Activist naomi klein. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Moment of bipartisan unity, house lawmakers have voted to authorize the arming and training of Syrian Rebels fighting the Islamic State. The senate is expected to pass a legislation today. The Obama Administration has lobbied heavily for the measure as part of its ramped up offensive against the Islamic State which has claimed swaths of both iraq and syria. The vote came as president obama sought to provide reassurance the offensive will not involve Ground Troops in iraq. Be clear. To the American Forces that have been played to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. Support iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. As your commanderinchief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. Obamas comments came one day after general martin dempsey, o
Outcome, but that involves changing most everything about our Economic System. The good news, that system is not working for a whole lot of people. This changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. Expected to000 are take heart in the peoples climate march on sunday, we will spend the hour with author and activist naomi klein. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Moment of bipartisan unity, house lawmakers have voted to authorize the arming and training of Syrian Rebels fighting the Islamic State. The senate is expected to pass a legislation today. The Obama Administration has lobbied heavily for the measure as part of its ramped up offensive against the Islamic State which has claimed swaths of both iraq and syria. The vote came as president obama sought to provide reassurance the offensive will not involve Ground Troops in iraq. Be clear. To the American Forces that have been played to iraq do not and w
The headlines people arriving anywhere in the uk from spain will have to quarantine for two weeks. It follows a sharp increase in spanish coronavirus infections, nearly 1000 new cases in the last two days. The Spanish Foreign Ministry Says the country is safe, with localised and isolated coronavirus outbreaks. India has recorded nearly 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in just two days, taking the total number of people infected to over 1. 3 million. India now has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after the us and brazil. Thousands of protesters line the streets of khabarovsk in the far east of russia in a challenge to president putin. The demonstrations have been held since the local govenor was arrested on charges for at least two contract killings which took place 15 years ago, which he denies. Now on bbc news, its time
for global questions. Hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions, with me, zeinab badawi. Could we have a cleaner worl
Welcome to bbc news im aaron safir. Our top stories our top stories. Britains prime minister, britains prime minister, borisjohnson tells the bbc, borisjohnson tells the bbc, his government didnt his government didnt understand coronavirus at the start and could have understand coronavirus handled things differently. Speaking exclusively to the bbc said there were open questions about whether the lot and had us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate in been imposed too late. Us houston after President Trump ordered its closure in the officials have repossessed the escalating diplomatic row. We chinese consulate in houston will consider what next for us days after President Trump ordered its closure, as china relations. Iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. Relations between the two we report on the scale largest economies in the world of the outbreak there. Black lives matter in brazil. Continue to deteriorate. And we have a special report from the
The key message is that we need to de escalate. It is in no sides interests to see war, or to see these events continue in the middle east. All parties need to de escalate. Thats been a very clear message from the Prime Minister and the foreign secretary, and that is what we urge again this morning. Well talk to our security correspondent Frank Gardner. A London Church which claims to help vulnerable young black people from difficult backgrounds will be scrutinised in Parliament Today after allegations that its a cult and a criminal enterprise. Well speak to this reverend from the church, and this labour politician who says the church has defrauded young people out of thousands of pounds. And this 55 year old grandma faced a five year jail sentence for growing cannabis which she used to treat her symptoms of ms. The case was dramatically dropped in court this week. Will she begin to grow the plant again . Hi, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. 00 this morning. We have a very