Police turn to heavy handed measures. And russias president scales up the response to the outbreak people are ordered to stay at home and a constitutional referendum is delayed. Concerns that the u. S. Could become the next major front in the coronavirus pandemic a growing with more news on the number of cases the governor of new york said they had been a leap of 5000 cases in just the past day with the state alone now recording more than 30000 in total the virus has claimed more lives there than in any other part of the country elsewhere spain now has the worlds 2nd highest number of deaths after 700. 00 in the past 24 hours to a total today 3 and a half 1000 thats half the total of italy there was a glimmer of hope there as the hard hit nobody region reported its smallest number of new deaths in 6 days. When in russia president putin has ordered the military to run drills testing troop readiness to deal with an outbreak is one of a number of emergency measures is implemented in the p
Now a a discussion on human rights and democracy around the world since the cold war. Foreign policy experts look at how americas leadership impacts the world. Florida International University and the making institute hosted this discussion in miami as part of an annual conference on the state of the world. Its just over one hour. Readings to those gathered at florida International University. I salute your efforts to address the days Foreign Policy challenges and the role of American Leadership in the world. It is important to remember that what happens abroad and how people live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite the evils of oppression, poverty and extremism to take root around the globe. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic order that is provided peace, prosperity, and human achievement at home and abroad. American leadership strong alliances with fellow democratic nations are vital to this cause. At the Bush Institute we are w
Closes its famous movie museum over coronavirus fears across europe the Tourism Industry takes a hit as the number of infections continues to rise voters in israel had to the polls for a 3rd time in less than a year will they break the deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Name Challenger any gods and bundesliga soccer at leipsic is held to a draw at home and this is the chance to put real pressure on the leaders i mean. Im serious i was gonna thank you for joining us a new migration crisis is taking shape on the European Unions eastern border thousands of migrants are trying to find a way from turkey in to greece and thats after the turkish government said it would no longer try to stop migrants from crossing into the European Union but greece has pushed. Back deploying its military to protect border points and using tear gas to turn the migrants back athens fears a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis and suspending asylum applications for one month vowing to retu
But. Also coming up the e. U. Raises its Risk Assessment for corona virus as global cases soar tyras fears are hammering the Tourism Industry cross the continent even forcing the worlds most visited museum to close its doors to voters in israel had to the polls for a 3rd time in less than a year will they break the deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger benny gantz. Im sorry so much got to thank you for joining us a new migration crisis is taking shape on the European Unions eastern border of thousands of migrants are trying to make their way from turkey into greece thats after the turkish government said it would no longer try to stop migrants from crossing into the e. U. But her greece is pushing back deploying its military to protect border points and using tear gas to turn the mike. In fact athens fears a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis and it is suspending asylum applications for one month vowing to return anyone who enters the country illeg
But it turns out that may not be the case. In the big banks launch a earnings season with a bang. Jp morgan reports of most profitable year ever for any u. S. Lender. News from south korea, were the jobless numbers for the month of december. Writings coming in at 3. 8 , which is higher than estimated and higher than the previous month of november. The jobless rate has been creeping up since the month of august and now we are seeing it shoot up to 3. 8 . Although it is worth mentioning that the economy still added 516,000 jobs in december, which is 200,000 more than in the month of november. Conflicting signals right there, but we have seen the government has tried to create jobs, they have tried to support the economy, but we continue to see declines in the manufacturing and retail sectors. Now the jobless rate coming in at higher than expected 3. 8 . Austrian markets have now open for trade. Lets turn to sophie for what to watch. Sydney a flat open in after a fresh record on tuesday.