that is that in the 75th year anniversary of next arc in iraq shima what did you make of what scott morrison said you think that he's he's showing us what some leaders in nato nations are thinking i don't take a lot of notice of what morrison says to be to be frank with you because morrison is an echo of the us. in the at the height of the pandemic morrison announced $270000000000.00 worth of arms for perhaps the most secure country secure politically secure strategically secure geographically on earth a straight area and the centerpiece of this new wonder arsenal will be missile. that will be able to reach china china is a stranger's biggest trading partner on rubble that if you can jump. thank you thank you. that's ever the show that's up for this season will be off air in the coming weeks but we will be bringing you the favorite shows the best getting issues not covered by the so-called mainstream media until then keep safe. illustrations but split it up not just get up but just tell the speech that. he. or she marched. on. but i don't suppose. you push too much to tell us about it or som

hot war cold war cyber war whatever war the prime minister scott morrison said in a recent interview with c.b.s. news and a war between the u.s. and china could break out if cooler diplomatic heads don't prevail he was responding to a recent article written by his predecessor kevin rudd who warned of a potential hot war that is an armed conflict between the us and china in the run up to the us presidential elections in november well if it is up to experiences it differently. and certainly not as dramatically as cuban has but in our own defense we've acknowledged that what was previously inconceivable and not considered even possible or likely and. so the. tom says he's not conceited in those come to see more australia has had its own issues with china lately china has criticised australia's recent handling of the coronavirus pandemic and morrison's comments about prioritising and indo-pacific alliance to balance quote china's economic coercion after beijing banned australian barley and some beef imports following cambers call for an investigation into the origins of covert 19 morse i

then as you might expect australia's current prime minister scott morrison was asked to comment on his predecessor's statement and surprisingly he basically agreed morrison said that the hot war between the us and china was quote previously inconceivable not considered even possible or likely but not anymore. to australian prime ministers one former one present sounding an alarm they seem to want the whole world to hear should we heed the warning or see it as what some would call it alarmist view well answer that question right here on the news rick sanchez where we believe. it's time to do news again. here is the list of questions we think we'll be asking them are after watching this newscast today are australia's concerns over a war between the united states and china justified what really caused the devastation in beirut and what's an explosives expert have to say about it are sports making a comeback or will we see even more game cancellations. for almost a full year and we hear on this news cast of watched as relations between the united states and china have deteriorated there ha

and australian prime minister scott morrison says he's told the 1000 cases or stabilising in victoriastaged the hotspot city of melbourne recorded a drop in daily infections at the same time that the state marked the country's highest single day rise in fatalities 19 deaths. levanon has been rocked by days of unrest amid clashes between protesters and security forces to government ministers have now stepped down in response to the growing anger sparked by the huge explosions last tuesday that killed more than one $150.00 and left hundreds of thousands homeless the demonstrators blame the country's political elite for deep rooted corruption and negligence. and now the evening it anger in beirut clashes with security forces as people protest for a 2nd day he's on raised was it off i choose days mass even devastating explosion these protests does lay the blame directly on what i say lebanon's corrupt latest sunday so are a number of government officials quito over the crisis in the hunt that this is the point of no return to people hungry the economy is collapsing. the economic financial

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aspen security forum also heard from australian prime minister scott morrison. he talked about his country's response to coronavirus. he also discussed security in the indo pacific region and relations with china and india. >> good evening, everyone and welcome back to the aspen security forum. i am nick burns, the executive director of the aspen strategy group. i should say good morning to the prime minister of australia. and to everybody in australia. it is a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the prime minister of our great ally australia. he leads one of the strongest and most impressive allies of the united states and arguably -- in arguably the most important region of the world, the indo pacific. in his two years of prime minister he has heard the , country through several crises, the wildfires of last autumn, the covid-19 crisis where australia has an , impressive record. in foreign policy the prime minister led a research and of australia's influence in the south pacific. australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g network

himhe aspen security for also heard from scott morrison.e talked about his country's response to coronavirus. he also discussed security in the indo pacific region and relations with china and india. evening, everyone and welcome back to the aspen security forum. i am director of the aspen shot a geo group. i should say good morning to the prime minister of australia. it is a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the prime minister of our great ally australia. in his two years of prime minister he has heard the country through several crises, the wildfires. the covid-19 crisis where australia has an impressive record, and foreign policy the prime minister led a research and of australia's insolent in the south pacific. australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g network. australia is currently undergoing, as are many other countries in the world, a challenge in china. states, indiad and japan, and others. prime minister, i have the great fortune to spend three weeks and australia. i had worked for the government

. >> the aspen security forum also heard from australian prime minister scott morrison. he talked about his countries response to the coronavirus. he also discussed security into in the pacific region of relations with china and india. >> good beating everyone and welcome back to the aspen security forum. i am the executive director of the aspen strategy group. i should say good morning to the prime minister of australia and durability in australia. it's a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the prime minister of our great ally australia. he leads one of the strongest one of the most impressive allies of the united states, inarguably the most important region of the world, the indo-pacific. it is two years as prime minister he steered the country through several crises, the wildfires of last autumn, the covid-19 crisis were us jilly has a very effective and impressive record, and in foreign policy the primaries has led a resurgence of influence in the south pacific, australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g networks, aldosterone is current

aspen security forum also heard from australian prime minister scott morrison. about his country's response to coronavirus. he also discussed security in the indo pacific region and relations with china and india. >> good evening, everyone and welcome back to the aspen security forum. i

is australia's prime minister scott morrison says he is hopeful that covert 900 cases are stabilising in victoria state the hotspot city of melbourne recorded dropping daily infections the same time the estate marked the country's highest single day rise in fatalities is 19 deaths. rajapaksa has been sworn in as the prime minister of sri lanka by his brother the country's president. a populist secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last wednesday observers say that should give him a big enough majority to cement his part by passing legislation that could change the constitution. but here in germany the center left social democratic party has announced its candidate for chancellor in next year's general election when angela merkel heads into retirement at the end of her 4th and final term it's all off shots currently the finance minister in the coalition government with marcus conservatives trolls has been polling as the country's most populist popular rather s.p.v. politician he's perceived as having skillfully responded to the coronavirus crisis with a multi-billion e

australian prime minister scott morrison says he is hopeful the codifying team cases are stabilizing in victoria state hotspot city of melbourne recorder to drop in daily infections at the same time the state marked the country's highest single day rise in fatalities with 19 deaths. well on the way to peace negotiations between the afghan government and the taliban are expected to start within a week according to the government the government sources 400 taliban prisoners are to be freed following a vote by the an assembly of tribal leaders known as the loyal jirga the peace talks could lead to the end of the war which began when the united states and also the taliban from power in 2001. not everyone on the traditional afghan council was ready to free the detained tell about members many of the delegates have lost relatives in attacks or clashes for them the fact that the government is now going to release those responsible is hard to take but in the end a desire for peace prevailed. i thought on this some days decision has removed the final obstacles to these negotiations and god wi

linked to outbreaks in churches in and around the sprawling capital and australia's prime minister scott morrison waded into an ethical debate by saying the coronavirus vaccine should be as mandatory as possible with exemptions only on medical grounds he's pledged to make the vaccine available free to all australians. well the chinese city han is considered the epicenter of the pandemic at its outbreak chinese officials maintain they did all they could to stop it spread but stories are emerging of people who have paid a high price for what they call a lack of transparency debbie met one man who has spoken out he is seeking justice from the government for failing to reveal details about the virus which he claims could have saved his father's life. this more neighborhood talk news who mentioned john is the place filled with memories for john hardy. food in his or with wooden door last year my father used to sit at this place. every time i come to these familiar places places i used to visit with my father. i'm overwhelmed with grief. at the same time i feel anger. jungly father was a veteran of chi

linked to outbreaks in churches and around the sprawling capital and australia's prime minister scott morrison waded into an ethical debate by saying that the coronavirus vaccine should be as mandatory as possible with exemptions only on medical grounds he's pledged to make the vaccine available and free to all australians. well european union leaders will discuss possible sanctions against bellaver us in an emergency video conference today in a video message opposition politicians that taken off sky called on the e.u. council not to recognize what she called fraudulent elections which saw president alexander lukashenko return to power for a 6th term the e.u. emergency talks come as lukas shed go faces growing rebellion from sectors of society that he could once reliably count on for support. more workers joined the walkout in the past president alexander lukashenko could count on state employees to support him but he had to order manages to threaten them with disciplinary action if they joined the nationwide strike. some ignored those threats. even with a presidential challenge us with lana c

available to businesses and also lucas who you have to stay at home and asa life the prime minister scott morrison announced that on monday but right now there is huge concern about what this means for the economy and jobs not in the in victoria but the whole of the strike leah and any kind of economic recovery that the federal government was looking at right now seems like a prospect that is fighting away in the short term all right to nicholas cage live for 7 sydney nicholas thank you. at least 20 people including children have died in yemen where flash floods have swept through several provinces that gov is one of the worst affected 2 weeks of heavy rain has destroyed shelters and farms more than 2500 families of lost their homes and flooding and landslides in south korea have left at least 13 people dead and forced up to 2000 more from their homes much of the damage is in the region surrounding seoul and central parts of the country and more rain is forecast well correspondent rob mcbride joins us now from punch to that's northwest of seoul alongside the river rob so the weather there isn't pr

businesses who won't be able to open will be eligible for a $5000.00 grant and the prime minister scott morrison has just addressed the nation and he has called the situation in the state of victoria i disaster saying that it will have widespread complications on the entire economy of a stray and he has announced a pandemic scheme to to help those people who need to self isolate for 14 days because one of the big issues here is that police say many people who have tested positive to this virus have not been staying at home they have been leaving so right now really the focus is on the economy and making sure that we can reduce the numbers in victoria over the next 6 weeks while this curfew and further lock down in place. several prisoners have escaped after a suicide bomb attack on a jail in eastern afghanistan. this. isolates claiming responsibility for the gun battle which killed at least $21.00 people and injured dozens afghan security forces arrived after several explosions outside the prison in the city of jalalabad. attack is a national security and less than founding member of transparenc

australia's prime minister scott morrison says unemployment could reach 10 percent as a country deals with the economic fallout of the pandemic the 2nd biggest city of melbourne is in a 6 week knock down after a spike in cases military personnel have been deployed to help enforce isolation orders a state of victoria which includes melbourne reported 471 new infections in the past 24 hours scotland has imposed a knock down on its 3rd biggest city aberdeen 1st minister nicola sturgeon has ordered all hospitality venues to close and visitors to stay away a bar. in the city center is sought to be linked to a new class so a 54 corona virus cases the scottish government says extreme caution is necessary in the city of 2 100000. the united nations says more than 50000 people have been affected by flooding in sudan thousands of homes are damaged and the interior minister says at least 5 people are dead a dam in blue nile state births last week because of tarantula down orders and more bad weather is on the way survivors of the world's 1st atomic attack have been marking 75 years since a bomb

the country's prime minister scott morrison says the move will hit the economy hard and lead to a riseustralia's second biggest city is the centre of the nation's covid—19 emergency. most shops are shut and hundreds of thousands of workers told to stay at home. well, it's impacted the whole street, especially the cake shops, because we're known for it. it's horrible, there's no one around. for at least six weeks, this city of 5 million people will live under australia's strictest lockdown. masks are mandatory and there's a night—time curfew in melbourne. those who flout the regulations face heavy fines. but the state government in victoria senses that the community knows what's at stake. i'm so grateful and so proud that victorians are dealing with this challenge, a bigger challenge than we have perhaps ever faced and they are doing it with a sense of compassion, a sense of care for each other, a sense of concern, of course, but that really clear understanding that we are all in this together. every day brings news of hundreds more coronavirus infections in australia's second most popu

30 university is in late stage trials involving thousands of volunteers showed prime minister scott morrison issued a statement praising the deal saying the oxford vaccine is one of the most advanced and promising in the world and under the deal we have secured early access for every australian if this vaccine proves successful we will manufacture and supply vaccines straightaway under our own steam and make it free for $25000000.00 australians and as the race for the vaccine continues let's take another look at the trends and spread of the virus globally with r.t. correspondence i tab to die where are we wednesday so when right now more than 22000000 people have been diagnosed with called it 19 some 15100000 have recovered while more than 780000 have died in the u.s. cases are nearing 6000000 while deaths are all mad at 175004 granted i want to discuss vaccines because that's only hope right now given that all of these numbers just keep going up and up so right now researchers around the world are working on developing more that 165 vaccines for the corona virus 31 of which are currently in

seeing the likes of retile manufacturing industries closed down for 6 weeks the prime minister scott morrison said that really will be felt nationwide for years to come not just for the 6 weeks and that's because there are concerns that many of these businesses and companies just won't be able to make it 3 and survive there are financial payments that have been put in place for businesses and for workers to stay at home while they're oscillating if they do have code that non tain but many say that just won't be enough to cape many businesses and companies afloat in terms of the economy nationwide the prime minister was looking at a recovery at how businesses would be able to move forward from this of course they're on to many restrictions in different states and territories but that is definitely looking a while away as all resources of being put into victorious who fought the r.s. all right thanks so much you can gauge their. in the philippines long towns have been reimposed in and around the camps all public transport has been halted and some businesses shut people now need special passes t

zeneca to manufacture its vaccine which is being developed in partnership with oxford university scott morrison says it will be made available for free to the country's entire population of $25000000.00 people australia has been battling a resurgence of cope with 19 after breaches in its hotel quarantine program caused a 2nd outbreak in melbourne will study is one of several countries eager to secure a possible vaccine before it's even been developed the e.u. britain switzerland and the us of all struck preemptive deals with a world health organization is warning countries against hoarding drugs once wealthier nations join its global vaccine alliance to ensure developing countries don't miss out. as new diagnostics medicines and vaccines comes through the pipeline it's critical that countries going to repeat the same mistakes we need to prevent bugs in nationalism and for this reason the blue jays working with governments and the private sector to read the signs through the act accelerator only sure that new innovations are available to everyone every word starting with those at highest risk en

into thest listening australian prime minister, scott morrison, speaking at a press conference in canberraen it relates to the coronavirus, in victoria, in particular, saying he is more hopeful when it comes to the virus surge in victoria. we have seen lower case numbers, however two straight days of hire fatalities. we had the latest data out this morning saying we had 19 deaths, which would be the worst day for fatalities as they continue in reallytions and that serious lockdown that is in place. that is the australian prime minister, scott morrison, speaking in canberra, addressing some of the economic ramifications of the shutdown, as well. lots more to come as trading continues. trading in to the shanghai and hong kong and shenzhen. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> on the basis of what we have followed. ♪ >> it is 9:00 a.m. in beijing and shanghai. i'm tom mackenzie. david: we are counting down to the open of trade in the chinese mainland and hong kong. tiesop stories, u.s.-china facing further strain over a rare senior diplomatic visit to taiwan. washington is sanctioning hong kong officials

this is all they've got in their bag of tricks, and the australian prime minister, scott morrison, he spoke a short time ago and he said what victoria is doing is necessary. it's obviously heartbreaking. extremely frustrating for those people who have been under lockdown for the last month. they have another six weeks ahead of them. he said this needs to happen to really bring this pandemic under control. he is offering payments, disaster payments of up to $1,000 to every victorian who tests positive saying there should be no economic reason for people who are infected to not self-isolate for 14 days because as we know, rosemary, there were victorians who were still going out to work when they were sick, when they had gone and had tests and were waiting results. even those who had tested positive for coronavirus. they were still going into the workplace. hence, this has spread like wildfire in melbourne. people have not been taking it seriously enough, have been lax in their approach. hence, the government is coming saying this needs to happen to bring these numbers down. rosema rosem

to get a 2 thirds majority so that it can change the constitution australia's prime minister scott morrison says unemployment could reach 10 percent as a country deals with the economic fallout of the pandemic a 2nd biggest city melbourne is in a 6 week long down after a spike in cases and cases of the virus a surging across latin america that includes peru where there are also concerns about the disappearance of women and girls a peruvian women's rights official says more than 900 were reported missing between the side of the lock down in mid march through until the end of june john home and has more. this is a problem in terms of domestic violence and in terms of women and girls going missing that's been happening long before this pandemic it's just really intensified it in terms of do they expect this do to go on the intensification will the pandemic improve school one of the worst def rates in the world and it's one of the worst case rates in the world so it is opening up a bit the country but various different departments regions of that country remain closed down and women's rights of

. >> the aspen security forum also heard from australian prime minister scott morrison.e talked about his countries response to the coronavirus.

yet, more dire news, down under, we heard from the prime minister of australia scott morrison who spokeeen the state of victoria, essentially closing most retail, cut construction, manufacturing, and he has estimated that the victorian knockdown could wipe 12 billion dollars from the economy this quarter, going to show the length and breadth of the contagion and how it's been felt in places that were previously thriving. and a long road to recovery as well. thank you indeed. to japan now, where toyota is set to be the latest of the car giants to reveal the mayhem caused by the pandemic on its business. it has just warned full—year profit will be down by almost two—thirds — 64%. honda saw sales plunge 40% in the three months tojune, and it has warned annual profits will be the lowest in 10 years. we await those results for toyota. joining me now is seijiro takeshita from the university of shizuoka, where he is professor at the school of management and information. good to see you. i wonder, what are their result is likely to look like? we know what the other big giants going through, is

hot war cold war cyber war whatever war the prime minister scott morrison said in a recent interview with c.b.s. news and a war between the u.s. and china could break out if cooler diplomatic heads don't prevail he was responding to a recent article written by his predecessor kevin rudd who warned of a potential hot war that is an armed conflict between the us and china in the run up to the us presidential elections in november well if it is up to experiences it differently. and certainly not as dramatically as kevin has but in our own defense we've acknowledged that what was previously inconceivable and not conceded even also a lot. guys talks about terms is he's not conceded in those come to see more australia has had its own issues with china lately china has criticised australia's recent handling of the coronavirus pandemic and morrison's comments about prioritising and indo-pacific alliance to balance quote china's economic coercion after beijing banned australian barley and some beef imports following cambers call for an investigation into the origins of covert 19 morrison also

to what's been described as a promising potential coronavirus taxi if trial succeed a minister scott morrisonsays a manufacturing deal has been signed with astra zeneca the pharmaceutical companies developing the vaccine in partnership with oxford university australia's 2nd biggest city melbourne is back on the lockdown because of a resurgent covert 19 infections. dozens of wildfires in california have forced the state's government to declare an emergency evacuation orders are in effect and the napa county wine region north of san francisco and everyone's being asked to conserve electricity to avoid rolling blackouts. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports le bron james out of business week not his the lakers opened their playoff campaign n.b.a. action coming up in just a few minutes. it's time now for sports has that. kanwar by sandra might have reached the champ is the final for the 1st time in their history p.s.g. beating of germany 3 now in their semifinal the match was played behind closed doors and portugal. headed home of the opener for the french champions with the mighty adding a 2nd j

al-jazeera authorities prime minister scott morrison says he is disappointed by china's decision to ban beef imports from another australian. chinese authorities suspended the firm's permit saying a banned substance was found in some of its products it is the 5th straight an avatar stopped from exporting to china diplomacy between the 2 countries is deteriorated in the past year with china imposing more tariffs or bans on beef and barley imports china though says this is spent and has nothing to do with relations between the countries. a suspect has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 39 people from vietnam found in the back of a refrigerated truck near london last year with an irish holy ronan hughes also admitted to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration 10 of the victims were teenagers and all were from a poor region of central vietnam or tops the results show they died from a lack of oxygen and overheating as a 2nd suspect as well who also pleaded guilty to manslaughter. corona virus updates now how the wearing of masks is now mandatory across paris after a surge in ne

capital melbourne also saw the lowest daily number of new cases since last month from innocence scott morrisonsays he's hopeful that drastic lockdown measures are beginning to have a positive effect. the official number of corona virus infections in the u.s. is now past 5000000 but there's concern that the true figure could be much higher health officials are urging the use of face masks and social distancing this was the scene though in south dakota the weekend were over 400000 people gathered for a 10 day motorcycle rally in the city of sturgis notice there is mike hanna has more for us from washington. well at the moment it's mainly in the midwest of the united states at least 14 states are showing an increasing rates of infection california is particularly hard hit and compounding the problem in california is the fact that the system of testing has basically broken down the data flow to central agencies to be able to track the pace of the infection of the corona virus has actually not working at the moment so this is a major issue because of the infection rates are continuing to rise in ca

of course, it got worse -- scott morrison called for a probe into the origins of the covid-19 outbreak china [indiscernible] shery: let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. apple and tesla both hit new intraday highs as their stocks took effect. apple announced a split at the end of july. tesla said on august 10 it was planning a division. both came in during training on monday. the analyst said it is a smart move and he expects other tech companies to do the same in the coming months. it has outperformed. amazon has taken a giant step towards remote delivery by becoming one of a handful of u.s. companies certified to operate as a drone airline. the faa designated amazon prime air as an air carrier, allowing it to begin commercial deliveries under a trial program. amazon must clear regulatory and technical hurdles before packages can be routinely dropped at homes or businesses. american airlines is following united and delta by ditching a changingr fee for tickets and it is letting purchasers of its cheapest fares pay for upgrades. the drop change fee does not ap

shery: we will be watching what scott morrison has to say.to announce the one billion aussie dollar spending package later today. edward: that's right. he has been widely trailed on this announcement. we have the details late last night. going to spend about $1 billion to support 4000 jobs in the defense industry. the armed forces who have had -- the coronavirus. $200 million will be spent to improve regional military basis and received in the context of increased fiscal support that the government has been rolling out to shore up the economy and shore up jobs amidst the pandemic. shery: edward johnson, our bloomberg managing editor for australia and new zealand. sky bridge capital says the trade war with china has taken a backseat to america's pandemic response when it comes to what is driving the markets. in an interview with bloomberg, the partner and co-cio said tensions between beijing and washington are not high on his list of market risks. topot anywhere near the five. my not even be in the top 10, which is a shift between cobit, the p

prime minister scott morrison spoke at the aspen institute about the pandemic, security in the regionions with -- and relations with china and india. evening, everyone and welcome back to the aspen security forum. i am director of the aspen shot a geo group. i should say good morning to the prime minister of