And pressure continues to mount on Prince Andrew as lawyers representing the victims of Jeffrey Epstein call for him to speak to them. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted for coruption. Heres israels attorney general making the announcement. Translation it is a difficult and sad day. Today, i notified the lawyers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of my decision to indict him on three charges. A day that the attorney general of the serve an indictment serves an indictment against the Prime Minister on serious allegations of governmental corruption is a sad and serious day for the citizens of israel and also for me personally. Benjamin netanyahu quickly called a press conference to defend himself. Heres what he had to say. Translation what we are witnessing this evening is an attempted coup against the Prime Minister. What false charges and a contaminated and tendentious investigation. And i think you need to be blind not to see that something wrong is going on
Evidence is released as Congress Prepares to hear the legal arguments. And more children die as a missiles outbreak ravages the South Pacific island nations of some more. With the sport as former australian rugby player israel folau reaches a settlement over unfair dismissal for an anti gay social media parts. Its been labeled brained by the french president and there are disagreements over its direction but nato leaders are now gathering at a hotel near london for a summit hoping to find unity over its future is a live pictures from the round table in what for north of london nato of course riddled with disagreements between some of its most prominent member countries the. U. S. And the french president in particular have disagreed on several points including the very role of nato itself and turkey has threatened to block a major defense plan which could undermine the alliances role in the baltic region the nato secretary general u. N. Stoltenberg was the 1st to arrive at the summit v
What we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. I also want to alert you to the fact you have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions. Well collect them. Theyll give formal remarks in the first half hour and the second half hour will be devoted to q a. Well go from there. Thank y
Security forces stopped an angry crowd from marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to their as producer. Who is in beni for as he is on the line understand that there was a press or a press conference with the Congolese Army a short while ago tell us about what they have been saying. Yes. 4 folks. Who are trying to justify their actual no doubt need to be. Good most. People probably the group that did not commission which group but he said he would be more tough because. A he said. You know what it is not to get him in. The forces even to please. The people trying to. Unify to do the. Talking about. Good again. Whats going on to put this situation is
Some tariffs for soy and pork from the u. S they didnt specify quantities involved they imposed 25 tariff since july 2018 in retaliation eunice yoon was up very early it is 12 hours later there. She was up very late. Whatever it was. She was up she tries to figure out what is happening. This is the beginning of some positive that is my take. And futures are up. After thursday when the Chinese Ministry said, look, we are still on track for kauks it would have to be precondition, okay, here, well drop some of ours first and get to you december 15 right . Right i was thinking about how much risk there is to thinking about 10 or 11 months before an election and what could go wrong. We heard about if there could be a recession. He says 2021 what if there was a big market break next year in the stock market you saw what happened a year ago at the holidays. Christmas shopping draops significantly. Where im going with this trying to follow. I know it is hard trump has we are at new highs right