From this moment onwards dutch multinationals will be held accountable for their activities and their actions in developing countries and thats an enormous victory for for for that the rights of more globally. By degrees has been following proceedings from a boozer. This is not the only case in court either in the netherlands or in the u. K. Where hundreds of people have queued up to shell for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late editions against all producing Company Production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities up and successful to try call a shell in nigeria and courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are sa
The language in which he rejected this case was extremely surprising, extremely harsh, and extremely critical of the attempt to reverse the election result. The u. S. Health officials are urging people not to travel for thanksgiving holidays that says the country supposes 12000000 cases. European countries are also moving to curb soaring infections with portugal banning Domestic Travel ahead of the holiday season. Iran too, is struggling to contain a 3rd wave of krona virus infections. Authorities are closing most businesses and clamping down on travel, which we may just cities that contain the spread. And the pandemic is also dominating the virtual g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. Leaders of the worlds 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge support to help pay for the distribution of vaccines at medicines and tests. While they discussed tackling the crisis, the us president was out playing golf. The virus has killed over 250000, people in the u. S. More than in any other coun
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Retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. In a brief white house appearance, u. S. President , donald trump has taken credit for a record day in the markets. The dow jones index reached a historic high on tuesday following the transition developments and progress on the coronavirus vaccines. Hong kongs chief executive kerry land says her urgent priority is to restore the territorys political system from chaos in her annual policy address. She also said the government would begin a Public Education programme to enhance understanding of the rule of law. Ethiopias government claims that falls into grey have begun to surrender. Theyve been given until wednesday to lay down their arms. But to graze. Leaders are denying the claims and say theyve destroyed a government division. At least 4 people have died and more than a dozen are missing. After a boat carrying migrants capsized of
P. M. Eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Next, look at what u. S. Foreign policy will look like an abiding administration. This Brookings Panel talked about afghanistan peace talks, americas role in the middle east and the impact of the troop withdrawal ordered by President Trump. This runs one hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to this brookings and Charles Koch Institute event. We are going to be talking today about the socalled forever wars in the broader middle east region and what abiding presidency along with the 117th congress should do about them. I am joined by a distant wish group of scholars and friends from numerous institutions all around washington but nonetheless, reflecting a real divergence and breadth of thinking experience and approach in thinking about these kinds of things. Lots of handson expertise. Americanat the new initiative at the Atlantic Council. He is a longstanding scholar. Any of yo