kenya leads to legal action by human rights groups. and we re starting with a coronavirus pandemic where colombia is set to surpass 1000000 infections when it does it will become the 8th country in the world to do so in my european leaders really struggling to figure out how to bring down their soaring infection numbers in a moment we will speak to daniel following the situation in latin america but 1st this report on europe from not in baba. in a small town in the heart of europe they re trying to save a life the intensive care units here in the czech town of key of new bern know is nearly full with covered 19 patients 75 staff at this hospital are off with the virus for their colleagues these are worrying times. the staff are doing everything even at the expense of their personal needs and time even on their days off they re working to prevent an italian scenario daily infections in the czech republic have hit a record high of more than 15000 that s despite tight restrictio
catch everyone‘s attention. markets. it s a huge day for uk politics, because in a few hours from now, the conservative party will have a new leader. the markets and investors will be keeping a close eye on developments, to see how the change of leadership will effect post brexit trade negotiations. so far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions. these include a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and switzerland as well as others. the total value of these deals is around $91; billion. injune, the uk signed an outline free trade agreement with south korea, which would look to maintain the current deal. trade between the two countries is currently around $10 billion a year. mutual recognition agreements have also been reached with the united states, australia and new zealand. these deals are not free trade agreements, but similar to current deals these countries have with the european union. last ye
he s a hard core briggs if here now boris johnson will be the u.k. so prime minister after winning the conservative party leadership so how will he deliver on greg s it and the many other challenges ahead this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i m divya gopalan boris johnson had campaigned on a do or die pledge to deliver brags that the man has provoked much controversy one the leadership of the conservatives as was expected and will become britain s next prime minister when johnson walks into number 10 downing street this week he will be tough for person waiting the european union to revive talks on withdrawal deal if that fails he says he is ready to lead britain out of the block without a deal on the 31st of october but gregg s it is not johnson s only challenge the prime minister has to deal with an escalating standoff with iran over its seizure of a u.k. tanker in the strait of hormuz and this critics will be watching very closely how he handles the so-ca
he s a hard core briggs if here now boris johnson will be the you case prime minister after winning the conservative party leadership so how will he deliver on greg zip and the many other challenges ahead this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i m divvy ago pollen boris johnson had campaigned on a do or die pledge to deliver brags that the man has provoked much controversy one the leadership of the conservatives as was expected and will become britain s next prime minister when johnson walks into number 10 downing street this week he will be tough with person waiting the european union to revive talks on withdrawal deal if that fails he says he is ready to lead britain out of the block without a deal on the 31st of october but gregg s it is not johnson s only challenge the prime minister has to deal with an escalating standoff with iran over its seizure for u.k. tanker in the strait of hormuz. this critics will be watching very closely how he handles the so-ca
sovereignty and that is an issue that is very close to the government here in beijing ok let s take a closer look at the white paper andrew thompson as a visiting senior research fellow at the national university of singapore still equine new school of public policy and joins us from singapore so as we heard our correspondent there he was talking about china now focusing on sovereignty as a huge part of its white paper can you explain why this has become the focus for china s defense strategy now. well i think if you look at the last paper in 2015 it really focused on china s maritime interests and its security situation on its periphery and with its neighbors this paper much more is turning towards internal issues i mean it s actually quite different than the 2015 paper in that it really reflects xi jinping has continued grasp of authority and his continued oversight of the p.l.o. so it also very much underscores the is a party army it s the armed wing of the communist party