General Assembly World leaders convene for a special session is there a multilevel. Pandemic and the number of deaths in russia suggests that the virus is taking a far greater told them to government is admitting well meet an undertaker who tells us he is overwhelmed. And a key architect of the European Union and the g. 7 dawns from code big seen former french president to scott to lead france during the 19 seventies and laid the foundations for europes single currents. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to our viewers all around the world welcome we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is. Not good the head of the countrys Public Health institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown in place since early november has stabilized the numbers but those numbers remain to haul. The coronavirus pandemic is not yet letting up in germany. The head of the
I guess time will tell it is here ching closer to a concession. Donald trump apologise that he may not be leading the countrys next administration. Fighting in ethiopias northern tigre, a region continues to escalate with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas and growing concerns of ethnic cleansing, the countrys Human Rights Commission is sending a team to investigate reports of massacres. In my car drive, Amnesty International says that its likely that hundreds of civilians were stabbed to death. The government blames forces loyal to, to grays leaders, and allegation that they deny thousands of fleeing the violence to neighboring sudan. Have morgan as the latest now from got a reef near the border. More if you can refugees arrive at medina, state. Theyre fleeing fighting in ethiopias degree region. Arrived here 4 days ago with her children and pregnant sister from she says the fighting in the region forced her and her family to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Th
Paris. 5 years off to the movember 2015. A turks, there are still painful memories and deep divisions. Welcome to the program, our top story, this hour. The United Nations saying that its concerned war crimes might have been committed in ethiopias more than 10 gray region where Government Forces are battling local leaders. Its when the fighting could spiral out of control leading to heavy casualties. A 10 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people and sent thousands more. Fleeing across the border to sudan. Prime minister has accused the tigre, a Peoples Liberation front of treason and terrorism, and says the offensive will not end until its removed. Amnesty International Says scores of civilians have been massacred, jaring the fighting, some of them hacked to death. Well, the conflict is threatening to draw in ethiopias neighbors as while, and there are fears that it could destabilize the entire horn of africa. Sudan has offered to mediate the crisis and its had been woken rep
For those not voting this year you can call us at 202 . 488003 we begin with a story from the Associated Press this morning about early voting. A record avalanche of early votes has transformed the 2020 election. You can see pictures of folks voting in durham, North Carolina for the beginning goes like this. More than 22 million americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election. A record shattering avalanche of early votes. The pandemic has transformed the way the nation votes. 22. 2 million, thats as a friday night, ballots submitted, representing 15 of all votes cast in the 2016 election. Even as eight states are not yet reporting their totals and voters still have more than two weeks to cast ballots. Americans rushed to vote, leading that a record of 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than any president ial election since 1908. The story goes on to say that so far, the turnout has been lopsided with democrats out in 42 republicans by 21 states. Re
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