Have originated or 139. 00 new cases have been confirmed over the weekend 3 emerged in shen and to the Capital Beijing now one more person is also died taking the death toll to 3 south korea japan and thailand also reported cases all involving people who recently traveled to hand scientists warn the virus could be as lethal as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome all saw as which killed nearly 800 people 2 decades ago. At least 30 people have been injured in a 2nd night of violence in beirut Security Forces fired tear gas and Water Cannons of protesters throwing rocks at these Lebanese Parliament on saturday nearly 400 people were injured in similar protests that descended into rioting frustration is growing over a financial crisis and the failure of politicians to form a new government. So to europe now where a ceremony has been held in kiev for the 11 ukrainians killed when their plane was shot down by irans military earlier this month 176 people on board the Ukrainian International
Between them are very strange they dont even want to be in the same rooms let alone speak or meet each other meanwhile the internationally recognized government in tripoli wants cats are in tunisia to attend that but in peace conference on sunday man with head has more on that now from tripoli. The Foreign Ministry in tripoli has sent an official letter to the German Embassy in tripoli requesting that both qatar and tunisia be invited for the berlin talks we know that the government of National Accord is keen to include both countries to achieve some kind of balance facing the other delegation supporting the warlords really for have that as you know at least 4 countries supporting the warlords leave for have to are invited to take part in the 1000000000 talks on sunday including the United Arab Emirates egypt russia and france so by this move the government here in tripoli is trying to achieve balance it says that tunisia is very important to take part in these talks as tunisia not onl
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 89, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. All opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 533. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, patrick j. Bumatay of california to be United S
Something i know its something we didnt see as an ideal tool in our institutional context. And i think, you know, different Central Banks around the world did Different Things and we can observe how those things work, but i dont think we regard that as a firstorder tool or something we would be likely to use. There are other things that we need to look at. And i would say yield curve control, sort of shortterm yield curve control is something thats worth looking at. Not at all something that we havent looked at it, but it will be something that we look at when the time comes and the last thing ill say is, you know, i think our tool kit, well use it aggressively to the extent we need to. Yeah. To achieve our mandate. So one of the questions i got from someone today, who knew i was going to be asking you questions, was, is there an unintended consequence of in a reasonable growth, low employment near the target rate inflation rate, is there an unintended consequence of easing into that e
The Nobel Peace Prize. Scotlands rugby office threatens legal action if the world match is canceled. It is in doubt because of the typhoon. Scotland will go out of the tournament if this match is called off. Barbara the u. S. Is beefing up its military presence in the gulf as tensions continue. The pentagon is sending 3000 troops to saudi arabia to bolster the kingdoms defenses following an assault on Oil Facilities last month. Septembers drone attacks threatened the heart of the saudi industryh. Houthi rebels claimed responsibility but the u. S. Pointed the finger at iran. Marine and air force units to provide increased capability in the region if necessary. United states remains committed to protecting our allies and ensuring the free flow of demonstrating our amendment for the rulesbased international order. Irish other likeminded countries especially those in europe to follow the United States lead and join with defensive assets to ensure stability in the region. Barbara our report