Mexico takes a step closer to legalizing marijuana and becoming the largest legal market for the drug. And with the sports, including the rafa nadal, which is the last for athlete acb finals for the 1st time in 5 years. Welcome to the news. The United Nations has called on ethiopias warring sides to stop fighting immediately. So aid can come in and refugee safe zones can be set up. The government launched an offensive into grey region 2 weeks ago. Both sides accuse each other of killing civilians in air strikes and indiscriminate attacks. Now the uns Refugee Agency says its preparing for as many as 200000. 00 people to seek refuge in sudan. So far more than 30000 have fled humanitarian workers. The millions of children are at risk, and refugees are in serious danger of an outbreak of disease. Well, have a morgan joins me now live from and state in sudan near the ethiopian border of the been following events very closely for us. The influx of refugees, as we said, does continue. And the
Coronavirus restrictions by taking a trade behind closed doors. This is the view of dictator when you business on robots in berlin welcome to the program. Now little is important during a pandemic as a countrys Health Care System but like other sections of government they can be subject to Corruption Transparency international has again ranked countries around the world in terms of how corrupt their citizens perceive them to be particularly when it comes to the misuse of public money looking at the Coronavirus Crisis the group says that countries the perform well on the index invest more in health care and are better able to provide universal Health Coverage lets have a look at where that would be topping the list with the least perceived corruption are a few European Countries that weve got australia and new zealand and then in asia weve also got japan hong kong. And singapore among others elsewhere in the world a little further down the list we see countries where a small level of co
After nearly 30 years in prison Jonathan Pollard is being paroled. Pollard, an american citizen was sentenced for life for spying on israel. And critics say that hes a traitor who should remain in prison. And Mike Viqueira joins us live from washington d. C. And did the white house play a role in getting pollard paroled . It insists that it did not. And senior officials in the department of justice say that this was a mandatory parole, dick tainted by the laws of the time in 1985 when Jonathan Pollard was arrested, when he tried to enter in washington d. C. Passing off what was described as an incredibly large quantity of classified information. And sparked fierce passions ever since erica as you know. But at the time, the laws in 1985 stated, under the sentencing guideline that an individual convicted of this crime would be released after 30 years mandatory parole unless there was something that they had done in prison, behavior that would have mandated them staying longer, and pollar
Wilfred . Melissa, thanks very much. Thats right, thats a question on everybodys lips. We just have to look at the close of the European Market today. To really see how its highlighted. The london index closing down 3 . The rest of europe down much more sharply. Yes, there was a factor of exporters in the uk benefiting from the fall in the pound. Italy, closing down 12. 5 compared to the ftses 3 decline. On that note, earlier today, i did catch up with the British Foreign secretary, phillip hammond, to ask him if this is a seminal moment for the future of the european union. I think anyone would have to agree its a seminal change in direction. It will have huge ramifications for britain, and a Ripple Effect across the world. But huge ramifications for the european union. I dont think we should assume that everything in europe just sails on unaffected. And britain detaches and goes its own way. Thats interesting to see how sharp the index declined today. Thats one of the countries weve