Takes continue in the view where. I. Protest of the loss of where there was a colony in israel and the boils are that the governments handling of the pandemic and the alleged corruption of the prime minister. Goes all the top headlines for this hour crosstalk is next on c. N. N. To national in the u. K. And ireland its time for when a gaping. Hole in the well. Things are considered. One of the greatest if not the greatest church in the history. Appreciator he will soon be converted into a mosque what is the importance of the hobby of sophia and for whom and Europes Energy Security is not independence thanks in the balance. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest like these and in oslo hes an associate professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as author of russias geo Economic Strategy for greater eurasia and in london were joined by how this enemy curacy is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk ru
Us president has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic and says likely hell soon be tested after possibly being exposed trumps announcement freeze a 50000000000. 00 to address a growing crisis that hes been accused of previously downplaying hours earlier the World Health Organization said the epicenter had moved from china to europe or italy has the highest number of infections and deaths spain is declaring an emergency as other e. U. Countries closed their borders wall street meanwhile ward back from huge losses the day before european stocks were also up capping a rollercoaster week alan fischer has more on the new steps taken and washington d. C. From the u. S. President a dramatic announcement officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words with more than 40 dead and the number of infected growing the president has opened up funding include states to take important steps to blunt the spread of the virus emerging every state to set up Emergency Oper
The way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. What caused the ukrainian plane to crash in tehran iran rejects allegations it mistakenly shot it down but ukraine and western countries are pushing for evidence so will the truth behind this crash be revealed and cold facts spill into wider political conflicts this is inside story. Thanks alex thank you hello and welcome to the program im Martin Dennis now theyve been claims counterclaims and outright denials the head of irans Civil Aviation body insists the ukrainian airliner that crashed near tehran this week wasnt shot down by uranium missiles but canada says it has intelligence and evidence indicating the plane was downed by iran but just 4 hours before the plane came down killing all 176 on board iran had fired a volley of missiles towards bases in iraq that hosts u. S. Troops u. S. President donald trump says theres no question tehran is involved but many of wondering whether america is partly responsible for raising
Then, national nationally syndicated talk show host on free speech. He joined us on this mornings washington journal. Host pamela constable, longtime Foreign Correspondent for the washington post. I feel like i should start off by saying welcome home. Pamela thank you. Im delighted to be home. Host all told, how many years of your reporting career or percentage have you spent overseas . Half. i guess close to first with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Half. Off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . My earliest, interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills you may say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, two unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely th
Percentage have you spent overseas . Pamela i guess close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills you may say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, two unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed to someone working domestically . Pamela i mean, there is a number of things i would not necessarily call them skills, but there is a number of ways you ha