I. Welcome to the program tensions are rising in tanzania ahead of wednesdays parliamentary and president ial elections in Major Opposition Party is accusing police of shooting dead at least 9 people in the island region of a head of the poll the u. N. Has called on all political leaders to refrain from violence president is seeking the 2nd 5 year term is spotty a child my child or c. C. M. Has held power for decades his time in office has seen rapid Economic Growth but also down on the opposition and on political dissent. Rallying his supporters before the election incumbent john magaw is running on a condom. That until recently was growing fast but i ask you my fellow tanzania to vote for me on the 28th i want to bring new changes to tanzania you were all witnesses that in my 1st term in power i have brought a lot of changes to this country. Yeah. But economic record has taken a hit from the corona virus pandemic critics say the government has covered up tanzanias outbreak maghrib fu
Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump aoe and the esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it. Absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of abating it also comes in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic t
Gives me a better idea of how much im spending. But because it 19 has changed that now i pay with plastic tops. Im almost, you have to ask yourself, why do people want to abolish cash . So some banks and their backs on cash completely, they dont have any brick and mortar branches or a. T. M. s by the Cashless Payments are on the rocks. But experts are warning were paying with our data. Hes a monster. Google facebook, twitter interface is not surveillance capitalism. Cash is competing with Electronic Payment Systems. Could it get knocked out of the ring . Of former head of interpol says it would be risky to abolish cash completely. What happens if the russians switches off their system . Im no good parents. The coronavirus pandemic has polluted Cashless Payments, whos profiting and what price are we paying tax tax for . Should just be a life without bills and coins . What might that be like in scandinavia . Its already a reality. I decided to take the ferry, hire a car, and go and find
Evidence that congress pandemic spending is riddled with corruption. But critics trying to hold the powerful to account for fear they will soon be silenced. As welcome to the program. 3 weeks after the u. S. Election, the president elect joe biden has finally been given the green light to start the transition process. President donald trump tweeted on tuesday that he was directing his administration to cooperate in the handover process. Its the closest hes come to d. C. Conceding defeat. Meanwhile, biden has pushed ahead and begun announcing nominations for his own administration. President elect joe biden efficiently revealed his picks for the top positions of his cabinet, monday, signaling his readiness to take over the helm. Bidens Foreign Policy and National Security choices mark a clear shift away from trumps america 1st doctrine. Instead, a lot of familiar faces from the Obama Administration. So many that some are calling it the Obama Administration 2. 0. The choice is signaled b
To north stream 2 now the contentious pipeline which is to transport gas from russia to germany has long anger to donald trump drive a sell us gas to europe. This is a small harbor town on the baltic islander for you can. A lot of tourists pass through but otherwise theres not much going on here. What have we done to make u. S. Senators think that they have to threaten us in this way. It was poised to surprise when sasnett suddenly became the focus of an International Political fight the latest iteration of a longstanding conflict the mash owes us a letter to the company that manages the potence us net which is majority owned by the municipality it was written by 3 republican u. S. Senators in august threatening crushing legal and economic sanctions. Thus the letter is a threat. Where they state that they dont want north stream due to be completed by ford thats the main point or die and the threat is directed at our port because we have a plant there that used to case the pipes for nor