Opposition parties say antigovernment critics are being kept behind bars. Smugglgling women from nigeria o italy to work as sex slaves. Now a dw news investigation helped to bring those human traffickers to justice. Our viewers on pbs and the united states, and all around the world, welcome. We begin with a bleak forecast, the likes of which the world has not seen since the 1940s. The International Monetary fund says the Global Economy is on track this year for the kind of downturn since the great depression. It is written today with farreaching measures. Mid lockdowns, business shutdowns and travel restrictions due to the covid19 pandemic the outlook is bleak. Before the pandemic emerged as a grave threat to Public Health and economic activity, the organization was expecting 3 growth in 2020. The imfs chief Economist Says that the current measures to contain the pandemic make a severe slowdown unavoidable. This is a deep recession. It is a recession that involves solvency issues and u
From the pope francis of faith one day before he heads to cuba and then on to the united states. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. More difficulty this morning for migrants and refugees trying to make their way across europe. Croatia has closed all but one Border Crossing with serbia. Now the army is on alert and the government threatening to close the last crossing, too. Croatia has been overwhelmed with refugees coming from syria and other place. More than 13,000 have entered in just the last two days after hungary closed its border with serbia. Lawrence lee is along the serbiacroatia border. Everything is relative of course and even hope to the conditions here are frankly inhumane, its 40 degrees here at the moment, there are babies and tiny children all sitting in the dirt, waiting for a bus, for something to take them further north in the direction of the croatian capital. But everything is relative and at least its better than
New martial arts rival. First, in afghanistan n. A. T. O. Says that its special forces have now reached the Northern City of kunduz. The troops are there to bolster the afghan army who staged an attack against taliban. One of the few remaining places in government control. U. S. Forces launch air strikes close to the airport, trying to keep it in government hands. Stephanie dekker reports. Reporter there are no Government Troops left here, taliban fighters are in control of kunduz city. Here they are symbolically raising their flag in the city square. The battle is not over. The Afghan Government has announced a Major Military operation to recapture kunduz. In the first place we should take care of casualties. The enemy conceded heavy damages. I dont want to go into the defail of the operations. Special forces have been brought in. The u. S. Military will strike on the outskirts of the city. This has prison guilt yea because the taliban set up booby traps along the way. As part of the
His egyptian citizenship. A very warm welcome to the program. Judges of the International Court of justice in the hague ruled serbia didnt cause genocide. The Court Dismissed a counter claim of serbia against croatia. Anna this news coming through the past few minutes. Tell us whats being said. Reporter in the last ten minutes you can see behind the journalists and i, they are waiting for statements from both sides. This was an historic case. The first time they have brought a case here. We are at the home of icj. They accuse of each side of committing, in this case genocide. They committed genocide in brukabar in 1991. A counter claim in connection with Operation Storm to try to retake land that was taken by the serbs. This is an his storic judgment. The judges decided neither side can be found guilty of committing genocide. Yes, the ruling took some few hours to deliver. Im sure it is complex and weve only just had it. What the reasoning was for dismissing this claim . Reporter the j
Day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by guest dominican house of studies, washington, d. C. The chaplain dear god, as we enter a time of expectation and new beginnings, help us to direct our minds towards the things that will last. Let us be attentive to why we act and what we seek and how we want our last days to be spent. Give us the space to rest this season in this cell of selfknowledge. Remove the curtains of ignorance that shield us from the light of faith. Open us to tran sendent wisdom and enlighten the dark corners of our neglected hearts and scatter their your cheerful means. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3a of House Resolution 775, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indi