American singer songwriter bob dylan sells his entire song catalog and whats being called one of the biggest ever publishing deals. The u. S. Has seen its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic since april and Health Experts are warning the worst is yet to come nearly 2000 americans have died each day in the past week the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says the winter holidays surge hasnt even hit yet as people prepare to travel and get together for christmas. What we have now is a challenge ahead of us of the bleak months of december in january where we have a baseline of inspections that literally is breaking records every day with the guts of number of infections number of hospitalizations and numbers of deaths the numbers are really stunning we can do something about it but thats something right now is Public Health measures i mean hospitals in california could run out of bags in their intensive care units thats why the governor there has imposed lockdown in parts of th
A landslide election victories New Zealanders reward the covering for. Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in lebanons capital city to mark one year since mass antigovernment protests they have been rejecting corruption in the ruling class lebanon has been experiencing its worst economic crisis since the civil war which is only deepened during the pandemic so a quick look at how we got to this point in october last year a newly announced tax on calls made through the whatsapp application triggered protests across lebanon then it turned into a broader call to end government corruption unemployment and poor Public Service led to the resignation of the Prime Minister saad hariri and a political deadlock to replace him and in early august a powerful explosion ripped through central beirut killing more than 200 people and became another symbol of government incompetence and weeks later a 2nd wave of coronavirus posed a threat for the 10s of thousands of people who lost their homes
Accusations of. The at. The end of. The latest cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia is crumbling after just 2 days as a by john is accusing armenia of killing at least 21. 00 civilians and wounding dozens more in strikes close to the disputed region of my god. The attack in the city of bada is he dead the civilian since fighting sought as a month ago between the 2 countries denies the attacks which come a days after the u. S. Brokered a humanitarian truce or residents of bada told they suffered hours of intense shelling. Has more from azerbaijans capital. It was the worst attack on civilians since this round of hostilities began now the latest number is still stands at 21 dead but more than 70 injured and as we understand it some are in very Critical Condition this comes on the back of 4 other people who died on tuesday evening including an infant not very far from barda city in a village nearby the authorities here were quick to condemn that attack president ilham aliyev himself
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty i am katty kay in washington, and this is bbc world news america. Tens of millions of people tune in to watch one is been described as one of them was chaotic and angry u. S. President ial debates ever. We will get global reaction. The world watches with alarm as the two candidates descend into chaos. We will be in toronto and london. As lebanon struggles politically and economically, more families are embarking on a dangerous journey as they try and flee to europe. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. President trump and his democratic challenger, joe biden, have returned to the campaign trail a day after one of the most illtempered president ial debates in american history. Both the republicans and the democrats are claiming victory, but the que
A state execution the murder trial of journalists from our show gene has now begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. Also ahead the u. S. Seizes a shipment of human Hair Products thought to have come from ethnic minorities held in chinese detention camps. We begin in the u. S. Where President Trump is attending july the 4th celebrations at Mount Rushmore its in defiance of Health Experts recommendations to avoid large crowds mr trump will watch a fireworks display with thousands of people at the landmark in south dakota mosques will be available but they will not be required indigenous groups in south dakota are protesting near the event demonstrators blocked the road leading to the monument some carried signs saying make america native again and chanted the slogan land back. Lets talk to our correspondent in jordan just outside washington in alexandria virginia great to see you again what do you think well hear from mr trump today. Well a few excerpts are now being released o