Plunged with elections just 4 months away corona in the usa trumps downfall. And. Thats our topic today on to the point of very warm welcome and here are the guests who will answer that question its a pleasure to welcome dan hamilton hes a professor for Political Science at Johns Hopkins University School of advanced International Studies hes also currently a robert bosch fellow in berlin and he says pandemic recession systemic racism all made worse by President Trump it is a combustible brew and its a pleasure to welcome our few carnatic he is chief europe the chorus to correspond. For politico and his view the pandemic has trumps waterloo the main question now is not if he will lose but rather by how much. And were very glad to have. Nelson on the program she is Program Director at k. C. R. W. A Radio Station based here in berlin partners with American Public radio and she says Donald Trumps performance retarding cofield 19 may not matter because recessions lead to reelection losers.
Arabia to slash numbers on the pilgrimage and to bar muslims from outside. Too dominant and too powerful thats whats being leveled against 4 of americas Largest Tech Companies at a congressional hearing in washington d. C. The chief executives of Facebook Google amazon and apple have all been defending their Business Practices theyre accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry free from regular action its the culmination of a yearlong investigation by the u. S. Congress detailing how the Companies Avoid liability on the current laws well our correspondent alan fischer joins us now from capitol hill for more on that hearing allan i believe its just all wrapped up after more than 5 hours talk us through what weve had today. Well the Tech Companies are essentially saying that theyre very american and that their end of it if theyre smart and they make big profits and they say that theyve had to be innovative and theyve had to include people because if they didnt they woul
So i can state as the nominee prepares an operation against buddhist separatists the un is warning ill be intensified fighting. And president marcos party faces a setback but its a good night for the greens after local elections in fronts. Across the world hof a 1000000 people have now died from corona virus and more than 10000000 have been infected a quarter of all those infections and deaths are in the United States which is by far the worst hit country with a sharp spike in infections recorded in southern and western states the u. S. Health secretary is warning time is running out to contain the virus as we go again has the latest. The corona virus is marching through america in Houston Texas hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care beds in florida arizona and texas mobile testing sites are being overrun with people waiting for hours many turned away Health Experts warned this would happen in many of these states mostly republican governors move to reopen businesses stres
A some people appear to not all longer be following Safety Measures on the Spanish Island of majorca hundreds of tourists were seen partying on the streets they danced without face masks and got way too close to each other so the police had to intervene and put an end to the party these scenes where of setting to the local population because of spain is among the European Countries with the highest number of cold with 1900 tell it hes almost 30000 people have died of the virus in spain to date the virus spread at an alarming rate in Retirement Homes with thousands of residents died many or not even taken to hospital and some facilities had to be shut down completely. Is among those who lost their parents to the coronavirus and now she wants her local authorities to take responsibility. At the beginning of the crisis there was a lot of praise for doctors and nurses. There are protests many directed against politicians 2. Spain has been traumatized by thousands of deaths in old peoples h
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