Hello from moscow midday here now im kevin 0 in live from arties world news h. Q. This sunday its the weekly the big stories we brought you over the last 7 days and recap so 1st the rushes overhauled constitution came into effect on saturday following a weeklong vote which wrapped up on wednesday the majority of voters indorse the changes in the end with 78 percent in favor from a turn of her own 68 percent followed the final day of polling. Now this really was a vote of us the 1st time people were in mosques and gloves the 1st time they were using disposable pants walks in through temperatures counts voting online for some as for the voting process itself while does that was a situation where security footage allegedly caught a woman stuffing ballots now that counting in that area of moscow has been suspended pending an investigation otherwise the Central Electoral Commission says that it found no irregularities that was so many. Amendments on the table 147. 00 in total that its diffi
Weary of the news 7 r. T. Channels pulled off air a lot which claims the networks controlled by someone on the blacklist even though he actually had a different news agency will explain all. The lots to talk about today for a good afternoon im kevin 0 in here in moscow is just 1 pm now this is our international and it is news from russia this dominating our coverage this hour it is the final day of a week of voting thats been taking place across russia on proposed changes to the countrys constitution well many of already heard this say by voting online president putin has declared today a National Holiday to allow voters who havent yet done so the chance to cast their ballot. A lot to consider too is a package of more than 140 a moments many adding social legal and economic guarantees to the constitution a couple of in a more detail what he sure is for instance the minimum wage would not be lower than the cost of living another secures an annual adjustment to maintain the value of pens
Its called the seas act and targets vacas of a strong man u. S. Sanctions came into effect wednesday against the acid regime in syria when it did not have a government of a political victory after years of conflict and how will regime allies react to new sanctions this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the show im sam is a than the war in syria has devastated much of the country and its people but president bashar assad has remained in power with the help of foreign allies where theres now another threat facing tens of millions of syrians though the economy has been decimated its now a 3rd of what it was its currency is in freefall and that to that a shortage of basic goods and rising prices but as might not be able to count on his friends anymore to rebuild this state new u. S. Sanctions are now taking effect to punish anyone who does business with his country it targets politicians institutions businesses and those in gauged in transactions with the Syrian Government they could b
Its called the seas act and targets backers of a strong man u. S. Sanctions came into effect wednesday against the asad regime in syria when it did not have a government of a political victory after years of conflict and how will regime allies react to new sanctions this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the show im sam is a than the war in syria has devastated much of the country and its people but president bashar assad has remained in power with the help of foreign allies what is now another threat facing tens of millions of syrians though the economy has been decimated its now a 3rd of what it was its currency is in freefall and that to that a shortage of basic goods and rising prices but as might not be able to count on his friends anymore to rebuild this state new u. S. Sanctions are now taking effect to punish anyone who does business with his country it targets politicians institutions businesses and those in gauged in transactions with the Syrian Government they could be b
Raises a number of russian mercenaries helping libyan warlords in the fight against the internationally recognized government. For war on drugs has failed a global team of experts calls time on policies it says are fueling organized crime. Im joined again with sports and its confirmed germanys beyond just legal will restart next saturday becoming the 1st European Football League to resume amid the current virus pandemic well be live in berlin. Where we begin in the United States where figures just released show another 3200000. 00 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits keeping a prolonged track to be the worst month on record for job losses well that means around 33000000 people have registered as unemployed in 7 weeks economists think Economic Growth in the u. S. Could plummet by. 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in europe the bank of england expects the u. K. s Economic Production to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment to rise to 8 percent the European Unions been warne