A place for 6 months. When we receive. A dollar only 0. 25. Is what we were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping the flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. And a prominent critic of the chinese president is sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. And with all the days sport Michael Jordan has entered the world of motor sport. The board hes only got 3 minutes partnering with the sports only black driver bubba wallace. We begin this news hour with open hostilities being played out on the world stage between the u. S. And china over the coronavirus pandemic the backdrop of the heated rhetoric is the Virtual Meeting of Global Leaders at the 75th Un General Assembly and his speech is host nation u. S. President donald trump accused of spreading what he called the china virus and demanded the u. N. Hold us accountable. We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is days of the vi
Anger and frustration in the u. S. Over the decision not to charge any policeman over the killing of brianna taylor. And protests in Southern France over coronavirus restrictions but the governments warning of tough times ahead as the flu season combines with a spike in infections. And im peter standing with the sports including a big win for the l. A. Lakers in the n. B. A. Playoffs bron james and his teammates beat the Denver Nuggets to move just one game away from the finals. Top story he served as mollys defense minister and is a retired colonel now. Is the interim president he was sworn in just within the last couple of hours or so his inauguration comes 5 weeks after the military ousted the former president and. Will serve as president for a maximum term of 18 months until nationwide elections are held in the regional bloc of West African States has been mediating the crisis they are expected to decide later on friday whether to lift sanctions imposed after that coup. Sue me. But
T international and if you cant i learned about nick is that. This is going on the ground as donald trump promotes his deal of the century this is part one of a 2 part special looking into what trump so called Abraham Accords signed between the leaders of the United States israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain mean for the future of the middle east the accords normalize relations between israel and the tube arab autocracies the 3rd and 4th arab countries to open diplomatic relations with israel to egypt and jordan the agreement to see by u. S. President trump as the dawn of the new middle east and the beginning of a new era of peace but others see it as the building of a stronger front against iran and a potential end to any chance of a future for the Palestinian People and winces show ill be speaking to the Palestinian Ambassador to the u. K. A lot and later in this program well be hearing from the editor in chief of the Jerusalem Post but 1st joining me now from tel aviv is the
In senegals coppertone after 3 months of rainfall in just 24 hours. Hello more refugees on the greek island of less posts are agreeing to relocate into tents accommodation hundreds have already been transferred after their camp was destroyed last week by a huge fire but many staged protests asking to be moved to the greek mainland authorities are planning to move 12000 people in the next 3 to 4 days Stephanie Deckers live at the nou camp where as were saying more and more refugees are now willing to move to this makeshift camp stephanie. Gets the most movement certainly that weve seen so far at the moment its kind of quiet behind. But we have seen families men and women come to this place are coming willingly at the moment i think the reason for this change is that yesterday the greek authorities gave out papers and in various different languages speaking to the refugees telling them that this was the only safe place for them to go it was the only area where they could provide them wit
Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question is there a connection between the shooting of jacob blake and can osha wall street capitalism and Excessive Military spending my guest today says there is lets get to the bottom line. When a policeman shot jacob blake 7 times in the back in front of his kids in wisconsin last month it was a painful reminder that real change is not coming fast enough to these United States the shooting reignited passions across the country especially after an armed white 17 year old counter protester came to wisconsin from a nearby state until 2 other people protesting the shooting so whats going on in the United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to suffer endlessly joining us today is someone who has been thinking of preaching about these issues for decades he is professor cornell west one of the most prominent intellectuals alive professor west teaches at ha