A week down on its southern coast. Im nice you could join us we start in baylor whose massive demonstrations are underway in the capital minsk local Rights Groups say at least 70 people have been arrested tens of thousands of protesters are defying a government warning and have returned to the streets for the 4th sunday in a row theyre demanding that president Alexander Lukashenko step down following last months disputed election the authoritarian leader who has ruled the country for 26 years claimed reelection with 80 percent of the vote thousands have been detained and several killed in the unrest that followed the election. Lets cross straight to minsk and get our correspondent Nick Connelly on the line nick tell us whats happening in the capital right now and whats the mood. Well the march has broadly ended and this is the time when most arrests only happen at the fringes when police in plain clothes honing in on people at the end of the column of people just in the last 1015 minut
We are going to go ahead and get started now. Folks are still arriving, which is fine. But we want to get started because we have a fantastic program for you and not a lot of time this hour is going to fly by. The book is a fantastic read and i think folks especially in the United States going to find that controversial and that is the great thing about the book. It doesnt generate a conversation that i may not be worth reading. But this is a Glass Half Full story of chinas economy and the management of the Financial System and that is offered at a time when u. S. China relations are declining and attacks from all different corners in the United States of the system are growing the business argument that the economy and how it damages the economy is incompatible with the International System and as a result of the u. S. And others need to reduce their exposure to these unique risks. The book tries to answer the question how did china managed to do it, to continue to grow without a majo
Muslims in parts of india take the rap folded her out of virus we go to one city where muslims are accused of staging what locals support her in that she hotter. Hello im christine wonder welcome to the Program China is reading as the full impact of the coronavirus walk down speak comes korea 1st economy has taken a hit with the 1st drop in output for 3 decades well come back to that in a moment the 2nd is new figures revealing that the death toll in the city where the virus was 1st detected is hoffas much again as previously reported now were forcing these they now say almost 1300. 00 more people die than initially thought was bringing the death toll to almost 4000. 00 that would be the highest in china. Hes bay misreporting and overwhelmed hospitals for the increase but there are growing concerns that china has covered up the true extent of its offering. Joining me now is correspondent who is in beijing hello. So how did this revision of the coronavirus state toll in will harm come a
Color to, it is that the new york police department, the acclaimed nypd, has five deaths within the organization, not just police officers, but their staff as well. Really bringing home the seriousness of this in new york we are in the interregnum, francine, up to jobs day. Of wednesday,rts thursday, and friday will be extraordinary. Francine . Francine i have to say, we are going to spend a lot of time talking about those pmi numbers in china. They are nowhere near normal, but they are much better than they were a month ago. Lets get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with the white house, and Congressional Democrats are preparing for a fourth economic stimulus. The proposals include aid for the travel industry and the Mortgage Markets. Says states and local governments will need more help. Over to japan, where the party the ruling party proposed the guest ever stimulus package, valued at 554 billion. A third would be at private initiatives and
Only. Through the eyes of children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed films deviling of the Berlin Film Festival. The Syrian Government has launched a counter offensive to recapture the town of such a keep in italy province. It was seized by turkish bank rebels overnight to turkish soldiers were killed by airstrikes jurong that fight. Well heres why it is significantly important and since on the junction of the m 4 and m 5 highways which are mostly controlled by the government whoever holds the roads gains considerable military and economic advantages the m 5 links aleppo with the capital damascus in the south the growing red areas are controlled by the government the shrinking green or rebel territory yellow in the north and the west thats controlled by the kurds shortly well go live to aljazeera as correspondent on the turkey syria border 1st shahla bellus tells us more about the ongoing situation in what is syrias last rebel stronghold. Syrian troops on the move it live province