A place for 6 months. When we receive. A dollar only 0. 25. Is what we were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping the flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. And a prominent critic of the chinese president is sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. And with all the days sport Michael Jordan has entered the world of motor sport. The board hes only got 3 minutes partnering with the sports only black driver bubba wallace. We begin this news hour with open hostilities being played out on the world stage between the u. S. And china over the coronavirus pandemic the backdrop of the heated rhetoric is the Virtual Meeting of Global Leaders at the 75th Un General Assembly and his speech is host nation u. S. President donald trump accused of spreading what he called the china virus and demanded the u. N. Hold us accountable. We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is days of the vi
Executives use over and over, theyve said it so many times over so many years. It is so common, the New York Times charlie war zelle turned it into an acronym. We know we have more work to do. Mark zuckerberg used it just recently when reacting to advertisers pausing their ad spending worried that facebook has not had enough to do with combatting racism and antisemitism on its site. We know we have more work to do, said the facebook founder, but its hardly the first time weve seen it. So why is facebook so broken that it gives a mea culpa so often . Lets turn to an expert, dr. Chris mose studies leadership and institutional complexity at oxford, and he joins us from the university this morning. Good morning, doctor. Our executives feel theyre being pulled in trying to bring the world together through social media at the same time the thing is us arguing with each other, so hes pulled in two different directions. Facebook is very much based on the idea of creating divisiveness at the en
Saudi arabia arrests the kings brother and all the royals accused of plotting against the crown prince is muhammad bin selman consolidating his power and what are the implications of this latest purge against dissent this is inside story. How and welcome to the program im jonah how saudi arabias crown princes had a controversial rise to power in just 3 years mohamed bin salmond has silenced nearly all voices of dissent at home critics have been jailed or even killed and he appears to be tightening his grip on power even further media reports suggest at least 20 princes officials and Army Officers have been arrested in the kingdoms latest purge they include former crown Prince Mohammed bin nayef here he is on the right after he was removed as to the throne in 2017 but the most high profile arrest is the kings last 4 surviving full brother prince had been up to allows these the royals have been accused of plotting to overthrow the crown prince but the saudi government hasnt officially re
A march for their rights on International Womens day. In School Friends a ban from bahrain one race of the coronavirus. From the womens teacher if you walk upright against india in front of the packed vote in progress. Hello welcome to the news hour our top story its only a suffered another shop spike in deaths from coronavirus this on the day of 60000000 people thats a quarter of its population under lockdown 366 people are now known to have died from the virus an increase of 133 from saturday making it the country with the highest official death toll outside china more than 7000 infections have also been confirmed. Well the lockdown includes the entire region of a long body where 267 of the deaths were recorded home to 10000000 people and the Financial Capital milan no one can move in or out of the area the lockdown has also been imposed on 14 other provinces including venice affecting another 6000000 people those restrictions are set to remain in place until early april sonia begins
A school for migrant children. I am. To. Thank you very much for joining us it really has become the site of the biggest corona Virus Outbreak outside china the number of infections has jumped to more than 7300 over taking south korea as a 2nd worst hit country italy also reported its largest daily jump in faith tallit sees 133 people died on saturday alone this comes as much of the countrys north has been placed under lockdown no one is allowed to enter or leave the entire body and several neighboring provinces the mole affects some 16000000 people theres also been a major spike in deaths in iran the Health Ministry there confirms more than 6500 infections and nearly 200. Deaths more and more countries are imposing restrictions in a bid to stop the virus from spreading over the past few hours france banned all gatherings of more than a 1000 people saudi arabia close all its schools and universities and oregon has become the latest u. S. State to make an Emergency Declaration so go beg