Hello im rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. There is no peace if someone uses. U. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital costs a shadow over christmas celebrations in the palestinian territory and beyond. A show of solidarity people in the philippines pull together in the aftermath of a deadly Tropical Storm. Out of prison but in poor health perus former president Alberto Fujimori is pardoned. And aljazeera looks at the effect automation and ought to officially intelligence might have on developing economies. As billions of christers around the world celebrate christmas you. U. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital is looming large in this years festivities but francis is presiding over celebrations in the vatican hes been a vocal critical of trumps move and is calling for the status quo to be preserved palestinian leaders were among those attending services in bethlehem where there was also a m
Thank admiralo robie for his generous hospitality. I should also mention that we are here representing the friends of the world war ii memorial. Named for ours leader, the founder of the friends. You may know that we conduct ceremonies on the important commemorative dates during the Second World War throughout the year yesterday, we commemorated the invasion of torch. On saturday, veterans day. In 1947, a new american secretary of state spoke at the 200th anniversary of princeton university. He concluded his remarks this was a former army general, george marshall, who had just become secretary of state by saying he could not imagine a graduate of that institution having completed his education the text of the pen the lesion roar through saturdays. The faculty mustve of been astonished. The point was that good officers and good citizens who take their work seriously are lifelong students of history. Our speaker this morning, david kennedy, is perhaps the most extraordinary practitioner
That is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes clashes on syrian soil. We will speak with the author, New York Times Beirut Bureau chief and with canadian a canadian researcher. As the deadly flu sweeps across the United States, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city Councilmember Gregorio Casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. The infection rate has decreased by 6 or 7 . Getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. Workers fromnt having six sick leave. Amy can they overcome the opposition of a Koch Brothers based lobbying group . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump unveiled his 4. 4 trillion budget plan monday, proposing deep cuts to education, healthcare, and social safety net programs, while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Trumps plan would slash the department of educations budget by more th
President trump said he made his decision on iran but refuses to say what the decision is. Speak thison due to hour, hopefully to clarify. Betty welcome back, yvonne. We missed you, a lot has happened in the last several weeks. Today with the fed, that has been the big news. Now we know this qt we have been talking about will Begin Next Week next month. Lets look at how the markets traded in reaction to this. In thiss quite a dip announcement and after with a news conference. We saw markets climb back. The s p closing above the red that, butnasdaq below the dow adding 42 points. I want to bring up a quick , which shows you how uncharted the territory is from markets. Since 2009 we have seen the s p track qe so tightly. Yes, they spread apart in the last year. But it really has been qe that has driven prices. Now where do we go . Yvonne we have seen the success of qe when it comes to equity markets, especially the s p. The big question is, will qt have the opposite effect of qe . Asia,
The netherlands needed a world cup qualifying miracle. Well let you know if they, france and portugal have made it to russia next year. Good evening. We start tonight with a special report on the surge in deaths from heroin addiction across the uk. Last year, there was a death from heroin or morphine abuse every five hours. The annual cost of drug addiction to society is now more than £15 billion. Heroin and morphine deaths have doubled in five years to more than1,600 in england, wales and scotland, the highest number since records began. Some police and Crime Commissioners have told the bbc they would like to see the drugs decriminalised for personal use. This extended report by our special correspondent ed thomas contains images and details of drug abuse from the start. 0. 2 grams in weight, £10 in money. How long did it take you to get it . About five minutes, if that. You can get it from most backstreets in most villages. Has that taken over you . Yeah. County durham, searching f