American how it welcome russia is celebrating victory day marking 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 this is commemorations have been scaled back because of the coronavirus with the red square military parade and a large scale procession both postponed. Russias parade of military might took to the sky today. Moscow coronavirus precautions kept the streets nearly empty this picture a day. It had been planned to be an especially large celebration this year as russia 75 years since defeating nazi germany in world war 2. But the mass perceptions were off postponed by the pandemic. President Vladimir Putin did lead to scale down ceremony at the eternal flame war memorial. But not a word about the virus instead his speech was a rallying cry to the nation. This name if you are of the view we know and firmly believe that we did we are invincible when we stand together when i speak of us congratulations on victory a day or. A day of pride in russias past. But people here h
Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show russia has been celebrating victory day marking 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 but this years commemorations have been scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic with the red square military parade and a large scale procession of postponed. Russias parade of military might took to the sky today far above moscow where coronavirus precautions kept the streets nearly empty this picture a day. It had been planned to be an especially large celebration this year as russia 75 years since defeating nazi germany in world war 2. But the mass perceptions were off postponed by the pandemic. President Vladimir Putin did lead to scale down ceremony at the eternal flame war memorial. But not a word about the virus instead his speech was a rallying cry to the nation. This is name during the year we know and firmly believe when we did we are invincible when we stand together but i think of us congratulations on victoria day or abou
Confrontation marked in u. S. Collation in the conflict between turkey and syria. Turkeys defense minister warns the turkish troops will retaliate against it if the. Also announced Operation Spring shilled a new campaign aimed at pushing Syrian Government troops out of the socalled buffer zone near the border. Because we do not aim to face off with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regimes most of course radical groups the displacement of civilians. Turkey has stepped up its military campaign in it lip province in response to the deaths of 34 soldiers in strikes on thursday a. Funeral processions in turkey for the dead soldiers have turned into rallies calling for revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkeys been stricken pay the northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern he did province turkey backed rebel groups with captured villages they lost a few weeks ago including. Further south Syrian Government forces have launched an offensi
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Lends a 2nd hand to break down this and other major developments in the euro zone and later 2019 has been a shining year for gold as the price has jumped on economic turmoil david mcilvaine financial help us dig into the sector and how its been competing against other asset we have so much to get to today lets go. Stocks are falling across the board from their all time highs monday the penultimate trading day of the year equities have enjoyed a strong December Santa rally and Oil Prices Continue to trade higher on china u. S. Optimism the pullback today is most likely due to the fact markets are in the midst of a liquidity and news desert during those final few days of the year chinese vice premier and top negotiator leo ho will visit washington this week where he is expected to sign phase one of the agreement however a political concerns continue to bubble in the background as neither side has released any specific details of the trade agreement and no text has been released while the