A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. The world to. See. December 24th 1979 soviet troops invaded going to stand leaders of the soviet union said theyd been invited by a gun to common defeated. The soviet invasion set up on the on the part of decades of conflict. From the soviet of gone before the most was complete withdrawal in the 1980 s. And the eventual collapse of the communist government. Civil war followed eventually leading to the talibans rice to power. Once backed by the cia the movement through most of a lot of fun until 2001. Thats when the u. S. Led coalition invaded after the 911 attacks the taliban leadership fled kabul 6 general elections have been held since then. Gun politicians squabble for power and struggle to control. Territory but the taliban did not recognize the authority of any of the elected government. Nearly 2 decades later u. S. Forces sig
Detained in bello who suffered a long time president Alexander Lukashenko his 2 main rivals from london in next months vote. Of the sport as tiger woods prepares to return to competitive golf for the 1st time in 5 months will get his due on the back climbs mattson expense and playing in the current virus pandemic. Now may begin with a flare up in fighting on the border between armenia and azerbaijan 13 soldiers and at least one civilian have been killed in the heaviest fighting between the 2 neighbors in years the 2 former soviet republics went to war in the 1990 s. Over the disputed region of nagano caught a black areas internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but its controlled by armenians a fragile ceasefire was agreed in one. 994. 00 attention has summoned ever since and 2016200 soldiers and civilians were killed and whats known as the april war russia brokered that cease fire and the International Community is now looking to russia once again robin for us ian walker repor
Libya and syria and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but i would pay for his big plan. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Taxes taxes taxes a group of millionaires just governments to raise taxes to fund a coronavirus recovery they say charity is not the solution but will governments also theyre called and how popular is this idea this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im laura kyle the Coronavirus Crisis seems to be spinning out of control on thursday the world record its worst single day rise in infections almost a quarter of a 1000000 in just 24 hours cities that had declared a tends to victory a falling back on the look down one by one. The return of restrictions is an Economic Disaster for many countries already suffering from the 1st wave governments say theyre doing what they can and some of bailing out flatlining Industries Others have chosen to spend big to create jobs encourage spending and reduce individuals debt well as others have
A number far greater than was previously reported. As virus cases rise in bangladesh corruption is fueling fears of getting safe treatment in hospital. Also the mollies process leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation and dismiss regional mediation efforts. One of americas most famous civil rights activists congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was among the last surviving pioneers of the movement during the 1960 s. He helped to organize the march on washington where Martin Luther king delivered his historic i have a dream speech nearly 60 years later the dream of Racial Justice is ongoing black lives matter protests sparked by the death of george. Floyd to being violently suppressed by the police in the city of Portland Oregon overnight on friday federal agents fired tear gas at Peaceful Protesters the state of oregon is now suing over the use of force statues have been toppled and some Police Officers sacked during months of protests acros
Due to has returned to office after a runoff vote due to narrowly won with just over half the votes his wife all raffaelle trust koskie received nearly 49 percent those are the headlines inside stories next. For libyas oil the government in tripoli accuses the United Arab Emirates of ordering warlord Khalifa Haftar to block petroleum exit polls but whats behind the dispute and could it scuttle attempts to end libyas civil war this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on oil has played a major role in the years long conflict in libya most of the oil fields in the east on the wall of the hole if i have to control this means the un recognized government of National Court in tripoli has been cut off from a huge source of income on friday after all forces allowed a tanker to transport some of the crude for the 1st time in 6 months but they really imposed a blockade a day later libyas national all corporation blamed have to the United Arab Emirates for ordering the