Hundreds of refugees to an isolated island despite concerns from the un and other Rights Groups. Now saudi arabias foreign minister says all of the nations involved in the gulf crisis are close to finalizing an agreement after a significant progress was made over the past few days katsa has been under an illegal land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt since june 2017 present Senior Adviser Jared Kushner recently visited both riyadh and our hala the Foreign Ministers of council and kuwait also said theres been some progress. We hope that these. This progress can lead to a final agreement which looks in reach and i can say i am somewhat optimistic that we are close to finalizing. An agreement between all the issues in dispute to come to a resolution that we think will be satisfactory to all we have achieved set in for a better set certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has voted on and right now there are some movements that we hope th
An isolated island despite concerns from the un and Rights Groups. Plus backlash and boycott some like the provoke debate about diversity in japan. So more than one of the half 1000000 people have now died from 1000 worldwide a 3rd of those deaths happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths and new cases among them its italy which did its highest daily death toll on thursday since the start of the pandemic its now introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions and in the worlds worst affected country the United States hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs the president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during his 1st 3 months in office. In the 1st day im an auger i had to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days to mask now for over 100 days and i think well see a significant reduction if we curb that everything that occurs with vaccin
Islands. As growing numbers of migrants arrive by boat from africa, critics accuse the e. U. Of turning a blind eye to a burgeoning new migrant crisis. Im well come to the show. The number of new Coronavirus Infections in germany has risen again with more than 22000 cases reported over 24 hour period. Thats despite almost 3 weeks of a partial lockdown. The increase comes as lawmakers in germany voted on wednesday to strengthen government powers for tackling the pandemic as lawmakers deliberated outside the parliament building, but in berlin, police had to use water cannon pepper spray to disperse crowds, protesting the coronavirus restrictions a short time ago. The head of germanys Public Health authority was that the pandemic situation in the country was still very serious. But the overall case numbers are much too high. The number of civilian cases and the number of patients in intensive care are also on the rise. Its the number of deaths is also still very high. As we know this is i
The u. S. Economy which remains the wild west affected country. Bangladesh transfers hundreds of richenda refugees to an isolated island despite concerns from the un and Rights Groups and hollywood abounds to streaming one of the biggest studios says its going to start releasing films online at the same time as an sentiments. On german ash for the spores as the cost of delaying the taker lympics is revealed organizers say the current a virus despite minutes likely to set them back a father 2800000000. 00. Now the Foreign Ministers of cattle kuwait and saudi arabia all say that has been progress made in resolving the gulf crisis its now been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt and posed a land sea and air blockade on qatar but the Foreign Ministers say all parties want to reach a final agreement after holding constructive talks or somehow bar reports. Crucial days are had for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have ac
Seen across the country. We will speak to raj patel, author stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the worlds food system. Then a betting pool . That is what managers at a tyson pork slaughterhouse set up a to bet on how many workers would get covid. Six workers died at the iowa plant. More than 1000 were infected. Finally, 2020 has become the deadliest year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We will speak to tori cooper of human Rights Campaign. Vionce iibly toxic and all of these Different Things that make trans lives being devalued. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has cleared the way for president elect joe bidens transition after 16 days of delay that threatened to derail the incoming administrations preparations for reviving the economy and battling the coronavirus pandemic. Emily murphy, the trumpappointed head of the General Services administ