Is china losing control of the corona Virus Outbreak the number of cases in the. Communist Party Leaders handling the response of. A change of strategy needed this is inside story. Hello there welcome to the program i met clark chinas president is admitting shortfalls in the response to the corona Virus Outbreak and choosing paying is promising to fix problems the loopholes in the Health System solutions cannot come too soon nearly 65000 coronavirus cases are recorded worldwide 99 percent of them in china the epicenter of the outbreak thats a province reported a sharp increase in new cases but the World Health Organization says thats because doctors are using a broader definition to diagnose the infected who base communist party chief is among 4 local leaders to be sacked tens of millions of chinese are running out of food and patients 80 cities have been in lockdown for a month leaving everyone trapped at home with katrina you know reports empty streets and an increasingly empty fridg
Welcome back. We didnt solve all the problems in the last pane panel so we wiy to solve them on this one so there will be an easier time when he comes. Right now we are going to shift over it to thinking about some of the more diplomatic aspects of the problem set and one of the things we heard from the Previous Panel is a lot of Solutions Come from the diplomatic toolkit we have another remarkable panel to help us think through the. On the right from your perspective, ambassador patterson is the former assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. She was ambassador to four different countries, egypt, pakistan, colombia and el salvador and she was also the assistant secretary of state for national law enforcement, the aptly named drug and food portfolio than she was the acting ambassador and deputy ambassador to the united nations. Next, we have ambassador doug silman of the institute in washington. He previously served as the u. S. Ambassador to iraq and kuwait and was the d
Europes digital ambitions the e. U. Has just revealed its vision for the continents tech future fearing competition from abroad it wants to grow its own sector but there are concerns over just how it will protect privacy this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im the stasi attain now there is a global race for Technology Leadership with the United States and china out front europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on Foreign Tech Companies including microsoft apple and chua way they say they want to develop europes own tech sector now to do that theyve come up with a strategy that aims to find solutions that prioritize peoples lives the economy and an open society the e. U. Outlined its approach for days and Artificial Intelligence on wednesday the proposal seek tougher regulation of the worlds biggest tech platforms and increased spending for the tech sector but critics say mo
The west is winning the words of the u. S. Secretary of state taking aim at china and russia mike peo also sought to reassure european allies concerned by president trumps policies pot is the us stones on Global Politics really that positive for the western powers or is it on the mining their alliance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter davi Transatlantic Relations are not what they once were neither is the relationship indeed between france and germany and european leaders are concerned by the us president Donald Trumps america 1st policy theyve to fit with him in several areas from iran to china this was reflected during the annual Munich Security Conference divisions arose between leaders as they discussed whether the west is losing influence to other global powers the answer from the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei a was everything is just fine pompei you boasted the west is winning and the Transatlantic Alliance is not dead it rejected remarks by t
The u. K. Puts the squeeze on lebanons hezbollah the entire Group Political and military is on the u. K. s terrorist blacklist and all of its assets are now frozen but why now is iran the real target and does it complicate an already tense situation in the middle east this is inside story. Im Richelle Carey and welcome to the program the u. K. Has added lebanons entire has movement to its blacklist of what its terms terrorist organizations and now its freezing house assets and will prosecute anyone in the u. K. Who continues to have accounts or Financial Services connected to the group it was in march of last year when the British Government said it could no longer distinguish between the political and the military wings of hezbollah but it took until this week before it announced it was going after the groups finances United States has welcomed the decision saying it had long been seeking such a move from its european allies will get or discussion our guest in a moment 1st lets take a