Messages about covert 19 and covering up a crisis. And questioning the president s story puts a fact check warning on tweets from donald trump. And joining with sports including a Pivotal Moment in the race for the german football tight so it is by meaning voters who dont mean one bell in an empty stadium to make 7 points clear at the top of the book to sleep. Ok were going to begin in hong kong where more than 200 protesters have been arrested after a standoff with police in the heart of the city. Police used pepper spray to disperse crowds rallying against a bill that could see people jailed for mocking chinas National Anthem but theyre also demonstrating against a security law proposed by beijing activists insist its going to mean the end of hong kongs freedom and rights but probation politicians say its necessary to defend against what they call home grown terrorism. I think people need to recognize that our separate systems is based on our ability to National Sovereignty security
Disinformation and propaganda, President Trumps rhetorical assault on beijing steps up a gear. The u. S. Senate passes a bill to the last Chinese Companies on european and delist Chinese Companies on european indexes. The bank of england president said get of rates are not being ruled out. Plus, cut to junk. Angela merkel says a decision on the lufthansa bailout should be expected shortly after the German Airline becomes the latest to lose its Investment Grade status on the s p. Take a look at futures this morning. We do see losses in futures. Euro stoxx 50 futures down a little bit more than 1 . 0. 6 6 . Ures falling we see drops on u. S. Futures, as well. S p, and nasdaq futures all down by more than 0. 5 . Anna, the gmm . Anna lets have a look at the gmm. Quite a mixed picture in the Asian Session after some gains in europe and the u. S. Yesterday. Lifted in part by some better corporate reporting in the u. S. We see a little bit of nervousness around geopolitics and the ongoing ten
And it is way bigger than any of us this is europes moment. The European Union proposes an unprecedented 800000000000. 00 stimulus package to deal with the coronavirus pandemic fallout. And he was one of the worlds most wanted man a Court Decides where a top suspect in the rwandan genocide should be tried. Im joining us there with sports the English Premier League teams agreed to return to contact training and by nina take a step closer to a record 30th but just like a title as theyve been here is rivals but. So we begin in the United States where another death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody has triggered new protests police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators calling. Justice in minneapolis has been you know widespread outrage the video of mud showing an officer using his need to pin george floyd to the ground the officers involved in the attempted arrests have been fired and now all cools for them to Face Criminal Charges 100 times this report should just warn you tha
Hong kong some of those people whove been detained as young as 14 years old many schoolchildren were participating in todays disturbances and of course they are jeopardizing University Prospects as well as Career Prospects now hong kongs government has warned that its prepared to continue cracking down hard if the protesters continue to defy warnings to stay off the streets because what was happening in the Central Business district on wednesday was of course and Illegal Assembly taiwans president has thrown her support behind the protesters in hong kong promising to provide humanitarian aid for prodemocracy activists saying when says the island which has its own struggles with chinese sovereignty well continue to back efforts towards democracy and freedom its the most concrete show of support by taiwan in recent months. The u. S. President says hes working on a strong response to chinas planned National Security law in hong kong is threats has prompted this reaction from the Chinese F
Way bigger than any of us this is europes moment. The European Union proposes an unprecedented 800000000000. 00 stimulus package to deal with the coronavirus pandemic 4. And he was one of the worlds most wanted man a Court Decides where a top suspect the rwandan genocide should be trying. So the new u. S. Actually state my pump says hong kong no longer maintains a high degree of autonomy from china he says that china is attempting to model hong kong after its own system the territory no longer want special treatment that could impact hong kongs position as a Financial Hub china has proposed a new security law for the churchy which many fear will reduce freedoms lets speak to our White House Correspondent kimberly how could he joins us now from washington kimberly the extra states away again on these ongoing troubles between hong kong john. Yeah reporting to congress as required under the u. S. Hong kong policy act issuing a statement a report to congress and also this tweet where he sa