Joining us live from hong kong so whats happening there now rob still holed up at the university. Absolutely elizabeth this siege goes into monday evening here we are on the outside of this campus its incomplete police lockdown the records on all of the entrances and exits but there have been activity throughout the day a number of students have come out there have been mass arrests and even into this evening we are getting various developments we noticed in the last half hour that in fact some medical teams have been arriving at this particular exit from the campus and it does seem as though possibly some of the students who were been injured because we do know there have been injuries in all of the intense fighting thats going on in the past couple of days it does look as though potentially one or 2 of them are coming out are getting treatment but would also presumably apart from getting treatment would also be facing arrest because the police are determined that all of the people th
Matt miller in berlin. Lets check in on whats going on in the market. We do have gains across some european indices, right now you can see the stoxx 600 up. 2 , the broader European Index is gaining. The dollar is also strengthening against the yuan, you can see one dollar now buys 689. 71 offshore, and the pound is weakening. You can see it down 123. 38. As we get closer to the possibility of hard brexit or new elections, investors continue to sell sterling. Now to the first word news with Viviana Hurtado in new york. Chief executive carrie lam has condemned the violence in her first News Conference on the city since the end of british rule. Fresheclaration follows demonstrations with Police Firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. This week, u. S. China trade talks are set to resume in shanghai, the first since discussions broke down almost three months ago two days of talks are scheduled to begin after president s trump and xi reached a troop at the g20 although deep tensio
Nothing. Well i guess sometimes i. Think. Thanks to you consider german culture looking at the stereotype the question if you think the future of the country im not. Needed to be fixed in this drama. Its all about. I might show joins me from the. Post. At phil. Some of the worlds best known drugs could soon be under a new roof well tell you why u. S. Pharma giant pfizer is spinning off its biggest brands. Also on the show like it or leave it europes Top Court Rules against that ubiquitous Facebook Like button. On external web pages. And europes single labor market has mostly been a boom for member countries with weak job markets but some citizens are still off the books would mean a romanian day laborer who moved to italy. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us. U. S. Drug giant pfizer is spinning off its older branded medications into a merger with generic drug maker milan and pfizer would have a majority stake in the new business which would bot
Including advil and cholesterol pill limits or all of which have lost patent protection making them less profitable the spin off would allow pfizer to focus on newer patent protected medications which are more profitable and it comes as u. S. Drug Companies Face intense political pressure to lower their prices. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders is campaigning against high drug prices in the u. S. On a pharisee in canada hes joined by diabetes patients who cross the border with them to buy insulin one vial costs 340 dollars in the u. S. In canada its just 30. Many americans are faced with skyrocketing pharmaceutical prices out of congressional oversight hearing in washington patients spoke of the impact the prices are having on their lives. What are we willing to pay to save a life and well thats easy when its your childs ability to live to breathe when its your wifes diabetes when its your own cancer the answer is anything but thats the wrong question the question we shou
Can use civil disobedience if we do not reach an agreement but we hope that we do not have to resort to open strikes and complete civil disobedience because for us that means many steps and it would only be in return for all our demands not being met not when our demands a partially meds he morgan has more from. The Opposition Coalition is saying that it is just the beginning theyre saying that they will be able to make the Transitional Military Council feel the presence and feel the crank all their popularity all their base if people listen to them and go on strike theres already been reports of some flights out of the International Airport canceling due to most of the people being on strike as well as people on the streets you can see most of the streets around me right now i most of the shops are closed people are saying that they are standing in solidarity with the Opposition Coalition troops in serbia have been put on high alert thats off the kosovar police. Made several arrests i