The white house says it is monitoring what it described as haitis rapidly deteriorating security situation. France has become the first country to put a womans right to an abortion in the constitution, almost 50 years after it was first decriminalised in the country. A specialjoint sitting of both houses of the French Parliament voted for the amendment. Representatives of all major and minor parties spoke in favour, saying women would no longer have to live in fear of their rights being rescinded. And the European Commission has fined apple 2 billion for violating the eus anti trust laws. The competition commissioner, margarethe vestager, said the company had, for a decade, abused its dominant position in music streaming apps, and ordered the us tech giant to remove all the restrictions, and to refrain from similar practices in the future. Apple has said it will appeal against the decision. Its going to be a defining week for the 2024 president ial elections. Tomorrow is super tuesday.
Open up space for Political Action on Climate Change. Amy students, professors and alumni are continuing to blockade key Administrative Offices at harvard. Well get the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lowwage workers in the United States have staged their largest action to date, with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in over 200 cities to demand a 15anhour minimum wage. The actions got together fast food workers, childcare providers walmart clerks , adjunct professors and airport workers to demand wage increases and the right to unionize. Organizers staged the action on tax day to highlight the cost to taxpayers of supporting workers who are underpaid. A new study says low wages are forcing working families to rely on more than 150 billion in public assistance. Well have more on the historic protests after headlines. In iraq the selfproclaimed , Islamic State has gained new ground claimi
Fast track authority to negotiate the tpp, the Trans Pacific partnership . We will speak to florida congressman alan grayson and lori wallach of public citizen. Then to heat week at harvard. We are divest harvard. Students, faculty alumni on hover to divest from fossil fuel companies. Open up space for Political Action on Climate Change. Amy students, professors and alumni are continuing to blockade key Administrative Offices at harvard. Well get the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lowwage workers in the United States have staged their largest action to date, with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in over 200 cities to demand a 15anhour minimum wage. The actions got together fast food workers, childcare providers walmart clerks , adjunct professors and airport workers to demand wage increases and the right to unionize. Organizers staged the action on tax day to highlight the cost to taxp
With a game to spare. Hello and welcome. Leaders of the 27 Member States of the eu will gather in brussels for the First Time Since march later. Theyll be attempting to settle a trillion euro budget and are being asked to agree an additional Pandemic Recovery fund. There are sharp divides with some countries unwilling to dole out cash without strict conditions. Our europe correspondent, Kevin Connolly reports. Lets start the meeting, if we are ready. For months, youre av are ready. For months, youre as leaders have been stuck the stilted diplomacy of the videoconference. Now, at last, they are to meet face to face. But that doesnt mean they will see it why. At the very moment the eu 27 is struggling to agree a 27 euros trillion. One point of agreement, the agreement wont be easy. This is politics. The dutch Prime Minister is a sort of spokesman for a small group of northern countries, the frugal for, for a small group of northern countries, the frugalfor, who wa nt to countries, the fr
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