A controversial speech because it was being viewed by a by many as being patronized towards muslims but mach one also under pressure because he faces reelection in 2022 and he was under pressure from the right for not being seen to be doing enough to tackle terrorism in france and this was seen as an attempt by mccrone to pin his colors to the mast to say that he was tackling this issue in france Marine Le Pen from the far right is expected again to be running off against makana in those 2022 president ial elections hence this push towards the right but today frances council for muslim faith after this attack in is in nice it is says it strongly condemns the attack and it says that as a sign of mourning and solidarity with the victims and their loved ones the representative said i call on all muslims and friends. To council all the celebrations of the holiday of mollett this is the holiday the celebrations today to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad so again mainstream muslims i
90 percent effective. Meanwhile u. S. President elect joe biden unveils his covert 19 task force he warns itll be months until a vaccines widely available and says the u. S. Has a dark winter ahead. And as things go downhill for amusement parks because of the virus in japan one venue is mixing pleasure with work. Im rebecca richs welcome to the program protests have erupted in armenia after the Prime Minister agreed to a pace deal with as a vision on the troops end the fighting in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh and allows as a vision to kape its territorial gains at least a 1000 people have been killed since the longstanding conflict erupted again in september russia mediated the states fire which moscow says will enable a permanent end to the bloodshed. Thousands of armenians demonstrated outside government headquarters in the capital yerevan to show their displeasure over the countrys peace deal with azerbaijan that also includes russia as a peacekeeper hundreds of the protes
A moment of silence in honor of the victims. Also ahead strict restrictions are imposed across europe as a surge in the coronavirus impacts life on the council. We begin then with continuing coverage of the knife attack in france 3 people have been killed at a church in the Southern City of nice several others have been injured or was wounded by police that is in custody in hospital. Frances antiterrorism prosecutors have taken over the investigation the mayor of nice says that it was a terror attack and is called for a crackdown on what he describes as islamofascism. Looking for the use we are hurt to once again see that our city is taken like this i want to tell the families of the victims of this barbaric attack that everyone in the community is by your side i want to say that with exonerating the laws of peace in our country we will wipe out islamofascism just as david chase has on the line now from nice stated describe the scene there right now. Adrian yes im a few 100 yards away
Streets of lima following the swearing in of a new peruvian president. Calls for ceasefire in ethiopias to grey region where hundreds of died and thousands are fleeing to sudan. Under the program we begin in the u. S. Where the president elect joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january and thats despite the trumpet ministration reportedly refusing to assist the president elects Transition Team and blocking them from accessing vital resources i just think its embarrassing. Quite frankly. The only thing. How can we save this tax i think it will not. Help the president s legacy i think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders verse 4 that they are hopeful that United States Democratic Institutions are viewed once again as strong and endure and but i think at the end of the day. You know its all going to come to fruition in january 20th all correspondent live
A new leader sworn in last. There will be a smooth transition to accept a troubling issue republicans refused to back down even as u. S. President elect joe biden forges ahead with his transition plans speaking to a number of world leaders. Russian peacekeeping troops have been deployed to know going to karabakh after a deal to end 6 weeks of fighting the disputed region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but is controlled by Ethnic Armenians as there is who spent the day celebrating whats been seen as a win delivering swathes of territory to their country but in neighboring armenia its been described as a disaster under the deal azerbaijan will keep all its territorial gains including nagornokarabakh 2nd city shusha armenia must hand over a number of other area. Is starting with the care budget region on the in the 15th and the ad dems region and district 5 days later on december the 1st it will have to hand over the lock in district that includes the important biking