Welcome to this new edition of cheque in this time a reporters have set their sights on central and eastern europe. Theyre off to lithuania, to check republic and poland. Lucas stake begins his travels in lithuania, capital vilnius, the largest city in the Baltic States. The co froelich has to prague in the czech republic, where she wants to see how tourism has changed. Since the pandemic began, and later lucas staker goes to condense the port city in northern poland, where the solid tarnish movement played a significant role in what led to the fall of the iron curtain. But 1st, to vilnius the symbol of vilios stance. 140 meters above the city, the giddiness tower, the remnant of what was once the citys most powerful defense system. The giddiness castle. Hello, from vilios. In lithuania. Have you ever heard of it . Well, lift raina is one of the 3 Baltic States in eastern europe, russia, and bell roost our direct neighbors. And, well, the war in ukraine is not that far away. And i want
King charles the 3rd will be proclaimed as the british monarch shortly, and an official ceremony. Ah, hello, im adrian finnegan. This is al jazeera from dough. Also coming up. Well live outside Buckingham Palace where mourners continue to remember Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. Ah. We looked back at the towering figure who rose above politics. As the u. K is longest serving mark and in other use, russia sends reinforcements to cock eve as Ukrainian Forces pushed to take back towns and villages in the east. Ah, king charles, the 3rd will be proclaimed as the british monarch in just a few hours. Although he automatically became king the moment, his mother, Queen Elizabeth the 2nd diet on thursday, a ceremony will make it official. It is just after 8 am in london, where thousands are expected to gather in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace. King charles will depart from there to saint jamess palace just around the corner. Thats the seat of the british monarchy at its where the proclamation will
John kerry washington, d. C. The president took a sales pitch to capitol hill. Later tonight making a case to a skeptical nation. The u. S. Stepped back from the brink of a military strike. The Obama Administration called for the United Nations Security Council to come up with a way to secure chemical weapons quickly. This can k. Not be a process of delay this, cannot be avoidance. There has to be real, measurable, tangible. Syria says it will declare weapons arsenal and sign a chemical weapons agreement. So now, russian president putin said today syrian plan can work with the u. S. Drops its threat of force, but all indications from the president suggest tla is not happening. I dont think we would have gotten to this point unless we had maintain aid credible, possibility of a mill tear strike. I dont think now is the time to let up on that. The u. S. , uk and france are working on a game plan but russia rejected a french proposal laying out a plan for securing syrian weapons but inclu
Zero growth, whats your assessment . You know, a year ago we were all worried about the trade dispute and whether that was going to tip the economy into recession. Turns out that didnt. Theres a lot of unknowns regarding the coronavirus, unknowns in terms of how widespread its going to be, what the impact on the economy is, and the magnitude of that, and in the face of uncertainty, you know, thats where the risk comes in. You know, thats why youre seeing the type of volatility there is, and if it continues theres a risk that consumers start to retrench on their spending, and then thats when the risk of recession would certainly grow. You read my mind. Im wondering what effect this would have on consumer spending, the effect on corporate america, and then you mentioned it, the r word. Well, everybodys trying to assess what the worstcase scenario would be. Because as you know, market corrections are very normal. Whats abnormal is the coronavirus. Its new, you know, its Uncharted Waters i