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Confidence that their vote counts. If you dont trust it, youre not going to make any effort to be a part of it. Not only that but youre going to rejecit. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corpation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff u. S. Senators have spent this day wrapping up
This is bbc news welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. My names mike embley our main headlines mondays parliamentary election in canada. The liberal party led byJustin Trudeau is projected to form a minority government. The polls have started closing across canadas six time zones. Im lyse doucet in toronto, bringing you the latest results of the votes are counted. The other main stories this hour israels long standing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government, after two inconclusive elections. His rival benny gantz now gets his chance. Japans new Emperor Naruhito will formally ascend the chrysanthemum throne in the next hour. And Northern Ireland decriminalises abortion and same sex marriage despite a last ditch attempt to derail the move. Hello. Votes are being counted in canadas parliamentary elections and the result is likely to be among the closest the country has ever seen. Neither the liberals of Prime MinisterJustin T
A government is accused of manipulating the outcome. And for Drug Companies reach a multimillion Dollar Settlement for their role in fueling a u. S. Opioid epidemic. Protesters in lebanon are standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping Economic Reforms Prime Minister saad hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in the years against the nations leaders but activists say that they wont go home until the entire cabinet steps down ill just send a ha to reports from beirut all. The people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they arent leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is. Offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis without hitting the public with more taxes my thats awful written by democrats here the cabinet approved the 2020 budget with a deficit of 0.
Hill conference work our topic today is the United States saudi arabia and relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have supported this relationship from deepening counterterrorism and deepening womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to remain faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing demand change. These issues are right for informed passionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today to delve into the approach to saudi arabia while, relationship and its future. However, before i turned to todays program i would like to say a few words about the middle east counsel. The council was established in 1981 for the was of promoting dialogue and education including in the United States in the countries of the middle east there are three flagship grams. Quarterly