Of the day at westminster. On this programme, Jeremy Corbyn warns thousands of families will spend christmas fearing eviction due to the introduction of universal credit. But theresa may defends the long term impact of the new benefit. Citizens rights come under the spotlight on the second day of detailed debate on the eu withdrawal bill. And the foreign secretary urges all sides in zimbabwe to refrain from violence. We, and i think in everybody this house, would want the people of zimbabwe to have the choice about their future in free and Fair Elections. But first to Prime Ministers questions whereJeremy Corbyn renewed his call for the government to pause the roll out of the new welfare payment, universal credit. It replaces six working age benefits, but many mps have expressed concern that claimants can have to wait up to six weeks before getting any money, leading to debt and rent arrears. Jeremy corbyn kept up the pressure on the government to make a change. I was passed a letter,
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For a u. S. Air base. And baristas share their techniques for making coffee taste and look good. Militants have seized most of the Palestinian Refugee camp in syrias capital damascus. Theyve set off an intense battle with Government Forces. And theyve trapped thousands of People Living in the camp. Fighters with the Group Islamic state and an al qaeda affiliate defeated another armed group and took over the camp. Syrian Government Forces fought back using fighter jets to drop barrel bombs. Palestinian refugees are trapped in the middle of the battle. The man says theres not enough food for the people remaining in the camp. He says supplies of water, food and medicine have stopped since the militants launched their attacks. Government Officials Say the air raids have forced some of the Islamic State militants to withdraw. But members of the al qaeda affiliate nusra front remain in the camp. Egyptian authorities are on alert after a second bomb attack in as many days. An explosion in cen
And boko haram attacks are forcing thousands of nigerians to flee their country. One boy describes how he got away. Bullish investors sent japans stock market past a key milestone. The benchmark nikkei index touched the 20,000 level today. The first time its been that high in 15 years. Gene otani from the biz desk has more. Gene tell us whats got everyone so excited. Well the key word is touched. Because it ended a fraction lower for the day. Some investors seem comfortable with corporate japan finally turning a corner. Theyre buying up shares on expectations that companies will be posting stronger earnings this year. The nikkei index has been inching steadily closer to the 20,000 mark in recent weeks and it finally crossed over today, soon after the markets opened. It didnt stay there long though. Some investors started selling shares. That caused the index to close down 0. 15 in 19,907 ending three days of gains. Stock dealers at a major Securities Firm in tokyo let out a loud cheer
It, but also ever since the white house canceled regular press briefings the press just doesnt get many chances to actually gather in the Briefing Room and Ask White House officials or Administration Officials any questions at a formal briefing. As recently as yesterday, really up through today, it wasnt clear at all who was in charge of the u. S. Governments response to the coronavirus crisis. As recently as this afternoon the white house was specifically insisting that they were not going to put a socalled czar, a coronavirus czar in charge of the effort the way, say, the Obama White House had done for the ebola crisis. The white house was insisting as of this afternoon that Donald Trumps health and Human Services secretary, alex azar, was doing such a great job leading the effort, thats how things would continue, no reason to bring anybody else in, we can handle this through regular order, everything is fine. That was the line from the white house as of this afternoon. It changed as