Allow their thanks for watching r t that weekend with me kevin owen here today im here with 30 minutes of the latest from our world news h. Q. Here in moscow 1st than overlooked Vice President ial previous ss at Mount Rushmore donald trump took aim at people wanting to ted monuments in an address on the eve of Independence Day this years 4th of july celebrations come with a backdrop dont they have weeks of antiracism protests which is seeing demonstrators seek to remove or destroy the statues linked to slavery along with symbols of the civil war confederacy which are indelibly linked to that era. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history defame our heroes erased. And indoctrinate our children angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities just hours before that address there was a standoff between the National Guard and protesters led by native american activists a
Island celebrate 100 days without a case of coronavirus. The trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi has begun and techie his fiance had giving her testimony shes been vocal over the past 18 months about bringing his killers to justice. At the saudi consulate in istanbul to widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months and in the case to this day his remains have never been found but has more this is the. Second 2000. The journalist who wrote for the Washington Post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his to his fiance had egypt ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sandys indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in Istanbul Police say Security Camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul on the day who shows he was killed ot
Individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear for our face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance particularly in these hot zones the centers for Disease Control has recommended the use of mass but not the demand required it because they dont want to send the president and that their president should be example you know real men wear a mask be an example to the country and wear the mask and its not about protecting yourself its about protecting others patty call him is just outside washington and says several states face tough decisions. Here in the United States weve seen a huge spike over the last 2 weeks more than 50 percent number of cases across the country were see that the most is in the west and the south these are states mostly led by republicans that really pushed to reopen the economy saying that that was what was important and what we saw then were just people flood into restaurants and bars and shops and many of them no
The challenges battling false information about socalled cures for the grown a virus in africa. We get in the United States where new figures show almost 3200000. 00 people filed for Unemployment Benefits it keeps april and track to be the worst month for job losses on record more than 33000000 people have filed for unemployment in just 7 weeks and economists say Economic Growth could plummets by 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in the u. K. The picture is also looking bleak the bank of england expects u. K. s economic output to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment saw rise to 8 percent meanwhile the European Unions been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy tipped to slump by 7. 4 percent after years of growth but figures from china. Are suggesting a different picture their exports rose in april for the 1st time this year up 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened well lets get more now from our economics editor abbott alley whos following th
A record heat wave and drought. But theres very little. Change in the long. Time goodbye to the latest Star Wars Trilogy as the final movie in the series has its World Premiere. Im told me a lot it both thanks for joining us. We begin in the u. S. Where the house of representatives is debating whether to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump republicans attempted to halt the session as soon as it began by calling for a vote to adjourn but that was dismissed along with other attempts to condemn the democrats the debate is still going on with a vote expected soon life impeachment is approved President Trump will go on trial in the senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened the impeachment debate by saying if we did not act now we would be derelict in our duty. Of the constitution. It is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary he gave us no choice what we are discussing today is the established fact that the president violated the co