We have been projecting that with 290 electoral votes joe biden has won the president ial election he is now the president elect of the United States pennsylvania is the state that put him over the top and he has now also been declared the winner. Youre watching live pictures now from new york we are seeing huge celebrations all across the country however there are a number of gatherings of Trump Supporters out there flags as well in a number of places in pennsylvania and in washington d. C. As well as you can see theyre out on the streets theyve been charging usa usa the other groups of supporters for joe biden have been celebrating his victory well his victory also means that Vice President elect comer harris will be the 1st woman 1st south asian and 1st black person to hold that office she learned all of that news while she was out jogging and was also one of the 1st to congratulate her wedding ring. Wait wait then a very very heavy the next president of the United States. Lets now
A ban on demonstrations and the Prime Minister shrugs off demands for him to quit well look at whats next for the democracy movement. Im rebecca races welcome to the Program French authorities have called the brutal killing of a teacher in a town outside paris a terrorist attack the man was knifed to death on friday afternoon near the school where he taught investigators believe he was targeted for showing peoples contents of the Prophet Muhammad in a lesson on freedom of expression. Police at the scene of the gruesome attack on the outskirts of paris. The victim a teacher decapitated. Witnesses said the knife wielding attacker shouted allahu akbar before being shot dead by police. French president Emanuel Mckown visiting the site condemned what he called an islamist terror attack against one of the countrys fundamental principles. One of our fellow citizens was murdered today because he was a teacher and a ski because he was teaching students freedom of expression and freedom to belie
Steve engle at Standard Chartered with a blistering note about the fed minutes being reinterpreted. Weve got some breaking news. I dont know if you see it there i home in london, but this is critical. Alone,leaves the rate and we get turkish weakness of that headline. Mr. Erdogan simply doesnt want to raise rates, does he . Anna absolutely. They are leaving their oneweek repo rate. The big picture here is that many economists saw this coming, but also thought the Turkish Central Bank should hike rates because the Interest Rate in turkey is well below inflation, and that kind of makes turkey stand out on a number of measures. They are also spending fx reserves to try and prop up that lira. We were talking about a turkish crisis back in 2018. The lira is weaker now than it was then. We will talk more about emerging markets later in the program. Lira has been stronger the last one he for hours. It weakens demonstrably off of this leaving of rates. Right now, i can do the data check right
Anik singh occupied palestinian territory israels Prime Minister wants to seize more of the west bank and the Jordan Valley palestinians and their allies denounce yet another land grab. Spark more middle east turmoil this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan the west bank and East Jerusalem are at the heart of any future palestinian state but occupied by Israeli Forces since 1967 and now threatened by an accession palestinian dreams of their own homeland look increasingly impossible israels Prime Minister wants to declasse sovereignty over illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and the Jordan Valley and even netanyahu wanted to begin an exception now at the beginning of july but his Coalition Government partner benny gantz says combating the coronavirus should come fust the palestinian leadership major e. U. Countries and arab states all object to an exception but the seizure of more Palestinian Land the seem to be in line with Donald Trumps proposals
A vaccine for the coronavirus has never been more crucial for rural parts of south africa. And the show must go on the future of british theatre under a pandemic is the industrys struggles to find a way forward. After weeks of increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula including the destruction of a joint Office North Korea has now announced its suSpending Plans for military action against the south the north state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Partys Central Military Commission chaired by. The leaders sister kim jong whos in charge of relations with the south and warned of possible military action the joint an office was blown up last week and all official talks ended. South korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and its paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil or that include sending propaganda leaflets over the border which can yang is said is behind recent escalation i mean. We saw the