News. This region igned a government ultimatum to surrender. The defense minister telling us the military offensive will be over within a week. Plus, huge police raids here in berlin. Last years elaborate theft of precious jewels. They say that no sign of the spectacular stolen 18thcentury gems, worth more than a billion euros. Hurricane iota rips through central america. Claiming hundreds of lives. We will go to nicaragua where the country , we will go to nicaragua, the country hardest hit by the hurricane. I am brent goff. To our viewers on pbs and the United States and to all of you around the world, good to have you with us. We begin with what could be one of the final decisions of u. S. President donald trump. The United States announced that it will be bringing troops home from afghanistan and iraq by midjanuary. President trump said he wanted to withdraw. Theentagon says th just 2500 trips will remain in each country. U. S. Troops have been stationed in afghanistan since 2001 an
Are you watching our International News . Thanks for joining us this hour. The coronavirus pandemic is casting a grin shadow over the festive season, including in america where the daily death rate is now higher than it was back in may. And experts say that hospitals could be overwhelmed by christmas, with american citizens celebrating thanksgiving on thursday. President elect joe biden is asking people to limit the celebrations for our families, for 40 such years, 40 some years, really tradition of traveling over thanksgiving. But this year will be i know how hard it is to for grow family traditions. But its so very important for countries in the middle of a dramatic spike in cases. The latest polls show that most people do still intend to gather with loved ones. The figure has declined since that time. But states across america though, are rolling out measures that will hamper celebration plans that dont call for explains thanksgivings coming up in the u. S. And that means its turkey
A nice 3 people are stabbed to death in paris. The teach us time in a petty is decapitated for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed in his classroom. President mccall wants to take vehement action against islamists and to forge a European Coalition against terror. France has been particularly hard hit exactly. 5 years ago on nov 13th, 130 people were killed in islamists attacks. The terrorists stormed the better cloth theatre in paris, and shot dead dozens of young people at a concert. France never really recovered from the shock. These 2 men will forever be united through the attack for many in france, and its particularly remarkable that they together are standing up now against hatred and for reconciliation. It inflicted a National Trauma on france, the attack on the buttocks 90 concert goers. Most of them young people were brutally killed in the heart of paris by a commando of islamist terrorists. One of the gunmen was 28 year old who was shot by police before blowing himself u
Itll, it means they are defeated and mckillop is conceded. The ultimate prize. If European National defense forces, who are now said to be roughly about 100 kilometers from the capital, they are saying they will launch attacks from the killer from at least 4 different fronts. But what is going to be a huge opportunity to the t. P. Alone is that the city is some owned by hills and mountains where they have mounted their defenses and a hopeful that will stop the advancing opponents. Of course, both sides have billy and it might not be izzy. According to the cue to unlist, a technicality has been for the European Defense was a stick of a pounds like a month ago, which they have just clearly talk of taken control of. And the protracted conflict, many fear would not just affect if you appear but the entire horn of africa. Region, ugandan opposition, politician bobby wine has been released on bail after being charged over actions likely to spread. Coronavirus. Officials have accused the pres
Election. Critics say the platform is giving preference to content supports joe biden, also ahead on the program demanding to pay their final respects clashes erupt in the argentinian bid farewell to football. Among the reaction weve been getting to his death was from former ecuador, president rafael correa, who knew the world cup winners from a poor family. So he knew firsthand what it was like, living in hardship. We saw it as these duty to change something. Thats what gave him a close relationship and sympathy from progressive leaders in latin america. Broadcasting live from our International News center in moscow. Welcome to our team, my names. You know me, the pleasure of your company. We begin in france, where 4 teenagers have reportedly been charged in connection with the brutal beheading of a teacher that rocked the country last month. Thought to be among them, the daughter of a man behind an Online Campaign against party. He was killed after using cartoons of the Prophet Muham