Investors, and the American Financial system. I will now give an Opening Statement for five minutes. Today we are here for a hearing on its books proposed Digital Currency, libra, and digital wallet, and the impact on consumers, investors, and the Financial System. David marcus, following his testimony, a panel of experts will share their views on this book plans, is there are serious concerns about the creation of a Digital Currency and digital wallet to expand its reach, like mastercard, paypal, visa, uber reggie lyft rideshare, and specify. Is trying to create a new global fund to rival the us dollar this venture is slated to be based in switzerland, which has a history of creating a haven for criminals and shady corporations. This plan includes serious privacy training, and monitoring of policy concerns. With 2 billion users, will have immediate access to these products, but also from consumers, festers, and the global economy. In addition, facebook has proposed government guarante
A prison one of many detention camps run by the government. The target they say are ethnic and religious minorities mostly wigger muslims in the Northwest Region of chink young activists say at least 1000000 people are detained in similar camps where extreme surveillance force assimilation and abuse are common the camps have long sparked International Criticism in an unprecedented move 22 nations signed a letter to the Un Human Rights Council condemning disturbing reports australia canada and japan are among the signatories on long with britain france and germany they call on china to stop the mass detentions respect religious freedom and grant independent experts meaningful access to the region. Countries that did not sign the document raise just as much interest out of the 22 nations assigned as none of them were muslim majority in. Asians which is really quite telling because china is using their pocketbook to gain influence in many of these nations as well. China defends the practi
A resolution but it will be published as an official document of the Uns Human Rights Council activists say its a good sign but chinas government has long stood defiant against foreign criticism katia locus of the young aljazeera. Much more to come here on aljazeera including the philippine president is accused of inciting violence as the year investigation is set to look into his war on drugs and brazils government is accused of short changing the poll with its Pension Reforms those stories after the break. How i once again welcome to another look at the international forecast pick a ping those flooding concerns the 7 parts of child at the moment loss of class showing up lots of big downpours plenty of thunder as well large hail and of course some flooding potential for mudslides you can see where the heaviest rain is where we have the dark is shading on our charles pushing up through hong kong notching further north which is we go on through saturday we could see some wet weather als
A vent to present their own status as being the Innocent Party as being innocent as being the ones in the right so so i think its not particularly surprising that there would be 2 different types of stories but if we look at what what has happened in the in the long long history of the strait of hormuz particularly in recent decades we know that there have been routine threats from iran to close the strait of hormuz we know of iran has attacked various ships going back to the iran iraq war in the 1980 s. So we know that there is a modus operandi in operation here so i think whilst its contested was the iranians have denied it it seems relatively obvious that there is some type of subterfuge going on here there is some type of complicity involved involving the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps so are you saying that this is the retaliation that the iranians had threatened because iran has been threatening to retaliate since british marines seized that Iranian Oil Tanker and waters. Last
Finance minister of britain america said france and the u. S. Should find a way to solve their differences without threats. For id like to remind you that it is the 1st time in the area of us friends relations that the u. S. Administration decides to launch an investigation within section 3016 i believe that between allies we can and we should tackle or differences in another way than threatening each other france is a sovereign state and it decides its own tax policies and will continue doing so in no sovereignty. Natasha butler has more from paris. Well the french finance minister Bruno Lemaire had some very strong words in the senate he said effectively that france doesnt take very kindly to threats from the United States now he was speaking in the senate that have passed this new digital tax law its imposes 3 percent tax on huge tech firms that are making more than 800000000. 00 worldwide but they have revenues of more than 30000000. 00 in france and i bruno live there said that it