Also coming up Box Office Battle odeon zone enters urgent talks with water brothers over its decision to make all of its films available to stream instantly next year. And our welcome to the program saudi arabias foreign minister says he is hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bass a dispute with qatar its been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea an Arab Blockade on cata for ministers of Catherine Quaid also say theres been progress towards resolving the crisis. Now reports. Crucial days ahead for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwaits foreign minister whose country has been be generally mediate again and to the crisis says hes confident. A constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the inte
Talks to secure a trade deal between the uk and the European Union are resuming later on monday. They broke up last night with the trickiest areas of disagreement like fishing richts, Competition Rules and enforcement of the deal remaining unresolved. If theres going to be a deal, it needs to be done by december 31st. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Last night in brussels, the lights on, the talks ongoing. Huge amount at stake. It is serious. Its at 50 50 right now and i dont think one can be optimistic about resolution emerging. Speaking to some of the key principles here, this isa the key principles here, this is a very challenging issue to resolve, and particularly around the level playing field. There are three main sticking point, the so called level playing field, how any deal is enforced and fishing rights. Eu sources suggest a deal on fish is close. The british sources say it isnt. It seems the two sides cant even agree on what they disagree on. After todays ne
Welcome to the program u. S. President and his democratic challenger joe biden have been answering questions from voters at separate televised events held at the same time on different t. V. Channels t. V. Town Hall Meetings as they are known have replaced the 2nd president ial debate which was canceled off the trump was diagnosed with covert 19 and then refused to conduct the debate online as we reported the 2 rivals showed they have very different approaches and both style and substance. Always confident at times defensive as the incumbent u. S. President donald trump now has a record to pick apart and he got a grilling starting out with the nations biggest crisis the coronavirus. Knew it was a big threat at the same time i dont want to panic this country i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die everybody is going to air it over after you dont have this holiday but you can you know you know its not going to get and more contentious exchanges as trump made exaggerated cla
Different views on issues from the pandemic so racial justice. And g. W. Visits kenyas rift valley where rising water levels flooded entire communities displacing thousands that inhabits homes. Im get out of as welcome to the program protesters in thailand ha back on the streets for another day of antigovernment demonstrations thousands of people are gathering in the central bangkok in defiance of an emergency decree that bans public gatherings police have stepped up action to try to deter them. To activists were charged under a rarely used law that prohibits violence against the queen if found guilty the past could face life in prison. Thailands Prime Minister. Says he wont stand down and has defended his governments attempts to quell the armrest. Your role well aware of the situation they need it up the government must use the emergency decree that. So we have to proceed with it because the situation became violent. And some of the things happening now have never happened before. The
Over the banning of a Progressive Opposition party that was popular with young people and students and which was abandoned rather contentious and controversial circumstances by by the Constitutional Court but they have now and theyve moved into a wider ranging political demands there is anger that the government thats in place now is essentially led by the leader from. 2014 and from other on without the generals who took not in the in the last. Isolate demanding a new constitution that demanding that government step down but most contentiously and most explicitly theyve added many of them about it demands for reform to the royal familys role in thailand to add to their agenda they want to look at its budget how it perceives funds from the government and they also want to radio because of the political influence of the king now the royal family is a long venerated institution here loved by so many by many ties and previously its been considered absolutely to boot to and to raise questio