Commander haftar stepped up attacks on the capital, striking its vital support. Seaport. A spanisish potato chip brandy getting an unexpected sales boost, thanks to the movie parasite. We will explain in our business update. We begin with the latest on the global coronavirus outbreakk. On wednesday, china confirmed about 1700 new cases, a number that indicates the rate of transmission there has started to slow down. Meanwhile, irans government has confirmed the first two cases of thee coronavirus in the country. In japan, about 500 people who tested negative for the virus were allowed to leave the diamond princess cruise ship. A twoweek ququarantine is e en, despspite failining to contain e major outbreak on boarard. Another 79 cases have been discovered on the ship, bringing the total to 621 people. I spoke with journalist michael penn, who o joined us from toko. I asked him how expertsts reactd the japanese governments handling of ththis crisis. Michael the japanese governmenthandlin
Civil aviation chief denies western claims that the Ukrainian Airline that crashed was hit by a missile. The black box play reporters have been recovered. Ukraine says investigators have been given access. Australians patients w worse thn as handwririing over t the bushfire crisis p people in e countryside prepare for m more mega blazes. Gestures like these will not be allowed at the olympics in tokyo. We will bring in the new rule on political protests from the ioc. I am phil gayle. Welcome to the program. Phil the u. S. Government has unveiled new sanctions against iranian government. The announcement came from mike pompeo and treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin. They describe it as a response to the Iranian Missile attack in iraq. The sanctions target 18 your officials in the islamic republic. We will now get the abuse from the United States and European Union in washington and brussels. Lets start with pablo. Tell us more about these new sanctions. Pablo you sort of said sum of it a
Commander refused to sign a ceasefire agreement in moscow. And a miracle in the snow for some, but for others, it is already too late. More than 90 are killed in Severe Weather across pakistan, while e souther several othes are still missing. Wiping out at least one village and blocking roads. I am. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. Tonight, the European Union is announcing plans to dedicate one quarter of its total budget to tackling climate change. The Europe Investment plan will direct one trillion euros into climate protection over the next decade. The goal is to reach Carbon Neutrality across europe withinn 30 years. This is what the United States m moon landing looks lik. When i it comomes to o climate prototection, the europopean commission does not shy away from drawing comparisons to that event. We do not have all the answers yet. Today is the start of a journey. This is europes man on the moon moment. A green deal for the European Union
Defending his boss, saying the Impeachment Vote is a disgrace. We go to washington for the latest. Also coming up, australia is roasting its hard to stay on record. The country battling a bushfire crisis and severe drought, but even that does not stop the Prime Minister from going on holiday. And germany moves so closer to banning what is called gay conversion therapy. You will meet one man who even underwent an exorcism in an attempt to become ststraight, bt it didid notot stop his susuicil thoughts. Its time to say goodbye to the latest Star Wars Trilogy as the final movie in the series has its world premier. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. We start with the historic debate in the house of representatives to decide on approving articles of impeachment against President Trump. The voters is expected to take place after several hours of debate. If successful, President Trump will then go on trial in the u. S. Senate. Speaker
Plus, a flamboyant trump advisor and selfproclaimed dirty stricture trickster goes on trial. Roger stone was investigating into the probe and the 2016 u. S. Election and in search of her husband. What it means if you are married into a human rights activists who then disappears in china. Our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, welcome. We begin right here in germany across germany. Festivities are marketing 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. You are looking at it right there. The announcement allowed citizens to safely cross the west for the first time in three decades. In all those years, crossing without permission was often fatal, but with the berlin wall down, friends and family could reunite without fear, paving fourth germans to do the same not long after. For more, lets go to david levitz. He is out and about in berlin at a very wellknown church. What is going on . Im in front of a church of what was 30 years ago in communist east berlin. There are some projectio