for more on the economic damage i'm joined by marion jensen chief economist at the un's international trade center thanks so much for joining us today your study just out today shows that small and medium sized businesses are bearing the brunt or suffering the most from the panda demick are you expecting a global wave of bankruptcies in this sector even with so many lock downs are being eased. now a business really across the world is suffering from the measures that have been put in place that have been put in place for what reasons by governments small businesses are suffering more you already heard that this large businesses that severely affected it's only 40 percent of the large companies it's over 60 percent of the smaller mike was sized and the prices now you asked the question do we expect bankruptcies yes we do around 20 percent of the small and medium sized enterprises that they may not survive the next 3 months now to see to assess the extent of that number keep in mind that small and medium sized enterprises are responsible for around 70 percent of employment in devote now 20 percent o

and the players who will lose value but how much recent analysis by the international center for sports studies shows the crisis has heavily affected players estimated transfer value clubs like olympic must say. even giants like buy in munich and real madrid are affected. lose up to 30 percent of their well you for the whole football industry that means an estimated drop of 10000000000 euros. really. you know. it's the who are left. out of this. and here's an interesting fact younger players who have a lot of potential aren't affected the same way as older ones take leo messi for example he is 32 years old almost 33 his contract runs out in 2021 messi is now worth less than jaden sanchez was 12 years younger than him since the corner virus pandemic hit europe both had to accept wage cuts and both lost value messenger estimated transfer value dropped by 20 percent some shows just 10. so will we still see 200000000 euro blockbuster transfers in the future. oh only most really. are wrong. and. less from them. so that you. think you can alter. the company itself. but the ember pierce mess i

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critics say the legislation erodes hong kong's freedoms and shatters its status as a major 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

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do you think we should start referring to hong kong as china's international finance center? ng will remain the international financial center. ceoinda: the chairman and of pag which oversees $38 billion globally. let's check on chinese markets as we had to break. the china adding. haslinda: it's almost 11:30 a.m. in singapore. we are in the middle of the trading day. it is a big day for singapore. the country is reemerging from , mostckdown after 74 days of the economy will be back on track. singapore seeing its worst recession since 1965, that is independence year. let's get the first word headlines. secretary of state mike pompeo says this week's talks with china in hawaii brought a commitment from beijing to honor all parts of the phase one trade deal. said one member said all parts of the agreement will be oil --ed following falling oil price and the coronavirus disruption. japan's key inflation gauge continues to fall, coronavirus activity and economic stoke fears of deflation. falling .2% from a year earlier. economists had expected a slightly smaller fall. removed a po

a researcher at the international center of seals po in paris and at columbia university adult kerr has written several books on iran. in protest over arrest she went on a hunger strike for nine days which took a toll on her health. iran has arrestedd dozens of foreign and dual nationals on national security charges in recent years supporters of those detained say iran's only purpose in doing so is to secure the release of iranian prisoners abroad. wellll the f fifth of je marks world environment day and this year the theme is bio by varsity twenty twenty has sent a stark reminders of the interdependence of human beingns and our environments from bush fires in brazil the united states and australia to locust infestations. currently ravaging east africa the global pandemic forced one fifth of the global population on the lockdown at one point a disaster for the economy but a chance for nature terry mergege in all its glory. india i is riverr c cleaner thahan they'ven in at least a decade charlie set button takes us to the country's most polluted waterway the you may nevever ha. india's y

sea and he spent part of his career at the estonian ministry of defense he's now with the international center for defense and security and he joins me tonight from the estonian capital mr choice it's good to have you on the day you are in a stone into a small baltic country your next door neighbor is russia now where when we talk about a reduction in u.s. troops in germany who security is weakened more by that germany's or a stone means. leading i think that. trumps this if it will be fully implemented it will certainly increase the security of nato in general but secularly of the baltic states and poland who are on the front line but also that of germany so the implications of trump's plan are. severe in terms of political terms and in military terms 1st of all it came out as a surprise because the pentagon has. been a scheme that the preparations started already in september last year but no one was informed not even germany as the host country and this severe cuts of american forces in germany was not discussed either at the nato h.q. in brussels so this is a very bad political signal a ne

i believe strongly in the future of hong kong as a financial center, international financial center, 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 big

south africa correspondent the reports now from cape town the cape town international convention center is now a field hospital with around 1000 beds cape town the center of the coronavirus pandemic in south africa is preparing for the worst and additional $5000.00 jobs for nurses and doctors have been advertised for cape town and the surrounding area . and his team have massively increased testing one 3rd of those tested here have been infected with the virus and there aren't enough testing kits available. port levenstein. one problem is clearly the international supply situation that's something we really notice in the laboratory we're ultimately at the back of the line when it comes to supply it it's all produced internationally i'm not despondent but i must admit there are some very bad 2 weeks ahead of us triple what it was before surely the health sector could be overloaded as early as next month city councillors 8 is normally responsible for health care now he's also overseeing preparation work in local graveyards this huge area has been cleared for victims of covert 92000 people

leverage on this very unique characters of hong kong and continue to be one of the major international finance centers springboard for those like chinese corporates who want to go to the international market. haidi: and just finally you mentioned earlier the foot traffic in your malls has returned almost back to normal. just that the missing piece of the puzzle are the international travelers. given what's happening right now globally, and within hong kong, with the ongoing protests, what happens to your business, what's the impact if those international travelers don't return? ada: i think for our mall we are relying on the chinese greater bay area tourists. so i'm just hoping that if we cannot have a bubble, and just integrate the bay area, and can be reopened, then tourists can slowly come back. and i think there's also a need for us to like just change according to our -- and i think that for hong kong, i'm hoping that our retail market will no longer just be a seven million people but rather a greater bay area market and a 70 million people market. this is the only way that can keep hong kong and

our great open spaces the biggest and greatest ideas of the american people represented international park center for systems this legislation will provide dollars to maintain national sparks, national forest, our bureau of land management which is now in the great state of colorado years fish and wildlife along with the bureau of indian investigation prayed last night 8217 is a tremendous showing of support looking forward to bipartisan success and for the bills passage. i can think of nothing more appropriate in getting people back on their feet, getting jobs created in giving americans a little more time to get out into the great outdoors. something we all know we cherish and respect and we need for generations to come. >> and say out in montana we have cabin fever we are looking forward to spending time outside. we are on the cusp of passing a most historic conservation legislation in 50 years. and isn't it ironic that it will take public lands to bring a divided government and a divided nation together, i chair the national parks subcommittee we need to address the backlog of some $12 billio

. >> the cape town international convention center is a field hospital with 1000 beds.e town, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in soututh africa, is preparing for the worst. 5000 jobs for nurses and doctors have been advertised for cape town and the surrorounding area. virologists have increased testing. one third of those tested here have been infected with h the virus and therere are not enough testing kits availabable. >> one problem is clearly the international supply situatiti. that is somethingng we really noticed in the laboratory. we are at the back of the line whenen it comes to supply. it is s produced internanationa. i am notot despondnd it but must admit thererere vat -- vevery bd weeks ahead. the health sectotor could be overloaded as early as next month. >> city counselor zaid is normally response will for have care and is now overseeeeing prepararation work in local gravaveyards. this hugee area h has been clead for victims o of covid-19. 2000 people will be buried in this summimiy alone in the comi w weeks. >> with our current estimations and pr

live from our international news center here in moscow this is r t great to have your company my names you know neal hello and welcome. the remaining 3 former minneapolis police officers present at the death of george floyd well know also face murder charges after initially only losing their jobs they were not charged with aiding and abetting murder while the officer who fatally pinned mr floyd to the ground has his charge raised to 2nd degree murder all face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted the spy that's coast to coast the calls for justice on police reform person fear many are peaceful but not all. that near the white house in washington another day of protests several demonstrators have reportedly targeted the multiple security barriers that have been erected outside party america's rachel blevins reports from the capital. right. i mean the fact that your are marching to the capitol right now here in washington d.c. and we are hearing crawls by no gas is no piece say his name george floyd is a her name briana taylor thank you people that have gathered here want to empha

on the war activists from the international action center believes the current unrest in the us is no surprise it's rooted in the history of the nation while the violence has gone on from there for the founding from the very beginning. the united states i mean this is a country built on slavery and the genocide of people so in violence is to me rooted how long this upsurge will go on. i think everyone who is taking part in it can only hope that it continues and goes on and on and goes deeper and see how widespread it is and the see what this confrontation is this growing confrontation it's extremely serious. you know if the u.s. democratic primary elections are into a key stage 3 states are about to hold their ballots with 2 of them fully cured up for postal voting to reduce footfall and polling stations during the mc mail in ballots of the rival republicans worried they think it will ultimately cost them. votes come november because of the potential for fraud he looked up and been looking at the political division over what should simply be a safer way to vote. the pandemic turned de

good morning i'm kevin 0 in here with you from the out international worldview center more scope recapping for the next hour the big stories as reported by us over the last 7 days thanks to accompany the 1st to overnight developments in the united states and seattle's police free occupation protest where a shooting has left one dead and another injured officers say they had trouble trying to get into the area and got a violent reaction from the crowd the additional shots were fired in a park in the so-called autonomous. well the suspect or suspects. several police retreated from there so not to protest the started throwing projectiles causing officers to use crowd control weapons the capitol hill organize protest all chopped for short has been occupying a district in central seattle for 2 weeks now president of the protesters during a campaign rally on saturday but it seems way in just yet. and i have it off or rather say that each time you one will come in wall street did in one hour or less . no i may be wrong. what is probably better for us to just watch that disaster. earlier in the we

the united states can and must continue to lead in these areas, it is international security interest, centereconomic interest, that is why the endless frontier act is so important. he united states does not set our sights too low as we look to emerge from this pandemic. instead we need to be thinking in bold terms as we historically have done. we need to invest in ourselves so we might lead in the future. reporter: democrats have described this as a watered-down version do you 8mvision eventuallying a republican that uses a starting point? >> i can tell you, when we turn to it i will quote you on the motion to proceed to get to the bill and at that point the democrats have to make a decision to they want to prevent this a bill from going to the floor? or do they want to get on it and try to change it.effort to m fully aware it takes 60 votes to get something out of the senate. so it will really be up to them to decide how they want to handle this. they can either shoot it down as insufficient or be willing to take the risk to go to the bill and see what changes, if any we should all agree to

and more activist sara flounders from the international action center told us the current violence in the us there is no surprise as she sees it she says it's rooted in the history of the nation. well the violence has gone on from there for the founding of the very beginning of the united states i mean this is a country built on slavery and the genocide of the indigenous people so all violence is the only rooted how long this upsurge cold war and. i think everyone who is taking part in it can only hope that it continues and goes on and on and goes deeper and see how widespread it is and the see what this confrontation is this growing station is extremely serious. democratic primary elections are 2 key stage 3 states are both to hold the votes with 2 of them fully good for postal voting to try to reduce footfall in polling stations during the point pandemic so mail in ballots the rival republicans worried though they think it's also really going to cost them presidential vote come november caleb maupin looks at the political division over was should simply be a safer way to vote. the p

live from our international news center right here in moscow welcome to our names you don't know if your company. major demonstrations over the death of george floyd are on their way in the us and the american capitol police of war enough the protests this could prove to be the largest ever seen in washington d.c. the country's biggest race rallies in half a century showed little tale of abating either but the riots on rage have no largely turned into more peaceful calls for justice and reform. a run 50 people were arrested after riot police surrounded marchers returning home during curfew hours in brooklyn in new york on friday night police partly 1st told the protesters that if they stayed on the sidewalk we would be allowed to pass through officers who were then seen containing the group a method known as pulling before arresting them one by one among those detained was health care workers. i love everyone to me but that if we were going to die while we would be able. we want them to died well but they build a leg up and they locking everybody up why why why. about. and if they have t