General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait
Dont forget you can get more on all our stories on our website, just log onto our website bbc. Co. Uk. And im on twitter, im lvaughanjones now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Us stocks recover as china take steps to stabilise its currency, the yuan, with asian markets follow suit . And the formula physics success. Suit . And the formula physics success. We catch up with a young female asian entrepreneur on a mission to promote women in science. Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. We start with the markets and it is a mixed picture here in asia. Japans nick ayers opened and australian stocks are currently flat stop japans nikkei, not taking cues from us stocks which opened up overnight. And the yuan is now at a slightly higher rate to the us dollar, after sliding beneath the us dollar for the first time in ten years. A lot of a nalysts the first time in ten years. A lot of analysts are citing a lot of uncertainty in the market regardin
In two mass shootings. President trump condemns extremism but stops short of announcing tighter gun controls. Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8am in hong kong, where the residents are waking up after yet another day of widespread disruption. Police arrested 82 protestors as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the territorys first general strike in more than 50 years. Protests spread right across the territory, with major roads blocked, public transport severely delayed and more than 200 flights cancelled. The normally buzzing city was brought to a standstill. Our correspondent nick beake has this report. Hong kongs deepening crisis is exposing a dangerous clash of cultures. Pro democracy activists, dressed in black, fought street battles with men loyal to the beijing backed government. Violence rained for a third day running and this, one of more than 1,000
More than 17,000 boys aged 1a carry a knife or weapon in england and wales, according to the home office. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson and brexit. Borisjohnson and brexit. How investors view the huge challenges faced by the incoming uk Prime Minister. 2020 countdown. Exactly a year before the opening of the tokyo 0lympics, what will it mean for japans economy . Good morning, vietnam. Hello, well. Its a wednesday. Lad you could join us its a wednesday. Lad you could join us for another action packed big wea k us for another action packed big weak edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon in singapore. We start with uk, because later today Boris Johnson we start with uk, because later today borisjohnson will become the countrys new Prime Minister. That after he culpably won the contest to replace theresa may as the leader of britains rawling conservative party. Comfortable one. We look at the huge task faced by mrjohnson aft
As always we have lots more on our website. But now its time to catch up website. But now its time to catch up with mariko in the Asia Business report. Dodger downsizing. One of the worlds because banks is slashing its workforce by 20 . Digital goals well bring you the highlights of the world cup for robots. Good morning and welcome to this monday addition of Asia Business report alive singapore with me, mariko oi. Lets begin with one of the worlds biggest banks. Deutsche bank has confirmed it will cut 18,000 jobs over three years. It is pa rt 18,000 jobs over three years. It is part of a radical reorganisation of the german lender which is drinking its Investment Banking business. It hasnt said wherejobs its Investment Banking business. It hasnt said where jobs will be lost, but with almost 8000 staff, london is the home of its biggest trading operation. There, our reporter katie austin reports. On a fairly long list of long term problems the german bank had been facing, falling share