And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
I guess time will tell it is here ching closer to a concession. Donald trump apologise that he may not be leading the countrys next administration. Fighting in ethiopias northern tigre, a region continues to escalate with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas and growing concerns of ethnic cleansing, the countrys Human Rights Commission is sending a team to investigate reports of massacres. In my car drive, Amnesty International says that its likely that hundreds of civilians were stabbed to death. The government blames forces loyal to, to grays leaders, and allegation that they deny thousands of fleeing the violence to neighboring sudan. Have morgan as the latest now from got a reef near the border. More if you can refugees arrive at medina, state. Theyre fleeing fighting in ethiopias degree region. Arrived here 4 days ago with her children and pregnant sister from she says the fighting in the region forced her and her family to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Th
Gunmen stormed Kabul University in an attack thats left at least 22 dead and one journalist is killed every 4 days well find out why most perpetrators arent held to account. So we begin with breaking news from austria where a manhunt is underway for multiple gunmen who have targeted several locations in central vienna the only. Gunshots rang out in the capital just after 8 pm local time in what the interior minister has referred to as a terror attack at least one person has been killed and 15 others have been injured including a Police Officer one of the suspects has also been killed police say there are 6 crime scenes some close to viennas main synagogue thomas my is a european editor adair standard he explains the situation unfolding in austrias capital. Theres police everywhere the whole city center is now closed the problem is there are so many people outside who went into restaurants and bars to to have joy in the last evening before the lockdown which was thought at midnight so t
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us its election day in the United States and today and all this week well be looking at the impact of the vote on countries across asia one of the most important relationships for the u. S. In the entire pacific is its in gage meant with india the 2 countries together with japan and australia from part of what is known as a quad for democracies in a clear counterpoint to china the regions large authoritarian state we sat down with indias foreign secretary harshvardhan to discuss regional politics we started by asking him whether thered be any change with a biden presidency especially given president dollar trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modis great personal admiration for each other. Other relations with the United States are really based on bipartisan support you see it in congress you see it in public lives we do believe that the force that elation ship that today is had visits to the test of time is very comprehensive and
Second, how did fundamentalists relate to mainstream culture . And third, why has fundamentalism been so much more influential in the United States than in any other society in the western world. Im curious fundamentalism, fundamentalists, are these terms that you hear today . Do you know people who call themselves fundamentalists and use this label . I see some nodding. Any examples . Yes. Trying to describe alternate groups that can do terrorist attacks. Its a term that you hear more often in islam. What about here with American Christian groups . From up north, many people we would call fundamentalist christians. I dont think its often at least in my experience, its not often used by the fundamentalists themselves. Youve heard it more of a pejorative term. Thats interesting. That lines up with my own experience. There are exceptions. I have certainly met some proud independent baptists who claim that term fundamentalist, but generally it seemed to be used as an insult. Its not a lab