A menace to migrants aid groups say that greeces overcrowded migrant camps should be evacuated a warning outbreak on the island of less folks would be catastrophic and for millions in india the fear of starvation is greater than the fear of infection workers whove lost their jobs trying to get home and a mass exodus from the cities is this a pandemics perfect storm. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome tonight it is getting desperate in new york the state Governor Andrew Cuomo has made an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the police came as the death toll in the state climbed past. 1200 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered the call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on new york citys hospital its. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ram
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To agreement. The uks highest paid University Vice chancellor is to retire, following a long running controversy about her salary. And why vital satellites are being threatened by all the junk in space. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news three wins from three for englands women, as they win their world cup qualifier against kazakhstan, 5 0. Good evening. Pope francis has defended the rights of ethnic groups on a visit to myanmar but he notably failed to refer to the Muslim Rohingya minority by name. Myanmar has been accused of ethnic cleansing, with more than 600,000 rohingya fleeing the country in recent months. The pope held talks with myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, repeatedly to speak out against the treatment of the rohingya, many of whom are now living in refugeee camps in neighbouring bangladesh. My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti is in kutupalong camp, some 20 miles from the port city of coxs bazar. We canjoin we can join reeta we canjoin reeta now. Huw, people here do look
Payment ahead of a vital eu summit next month. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. What does it take to keep their Competitive Airline up and running . We will find out from the man who was credited with turning qantas around. And the new chief of ericsson has his sights set on asia as the tech and Telecommunications Industry changes with the times. Good morning asia, hello world. It isa good morning asia, hello world. It is a wednesday. Thank you for joining us for another exciting edition of Asia Business report. We start off with australias flagship carrier qantas and the ceo alan joyce. Heres the highest paid Airline Chiefs in the Airline Asia Pacific region june. He Airline Chiefs in the Airline Asia Pacific regionjune. He has turned around the fall tunes of the airline through painful cost cutting and restructure. They are now investing in new routes, especially in asia. We spoke to mrjoyce in london about qantass ambitions in china and its eye water
Lowered by an overhaul of the tax system, as republicans eye the elimination of a requirement for american expatriates to pay taxes both overseas and in the us, that is according to the financial times. And last, but not least, sophia the humanoid robot has been given citizenship in saudi arabia. So lets begin. Speaking on the initiative she said iam very speaking on the initiative she said i am very honoured and proud of this distinction. I will do my best to make the world a better place. My apologies to severe for that terrible impression. My producers say she will be presenting news next. Lets hope not. All humans, and no robots. Joining us now is rolake akinkugbe, the head of energy and Natural Resources at fbn merchant bank. Thank you very much forjoining us. Good morning, iam thank you very much forjoining us. Good morning, i am sofia. In that story has been going for a few days, the congress in china. This is looking specifically at what happens with private enterprise. It seem