And subcommittee on Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strac strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because it is growing effect on business in the United States as well as culture. Last fall, for example, the National Basketball association had the Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topics have become more manufactu important. The timely information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contributed to the havoc wreaked on our economy and health and indeed the pande
And online censorship by countries such as china. Richard gere chaired the International Campaign for tibet testifies at the Senate Finance subcommittee hearing. The Senate Committee on finance come subcommittee on International Trade cousins and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually, but i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because its a growing effect on business in the United States. Last fall, for example, the National Association had its Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not even allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topic has
Hello and welcome to world news today. The Us Democratic president ial contender, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. President trump has not denied the reports claming it doesnt matter what i discuss. This is what mr biden had to say about the affair a few moments ago. Know trump t investigated. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He has violated every basic norm of a president. You should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader . Trying to intimidate a foreign leader, if thats what happened. That is what appears what happened. That is what appears what happened. You should be looking at trump. Trump is doing this because he knows i will beat him like a drum, and theres usually an abuse of power in every element of the presidency to try to do something smear me. David willisjoins me now from wash
In football, Kevin De Bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals and secure victory against watford. And 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop takes place in the netherlands to mark what was known as operation Market Garden in world war ii. And well take an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul, and broadcaster Lucy Beresford. Stay with us for that. Good evening. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has prevented an attempt by left wing activists to oust tom watson as his deputy. Mr watson likened the ploy to remove him as a sectarian attack. The Party Leadership says mr watsons role will now be reviewed rather than abolished. But labours divisions over brexit also surfaced on the first day of a conference which had been designed to demonstrate unity. Our Political Correspondent iain watson has been following the days events in brighton. The day began in relative calm after a stormy night
Dies from a snakebite. We report on kenyas efforts to save lives and the film maker who faced his fear of heights to highlight global warmings impact on the worlds glaciers. Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore and 1 00am in the morning in london. If youre watching from malaysia, indonesia or here in singapore, you will be well aware of the haze currently blanketing the region. The thick smog, mostly caused by forest fires in indonesia, has led to a significant drop in air quality. Schools have been closed in malaysia and thousands of people have been treated for lung infections linked to the haze. The indonesian province of Central Kalimantan on the island of borneo has been one of the worst hit areas. Our correspondent Rivan Dwiastono is in palangka raya. The air quality in the city is still in hazardous level. Therefore people are still advised to wear their masks every time they leave their houses. Today we actually followed a team of firefighters and volunteers to visit some ho