Of supply and Development Prospects for cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems. What decisions were made . Found destroyed in belgium, the terrorist who shot two football fans from sweden was eliminated. Vladimir putin began a twoday visit to china, as the chief guest, he was invited to the one train one track international forum, which will open tomorrow. And today the russian president has a series planned. Our correspondent elizaveta will tell you more about the agenda khramtsova. Today, an event under the belt and road forum starts here this is the first forum after the pandemic. Now, of course , great attention is focused on it in china, because multilateral formats and, of course, bilateral meetings will be held here, at which a wide range of issues will be discussed. Beijing greets Vladimir Putin with beautiful warm and dry weather today. Air force one landed a few hours ago at the airport of the Chinese Capital and today Vladimir Putin will see him during opening o
Testified. Nguyen van da is facing a 20 year sentence on charges of conducting propaganda against the state. This is an hour. The hearing comes to order and good afternoon to everyone. One of the potential partners in the transpacific partnership, vietnam is the only country banning religious groups, violating internet freedom, harbors child violators and regularly jails those who speak out for human rights. There are over a hundred prisoners of conscious. Nguyen van da spent four years in jail and four additional under house arrest. He was detained again and brutally beaten last december for continuing his work. His arbitrary detention undercuts claims that vietnams leadership can become a trusted partner. I had the privilege of meeting with him at his law office at of vu minh and i was taken by his love for the country. His wife is here to speak on his behalf and her testimony is timely because president obama is traveling to vietnam at the end of the month. A steady stream of state
Grown gdpwise 5 per year since 2000. Violent extremism is amongst the major risks to economies in part of africa. Tunisias gdp gross has been cut from 3 to 1 . Chads gdp contracted 1 in 2015 from a growth of 5 in 2014. And countries like kenya and nigeria saw a reduction of 25 of tourism following terrorist attacks. We in undp estimate that at least 33,000 people have died on african soils since 2011 as victims of violent extremism. And 6 million are currently internally displaced due to radicalization. Mr. Chairman, over the last two years undp has held a number of consultations, conducted a series of studies and commissioned research to better understand the violent extremism scourge in africa. These various studies and research converge in showing three major findings. One, while the drivers of radicalization are multifaceted and defy easy analysis, their major roots are to be found in the combination of poverty and low human development, a sense of economic and political exclusion
Among the partners, vietnam is the only country that bans independent religious groups, the only country considered one of the worst violators of internet vietnam harbors severe child labor and forced child labor violators and regularly jails and tortures those who speak out for human rights, political inclusion with a right to practice their religion. There are today over 100 prisoners of conscience in vietnam wynn van didefend of religious freem down and he was detained and detained last september for continuing his work. His arbitrary detention undercuts any claim that the current vietnamese leadership can become a trusted u. S. Partnership. Prior to his arrest i had the previous to meeting with him in hanoi at his law officer at 10 dwayne tran yip street in 2005. I was deeply impressed with his passion for truth, his defense of universally recognize the his tate, extraordinary courage and deep aabiding live for as a result name. He is truly a patriot. His wife Vu Minh Khanh is with
The uk is looking increasingly isolated as the government here admits a new variant of covid 19 is out of control. Almost all of europe has banned flights from the uk. But the European Union is set to announce a unified plan on tuesday that could exempt lorries and freight to ensure trade routes can resume safely as soon as possible. In africa and the middle east turkey, israel, morocco and saudi arabia are among those to ban all flights from the uk. In asia india and hong kong, a key travel hub, have suspended flights too. In south and Central America argentina and columbia have also taken swift action. And so has canada although so far the United States has not. The french ban on some freight lorries is due to last 48 hours, its already led to long queues on roads to the port of dover. The uks government points out that most freight is getting through , and talks to find a solution are still going on, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. You shall not pass. Travel is blo