Forces free a german woman kidnapped by militants in iraq. Was taken. Out abduction in the capital. Welcome to the program istanbuls high as a fear has opened for muslims friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 2 yeahs thousands of worshippers gathered outside the Historic Building to take part in the prayer as it follows a controversial decree from turkish president. To turn the former museum back into a mosque one himself was in attendance along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral in the building at the heart of istanbul. 1500. And. Describe. The 1st friday prayer is underway inside the ios of fear but also outside as you can see behind me there are thousands of people who are joining these prayers right behind me actually you can see many of my colleagues from takesh media who are out also praying now are joining the prayers according to the information we have about 500 people were allowed inside the i assume that there was a limitation due to coronavirus a measur
Force closure of chinas consulate in houston. Germany Office Incoming holiday makers and travelers free throw Virus Testing to guard against a 2nd wave of coverage 19. The countdown clock for the turkey of the pics has been reset coconuts are now planning for next summer the coronavirus pandemic is making even the decision to camps. Im so gal welcome to the Program Turkey is the higher saffir has hosted muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years the istanbul lombok was built 1500 years ago as a christian cathedral mass before becoming a mosque and then a museum 2 weeks ago president issued a controversial decree returning it to use as a mosque after a court a no its museum status. Prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years. Oh the iconic buildings journey through time from Orthodox Christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum. For many here and historic wrong h
Strike has killed at least 24. 00 people including women and children in the northwest of yemen also this hour keeping up the pressure secretary of state my comparison is the u. S. Will impose visa restrictions on Chinese Technology firms including huawei and why the global population is expected to diminish by hundreds of millions in the coming decades. Armley will ins with the sports news as world couple guys is released to shed for the 2022 settlement after the 1st time. Much is a day in the group stages of all the details coming up this hour. Thank you very much for joining us egypt says its seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it has started to feel the reservoir of africas largest dam on the blue nile if hell be in state television reported on wednesday that the failing of the grand renaissance dam had to be gotten the 5000000000. 00 project is a centerpiece of ethiopias bid to become africas biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduce Water Supplies do
Economy both from a pragmatic standpoint and from a psychological standpoint as well the message that it would be sending to the rest of the world trying to own more of our debt in the United States than just about any country in the world so why would they be doing this right well think about it so just today as we reported here as breaking news about an hour ago the u. S. Federal reserve came within moments of being pressured into lowering Interest Rates below 0 in the end they pulled back from taking them into negative territory but even that build up of what they might do was significant significant enough so china is worried that when you combine what the fed has already done in buying back bonds and pouring billions into banks and printing 2 trillion dollars to pump into a sputtering economy in the United States. What you have what you have is the makings of a weaker dollar a weaker dollar in other words as. Describe it the u. S. Currency will be devalued. And what china is essen
Translator e experts will study the number of cases and consider the situation of the e medical care systems. Once this happens, we will make a decision. So far, tokyo has reported 22 newlyconfirmed cases on thursday. The previous four days the daily figure was below 20. Covid19 states for the rest earn region are disproportionately low. The World Health Organization says about a quarter of the population lives in the region, but its seen nearly 3 of the worlds coronavirus cases and about 2 of deaths. Nhk world spoke with an expert from the w. H. O. To find out why. Reporter its been widely discussed around the world. Why did asia see the beginning, but not the worstst off this pandemic. Mamatthew griffith has been clososely monitoring the spreadf the virus since chinas initial outbreak was discovered in december. He says its too early to g giva full explanation, but points the one key strategygy. Contact tracing in this region has been set up in many countries as a strong system and a