The communist Party National congress. Theres been lots of reaction on social media to the unveiling of the countrys new leadership. More reaction from outside of the chinese mainland than inside it. A lot of it has focused on the make up of the committee. The gender balance is way off. This is Carrie Gracies the bbcs correspondent. Gender wasnt the only thing generating discussion their appearance did too. They are very similar, all in their 60s, wearing similar black suits and a range of coloured ties similar to each other and some jokes followed from that. Some say that the new look should have been something a bit more like this, but i think its unlikely i have been speaking to a member of the bbc monitoring staff who said that this is not a surprise. In the state media in the lead up to the announcement today, the names were more or less predicted. The official news agency, there were names mentioned that have been elected into the chinese congress, so when the announcement came o
Tim willcox is in london. Not farfrom where i am a car has ploughed into a group of pedestrians in times square. One person is known to have died and 23 are injured. Police are saying it isnt terror related but the location draws tourists from around the world and it comes at a time when people on both sides of the atlantic are on edge about cars being used in attacks. The mayor of new york has been speaking, this is what he had to say. So far what we know, 23 individuals were injured in this incident. That includes tragically one young woman who has passed away. The perpetrator is in custody, a United States citizen and a former memberof the United States citizen and a former member of the armed forces. Inaudible the bbcs nada tawfik is on the scene for us and has an update. What more do we know about the driver . What the nypd has said is that this was a 26 year old man from the bronx, here in new york, new york native, former member of the navy, they say that he does have a criminal
In the choiceng 16 election. We will get the latest with marcy wheeler. ,hen we remember Javier Valdez who died monday in mexico after he was dragged out of his car and shot 12 times less than a block from the office of the newspaper he founded. Live is dangerous to be a and to do journalism and tread and invisible line trauma the bad guys drawn by the bad guys. This is what most of the country is living through. Amy we will hear Javier Valdez in his own words and speak to anabel hernandez, another mexican journalist who has also faced Death Threats for her reporting on mexicos drug trade. And we will look at how more than 50 farm workers here in california were recently exposed to highly toxic pesticide, whose use was recently greenlighted by the epa in one of the agencys first decisions since donald trump took office. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from los angeles. The depar
Taps comeys predecessor, Robert Mueller, deserve a special counsel to investigate alleged in the choiceng 16 election. We will get the latest with marcy wheeler. ,en we remember Javier Valdez who died d monday in mexico aftr he was dragged out of his car and shot 122 times less than a block from the office of the newspaper he founded. Live is dangerous to be a and to do journalism and tread and invisible line trauma the bad guys drawn by the bad guys. This is what most of the country is living through. Amy we will hear Javier Valdez in his own words and speak to anabel hernandez, another mexican journalist who has also faced Death Threats for her reporting on mexicos drug trade. And we will look at how more than 50 farm workers here in california were recently exposed to highly toxic pesticide, whose use was recently greenlighted by the epa in one of the agencys first decisions since donald trump took office. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org
Taps comeys predecessor, Robert Mueller, deserve a special counsel to investigate alleged in the choiceng 16 election. We will get the latest with marcy wheeler. ,en we remember Javier Valdez who died d monday in mexico aftr he was dragged out of his car and shot 122 times less than a block from the office of the newspaper he founded. Live is dangerous to be a and to do journalism and tread and invisible line trauma the bad guys drawn by the bad guys. This is what most of the country is living through. Amy we will hear Javier Valdez in his own words and speak to anabel hernandez, another mexican journalist who has also faced Death Threats for her reporting on mexicos drug trade. And we will look at how more than 50 farm workers here in california were recently exposed to highly toxic pesticide, whose use was recently greenlighted by the epa in one of the agencys first decisions since donald trump took office. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org