Is no longer in the attempt to revive its ancient culture. So then saudi arabia is being criticized for its decision to overturn the death sentences handed down to members of the hit squad which killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi 8 people have now been given jail terms of between 7 and 20 years because he was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 2018 turkey says the court ruling did not meet International Expectations and un investigator called it a parody of justice. As its report. The saudi hit squad accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdoms consulate in istanbul thats where a prominent and well connected critic of Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin selman was interrogated killed and dismembered but while 21. 00 men were detained by saudi arabia over his murder and 11 went on trial much of what happened in the courtroom remains a mystery the trial was done in secret and closed trial that there was no International O
Tiktok is said to be making contingency plans for a u. S. Shutdown, joining microsoft to challenge a bid from oracle. Australia winds up turning season like never before with a recession and record government stimulus. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening slightly higher. This as we had another record high in the u. S. With the s p 500 soaring for a fifth consecutive session. We have financial and real estate sectors being the biggest gains. We have banks benefiting. Treasury yields were higher. We had the yield curve widening. Powell chair jerome speaking at jackson hole, conveying a dovish and more relaxed approach. Higher yields leading to the dollar rebounding. U. S. Weekly jobless claims remaining above one million. Not to mention the economic gdp numbers contracting slightly less than forecasted due to oil prices looking like this. About 43 ag barrel. We had oil declining through the new york session as laura barreled into lo
Million. America saw 60,000 cases in a day for the first time. Hong kong and tokyo also reporting record tallies. Singapore heads to the polls for an election overshadowed by the pandemic. Disposable wear gloves and observe distancing roles at the ballot box. Lets get to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for the latest. Sophie after u. S. Stocks closed in the red, we are setting up for a lackluster start to this friday morning. Futures are mixed. Kiwi stocks added. 4 so far this morning. S p eminis nudging slightly higher with rising virus infections in focus in the u. S. As well as in asia and on the ecoagenda today, we are watching out for japanese pbi ending acree output and the philippine trade plus chinese credit growth data for june could be released from today. Singapore offline for the elections to be held. Asian stocks could pare the weekly advance but still set for the best five day stretch given the chinese stock rally we saw this week. Flipping the board, china futures have se
Been a march to selma but she became part of a social moment. 20 years from now i will be able to say i did participate and i led with my actions. Reporter watching from the shade was david. He moved from the south 35 years ago and his years of experience tell him to keep his optimism in check. How good i feel about the future . This all depends. Thisthis all depends. Reporter she lent her within good a hand to the project and she wants it to be a family affair. I remain encouragalled. I have encouraged. We are going to change it together. Generations of my family are going to work on it together. Reporter it was once a street dominated by white. Today it is a place of color. John ramos, kpix 5. Santa rosa police trying to piece together an assault that happened during a protest last night. An suv was trying to get around a crowd of protesters near the police department. Things got out of hand and demonstrators started smashing the nurses windshield with their skateboards. That is when
Tuesday even if theyre only allowed to watch the games on t. V. And go out of us welcome to the program the European Commission is hosting a virtual fundraiser today to help efforts to develop a vaccine and treatments against the coronavirus event is due to begin about now and is expected to raise more than 7000000000 euros german chancellor Angela Merkel french president Manuel Mccall and United Nations secretary general and tony a good terrorists are among World Leaders who have pledged their support. The battle against covert 19 has many fronts and it looks different in every country but the ultimate goal is the same vaccine and an effective treatment governments anyone can follow through with a virus and that is why we have the task of reckoning together worldwide and. Many of the worlds scientists estimate that it could be 18 months or more before a vaccine is available for widespread to use but there are efforts underway to speed things up by pooling resources and pouring money i