Its definitely a unique and remarkable moment with respect to the fact that we havent seen large. Not large but widespread political protests in egypt in several years this is taking place in a number of cities it is a challenge to monitor the situation accurately because unfortunately there are a lot of fake videos that have also been circulating that is from 2013 protests that have been posted by people purporting to be protests today but as we try to work to verify the images it is clear that there are a number of protests taking place in a number of different provinces throughout egypt the size of the protests are still fairly small and a number of them are being dispersed but it still shows remarkable courage and while the numbers may not be very dramatic. You have to multiply those numbers by the extraordinary risk being taken by those who are being brave enough to go to the streets under such trying circumstances and in the in an atmosphere thats filled with violent repression r
Purchases we have just sanctioned the Arabian National bank that is their central Banking System and its going to be. At the highest level of sanctions we are continuing the maximum Pressure Campaign this is the last remaining source of funds so both the central bank of iran and israel well as the National Development fund which is their Sovereign Wealth Fund will be cut off from our Banking System so this will mean no more funds going to the r. G. C. Were to fund terror and this is on top of our Oil Sanctions and our Financial Institutions sanctions when a very major factor is what we do these are the highest sanctions ever imposed on a country weve never done it to this level. Well those measures just came just hours after the head of yemen to the rebels proposed an end to hostilities with saudi arabia he said his fighters would stop targeting saudi arabia with drones and other weapons but only if we are to cease its own fire all the routines are fighting the saudi amorality back for
Traffic and occupying building. I mean nobel prize for medicine goes to a trail of scientists for the drug trade people oxygen levels and cells which has led to new structures in fighting cancer and other disease. Im forgot welcome to the program. The United States does not support a plan to turkish incursion into Northern Syria thats according to a Senior State Department official who says an incursion would not make the region more secure the statement comes as u. S. Forces are reportedly withdrawing from the area leading the way for a long planned turkish offensive against kurdish fighters in the region. Leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the official announcement. They leave behind them empty bases near the Turkish Border bases that had been a guarantee of safety for Kurdish Forces u. S. President donald trump abruptly canceled that guarantee by tweet the kurds fought with us but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so
Chancellor Angela Merkels coalition agrees on a 58000000000. 00 euro climate protection package protesting students say the plan is to disastrous fails to fix the crisis. And briere scenes of protest in egypt crowds return to top near square angry over claims of corruption against the president and military is the 1st sign of public outrage being. After a crackdown on dissent. A michael ok welcome to the program. Protests to demand action on Climate Change have drawn huge crowds with an estimated 4000000. 00 people taking part in demonstrations in almost every country around the world the movement started with children skipping school on fridays and has grown into a global force uniting young and old and young people will keep up the pressure today holding the 1st ever youth Climate Summit at the United Nations in new york. They believe to be the largest climate protests in history the. Tens of thousands in new york join millions around the globe day message it is now to act. On wall s
Granted a visa it seems to speak at the u. N. In new york. The United States has announced new sanctions on iran that include the Iranian Central Bank also targeted here on the National Development fund of iran and. Iranian Company Officials are saying that its used to conceal financial transfers for Iranian Military says the President Donald Trump says he prefers financial sanctions as opposed to the use of military action in order to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. We have just sanctioned the Arabian National bank that is their central Banking System and its going to be. At the highest level of sanctions we are continuing the maximum Pressure Campaign this is the last remaining source of funds so both the central bank of iran and israel well as the National Development fund which is their Sovereign Wealth Fund will be cut off from our Banking System so this will mean no more funds going to the r. G. C. Were to fund terror and this is on top of our Oil Sanctions and our