Conflict in ukraine as a russian and ukrainian leaders meet for the 1st time to talk about ending the fighting. Plus on patrol with the Nigerian Navy as they work to combat piracy. Reality not to call malta off the coastal plain get them this is to put a period pretty tough currency. Piracy is on the increase southwest africa our correspondent finds out whats being done to protect lives and shipping there. Im sumi so much gonda thank you for joining us at least 5 people have been killed in a volcano eruption in new zealand another 20 have been injured the volcano off the north island erupted suddenly shortly after 2 pm local. Time stealing plumes of ash into the air around 50 people are thought to have been on the island at the time and unknown number are still unaccounted for. Panicked tourists watch as a wall of volcanic ash threatens to envelop them. Minutes. Age know they bore witness to its might. Survivor scrambled on to boat 50 people were on the Island Emergency Services ferrie
The u. N. Is again pushing its peace plan for libya but warlord hell if i have to is threatening a final offensive on the capital tripoli and turkey is planning to step up its support for the internationally recognized government so is the situation about to get worse rather than better this is inside story. Hello there im james bays 8 months ago warlord holy for half his forces defiantly march towards libyas capital tripoli that aimed to unseat the internationally recognized government of fires alsa raj but after several bouts of fighting the battle lines havent shifted much and at least a 1000 people have been killed and many more displaced now haftar says hes launching a final push to tip the balance that offensive could lead to both sides getting more military support from Different Countries in violation of a u. N. Arms in bargo on libya turkey says its ready to send troops to boost the rochus forces this is what president russia tired otoh i had to say one with these agreements t
Crown the world from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with all this mornings top stories. We begin in china, where the government signals a cash injection is on the way to ensure a strong start in 2020. At a meeting in china, the premier said the resiliency is continuing. The chinese economy is resilient. The Chinese Market is huge. We are determined to open up further. We will reach a winwin relationship with other countries, especially with our neighbors. Alix joining me on the phone is sharon chen, the beijing bureau chief. What have we learned from his speech . Give us a backup of the bilateral meeting. Sharon it basically signaled there are going to be product cuts with the amount of cash the banks have to keep as a reserve. Lending to the private sector is a huge part of the economy that china needs to shore up. It accounts for nine out of 10 jobs every year, and it comes after china already promised wideranging set of initiatives that will boost the n
The u. N. Is again pushing its peace plan for libya but warlord hell if i have to is threatening a final offensive on the capital tripoli and turkey is planning to step up its support for the internationally recognized government so is the situation about to get worse rather than better this is inside story. Hello there im james bays 8 months ago warlord holy for half his forces defiantly march towards libyas capital tripoli that aimed to unseat the internationally recognized government of fires alsa raj but after several bouts of fighting the battle lines havent shifted much and at least a 1000 people have been killed and many more displaced now haftar says hes launching a final push to tip the balance that offensive could lead to both sides getting more military support from Different Countries in violation of a u. N. Arms in bargo on libya turkey says its ready to send troops to boost the rochus forces this is what president tired otoh i had to say one with these agreements the righ
Thanking our witnesses, secretary esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discussour policy in syria , particularly in light of the tevents that happened just a couple months ago in turkey when they invaded and drove the kurds out of portions of that but its our first hearing since congressman brendici has joined the committee. We have a lot of new faces but theyre not new faces anymore but its good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving, welcome. As i said the purpose of this hearing is to look into the events around syria and as a bunch of questions and the other big issue for us is just the ability of members of this committee toask questions directly of the key policymakers in an area that is of enormous importance and give them an opportunity to learn more about policy and also express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and i th