US and China say trade talks on track despite coronavirus tensions - Financial Times

Top US officials said their trade pact with China remained on track despite rising tensions, easing fears that the coronavirus pandemic had upended the two countries’ fragile economic truce.

Washington’s reassuring remarks come after Donald Trump has continually lashed out at Beijing’s handling of the virus. The US president has also threatened to “terminate” the trade deal because of scepticism over China’s willingness to honour its pledge to buy billions of dollars of American goods.

Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, held a conference call with Liu He, China’s vice-premier, on Thursday night to discuss the implementation of the “phase one” agreement.

“Both sides agreed that good progress is being made on creating the governmental infrastructures necessary to make the agreement a success. They also agreed that in spite of the current global health emergency, both countries fully expect to meet their obligations under the agreement in a timely manner,” USTR and the Treasury said in a joint statement.

Mr Trump has accused China of failing to prevent a pandemic that has left the US and global economies reeling and caused more than 75,000 deaths in America. He has also strengthened his rhetoric on trade with China in recent weeks.

“Now they [China] have to buy,” Mr Trump said on Fox News last weekend. “And if they don’t buy, we’ll terminate the deal, very simple.”

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Apart from threatening to abandon the trade pact, which marked a truce after nearly two years of tariff escalations between Washington and Beijing, US officials and lawmakers have also considered other economic measures. These have ranged from export controls to investment curbs and crackdowns on integrated supply chains.

But the drive to punish Beijing was tempered by concern over the negative impact of a new breakdown in the trade relationship at a time when the global economy was struggling with the pandemic.

China’s ministry of commerce said the two sides on Thursday agreed to strengthen co-operation over macroeconomic and public health matters, and to “strive to create a favourable atmosphere and conditions for the implementation of the first phase of the China-US economic and trade agreement”.

Some analysts doubted China would be able meet its commitments to buy US goods given a sharp drop in consumer demand spurred by the pandemic.

“China doesn't have the ability to carry out the deal and the US knows it . . . if the US wants to be strict with the deal, then it will cause the deal to fall apart the hard way,” said Shi Yinhong, professor of international relations at Renmin University in Beijing. But President Trump “would be crazy to add more sanctions” on China with the US economy in freefall, Mr Shi said.

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Others argued China would stand by the trade deal in spite of the Covid-19 blame game.

“Liu He and Lighthizer’s attitudes have always been pragmatic, and will not be affected by issues between other departments,” said Huang Ping, director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences, a government-led think-tank.

But Mr Huang added that globalisation and trade with China could come under further attack in the US if the pandemic worsened. “Will sanctioning Huawei bring you more votes? Or will stopping people from dying bring you more votes?” he said.

Additional reporting by Nian Liu in Beijing

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Ahmaud Arbery: Dad and son charged with murder of US black jogger - BBC News

A father and son have been arrested and charged in the US state of Georgia for the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man.

Gregory McMichael, aged 64, and Travis McMichael, aged 34, were detained on Thursday by the state bureau of investigation.

They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault, investigators said in a statement.

Mr Arbery, 25, was jogging in February when he was confronted by the pair.

The failure to bring charges against the McMichaels, who are white, in the weeks after the shooting provoked widespread outrage.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced late on Thursday that both men had been taken into custody.

The bureau said the father and son had confronted Mr Arbery with two firearms, and it was the younger McMichael who shot and killed him.

How did Arbery die?

Mr Arbery was out running in the coastal city of Brunswick early in the afternoon of 23 February.

In a police report, Gregory McMichael says he saw Mr Arbery and believed he resembled the suspect in a series of break-ins.

He and his son armed themselves and pursued him in a pick-up truck.

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In the police report, Gregory McMichael says he and his son had said "stop, stop, we want to talk to you" and that Mr Arbery had attacked his son. Shots were fired, with Mr Arbery falling to the street in the Satilla Shores neighbourhood.

Mr Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, said police told her her son had been involved in a burglary before the incident, but the family say they do not believe the keen jogger had committed a crime and he was unarmed.

A number of calls were made to the emergency services around the time of the confrontation, CBS reports. In one 911 call, a neighbour said a black man was seen at a home under construction in the area.

When asked what the man was doing now, the caller said "running down the street".

What evidence is there?

Nationwide uproar erupted this week over the case as mobile phone video emerged that appeared to show the shooting.

The footage, reportedly taken by another man in the neighbourhood, purportedly shows the McMichaels waiting for Mr Arbery as he jogs down the road in broad daylight.

The 36-second clip was shot from a vehicle following the pick-up truck said to be involved in the incident.

A man is seen jogging and then approaching the stationary pick-up from behind.

He tries to bypass the truck and then is seen struggling with a man carrying a shotgun. There is muffled shouting and shotgun shots.

A second man is standing in the bed of the pick-up. The second man is then shown with a pistol standing alongside the other armed man with the jogger no longer in view.

What is the Arbery family saying?

The victim's father told PBS Newshour on Thursday that his son exercised in the area daily and stayed across the street at his mother's house.

"I don't know why they racially profile him and done him like that," said Marcus Arbery, "because all he did is work out and ran and just took care of his body, because he had dreams now.

"Now all his dreams are gone, because they took his life for nothing."

Asked about the suggestion that his son could have been implicated in a burglary, Mr Arbery said that was "just a lie and a cover-up".

"The video speaking everything for itself," he said. "Check that lynch mob out."

The family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, said the footage shows a "horrific execution".

The attorney also claimed Gregory McMichael was not initially charged because he had worked as a police officer and a detective for the local district attorney for over 30 years.

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Ex-cop and son charged with MURDER of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery after video of February killing sparks - The Sun

A FATHER and son were arrested on Thursday over the shooting of an unarmed black jogger after video of the killing sparked outrage.

Cellphone footage from February appears to show suspects Gregory and Travis McMichael "ambush" Ahmaud Arbery, 25, on a Georgia street before a confrontation and the fatal shooting.

Gregory McMichael claimed they thought Arbery was a burglarCredit: Glynn County Jail

His son Travis allegedly shot the unarmed joggerCredit: Glynn County Jail

Arbery was shot dead in FebruaryCredit: Facebook

Travis McMichael, 34, was cuffed by an armed officer this eveningCredit: WSB-TV

The McMichaels were both charged with murder and aggravated assault, according to local reports.

The pair were arrested at gunpoint by a dozen cops in bulletproof vests at their suburban home in Brunswick on Thursday evening, reports MailOnline.

Officers armed with assault rifles swarmed the $280,000 two-bed property, leading the father and son away in handcuffs.

Gregory, 64 - a former Glynn County cop - and his son Travis, 34, were taken to the county jail, WXGA reported.

District Attorney Tom Durden plans for a grand jury to hear the evidence against them.

Georgia courts won't reconvene until June due to the coronavirus pandemic, however.

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed it would be investigating "threats against GCPD and individuals involved in the active investigation."

Speaking about the arrests, S. Lee Merritt, an attorney representing Arbery's parents described it as a "huge, huge step but it's only a first step on a very long road to justice."

"A case like this breeds mistrust within the community," he said. "It hurts the people involved, it hurts the law enforcement community, the prosecutorial community, the black community, everyone."

No arrests were made until footage of the killing was leaked this week, which prompted the GBI to take over the case and sparked a national outcry from politicians and celebrities.

Presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden demanded justice for Arbery, as did Kamala Harris, Biden's potential running mate.

His dad Gregory, 64, was also arrested on ThursdayCredit: WSB-TV

The incident happened in broad daylightCredit: Twitter

The McMichaels say they thought he was a burglary suspect

President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that the death was "a very sad thing."

Gregory told detectives at the time of the killing they believed Arbery was involved in "recent home burglaries," which is why they followed him, reports NBC News.

The 64-year-old claimed they were going to make a citizens arrest but Arbery started a fight with Travis, who feared for his life.

Arbery was then shot twice, before staggering off and collapsing in the Satilla Shores neighborhood.

Keith Smith speaks to a crowd as they march through a neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga.Credit: AP:Associated Press

Arbery pictured with his mother, Wanda Cooper JonesCredit: Facebook

In this image from video posted on Twitter, Ahmaud Arbery stumbles and falls to the ground after being shotCredit: Twitter

The victim's family have since spoken out, describing his death as a "lynching" and "murder."

Brunswick defense attorney Alan Tucker, who first shared the video, said he did it "because my community was being ripped apart by erroneous accusations and assumptions."

During a press conference streamed on on First Coast News, the victim's family's attorney Lee Merritt said "these men were not performing any police function or any duty as citizens of Georgia."

His death sparked mass outrageCredit: AP:Associated Press

Joe Biden weighed in on the debateCredit: Twitter

"These men were vigilantes, they were performing a lynching in the middle of the day," the lawyer said.

Arbery's mom, Wanda Cooper Jones, said he "was his sister and brother's keeper."

"His spirit was good," she said. "He was a yes ma'am and no ma'am type of fellow."

Arbery's dad described the slaying as a "hate crime" during the emotional conference.

GBI got involved when the disturbing video emerged, apparently showing the slaying in broad daylight.

These men were vigilantes, they were performing a lynching in the middle of the day.

Lawyer Lee Merritt

Arbery can be seen struggling with one gunman who exited the vehicle before a scream can be heard and the fatal shots were fired.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said he's sure the GBI will "find the truth" as they investigate the contentious case.

"Earlier this week, I watched the video depicting Mr Arbery's last moments alive," the Republican governor said during an Atlanta press briefing.

"I can tell you it's absolutely horrific, and Georgians deserve answers."

Gregory reportedly claimed Arbey started to "violently attack" his son before they began struggling with the shotgun.

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This is the point Travis fired "a second later there was a second shot."

Two District Attorneys have been recused from the case due to conflicts.

The second DA, George E. Barnhill, previously argued there wasn't probable cause for charges against the McMichaels, who had a right to carry firearms and pursue a suspected robber under state law.

Barnhill maintained that Travis lawfully shot Arbery because he was "allowed to use deadly force to protect himself" in Georgia.

Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on 07 May have arrested Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichaelCredit: EPA

The McMichaels were arrested this evening by a dozen officersCredit: EPA

The 25-year-old was killed on February 23 in a neighborhood outside the coastal port city of BrunswickCredit: Facebook

Wanda Cooper's lawyer is adamant the video footage shows a 'murder'Credit: Lee Merritt

Arbery lost his life in broad daylight after being allegedly chased down by two white menCredit: Facebook

The video shows two white gunmen chasing a black joggerCredit: Twitter

Arbery tried to get the gun from the shooterCredit: Twitter

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Coronavirus: Australia begins three-step plan to reopen country - BBC News

Here in Singapore, a contact tracing app was developed early on in the country’s fight against the coronavirus. Called TraceTogether, the app works on bluetooth technology to help make it easier to locate all the people someone may have infected.

So if I’m in a supermarket for instance, and later on it turns out that I’ve got coronavirus the app would have a record of all the signals of other people who had downloaded it and that I had passed on my shopping trip. They can then be contacted and take precautions.

So far just about a fifth of the population has downloaded it according to reports - officials say at least half of the country needs to do it before it can work effectively.

But some Singaporeans are worried about privacy - whether the government will have access to their location data - and that’s why there haven’t been as many people downloading it as the government would like.

Others have complained about the sucking up of battery life.

On TraceTogether’s website, it reassures Singaporeans that won’t happen - and that the data won’t be accessed unless the user has been in close contact with a confirmed case.

Only at that point, the app’s makers say, would someone be contacted by the tracing team.

Still, it has become increasingly clear that Singapore’s government will want more people to download the app before we move out of the partial lockdown we’ve been in the last five weeks.

As the economic cost of that mounts, more may be convinced of the app’s merits.

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Coronavirus: New scare for Trump as one of his military valets diagnosed with COVID-19 - Sky News

A member of the military serving as one of Donald Trump's valets has tested positive for coronavirus.

A White House spokesman said the president, and Vice President Mike Pence, have since been tested negative for COVID-19 and "remain in good health".

It is the latest coronavirus scare for the president, and the first known instance where a person who has come in close proximity to him has tested positive since several people present at his private Florida club were diagnosed in early March.

The person tested positive on Wednesday, the White House said.

Meanwhile, officials are tightening protocols to protect the nation's political leaders.

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Mr Trump, 73, said some staffers who interact with him closely would now be tested daily.

He told reporters: "It's a little bit strange but it's one of those things.

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Mr Pence added that both he and the president will now be tested for the virus daily.

Several valets cater to the president and his guests at the White House, including serving meals and providing drinks.

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VE Day: Berlin marks end of WW2 with unprecedented holiday - BBC News

Berliners have been given an unprecedented public holiday on Friday, to mark the end of World War Two but also liberation from Nazi rule.

Not since reunification has a German city acknowledged 8 May as a day of liberation and some Berliners are unaware of the date's significances.

A street party and several events have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The holiday is one-off and is not being held outside Berlin.

But there are growing calls for a public holiday to be held across Germany.

What does 8 May mean for Germans?

For some, particularly in areas of the old West Germany, 8 May has long been associated with defeat in World War Two. Many families preferred to draw a veil over the period, both those who had suffered persecution as well as those who hadn't.

In the areas of the old communist East Germany, 8 May was taught as "Day of Liberation" from the Nazi regime by the victorious Red Army. Post-war Berlin itself was divided into four sectors - the Soviets in the east and the US, French and British in the west.

In the latter years of the West German state, the date was also seen as marking liberation from the Nazi regime but nowadays more significantly as the rebirth of democracy.

The only national public holiday currently marking German history is 3 October, which celebrates the date of reunification in 1990.

Why now?

"It's the principles of democracy that we want to get across," explains Moritz van Dülmen, whose Kulturprojekte is behind a number of events.

Although many of the plans for Berlin's public holiday have been scrapped, including a street party, an open air exhibition and numerous events at museums, some projects will still take place online.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will lay wreaths at Berlin's memorial for victims of war and tyranny.

"We are also keen to reach a young audience, particularly those with a migrant background, who have little knowledge of German history," Mr van Dülmen explains.

Remembering history, he argues, is more important than ever in light of recent deadly far-right attacks at a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle and a shisha bar at Hanau near Frankfurt.

Is the idea popular?

Talk to Berliners and many will not see the significance of 8 May as the end of the war, or even the surrender of Nazi Germany. Many only found out this week that Friday was a public holiday.

Hannelore Steer, who grew up in East Germany, sees the holiday as a good idea as she was used to seeing it celebrated many years ago.

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Weng Yuen believes it would help people remember what had happened. "17 June used to be a public holiday in West Germany to remind us of the uprising in East Germany in 1953. That's now largely forgotten particularly with a younger generation," she told the BBC.

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Berliner Tina Michael, who has two teenage sons, says that's important as the history curriculum has recently been cut in German schools.

"As history and geography classes have been merged, a lot of material can't be covered any more," she complains.

Friday's holiday has also been a subject for political debate.

Holocaust survivor Esther Bejarano, 95, wrote an open letter to Mrs Merkel and President Steinmeier calling for 8 May to become a lasting and nationwide public holiday.

She believes it could help Germans appreciate that 8 May 1945 was "a day of liberation and the crushing of the National Socialist regime". Almost 100,000 people have signed a petition supporting the proposal.

Politicians including Katrin Göring-Eckardt from the Greens and Katja Kipping of the left-wing Linke party have backed her proposal. It was Die Linke that lobbied for the day to become a public holiday in Berlin.

Not everyone backs the idea. The far-right AfD party, which is the biggest opposition force in Germany's Bundestag, is bitterly opposed to the holiday.

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Co-leader Alexander Gauland sees 8 May as an "ambivalent" date, because while it may have meant liberation for some, it also represents the "absolute defeat" of Germany and the "loss of big parts of Germany".

The day is being widely covered by German media, in an attempt to portray the broad array of experiences that Germans had as the war came to an end.

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VE Day: UK to mark 75th anniversary of end of WWII in Europe - BBC News

The UK is to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, with the Royal Family leading tributes as the country remains in lockdown due to the coronavirus.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead a two-minute silence at 11:00 BST to honour servicemen and women during World War Two, and the Queen will address the nation later.

The PM thanked the VE Day generation, saying "our gratitude will be eternal".

Events are taking place all day, but public gatherings have been cancelled.

Victory in Europe Day marks the day in 1945 when then-prime minister Sir Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe had come to an end, after Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered.

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This year's celebration will be limited as the lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic means there will be no large scale street parties or parades.

However, the BBC is airing a series of special programmes to mark the milestone occasion, including a re-broadcast of parts of Sir Winston's speech.

A pre-recorded message from the Queen will be broadcast on BBC One at 21:00 - the exact moment her father, King George VI, gave a radio address 75 years ago.

'One supreme effort'

In a message, Prime Minister Mr Johnson referred to the virus outbreak, saying it "demands the same spirit of national endeavour" as shown during wartime.

"We can't hold the parades and street celebrations we enjoyed in the past, but all of us who were born since 1945 are acutely conscious that we owe everything we most value to the generation who won the Second World War," he said.

Mr Johnson - who is due to have a video call with a veteran later - said: "We survived and eventually triumphed thanks to the heroism of countless ordinary people, who may be elderly today, but who once carried the fate of freedom itself on their shoulders.

"Across the world, our soldiers, sailors and airmen fought the Nazis with courage, ingenuity and stubborn endurance.

"On the home front, women defended our cities against air raids, worked the factories, ran the hospitals and broke enemy codes. People of every age, race and background came together in one supreme effort."

Mr Johnson also wrote to surviving veterans and told them, despite the ongoing lockdown due to coronavirus, their efforts to topple a "ruthless enemy" would "always be remembered".

What is VE Day?

Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May 1945 saw Britain and its Allies formally accept Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender after almost six years of war.

At 15:00, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced on the radio that the war in Europe had come to an end, following Germany's surrender the day before.

Spontaneous celebrations broke out across the country and the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, and her sister Princess Margaret, ventured out with a group of friends to experience the excitement in London.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said although people cannot be together this VE Day, "we can still remember together".

He also referred to the virus outbreak, saying: "We owe so much to the generation of VE Day. We must do everything we can to care for and support them through the current crisis."

He added: "The crisis in our care homes has gone on for too long and we must do everything we can to protect our most vulnerable, many of whom protected our country in its darkest hour."

In a video message, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said reconciliation and hope were the "two great tributes we can pay to the 1945 generation".

The BBC's special evening programme will feature Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins, actor Adrian Lester and singer Beverley Knight, who will be performing some well-known songs from the 1930s and 40s.

It will culminate in a public sing along of Dame Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again, a song synonymous with World War Two.

Last month, the Queen echoed the words of the now 103-year-old singer - known as the Forces' sweetheart - when she told those in lockdown "we will meet again" during a rare speech to the nation.

Events scheduled on Friday

• 10:50 BST: A service in Westminster will see Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle lay a wreath on behalf of the House of Commons. Lord West will lay a wreath on behalf of the Lords
• 11:00: A national moment of remembrance and a two-minute silence
• 14:45: In a special programme on BBC One, extracts from Churchill's victory speech to the nation announcing the end of the war in Europe will be broadcast
• 14:55: Solo buglers, trumpeters and cornet players will be invited to play the Last Post from their homes
• 15:00: As Churchill's speech is broadcast, people will be invited to stand up and raise a glass in a national toast, saying: "To those who gave so much, we thank you"
• 20:00: Another BBC One special will feature Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins, actor Adrian Lester and singer Beverley Knight, who will be performing some well-known songs from the 1930s and 40s. The programme will culminate in the nation being invited to sing along to a rendition of wartime classic We'll Meet Again
• 21:00: The Queen's pre-recorded address will be broadcast on BBC One. It will be her second televised message during the coronavirus outbreak after a rare speech to the nation last month
• 21:30: Spotlights will light up the sky in Portsmouth to recall the experience of blackouts during the war. The local council says the lights are also to remind people "that lighter times will come again"

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