Underway. With the u. S. Deeply divided ahead of the president ial election in november americans say theyre desperate for turning to the 2 on the countrys 2 party system. Around the clock across the world this is our Team International from the team myself you dont know me you hello and welcome to the program. We begin with breaking news germany is claiming that russian opposition figure. Was poisoned with a nerve agent from the group is currently in a medically induced coma in a berth in hospital after being or lifted from russia to weeks ago the Russian Foreign Ministry Says its requests to berlin for information on the case have so far gone i spoke to our europe correspondent peter all over. Well german chancellor Angela Merkel said that there was clear and unambiguous evidence that Alexei Novelli the russian opposition figure had been poisoned using a not the chalk agent she said this they come to this conclusion following testing of samples taken from alexa in the valley at the b
Course in america we go into the jobs report next thursday because of independence day, a week from today. Is viruserica, it front and center. I would agree with you, europe is a different tapestry this morning. Francine it certainly is. Watch out for germany because it seems the overall number of infections rose, but there are pockets where it is researching. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The u. S. Has not seen a day like this since the coronavirus pandemic hit. The country registered its biggest ever jump in cases, and that is leading some governors to reopen their states. To pause reopening their states. Texas has suspended elective surgeries in big cities. Businesses that are already open and operate. There are reduced occupancy limits. The administration has asked filed a brief with the Court Last Night that urges the entire Affordable Care act must fall, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions. The Su
Worst is yet to yet to come do you think theyre right and how much worse can this get. Were obviously in a very deep crisis it is highly differentiated across the world and i think this is the most important point in the Asia Pacific Region the epidemic is getting under control the policies have been smart and effective in stopping the spread of the virus in china japan korea Australia New Zealand taiwan hong kong vietnam malaysia and so want in. Western europe and the United States the epidemic was not controlled effectively at all and in the us we have a complete mass because we have a. Failure of national leadership. Mass deaths. More than 110000 social unrest economic. Catastrophe and throughout most of the rest of the americas resilin for example. Back soko terrible terrible outcomes then the question is the rest of the world including russia including central asia including south asia including africa and the battle is on right now will it be more like the asia pacific experience
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