This is r. T. International. To the countrys constitution the package includes more than 100. 00 provisions some of which have been widely criticised today both online and early voting has begun all leading up to next wednesdays general vote. Has delved deeper. 7 days of voting and now underway across russia cross 97000 polling stations set up for this vote and you know Vladimir Putin he never misses an opportunity to remind everyone how the world is changing how quickly its changing and how important are these for russia to stay ahead of the curve these obviously these changes of what the government of visions is paving the path for russia to stay ahead of that curve. Tell you how important how much is at stake here the fact that theyre holding them now just as russia begins to emerge from the quote of ours pandemic. Have been lifted across the country nevertheless there are hotspots where the situation is east still severe which is why there are so many mechanisms in procedures now i
Ramadan in the age of coronavirus muslims around the world begin observing the holy month under lockdown and tight restrictions and venezuela is celebrating one of the lowest rates of the illness in the world but doctors say the numbers on misleading. Thank you very much for joining us we begin with yet another grim tally of desk coming out of the United States from the new coronavirus 3176 people have died in just 24 hours and that takes the total number of deaths to nearly 50000. 00 the highest anywhere in the world globally there are now 2700000. 00 infections and over 190000 deaths on the economic front the u. S. House of representatives has passed a new 484000000000. 00 relief bill to keep Small Businesses afloat and provide funds to hospitals they passed with bipartisan support and will now go to president dollar triumphal final approval meanwhile more than 26000000 americans are now. Unemployed in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wi
United nations criticizes israels plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank saying it violates International Law. We begin in the u. S. Where figures released just hours ago paint a devastating picture of the economy just 5 weeks tens of millions of jobs being wiped out lets take a look at the numbers then last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits thats fewer than the week before more than 5300000 registered for jobless support for the scale of these figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march. That was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his covert 19 outbreak declarations a White House Correspondent Kimberly Hallock is live from washington d. C. For us so kimberly as we all know this is the administration that long touted jobs jobs jobs how serious a blow is this. This is a you know a serious blow to the u. S. President because this is what he single handedly was h
A wave of criticism there. And with south africa in the middle of a 3 week lockdown we hear from a johannesburg resident about how people are cared. About Peter Simmons with the sport of argentina instructed carlos tevez has cooled and his father football is to open up their wallets and help during the current coronavirus crisis. Now the economic devastation caused by the current of our us outbreak is becoming clear what the United States once again announcing skyrocketing rates of unemployment a record 6600000. 00 people have now applied for Unemployment Benefits thats 3000000 more than last week its a similar story in spain strict quarantine measures that have now led to 800000 jobs being lost in march 3 point 5000000 people are now without work and the race of people applying for benefits in the United Kingdom is 10 times the normal almost a 1000000 people have claimed universal credit in the past 2 weeks despite a stimulus thats meant to prevent layoffs. Welcome to how katrines us
Up a brochure at the front desk. You can join our mailing list to stay informed of upcoming programs i filling out information on your evaluation sheet jade you can pick one up at the front desk. As many of you know, we are a National Research library of American History and culture Whose Mission is to share the printed record of what is now the United States, portions of canada and the british west indies. We collect everything and everything anything and thesehing within parameters. We use these collections as the basis for all of our programs, which bring scholars, programs, writers and students together to participate in workshops and a variety of other programs about pre20thcentury america. Tonights lecture is part of a series of programs we are offering tactic to an exhibition called beyond midnight, paul revere. The exhibition is on display through june 7. One part is at the west or art museum and the other part is at the concord art museum. The exhibition will conclude its will