The strain of coronavirus. Has declared he will suspend immigration into the United States through an executive order the us president in this tweet said it was in response to the coronavirus pandemic he refers to it as the invisible enemy and added that he has to protect american jobs so well that was an announcement of 3 swift condemnation from some in the Democratic Party who accuse trump of distracting people from what they describe as his faulty response to the outbreak well start with this john hendren chicago. The president issued this tweet in the dark of night and he seemed to do that for good reason he could have made his announcement at his daily News Conference where he talks about the coronavirus and all of the actions the administration is taking but by issuing this mysterious tweet late on a monday night he gets the morning news cycles where the newspapers d in the morning shows talking about what hes had to say and then in the afternoon he gets another round where he ex
Worlds biggest retailer. And i will be speaking to rebecca harding, security expert but, about huawei and the latest news on a National Emergency declared in the us. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. President trump has declared a National Emergency to protect us Computer Networks from what he called foreign adversaries. The executive order will ban American Companies from using foreign telecoms that might pose a security risk. In a separate move, the Us Commerce Department has placed the Chinese Telecoms Company huawei on a special list. This means american firms will require a government licence to sell goods and and services to huawei. Heres our north american correspondent peter bowes. Another fight with china. A foreign adversary whose Telecom Giant could pose a National Security threat to the united states. I
Interest rate by 0. 25 to a range of between 2. 25 percent and 2. 5 . The move comes despite recent turbulence on financial markets, and signs that growth is slowing, not to mention ongoing criticism by President Trump, who wants cheaper borrowing to support the economy. The fed has now raised rates nine times since 2015. It says it expects to raise them again twice next year, not three times as it was previously predicting. This has been thejustificiation, as far as the feds concerned. Us growth has been recovering strongly since the financial crisis, with unemployment now the lowest in almost half a century. But the recent slowdown means there is a growing debate about where Interest Rates should be, as Michelle Fleury reports from the Federal Reserve in washington, dc. The us economy just the us economyjust got the thumbs up the us economyjust got the thumbs up from policymakers inside here, americas central bank, when they decided to raise its key Interest Rate by 0. 25 and signall
Its newsday. Its 1am in london and 8am in singapore and the philippines where 29 people, mostly miners and their families, are still missing after a landslide buried their shelter during typhoon mangkhut. Three bodies have already been found in the town of itogon but experts on the ground say there is no hope of finding the missing alive. More than sixty five people across the country are thought to have died in the storm, which is now weakening across Southern China. Our correspondentjonathan head sent this report. In the end, it wasnt the wind, but the rain that was the real killer. That huge brown gash in the mountain is where an entire waterlogged hillside slid down and buried a building where dozens of miners had taken shelter from the typhoon. For two days, rescuers have battled to find survivors, clambering over the treacherous mud. They have been unable to bring up heavier excavation equipment because of the damaged roads. So far, only bodies have been recovered. Dozens more ar
Today my guest and the Ambrosetti Forum in northern italy is spains foreign minister, josep burrell. Spain has been through a tumultuous year, dominated by the political stand off in catalonia and a series of political scandals which have left the socialist party in power. Josep burrell is a catalan, but hes adamantly opposed to Catalan Independence. So does he bring any Fresh Solutions to spains intractable problems . Josep burrell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You are part of a new Spanish Government thats been in power for three months Spanish Government thats been in powerfor three months or Spanish Government thats been in power for three months or so. 100 days. Yes. You have been wrestling with the problem that has dogged spain for so long now, that is the problem of catalonia. And, in the time youve had, you have signally failed to change the dynamic, to change the crisis, why is that . The crisis is a structural one and its going to last. It has been in a cocoon for many, ma