Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, weve seen the struggles of tribal communities and access to personal protective equipment and testing to protect against covid19. Is this pandemic redesign and covid19 cases continue to rise in many areas of the Country Access to p
Good morning and welcome everyone in the studio as well as the audience in virtually im conscious of senior fellow at the csis on prosperity and development. Thank you for joining me today. Discuss a new book published by my long time and friend dan randy, a Senior Vice President and director of the project on Prosperity Development and holds the schreier chair here, csis. His work is oriented around u. S. Leadership in building a more democrat and prosperous world among his many other contributions. He was an architect of build act, helped contribute to the reauthorization of the Us Export Import Bank in 2018 and was an architect of prosper africa, a Government Initiative to deepen the uss and Development Engagement in. Hes been a leading on the role in future of the World Bank Group and u. S. Leadership in the multilateral system prior to csis held leadership roles at the u. S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank Group earlier in his career, he also worked commerc
Welcome to bbc news. Spain has begun to assert direct rule over catalonia. The spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, announced last night that madrid was taking control, after the Catalonian Parliament voted to establish an independent republic. The regions leaders have been sacked, its parliament has been dissolved and Regional Elections have been called for december. Andrew plant reports. The streets of barcelona, catalonias capital, where crowds have been celebrating through the night after the Regional Government here declared its independence from spain. Translation every citizen is clear about the goal. The price we will pay perhaps is expensive. But here we do things well, we work well here, and we respect everybody. Si, si, si this was the moment the catalonias government voted to declare itself an independent state. 300 miles away in madrid, Spains National government was also voting to take away catalonias regional powers and sack its leader after refusing to recognise catal
Englands teenagers prepare to face spain in the under 17 world cup final. And spotting fake news and debunking the people in power the people trying to sort fact from fiction thats coming up in click at 12. 30. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Spain has begun to assert direct rule over catalonia. The spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, announced last night that madrid was taking control, after the Catalan Parliament voted to establish an independent republic. The regions leaders have been sacked, its parliament has been dissolved and Regional Elections have been called for december. Andrew plant reports. The streets of barcelona, catalonias capital, where crowds have been celebrating through the night after the Regional Government here declared its independence from spain. Translation every citizen is clear about the goal. The price we will pay perhaps is expensive. But here we do things well, we work well here, and we respect everybody. Si, si, si this was the moment catalon
Of their lives, englands teenagers prepare to face spain in the under 17 World Cup Final. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia, a day after its parliament declared independence. Madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the National Government has taken control of the Regional Police force. In the last hour, catalonias regional president , carlos puigdemont, has called for democratic opposition to madrids move. Our correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. Squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. The Spanish Government has opted for the so called Nuclear Option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. The reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. In barcel