As more of a political win for iran its something president Hassan Rouhani it said just in the past few days that its a very important step for the year a new nation for them to have something specific in tangible as a result of the Nuclear Agreement of 2015 now just to give you an idea of how much money iran spends on its defense of program it between 2016 in 2018 it was around 45 percent of its g. D. P. That was between 18 and 22000000000 dollars thats not likely to change. In less than an hour voters in guinea will head to the polls to choose their next leader in a tense election that follows months of unrest both president alpha conde and his longtime rival sort of dull and yellow held rallies ahead of sundays vote this is the 3rd match up between the pair 82 year old conde insists his attempt for a 3rd term is legal the opposition says it violates the constitution voters are heading back to the polls in the self declared republican Northern Cyprus for a president ial run off their
A government ban calling for the Prime Minister to stand down reform of the monarchy and the new constitution attorney chang is out those protests in bangkok they have showed very clearly that they can still attract the numbers after the crackdown on friday night where police used to have a riot police use was a cannon with chemical laced water in seeds that they surprised many thais. But they are still coming out they came out yesterday despite the fact that a lot of public transport was shut down the central bank of the same thing happened today with the police repeated the threat that anyone turning up at these protests would be arrested and charged. Guinea ends are voting in a tense election that follows months of unrest nearly 5000000 eligible voters are choosing between 12 candidates including incumbent president alpha conde and his longtime rival selu danny and. The un arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world power
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs statn from viewers like you. Thank you. Host i am katty kay in washington, and this is bbc world news amica. New covid restrictions in the u. K. More masks, less socializing, and the pubs shut earlier. A pandemic full of grim milestones, the u. S. Passes another one. 200,000 people ve now died. The first ever virtual United Nations General Assembly is underway. President trump uses the opportunity to criti china. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Tough covid restrictions are in place in the u. K. After the Prime Ministerhe warned country is at a perilous turning point. More people will have to wear masks. Fewer people will be allowed to gather, and pubs are going to ut earlier. People caught breaking the rules could be fined thousands. Orest johnson warns this isnt a short stint. I am deeply, spiritually reluc
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President trump slams beijing for coronavirus. Xi jinping hits back saying the pandemic should not be politicized, focusing instead on Carbon Neutral pledge. Do your part. Boris johnson calls on britons to obey the new virus rules, warning of many more deaths. Frankfurt. N good morning, one red line across the bloomberg terminal before we begin to the prevarication at the fed. Mersch is saying the Pandemic Program flexibility must not apply to qe. A couple of other lines. Lets begin to them. He says hes not aware of any push to extend. These are breaking lines. I know you are looking at these as well. What else have we got . Annmarie yes, he is a hawk, obviously, but he does not want the flexibility to apply to older asset purchasing programs. We are going to talk about the fed. An inflation debate taking place. Clearly, this is something we are seeing take place at the ecb also. Trillion in terms of emergency. What will happen next in terms of size and scope . Lets circle back. The ha