this society tough questions facing germany and other countries of the same time as well william no of blue cross thanks very much . let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. and china have agreed on a partial trade deal according to u.s. president trump that means the united states is obsessed spending plans to increase tariffs on about $250000000000.00 of chinese imports trump and chinese president xi jinping could sign the partial agreement as early as november. hopes for an end to 9 days of unrest in ecuador are fading after indigenous leaders rejected a proposal from the country's president to hold direct talks there demanding that president lenin moreno reinstate a fuel subsidy that he had eliminated as part of austerity measures backed by the international monetary fund. thousands of protesters have marched again in hong kong against the ban on face masks at demonstrations many cover their faces despite the threat of up to one year in prison demonstrators defied police warnings that they were gathering illegally you molly group of pensio