Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc
Its a move that could exacerbate Trade Tensions between western countries and china. From october, canada will impose 100 tariffs on Electric Vehicles from china. This is on top of the most favoured nation tariff of 6. 1 already slapped on to chinese produced evs that are imported to canada. The government also intends to apply a 25 tariff on imports of steel and aluminium products from china. Canadas finance minister, chrystia freeland, said these measures were about protecting its domestic producers. The reality is china has an intentional, state directed policy of overcapacity and oversupply, designed designed to cripple our own industries. Talk to the steel sector, talk to the aluminium sector to understand how effective that has already been, and we simply will not allow that to happen to our ev sector. The auto tariffs bring canada in line with its southern neighbour. The us introduced 100 tariffs on chinese made evs back in may, whilst the eu is also imposing higher tariffs. It
Isnt enough dots on how effective it is on bowes who are older european regulators is said to issue their decision on the vaccine on friday. Brazils president jaya both said auto has vowed to quickly vaccinate everybody in the country as his popularity falls amid a new wave of Coronavirus Infections there is anger of the governments slow vaccine rollout 220000 people in brazil have died after being infected bulls and auto has been widely criticized for his handling of the pandemic hes even said he wont take the vaccine himself zeros that monica you knock it has more from rio de janeiro. On the one side hes saying that hes going to vaccinate brazilians fast on the other side hes he and hes changed his tune with china as well he has been attacking china and china is working with brazil to produce the corona vaccine here and as well as supplying the material for astra zeneca to produce vaccines in brazil and the president had been attacking china all this time this is change because time
But there is no concern from doctors that a large turnout could lead to it by immediate action. Us president elect joe biden has introduced his team of Health Experts to combat coronavirus he pledged to bring the pandemic under control with his 1st 3 months in office meanwhile President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prioritize vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries it coincides with reports that his administration rejected an earlier offer from fires a to double its order of the medication the worlds 1st fully tested Coronavirus Vaccine is being rolled out in the u. K. 800000 people expected to get the jab in the coming weeks with the elderly and Health Workers 1st in line. The United Arab Emirates and egypt have praised new initiatives to end the 3 year blockade of qatar both countries say they appreciate efforts by kuwait and the u. S. After saudi arabia announced progress had been made foreign minister has repeated calls for dialogue to resolve
Im terry martin. Good to have you with us. The u. S. Death toll in the corona virus pandemic has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000 people by far. d the highest National Toll worldwide infections are soaring to new highs across the country. New york city was the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak earlier this year. Now its decided to close all Public Schools again as it fights a resurgence of the virus. Its an unseasonably at the last week of school for children across new york city. Classrooms are shifting to online manning until further notice. Its the latest in a theories of new restrictions in the state. Parents and students alike are unhappy. Its super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant for too long to be able to get it kind of are a little sad its thats what passes for the carrots or go with the citys mayor feels the same way workers i want to for as much as we are unhappy today that this moment was reached