standard Chartered have taken out big pages in the newspapers here to tell people that actually. This continues on rest is having an impact on the economy and they do really forecast a grim quarter i head now Southeast Asia Bank Actually went further by saying that not only the unrest here but also the trade war between china and the u. S. Have made it that it has made as 70 a drop of 75 percent in the drop in profits in the 1st half of the year i mean i have to say also were here now to a gathering of High School Students about to start but they were for example this tribute this leaflet it has a long list of businesses and restaurants starbucks. For example that they perceive as being probably gene and they have been calling really on everybody to boycott those businesses thirtys here say that really the 2 sectors are the most hits are the retail and true is because bear in mind a lot of tourists depends on Mainland China people who havent been co
Members of the Sovereign Council or except the bios the formation of the Sovereign Council comes after a power sharing agreement was signed between the coalition and the military on saturday after months of protests it had been a point of contention between the 2 sides with disagreements over its role and who will have a bigger say now the council will be led by the military for the 1st 21 months of the transitional period and by a civilian from the forces of freedom and change coalition for the remaining 18 months it will have the role of overseeing the executive council and Legislative Assembly in which the opposition will have a majority or a presentation of the forces of freedom and change has been representing the protest movement and the talks to form a Transitional Government and all its institutions now people on the 3 feet will be keeping an eye on that coalition and the institutions including an independent judiciary to make sure that their demands for justice and accountabil
Grievances to that government to local and federal governments and then they face struck out they took up arms and they fought to secure their freedom in some cases they won in many respects they did not so i think the things that make our Founding Fathers from our people are the things that african descent people have been doing since before 6019 but certainly within the context of slavery and in merican slavery have been doing since 61 things i think it is important to center im 61000 and that story of american democracy and also to recognize african descended people those who came in 61000 there after as are certainly of very important founders Founding Fathers and mothers right and i would just add to that you know if you if you go to the museum of africanAmerican History and culture in d. C. Theres a rather extraordinary point in the museum there are many of them but one of them is this point where there is a statue of Thomas Jefferson and behind him bathed in light is this granit
A very strong purchasing power and at the moment there is no way to b. C. So theres certainly a drop in the retail there. Live in hong kong thank you turkey in the u. S. Are trying to work out plans for a safe zone in Northern Syria after months of dispute of of just how big it should be and who controls it the plan would eventually see joint patrols of turkish and u. S. Soldiers in the region negotiations on the scope and implementation though a still ongoing but representatives of both countries are due to meet in ankara to discuss the next stage of a joint Operations Center is to be created in the town of shandy of. Or turkey is concerned about the presence of white p. G. Fighters in the area as well as the passage of people coming from syria shannon youre for in the southeast its around 130 kilometers from the border with syria and the joint Operations Center will be based there its also 330 kilometers from that of course is where the airstrikes are on gary see them cause he only h