How an old us flag on the back of a trainer helped nike lose a Million Dollar grant from the state of arizona. And after englands world cup exit against the usa, we look ahead to tonights match as sweden face the netherlands for a place in the final. Hello, i am Christian Fraser in washington, david eades is in london. The worlds biggest trading bloc has just settled on the key politicians to drive it forward for the next five years. And you know what . None of them was in the running to start with and i would bet you dont now much about any of them. They are compromise candidates, some werent even mentioned until the last hours of negotiation. Is that a way to hand out the most criticaljobs in the European Union . The top posts have gone to german, french, spanish, belgian and italian nationals. And in france it has been hailed as a huge victory for president macron. His compatriot Christine Lagarde will head the European Central bank, his belgian ally Charles Michel will be the presi
Channel repeatedly exposed the kremlin s corruption. It now has over 30 million followers. And so despised is he by the leadership in moscow, that mr putin never refers to him by name. So, it was an extremely brave thing to go back. But how he is paying for it . But how he is paying for it. Alexei navalny was already serving nine years in a high security prison for alleged fraud, a Parole Violation and contempt of court. Today, a judge added another ten for alleged links to extremism, which his supporters say were entirely fabricated. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg was in court as mr navalny was sentenced he sent this report. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny is already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. We had to watch on a screen. For the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. He was found guilty on extremism charges. Punishment mor
Mr trump responded by posting a Campaign Statement on his social media channel truth social. He likened his prosecution to the lawless persecution in nazi germany. Shortly after the charges were announced, he sent out a Campaigning Email vowing to continue his campaign for the white house. Heres our north america editor, sarah smith is in washington and has sent this report. Die hard Trump Supporters were anything but distraught as they learned of the latest charges against him. These people do believe hes being unfairly persecuted, but also that he can beat the rap. Hes going to be the case. I think its helping his popularity. Most people will believe hes a martyr, you know, just being persecuted, and i think he will get more votes. I pledge allegiance keeping a Vigil Outside of a washington prison that has some of the january 6th rioters, they think this largely democratic city will be hostile territory for a trump trial. Do you think that if a dcjury finds donald trump guilty, am i
The conspiracy to deny rights was absolutely essential, foundational to the big lie was the erasure of votes of black peoples votes in philadelphia, atlanta, detroit, milwaukee, and the erasure of votes from hispanic and indigenous and maricopa county. Amy then, we look at the crisis in niger a week after a military coup ousted the countrys president. Nigers new military leaders have just cut off military ties with france, its former colonial ruler. In view of frances casual attitude and situation, the National Council for safeguarding the homeland has decided against the agreements. Amy one of the leaders had received military training and met with a top u. S. Officer in niger just last month. African officers trained by the u. S. Military have now taken part in 11 coups in west africa since 2008. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to four felony c
has set out its economic forecast for the year. the country has set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5%, as it kicked off the annual session of its national people s congress which is poised to implement the biggest government shake up in a decade. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed growth in china. official figures show the world s second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which was way below the government target of 5.5% and its slowest for decades. janet mui is head of market analysis at brewin dolphin. talk to me about this slowdown because it is a sort of figure that most developed economies would love to have right now, but a slow down to have right now, but a slow down to 5% marks quite a shift in a china s economic outlook. good morning- china s economic outlook. good morning. thank china s economic outlook. good morning. thank you china s economic outlook. good morning. thank you for - china s economic outlook. good morning.