Pressing issues facing the world during this difficult time. As we confront the challenges brought on by covid19, conversations like this have never been more important. Hope you enjoy and find value in these discussions which will now begin. As reminder we will be taking audience questions and when could you just met yours at the button located at the bottom of your screen. Type in your questionable try to get to it toward the end of the broadcast. Todays briefing is from Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution. Is focus that his focus is been military history. He has written or edited 24 books, the most recent is determined. Hes been awarded both the passion amenities metal and the prize, i would have it hanging around my neck 24 7. How how are you today . Very good. Thank you for having me. An interesting question before get into the policy side of things, a lot of us are watching this from Population Centers around the country, around the globe, cities and subu
In the morning here at singapore. The United Nations says fighting has resumed the Eastern Ghouta despite a humanitarian pause. It would hope the daily five hour cease fire ordered by the syrian ally russia would allow civilians to leave. At the United Nations says a collapse before it was due to expire. Nearly 400,000 people are trapped in a region which has been besieged by the government since 2013. Our middle east editorjeremy bowen has the details. It was supposed to be a chance to get some aid into Eastern Ghouta, but the temporary ceasefire, at best, was ragged. No civilians left down the newly designated safe corridors. Once again in syria, the russians are setting the pace. This russian officer, stationed in the humanitarian corridor, claimed armed opposition groups were stopping civilians leaving. The day turned into a demonstration of russian power in syria. Theirjets were in the sky, and their soldiers, alongside the syrians, were on patrol and they showed off clinics for d
Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in syria where the United Nations says fighting has resumed in Eastern Ghouta despite a humanitarian pause. It was hoped that the daily five hour ceasefire, which had been ordered by syrias ally russia, would allow civilians to leave, but the un says it collapsed before it was due to expire. Nearly 400,000 people are trapped in the region, which has been besieged by the government since 2013. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen reports. It was supposed to be a chance to get some aid into Eastern Ghouta, but the temporary ceasefire, at best, was ragged. No civilians left down the newly designated safe corridors. Once again in syria, the russians are setting the pace. This russian officer, stationed in the humanitarian corridor, claimed armed opposition groups were stopping civilians leaving. The day turned into a demonstration of russian power in syria. Theirjets were in the sky, and their soldiers, alongside the syria
Hello im down this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up dozens of pakistani migrants are feared drowned after the boat capsized off the coast of libya. A new u. N. Report lays out the real impact on the countrys children. Protests in kenya after another arrest over the marking operation of opposition leader. A memo criticizing the f. B. I. s investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen president ial election has been released after being declassified by u. S. President donald trump it was written by republicans and says the f. B. I. And department of justice abused their power and showed bias when investigating the alleged ties between his Campaign Team and the kremlin well the f. B. I. Had argued against its release saying it had grave concerns the document contain what it called material emissions a fact and a statement the agencys director Christopher Ray told staff he stood by them democrats say the members aimed at derailing the special counsel Robert Mullers i
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