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December 9, 2021
With growing international concern about chinas human right�*s record, the plight of uyghurs and other muslims in xinjiang is again in the spotlight today. an unofficial tribunal, which has been hearing evidence in london, will announce its findings on whether chinese actions in xinjiang amount to genocide. caroline hawley has been talking to one man, an ethnic kazakh, who gave evidence to the tribunal. he was detained in 2017 and subjected to forced labour, political indoctrination and violen...
December 7, 2021
Voted against antilynching laws and tweeted and then deleted a comparison between vaccine mandates and the haul cost. and yet, hes largely flown under the radar because hes considered a run of the mill wing nut by the standards in congress. and thats the problem. because the palpable weirdness of picturing your family with automatic weapons for christmas cards is to show youre on the list, with the base or both. his district is rated r plus 18, which is 18% republican registration advantage. in ...
December 7, 2021
He wants an explicit reference from the united states and the nato countries to back off ever bringing the ukraine into nato. now we are talking about tough sanctions. putin blew off sanctions in the past. now the sanctions we are talking about is very significant particularly in taking them out of the swift banking system. its an international system using telecommunications to make pavements and transfers. that would hurt him significantly. he has a very weak economy. its one commodity. oil an...
December 6, 2021
When villages were buried by hot ash. some people were burned after mistaking the hot mud flow forflooding. pope francis has been in athens at the end of his trip to greece. this was the scene a short time ago — at his last event on this trip — he visited a catholic school — where he met and blessed some of the children at the end of his three—day visit. pope francis went to the greek island of lesbos on sunday where he highlighted the plight of migrants travelling through to mainland eu...
December 6, 2021
Is in. you see, his district is rated r plus 18 in american politics. it means 18% republican registration advantage. that is in a state with a democratic governor. in other words, the only meaningful election thomasy will face is the primary if he wants to stay in power. the plight of the few who had the courage to stand up for real conservative principles and condemn attempts to overturn the constitution. for example, the republicans who voted to impeach trump after the insurrectionists repres...
December 6, 2021
Points for many migrants from the middle east and africa who are trying to escape violence and poverty. hundreds of thousands of people arrived on lesbos beaches in 2015. the number of people here has dropped from about 20,000 last year to under 5,000 today. the pope continues to call out those countries in europe and elsewhere who think this is not their problem. speaking in front of a backdrop of containers that refugees call home, the pope called the crisis a shipwreck of civilization and had...
December 6, 2021
Eruption itself, this 12,000 foot mountain is in a remote area, theyre able to mobilize in resources quickly. but theres infrastructure damage as a result of all of the things weve outlined. there was also a dam break reported a number of hours ago. that caused flooding and made it difficult for rescuers to get to some of these affected areas. >> tragically as you pointed out, the death toll continues to climb. ive just been riveted by the pictures. its so tragic what theyre going through now. i...
December 5, 2021
This is bbc news with the latest headlines: the uk becomes the latest country to tighten its travel rules as the omicron variant spreads. from tuesday, all arrivals will need a pre—departure covid test. we want to make sure we take those steps earlier precisely the bigger disruption to travel and the economy. remembering arthur labinjo—hughes — a vigil brings the solihull street where he lived to a standstill as a national review is launched into his murder. arthur raised concerns. he was ...
December 5, 2021
To murder of arthur labinjo—hughes has been launched by the government — the childrens commissioner for england says change must come. pope francis is visiting a migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos — as he seeks to highlight the plight of refugees. also, it might be december but chelsea are about to take on arsenal in the womens fa cup final, in a match long delayed by the pandemic. now on bbc news, 100 women in conversation. my colleague, nomia iqbal, meets the actress, producer an...
December 5, 2021
A pre—departure covid test. a major review into the circumstances leading up to murder of arthur labinjo—hughes has been launched by the government — the childrens commissioner for england says change must come. pope francis is visiting a migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos — as he seeks to highlight the plight of refugees. the pope has been meeting refugees on the island of lesbos and touring a temporary reception centre there that was set up after the well—known moria camp bur...