Abuse but the army says theyre making it up. Thank you for joining us we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to pull vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic have been more than 64000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there are the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher iran introduced tougher restrictions to counter a 3rd wave of infections which included closing nonessential businesses russia has reported more than 28000 new infections. On thursday the highest spike yet the 2nd largest city St Petersburg has announced restrictions around the new Year Holidays indonesia meanwhile is seeing a record daily rise in cases reporting more than 8300 on thursday and several
Anger and frustration in the u. S. Over the decision not to charge any policeman over the killing of brianna taylor. And protests in Southern France over coronavirus restrictions but the governments warning of tough times ahead as the flu season combines with a spike in infections. And im peter standing with the sports including a big win for the l. A. Lakers in the n. B. A. Playoffs bron james and his teammates beat the Denver Nuggets to move just one game away from the finals. Top story he served as mollys defense minister and is a retired colonel now. Is the interim president he was sworn in just within the last couple of hours or so his inauguration comes 5 weeks after the military ousted the former president and. Will serve as president for a maximum term of 18 months until nationwide elections are held in the regional bloc of West African States has been mediating the crisis they are expected to decide later on friday whether to lift sanctions imposed after that coup. Sue me. But
Those claims. Also, coming up, another tragic milestone. The pandemic has claimed more than 200,00000 lives inn the u. , the highest death toll in the world. What does this mean for the president ial election weeks away . And wildfires ravaging california. The amazon and other parts of the planet. Activists are pushing the United Nations for concrete action to protect the environment. Scientists are on their side. Many powerful politicians are not. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. The United Nations General Assembly has held its annual debate as the u. N. Marks 75 years since its founding. It was the First Assembly where World Leaders do not gather in new york city, but instead addressed the forum via video because of the pandemic. Fafar from delivering a unified message, donald trump lashed out at china in his speech. This prompted u. N. Secretarygeneral to warn against a new cold war. Lets have a listen now to one of trumps
Dipping into pensions to pay for the pandemic millions in chile raid Retirement Funds as the impact of coronavirus hits home plus. John lewis will be a founding father of that polar bear. And former president s pay tribute to a pioneer of the u. S. Civil rights movement. Leading hong kong prodemocracy activist joshua wong says the decision to bar him from running in september is election is invalid and ridiculous is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the Legislative Council polls it says the new National Security law is being used by the government as a legal weapon to silence dissent on kongs electoral authorities accuse wong of advocating subversive ideas and colluding with Foreign Forces hes just held a news conference. But you know and it is the most scandalous Election Fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest everyone into account they could even call of the election and create a Puppet Parliament elsewhere just gather with beijin
Regulations members are required to leave their cameras on the entire time they are in an official proceeding, even if they step away from the camera. This is an entirely remote hearing and as such the Committee Ruling will be closed and members who choose to sit with their individual devices in the hearing room must wear headphones to avoid feedback echoes and distortion resulting for more than one person in the room on the Software Platform as has been reported by the committees. They also are excited to adhere to social distancing and safe healthcare guidelines including masks, gloves and wiping down their area both before and after their presence in the hearing room. While a roll call is not necessary to establish a quorum, whatever there is an official proceeding with low participation the clerk will call the roll to help make clear who is here at the start of the proceeding. I will ask the clerk to call on the role. Madame clerk. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [r