Members , robbie and selfless funder of middle east programs here at the Atlantic Council john diblasio. And finally we welcome us governmentofficials , private companies and nonprofits. I did a rich substantive question and answer session following the discussion on the state. Open to everyone read this richness of the discussion will be enhanced by the absolutely superlative interviewer who will draw the kernels of wisdom out of no real today. Tom friedman needs no introduction but simply for fun i will remind you you can read toms analysis of Foreign Affairs in the New York Times and analysis for which he has rice won the pulitzer prize. Tom is the author of several books , several focus on the middle east and one of which from beirut to jerusalem was a textbook in my middle east coursework as an undergraduate area calms full bio is available and is printed out here. Now let us turn to our man of the hour doctor Nabeel Khoury, a senior fellow at the center for the middle east in add
Reclaims have deployed tear gas and water cannon to drive back the crowds. Astray in thailand have reported their 1st coronavirus fatalities italy and south korea see a sharp rise in your affections this comes as authorities around the globe implement measures to stop the spread of the virus. The Opposition Party has won a resulting victorians labaki is general election the partys popularity soared in recent weeks thanks to its anticorruption agenda the election was dominated by public anger over the 2018 burner of a journalist who had a high level corruption probe in the e. U. Country. This is d. W. News from berlin for more followers on twitter or visit our website thats d w dot com. Ive. Got her was her. Car was i the news travels fast. Local residents have come to see the funeral procession for a young man killed in a counterterrorism strike by the indian army was i hope we have a new martyr his name was donnish he was 18 when he joined the militants up but he was a student for a m
A student for a mission with those of us is our version he said he was my neighbor has done a look at all the people who have come to his funeral was going down ish died on the path of allah because of emotions are running high. For the same goes for the movement into our yard and just thats why the children are here to look at the wages of the french i think that i did was much for the one receiving their prayers today had spent his last 2 months as a resistance fighter with an armed islam ist separatist Group Alleged to have close ties to pakistan i. Heard that similar mischaracterized. Her 1900 that were that i was. Was he was one of not even 300 fighters facing the 500000 strong armed Indian Forces the insurgency in general and kashmir began in the late 1980 s. But the conflict over this territory goes back much further. Kashmir is located in the himalayan mountains and is now considered one of the worlds most heavily militarized regions in 1947 the partition of British India into
And out of the reigning super bowl champions is the new England Patriots in the playoffs. Mourners have gathered in the hundreds of thousands to welcome the body of custom sobhani Iranian Military commander assassinated by a u. S. Airstrike in iraq on friday so the bodies body has now arrived in the holy city of mashad of these are live pictures from the procession his body was brought back to iran early on sunday earlier he was carried in a procession through our was and will later be flown to terre ron these days is dramatically escalating tensions around the region on sunday donald trump issued a warning threatening to hit dozens of targets inside iran if it retaliates against the u. S. Now in an interview with the hizbollah or affiliated Television Channel just some saw the bodies daughters said she has no doubt they will be retaliation for her fathers death. Clinton could move to before anything id like to send my greetings to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and also to
Independence saying the election makes it an arguable. That will be live shortly. Australia ensures another date of record breaking temperatures as a state of emergency is declared in New South Wales to try to cope with the raging bush fires australia endures. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Donald trump has become only the third us president in history to be impeached. The democrat majority house of representatives voted in favour of impeachment on two charges, setting up a trial in the senate. Impeachment is when charges of wrong doing are brought against a president by the Lower Chamber of the us congress. Mr trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine to try to get the country to investigate his political rival, joe biden. And also of obstruction of congress because he allegedly refused to co operate with the impeachment enquiry. But being impeached doesnt necessarily mean he ll be removed from office. For that to happen, the senate would have to convict