Muslims across the world protest against the french president s comments on islam while turkeys leader threatens to sue the magazine charlie a bow. And tanzanians vote amid accusations of electoral fraud and Human Rights Violations in a country once praised as a beacon of peace and. It became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring with entire nations locked down and hundreds of millions of people told to stay at home now tougher measures are being imposed across europe after deaths from covert 19 surged by almost 40 percent in the past week doctors in several countries are warning hospitals are just days away from being overwhelmed germany is imposing in emergency months long lockdown closing restaurants and bars but keeping schools open nearly 15000 new infections are reported there in the last 24 hours italy has also registered a record high of nearly 25000 new cases on sunday the government announced restaurants and bars will not be able to do seated service after 6
Joining us is julian routh, covering the campaign for the u. S. Postgazette. Lets start with the Supreme Court decision. What did they decide about ballots in pennsylvania . Julian the Supreme Court actually shut down what republicans were trying, which is to strike on the three day extension for mail in about. They failed once, and they failed again last night. Left the door open to potentially reexamine this case. The time to be, it is most likely after the election. In preparation, the pennsylvania secretary of state said that they are going to advise county to segregate all of those counties, which is at the center of this. It is kind of precautionary, but at the same time, it is probably smart, and i talked to legal experts yesterday, he said that these ballots should be segregated. There could be legal challenges after this as well. The Supreme Court decision last night was remarkable, and the way that Justice Alito said that he believes there is a high likelihood that this deadl
The complete and formal surrender of japan in the day of tokyo itself, representatives of the allied power witness the final capitulation. Supreme allied commander for the occupation of japan boards the missouri. Macarthur and his chief of staff general sutherland are welcome escorts admiral nimitz to the deck where the ceremony is to take place. Right now we are on the veranda deck of the battleship missouri. Thanks to the events of september 2, we now call this deck. The surrender just behind me here is where the table set that day. The ship looks different. The nice shady canopy overhead was not installed and the turbine it was rotated in order to make more room on the deck for more that would be on board. You would have seen thousands of members of the missouri crew hanging onto anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. Morning, members from the japanese delegation were making their way on order. There were 11 of them. , general douglas ma
The 1918 flu pandemic altered American Life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful. College classes were held outside, sports were canceled, asks or challenged as unamerican, and fines imposed on those who refuse to wear them. Next, Christopher Mcknight countryrecounts how the experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. He directs the Oregon University center for humanities. Cracks since the pandemic has begun, for our purposes, since we shut down in march, they thing that has been driving our analysis here as historians is what is the historical precedent . Obviously, 1918 is the one that comes to mind and we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 christophernd nichols. Hes an associate professor of history at oregon state. Hes the director of the Oregon State Center for humanities and the founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. Harvard andied at wes
With universities to make sure return safely and spend christmas all students are supported with their loved ones if they choose to to do so. Return safely and spend christmas with their loved ones if they choose to do so. Just hours away. Just hours away round one in the us round one in the us president ial tv debate president ial tv debate and is donald trump already and is donald trump already on the ropes over his tax affairs. On the ropes over his tax affairs and heading for the hills heading for the hills the jetpack paramedic whose speed the jetpack paramedic whose speed may just save your life. May just save your life. Borisjohnson has apologised after he failed to provide clarity on new coronavirus restrictions being imposed in areas borisjohnson has apologised in the north east england. After he failed to provide clarity in a tweet, the Prime Minister said on new coronavirus restrictions being imposed in areas he mispoke during a news in the north east england. Conference whe