This is about 1. 5 hours. Subhis hearing on the crime, civilian security, democracy, human rights and global womens issues is going to come to order. The focus of the meeting is the u. S. Attacks on cuba. We have one Government Panel testifying here and we thank you for coming here today. The assistant secretary of state for the bureau of western hemisphere affairs. The diplomatic assistant director of International Programs of the department of state, and the medical director at the bureau of medical services for the department of state, thank you all again for being here. There are two goals. The first is to establish the facts. Second is to conduct oversight over the conduct and the activities of the United States state department. Here are the facts as will be testified to today by our panel. In late 2016 staff at the United States embassy in havana began complaining of strange noises and among it descriptions they complained of, high pitched beam of sound, incapacitating sound, ak
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On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language. Collette. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff from the white house on down, they are still digesting tuesdays Election Results and analyzing the possible trump effect. But two things a
This is al jazeera and live from studio fourteen here at aljazeera headquarters in doha. Welcome to the new spirit and order for saudis to leave lebanon thats just happened but people are also asking where in the world is the lebanese Prime Minister was supposed to be back in beirut on certain questions about his would be resignation but he hasnt arrived and the latest word is hes still in riyadh also on the grid a new twist in the continuing gulf crisis did the United Arab Emirates intend to steal the twenty twenty two world cup from qatar. Apparently wanted to wage an economic war against. And in yemen millions will die its been stated almost as fact by the United Nations humanitarian agency unless the blockade on yemens air and sea ports is lifted the thing is yemen is not a new crisis so what will it take for the International Community to take some i. Post something hateful online and you can get twenty years in prison thats the new law in venezuela and the opposition is not happy
By Richelle Carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes concerns continue for lebanons Prime Minister as saudi arabia and kuwait tell their citizens to leave the country immediately. Leaked emails from the u. A. E. Ambassador to the u. S. Allegedly show a plan to destabilize qatar is economy. Well take you inside australias offshore prison camp abandoned by authorities the squalor has aid groups worried about the hundreds of stranded refugees. And a food revolution Scientists Say theyre close to a breakthrough allowing crops to grow and deserts. Kuwait has joined saudi arabia bahrain in the u. A. E. And ordering its citizens to leave lebanon it comes amid heightened tensions with the Lebanese Group hezbollah and its backers iran and there are questions over the whereabouts of former Prime Minister saad hariri that his Political Party is demanding he return to beirut five days after he announced in riyadh that he was stepping down raise office says he