Unemployed in america is truly unimaginable. I cannot emphasize enough, francine, in the last six hours, the rhetoric between washington beijing. It is extraordinary, going back to 1972 with president nixon and china. Francine lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The white house is rebuking chinas military and economic policies in a report to congress. Themberg obtained a copy of report before its release. It falls china for u. S. Human rights it falls china for human rights abuses among other things. Resident trump stepped up his rhetoric against china on the coronavirus, suggesting xi jinping is behind a propaganda attack against the u. S. And europe. The Senate Passed legislation that could result in China Companies being delisted from stock exchanges. Republican senator john kennedy says he wants china to play by those rules. Votedin, lawmakers have to extend a state of emergency for another two weeks. They backed by minister Pedro Sa
An Islamic Jihad commander and his wife. And a mammoth problem the increasing desperation of animals like elephants during the worst drought in. The Opposition Leader in Bolivia Senates has declared him herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil in a 9 years was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the countrys congress she takes over from the ousted former leader evo morales who as you say is now in mexico after being granted asylum or alice resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection. Such as in the past. Well tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the president ial palace and the National Assembly is here at the plus somebody york an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this. Im is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be legislators would be able to swear her in with or without the members of the mass
Off the job at 31. 00 Assembly Lines across the country theyre frightened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached. And the United Nations is warning that Rohingya Muslims who remain in myanmar are living under the threat of genocide the un is repeating calls for top generals to face trial for forcing iran 3 quarters of a 1000000 to flee to bangladesh 2 years ago the un also says it has serious concerns about a crackdown on refugee camps in bangladesh it says aid workers accused of supporting rohingya protests last month have been banned their phones confiscated and a curfew imposed. Indonesias government to scrambling to control widespread forest fires which are causing a toxic case to spread to other countries this off smoke is causing causing a lot of respiratory problems and disrupting fights has more from the city of peckham baro in indonesia. Were in peckham bar city in the province of rio on the island of sumatra where 40000 hectares of land have been covered by smog and
James bays has more on this now from new york normally this monthly meeting deals with the grim reality of life inside yemen but it was overtaken by events on the other side of the saudi border one thing we can be certain and that is this extremely serious incident like the traditions of a regional conflict. And the report more that much. With yemen in some way or. None of that. Is good for you. And this is so far in just his 2nd appearance in the Security Council the new u. S. Ambassador made it clear washington believes these didnt stage this attack on the road claims of responsibility have been made but as secretary of state mike pompei all has clearly stated there is no evidence that the attacks came from yemen. Emerging information indicates that responsibility lies with iran are the u. S. Allies still party to the nuclear deal with iran did not apportion blame at the moment were still assessing what happened and who is responsible for the attorneys once this is been stablished we
Vote in a 2nd general election in less than 6 months. And General Motors strike close to 50000. 00 employees stop work at americas biggest carmaker. Now u. S. President says its looking like that iran was behind saturdays attacks that crippled more than haul off of saudi arabias Oil Production but he says he doesnt want a war and will wait to see definitive proof of tehran involvement before deciding how to respond now americas close ally the u. K. Says it will work with International Partners to prepare quote the widest and most Effective Response saudi arabia has reiterated the attacks were carried out using iranian weapons but tehran maintains its not responsible yemens through the rebels say they were behind the attacks and it warns that more strikes are coming well gablers on day begins our coverage from washington d. C. President donald trump says the u. S. Is still collecting and analyzing intelligence related to saturdays attack on Saudi Oil Facilities but says all evidence gat