On the rise here in berlin and officials announce new curfews and restrictions on gatherings. Also on the program a legendary guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer. He cofounded a van halen which became a one of the worlds a top selling bands with Eddie Van Halen it considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin here in berlin where belarus is exiled Opposition Leader has been holding talks with the german political leaders including chancellor Angela Merkel scotland and chicken is calling for european help to force new elections in belarus followed. A disputed poll in august since then and the country has been gripped by mass opposition protests and the violence a government crackdown now to cannot scale once germany to take a leading role in ending the unrest. This meeting at the german chancellor and berlin is crucial for us from atlanta to. She has High Expectations of angle
With different languages we fight for Different Things thats fine but we all stick up for Freedom Freedom of speech and freedom of press. Giving freedom of Choice Global news that matters w made for minds. In the u. K. You balance well where you are dramatic turnaround from the British Government sees the chinese for frozen out of its 5 chain network. And as parts of spain are locked down over rising covered cases attention turns to the conditions on its farms. This is day to day business on robots in berlin its great to have you with us the u. K. Is banning quitman from Chinas Huawei from its 5 g. Network the. Case as its made the decision because of security concerns and it follows Major Pressure from the us back in january Prime Minister baraks johnson said that his equipment could be used on a limited basis the company says the about turn is bad news for every brit who has a phone. Speeding up british broadband is a work in progress that Prime Minister Barak Johnson wants to boost
The International Community to suspend them all while the Islamic Republic faces the west corona Virus Outbreak in the middle east joining me now via face time from gone is dr Samadi Torabi director of the research that Strategic Studies Institute sam thanks so much for coming on im going to ask 1st of all youre in quarantine how is the situation in go home even though obviously the United States has more coronavirus cases in absolute terms and obviously proportionately. Yes actually doing quite well it was the 1st place that the pandemic started in iran and also weve been pretty much you know south korean singing ourselves since the end of february so thank god the numbers are have come down and bombed and also as you might have heard in the media you know theres no panic buying you know everythings well stocked and people are going about their lives pretty normally except for the strike of course but theyre not congregating in public but thank god its common and going well and right
At least 24 people have died in the fires and theres no end in sight. Thanks for joining me. President trump is warning that the u. S. Will strike back harder than ever if it is attacked iran has vowed revenge for a u. S. Drone strike that killed its top military commander on friday mourners have filled the streets of the southwestern iranian city of homs where the remains of commander custom soleimani have been returned from iraq meanwhile more u. S. Troops headed to the region soldiers and equipment left North Carolina for kuwait adding to the hundreds who left earlier this week. In iraq to Shiite Muslims have marched in funeral processions to show their grief the Prime Minister has declared 3 days of National Mourning in the morning and anger on the air as the funeral procession for irans top general qassim celeb mani and iraqi commander mohan these arrives at the holy shrine and not jeff thousands have come to pay their respects here in iraq not on the streets of tehran to hear ira
A major fire south of sydney. Im glad you could join me. President trump is warning the u. S. Will strike back harder than ever if it is attacked iran has vowed revenge for a u. S. Drone strike that killed its top military commander on friday mourners half filled the streets of the shelf western iranian city of of us where the remains of commander custom somani have been returned from iraq meanwhile more u. S. Troops headed to the region soldiers and equipment left North Carolina for kuwait adding to the hundreds who left there earlier this week iraq to Shiite Muslims have marched in funeral for sessions to show their grief the Prime Minister has declared 3 days of National Mourning in the morning and anger on the air as the funeral procession for irans top general qassim celeb money and iraqi command. Arrives at the holy shrine and not jeff thousands have come to pay their respects here in iraq not on the streets of tehran to hear iranians demanded vengeance after a u. S. Strike in ba