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
Its clear she will bring an awful lot to Virginia Tech with teaching, research, and outreach programs as well. She specializes in 19thcentury u. S. History, including, of course, the civil war era, but also north american slavery more generally. Warfare more generally as well. Appeared inhas civil war monitor and Civil War History journal, among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her phd dissertation into a book. That will be well worth looking out for a few years down the line. It is on the very same topic. You can see the powerpoint is already up there. Under the rebel lash black prisoners of war in the confederate south. She will speak for about 25 to 35 minutes, which will give us plenty of time for discussion. And i think a big advantage of the zoom format is you will be able to type in your questions using the q a feature. You will not be able to use the chat in the webinar, but you can use the q a button if you have a question, and you can type those
Protesters have again marched through the capital authorities are refusing to allow foreign journalists to cover mounting opposition to the. Alexander lukashenko. Police in germany have confirmed that a 26 year old jewish student was seriously injured in an attack outside the synagogue in the Northern City of hamburg a man dressed in military style clothing struck the victim repeatedly in the head with a shovel place arrested the alleged attacker this is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website at www dot com. October 3rd is germanys unity day and its a National Holiday here in germany the country has now been reunifying for 30 years to mark the occasion there is a lot of celebrating going on in pottstown capital of the state a friend and berg. Comes down city center has been turned into an open eric submission each of the 16 german states is showcased in a glass cube like this one. But central to the exhibition is of course the history
To mark the occasion there is a lot of celebrating going on in potsdam capital of the state a friend and berg. 2 comes down the citys center has been turned into an open air exhibition each of the 16 german states is showcased in a glass cube like this one. But central to the exhibition is of course the history of germanys division and eventually coming together as one unified nation. That fateful event in 1990 also paved the way for potsdam to recover some of its historical splendor. In the 30 years since germanys reunification potsdam has and aids a bit quite the contrary actually the city center has been completely agree. And the pression palaces and parts have received a thorough beauty treatment most importantly though the days of walls and border fences separating potsdam from neighboring berlin are no longer. Well spent part of the day strolling around parks towns famous palaces parks and gardens. Well also take a tour of cecilia palace where the momentous potsdam conference too
Protests despite warnings from the police. The protests the hardliner wins the presidency of the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus and is israel steps cautiously out of its latest lockdown chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat is taken to hospital with koby 19. A complete program our top story after months of unrest and a campaign marred by violence polls have closed in guineas president ial election a vote appears to have been largely peaceful but dozens of opposition supporters say they refuse the chance to cast their ballots because of problems with their votes or cards the u. N. Is all parties to refrain from engaging in Ethnic Violence a concern also shared by the International Criminal court west african region is in a precarious situation after a recent. In mali and unrest as head of ivory coasts election 82 year old incumbent alpha conde has been in power since 2010 and leads the rally for the good name people party condi is backed by his 1000000 ethnic group but the