On lebanon as cross border attacks between israel and hezbollah intensify. These are live pictures from of the session in new york. The egyptian representative is speaking right now. It comes as the head of israel s army has told troops to prepare for a possible ground invasion of lebanon saying air attacks are in preparation for boots on the ground. Us presidentjoe biden has warned an all out war in the middle east is possible, but said there is still an opportunity to settle the conflict. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 72 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in israeli strikes on wednesday. Un secretary general antonio guterres said lebanon cannot become another gaza and called for an end to hostilities between israel and hezbollah. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation. Lebanon is at the brink. Of course, the blue line is see intentions for aeons. Since the 6th of october, they
But there is no concern from doctors that a large turnout could lead to it by immediate action. Us president elect joe biden has introduced his team of Health Experts to combat coronavirus he pledged to bring the pandemic under control with his 1st 3 months in office meanwhile President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prioritize vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries it coincides with reports that his administration rejected an earlier offer from fires a to double its order of the medication the worlds 1st fully tested Coronavirus Vaccine is being rolled out in the u. K. 800000 people expected to get the jab in the coming weeks with the elderly and Health Workers 1st in line. The United Arab Emirates and egypt have praised new initiatives to end the 3 year blockade of qatar both countries say they appreciate efforts by kuwait and the u. S. After saudi arabia announced progress had been made foreign minister has repeated calls for dialogue to resolve
If these issues are not solved and whilst recognizing the seriousness of these differences we have we tried a further effort should be undertaken by our negotiating teams to assess whether very can be these issues can be resolved in his 1st postelection rally President Donald Trump has again falsely claimed to have won the election in georgia is in the state campaigning for 2 republican senators and run offs that will decide which Party Controls the senate. This is something thats very important and you have to get out you have to vote you have to make sure you have every vote counted everybody has to count. Because if they can this election is control of the u. S. Senate and that really means control of this country the voters of georgia will determine which party runs every committee writes every piece of legislation controls every single taxpayer dollar the leader of ethiopias tea gray region says his fighters are still battling Government Forces local leaders say government soldier
Brief us it is on the latest developments on monday morning if there is anything to to report on monday evening Boris Johnson again will speak to the head of the European Commission to see whether any progress has been made because in the words of a british cabinet minister on sunday we are into the last few days of possibility of striking a deal the contentious points fisheries access to british waters and how soon that should change the level Playing Field what kind of rules britain will have to continue to follow and how any disputes will actually be solved in future. Find its way to the choosing a new congress in an election boycotted by the opposition United States the European Union and most latin american countries according to votes they say will enable president Nicolas Maduro is Ruling Socialist Party to take over the last state body currently controlled by the opposition says he will step down if his party doesnt win the vote in his 1st post election rally u. S. President tr
Rice universities Public Policy hosted the event. It is over one hour. Welcome to the Baker Institute webinar. I am steve lewis. The head of our china studies program. We are happy to have you all this afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. I am hoping not only do you find it informative and unique colleague, but froma welcome respite domestic politics, which is never as important as aging asian affairs. I would like to thank all of you again. Our hardworking staff at the Baker Institute. My Research Assistant for helping. The foundation for endowing a lot of the events here. The doctor i have known her for 10 years one of our top scholars. I think it has been 10 years. She was a postdoc here for asian interested in media. Had her and her expertise in many of our past webinars on chinese politics. We are happy to have her again today. Also, we are happy this year because she is newly minted as an associate professor, tenured professor at media studies at the university of virginia. The on