Nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Election on a just. Come on santa maria this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week india Prime Minister Narendra Modi rushes through the labor reforms as the pandemic and his own economic failures crash the indian jobs markets also from a trade war to a new cold war china time grip on hong kong the United States sanctions chinese officials through it all can hong kong remain ages number one Financial Center. And modern shock and skin design of the arts of roles which might once have been caught. Passing fads. Now some of the thousands of jobs being created in the virtual world. All of that to come on this weeks show but we are starting in india where Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned many last year with his expansive elect
Across the uk with a nationwide clap to thank the Health Service and those who work in it. And coming up in sport formula 1 takes a stand and a knee against racism at the season opening austrian grand prix. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. It is a month since the internationally recognised government of libya finally managed to take back full control of the capital tripoli with extensive help from turkey defeating a long offensive by a rival force. The battle between the two drew in other countries, taking different sides, marking the most recent stage in a long battle for control of libya ever since colonel gadaffi was deposed in 2011. Our International Correspondent orla guerin and her team have had rare access to libya. They sent this report from tripoli flying into libya, where the oil rich landscape has shifted, thanks to intervention from turkey. Its presence here h
And low turnout in municipal elections in france seen as a midterm test for president his governing party is expected to face big setbacks. I mean well into the sports news is not just a city and so place the f. A. Cup semifinals to the drawing board now but also already true thanks to the labor not in the sun chelsea are into the last one no one of the less than the best of the action coming up. Now the number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world is now more than 10000000. 00 and there are warnings that time is running out to get the pandemic under control in the worst affected country thats the United States where several states are reporting record numbers of new infections the spikes are concentrated in a. Southern and western states mostly controlled by republicans even as Vice President mike pence claimed the country is that inning the cut of more than 2500000 and affections have now been recorded across the us india has also announced its highest ever daily jump with
Allow his Opposition Leader pledges to fight for. Sworn in as president after an historic election victory. And president microns party faces a drubbing but its a good night for the greens after local elections in france. I only went into the sports news is Manchester City remain on track to defend the f. A. Cup after a comfortable when i was a new console into the semifinals where theyll play and itll be mine just you know its a bit chancy and the other day. It began as an unknown virus among a few dozen patients in china at the end of last year now 6 months later the coronavirus pandemic is fast approaching another tragic milestone almost half a 1000000 people are known to have died and the virus is still spreading across the planet more than 10000000. 00 people are now confirmed to have been infected thats a 900 percent increase in less than 3 months a quarter of all those infections and. And deaths are in the United States by far the worst hit country with a birth 2 and a half 1000
Coronavirus death toll after the us despite this restrictions are being east well go live to a correspondent in Rio De Janeiro to see how people there are reacting. In sports for a minute as making a late rush hoping to stay in the bundesliga for another season after a 5 star performance against potter brought. A 1000000 blue cross thanks for joining a day of street protests around the world are keeping the focus on Structural Racism across the society s. Grief and frustration sparked by the death of george floyd a black man who died under the knee of a white Police Officer in the u. S. City of minneapolis in may was met by far right groups out to protect monuments that they see as part of their national identity. Police had warned everyone to stay home the threat of spreading the coronavirus was too great but in the air at Trafalgar Square smoke bombs in tear gas bottles and rocks were the main concern as police try to keep antiracism protests separated from counter protests nearly ev