Im brian thomas good to have you with us today im here in the studio with our Political Correspondent hans brant as german chancellor Angela Merkel is set to address parliament to lay out the governments new efforts to contain the coronavirus now this comes one day after she announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november these are live pictures were getting right now from the bundestag in berlin where merkel will be speaking shortly german is experiencing an alarming rise in new infections beginning monday restaurants gyms bars and theaters will be among the businesses that will have to shut down schools shops and places of worship will however be remaining open. Well heres on sprott now hans the chancellor is about to lay out some very strict guidelines for the Country National guidelines whats the government saying about the threat level thats made this necessary well its i who has been the warning voice in germany for quite a long time if we look back just one month at t
A place at the negotiating table. Why more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell the un report says World Leaders a failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. And it will start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court barrett would replace the liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died last month questions from democrats who say the 4 day hearings are being rushed focused on Health Care Provision during the pandemic. I chose to accept the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court in our nation i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independen
A truce softer 3 days of fighting with troops from azerbaijan celebrations for some prisoners of war in libya 16 of them go home in a swap between the warring sides and a European Court sides with our poll in a setback to efforts to crack down on tax deals favoring multinationals im joining us roscoe with the sports world cup organizes release the schedule for the 20 twentieths here cats all tournament for the 1st time there will be 4 matches a day in the group stages all have all the details coming up this hour. Thank you for joining us we begin with breaking news this hour after months of negotiations and failed talks with egypt and sudan ethiopias government says it started to fill the reservoir of africas largest down on the blue nile the 5000000000. 00 mega project is the centerpiece of ethiopias. Bed to become africas biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduce Water Supplies downstream and didnt want the river dammed until they reach an agreement with ethiopia last month
That he could not charge the president because it was Justice Department policy not to charge a sitting president thats the responsibility of Congress Congress wanted to go there now the judge is saying they can indeed go there and have access to all this information that was withheld by attorney general william barr this is a major victory for democrats in addition to getting access to all of that information the judge validated the impeachment inquiry in the 1st place now the president and republicans have painted this inquiry as a sham accused democrats of not following procedures because they havent held a formal vote to have an impeachment inquiry but the judge said that was incorrect that there was ample case history to allow the agree to go forward. Now 5 years of war in yemen have seen many men killed in fighting saw women have increasingly become the sole breadwinners forced into a traditionally male dominated jobs. Reports. Its a story we see often during times of war women f
Northern parts of vietnam with that on shore breeze filtering in still a fair chance of showers into eastern parts of india at the moment this area cloud we have over towards the west though that is a probable start and that looks likely to continue drifting out into the arabian sea heading towards oman its a slow moving feature this one what it does to the allows dry weather to come back in across the western side of india through the west and gets a chance of one or 2 showers up towards me as we go on through monday but by and large the wettest weather we write down the eastern coast. This is. Your. Middle east. State its. Sort of. This feel. Like. Youre. On the problem and these are the top stories this hour funerals are being held in iraq for some of the 42 people who were killed during a nationwide protest on friday police have been firing stun grenades at antigovernment protest in the capital baghdad demonstrations on the government to resign turkeys president has threatened to o