Arrested over the killing of a man who was shot to death while outrunning in georgia. Thanks for joining us. We begin in the u. S. , where new figures released on friday Shows Unemployment has surged in april. The largest rise in christ [please stand by close to in close to 90 years. The coronavirus lockdown crippled the economy. To 14 . Ment skyrocketed it was 4. 4 in march. In april, 20. 5 million jobs were lost, the worst result since the Great Depression, which began in 1929. It far exceeds the global recession when 8. 7 million jobs were wiped out. Our White House Correspondent says the numbers were expected, but not welcome. Correspondent the u. S. President reacted to them in the last halfhour, speaking to reporters talking about these numbers, and once again trying to project optimism, calling the shutdown that resulted in the loss of these jobs as essentially being artificial. In other words, this is not a bad economy, is what he is saying. The only reason the jobs have been l
The panel covers sanctions against venezuela, russian involvement, and the future of democracy there. Posted by the interamerican dialogue, this is hosted by the interamerican dialogue, this is 90 minutes. [indistinct conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. I am michael shifter, the president of interamerican dialogue, and i want to welcome everybody here and thank you for coming. Week ago today, juan guaido returned to venezuela after an International Trip where he shored up support from europe, canada, and the United States, first in miami, then in washington, d. C. He met with the president , speaker of the house, state of the union, he received a standing ovation, and showed us all that bipartisanship is still actually possible. But the future is far from certain. The president of the National Assembly was recognized as interim president by some 60 governments. The maduro regime seems entrenched. The unprecedented humanitarian crisis persists, and guaido faces tou
U. S. President bill clinton now ken starr will represent donald trump at his trial. And small game urgency with 4 european cities among the most polluted in the world protesters demand their governments take action. So were going to begin with diplomatic moves ahead of a highly anticipated summit in balin on sunday which is aimed at ending the conflict in libya what has met the Prime Minister of greece now greece has been excluded from the summit and its the main regional rival of Turkey Russia and turkey support opposing sides in the conflict they will be battling a conference the goal is to end fighting between Hostile Forces and the u. N. Recognize government of. The most important thing now is. After the berlin conference if everything goes as planned and the Security Council supports the conclusions from the conference if the libyan sides do not repeat their own past mistakes and start adding any additional conditions and blaming each other as of now the relationships between the
On strike for several months hospitals and Emergency Services units have been sounding the alarm politically nothing has been done fast the problem. They choose to the 14th of january this is all its International Live from moscow with me kevin owen thanks for being with us let me take you through our top story that in more detail iran has said its made arrests in the case of the accidentally downed ukrainian passenger plane last week in which all 176 on board were killed. Bateau your motto morbius your people it is very important in this incident that whoever was at fault or negligent at any level and we identify anyone who should be punished must be punished while. The us is being blamed for flaming tensions in the persian gulf leading to collateral deaths but the assessment of the Russian Foreign minister as he was speaking to the media about the escalating middle east crisis so also added that the u. S. Killing of a top iranian general in a drone strike well beyond all legal framew
Our final panel today will examine how China Growing military presence and influence in south or Southeast Asia and africa Furthers Development of expeditionary abilities. We will start with greg pulley, he is the rector of Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and at the center of Strategic International studies. He oversees research on u. S. Foreign policy in the asiapacific with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. He is the author of the South China Seas and focus clarifying the limits of maritime dispute. Coauthor of multiple other works. He will focus on chinas activities in south, Southeast Asia. Next we hear from [inaudible], am i pronouncing it [inaudible] Research Associated at the African Center for strategic studies at the National Defense university. He is an expert on china africa relationships partnerships between the africa and east asia and the African Security issues. His forthcoming book, manuscript examines the influence of