Brookings institution. Good morning. Director im the for the center of United States europe. At the bookings institution. Today to be d chairing this important discussion on election 2020 and implications for u. S. Foreign policy. Obviously over the weekend there as been some rapid developments. There is now a president elect joe biden, after a pretty few days, i think, for everyone, an election that close for many days but now we have a clear winner. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much election but looking forward to next year to see what the are for u. S. Oreign policy, for international order, and to talk about some of the nuances from they may and what mean, particularly that trumpism is alive and well even though did not receive a second term and that the senate hands of l be in the republicans. Edelman. Ve eric osnos, tamara wit teo s, at the brookings institution, and victoria all of them have served in either served in senior positions in government
Afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Could host to much of the events for today at 4. The 19 year old british woman convicted of lying about being raped birminghams Commonwealth Games. I will explain later. And darren with in cyprus is allowed to fly back to the uk after receiving a 4 month the weather. A lot of interest in suspended sentence. The foreign secretary welcomes the news. We will be following up on the the weather. A lot of interest in the weather. A lot of interest in issues in relation to the case. The weather in the uk. Not least because his so mild but it is also i spoke to the Cypriot Foreign windy in some parts of the uk. We minister about that. Will look at that later. Scores of people are killed thanks darren. In a stampede, as iranians flock also coming up. To the funeral of qasem suleimani, killed by the us. Joker leads the way in this years bafta film nominations but theres criticism of the lack a teenager admits killing of diversity with only white newlywed pc Andrew
To war. The nightmare stage of trumps rule is here, says michelle gold berg in the New York Times and paul krugman simply calls our president a bully. Democrats lining up to attack the president , Bernie Sanders says hes like putin. Assassinating dissonance. Meanwhile, theres real chaos, where hundreds of thousands on the streets for the funeral procession of Qassem Soleimani and then a stampede. Iranian state news media says more than 30 are dead. Overall this is a morning of confrontation, war talk threats and military preparations and as for the market, a shrug. Monday the dow made a 200point uturn and actually closed higher. This morning were looking at futures, minor loss for the dow and the s p, a 10point gain maybe for the nasdac at the opening bell but look at oil, another shrug on that market after the Soleimani Killing the price of oil moved to 63 64 a barrel today its back to 62 and the price of gas, Holding Steady the National Average still right there at 2. 58 per gallon.
Do is allowed into parliament after a standoff with security who tried to block. Womens activists slammed the cypriot Justice System after a british teenager is given a suspended sentence for making false accusations of rape. And incest for african gets ready to celebrate its best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents footballer of the year award star in the English Premier League. Its been another day of dramatic developments in iran where the burial of the top iranian commander assassinated in the u. S. Airstrike on friday has been postponed for at least 50 people were killed in a stamp a stampede during his funeral procession huge crowds that packed custom salaam on his hometown of command and the congestion in the streets led to a crush of people its not clear when the burial will happen now in the capital tehran the parliament passed. A bill designating the u. S. Army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations its also boosted the budget for the elite could force that
Tripoli except to takesh off a military support while battling forces loyal to the world Khalifa Haftar and donald trump is impeached but House Speaker nancy pelosi refuses to say when shell send the articles to the senate for trial. With all the base court. To appeal its 4 year ban from sports for doping offenses president Vladimir Putin says the sanctions. And politically motivated. Will begin with breaking news from moscow where theres been a shooting near the headquarters of russias Security Service the f. S. B. And hes one person whos been killed and several others have been wounded theyve s. P. Says there was only one attacker in the incident and theyve now been killed the fokker reports. The sound of gunfire echoes through the streets of the russian capital. Sending people running to safety and initiating a major security operation by heavily special forces you to get position on street corners. According to Russian Media report a man attacked the reception of this building a lo