Number of coronavirus cases might be around 3000000 thats triple the official count and. This is a fundamental step towards peace and stability in libya. Praise but also caution as libyas warring sides sign an immediate and permanent ceasefire brokered by the United Nations. Sudan and israel have agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered by the United States it makes khartoum the 3rd arab nation to set aside its differences with israel in the past 2 months the sudans foreign minister says it still needs to be approved by the Transitional Legislative Council which has yet to be formed us President Donald Trump sealed the agreement in a call with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the sudanese Prime Minister abdullah doc he also told congress hes removing sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism palestinians describe sudans decision as a new stop in the back but President Trump says he expects more countries will want to make a deal as well. Its sudan they
Are on fire right now we just saw a fire engine go by ambulances as well running battles between a very small group of some would call them vandals others would call them extreme protesters or anarchists fighting it out with the police and there were ones who set fire to the churches one of these churches belongs or is used by the police of chile its a symbol of the Chilean Police force so they attack that 1st i can smell and see the smoke billowing behind me and so once again what had been a are largely peaceful joyous if you like demonstration that lasted all day long with tens of thousands of people has been marred by violence. Vote counting is underway in bolivia in a president ial election many hope will restore stability believe us plunge into a political crisis last october when then president evo morales sought a 4th term that led to protests that forced him out of office and in exile votes are being counted in guineas president ial election vying for a controversial 3rd term i
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Next, a Political Science professor teaches a class about president ial debates and their influence on voters. We will start today by talking about candidate debates. That is my favorite thing about a campaign. I am really excited to talk about this today. I want to give you a little bit of history. President ial and Vice President ial general election debates became a highlight of the campaign season. I it is something we expect to happen. Guess its also common in high profile races. So when was the first debate . As a historical trivia question. Anybody know . Ill give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats Lincoln Douglas. The famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. In illinois in 1858 and they had numerous debates. Around the state of illinois. Kind of an odd situation. That they ran against each other u. S. State. Douglas was elected by the legislature.
And by. Corporate funding provided by. Welcome back to firing line, senator angus king. Margaret, great to be with you. Looking forward to talking about some pretty important stuftoday. Well, its a privilege to welcome you back for this special edition of firing line senator, you were recently quoted in the New York Times as saying. As we sihere right now, are foreign adversaries trying to interfere in our election . Yes, absolutely. Theres no doubt about it. Russia in the lead. Iran seems to be doing something. Were not sure exactly what. I dont think china is really engaged at this point. G iran is workound the margins, but russias in, in a serious way. So what is the motivati, thensenator, for these foreign actors . Well, theres somethingtw in common n iran, russia, and china. None of them like democracy. Putin hates democracy. The idea of a free and open election terrifies him. They very much want to undermine our democracy and show the world that it doesnt really work. I think tha