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World. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by judy there are two major stories tonight, the postelection transition as President Trump refuses to concede or even allow for the traditional preparations that would normally have begun and the surging burden of covid cases in most areas of the country. The u. S. Hit a new daily record of covid19 infections with more than 144,000 reported yesterday. Hospitalizations top 65,000 for the first time, 22 states are reporting more hospitalizations than at any time says the pandemic began. Deaths are up by 22 from a week you. Ago. Lets look at how this is hitting a number of states especially hard no matter which region. In el paso, texas, makeshift clinics outside hospitals are opening up. Mobile morgues are moving in and a lockdown of nonessential businesses has been extended, testing lines are growing in wisconsin. Cases there have jumped from 700 a day to more than 6000 in two months
Cost of sudans worst floods in a century inflation grows to crippling levels as the waters recede. This is about power. Pure and simple. And joe biden challenges President Trumps motives for rushing through a replacement of the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. The top story irans Supreme Leader is addressing the nation a day after the u. S. Made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions against tehran is marking 40 years since the start of the iran iraq war but many are awaiting reaction to the u. S. Declaration on sunday irans president threatened a strong response if the sanctions are imposed britain france and germany say sanctions relief will continue aljazeera has as said big joins us from tehran what else has he been saying. Well hes been talking about the iran iraq war and he said that Saddam Hussein was just a tool in this war and the real people behind him was the United States and the u. K. And just to bring some context where iran is currently they are under u. S. Sa
A controversial extradition bill again to the territories the chief executive calls wednesdays demonstrations a blatant organized riot protest organizers call for another mass demonstration on sunday. Plus the football womens world cup in france germany will almost certainly reach the knockout stages of the tournament after a hard fought one to win over spain. Im sumi so much got its good to have you with us we start with what could be another escalation of tension in the gulf region 2 oil tankers have reportedly been attacked in the gulf of oman near the strait of hormuz but a crews of both vessels have been evacuated theres a report that one of the tankers has sunk but its owner says it hasnt now the alleged. Attacks come at a time when tensions between the u. S. And iran are running high. To oil tankers in the gulf of oman damaged under mysterious circumstances their crews forced to evacuate its an incident reminiscent of the widely criticised sabotage attacks of last month. The nor
Declassified, were the only weekly tv show thats dedicated to investigating and exposing the israeli regimes global war against solidarity with the illegally occupied people of palestine. In this weeks show well be exposing the activities and Israeli Lobby Group operating in spain calling itself action and communication on the middle east, which is usually referred to by its initials acom. On its linkedin page, acom describes itself as an independent organization that to reinforce the political relationship between spain and israel by working with governments, Political Parties, the media and civil society, but latif abuchakra has been peering behinds benig veneer, where she discovered rather different and sinister reality, as shell explain in this report. The former social rights minister in spain, ioni barara is one of the few european politicians who has been vocal from the outset in. Cizing israels Genocidal Campaign in ghazza. While she was still a minister in the Spanish Governme