President ial election claims the result was rigged and of clashes across the nation thats president lukashenko headed for a landslide victory. And all the coronavirus is killing the Indigenous People of brazil benefiting goes clear in the amazon forests for agriculture we have a special report. Welcome to the Program China has a gun crackdown on democratic freedoms in hong kong with the arrest of media tycoon jimmy lie hes a prominent prodemocracy compare as an outspoken critic of beijings policies in the territory lies own newspaper reported he was being held for suspected collusion with Foreign Forces under the tough National Security law imposed in june. This was the moment of arrest jimmy lie put into an Unmarked Police van outside his home in hong kong. Then driven away. The. Police raided the Publishers Office late in the morning. He was then later brought to the offices of his Media Company next media the paper itself released these pictures mr live being is called around the o
National security and tiktok says it is pure politics. And the official nomination of President Trump at the republican convention. He says his opponents want to steal the election. Haidi we have again u. S. ,arkets with fresh record highs a little relief given expectations of the fasttrack process when it comes to vaccines and therapeutics as well. The s p 500 notching another alltime high, there is optimism the virus will not hamper growth. We are seeing a muted session on it comes to the futures sessions, flat at the moment. Little negative when it comes to the start of trading in asia. The nikkei to do five trading in chicago seeing downside about 1 10 of 1 . Dollaryen holding. The biggest declines in the g10 space was the kiwi and looney. We are also watching the price of crude as we have twin storms approaching. 80 of refinery output in the gulf of mexico has been halted, potentially seeing some impact when it comes to crude prices, which did rise, gasoline hitting the five month
Starvation at a crocodile talk in india as the coronavirus keep spain visitors away. Im told me a lot of welcome to the program the lebanese Prime Minister and his antiair cabinet have resigned almost a week after the massive explosion in beirut has and their departure would make possible the changes lebanon needs but his announcement has so far done little to placate protesters even as speaking demonstrators are back in the streets demanding an end to the corruption that they say set the stage for last weeks tragedy. Country in pain. On the streets of beirut clashes gained momentum protesters vented their anger out at thors in palo leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt. 7 this scenario only reignited by last weeks disaster. Police tried to free gang control turning teen gas at protesters telling starnes. Not to go they want the government gone and made mounting pressure its a demand that was granted on monday. Night that today we are heeding the people and their demands to
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In ireland, all of the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake. The radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in irelands general election. They promised to smash the status quo. Well, so much for that. In fact, irelands two Old Established parties formed a grand coalition, and they are guiding the country through the covid i9 pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed its moment . Mary lou mcdonald in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well you won the most first preference votes in irelands general election you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, whats happened to that revolution . Well, five months on, we are into really uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves, with a global pandemic, with the Public Health eme
Balance of opening our business, but they will only be as successful as the Customer Confidence that is there to patronize those businesses. That is not just for the hospitality. That is true for all business. Retail has been the hardest hit. My understanding is over 2 of businesses have closed permanently already. How are we to address this Consumer Health issue . I know this is something you have talked about. What should we be doing . Chairman powell it affects different sectors of the economy differently. The ones we talked about are the ones we are exposed to. Other sectors of the economy may be able to recover much more quickly, and we certainly hope so. Thing is people believing it is safe to go back to work. That is about having a sensible, thoughtful reopening of the country, something we all want. Something we are in the early stages of. That is what it will take for people regain confidence and resume their activities. At a different pace depending on the nature of the busin