A warning from one of the Top Health Officials in the u. S. After reporting the highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began also this hour and crisis in syria the cold of winter is putting millions of people at risk. To their schools to n. B. A. Players get back to training as the Houston Rockets trade on store point god Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in hong kong where the proDemocracy Movement has suffered a huge setback another prominent activist is facing time in prison media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jamie law is the latest to be taken into Police Custody hell be held until a court case in april next year jimmy law is accused of. Fraud and this comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced Joshua Wong Agnes cha and ivan lamb will serve 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the Hong Kong Government says all those activists broke the law protesters say that trumped up charges t
A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister
About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for reading or refugees who are being moved to an island that aids groups say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of widescale abuse which the army denies. Peter stammered with the sport says the Asian Champions League teams begin reaching the last 16 its childs play for so ill have all the details in the next hour. Where we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve facts scenes but in some parts of the worlds the picture is getting worse with case numbers on the rise so as winter approaches no since the start of the pandemic there have been more than 64. 00 a 1000000 confirmed cases worldwide and nearly 1500000. 00 deaths well the u. N. General assembly is holding a special session on the pandemic here in his Opening Statements secretarygeneral antonio good terrorists emphasize that governments must be united in their response. For the 1st time since 145 and world is confr
Thate i recap the meeting i had with foreign minister lavrov that i want to note that the Trump Administration has taken action with human rights violators and it is only appropriate that i mentioned them on National Human rights day. This extends our commitment to hold individuals accountable for gross human rights abuses accountable. I will speak more about that tomorrow. Now turning to our meeting. Last may, at President Trumps request i made a trip to russia. The reason was straightforward. We should have a better relationship than we have had in the last few years and we have been working on that since that moment. Our bilateral ties are consecrated complicated, we compete in some areas and in others we collaborate. We agreed to continue the hard work that diplomats engage in. We agreed to keep our lines of communication open and keep our conversations candid. Continue that. We touched on counterterrorism, counter narcotics, our intelligence officials coordinate in these areas, an
Rolls out the red carpet for canyon president william routes. So as the us tries to roll about chinas influence in africa, and i believe it is the time that you were walking with king deep royce, its capabilities. And really like minded democratic countries to set up the cost for democracy. Welcome to the de israel. Most stuff its ministry offensive in rafa, and that on humanitarian 8 to flow freely into the gaza strip. That was the order from the u. Ns top called the International Court of justice to these right, the government is late. These daughter adds to a growing list of diplomatic and legal moves against age row and have undermined its international standing. And comes days after prosecutors that another international tribunal, the International Criminal code called for the rest of israels prime, minnesota. And in the same week, thats 3 European Countries to be coordinated, step of recognizing the state of palestine. Well have expert legal analysis of todays ruling in a moment.