Washington, d. C. In order to become law, it would need to be approved by the senate but Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said in an interview, the measure is not going anywhere. Some remarks prior to the house vote from d. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes enormousen. The chair recognizes the gentlemen lady from the District Of Columbia. I yield one minute to the gentle lady from california, the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. The compare recognizes the speaker of the house of representatives. Rights act for all or whether its observing the 100th anniversary right to aving the vote and whether it is about ourng full participation in democracy to the District Of Columbia. In wearingo join her this mask, 51st. Why this legislation, h. R. Statehood. C. Ill talk about now. But congresswoman Eleanor Holmes been brilliant, relentless, precystent, about the lackrsistent about of full participation in her work in congress. So i salute her. The patron state and guiding star of t
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Lots of earnings coming out. Ups is the latest. They are withdrawing their 2020 forecast for revenue, as well as eps, as we have seen from Many Companies trying to estimate the impact. Theirre withdrawing forecast. They are suspending the Share Buyback for 2020. We want to get you all of todays top moving news from new york and our london team. We want to begin with the volatility in the u. S. Oil market. Wti at one point falling below 11 a barrel. Bps ceo, after the Company Released firstquarter results which showed a 2 3 drop in profit. We have a situation where we have excess supply, and storage is filling up. Cushing is 70 full. People think we will reach completely full sometime in may. We are very fortunate to have a large trading organization, and they have been able to find a physical home for our crude, but not everyone is that fortunate. What is happening here is a very simple case of supply and demand, and the market really isnt going to find some stability until that comes
Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for covering one of. Beethoven 2020 years and the 50th anniversary here on d w. Melting glaciers michael plastics in the ocean and fires in the amazon news about Climate Change is disturbing and often contradictory especially on social media still the online world of as many ways to get reliable info and get active digital Environmental Protection our topic today on shift. I know my own eco belen as well roughly the average german produces 9 tons of c o 2 per year and each european generates some 24. 00 kilos of Plastic Waste to me that sounds like a lot but how bad is it by comparison in india the average person produces just 11 kilos of Plastic Waste but where does my garbage actually go and how much fast it winds up in the worlds oceans 8000000 tons a year thats what Science Magazine estimates environmental pollution and Climate Change are global issues so its not just me experts also want to get their hands on reliable data i am. All the. Plastic all
Cold Asylum Seekers are forced to camp out as greece refuses to take in more refugees. And we begin in syria where a we begin in syria partner a ceasefire brokered by russia turkey and or western lip province appears to be holding for now the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of negotiations between russias president Vladimir Putin and turkeys leader raja typo on this all happened in moscow the 2 back opposing sides in the syrian conflict they have agreed to establish a 12 calmer wide security corridor along it lives in 4 highway which connects the government stronghold of latakia was serious Financial Hub aleppo and also great on a joint patrol along that motorway later this month Syrian Government offensive in it live has pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkeys border its not clear how or when theyll be able to return to their homes we start with step pozen on the talks in moscow. It was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership bet