Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
A lasting peace. And the speaker of the Cypriot Parliament quits after being implicated in the cash for passport scam exposed by al jazeera. The World Health Organization has warned that the death toll in the 2nd wave of the corona virus pandemic could be 5 times the level of the 1st outbreak back in the spring unless urgent action is taken now across europe coronavirus cases are rising dramatically and governments are tightening restrictions to stop the spread from saturday more than half of englands 56000000 population will be subjected to high or very high restrictions impacting their movement and who they can meet the german hospital for the ration says the number of people in hospital with cope at 19 has doubled in the past week with intense. Care patients expected to pass 2000 by next months Record Numbers of infections have been recorded in germany the netherlands italy poland the Czech Republic slovakia croatia and portugal or a state of calamity came into effect on thursday me
Continues to unfold in europe with exponentially increases in daily cases and matching but a scent that increases in daily deaths the evolving situation in europe raises great concern daily numbers of cases or a hospital admissions or approach and cover it is no defeat leading cause of deaths at the bar of 8000. 00 bits per day has no been reached kurdistans Prime Minister has assumed the powers of the president after the countrys leader has resigned so somebody has been called face that they really protests against his leadership since of the spirit of the election said yeah part of had been named Prime Minister just this week after his supporters freedom from jail Charles Stratford is in the east of the country. Its fair to say mr jeenbekov has been changing his story since these rigged elections on october the full initially off to those elections we heard nothing from him until there was a potentially a Statement Given by him saying that resignation was not on the columns. And then
Can he avoid the curse of rolling door leaders . And the s. E. C. Is examining electric truck maker nikola over a short sellers allegations of fraud. Our u. S. Futures are coming online. Flat at the moment after u. S. Stocks rose in the regular session. Stocks rebounded from blast last weeks selloff with the likes of high dimension, oracle, tiktok. Now, the dow ended at the highest level in more than a week. The s p 500 had every sector in green and was led by real estate and tech. Take a look at what oil is doing at the moment because its gaining ground and its above the 37 a barrel level. This after feeling the pressure in the new york session. Opec downgrading its outlook for the Global Oil Market and cut its Global Oil Demand forecast for each quarter to the end of 2021. This ahead of that meeting of ministers that will be held virtually to assess the curbs theyve implemented. We go to hong kong with more. This tuesday asian features are mixed. Trade numbers from india as well as i
President trump threatens to ban tick tock but the video apps u. S. Team is to find. A way. For tech giant microsoft of bike to talk now on hold whats next for one of the worlds most popular apps. And this remedy of a memorial to half a 1000000 murdered people could be disrupted by a massive construction project and an outrage for the ramani killed by the nazis. Im michael oku welcome a state of disaster in melbourne and all of australias state of victoria the government declaration comes as the state struggles with a stunning resurgence of Coronavirus Infections a range of new lockdown measures has been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the capital as well residents will only be allowed to leave home for work medical care exercise or shopping for essential. Their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the countrys strictest to date mel born is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victorias premier ha