to various countries around the world but there are lots of suspicions by foreign governments that chua way is under the influence of the chinese government and the chinese government suspects that this is the reason mung one joe the heiress of a has been targeted not only by canada but by the u.s. especially now both law way and the chinese government have continued to say that mung was innocent that she's being used as a pawn in this diplomatic all this geopolitical war and that she should be released and she of course has been detained for about one year and a half now and this the situation shows no signs of a vetting and home soon doesn't for the katrina thanks for the uptick to you there in beijing for us. let's head to the u.s. now where there's growing anger over the death of an unarmed black in u.s. police custody is spreading to one of its largest cities hundreds of demonstrators have been on the streets of los angeles to demand justice for george floyd it comes after video emerged from the city of minneapolis on monday showing an officer pinning floyd to the ground with his k

led chua temped in venezuela this time using former u.s. soldiers turned mercenaries to the very real surveillance state inspired fears that are gaining ground with each new revelation coming out of the u.s. government and silicon valley's plans for potential contact tracy but it's the plot line that has been unfolding in the african country of somalia since the birth of 2020 that we will focus on today in particular it's the very under reported fact that since january 1st 2000 and.

day we have also seen that even members of the right wing that is for the opposition who are against chua you know they have also exposed his involvement we have a leak recording that was released by another venezuelan opposition figure and of course the head of this mercenary firm itself who drove says that big white it was absolutely involved that he signed a contract with quite oh we have a physical copy of the contract itself so of course why you know is trying to deny any involvement and the u.s. government is trying to deny any involvement but that simply because it's plausible deniability the coup attempt failed so now that failed they're going to pretend that they have nothing to do with it despite the fact that we have mounds of evidence showing. the spying to monte concerns well why did this information over the coronavirus high level panel set to discuss these were races now being canceled concerns about this information l m open expanse. nancy china atmosphere is getting more and chats with the u.s. government taking the lead recently the national association of black journali

these days one can stumble upon a 1000000 different plot lines whether it's another bumbled us lead chua temptin venezuela this time using former us soldiers toward mercenaries to the very real surveillance state inspired fears that are gaining ground with each new revelation coming out of the us government and silicon valley's plans for potential contact tracy. but it's the plotline that is with unfolding in the african country of somalia since the birth of 2020 that we will focus on today in particular it's the very under reported fact that since january 1st 2020 the united states government through the pentagon's africa command has been conducting a brutal barrage of air strikes inside the battered nation just security dot com reports that in the 1st few months of 2020 the u.s. has already conducted at least 39 air strikes in somalia to put that in perspective africa carried out 63 airstrikes during the entirety of 2019. in fact nick turse the fantastic journalist who has consistently been a thorn in africa side he points out that u.s. africa command has conducted more air strikes in

karl chua is the active socioeconomic planning secretary.e joins us for an exclusive interview from manila. great to see you. good morning. i want to start -- the current assessment is we had a contraction in q1. we have yet to see q2, but can we basically say the philippines ?s in a recession right now karl: the development budget coordination committee has come up with the latest numbers. we are seeing a contraction in to 3.4%ywhere from 2% contraction. this is brought about by an increasing series of magnitude of shocks. february, we saw the collapse of trade, especially from china, as the pedantic started. we imposed in march, april them and make, the enhanced -- april, and may, the enhanced community quarantine. this leads to the worst contraction since 1998. david: are we officially in a recession? karl: the textbook answer is we are. we hope to recover very soon once we reopen the economy in the coming months. david: when do you think the recovery will start? is it a 2020 story, or will we push it back to 2021? karl: we started march

adding to tension between china and the us is a canadian courts ruling that an extradition case against chua way chief financial officer among one joe can go ahead the court says the charges he faces are crimes in both canada and the u.s. she's currently under house arrest in canada and has repeatedly denied the accusations lang's wanted in the u.s. on charges of misleading a major bank on hallways dealings with iran. 30 more ahead on the news hour including. i don't now and the next 10 days tom going to do i really doubt it since it's absolute victory by. people on the verge of financial ruin as unemployment lines continue to grow in the u.s. . the british public are given a chance for more freedom but will they play their part after recent government scandals. time in sport find out if this team could close the gap and buy in munich at the top of the german league. ok let's bring you some breaking news now in the latest u.s. unemployment numbers a quarter of american workers have now applied for unemployment benefits since mid march when the coronavirus pandemic escalated in the country an

the tension between china and the us is a canadian courts ruling that an extradition case against chua way chief financial officer among one joe can go ahead the court says the charges she faces are crimes in both canada and the us she's currently under house arrest in canada and has repeatedly denied the accusations mines wanted in the u.s. on charges of misleading a major bank on holloway's dealings with iran. south korea has reimposed some restrictions after the biggest jump in coronavirus cases in 7 weeks many of the $79.00 cases are linked to an online shopping warehouse museums parks and art galleries in the capital seoul are to close again for 2 weeks and employers are urged to adopt flexible working practices because of concerns about a 2nd wave of infections. let's cross over to rob mcbride who's live for us in seoul rob how big a blow is this for south korea given the fact that it had such a good track record in dealing with the virus. absolutely this is a troubling development especially for a country which seemingly had this all under control just a few weeks ago days go by

after his wife put him in the ground where she could not be there, chua to the husband and said my husbandd of covid-19. they looked at her and said i don't believe you need to be tested. a woman of the majority community came in and said i have nausea and diarrhea because i think i ate some bad sushi. they rushed or in and took her back to evaluate her for covid-19. racism is alive and well in the united states. it has not gone away. it directly affects the health outcomes of the african americans. i hear what he is saying. not true. there are a lot of those that believe that. and we at the national medical association need to ensure that the health outcomes of our people are not affected by racism. we are working hard for example to get implicit bias training. something just like he said. doctor believes he has no hint of racism, but it is subconscious. it is there and documented. talk before we gohost:, about your work with the administration and the cdc, how much contact you have with them and how you think they have done responding to some of these concerns. guest: i have been on a wh