Coronavirus. Will start same critical stand where president sort of jeenbekov has resigned after weeks of protests and said that he would step down but only after a rerun of the parliamentary election lets take you live now to east and kurdistan is a call is where i was there was Charles Stratford is a well that charles why has the president decided to go now. Well he has been flip flopping changing his statements over the last couple of weeks over say those rigged elections that were canceled by the Central Election Commission those elections held on october the 4th we didnt hear anything from the president for a long time he was blamed as being part and parcel of those elections being rigged we then had a statement we understand as a result of pressure put on him by the russians very concerned about instability in one of the former soviet states and a country that russia has a lot of influence over we had a statement then saying from him that he was prepared to resign that changed ag
Demonstrators who say the changes will cripple Worker Rights and hurt the environment. And a surprise choice for this years nobel prize in literature 77 year old american poet louise glick is honored for her unmistakable poetic voice. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show berlin has been declared a coronavirus hot spot as the number of new cases of passed a critical threshold the german capital had already announced the introduction of tougher restrictions the countrys Disease Control agency is also warning that the spread of the corona virus nationwide could become quote controllable if people fail to keep to hygiene and distancing rules german chancellor Angela Merkel says she doesnt want a repeat of what happened in the spring when europes a largest economy went into lockdown. More than a 4th has a new infections in the past day thats germanys highest rate since april when the kountry was today knocked down has minister yen span warned of growing complacency in the population a
And in thailand tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of bangkok defining a ban on large gatherings and states of emergency. And on soundless and i have all the support the Los Angeles Dodgers put on the back called break in performance to win the 1st game of the National League championship series. But we begin this news hour in kyrgyzstan where the president has announced his resignation after weeks of political turmoil serum buy back of had been facing daily protests since the disputed parliamentary election earlier this month but the vote sparked widespread demonstrations with accusations the vote was rigged in the governments favor since then some leading politicians have been 4 states theres a new Prime Minister and another election has been. Promised so lets say turn out to charles stratfords hes live for us in eastern care to stand charles the president said he would resign after the election was really run so why has he done it right now. Its fair to say mr jeenbe
Leaders sort of on the line goes into quarantine during a summit in brussels after a staffer test positive for the virus. And democratic Vice President ial candidate Campbell Harris suspends travel plans after a staff member contacts covered 19. And im santa how much snow have all the sport. Has put on a record breaking performance to win the 1st game of the National League championship series. Authorization is underway 3 to return more than a 1000 prisoners home across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying who think fighters whove been held by the Saudi Coalition have been arriving in the capital sanaa. Ports. A long awaited moment in yemen prisoners held in captivity for years freed in the largest Prisoner Exchange between the warring factions the deal was brokered by the u. N. In 2018 but never implemented but this time who feel gravels and government representatives set aside differences. Hoping the swap could lead to thousands of detainees being liberated in the futur
Perhaps are having full of cosmic rubble from an asteroid to bring back to work. We begin with breaking news from eastern afghanistan where at least 12 women have been killed in a stampede they gathered with thousands of other people in a stadium in jalalabad to apply for visas to pakistan the pakistani consulate started issuing visas again last week after a 7 month pause to tuesday coronavirus lets go live now to kabul filial contre for us that for us for the what more do we know about what happened. While adrianne like you mentioned the incident happened earlier this morning outside a stadium in the eastern city of jalalabad where normally hundreds of afghans with other every morning just to get a number so that they could process their visa applications at the pakistani consulate so they could travel to to judge allow about now local tells us that yesterday there were some rumors spreading on social media that the pakistani consulate today would hand out more visas the usual and cau