Normalize relations between isra and the arab nations. Also middle east policy goals for t Biden Administration challenges posed by irannd the israelipalestinian conflict. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome David Rubenstein come present of the Economic Club of washington, d. C. Welcome everyone, to our ninth virtual signature event of our 35th 35th season but its really not completely virtual because for the First Time Since covid has hit we are actually having live guests here today and its because its a special program and i want to thank our live guests for coming in at participating and a unique programor us because we have been doing everything virtual for almost nine months now i guess it is but our guests are here to talk out something very special, the Abraham Accords which assigned at the white house on september 15 with hea of each of these countries as well as President Trump eating there as the official host. Let me introduce our guess and i will make some announcemen aft
Compete with. Lucius. And staying silent for now mollys opposition agrees to stop protests calling for the president to step down. An Intelligence Report has found the British Government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in u. K. Politics it says the government failed to make action even after evidence emerge of moscow trying to influence the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum the authors say its hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the. Referendum but the u. K. Was still to recognize the threat and the report warns russias cyber capability pauses what it calls and immediate threat to Britains National security while the u. K. Government insists its not being complacent when it comes to the flow of illegal russian money into the country but members of parliament the Parliamentary Committee didnt agree. What we do know about russian influence in the u. K. Is that is the new normal successive governments of welcome russian oligarchs and their money with ou
Good afternoon, everyone. I am delighted to welcome secretary pompeo back to london. We will be discussing a full range of issues today. We are going through a range of challenges in the world, fair to say, but also great opportunities, and britain and the United States are absolutely clean and focused. Aboute spoken today serious concerns about the situation in hong kong, particularly in relation to the National Security legislation. We talked about the u. K. Office, what we are doing in extending the extradition treaty, extending the arms embargo to hong kong. We will be meeting together with will be eyes and we discussing the next at the next g7. We talked about ongoing discussions with relation to 5g and how we can diversify telecoms and 5g networks, and also learning the lessons from the coronavirus about p. P. E. And other things and what we can do to facilitate that. We also talked about the free trade negotiations. We are looking for a meeting british and american businesses sh
Along with members of his cabinet answered questions on the coronavirus outbreak, middle east security, combating Climate Change, and the recent australia wildfires. This is half an hour. Hello and welcome to question time where we play the highlights of question time in australias parliament. Wildfires ravaged the east coast of australia over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. Question time and parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and thanking the volunteers who helped fight the fires. It did not take long before the conversation quickly turned to politics. My question is to the Prime Minister why does the Prime Minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australias aerial firefighting capabilities . Mr. Speaker, i think the member for her question, and i pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathies and support to all t
Politics. My question is to the Prime Minister why does the Prime Minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australias aerial firefighting capabilities . Mr. Speaker, i think the member for her question, and i pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathies and support to all those members in her electorate. I have members in my family who live in your electorate and i want to thank you for the work you have done, as all members have done over the course of this bushfire season in supporting their local communities. I would be grateful if you could do that if you have the opportunity. Mr. Speaker, the member has raised the matter of recommendations that were made, through fire chiefs regarding the air firefighting assets and what the government had done was respond to that with two separate tranches of funding which matched what they originally asked for, and i dealt with this during