Its all triggers antigovernment protests and the French Police crackdown. On nickel welcome to the program. Lebanese Prime Minister haasan is poised to announce the resignation of his government after last weeks massive blast in beirut and a weekend of unrest during which protesters stormed multiple ministries prior to this afternoons Cabinet Meeting 4 of the ministers had already quit their offices protesters have been demanding his entire government now resign they blame the countrys political elite for years of corruption and negligence which they say made last weeks explosion possible. For more on were joined now by t w correspondent bosler reedy who is standing by for us in beirut but were hearing reports that the lebanese government is expected to resign what more can you tell us. The announcement of that ignition of the current government spec expected to be at 730 local time by the prion made Prime Minister a sign of the up with the new bunnies before that if you know what i go
The committee will come to order. Thank you all for coming today, i dont think all of you for being here. It is our honor to have the deputy secretary of state here to testify on u. S. Policy regarding peoples republic of china. I originally defaulting back in march, however, our need to focus on the Community Protests from doing that. It is important this committee continue its work on its most committing Foreign Policy challenges, obviously china is one of those. As a complete mistrust correctly recognized, china is a strategic in global competitor of the United States. It would be the greatest Foreign Policy challenge the United States faces in decades to come. Policies of the Chinese Communist party undermine u. S. Interests and values, as we share with partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge the fork front of american life. We now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and partners in t
Coronavirus pandemic continues. Spoken policy experts about chinas global influence and why continued engagement with china is in the best interest of the u. S. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. Before we proceed to our topic the National Security implications of the u. S. And china relationship in a post covid world, housekeeping matters. The session will be conducted on an unclassified basis p all participants should refrain from discussing any class of either other information protected from public disclosure. The committee is conducting this virtual hearing with House Resolution 965 and the regulations for the conduct of Remote Committee proceedings. It is being broadcast on the committees website. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this hearing in person but because of the threat posed by covid19, it remained serious and widespread. We are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case, in order to ensure the safety of our
Cannons and make the first arrests under the new law and chief executive carrie lam defends the decision translator clearly the decision under one country send showed determination and prove on the system and shows the high degree of trust of the central authorities in the Hong Kong Government germanys jobless total rises by 29,000 taking the unemployment level to almost 3 Million People as activities contract in june airbus with jobs on the line as they tell staff the crisis is far from over. Bracing for a mighty battle. Welcome to the show, we are closely tracking some data weve had lower pmis the eurozone number crossing the manufacturing pmi, 47. 4 up from 46. 9 still suggesting contraction taking place across the eurozone one of the bright spots seeing the expansion. Clearly saw weakness elsewhere lets push on to developments in Hong Kong Police say 30 people have been arrested for violations of the International Security law hong kong chief executive carrie lam defended the laws
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