Normalize relations between isra and the arab nations. Also middle east policy goals for t Biden Administration challenges posed by irannd the israelipalestinian conflict. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome David Rubenstein come present of the Economic Club of washington, d. C. Welcome everyone, to our ninth virtual signature event of our 35th 35th season but its really not completely virtual because for the First Time Since covid has hit we are actually having live guests here today and its because its a special program and i want to thank our live guests for coming in at participating and a unique programor us because we have been doing everything virtual for almost nine months now i guess it is but our guests are here to talk out something very special, the Abraham Accords which assigned at the white house on september 15 with hea of each of these countries as well as President Trump eating there as the official host. Let me introduce our guess and i will make some announcemen aft
Morocco to make it through to the quarterfinals. This fight. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in algeria for the twentieth friday in a row the fifth of july marks the countryss independence state from france and protesters used the occasion to keep up the pressure on the authorities. And iman indepependent institutions as well as re issued their coal for regime insiders to go Catherine Bennett reports. The fifth of july a momentous day in algerias history the dates broke away from a hundred and thirty two years of French Colonial rule. This year is the fifty seventh anniversary of independence and celebrations are coinciding with the countryss weeklkly friday prototests. Otests thahave been going on for fifive months n now. Thousands of people gatherered n the capitatal to o protest the countrys interim government well similar demonstrations took place all over the country. A heavy Police Presence triri to block protest is in algeria and around a dozen people were arrested.
Review on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think about the stories we are covering. What is happening where you are . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin the programme on the indonesian island of bali, which has shut its airport this morning after authorities there raised the threat of a volcanic eruption to the highest level that means it could happen in the next 2a hours. The volcano in question is mount agung. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the exclusion zone. There are fears of a full scale eruption for the First Time Since 1963 when about 1,600 people were killed. Andrew plant has the latest. Balis most secret mountain, an ancient volcano rumbling back to life with billows of black smoke. No one has been sleeping for more than half a century. Now awake and angry. Experts believe a major eruption could be about to happen. Translation the volcano has entered the magnetic eruptio
Lay out his turnaround plan for the business. And wpp weak margins. The ceo says he should have done more in emerging markets. They are our most profitable markets now. I think over the coming years well be more aggressive and if theres one thing i regret about the last ten years, its that we didnt go faster. And a split picture for two of the worlds biggest asset managers, pimco owner allianz suffers. Okay, welcome to the thursday edition of Worldwide Exchange, plenty to get through today. Im looking at the Russian Military exercises down at the ukrainian border, 100,000 troops. Posturing, 150,000. Exactly. Well talk about that. Also on todays show qantas lays out plans to cut jobs and grounds some of its fleet after a disappointing set of numbers. Well get the latest from sydney. As weve been saying the russian flag is raised over the crimea Regional Parliament building. Well be in moscow for the latest. And some positive news from retailers stateside, jcpenney swings to a profit in
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