We have breaking news on the ongoing scandal we have been telling you about about the south korean president. According to Reuters News Agency, Danish Police have arrested the daughter of a long time friend, choi soon sil, at the centre of an influence peddling scandal. Many former ministers and some Government Officials have been arrested. Her friend has been arrested as well. According to Reuters News Agency her daughter has been arrested in denmark, according to south korean broadcasterjtbc, which reported on wednesday. Just over 2a hours since a gunman forced his way into an Istanbul Nightclub and opened fire. He killed 39 people, most of them foreign visitors, before disappearing into the night. Turkish police have launched a massive manhunt. A leader of the kurdish militant group, the pkk, has denied any involvement. The mood was of celebration. One of istanbuls top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. Five, four, three, two. They expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not th
pakistan will be held in countries where international monitors say the elections could be compromised. or they simply won t carry much political weight. africa maybe the country with most elections, but countries there suffered nine coups within just three years. and some of the biggest like the u.s., india, and indonesia. voters will be asked to choose between democracy, or what some are calling a kind of creeping authoritarianism. you have the kind of democracy even though people go through the charade of voting. that is becoming the norm for a lot of countries around the world. but you also have it on the ballot because the u.s., which is the global democracy. the most powerful in the world. has an authoritarian candidate in donald trump going against a mainstream democracy candidate joe biden. public elections can damage more than just the results. they can also defame democracy, diminishing its appeal to the very voters it supposed to represent. the problem with that is whe
it could be the largest expression of democracy in human history. but if democracy is on the march, autocracy appears to be striding right beside it. we re seeing all these elections in 2024. is democracy also on the ballot? democracy is on the ballot. in fact, you have this paradox that defines global democracy right now. you have more elections than ever before in human history, yet the world is becoming less democratic year on year. reporter: some elections like in russia, bangladesh, mexico, and pakistan, will be held in places where monitors say the elections could be compromised or won t carry much weight. africa will be the most elections, but countries there suffered nine coup coups in thr years. in the u.s., india, and indonesia, voters will be asked to choose between democracy or what some are calling a kind of creeping authoritarianism. you have a decline of democracy even as people go through the charade of voting. that s the norm for a lot of
and pakistan will be held in countries where international monitors say the elections could be compromised or they simply won t carry much political weight. africa will be the continent with the most elections but countries there suffered nine coups in just three years and some of the biggest votes in the u.s., india and indonesia, they ll be asked to choose between democracy or a creeping authoritarianism. you have a decline of democracy as people go through the charade of voting. that is becoming the norm for countries around the world. the u.s., the global bastian of democracy, has effectively with donald trump going up a mainstream candidate in joe biden. poorly run elections can damage more than just the results. they can defame democracy. diminishing its appeal to the very voters it s supposed to represent. the problem with that is when people go into fake democracies and people that s what it is,
On Sunday's so-called Reliable Sources, CNN host Brian Stelter uncorked a six-minute lecture on one of his favorite topics: How Trump is dragging America into authoritarianism. Stelter led off his show Sunday with another six-minute lecture about how Trump represents something called "democratic backsliding," as he read from the book How Democracies Die and an article titled "10 Ways to Tell If Your President's a Dictator."