A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. The 300 year is the most powerful nations on a screw rich and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children with full simply transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south America Today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever. Throughout the 350 years of the Transatlantic Slave Trade more than a 3rd of the 12000000 slaves transported from africa were shipped to brazil. 123 years ago brazil became the last country in the americas. Polish slavery. 15 years ago brazil adopted an Innovative Program to
And jeff bridges shows his unique photos snapped on movie sets from over the years. Its monday, december 23rd, 2019. Heres your eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Roads could be dangerous in the coming days as millions head out for the holidays. Storms threaten travel plans across the country. In virginia, ice and fog are blamed for this massive chainreaction pileup involving nearly 70 vehicles. Reporter new lie released documents show efforts to talk to the president of ukraine came 90 minutes this was explosive. Kim jong un holding a meeting with top officials. North korea has threatened to send the United States a christmas gift. A manhunt is under way in tennessee after two people are killed in a stabbing. One of them the other before of 49er bethard. A successful landing after an unsuccessful mission for the starliner. The grinch ditching his sleigh for a motorcycle road. Whoa. Whoa. All that spain built up almost 3 billion in the worlds richest lottery. Among the winners, a re
Within the next man would have done it all the focus on. We are talking about a conspiracy. Why dont you like about human rights and the road she would hear you have the right just there in the streets and. With that all good and dark when you was admitted to hospital 10 months ago he could only walk in passing it. On his right hip had been smashed to pieces in a car accident in bella ruse ury fled to a german speaking region in the alps which shall remain unnamed his application for asylum is still pending then 41 years old yuri received a hip replacement at a hospital in his host country. He has been scarred for life not only by the accident which he thinks was an attempt on his life but also by an event that turned him into a criminal and destroyed his family. And moved the saddle to the shores why i left my family in 2009 tough to the attempt on my life yup when the i realized that my wife and daughter was sacred to me and so i decided to get divorced but the more you know as youll
Results of another how will investors react to the second scandal of the year . Warm welcome to daybreak europe. Nejra cehic absconded on a holiday. Can we spell that word . A wood. S diverged in chinese equities and u. S. Equities. We are trying to make sense of what this rolling back of tariffs by china really means. There is a platform for a phase one deal . The u. S. Equity markets are set, correction,ity for 15 . It is time to become guarded. Perhaps we have become irrationally exuberant. Positive news flow on tariffs eking out again. The 200 dayby moving average. Wti, the uae oil minister saying things are good, they will talk about the expansion of the deal. Let us talk trade. The u. S. China says it is cutting import tariffs on certain goods from january 1. Expanding imports. The news comes from beijing and washington finalize the signing of a first phase of their trade deal early next week. Lets get to simon french, chief economist. Good to see you on this beautiful, crisp day
Dems. Didnt ask at the greens for a print out. Glad you could keep a burgeoning binder. This is konta adler in brussels. This is Laura Kuenssberg where ive been at the labour manifesto once. Its been cold but ive got a new paraguay zenda scarf so i am fine. Lovely gloves stop it all you like them. You like them . Very necessary this time of year. We met lovely lovely do labour think there manifesto is full of wealth . This manifesto is full of wealth . This manifesto is full of wealth . This manifesto is full of absolutely indoor miss really enjoy enormous expensive promises and big tax increases for the wealthy and business and it is huge. Because it is huge there is already a lot of scepticism about whether it is realistic. And it is massive and the funny thing is that today, i felt in a wayJeremy Corbyn has finally been able to publish the manifesto hes always dreamt of doing. Irrespective of what happens in the election, it felt to me as a culmination of a big moment for him becaus