Hello and welcome to nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. We start this hour in new york where the United Nations is canceling all inperson General Assembly Committee Meetings scheduled for tuesday. It comes after five people of a mission of a member state tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not immediately clear which member state is involved but the u. N. Said it is conducting contact tracing. The cancelations likely mean the Committee Vote on a japansponsored resolution to abolish Nuclear Weapons will be postponed. Most u. N. Staff that operate out of the new york headquarters have been working remotely since march. But more people have been returning to the office since july. Meanwhile, a top official at the World Health Organization is expressing concern about the latest surge of infections sweeping across europe. We are seeing very, very high positivity rates and an increasing lack of capacity to do any effective form of contact tracing. The two countries with the high
Flee the country. And the rebel army in myanmar making up for a lack of security and education for children affected spy civil war. The United States is heading into a weekend of protests as pro and anti trump demonstrators gather to highlight Racial Injustice and support for the Police Approach braley has already taken place outside the Kentucky Derby horse race in louisville hundreds of protesters there brandishing guns squared off with opposing black lives matter professors and in new york process over the death of unarmed black man daniel prudes have led to the states attorney general calling for a grand jury investigation hundreds of protesters have been gathering in the streets of. Well chester after prudes family released police faulty camera footage this week it showed officers putting a hoods over his head and holding him for 2 minutes while he was handcuffed and they have now been 100 Straight Days of rallies in portland following the death of unarmed black man george floyd w
3 years saying not only has been fighting to regress or of what he calls crooks and thieves. And you know the United Russia Party has always won for 20 years and even if they lost using fraud they won anyway. The outspoken opposition figure as organized numerous anti kremlin protests has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in 2018 is big was blocked by the courts not only has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent is. Pressure is now growing on the German Government to stop a major project being carried out with russia the controversial gas pipeline not stream 2 which has previously been criticized from many sides including e. U. Partners and the us. There are voices. Many already calling for a complete start of the project this i believe would go too far but we have a situation with mr nobody who is hospitalized just a few 100 meters from here from the German Parliament and we have a german russian pro
Investigative journalist a journalist who was reporting on corruption and the mafia. And police in western germany discovered the bodies of 5 children in an apartment their mother is a suspect well bring you the latest on this investigation. Im burnt off its good to have you with us and nato is set to hold a special meeting on friday to discuss the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny and thats after germany said it has unequivocal evidence that nepal he was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent novi choke moscow says it is not to blame here but germany and its allies are calling on russia to provide answers. Its not often that the German Governments response is so swift and so openly condemning chancellor Angela Merkel calls the poisoning of alex a novel and the attempted murder alexina of only a stop files for saying of all news the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible terms in the name of the entire German Government
U. S. Democratic president ial contender joe biden visits community and the family of 8 black man shot by police in wisconsin his message one of unity and im to challenge to president Donald Trumps know in order agenda. Im pablo if only yes welcome to the show nato will convene on friday to discuss chemical weapons and the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny germany says it has unequivocal evidence stuff in a volley was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent from the novacek group moscow is denying any involvement but germany and its allies are calling on the kremlin to come up with some answers. What if while germany and the International Community wait for russia to answer questions only it can surrounding the attempted murder of anticorruption activists Alexei Navalny kremlin critics are already playing a finger at one man. There is only one person can be named as one of them or pugin because well he builder or more than 20 years in power is socalled power vertical we