the use of live fire ammunition against these peaceful demonstrators. while the death toll varies from government figures, from international human rights groups, from local journalists on the ground, we can t independently verify that total figure. we have heard from one human rights organization based in norway which has been tallying the death toll since these demonstrations began three weeks ago. they take that figure at at least 154 deaths and hundreds of others injured. this is a movement that has grown, but of course that crackdown is also beginning to intensify. and although, as you saw there in that video, women continue to be at the forefront of the this movement, demanding more rights, acting in defiance against the restrictive and severe measures against women in place by the iranian regime, this has grown to encompass more wide-reaching grievances held bit iranian
a big part of her actual program is immigration. nations only exist if there are borders and those are defended, she says. promising a naval blockade, if that is what it takes to stop the flow of illegal migrants from the mediterranean. the appeal of sweden democrats, the far-right party, centers also around immigration. the party talks a great deal about the rise of crime, gang violence, and abuse of the country s generous welfare state, but the main proposal what a 30-point plan designed to turn squeezen, arguably one of the most generous immigration systems in europe, into the most restrictive. it is time to put sweden first, says jimmy akison, the 43-year-old leader of swedish democrats. there is lots of demagoguery, in these two politicians and their parties, but there is also an important truth at the heart of their ap appeal. immigration in many
Vice-Chair of the US Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard, said monetary policies need to be restrictive for some time to provide confidence that inflation moves down towards the target.
in several states starting today. trigger laws in idaho, tennessee and texas will effectively ban abortions with few exceptions. cnn s tom foreman is here to break it down for us. tom, tell us what s going on in all these states? what s going on is a continuation of what we ve watched as states have moved into the restrictive, very restrictive or most restrictive phase of this. in these states there are certain issues in play right now. in idaho they re going into a legal battle over a portion of it. they put in a very restrictive set of anti-abortion rules, rules to stop abortion there. they re at war with the federal government in that their rules here say, if a woman is in the emergency room and a doctor says i have to save your life, then they can perform an abortion, although they can still be charged and have to defend themselves in court and say i
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Salespeople, food servers, postal workers – “Help Wanted” ads are proliferating across the United States (US), as companies struggle to deal with a worker shortage caused by the pandemic, a rash of early retirements and restrictive immigration laws. More than 10 million openings went unfilled in June, according to government data, while […]