Good morning. The committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. With that i will recognize myself to give an opening statement. Two days ago the entire world came together to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945, the auschwitz concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than a Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries to remember those we lost and honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to sibley recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to the atrocities. We must remember the holocaust in order to combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kind today. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. Ive asked them to help us come together on todays solemn occasion. Help us rise above issues
Now its a deal that lasts only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing peace talks and qatar a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord well the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he says its important to curb violence thats harming civilians in afghanistan. If this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogue is a vital pe is of is vital to paving forward the constructive in traffic and negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians while correspondent Deborah Townsend joins us live now from washington d. C. She had this does so
League champions Manchester City and given a 2 year ban. Now chinas foreign minister has his house at some countries for overreacting and causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak said that containing the virus remains a huge challenge for china but insists it is under control now the death toll has risen to over 1500 with 143 reported on friday but figures just released by Health Officials show the number of new infections hall from the previous day and almost all of those infected are in china a province where the outbreak began orders have now gone out for all people arriving in the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days or to face punishment while our correspondent adrian brown is live for us in Hong Kong Adrian with these fresh numbers that were getting from beijing is it too early for optimism. I think these figures are you know a crumb of positive news as you rightly point out there were 143 deaths recorded on friday thats up 27 on the previous day but significantly the
And fears of all chemical toonami in the philippines sent thousands fleeing their homes and others defying evacuation notices. Big changes for african footballs Biggest International tournament the 2021 after cup of nations in cameroon will start in january. Now russian and syrian warplanes have resumed attacks on the last rebel held province at least 21. 00 civilians have been killed in recent days and thats despite a ceasefire that was supposed to have started on sunday the white house thats a rescue group has now reported more than a dozen violations of that cease fire has holding down reports. The damage caused by one of several air strikes in the Northwest Province of it but survivors trying to salvage whats left i emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child was their civilians were among the casualties and it lips city i was i. Did it it was your point that in the afternoon it lapses he was targeted by stroke or 23 jets they hit the Industrial Area and alcoho
You whats called a ukrainian plane to crash in tehran iran rejects allegations it mistakenly shot it down but ukraine and western countries are pushing for evidence so will the truth behind this crash be revealed and cold facts spill into wider political conflicts this is inside story. Thanks alex thank you hello and welcome to the program im Martin Dennis now theyve been claims counterclaims and outright denials the head of irans Civil Aviation body insists the ukrainian airliner that crashed near tehran this week wasnt shot down by uranium misao but canada says it has intelligence and evidence indicating the plane was downed by iran but just 4 hours before the plane came down killing all 176 on board iran had fired a volley of missiles towards bases in iraq that host u. S. Troops u. S. President donald trump says theres no question tehran is involved but many a wondering whether america is partly responsible for raising tensions in the region in the 1st place now iran has dismissed a