I think. Im just a hole in munich where Global Policy makers are gathered for the annual security conference among them josep the European Unions Foreign Policy and security chief ban who faces many challenges from the u. S. Tariffs from the Iran Nuclear Deal to managing relations with eastern giants like china and russia and of course festering conflicts in places like libya and yemen the list is long can the ties that bind e. U. Member states endure all this is there a common vision for the European Unions future well find out as josep or el talks to aljazeera. Just approach the European Unions high representative for Foreign Affairs many thanks for talking to aljazeera thank you youre part of a new European Commission theres a new European Parliament a new e. U. In fact 27 members minus the United Kingdom but youve got real problems youve got people like president macron of france as a very powerful reformer pushing for more integration youve got a kind of steady as she goes germany
A cluster of cases its confounding scientists as it has no link to china meanwhile south koreas president says the next few days will be critical for an outbreak that struck more than 600 people 6 have died in the country is now on its highest possible alert robert pride reports. The worst affected areas in southeast korea the city of daegu and neighboring chung the county remained at a virtual standstill to mask clusters of infections account for the majority of cases reported so far one of them at this hospital quickly spread infecting more than 100 patients and staff wards are being prepared to treat the increase of new coronavirus patients raising the alert to the highest level came at an emergency meeting chaired by president moon j. In this weekend the number of new cases has risen alarmingly by the hundreds and he stressed that the next few days will be critical in stemming the break. To morrow you are not going the situation has become completely different since the outbreak of
Or welcome to the program all top story this hour iran has started injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at an underground facility in the countrys latest step away from the 2015 Nuclear Accord a facility will now be cost as an active nuclear site rather than a Research Plant the u. S. Which pulled out of the nuclear deal last year has called the move a big step in the wrong direction the french president says its a signal iran intends to quit the Nuclear Agreement altogether dosage of bari has more now from to iran. The foregoing Nuclear Facility near the city of call me is now fully operational according to Irans Atomic Energy Organization just past midnight the uranium gas has been injected into centrifuges of that site and that is where the rains have said they will start producing. About 5 percent the rain in present has some rouhani said this measure has been taken this is the 4th step they are taking to scale back their commitment to the nuclear deal of 2015 now this facility t
Killed as israel launches for the astronauts on gaza more than 200 rockets are fired from gaza in response. And venices mess says the city is on its knees as the highest tide in 50 years floods its historic katzs. Iowa began in the United States where the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and to a vital new phase the 1st public televised taring has seen 2 senior u. S. Diplomats take center stage on capitol hill for cross examination by the house of Representatives Intelligence Committee its been a day of competing narratives from the opposition democrats and republicans as hunter castro reports from washington d. C. The whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god William Taylor and george kent took the stand together at the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry career foreign officers called by democrats to tell a compelling story to the American Public taylor is the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who upon assuming the post in june found himself drop
A discussion of military and civilian National Service programs, from the Brookings Institution, this is just over an hour. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. It is my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. I will begin by introducing myself briefly. I am bill gault, senior fellow in the government studies program at brookings, delighted to be a small cog in the Service Share alliance. And two people in particular, mel sawhill conceding the stand working tirelessly for six months and also john allen, for letting his vast appearance and events moral authority to our enterprise this morning and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, what is the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very different kinds of answers to that question. It is useful to keep them secret. The first test to do with service as an avenu