Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We of course begin with the Vice President ial debate. Vice president mike pence and senator Kamala Harris squared off last night. Their exchanges were relatively calm at least compared to last weeks president ial debate. Still, there were some tense moments on stage. So Danya Bacchus is in Salt Lake City where the debate took place. Danya, what were some of the main points that they sparred over . Good morning, annemarie. Right away the candidates paashed over the coronavirus they went on to spar over the economy, climate change, the Supreme Court, and whether justice was served in the Breonna Taylor case. The coronavirus pandemic was center stage last night with plexiglass dividing Vice President mike pence and california senator Kamala Harris. The American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country. From the very first day, President Donald Trump has p
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Welcome to news asia glad you could join us we begin in myanmar where 2 Army Soldiers appear to have testified on camera that the army had carried out atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority these appear to be the 1st public confessions of the armys involvement in crimes against the 2 soldiers have been described as. Confessions were recorded in the custody of the army and. The army has been fighting we arent able to confirm these confessions were made voluntarily or under duress but heres what the soldiers said. Privates all said i quote we shot dead and wiped out according to the command of all irrespective of all children and adult private. Said a court. Give us an old up all you see and all you hear so we indiscriminately shot at all. Correspondent who covers the region joins me now from kuala lumpur whats your assessment of these videos i mean how. Old might they have been to do this. Well i can tell you that i saw a video that has been made public that came out made that
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