And making history, carl nassibs powerful message to the nfl and the world. Thanks for being here at this hour. Senate democrats are bracing for defeat on what they say is one of their top priorities. The voe the voting Rights Bil that will go nowhere in the senate today. The republicans are expected to block the bill in a key Test Vote this evening. It is coming at a critical time for democracy in this country. More than a dozen States Led by republican major legislatures have enacted laws imposing stricter limits on voting access. So now back to the senate. If democrats know this bill is going to fail, why are they taking this vote. Manu raju joins me now on Capitol Hill. Manu, what are you hearing . Reporter yeah, there is still a question about whether or not one democratic senator will vote for this. And that is Joe Manchin of west virginia. The rest of it we know, we know theyre not getting the 60 votes to over come a republican filibuster for debate. That will not happen. In fac
Racketeering and conspiracy. That brings his total charges to ninety one and adding to a list that includes election interference, hush money paid to a porn star, and mishandling classified documents. Mr trump is hoping to be re elected president next year, and denies all charges against him. Our North America editor sarah smith has more. The courthouse in downtown atlanta, where donald trump and his allies will be tried for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, on charges usually brought against mobsters that carry a minimum offive years injail. He has successfully made all the charges against him part of his campaign to be re elected president , claiming as usual this is a witchhunt against him, accusing the prosecutor of political motives. I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Thats how decisions are made in every case. The 13 charges against donald trump include racketeering, soliciting a public officer to violate the
De risking strategy poses yet another threat to foreign businesses operating there. I think the biggest challenge right now is the clear message from the United States government coming right out of the white house that theyre encouraging us businesses to essentially what they call de risk from china, that theyre encouraging us businesses to limit investment in china, especially when it has to do with industries that touch on National Security concerns. One of the things that china had introduced over the weekend, theyre offering Tax Incentives as well as help with visas. But is that going to work . I dont think so. Not right off the bat. And i think the State Council recently issued some guidelines in an attempt to essentially make investments in china more attractive. And i think it shows us three major things. The first is that it demonstrates that china knows that its got a problem. Its economy is slowing. Its got a housing bubble, unemployment is particularly high and Foreign Inve
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against Mrtrump Trump include violating georgias racketeering act racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. Athhe ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. And making false statements and filing false documents. Reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. Earlier, i spoke with bbc reporter Kayla Epstein who has been following the events from the courthouse in georgia. Thanks forjoining us. We saw last night the District Attorney has given the 19 defendants until mate august 25 to surrender. Hes been outside the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear to them turned up yet . We have not seen
Can foreign investment sold china s growing economic blooms? we look at beijing s attempt blooms? we look at beijing s attemthohn overseas capital attempt john overseas capital and attemthohn overseas capital and whether foreign businesses are buying it. and the bespoke handmade suit makes a post pandemic comeback, proving that never go out of style. welcome to asia business report. i am monica miller. we begin in china. and with the mounting signs that the world s second largest economy is slowing down. om a surprise move on tuesday, beijing said it was no longer going to release youth unemployment figures, which reached record highs injune. meanwhile, the country s central bank has also cut the cost of borrowing in an attempt to boost growth. and on the internationalfront, beijing is trying to encourage more foreign investment at a time when relations between china and the us are strained. daniel picard is an international trade and security expert and he says the biden administratio