Think otherwise and thats often puts journalists and Public Health at risk. Behind the mask of coronavirus censorship spreads journalists around the world have come under attack for reporting on the pandemic it started in china where citizen journalists dared to deviate from the official narrative. Images of overstretched hospitals in which the virus is right in front of me chinas criminal prosecutors are behind me im not afraid of death do you think im afraid if you come in this party of china or polish gold i dont know. Chang she should wear disappeared in february and was only seen again by friends in September Fung been another reporter remains missing he had released secret videos of coronavirus victims. She. Reporters without borders has documented coronavirus coverage restrictions in nearly half of all u. N. Member states those who are jailed are at risk of infection. Al jazeera journalist mohammad more near died in july from coronavirus after being arrested in egypt as did repo
Travel restrictions feeling a little blow to the tourism industry. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump ale and esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of
To agree on new restrictions under whats been dubbed a lock down lights and that strategy would basically work with 2 tools one would be to continue to have strict lock downs in districts where of the infection rates are skyrocketing currently in germany we have 2 districts in the various that are experiencing that life standing still that because of high infection rates and to nationwide some new restrictions would be implemented in concrete terms pubs and restaurants will close again much like in the spring events would be canceled and Opening Times for shops will be limited the government has so far always said that theyre going to try and avoid to close schools and kindergartens at all cost but of course that remains to be seen as theyre already closed in those 2. 00 districts in bavaria and of course pub and Restaurant Owners are already warning that many of them wont survive in the long term if they have to close now and they say that their hygiene concept working they should be
20000 by weeks end. Im brink off its good to have you with us its the Coronavirus Crisis is getting worse and the reactions to it are increasing french president emanuel make wrong is facing a growing backlash in the muslim world over controversial comments that he made about islam mccrone stops angered by defending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad after the brutal murder of a french teacher since then a growing number of muslim countries have criticized macron and have joined a drive to boycott french goods. The target of their anger is clear. Here in pakistan protesters in karachi and islamabad accuse the french president. Of attacking islam. For asking the behavior of the french government is actually an insult to billions of muslims across the world its open terrorism and an attack against the muslim world may slump and im like oh. We should boycott french products muslims should boycott their petrol stations which is one of their main product we shouldnt use that fuel at all. In t
Confidence unexpectedly pulled back in october. Prospects for employment, income, and of course the economy. Perhaps they should be. Cities forcing to slow down reopening plans. Thee do see further dips in economic recovery, then this would not be good news for state and city budgets already left strained by the pandemic. Many states predicting billions of dollars of shortfalls in 2021. Some states are getting innovative in how to make ends meet, including putting Legal Marijuana sales on the pallet for tax revenue. Joe this has been one area that we have hoped well, some hoped there have would be further aid to state and local governments with a stimulus deal. It has not happened. Largest number of defaults since 2012. Expectations are, at least for that ithat continues. Romaine anything that can be done to sort of bump that backup. A time that they are trying to get out from under. Joe lets bring in Bloomberg Intelligence senior municipal strategist. Lets start with the big picture.