Eastern syria and Government Forces a pounding the rebel held area with airstrikes nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday. A warning from the u. N. The democratic republic of congo faces a crisis of extraordinary proportions of Ethnic Violence in the east. South africa unveils its budget which the finance minister calls tough but hopeful. And i have all the latest winter games in chiang. Lindsey vonn takes bronze in the womens downhill in what she says will likely. So we begin in syria and the two most important battles being fought in this latest chapter of the countrys new seven year long war rebels holed up in. The capital damascus are refusing to bend to more heavy bombardment activists are accusing russian and Syrian Forces but the kremlin denies any involvement thousands of civilians are traps nearly three hundred have been killed since sunday. At least forty on wednesday Eastern Ghouta was designated a deescalation zone to make civilians safer it is not the on
Weapons on his own people as well. And its all driving millions of people to leave syria. Which may be why and this is completely true the Syrian Government recently released a tourism video to attract visitors to the country. Take a look. laughter . Trevor thats the whole ad. Thats it. The the only thing harder than being a civilian in syria, is being the minister of tourism in syria because did you notice, the ad had no words. Yeah, its almost like the minister was like, what do you want me to write . I dont know what toy say . What am i going to say to them . You think of something. I cant think of anything. Just show the beach, the one apache we have left. Show them that one. Syria, heres a quick tip if you want to encourage people to come to your country, maybe you should focus less on ads and more on not blowing people up. Thats the first step. For instance, look at las vegas. They have a great tourism campaign, but first they had to end the bloody civil war between Blue Man Grou
From Comedy Centrals world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with trevor noah. cheers and applause captioning sponsored by Comedy Central trevor thank you so much, everybody. Welcome to the daily show. Im trevor noah. My guest tonight here to talk about her new tv series queen sugar, the amazing director ava duvernay is joining us, everybody. cheers and applause but first up, whenever you hear syria, what are first things you think of, a terrible civil war . Air strikes killing civilians . The bustling poetry scene . And, of course, assad committing war crimes by using chemical weapons on his own people as well. And its all driving millions of people to leave syria. Which may be why and this is completely true the Syrian Government recently released a tourism video to attract visitors to the country. Take a look. laughter . Trevor thats the whole ad. Thats it. The the only thing harder than being a civilian in syria, is being the minister of tourism in syria because
Hello, im darn jordan. And joe, how the tall stories here now to 0, the Un General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn russias move to annex spots of ukraine. A 143 countries voted in favor of the resolution that reaffirms ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Only 4 nations, but russia, syria, nicaragua, north korea, and bella roost. And this one passed with the most support of any of the prior resolutions. Its an attempt by ukraine and its backers to keep russia under pressure, keep the spotlight on the country and show that its isolated on the international stage. There were some abstentions 35 of them. Thats similar to the right previous votes among the abstentions 2 very large and influential countries, china and india. China said that the resolution reflected a cold war mentality and in their view was not conducive to bring the parties together for peace talks. But the United States and other countries that back ukraine said that quite simply, this is a matter
Im on the inside indo hall here, top stories on out 0. The International Monetary found this painting, oblique picture, the Global Economy. The organization is cut, its Global Growth forecast for 2023, saying that for many next year will feel like a recession. Allen fisher reports from my math headquarters in washington, dc. Its a dark time for the Global Economy from all over the world. Delegates and representatives are in washington to be told what many already know economically, things are bad and theyre going to get worse. The Global Economy continues to face steep challenges, shaped by 3 powerful forces, the russian invasion of ukraine. The cost of living crisis caused by persistent and broadening inflation pressures. And the slow down in china, inflation is biting economies around the world, making it harder for ordinary people to do ordinary things, like feed their families or warm their homes. The i m f says the reasons are many under complicated. But strict covered loc dons in