Justice been served in the assassination of. A member of hezbollah is found guilty of a massive bomb blast in beirut 15 years ago with the death of lebanons former Prime Minister the received when tension there is already high this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. It was a long awaited verdict on an investigation which has cost hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years after the assassination of how do you do the un backed International Tribunals in the hey come victor. A member of hezbollah 3 other defendants belonging to the armed group what acquitted of killing lebanons former Prime Minister all 4 were tried in their absence hezbollah denies any involvement in the massive bomb blast in beirut which killed 21 other people judge just said hezbollah and syrian leadership may have had no tips to eliminate howdy but they lacked direct evidence implicating them in the crime the verdicts expected to influence lebanese politics and widen 6 tarion divisions was discussed that sh
Spains Prime Minister weighs in on the financial scandal involving former King Juan Carlos sousa now fled the country. And Zimbabwes President defends the recent crackdown on protests against his gun. And installed. His half the top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade bron james the number one see there with the. President donald trump the leader of the country hardest hit by the corona virus pandemic is making a big and what some according divisive push to get kids back into the classroom thats despite warnings from top disease experts of potential health risks its angered teachers in cities like new york where theyve been protesting against the plan. And you can see why the u. S. Has 4700000 cases more than 155000 deaths and theres still little indication that things are improving democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has been tweeting urging trump to do his job before even more people lose a loved one at all this as millions of unemployed amer
A month ago because this kind of i think sets the story up better so lets do that one month ago tensions between hong kong and beijing were boiling over so the United States sent in literally one 4th of its carrier fleet to the waters that are surrounding china china did not take that well in fact here is the warning that china has said the United States government officially warned the United States that they would consider deploying countermeasures in quotations against the warships including carrier killing bullets stick missiles while china insists that the United States is trying to provoke them ok that was a month ago now using chinas own description a new provocation may be under way this time its chinas arch rival and u. S. Ally taiwan that is conducting mill. Terry exercises that are obviously meant to send beijing a stern message that message is a massive i mean massive live fire military exercise on land air and sea meant to quote show china this is what taiwans president is
Have deputy secretary of state Steven Biegun here to testify. Originally planned to hold this hearing back in march but the need to focus on covid19 prevented us from doing that even as we continue to address the pandemic and the impact on the u. S. Citizens. It is important this can many continue it to work on the most pressing Foreign Policy challenges and obviously chinas one of those. This is especially the case and the topic we are discussing today is a Trump Administration is correctly recognized china as a strategic and global pedant competitor of the United States it will be the greatest foreignpolicy challenge in the decades to come. The policies of the Chinese Communist partys undermined u. S. Interests and values including those we share with allies and partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge to the fore front of american lyford we now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and pa
Focusing on covidien team prevented us from doing that even as we continue to address the pandemic and its impact on us citizens it is important we continue the work on most pressing foreignpolicys challenges in china is one of those especially the case with today is the Trump Administration has recognized china is a strategic and global competitor to the United States will be the greatest form policy challenge United States bases in the decades to come the policy of the Chinese Communist party undermine us interest and values including those we share with allies and partners around the world t t. Covid19 has brought this challenge to the forefront of American Life to know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect us citizens our allies and partners in the entire world and we know the pandemic will not stop their behavior whether hong kong the South China Sea or the border the last three years the Trump Administration has tried to put the United S