deaths remain above 1,000 a day. a number that is slowly decreasing, but still represents enormous pain and heartbreak for families across the country and now new cases of covid-19 are rising. averaging around 57,000 a day. one of the reasons for the continued high covid-19 numbers, states relaxing or eliminating pandemic health restrictions. consequently that s playing a part in other good news, weekly jobless claims were just 684,000 last week. still a huge number. but the lowest level in more than a year. in fact, it s the first time during the pandemic that we ve seen weekly claims below 700,000. the situation is aided by biden s newly enacted relief package which zero congressional republicans supported. not a single solitaire gop soul could get on board with helping american people still suffering under enormous economic pandemic pressure. instead many republicans have been attacking voting rights in the name of a delusional lie and with racist undertones. in georgia re
rejects results which give the incumbent to writing with a vanity and only lead. on hold what s up postpones planned privacy changes that lead to major confusion and so many users abandon the messaging service for its rivals. the world has reached another tragic milestone in the fight against corona virus 2000000 people are now known to have died after contracting covert 19 just over a year after the pandemic began and i said nations secretary-general is calling for a joined up approach to save more lives. which the heart wrenching as though the coffin. plate 2000000 lives behind the steady numbers and names and faces the smile. the seats whatever the table the rule that echoes the silence of a loved one. sadly the deadly impact of the pandemic has been made worse but yes as of a global coordinated efforts in the memory of those $2000000.00 souls the world must think it s fair to debate that so that 80 dollars brazil is causing particular concern average daily cases are up by
now two rival meetings addressing stability in the middle east have wrapped up in europe in sochi russia s president hosted turkish iranian leaders for talks on the house and the war in syria and what comes next while in poland the u.s. stepped up its efforts to isolate iran at a conference attended by sixty nations israel s prime minister was the only foreign head of state to attend with many european countries sending low level officials let s start with that summit in sochi with three countries vying to be the key foreign players in syria once the u.s. needs so hot as this report from tehran. this so-called guarantor is of the syrian peace process the presidents of russia iran and turkey are partners in the astronaut negotiating framework the leaders met to find consensus on how to carve up syrian territory following the planned u.s. withdrawal of american troops from an area under the control of the kurdish group the why peachy it was clear even before these sorts began t
with the price surge affecting almost everything purchased by consumers and businesses. the white house is blaming disruptions to the global supply chain. when it comes to something like the supply chain challenges on those manifest it more significantly than people are anticipating over the course of the summer in early fall. and both because of a coven factors, but also buying behavior of major retailers and major freight movers. and so we went into action over the course of the fall to try to help address those issues and the, the bottleneck. and we were seeing at ports made very significant progress on that . 40 percent decline in the amount of time that at a, a container sitting at the dock. the world health organization says that over 15000000 people contracted coven 19 in the past week. the highest ever figure in the pandemic, the w. a church, as the number of deaths is also rising. britain, this planet says, facing growing pressure to resign. after admitting that he a
point, a most of the country is under some form of restriction. already many states have night, gulf views. there s a weekend curfew in daily, but still, you know, of pieces are still rising in rising very, very fast. now, authorities have for the 1st time, also cancelled and suspended in bus and rallies ahead of key state elections next month. inflation in the united states has increased to 7 percent compared to a year earlier. last the highest figure in 40 years. a government is blaming supply chain problems, smile, others point to stimulus programs. transport workers in lebanon are on strike with dr. is baki rhodes, across the country. they re angry of increasing fuel prices to shop devaluation of the currency. the lebanese pound has lost more than 15 percent of its value since the start of the year. britton s prime minister is facing pressured to resign. after admitting, he attended a drinks event in downing street during the lockdown in 2020 hours. johnson, with, as he t