Her tenure at the International Monetary fund began after predecessor Dominique Strauss kahn resigned in disgrace with guards views on monetary matters are orthodox in line with her peers among managers of Global Financial institutions with the rule proving exception of her belated concession that significant debt relief relief would be required for greeces economy to recover his lead guard has previously served in french ministerial posts for trade agriculture and finance while the guard does not inherit the media crises that challenge her predecessor mario draghi the next president will have to manage disunity and acrimony within the eurozone as well as the festering global trade disputes of the trump era as the guard has repeatedly warned of the risks of those those fights presents to the Global Economy but the risk of her show up a decline in global growth. Increased. And so did you a political. And disappointing long term Growth Prospect and you have an economy. With a pretty clea
A British Foreign office motional a free speech conference calling to defend the freedom of the press. 27 live from the russian capital this is National Meet us contain a welcomed program. And fast stop a minute to court has cleared a navy seal accused of multiple war crimes of all key charges as well as the controversial nature of his acquittal and would once again raises concerns of the pentagon conduct overseas caleb maupin has the details. The military court in san diego has acquitted gallagher on 6 out of the 7 charges that he faced involving the killing of civilians he was convicted on a charge of posing for a photograph with a corpse which is a violation of the rules however of the maximum sentence for such a violation is only 4 months in prison and hes served 9 months in pretrial detention so at this point he is indeed a free man now it appears that his acquittal was essentially hinged on the testimony of a of a Navy Seal Medic who testified that he himself was responsible for
Appeal found he did not get a fair trial, saying thejudge made a mistake by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the charges he faced. The accusations against him began in 2017. They sparked the movement known as metoo that exposed sexual abuse of the highest levels of hollywood and beyond. The 72 year old will remain in prison, serving a 16 sentence for great rape and a separate case in la, its not directly affected by this ruling. Emma vardy has more from los angeles. When Harvey Weinstein one of the most powerful men in hollywood was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women Around The World what became known as the Metoo Movement. Many women came forward, accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex. For years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now, the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that came out of the Meto
Lets take a quick look at the markets after a long weekend not after a long weekend. A week. Nasdaq up 25 points and the s p up. A longer weekend than usual. It was longer for me because i wasnt here friday. Here are the big stories. Greek banks reopening three weeks after they close. Capital controls remain in place including limits on withdrawals and no word yet on when the stock market might reopen. Although some are trying to play this with the etf and trades here. Increases in value and a tax agreed to on the new bailout terms have now taken effect on things like coffee and tea. Well hear more from Michelle Carusocabrera pulling double duty. Lets take a look at asia. It was another volatile session. The shanghai stocks closing higher. But closed up just shy of 1 . There have been a media report earlier in the session suggesting the government was studying how to end its bailout. Well continue to watch the ongoing volatility in china. Every day there seems to be a new story there.
I boots riley. Music, in particular right now, at that point for me, hiphop, is something that could be used as a rallying cry, as a people to understand the common necessity, a common feeling, a common emotion to get people to join movements. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. As many as ten thousand people fleeing violence in their home countries are surging through the balkans in efforts to reach hungary before the country seals its border. Many of the people are fleeing wars in syria and afghanistan. They are traveling by busses, on foot, in wheelchair and wheelbarrows. Once people reach hungary, they can travel freely throughout most of the european union. The hungarian government has said it will completely seal its border by august 31. Meanwhile, in germany, a sports hall that has been converted into an emergency refugee shelter caught on fire this morning in the eastern town of nauen. The tow