and the financial times international front page reports several facebook employees have publicly criticisedmark zuckerberg — for refusing to take action over posts by president trump which have been described as ‘glorifying violence‘. the death of george floyd in police custody has led to six days of protest across the united states and a level of civil unrest not seen in decades. the george floyd killing and story dominates a lot of the front pages internationally and in and in america. we start with the new york times. welcome to both the youth. thank you for your ritual presence this evening. —— both to you. john, the picture here are processes being stopped by police in riot gear. this has been a pretty unprecedented a few days, hasn't it? equipment bound for america but also internationally would have been protests around the world. that's not only in america. this is extraordinary. you have, and the united states, rachel tensions that have really abated and the many yea rs. that have really abated and the many years. —— the racial tensions. they have been stoked an increase in conside

and the financial times international front page reports several facebook employees have publicly criticisedtive mark zuckerberg for refusing to take action over posts by president trump which have been described as ‘glorifying violence.‘ the death of george floyd in police custody has led to six days of protest across the united states and a level of civil unrest not seen in decades. so let‘s begin. thank you both forjoining us here this evening. of course we start with the independent. the front page, this is not going to stop. this is the heart of america‘s george floyd protest. this has been going on for days now and there is so going on for days now and there is so much anger understandably amongst people over what happened with george floyd and beyond that, what is happening to race relations in the united states. absolutely. racial tensions in the united states is anything but new. it goes back to slavery, segregation, all the problems with america that they‘ve had from the get go. the difference is this present president. with the first president in memory, the first since the civil

and the international financial times says that deaths related to covid—i9 in india's capital have beenr—reported, according to data acquired by the paper from hospitals in the city. so let's begin. up—to—date with some of tomorrow's papers. let's begin. stephanie, let's start off with the new york times and this dramatic picture of the... that's the amazon rain forest. you can see, it's been caught up in a perfectly straight line. by a legal robbers —— a legal robbers who are taking advantage of the cross —— crisis. robbers who are taking advantage of the cross -- crisis. these are u nfortu nately pictures the cross -- crisis. these are unfortunately pictures we have seen last year since president bolsonaro came to power. it has been u nfortu nately, even came to power. it has been unfortunately, even less enforcement of the protection of the amazon forest. what we are now seeing is because police and law enforcement cannot cope because of the pandemic, there has been massive areas of the amazon that have been deforested. in the article it says it is an area of 20 times the size of man

let's move away from coronavirus and look at the international edition of the financial times. it has a picture of george floyd's younger brother who was speaking at the usjudiciary younger brother who was speaking at the us judiciary committee younger brother who was speaking at the usjudiciary committee hearing earlier on on police brutality. talking about the pain that he and his family experienced and seeing the video of his older brother. it was an emotional, emotional event today that we saw. yeah. it was it was difficult to hear but incredibly important. i think everyone whose watch that video has been horrified, traumatised by it. you can only imagine what it must feel like for that to be your brother and be watching your brother basically be killed. i guess the key message that he gave was that this mustn't be in vain. there is a long list of people, especially in the us, but there are instances in the uk as well, where unarmed black men are killed by police and the consequences both for the individual weigel —— individuals involved but more important, through the syst

meanwhile, the international edition of the financial times has a picture of george floyd's brother philonisetestified at a housejudiciary committee hearing on police brutality and racial profiling in washington. and the daily telegraph says that borisjohnson is aiming to scrap the two—metre distancing rule in schools by september. it also has a story onjk rowling, who revealed she is a victim of sexual assault while explaining her stance on women's rights, following her controversial tweets this week about trans women. so let's begin... christopher and polly, great to have you with us. let art with the metro. crack open the bubbly. when it comes to that support bubble, this idea that single people can group up. probably, this will be a funny headline, but for many, this will be really, really important. absolutely. a lot of people who live on their own have been incredibly isolated during the lockdown period. just as other people like me or like chris, who have families, but frankly chris, who have families, but fra nkly love chris, who have families, but frankly love a bit of isolation. i g

the international edition of the financial times says bp will slash up to $17.5 billion off the valuegas assets after a more downbeat view of longer—term oil prices in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which it expects to hasten the shift away from fossil fuels. according to the daily express, a brexit trade deal could be sealed next month after eu leaders indicated that they will drop their hardline demands. the daily mail reports that a uk government minister has admitted he knew he was saving a tory party donor tens of millions of pounds — in approving a £1 billion property scheme, saying all the rules were followed. and the daily mirror says england and manchester united footballer, marcus rashford has vowed to fight on after borisjohnson refused his plea to give 200,000 vulnerable children free school meals this summer. so let's begin. had can't see you at all, so... did you go out shopping after the lockdown was eased on nonessential shops today? a lot of the front pages here are focused on that including the metro.|j pages here are focused on that including the metro. i did

the international edition of the financial times shows protesters kneeling in manhattan during a rally ofgeorge floyd — as it highlights the growing anger acrosss the united states. the metro carries a picture of a protester being pushed away by police as they made a path for donald trump's walk to the church. according to the washington post, the attorney—general, william barr personally ordered law enforcement officials on the ground to clear the streets for the walk. the daily mirror show a us police office, with his weapon raised — in front of of a father and his daughter during a protest. the daily telegraph focuses on the uk's travel restrictions — with the government saying 14—day quarantine restrictions for anyone entering the coutry are vital to prevent second peak of coronavirus. in the wake of the the coronavirus pandemic — the ‘i' highlights a warning that university funding in the uk faces its biggest ever funding crisis. and the times has borisjohnson saying the uk will not walk away from the people of hong kong and will have "nochoice" from the people of hong kong and wi

the international edition of the financial times has the fed striking a cautious note, seeing uncertainty even as retail sales rally. and their front page picture story relates to india accusing china of killing 20 of their soldiers in a clash on the border. and according to the the new york times, president bashar al—assad now faces an acute economic crisis on top of all the other problems in the country, brought about by the collapse of the currency and a rare public rift in the ruling elite. even though he has seem to have won the civil war. let's start, what you both again. charisse start agnes with the daily mail? and there is 50p a day pill to conquer covid, a big study carried out by oxford university with some extraordinary success rates. yes, thatis extraordinary success rates. yes, that is the kind of good news that we are all desperate for. and in the next few weeks and a few months, surely they will keep on coming because new studies will reveal such news and medicines that have been used in other disciplines will prove useful. i don't know if you remember at the beginning of

the international edition of the financial times says emerging and developing economies will shrink thisthe first time in at least six decades, according to the world bank, underlining the mounting economic cost from coronavirus. it also reports 10,000 planned jobs cuts at the oil giant bp, a story that leads the ft‘s uk edition. the metro highlights a warning that new uk quarantine rules, brought in by home secretary, priti patel, will do little to control coronavirus but will harm businesses and costjobs. the washington post says it's documented 5,400 shootings by the police in the us in the last five years. france's le figaro reports that the debate surrounding the issues thrown up following the death of george floyd will be at the heart of the presidentail race to the white house. the independent carries a photo of nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives, and other leading politicians taking a knee in tribute to victims of police brutality. that is for the precise time that the police officer put his knee on the police officer put his knee on the neck of george floyd. t

the international version of the financial times reflects on reflects on the latest figures on the ussays stocks rallied and treasuries slid sharply after us employers unexpectedly added 2.5m jobs, surprising investors and fuelling hopes that the biggest economy was beginning to recover from its coronavirus shock. the independent picks up on donald trumps comments abour george floyd — as he spoke to the media about the us ecenomy — saying he hoped mr floyd was "looking down" and "saying this was a great day". and the japan times reflects on yesterday's memorialfor george floyd — reporting the prominent us civil rights activist, the reverend al sharpton telling mourners it marked a reckoning for america over race and justice, demanding, "get your knee off our necks." so, let's begin. we will look at the ftc, we will start with the story from the us that the economy has added 2.5 millionjobs. we talk that the economy has added 2.5 million jobs. we talk aboutjobs, 2.5 million newjobs, i would guess in this case they are not newjobs, just the orjobs that people of god back when they were

according to the international edition of the financial times reports that investment banking fees rocketedo a record $57 billion in the first six months of the year, boosted by a series of lucrative debt sales as companies grabbed cash to tide them over during the coronavirus crisis. the business standard reports on more tensions between china and india, as india bans 59 chinese mobile apps, including tiktok, citing them to be a security threat. and the international edition of the new york times features a campaign in australia to prevent the culling the wild horses known as brumbies. so, let's begin. welcome to you both again. the daily telegraph, leicester put back in lockdown as the virus urges. this is after nonessential shops were only allowed to open just a few days ago, june the 15th. this is very bad news for the city in fact an interesting why the statement from matt hancock was pushed back so late. it is bad news for the city but also for the government. this is not an alpha they wanted to make and as you said they wanted to make and as you said the already postponed making the

as a victim of that fraud which was extensively made out and according to the financial times they have issued an internal memo and also talking points about how to react from allegations outside about their role they played when they audited these financial statements and it would have been easy back to you. >> specializing in fraud you can probably hear the conversation there how do you think this wire card fraud happened >> so it's a big accounting fraud in germany so i suppose that it would be huge for the german market. especially for the financial market >> what does it mean in terms of future paces we saw news over the weekend to try to change the reporting structure. and what do you think happens next in germany? could we see something like this ever happen again? >> we'll have something like this again what could we do and look at one company. we had to rearrange the system of auditor so i think that we need to reform germany and we should have a look at how it looked at other countries in the world or in europe and that's the one thing or the other thing we have where we have now a lot of discus

calls by going after the international organizations is a key part of our strategy, and we are also getting some success. at the same time, we have cracked down on a network of financial operatives that are frequently called money mules, who take money from seniors and send it back to their bosses overseas. the postal service has been instrumental in this success, and the chief postal inspector, gary barksdale, is here to describe its efforts in more detail. we are proud of all the strikeforce has accomplished in the first year, but we are in a sense just getting started. have asked the fbi and every u.s. attorneys office to prioritize elder fraud cases, and each year for the past three years, we have had a sweep across the nation, targeting these fraudsters. this year, we indicted 400 fraudsters for causing over $1 billion in losses to elders. we are not letting up. fraudsters have gained new opportunities with been-19, so we have also bearing down on covid-19 fraud schemes. the third thing is, as the president mentioned, we set up a dedicated elder fraud hotline. a call fora 911 with elder fraud. it is staffed seven days a week, and we help victims when they call ge

they believe their one-time partners who belong to the asnian-syrian camp one cover they seek financial assistance from the international. >> it is just a photo opportunity, nothing more. they want to show the united states we are not obliged to take part. lost faithhose who in politicians across the divide were in the streets. they have been calling for new leadership to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis. the local currency has lost 75% of its value. >> we give you the chance to apply to the people's demands. you'll fold around. our situation is much worse. reporter: the governments came to power in february after the previous one resigned after months of protests. little as changed since. call itselfnt may independent but it has bowed to pressure from political parties that appointed. it does not have support from the arab world. the united states says much needed for form -- reform is needed before it decides a -- of the authority. civil society groups have been trying to push up the class. they blame corruption and running the economy of the ground are reaching out to the international community. facingchal

time the international community accepts before it's too late. for us welcome to the program e.u. leaders have wrapped up a video conference to agree on a financial plan to help the bloc emerge and tact from the worst economic crisis in its history the virtual summit was the 1st step in what are expected to be difficult negotiations on a $750000000000.00 euro carona recovery fund the leaders will meet face to face next month for the 1st time since february. because was german chancellor angela merkel have to say after today's meeting. you don't have speaking exactly each of us spoke about the positive aspects that also brought up criticism when appropriate even though there are still big bridges that need to be built that's clear but it was a very constructive discussion and that as a constructive not most constructive talks or not the big bridges need to be built and they have to be paved with gold or other tech spam money i'm joined by golly a feather my he's the president of the keel institute for the world economy a leading german think tank mr who's going to pay the most for this well it's very clear it's going to be germany who's going to b

described the gathering they believe their one time partners who belong to the iranian syrian camp want cover as they seek financial assistance from the international community. it's just a photo opportunity and nothing more they want to show a united face we are not obliged to take part in. those who lost faith in politicians across the divide we're in the streets they have been calling for a new leadership to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis the local currency has lost 75 percent of its value on the black market since october we gave you the chance to reply to the people demand i mean an independent government. our situation now is much worse the government came to power in february after the previous one resigned after months of protests little has changed since the government baycol itself in the pan and but it has bowed to pressure from political parties that appointed it it doesn't have support from the arab world and the united states. it's and the west in general says much needed reforms to fit state corruption and waste are needed before it decides to work with. civil society groups who have been trying to push out the political

it a blitter righted international financial markets in one fell swoop it tore down the intricate network we call the modern global economy and it sent us all home with lots of time on our hands to think about what sort of world we really want for the future so is the pandemic actually an opportunity a 2nd chance that's how topical made today how many of us spend less time thinking and more time in front of the play station during the down make a waste of time in my opinion but hey it's relaxing and entertaining for a lot of people and using multiplayer games in order to spend time with friends online is definitely one way of social distancing some gaming operations have seen a boom in sales but not every company is getting an equal slice of the pie or report a kind show himself gaming expert and fan took a closer look. howard taught you or. i've been playing video games my whole life but in lockdown the time i spent on gaming just exco. with me millions of people entered the virtual world and as some companies revenue suggest these are great times for the gaming industry console it's like the nintendo switch were literally sold out game publisher activision bliz

time for the. if this will enable the commission just once to take up bonds only hope of the european union from the international financial markets and do stuff to combat the consequences of the pandemic we're trying to make sure that this will be on a sound from legal footing and requiring unanimity in the council and respecting national parliaments sovereignty i respect the proposal made by the commission to actually make sure that this is something which they decide on their own. funds program which all member countries need to the greater this recovery fund is absolutely necessary in order to help to all the areas and regions in europe most adversely affected can i come by that sanny way in which convergence competitiveness and cohesion in europe can be ensured in the long run. it's going to be i think that the economy must not allow that $100.00 m. it will have to make sure that the economic aspect is a european union countries will drift apart because that would actually we can be the single market which is after all core element of europe we will work with determination to prevent a lasting digital divide to take p

greece or spend more time to live in greece and buy property in greece greece suffered a recession after the global financial crisis in 2008 and austerity measures following an international bailout the economy was just beginning to recover when coronavirus hit tourism is key to that recovery as greece depends on visitors for 20 percent of its g.d.p. jumpstart ople us al-jazeera center really. the police shooting of a black man in the u.s. city of atlanta has been the clear to homo side by the county coroner for a short brooks was killed by police at a drive through restaurant on friday night after resisting arrest for failing a sobriety test an autopsy showed that he was shot twice in the back and died from blood loss and organ injuries his their fares reignited protests in atlanta over racism and police brutality arge crowds have marched to the state's capital building demanding criminal justice reforms meanwhile the family of ray sharp brooks have spoken of their loss and called for justice as well as calm. and every day i can never give a base for actually ever tell me i do already know you can really take it. this is going to be a low before i hear. for the family he

international financial center a jim brown reports from hong kong. it normally takes a year for china's parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the country's most powerful political body the standing committee of the national people's congress in hong kong china supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. a contentious measure the busy divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imposing legal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox that it will have no race respectively fact the critics here say the new law now threatens to stifle even small displays of dissent like this one in a local shopping mall on tuesday china is just causing passing a law without without even asking. police and not going to the proper procedures the law's passing had an immediate political impact democracy activist joshua long announced he was resigning from the political party he helped found before the party itself was dissolved also desponding 2 other smaller po

time, hong kong comes back stronger, more resilient. i believe strongly in the future of hong kong as a financial center, international financial center,n our case, we are looking to see hong kong as a major international risk management center. a lot of it is not only because the rest of the world needs hong kong to access china, regardless of geopolitical tensions. china will continue to be a large economy, a large financial market, and therefore, international investors will want to be in china, and hong kong is one of the gateways, if not the gateway, to do that. china needs hong kong because they will need a place where there is more advancement , of laws of trading and systems and regulations. both parties will need hong kong one way or another, regardless of the other tensions. fernandez. is henry china's influence over hong kong isn't just political. from real estate to ipos, mainland companies are gaining a greater financial foothold in the city. partnerco-management for a company. always great having you with us. it seems to have been a pretty busy few months in hong kong. we have seen chinese mainland --panies really have bi

especially from the financial times but that's not the only the supervision i think of the audit as external audit is. failing to apparently on the they were basing their findings on the internal audit so there were several links probably that they have a way of failing but we're talking about supervision and supervision has to be improved of course not only germany because germany probably was the last country which would have the scandal but throw through european union so there are there are lessons to bill and there are improvements to be made for sure so what needs to be done then to better regulate this business and driven future this is the one. well finances in general is very very risky business be it bang be it investment or hedge funds or whatever you take very interlinked in each other and their global jewel saw these complexities have to be understood well on this into linkages have to be understood in order to better regulate the european level we need to merge the 4 models which exist now apparently in the european union for models or supervision these are creating huge gaps in supervising these companies and these are very innovative companies they went around

greece or spend more time live in greece and buy property in greece greece suffered a recession after the global financial crisis in 2008 and austerity measures following an international bailout the economy was just beginning to recover when coronavirus hit tourism is key to that recovery as greece depends on visitors for 20 percent of its g.d.p. jumpstart hopeless al-jazeera center really. this is al-jazeera and these are the top stories north korea has blown off its liaison office with the self it was located in carson at the border kyung and has made several threats against south korea and recent days including threatening to destroy the office which was set off 2018 bright has more salt there have been increasingly. threatening noises from north korea and especially in the past week or so they have been angered by the planned release by by by groups here in south korea of defectors who had planned to release balloons with propaganda messages into the north this is always angered the north koreans they have objected making threats the south koreans had said that they were taking action to try to prevent this they knew that things were at a tipping point 3 indian so

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described the gathering they believe their one time partners who belong to the iranian syrian camp want cover as they seek financial assistance from the international community. it's just a photo opportunity and nothing more they want to show a united face we are not obliged to take part in. those who lost faith in politicians across the divide we're in the streets they have been calling for new leadership to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis the local currency has lost 75 percent of its value on the black market since october we gave you. reply to the. government. our situation now is much worse the government came to power in february after the previous one resigned after months of protests little has changed since the government they call itself in the pan and but it has bowed to pressure from political parties that appointed it it doesn't have support from the on. and the united states and the west. says. state corruption and waste are needed. to work with. civil society groups have been trying to push out the political class they blame for corruption and running the economy into the ground are now reaching out to the international com

financial times story. it suggests a real pushback with ministers being quoted saying that they want to reduce the two metre rule. how much pressure do you think the prime minister is coming under internallyhey have lots of donors and constituents putting pressure on those government. lots of backbench pressure as well to relax thing so that businesses can get back to normal. as joe that businesses can get back to normal. asjoe said, this is all well and good, but when you've got polls showing that 36% of people don't feel safe leaving the house at the moment, when you still have 2 million on people who have been shielding for a long time, when you've got people who have been very convincingly and very strongly told to stay home, and that we are looking at potentially a second wave of the pandemic, we are in the middle and not the end, how likely will people go back to the shops? we are coming to the end of the furlough period. there will be a lot of very worried families keeping a tight hold for the next few months. no one will be rushing out. it will be nice if someone in government open a window occasionally and spoke toa open a window occasionally and spoke to a normal human being, be

or spend more time in live in greece and buy property in greece greece suffered a 2 year recession after the global financial crisis in 2008 and austerity measures following an international bailout the economy was just beginning to recover when coronavirus hit tourism is key to that recovery as greece depends on visitors for 20 percent of its g.d.p. jumpstart opel last al-jazeera sent a rainy now a joint letter written by post-impressionist artists paul gauguin and then van gogh will be auctioned on tuesday in paris the red document could fetch up to $2900000.00 the letters addressed to another painter. it was written in the french idea in 1800. type a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the global number of recorded virus infections as past 8000000 the world health organization is issuing new warnings of a 2nd wave of clusters in beijing and 15000000 people going back into lockdown in india it took more than 2 months for the 1st 100000 cases to be reported for the past 2 weeks more than 100000 new cases have been reported almost every single day almost $75.00 person or recent cases come from 10 countries mostly in the americas and so i was asia countries mus

financial times editorial, for example, the beginning of april, even there, really changing their mind right now. so i am not a marxist at all, i believe in ideas. itjust seems there are some internalo, you said that, like steven pinker, you think this is the best time ever for human beings to be alive and in so many different ways, yet you're also telling me that for the last a0 years you think human beings and their developed capitalist societies have taken a series of wrong turns — can both be true at the same time? yeah, i think so. historically speaking, this is one of the best times to be alive but we can do so much better. i don't see any contradiction here. and then obviously, also the big question we have with our current model is, is it sustainable? we have got the massive extinction of species around the globe, we've got global warming. even if we are having a relatively good time right now, that is an important question to ask, is it sustainable? yeah, and i am just looking at, for example, the words of sir angus deaton, one of britain's most respected economists, saying, "i am still a great believer in what capitalism has done, not only for the off sited billions who h

spend more time and live in greece and buy property in greece greece suffered an 8 year recession after the global financial crisis in 2008 and austerity measures following an international bailout the economy was just beginning to recover when coronavirus hit tourism is key to that recovery as greece depends on visitors for 20 percent of its g.d.p. jumpstart hopeless al-jazeera sent a rainy not essential shops have been allowed to reopen in england for the 1st time in nearly 12 weeks. again hunters queued for hours to be the 1st into stores on london's oxford street not all shops open but those that they'd encourage the social distancing and alfred hand sanitizers shop owners in wales and scotland are waiting to hear from their governments when they can reopen the number of british shoppers fell by 81 percent last month because of the lockdowns. u.s. president donald trump has this missed the recent uptick in corona virus cases around america blaming it soley on the increase in testing trumps pushing for state governors to reopen the economy despite several reporting record numbers of people needing hospital treatment the u.s. is by far the hardest hit country with more

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by the pandemic both domestic and international and preying on people's states during the uncertain times. millions across the country have been the victims of financial scams. >> as i believe we should be doing everything possible to prevent them from being subject to fraud, particularly financial fraud. >> thank you. other research they did go seniors act a bipartisan bill introduced to my good friend specifically designed to stop them from scamming seniors out of their savings and would you support legislation moving through the senate? >> i'm not going to support a specific piece of legislation here. as you describedit, we are doing this already. we are happy to work with you and follow the legislation of course congress tells us to do more we will. but if we are already focused on seniors and making sure they are having access to products that are appropriate and it's about the victims of fraud. >> i think i that is a part of e retail strategy task force. >> we also have people that are specifically focused on making sure that we have a senior focus. what they try to say this in a way that it's important to understand when you look across the acc