Attacking Media Freedom in the philippines president bird rico tatay takes legal action to shut down the largest t. V. Network which is also his fierce critics journalists accuse him of dictatorship so what now for freedom of speech in one of asias largest democracies this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Its being described as the most severe attack on Media Freedom in the philippines president rodrigo tatay has 5 a Supreme Court petition to shut down the not Just Television network accusing a. B. S. C. B. S. And of committing what are described as highly abusive practices the National Union of journalists of the philippines protested on friday accusing the detect a government of trying to silence critical media tatty has repeatedly vowed to stop the Networks Operations its franchise expires on march 30th make an egg report. Journalists and activists show their support at the headquarters of a. B. S. C b n in manila the leading network in the philippines faces closur
Exacerbated by the oil blockade and the looming banking crisis the participating countries and organizations today among them there was a consensus on the need to lift the oil blockade i want to touch on the fact that the life of ordinary people in libya does continue to worsen as a result of this conflict and the degrading of basic services one out of every 4 living has been negatively affected by the ongoing conflict doctors in china reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of the coronavirus for the 3rd day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday thats down by more than 600 from the previous day but the World Health Organization chief says its impossible to predict which way they which direction the epidemic will take taiwan is reported its 1st death. The truce is holding only by a thread with numerous over 150 violations reported and it is the libyan people im sorry thats the wrong clip i will come back to the white one if we can a little later meanwhile at
After youre going to klinsmann shocked departure. Hello and welcome to the program on next vice Foreign Ministers from major world powers met in munich to push for peace in libya germany in the United Nations want to end Foreign Military support for libyas warring parties an agreement struck last month in berlin has been repeatedly violated with multiple breaches of an arms embargo and increased fighting now representatives at the meeting are pushing for a permanent ceasefire German Foreign minister heiko abbas laid out a key next step following the meeting. Whats important now is to establish transparency and ensure that anyone who intends to violate the arms embargo knows they wont escape unnoticed and the fun of. It should be clear to all breaking this embargo means violating a Un Resolution which will not be without consequences the. Country and lets bring indeed a new Political Correspondent and simon young in munich simon. The German Foreign minister was talking about consequence
Tremendous growth potential, and our economy will grow if we can work out mutual Free Trade Agreements with these countries. I am very much in favor of that. I wouldnt want this protectionist, restrictionist policies that found their way into this agreement to be part of future agreements. And i note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn mr. President , id ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn mr. President , i have a unanimous consent request for five committees to meet during todays session of the senate. Theyve been approved by both the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Cornyn finally, mr. President , about four weeks after the house voted on the articles of impeachment, the house will name the impeachment managers and well see the articles delivered here to the senate. Th
Has asked his cabinet not to comment on the situation so were not going to hit any official comment coming from the israelis but there may well be a statement from the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also we are hearing was briefed on the strike either as it was taking place or just immediately afterwards so israel definitely in the loop with the u. S. When it comes to this situation but what israel does next is going to be reactive according to what happens within the region most analysts suggesting that really whats going. On i want to also for the israeli public and in the press there what their reaction has been i mean initially this morning we saw reaction to king from iran saying that you know israel was part of this attack alongside the u. S. Well israel has always been seen as the u. S. Is junior partner when it comes to the region so clearly those comments on a surprise to anybody and if you look at social media and if you look at the Television Channels and they are rolling