Washington, d. C. This is just over an hour. Ok. Good morning, everyone. I am randy henning. I serve as the faculty chair of the International Economic Relations Program and in dean shannon haiders absence it is my privilege to welcome you to the beautiful sis atrium for our special event, global trade, the Global Commons and geopolitics. Opening observation and introduce our two speakers and turn it over to them for the conversation. This event is organized by the school of International Services International Economic Relations Program. As a celebration of the inauguration this Academic Year of its two new masters degrees. These degrees combined study in International Trade finance, political economy and Research Methods to place students in International Organizations similar to the world trade organization, Government Agencies and the private sector. The second of these two degrees is a stem degree of which i am particularly proud for its innovations. This particular event is the f
A reminder of the breaking news this hour. Apologies for the departure of our camera. Israel has told the United Nations that more than a million palestinians must leave the Northern Gaza Strip further blasts have been heard overnight in gaza, as Israeli Forces aim to eradicate the Hamas Militant Group in the wake of saturdays attacks. This is the scene live in gaza where it has just gone 7 30 in the morning. The un said the order by the Israeli Military also applied to all of its staff and those sheltered in un facilities, including schools, Health Centres and clinics. An hamas official, quoted by the reuters newsagency, said that the Relocation Warning from israel was fa ke propaganda. That is the life seen over gaza as we entered the seventh day of this conflict. At other points we have seen fresh plumes of smoke over the area, indicating fresh rocket fire coming into the area. We have had heard so many humanitarian issues, shortage of supplies and hospitals. We will return to any b
Of duty, candy crush and World Of Warcraft is the biggest in gaming history. The takeover was blocked in april this year by the uks Competition Regulator over concerns the us Computing Giant would secure too strong a foothold in the nations cloud gaming market. The delay has been a setback for microsoft, which at the time called the british decision bad for britain and the companys darkest day in its four decades of working in the uk. Well, i think for gamers theres going to be very little thats going to become apparent immediately. And one of the reasons for that is that because of the delay in getting this deal done, microsoft and activision have ended up missing the christmas and holiday promotional season. Therell be no joint promotions. Therell be no joint initiatives. It will really be 2024 before we see activision games on microsofts Subscription Service game pass. And then it be 2025 before we see call of duty, which is the one game that everyone is really looking forward to.
Defended the administrations handling of the outbreak and urged americans to wear masks. He said the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better. The uks parliamentary report into allegations of russian intereference in British Public life has found the threat from russia was not taken seriously. The government has rejected the criticism, saying it had seen no evidence of successful interference. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. He was speaking on a visit to london. The Uk High Court has been told that the Actress Amber Heard wanted to obtain a restraining order against her then husband johnny depp, alleging violent behaviour. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. If covid 19 were to spread right across africa, it could be a human catastrophe. Many feared that the continent is simply not ready to cope with the crisis
Now, experts answer your questions from around the world on the coronavirus. Hello, welcome to london for the latest in a special series of global questions, with me, zeinab badawi. It seems that, so far, africa has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, and its not clear why. Will this continue . Or could africa become the next epicentre of covid 19 . Plenty of questions we will bring you some of the answers. Thats Coronavirus Crisis focus on africa. I am now in bbcs headquarters here in central london, and to bring you this edition of global questions because of lockdown, i have to bring you our two panellists and our audience members, who are going to be posing questions, they are coming to you from all over the world, and we are going to be bringing them via video link. Let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. Doctor Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is an economist, and has served as finance minister in her native nigeria. Shes been a managing director at the world bank, an