Overseas french territories in france itself curfews will affect 70 percent of the countrys population on thursday france became the 2nd the United Nation to have more than a 1000000 confirmed cases Spains Health minister is warning of more drastic measures it reached a 1000000 infection market self on wednesday the government is accused of mishandling the crisis but it did survive a no confidence vote in parliament and germany is seeing a rise in infections the daily count there is up above 10000 for the 1st time well above the numbers seen during the 1st wave in march but testing has increased significantly and italy to more than 16000. 00 new cases reported there thats a new daily record in the Italian Region of lombardy which was the worst hit at the beginning of the year a nighttime curfew is in place. In other news a vote on the confirmation of u. S. Supreme Court Nominee amy county barrett will be held on monday fast tracked nomination has been one of the topics in the lead up t
The First Virtual oversight subcommittee hearing i and the ways and Means Committee. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of procedures to help navigate the platform. First consistent with the regulations members are responsible for an muting themselves when recognized. Second, the witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you leave for a moment or a few seconds, leave your camera on. Third, we will dispense with a serving and then go in order of seniority. Alternating between minority and majority beginning with members of the oversight [inaudible] authorized to serve as the chair in the event i experienced technical difficulties. Thank you for continued patience as we navigate the technology to continue serving the country together and its a great time of need and with that i will now turn to the important topic of todays hearing. The hearing will focus on the issue of tax fairness. I welcome the colleagues and the witnesses. I must not
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Reduce their water levels after almost a decade of negotiations the 3 countries have failed to reach an agreement so the Transitional Government has agreed to start the process of normalizing ties with israel its part of a broader deal that allows the lifting of u. S. Sanctions the palestinians are calling it another stab in the back. So dans foreign minister says the deal still has to be approved by a yet to be formed parliament. Development on the pull bit its a long process that requires a lot of work so this is an agreement to normalize that took place between sudan and israel and we are now waiting for the completion of the Democratic Institutions through the formation of the Legislative Council so that it can decide to ratify this agreement and if that happens then we will begin the steps towards normalization. Guineas Election Commission says president alpha conde won sundays controversial poll with almost 60 percent of the vote counted supporters cheered as the announcement was
A new round in the decades long struggle for power between pakistans military and politicians the opposition says the military is helping the government in ways it shouldnt but for pakistan is this just politics as usual this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im in wrong car now obviously not the box tony Prime Minister but we will be talking quite a lot about him because pakistans opposition seems to be directly challenging the powerful military establishment saying it has too much political influence leaders of the 2 main opposition parties and smaller groups came together in a slum bought on sunday to form the Pakistan Democratic Movement it plans a nationwide protest against military involvement in politics Prime Minister imran khans party denies getting help from the army to win the election 2 years ago. Pakistans Army Generals have a long history of political meddling since its foundation in 1947 pakistanis have spent more than 30 years under military rule and it has