Deep divide is splitting america politically economically im supposed to really this is a journey through this socalled land of opportunity. Writers filmmakers and lets all go 1st capture the current mood in the states. Our 1st stop is new york city. And. New york used to be the city that never sleeps that was before codes and the pandemic seems past its peak here but the big apple is still far from being back to normal. On weekends when the weather is good people can at least gather and central part they were masks to keep saying. Donald trump during his Election Campaign even back that few well known artists and intellectuals supported him and this hasnt changed since although now 4 years later when people know what to expect warnings about reelecting trumpets president castro more action and. Weve come to new york to meet 3 of the most renowned authors in the country. To find out what they expect and worry about and. Paul auster. The beginning of the. Democracy as rehabilitate the c
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is outside source. Second gang rape leaving another victim dead. Going political with a former leader of indys opposition, arrested after trying to meet the parents of one of the victims. The latest on covid19, including an update om spain which has put parts of madrid back into lockdown. Occurred as an effort to deal with the steep rising cases. Italy, once the center of europes outbreak, things are going better. And we will look indepth to the conflict of the region as the french president warns that syrian fighters are now in all of. Now involved. This is a serious new fact that changes the situation. Lets turn to india where there has been an outpouring of anger and violence against women after a second woman has been died after being gang raped. The family of the latest
E. U. Doesnt recognize him as the legitimate leader of the country he was sworn in for a new term as president in the capital city minsk the ceremony was held and announced just before a number of children supporters on the streets thousands are calling for fresh elections without. The women of belarus have become the face of the current protests their voices are growing louder enough is enough thats their message after 26 years they want a new leader for their country and a Better Future for their Children Women and sophia who go out to protest week after week these 2 courageous women refused to be intimidated by the authorities. The womens march had barely begun when the police started making their 1st arrests over the past weeks bella ross has ramped up its crackdown on protesters but despite it all these women come back each saturday to make sure their voices heard was everything was quiet then suddenly those henchmen showed up and dragged these young women into their bastards what
Rice talk some q. And a on supporters on both sides of the atlantic have been linked to violence our title today she went on how dangerous are conspiracy theorists. And. None of them are welcome to to the point and here are our guests felix whose mine is a freelance journalist who has a focus on the far right and he says the dangers of far right ideologies were ignored too long we shouldnt make that mistake again with 2 or not its great to have with us from the goals that hes a sociologist with germanys kannada Adenauer Foundation and he says the belief in conspiracy theories is a mass phenomenon that is part of our society. And also great to welcome to resolve she works as an investigative journalist at online magazine vice. And she thinks the medias responsibility in framing human on is crucial for its containment. Let me start out by asking you you know who knows about a study that you recently published that shows that fully a 3rd of those surveyed believe the world is being steere
A contentious election thats returned Alexander Lukashenko to power for 6 term and a race against time off the coast of volunteers work to stem the flow of oil spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. And im santa how much now have all the sports. Book the spot in the semifinals of the earth or league it with a victory over by leverkusen. As president michel aoun has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government it follows mounting public anger of last weeks explosion in the capital beirut which left more than 200 people dead thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands Homeless People have been taking to the streets to voice their anger at the ruling elite as Bennett Smith now reports from bay of it. Lebanons government has finally caved in like a shot at buildings along beiruts waterfront it took an explosion of 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to bring down the Prime Minister and cabinet. Today we followed the will of the people to hold accountable those responsib