Pompeo andonesian foreign minister held talks on thursday. They discussed the sittion in the south cna sea wch china claims most of. Indonea has designated an exclusive Economic Zone off the nah tuna islands and has a territorial dispute with beijing in the area. Our law abiding nations reject the unlawful claims made by the Chinese Government party in the South China Sea. Its a cause worth pursuing in multilateral settings and the Trump Administration very much supports this. She said stability and peace should be maintained in the South China Sea and added International Law, especially United Nations convention on the law of the sea must be respected and implemented. Pompeo expressed willingness to cooperate in new ways to ensure Maritime Security and protect some of the worlds busiest trade routes. I encourage u. S. Businesses to invest more in indonesia including for procts in the Outer Islands in indonesia such as nah tuna island. Pompeo says the u. S. Welcomes indonesias Decisive
As is tradition, two tiny communities in n hampshire cast their ballots after the stroke of midnight. The results were a sweep for biden, while in millsfield, trump won 16 votes to 5 for biden. The 2020 election is taking place amid the growing coronavirus pandemic and a risingocial divide in u. S society. The response to the coronavirus and the reopening of the economy have become Major Campaign issues. Johns Hopkins University in the u. S. Says the total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at nearly 9. 3 million. The death toll has topped the world with over 230,000. Restrictions on mailin voting were eased to address concerns about spreading the virus. Millions of people opted to cast ballots early. Turnout could be the highest in a century. There are concerns as voting gets under way. Trump has insisted mailin votes are prone to fraud, and the results could be contested in court. Some reports say trump may declare victory unilaterally before all the votes are tallied. T
Biden exchange a week out from election day. Plexiglass barriers were going to separate the two rivals but were removed at the last minute as both tested negative for covid19. The coronavirus pandemic dominated the first part of the debate. Trump defended his handling of the crisis while biden criticized the president s response. This is a worldwide problem, but i have been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we have been able to do with the if you take a look at what we have done in terms of goggles and masks and gowns and everything else. And in particular, ventilators. We are now making ventilators all over the world, thousands and thousands a month, distributing them all over the world. It will go away, and as i say, we are rounding the turn, we are rounding the corner, its going away. The expectation is that we will have another 200,000 americans dead by the time between now and the end of the year. If we just wore these masks, the president s own advisers have to
Resume Oil Production after an 8 month located by forces loyal to warlords only for half tar and a 3rd attempt to uphold a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan the us urged both sides to respect the latest arrests. Coronavirus cases are rising sharply across europe with several countries reporting record numbers of new infections on sunday france announced more than 50000. 00 new cases for the 1st time while its early and spain are also struggling with a 2nd wave hopes for a vaccine are growing in britain the u. K. s Health Secretary says the government is preparing for a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year but in the United States the Trump Administration has been accused of giving up the fight against govt 19 this after white house chief of staff mark meadows conceded that the us is not going to control the pandemic. White house correspondent kimberly hocket has more from washington the u. S. President is essentially distancing himself from the chief of staff mark read his
States we all share the benefits we all share the burden this package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach we know that we have to build trust among Member States and citizens confidence that we can manage this as a union 70 deca has more now from the boss in greece. I dont think its clear whether anything thats been decided now is going to alleviate the situation for these people theyre talking about a joint tosk helping the greeks here at a Reception Center i dont think at the moment it seems to indicate that theyre going to expedia 8 already lets say the situation for these people it sounds that theyre going to tighten border controls and that theyre going to also expedite those who do not have asylum to return to their countries of origin if you if you look at it here and really you know were talking about policy affecting people i dont think its actually going to change anything these people remain in a situation which is many people would tell you inhumane in the