Congress to help. Welcome to the program from the beaches of spain to the streets of los angeles coronavirus cases are searching on almost every continent faster and further than ever before its taken just 4 days for the global number of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily infections including the u. S. Where the tally is going up by 60 to 70000 every day california remains the epicenter of its outbreak while florida has overtaken new york with nearly 424000 infections brazil is the 2nd worst hit country after the u. S. And the number of cases across latin america has surpassed 4300000 more than the u. S. And canada combined but those top 3 hotspots the u. S. Brazil india now. Count for half of the worlds infections Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the indian public to remain vigilant saying the danger of cope with 19 is far from over well in a moment well have the latest from the United States but 1st a listener on petty
Demick out of control one american l. B. J. s the world and a number of coronavirus cases. And remembering the korean war the south commemorates Armistice Day despite rocky relations with its northern neighbor. We begin in the philippines where hundreds of protesters are gathering in the capital ahead of president ford regard to turkeys annual state of the nation address the rally is taking place at the university of the philippines as protests outside congress are banned thats where the turntable speak in the next few hours is expected to lay out his plans for the next year the president has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and for a new door which gives police sweeping powers to arrest suspects without a warrant or a charge to me the dogon is in manila she says that recent Government Policies have brought protesters on to the streets. The president s state of the nation speech is a rare event when the president is actually and all of his achievements are made closer t
Control of what was the u. S. Consulate in the in the city of chengdu outrage supported closed any worsening diplomatic dispute. Thank you very much for joining us from the americas to Europe South Asia and australia countries around the world are facing increases in corona virus infections more than 16000000 people have been diagnosed with cold 1000 since the pandemic began 4300000. 00 are in latin america which a World Health Organization has designated the new at the center most are in brazil mexico and argentina and is on the run is in colombia another latin American Country causing concern. According to the paramedic and Health Organization the pandemic across the region is throwing no signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina piru and to a lesser extent also cheetah were things of eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week theyve been reporting more
In 2012 the worlds press was full of reports about north korea dictator kim jong il had died in december 27th and now everyone was wondering what north korea would be like under the leadership of his son 28 year old kim jong un. An old asian proper says seeing with your own eyes is better than hearing a 1000 reports so in early 2013 my friend philip and i decided to visit north korea. The 1st challenge lay in actually booking the trip. We knew. Normally plan our trips abroad ourselves but individual tourism doesnt exist in north korea even booking the entry and departure arrangements are dealt with by a state agency. Before entering the country we had to sign a paper declaring that our visit had no journalistic purpose. We had to get permission if we wanted to take photos and film and sound recordings were forbidden. All the following material was shot on a camera with a built in video function. I hid the blinking red recording light with black sticky tape. We were only vaguely aware o
2012 the worlds press was full of reports about north korea dictator kim jong il had died in december 27th and now everyone was wondering what north korea would be like under the leadership of his son 28 year old kim jong un. An old asian proverb says seeing with your own eyes is better than hearing a 1000 reports so in early 2013 my friend philip and i decided to visit north korea the 1st challenge lay in actually booking the trip. We normally plan our trips abroad ourselves but individual tourism doesnt exist in north korea even booking the entry and departure arrangements are dealt with by a state agency. Before entering the country we had to sign a paper declaring that our visit had no journalistic purpose. We had to get permission if we wanted to take photos and film and sound recordings were forbidden. All the following material was shot on a camera with a built in video function. I hid the blinking red recording light with black sticky tape. We were only vaguely aware of the hot