Pompeo andonesian foreign minister held talks on thursday. They discussed the sittion in the south cna sea wch china claims most of. Indonea has designated an exclusive Economic Zone off the nah tuna islands and has a territorial dispute with beijing in the area. Our law abiding nations reject the unlawful claims made by the Chinese Government party in the South China Sea. Its a cause worth pursuing in multilateral settings and the Trump Administration very much supports this. She said stability and peace should be maintained in the South China Sea and added International Law, especially United Nations convention on the law of the sea must be respected and implemented. Pompeo expressed willingness to cooperate in new ways to ensure Maritime Security and protect some of the worlds busiest trade routes. I encourage u. S. Businesses to invest more in indonesia including for procts in the Outer Islands in indonesia such as nah tuna island. Pompeo says the u. S. Welcomes indonesias Decisive
Trace and there are certainly less beds available for those who needed intensive treatment that is really impacted latin america very hard also talking all about the economy many people here many millions of people work in the informal economy so when governments say to them stay indoors you cant you cant go out they really have no choice they have to go out with contracting the virus or they dont eat polands president is also tested positive for corona virus on the residue there is said to be feeling well and is in quarantine pollen like much of the rest of europe is imposing more restrictions to try to slow the infection rates in the headlines guineas Election Commission says president alpha condos one sundays a poll with nearly 60 percent of the vote his main opponent in the election though says he will challenge the result at least 26 people have been killed in postelection violence this week. If europeans government has some of the u. S. Ambassador in. This is after President Dona
Evolving situation in europe raises great concern daily numbers of patients or a hospital admissions or approach and cover it is now the 5th leading cause of deaths at the bar of 8000. 00 bits per day has no been reached. Hes crowds are defying a ban on gatherings in thailand the government issued to crete and opposition demonstrations demanding the Prime Ministers resignation on reforms of the monarchy the largest Prison Exchange in yemens war has begun more than a 1000 detainees are being swapped between the rebels and the Saudi Coalition policy of a un broken do you. U. S. President doesnt trump and his wife house rival joe biden holding separate televised town all style events they were supposed to meet face to face for a 2nd debate but withdrew off to it was changed to a virtual format. U. S. Democratic Vice President ial candidate coming to harris suspended all in person events to members of his Campaign Team have tested positive for covert 19 terrorists and white house hopeful j
Unchanged policy. Coming back from the typhoon slower by 116 points. We are talking about hsbc, one of the laggards here, missing out. The largecaps under pressure, 4819 right now. We are looking. When it comes to dollar dynamics, we did see a stronger dollar, which led to a hit. 379 right. 7 now. The china 10 year yield, we just got the pricing on the dollar bonds. Gold taking a retreat. Brent crude Holding Around 42. Tom lets bring you back to the top story in this region. Xi jinping will bring a major policy address later, in the next 20 to 30 minutes or so. Across the border in shenzhen, to talk about an integrated tech corridor to rival silicon valley. Stephen engle is following the story and joins us from hong kong. Steve, what are you looking for in this speech . Stephen i am looking for a better tagline. They are calling this a chinese socialist pilot zone with chinese characteristics. I think the greater bay is the grander scheme. And xily china wants to jinping with a trip so
After the resignation of sort of by jeenbekov the World Health Organization says the number of corona virus deaths in europe could be up to 5 times higher by january if containment measures on stepped up france germany and the u. K. Are among the countries tightening restrictions the top u. S. Infectious disease expert is criticizing a declaration by a group of scientists that supports the concept of herd immunity talk to answer he found she says that backing the idea that the disease will stop spreading once nearly everyone has had it is ridiculous. If you just let things rip and let the infection go no masks crowd it doesnt make any difference that quite frankly george is ridiculous because what that will do is that there will be so many people in that community that you cant shelter that you cant protect who are going to get sick and get serious consequences so this idea that we have the power to protect the vulnerable is total nonsense because history has shown that thats not the c