A surprise announcement from the oval office of. Israels. Fight. Now. Same stuff some for you said tom. I know others call an election nearing for trump and ya. Know i mean the sitting in for richard good and youre watching the listening post working from home here are the media stories were covering this week the Abraham Accords behind all the talk about peace between israel and the gulf states there is a lot of posturing and even more p. R. In the United States an affiliate of the un does either network 80 plus is ordered to the edge as a Foreign Agent. Theyve reported on mounting crises a chronically corrupt government a collapsing state and then came the blast whats it like to be a journalist in lebanon today. And a saudi musician teams up with an israeli one to create one of the many more the videos that have come in the wake of the Abraham Accords. The talk in the middle east these days is of normalization between gulf states and israel just this past week the United Arab Emirate
Expect dont trump said hes going to push ahead with the nomination hes already unveiled a list of people he would like to see on the Supreme Court if he was given a 2nd term well pick one of those names and put it into the mix Mitch Mcconnell who is the leader of the Senate Republicans he said he will take that nomination and he will put it to a vote as quickly as he possibly can and thats interesting because 4 years ago when Antonin Scalia a conservative justice died Mitch Mcconnell said that he wouldnt put forward anyone for a vote during an election year. More than 600000 people have now been affected by flooding in sudan at least 100 people have been killed while the river nile not expected to return to normal levels for days there are warnings that fresh rain on Higher Ground could cause more flash flooding downstream International Agencies are increasing their support to fight any outbreaks of disease chemicals have been sprayed to fight malaria with many people also now risk of
Gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the already ministry of defense and Armed Forces Logistics and irans Defense Industries organization and its director around the same time the u. N. Secretary general was delivering a message of unity as the world body mounted 75th anniversary the General Assembly is happening mostly via video link due to the pandemic. The u. N. Secretary general antonio terrace was one of the few to address it from inside the uns new york headquarters he urged countries to support the uns work. The u. K. s coronavirus alert levels been increased from 3 to 4 in strands mission is high or rising exponentially the governments scientific advisor says there could be 50000 new cases a day by mid october if no further action is taken in europe governments are trying to get a handle on a spike in the numbe
A rate that is even exceeding what many countries saw earlier in the summer in june and july so its difficult to say that this is a 2nd wave many countries are still in what looks like the 1st wave other the pandemic is global the drivers of new cases in different communities may be very different and reflect the nature of the communities and the kind of meeting and mingling of people that is happening in those communities in many places after some are locked out measures in which people. Restricted their travel restricted interacting with others socially blocked on measures were able to slow the spread of the virus and dramatically in some cases slow the speed at which new cases appeared but as communities began to slow those rates and lift the measures and become more conducive in terms of being able to get out of the house being able to dine at restaurants being able to mix socially as well as going back to work and back to school were seeing people mix and in new ways now were seei
A big can see this week democratic challenger joe biden says with early voting already under way that simply wrong the people of this nation are choosing their future right now as they vote to jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. No i dont believe the people of this nation will stand for. President trump told a rally in South Carolina on saturday hes sending his nomination for consideration to the senate this week it will be a woman a very talented very brave if. You average joes in yet but we have numerous women on the list that are thought to be 2 leading candidates amy corny but it is an Appeals Court judge a favorite of conservatives and has been considered for earlier vacancies and theres barbarella go up a lot to move in from florida which would be the more Political Choice but the white house might not be able to push through any nomination before the election in the last 45 years the process has taken on average 68 days the election