The southwestern city of chengdu retaliation to be ordered closure of chinas consulate in houston. Im phil gayle welcome to the program to the highest the fia has hosted muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 1000 years based on both landmark was built 1500 years ago as a christian cathedral before becoming a mosque and then a museum that 2 weeks ago president urged one issued a controversial decree returning it to use as a mascot of the court after a court a no thats museum status. Prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years. Oh the iconic buildings journey through time from Orthodox Christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum for many here and historic wrong has been righted. But no one is young and dont know im not a town. We have been waiting for higher sophia to open as a mosque for decades for decades we said that the chains will break and highest of here will
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Back home. Im still go welcome to the Program China has ordered the United States to close one of its called units the Foreign Ministry has given us official 72 hours to leave the consulates in the southwestern city of chengdu this comes after washington told beijing to close its Diplomatic Mission in Houston Texas earlier this week relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point for 40 years. It was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is here the u. S. Has been told to close its conscience inching to. Raising the stakes get further and this diplomatic standoff. Through major to the Current Situation in china u. S. Relations is not what china wants and the u. S. Is completely responsible for all of this. All of this includes the u. S. Imposing sanctions on communist Party Officials and companies linked to the mass detention of weaker and ordering china to shut its mission in houston citing concerns about espionage the clear is under way
Provide free coronavirus testing to travelers arriving from abroad they have decided that if you want to reach not only goes coming from risk areas but also from elsewhere so be agreed to pay the cost of this thing for travelers. Well for 1st time in more than 80 years istanbuls highest affair has opened for muslim friday prayers it follows a controversial decree turkish president regift type to turn the former museum back into a mosque president irvine was one of hundreds of invited guests originally a christian cathedral the building has stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 years. President erda one personally began friday prayers with a recitation from the koran this is the 1st time muslim friday prayers have been held in the highest sophia for 86 years. Just 2 weeks ago turkeys highest Administrative Court canceled the building status as a museum and then ordered it to be used as a mosque despite covert 1000 thousands of believers began gathering outside the istanbul landmark la
Have the latest on president are the ones controversial decision to change the world famous monuments back into a mosque. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin in the u. S. Where a Government Order forcing the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas has just taken effect a convoy of vehicles was seen outside the building and there are reports that a group of men who appear to be u. S. Officials are forcing open the back door of the u. S. Alleges that chinese agents tried to steal data from medical facilities in texas china calls the claims of malicious slander its responded by ordering the u. S. To close its consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the escalating diplomatic spat comes as relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point in decades. It was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is the u. S. Has been told to close its conscience and chain to. Raising the stakes yet further and this diplomatic stand