A low and welcome to this special edition of conflict zone on the crisis in hong kong. Over the last year, weve interviewed several probate janan prodemocracy figures, and we challenge them all to justify what theyve done and said some of their arguments have clearly failed to stand the test of time. Make the law a leading prodemocracy activist fled to london in june after a warrant was issued for his arrest. This week i asked him if youd ever believed his movement could take on beijing. And when i think we have already achieved a lot of things with demonstrate the courage and bravery of how calm people and making sure the well knows that well received and collaborating in combating the authoritarian expansion of china. So i think we have awakened the world, but the result isnt in doubt, is it, china will get its way, bridging will get its way, wont it . Well, beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. And as a matter of fact, the world has been rea
Hackles, vice becoming the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. And a different kind of emergency on Spains Canary islands. As growing numbers of migrants arrived by boat from africa, critics accuse the e. U. Of turning a blind eye to a burgeoning new migrant crosspost. Welcome to the program. Germanys Public Health authority says that the rate of corona virus infections is still too high, even though theres been a stabilisation in taste of this. There were more than 22000. 00 new coronavirus cases in germany over a 24 hour period. But there are signs that the latest measures to curb the pandemic are working with case numbers. Seeing a plateau, despite hopes that the positive trend will continue, the chief of Germanys Health authorities said the pandemic situation in the country was still very serious. But because of the overall case, numbers are much too high. The number of civilian cases and the number of patients in intensive care are
A hello, and welcome to this special edition of conflict zone on the crisis in hong kong. Over the last year, weve interviewed several probate janan prodemocracy figures, and we challenge them all to justify what theyve done and said some of their arguments have clearly failed to stand the test of time. Nathan law, a leading prodemocracy activist, fled to london in june after a warrant was issued for his arrest. This week i asked him if youd ever believed his movement could take on beijing and when i think we have already achieved a lot of things where demonstrate the courage and bravery of hong kong people and making sure the well knows that well received thing and collaborating in combating the authoritarian expansion of china. So i think we have awakened the world, but the result isnt in doubt, is it . China will get its way. Beijing will get its way, wont it . While beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. And as a matter of fact, the world ha
Move joe bidens transition to the white house can now begin until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office thats tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. Well, more than 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration is filing told the president elects that the transition can formally begin. It means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Will trump took to twitter to announce that he is ready for the transition . He wrote, she wants to thank emily murphy at the g. S. A. For his steadfast dedication and loyalty to a country he went on to say shes been harassed and threatened that he doesnt want this for her or her family or anyone at the g. S. A. He went on to say that case, strongly continues wanting to keep up the good fight and believing that he will prevail, nevertheless, that he is recommending emily and her team do what needs to be done with re
Important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . The National Defense authorization act, the ndaa, essentially its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill as one of the must need bill. This is essentially how muchby pay the military, haow many plane, how many ships were going to by. It includes policies regarding troop movements in some cases, overseas exercises, things like that. Its pretty much the bill that sets the military, in some cases, the next five years of military plan. Its seen in the pentagon as something they need to get done every year. Its seen in the Defense Community as a point of pride that they get it done every year. Its largely backed by the congressional leadership. This year, it might be a little tricky, well see what happens but theres a lot of confidence, at the end of the day, members of Congress Come together and actually make sure it gets through. So there are two different versions. The house and senate ve