Person faces criticism for its approval of the Pfizer Vaccine raising worries the debate could undermine public confidence. Indias army denies reports it carried out reprise of attack the kashmir after the deaths of 2 soldiers. In the former president of the Central African republic is barred from running for office of allegations of war crimes. The global death toll from the crowd of ours had to make now has passed 1500000 with a 3rd of those in just the last 2 months the United Nations secretary general is once again calling for a unified Global Response to the pandemic which is infected more than 65000000 people a number of countries have been reporting record high record high deaths among them basically despite overall cases dropping just under a 1000 people died in the last 24 hours. The u. S. Is experiencing a surge of infections with hospitalizations and deaths are reaching new heights president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear a mask during his 1st 100 days in
About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for rangar refugees who are being moved to an island that aids groups say is dangerous. And an urgent crisis in syria as the cold of winter puts millions of people at risk. But we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the worlds the picture is getting the worse the cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic there have been more than 64000000. 00 confirmed cases of the virus and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died at the u. N. General assembly is holding a special session on the pandemic in his Opening Statements actually general and. Tariffs and for size governments must be united in their response for the 1st time since 145. 00 entire world is confronted by a Common Senate got a list of nationality at nicd or face the world Us Organization provides factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for a quote o
8 up. A bit of a conundrum, it weaker than anticipated growth number when weve got Industrial Production and retail sales beating what was going on. Graphically, there you go. Retail sales, 3. 3 to the upside and that is what has been going on in aggregate. A mixed bag, a miss on the headline gdp but certainly a beat for Industrial Production and retail sales. Yeah, the topline picture is that China Remains the only major economy that is recovering at a pace like this but nonetheless, yeartodate, growth around 0. 7 . Year, beginning of the officials had hoped to get around 6 growth for 2020. Nonetheless, the fact retail sales came in well above the estimates will for economists who say we should see a broader economic recovery in china fueled by infrastructure. Straight cap to the pandemic, there would be focus on whether or not the consumer would step up and the numbers suggest that is happening. Ubss headore from of asia economics and achieve china economist. Always great to get your
Says it is pausing its late stage testing to investigate and review Safety Measures 5 years after diesel gate a german court has approved prosecutors request to put former volkswagen c. E. O. Martin venter kwan on trial for fraud it was under vento khan that the carmaker developed and sold cars with a mission Cheating Software the scandal has cost the company billions and restitution hollywoods most coveted film awards the oscars have revealed new diversity rules starting in 2024 films vying for the top prize best picture need to include people from minority backgrounds both on and off screen the Academy Awards have been often criticized for mainly nominating white filmmakers and actors. Hugh the 77th Venice Film Festival is on this week the 1st major Film Festival to be held since a world went into pandemic locked out and a german film tomorrow the entire world is in the running for the top prize the golden lion really a fun heintz this film tells the story of a student who joins a le
Welcome to news asia glad you could join us we begin in myanmar where 2 Army Soldiers appear to have testified on camera that the army had carried out atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority these appear to be the 1st public confessions of the armys involvement in crimes against the 2 soldiers have been described as. Confessions were recorded in the custody of the army and. The army has been fighting we arent able to confirm these confessions were made voluntarily or under duress but heres what the soldiers said. Privates all said i quote we shot dead and wiped out according to the command of all irrespective of all children and adult private. Said a court. Give us an old up all you see and all you hear so we indiscriminately shot at all. Correspondent who covers the region joins me now from kuala lumpur whats your assessment of these videos i mean how. Old might they have been to do this. Well i can tell you that i saw a video that has been made public that came out made that