War on terror. The oscars changes its rules warning only diverse films will win best picture from 2024 but our debate found piri that ethnic minorities women l g b t q plus or people with disabilities have to feature in. Films what. Will mean. Im not at the same rate you shit for is firmly there. But you wont you unless you want to just seen a look see one kill a rule in the. Morning just turn 10 am here in russia in moscow particularly r. T. H. Q. Its kevin owen here for the next half hour hope you can stay with me as it take you through all those stories weve talked about a lot more as well over this next bullet in 1st then a fresh crackdown on the belarus opposition to more high profile figures detained leaving the groups governing body with just one recognized leader meantime hundreds of women of rallied in support of another opposition figure held earlier Maria Kolesnik over dozens were reportedly arrested at the protest. Demonstrators held banners and chanted slogans that request
Pollution. From protective gear to takeout containers, theres a new flood of plastic debris in fields and waterways across the world. Well talk to some of those raising the alarm and address the problem. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. It has been able to strengthen. And you see all the rainfall over the bahamas. We have some outer bands already beginning to move into portions of south florida. Reporter the hurricane is moving closer to the u. S. Shoreline. In fact, theres a couple of landfalls possible. Behind isais more is forming. Reporter the president will take action to ban tiktok. We may be banning tiktok. Reporter coronavirus surging, more than 4. 5 Million People have been infected. We feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end thereof year. This is going to be the latest election disaster in history. Mr. Trump making inaccurate claims about voting by mail. Wants to cancel or postpone the election.
Done better to make it public just by having got it right. This delaying the easing of covert restrictions signing a growth in you case is a study in the country finds that most people are puzzled by their own rules. A mistake has been incredibly easy we dont know whats whats going. To get its too long to leave just hundreds of pages and pages of. Ahead donald trump the chinese video sharing tech talk is to be bombed in the u. S. So it comes as fellow republicans allege that you could use it to meddle in americas upcoming president ial election. One minute past 9 am in mexico city 9 pm in jakarta and 5 in the evening right here in moscow this sunday august the 1st well. Come to the program. The World Health Organization is not a warning the coronavirus is not seasonal like the flu but instead is happening as one big wave comes after lockdowns ruiz leading to another spike in covert victims friday saw the biggest there are dealing crease in coronavirus cases reaching almost 300000 acros
Yet know its caused widespread damage and appears to be centered on the citys port area it is the to the winds the blast wave has turned cars upside down absolute devastation in the lebanese capital sadly a country that is used to explosions but this is an entire different magnitude altogether im joined here in the studio by my colleague joel a dull boy to talk about this breaking news story this is altogether Something Else we havent seen anything like that in lebanon in recent contemporary times and these pictures weve been seeing are just incredible and lots of people have been sharing them on social media that have been captured from the city you see a massive explosion or huge white cloud and then theres another cloud inside that seems to be of a different color red and so forth and if you look closely at some of these images you can see what appears to be flashes inside those clouds and what were hearing from some of the state media reports is this could have been involved it cou
Then another lock down it will not cut its schedule branding the decision regrettable. The low cost airline posts a smaller than expected loss for the First Quarter. Acquisition, sap shares jump after the German Software giant said it will float qualtrics just a few years after buying it for 8 billion republican lawmakers reach a deal in the next relief bill in a move that will handout payments as well as commit to 70 wage replacement helping to push u. S. Futures higher in early trade. A very warm welcome to street signs we closed out with the flash pmi for july which showed the recovery across europe and now we have the data coming through. The german business index. The german business morale rises in july. Thats the headline. The Business Climate index came in at 90. 5 that was ahead of forecasts. Economists were looking for 89. 3 thats 90. 5. The current condition index, that came in at 84. 5 in july that was a touch below expectation. The current index slightly below but the Busi