And youre at the listening post. Here are some of the stories we are tackling, Climate Change, the coverage of an issue where politics, science and journalism meets. The reporter behind a big news story drives a cab. How did he break a storey that the maybe stream news media could not is the sale of this newspaper a sign that beijing is squeezing the life out of the freedom of the press in hong kong. And cruising youtube for raw political material. There are few news stories that have global implications. Climate change has implications that are planetary. By nature its a slowmoving story, a slow burn so to speak, requiring a big development, an event to attract the attention that it deserves, to top the news agenda. The United Nations Climate Change conference, cop21 was such an event. Political leaders, delegates, advocates and journalists flocked to paris. Anyone trying to assess the agreement reached could have concluded through the happy headlines, the selfcongratulatory leaders,
Minister in the last week. Mexican tunnels to transport drugs to the u. S. We take a tour. Warm welcome to the program. U. S. President barack obama has given a public address at the pentagon following his meeting with the National Security council on its campaign to stop i. S. I. L. He said Islamic State has lost around 40 of the area that it once controlled in iraq. Every day we destroy as well more of i. S. I. L. s forces. Their fighting positions bunkers and staging areas, their heavy weapons, bomb make factories compounds and training examples. In many places i. S. I. L. Has lost its freedom of maneuver because they know if they mask their force we will wipe them out. In fact since this summer i. S. I. L. Has not had a stinl successful majosingleoffensive successful offensive operation in iraq or syria. Rosiland jordan is there. How about it raising confidence in new york . That is very much the way it is, julie. Before he embarrass for a two week holiday break to remind the u. S.
Mourinho. Hello, libyan political rivals signed an u. N. Backed peace deal. The agreement is large and complex, but these are the key points. It creates an unity government, brings together two parliaments that are backed by competing factions. The First Priority for the new government will include easing internal conflict and solving rebel backed groups. Today is an historic day for libya. Five months ago on the 11 of july, 2015, the initialing of the political agreement showed a broad connecticu consensus ending rival political divisions. By signing the agreement, youre completing this process. You are turning a page in the history of libya. From today the agreement puts in place the single steps of legitimate institutions. Essential Building Blocks or peaceful secure and prosperous libya. Advisers to the Libyan National Transitional Council said it is now important to focus on supporting new elections. Were not looking to the United Nations or the u. S. To carry in through step by s
The economy judged that the fund rate market is now appropriate. Recognizing even after this increase Monetary Policy remains accommodative. As i will explain the process of normalizing Interest Rates is likely to proceed gradually. It will depend on how the economy evolves with employment and 2 inflation. It will target the range when it sees further improvement in the labor market and it was reasonbly confident that inflation would move back to its 2 objective over the medium term. In our adjustment these two criteria have now been satisfied. The labor market is clearly shown significant further improvement toward our objective of maximum employment. So far this a total of 2. 3 million jobs have been added to the economy, and over the most recent three months an average of estimated 218,000 per month, similar since the beginning of the year. The Unemployment Rate since november has been down. 5 of an percentage point of last year and is down of last year. A broader measure of unemplo
The financier had a spectacular rise with his investments quadrupling but then browder began calling attention to corruption and crossed the wrong people. I was locked up overnight. And then i was deported the next day and declared a threat to national security, never to be allowed back into russia again. At that point it became obvious to me that putins interests had diverged. Browders tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky stayed behind to fight against the crimes committed by the kremlin and expose those responsible. It did not end well. So he was he was incarcerated for 358 days. And the tor and they tortured him and they tortured him. They chained him to a bed. And then eight riot guards with rubber batons came into that cell and beat him until he died. The chief executive officer of the Investment Fund Hermitage Capital management went on a mission to avenge his lawyers death. We knew who did it. We had all the evidence. Browder pressured the u. S. Congress to pass sanctions the magnitsky a