And present donald trump joins millions of americans who cast an early vote and with just 10 days to go he and rival joe biden grandpop their campaign schedule. Hello welcome to the program and we begin with the current virus pandemic and in colombia where its expected the country could soon record its infection making it the 3rd latin american nation to hit that milestone that when large protests are over what some say is the governments inept handling of the outbreak the situation in colombia isnt isolated either because across latin america governments are increasingly at odds with the citizens of the efforts to contain the virus elsewhere in the disputed region of garner there are fears that war and instability will help the virus spread its thought that people fleeing the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan a taking the disease with them or have more on that in a moment 1st though to europe west pain is considering a new National State the mudge unsee in germany in the Czech R
Territory for the fourth day in a row. Energy stocks leading the advance as oil surges to a threeweek high, closing up more than 5 , marking its biggest gain of the year. A lot of news to get to. Im Melissa Francis in new york. This is after the bell. Connell im Connell Mcshane live once again in beijing and today were getting a firsthand look at the view from china. Speaking to folks here on the ground what they really think about the trade war with the United States and the perception of American Companies, especially apple. As the tech giant considers moving some of its production out of china. Melissa. Melissa first we begin with breaking news and fox Business Team coverage. Gerri willis is on the floor of the new york stock exchange, blake burman at the white house, and Edward Lawrence is at the Canadian Embassy in d. C. Lets star with blake. Go ahead. Reporter melissa there is a pretty big meeting going on right now not only in the white house but inside the situation room to be
This is a real Public Health issue and what is your response to them, set aside general panic or the idea that there is a big problem. I think there is no reason for general panic, yes, when you sleep, you have a lot of bedbugs at home, this is of course hell, but there is no reason to panic, we have not been taken over by bedbugs and this has nothing to do with migration, the minister of transport promises to hold meetings assures that the commission has already looked for bedbugs on trains and has not found them yet. The topic is being discussed. By parliament, Prime Minister born believes that a new bill is needed, in turn, he accuses the opposition of inaction. Yes, bed bugs are a real horror for many of our citizens, this is a difficult test for those who encounter them, and housing affected by these pests can turn into a real hell for residents. There should be no disagreement on this matter, there should be a collective desire to act, so tell me, mrs. Pano, why are you once agai
Canada after being charged with treason right up to date ellison cases next. The benefit of saddam people so bad they see all kinds witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. Rushed. Me off. Because i am called. I dont wish to become like. Us in the west. West hello im Richard Gilbert and youre at the listening post here are some of the media stories weve been tracking this week both russia and cambodia have elections upcoming its not a great time to be an opposition figure or journalist in either having difficulty getting followers on twitter thats ok just by some more journalists have been arrested in turkey over a story the governments clearly sensitive about and the alternative swearing in ceremony in nairobi that was meant to send a political message. Russias president ial election takes place about six weeks from now the kremlin has been clamping down on critical voices and as the opposition politician at the heart of this story Alexei Navalny will tell
Heat waves hit cities the hardest. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Authorities in the us city of houston have described the flooding caused by Tropical Storm harvey as catastrophic. Meteorologists say the storm in the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. So far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen in houston, with the city warned to expect to be deluged by up to a years worth within the week. Five people are reported to have died in the rising floodwaters. Emergency services in the area are overstretched and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised to help people to safety. 2000 people have been rescued, including the residents of one care home, who were evacuated after images of them in waist deep water were shared on social media. President trump is due to visit the deluged city tomorrow. 0ur north america correspondent james cook is in houston and has this report. Nearly three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into texas, houston is still struggling in its wake.