On the soccer field. Meet the afghan women facing deadly all in their pursuit of the beautiful game. Im british manager in delhi welcome to news asia today on the program we bring you a glimpse into the challenges that women in india and the wider south asian region face now according to the 27 team Global Gender Gap report it will take countries in this south asian region 62. 00 yes to bridge the gap that exists between men and women now these gaps according to the report are primarily an economic participation and political empowerment issues that governments in the region and women themselves have been trying to tackle over a number of years today we bring you. A few stories from south asia. Here in Delhi Parliament behind me is considering a law that will ban a verbal divorce practiced by some Indian Muslims now this lower school kelley being called the triple bill is the word for divorce and in the past muslim men have been able to divorce their vibes merely by altering the word l
Are bones by then 2000 and social norms and inform them about that piece of rights my name is devoted to her and i wore them. Protectionism is hurting the global trade order a warning from chinas leader as he gears up to meet his american counterpart that the most eagerly anticipated event of the g. 20. A mobile money agents brings banking to some of africas most Remote Island communities but would you trust her with your pos what. And it could be the Business Leaders a lot just feel about a controversial german investor buys a big chunk of football club. Then fizzling lets do business u. S. President donald trump has thrown the world of trade into disarray hes got the attention of every leader of the g 20 Major Economies as they meet in. A ken trump get his rival to play fair on the Global Business front on saturday he meets chinese president xi jinping but the question is if they can reach a breakthrough the trade war is increasingly getting global growth. Getting the hellos out of t
China. Xi jinping ahead of talks with President Trump before the g20. Bayer shares jump as the German Chemicals group bolsters its legal team to address a multibillion dollar litigation challenge around its roundup we weed killer. And h m reports sales of its summer collection are off to a strong start with the firms shares on course for their best day in three months. Good morning a bit of italian data this morning. Italy june Consumer Confidence numbers are just out theyve fallen to 109. 6 verses a consensus of 111. 3 this is the lowest italian Consumer Confidence number since july 2017. Overall Business Confidence has also fallen to 99. 3 versus 102 in may Manufacturing Confidence has also fallen to 100. 8, slightly below consensus of 101 also lower than in may that will paint a picture of slowing confidence in italy. That is the picture for euro, returning flattish around 1. 1370 there hasnt been Much Movement in the euro. The story has been one of dollar weakness rather than Euro
Doctor subcommittee will come to order at ask unanimous consent the chair could declare recess in a timer that objections order. Good morning everyone thank you for we are here today to discuss one of the most with the u. S. Arsenal. That is software. It is crucial to our ability very in the air, the sea come , onlinein space anderspace. Aircraft carriers will be able to leave our pier they can deliver a payload over its target we expect the system and code we rely on work whenâ– j needed. Despite this was seo dartmenterg and prioritizing software. Congress do know when something is wrong and something is right or in something is working or w. We read the studies repeatedly noting the department struggles with software findings that are remarkably consistent the 1980s untilin today. Its fundamentally amiss. My hope is for the witnesses to not only describe the problem but contextualize where possible what is being done to date with the largest barriers have been to address these issues
And at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan three, Emergency Management officials testify on wildfire preparedness and response efforts before the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee. You can watch our live coverage on the cspan now outboard cspan. Org. Since 1979 in partnership with the cable industry, cspan has provided complete coverage to the halls of congress to the house and Senate Floors to congressional hearings, party briefings and congressional meetings. Cspans give you a front row seat h issues are debated and decided with no commentary. No interruptions and completely unfiltered. Cspan your unfiltered view of government. Tech policy experts testify on softwares role in the evolution of the Defense Department systems before a subcommittee. Also addressin enhance modernization and attract talent. This is just under one hour. H subcommittee will come to order. The chair may authorize to declare recess at any tobjectio. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for atte