Election since the uprising against president bashar assad began one years ago the opposition say the vote lacks legitimacy as the candidates are either members or allies of assads posse zaina holder reports. Syrians will elect a new parliament its the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president Bashar Al Assads forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they had lost to the opposition as in previous elections candidates need to be bettered by security and the credibility of the election has been further questioned by the exclusion of millions of syrians who left their country or have been displaced by the conflict. In 1000000 people in the north of the country for example wont have any representation in the next parliament and the deputies who are supposed to represent regime held areas are not real representatives they wont stand by the people they are beholden to the regime
Statement that if everybody were a mask everything it just appears a doctor said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont worry mask everybody was saying dont worry mask all of a sudden everybodys got to wear a mask and as you know mask was problem still with that being said im a believer in masks i think masks. But the u. S. Governments top Infectious Diseases expert wants officials to do everything they can to convince people to wear masks. I can say as a Public Health official that i would urge the leaders the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizen tree so wear masks masks are important as part of the physical distance physical distancing is the most important but practically when youre living your life and trying to open up the country you are going to come into contact with people and for that reason we know that masks are really important the World Health Organization says brazils co
But. Well those are the headlines were back here at the top of the hour with another round up and stay with us for cross talk next here on the national. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle on this edition of crossfire questions sent to us by you the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. Across talking fan mail im joined by my guest robert bridge hes an r. T. Website writer we also have Dimitri Bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed Marcus Papadopoulos he is the editor of politics 1st magazine or a gentleman cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate we got a lot of questions sent to us were not going to. Able to answer them all but ill get the worst one out of the way and go to marcus 1st of this year ok we have a question from adrian holeman question pretty obvious will donald
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Theyre on the smartphone theyre on the tablet theyre on the computer. And thats the way aljazeera is of all due to a true media network. Talk to aljazeera we are going to use d what you give to the people will be attending the minimal workshop we listen im supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. 0 where ever you. Hello im to make a pollin and these are main stories this hour theres been a mass show of support in hong kong for the teenager shot by police during protests on tuesday. Hundreds gathered outside the school attended by the 18 year old he was in a Critical Condition after being shot in the chest at close range but has since stabilised it was the 1st time a live bullet has been fired at a protester in this years unrest well a short while ago protests later dismissed the hong kong polices assertion that the officer acted in self defense saying it was a fairy tale. If he had no