Alert to its highest level. Translator we will up the mobilization of the military operation from 3,000 to 7,000 soldiers on the ground. Macron visited the scene of the attack at notre dame basilica on thursday. He pledged to protect freedom of religion. The attacker was detained after being shot and wounded by police. One woman was a victim in her 60s who had been praying in the basilica. The others are a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s. The alleged tacker is a 21yearold tunisian national. He said the suspect repeatedly shouted god is great in arabic while being treated at the scene. The bloodshed comes less than two weeks after a teacher in a paris suburb was attacked with a knife. The teacher had shown his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a class of freedom of expression. European Union Leaders condemned the attacks, calling on the International Community to work towards dialogue and understanding among communities and religions, rather than division. Chinas com
Whats going on in this country . Whats going on . Trump has reportedly told members of his inner circle that he will declare victory on tuesday night, even if a large number of votes remain uncounted. Thats ccording to u. S. News source axios, which quoted unnamed sources close to the president. Trump told voters he would not declare victory prematurely but his lawyers would get involved over accepting mailin ballots after election day. Meanwhile, democratic nominee, joe biden, held a pair of rallies in pennsylvania. He has called for extending the deadline for accepting mailin ballots. Every, single one of those votes matter. The power to change this country, not figuratively, is literally in the hands of philadelphia and pennsylvania. Both camps have been focusing time and resources campaigning in pennsylvania, which many wsanalysts see as a mustwin state. Now we a closer look at the polls. The current president has caused darkness for much too long. Too much anger, too much fear, to
Inequality and police brutality. Trump travelled to the city on tuesday. He expressed support for Law Enforcement officers and urged them to act with resolve. He descrcribed the recent prote as domestic terror. You have to be decisive and you have to be tough and you have to be strong and you have to be willing to bring people in. Now, one group that trump did not meet with was the family of jacob blake. The black was paralyzed from the waste down after being shot by police on august 23rd. The shooting sparked protests, which have occasionally turned violent and destructive. And last week, two protesters were shot dead. A 17yearold has since been charged with homicide. Hundreds of people gathered to show either their support or opposition to trumps visit. Some chanted four more years while others accused the president of dividing the country. Experts say trump is trying to show he can maintain law and order ahead of the upcoming president ial election. Democratic candidate joe biden ha
Its the seventh consecutive day with more than 200 infections. Across the country, the total number of infections has topped 40,000. The Prime Minister said in a meeting that the situationon ha been seesawing for the past several days. Abe shinzo said the number o of seriously ill patients is hovering at around 80 nationally. The government plans to convene an expert panel in the coming days to come up with further antivirus measures. It comes as the clock ticks down to the Summer Vacation period that starts next week. Normally, thats the time when many people return to their hometowns, but this time, tokyos governor is calling on residents to stay home as much as possible. Nhk world spoke to one of the experts on the Central Governments coronavirus subcommittee about the recent developments. Reporter as president of the Japanese Association for infectiousus diseases, t Tateda Kazuhiro has been on the frontline since the outbreak began. He says japan is in the middle of a second wave,
Koike said she wants abe to use tokyo asas a reference for deciciding whehether to declcla state of emergency. Translator tokyo is on the brink of an explosive e increas of infections. We are trying to prevent a a situation like thahat and tryin to prevent further spread on various levels. This is done by the state. Its needed now. There are more than 2,200 confirmed cases across japan, not including 712 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. A total of 77 people have died, including 11 from the cruise ship. One of the main concerns among officials is the coronavirus spreading through cluster infections. One such case is three University Students who returned to japan from europe on march 14th and have tested positive for the virus. They likely spread the virus to more than 30 people across at least ten prefectures by attending gatherings and traveling to their hometowns for spring break. The rising concerns are compelling Large Companies to encourage their employees to work remo