Im rico hizon in london. Also in the programme government buildings are set on fire in papua, indonesia as protests continue over claims of racial discrimination. And this weekend marks 80 years since the start of world war two. Well be looking at how the conflict shaped the world we live in now. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london and 5 30am in indian administered kashmir, where a bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. Its been 25 days since the Indian Government withdrew the regions semi autonomous status which led to a clampdown on dissent and thousands of arrests. Kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india, with the Nuclear Armed neighbours controlling different sections of the state. Stripping indian administered kashmir of significant autonomy is being seen by some as a drive by the hindu nationalist government
It will be interesting to see what happens after the u. S. Labor day holiday and we get more bodies back in there. Lets dive a little deeper into the action with our markets reporters. Abigail lets take a closer look at a chart that we have been looking out bunch over the last week or so and especially today in different ways and that is making the point that august, the third is shaping up to be risk off. These are all futures. Manyrple, we have the futures, and yellow, we have gold futures, and white, yen futures. The month of july, all were basically flat and then after the fed meeting, stocks went lower, gold shooting higher, and bonds and the yen also trading higher. A lot of trade uncertainty in here overall, but over the Third Quarter, the s p 500 down 1. 5 . That haven has had it certainly and the Third Quarter and august, too, which is shaping up risk off. Look at workday which had a pretty terrible day and is down about 10 for the month. Take a look at this chart to look at t
The Senate Commerce subcommittee on Technology Held a hearing on illegal robo calls and what the federal Communications Commission is doing to combat them. South dakota senator john thune chaired the hearing. Illegal and abusive robo calls are a clear problem. Automated calls are not inherently negative. Many Important Services are carried out by such calls and companies have a preestablished relationship. If you are on the way to the airport and your flight is canceled, if theres a fraud alert on your credit card, or if you are being reminded of a medical important, those calls are important to consumers. Our focus today is on the unscrupulous use of robo calls. Almost a year ago, when i was chairman of the Commerce Committee, i subpoenaed an operation. Hes facing fcc penalties for making robo calls throughout the country. His testimony shed light on the reality that many robo callers view getting caught and getting fines as a cost of business. Acttroduced the deterrence with senator
Of election infrastructure used in federal elections. Aging equipment, underresourced jurisdictions, and the interference by foreign entities or nonstate actors leaves the system vulnerable to exploitation that can undermine confidence in Election Outcomes and ineffective and vulnerable equipment can also discourage participation in federal elections. It comes to the floor after the committee on House Administration held three hearings in the First Six Months of this year that addressed the integrity of our elections. In february, the Committee Held the for the people, our american democracy hearing, where the integrity of our democracy, including critical steps to improve the security and reliability of our election infrastructure was addressed. On may 8, the Committee Held an Election Security hearing where we heard testimony about the urgent need to upgrade election infrastructure and the lack of ongoing investment in the wake of new threats. On may 21, the Committee Held an oversig
Reaction towo, your the Second Democratic debate. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. June 27, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Veronica Escobar to act as speaker pro tempore on this at this. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Od, you reated us endowed with freedom. We give you thanks for giving us another day. As Congress Heads into a recess to celebrate the fourth of july, Americas National holiday, may all citizens be mindful of the wonder of our nations inception. Men and women of good will from various backgrounds and se