And in fact karim make the long awaited return to the n. B. A. Is going 23 points from the Golden State Warriors and its 1st game since injury left him out of action for the one line. From asia to the middle east and europe coronavirus is forcing governments to further tighten their restrictions this friday and in some places it is raising tensions between countries going to take you through all those developments this news hour but we are going to start with the global picture covered 19 as the virus is officially known as being tracked by Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. Using figures from the World Health Organization this is what they say at the moment were looking at upwards of 98000. 00 succumbing out 4100000 total infections globally and you can see where the concert. Of course we know through europe the most of them are in areas around the middle east youve got that large dot there in iran but dont forget these smaller dots on the other side there were looking at iraq saud
Hour israel is facing the prospect of another election as Opposition Leader benny gantz fails to form a Government International fallout from the hong kong crisis u. S. Lawmakers take a stand on human rights and the u. K. Summons chinas ambassador over claims of torture. And americas largest a cigarette maker is accused of targeting teenagers and misrepresenting the safety of its products. And in spore and shows a marine who was already settling into his new job the former man united boss held his 1st Training Session as taught a manager i had of their primarily clash against west ham on saturday. Of course we begin the hour in washington d. C. The u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Has told the impeachment inquiry that President Donald Trump did want a quid pro quo deal called and solomon told members of the call of congress there was a campaign led by the president himself to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden said it was communicated to him through trumps perso
But trump remains defiant insisting he wanted nothing from ukraine and that the inquiry should and. Also students is still under siege at a Hong Kong University as the u. S. Congress approves a bill demanding china respect human rights and a new symbol emerges to represent the diverse groups of people behind the protests in chile. So more dramatic testimony has been delivered on the 4th day of the public. Pietschmann inquiry into u. S. President dont trump and just the past few hours weve heard from the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense laura cooper also david hale the under secretary secretary for Political Affairs but when asked what they knew about u. S. Military aid being withheld from ukraine now in her testimony cooper mentioned that ukrainian officials are asked about the stalled a as early as july 25th contradicting President Trumps defense that they had no idea anything was on hold my staff showed me 2 unclassified emails that they received from the state Department One wa
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Instead of big tech we should be thinking about small tech how do we fund say acknowledges that are just tools for people not surveillance devices we need to start having these conversations and not just in reaction to the latest leak or the latest app that has a privacy issue that you know blows up on twitter we Start Talking about this is a systemic issue. Judge in new york has decided to finance here Jeffrey Epstein must stay in jail while awaiting trial the 66 year old is charged with sex trafficking dobsons of underage girls the judge said epstein who is who was once close to to donald trump is a flight risk now to his ownership of a jet and 2 private islands. Argentina has designated hezbollah as a terrorist organization and blames a Lebanese Movement for 2 attacks on its soil and the announcement coincided with a visit by the u. S. Secretary of state like. Well as ours is marking the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Jewish Center that killed 85 people there as a bow has th