To keep up the pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko. And disharmony in chile avi Indigenous People in boiled in a land dispute thats getting more dangerous. And i welcome to the program our top story democratic president ial nominee joe biden as Senate Republicans to do what is right following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking at a Campaign Event in pennsylvania he also said the Late Supreme Court justices wish not to be replaced until after the election should be on it President Donald Trump is that hell announce a nominee to replace series early as next week alan fischer reports now from washington. The Supreme Court has suddenly become the dominant election issue in the United States donald trump says hes going to move forward with filling a big can see this week democratic challenger joe biden says with ellie voting already underway that simply wrong the people of this nation are choosing their future right now as they vote to jam this nomination through the senate is
Im very proud to welcome to news asia glad you could join us well known hong kong prodemocracy activist jimmy lie has also supporters to be innovative and patient with their fight for greater freedoms in the city he was granted bail on wednesday days after his arrest under the strict new security no 9 other people including activist agnes cho were arrested on monday by police under the new law after her release on bail on tuesday child 2 vowed to carry on the fight for democracy in hong kong the arrests come at a time when beijing has stepped up the pressure following more than a yard of protests by hong kong demanding a greater say in running their city or lease raiding all this is so precious and such why relations all hong kong. People believe all freedom of speech what i want a media mogul jimmy lai answering questions online on his arrest this week under a new security law for hong kong hes a staunch supporter of the citys prodemocracy Movement China considers him a traitor. When
A one of the most important courts in him there is a on the ruins of a mosque. Im british manager welcome to the ws asia glad you could join us exactly one year ago today the Indian Government revoked the special autonomy of its only muslim majority states the state of german kashmir the revocation of article 370 shocked residents of the region but thats not all the government also slick the state into 2 federally controlled territories calling them just one kashmir and. Now this is effectively took Political Representation away from the people of kashmir and into the hands of delhi the move further strained diplomatic relations with indias neighbor pakistan which. Only yesterday issued a new oarfish of which includes all of me including the parts controlled by india now india has called the move an exercise in political absurdity if thats confusing remember both countries claim this whole region in its entirety but govern it only partially meanwhile the residents of indian controlled
This morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement saying this, american leaders highest priority to protect american lives and interest but we cannot put the lives of American Service members dye mr. Mats and others further at risk for engaging in provocative and disproportionate actions, tonights actions further dangerous escalation of violence; 2020 candidate and former Vice President joe biden also issuing a statement saying he supported terror and sub chaos, none of us negates the cause that this is escalation move, deter future attacks by iran and almost certainly will have the opposite effect. Joining me now white house fox strategic defense adviser and Army Special Operation shoulder bret and foxs military colonel david hunt. Good morning p. Thanks for having us. Cheryl to you first, big concern and investors are concern about possible escalation of tensions between u. S. And iran, how concerned should we be this morning . First of all we did accurate job with the investig
One of them on watching the irrelevant turn today we bring you our annual thursday panels of power in this week features r. T. America correspondent out of canada alex mahela bit the host of the big picture holland cook r. T. America correspondent Rachel Blevins and our 2 americas sports producer jim thank you all 4 of you for coming i actually want to start with you alex because you do not reside here in the u. S. So you actually have a very im always curious to get that outsiders perspective whenever we have these debates what is your take on this round of the debates featuring the Democratic Candidates for president. I think harrison bodies everything thats wrong with the United States when it comes to politics not only from the democratic but from the republican side and when you look at somebody thats all about party its all about the Democratic Party look what gabbert saying about the Democratic Party shes putting party before the people of the United States of america that in it