different. here women are in charge. as a system for centuries. of society do. differently . what do they do with their power. starts marching on t.w. . joe biden says saudi arabia. ordered the killing of the saudi germans jamal khashoggi the biden white house now says it wants to recalibrate its relationship with its longstanding ally in the threat from iran meanwhile president biden's 1st military strike was against iran backed militias in syria as the white house tries to encourage hopefully tehran back into the 2050 nuclear deal so what is president

biden's plan for the middle east i'm phil gale this is the day. we've been very clear that the murder of. it was a horrific crime of course this is a crime that as i said before shock the conscience my expects. that we will be in a position. before long to speak to steps to promote accountability going forward for this horrific crime. also supreme court rules against a woman who was stripped of her citizenship after traveling to syria to join the so-called islamic state. supreme court unanimously

a law reads all of the home secretary's appeals and dismisses miss baker rooms across the pale. welcome to the day joe biden describe saudi arabia of a u.s. ally as a pariah state on thursday he bypassed the country's de facto ruler crown prince mohammed bin sound man and spoke directly with the saudi king today a u.s. intelligence report places the blame for the 2018 murder of this isn't journalist amount squarely at princetown man's feet and then this iran president biden signals are initially were positive saying that he's open to returning to the 2050 nuclear deal with iran which donald trump walked away from but that was before iranian backed militias fired missiles on u.s. targets in iraq this month the u.s. replied last night bombing iranian militias in syria so we'll cross to washington for an assessment of biden's middle east policy in a 2nd 1st his u.s.

defense secretary lloyd austin on those airstrikes in syria. with. the target that we were there we go. to work properly but that target. sorry shia militia. that conducted the strike very deliberate of a bridge as you would expect this to be. a recurrence of iraqis to rest again to develop i'm told you that will bring all of the return to work. all right so we're going to talk about we're going to see how much of the middle east we can cover in the next 7 minutes with seth binder who's an advocacy officer at prome at the project on the middle east democracy he joins us from washington d.c. welcome to day don't you we'll start with jamal khashoggi and so now we have the biden administration blaming saudi arabia. and crown prince mohammed bin solomon

for mr. robert rogue operatives president suppressed this highly critical reports why does joe biden released it well 1st and foremost. the president released it because it's the law and thankfully the president this president is following the law this is something that congress had actually passed requiring better report was publicly released and and the trump administration chose to ignore that and so that by the ministration is honoring congress as well and following the law and so that is sort of 1st and foremost. and then i think also you've seen the biden and its ration during the campaign and since taking office shrestha that they want to reassess the relationship that they want to have accountability for their murder and this is one important step the release of this report and then i think also you know what

you've seen today is there were additional sanctions that were added there were. showed you ban that was put in place and so specifically saudis who were involved in the murder have additional ones have now been sanctioned and the saudis who have been involved in targeting dissidents and journalists have now also been sanctioned so as the by the administration recalculates as you say of this relationship what does he want from them. yeah that's a good question i mean i think one of the important things that he wants and you've actually seen a bit of this and he's repeatedly emphasized it is centering human rights at the core of u.s. foreign policy and and so you've seen a fool was recently released and others as well and so that's certainly one aspect

you've seen an emphasis on yemen and one of the 1st decisions made in foreign policy was announcing that the u.s. would and its support for the war and so it wants to push the saudis to also and the war and have a ceasefire and have peace and then you know one of the other major areas that the buy administration is focusing on in the short term in the region is rejoining the nuclear deal and so they want to work with the saudis on that and as well as other regional partners and i think you know one thing to say is they're trying to sort of the administration is trying to thread a needle here where they've emphasized that they want to hold the saudis accountable for the murder they want to push on human rights they want to see the saudis improve on human rights but at the same time they have emphasized they want to make sure that they're protecting the saudis and their sovereignty so that rocket attacks aren't coming from yemen or other places. and then again that's

that's quite an obligation is and that's quite a juggling act you accuse one of your big allies of orchestrating a motive as you disapprove of while at the same time saying help us to help our to counter a common enemy. iran. yeah i don't know you're absolutely right it's a difficult challenge the region has been complicated and and you know past presidents have have had similar challenges in terms of engaging with the region and what are sort of the best strategies and policies to take and you know this sort of seems to be the one that the by the administration has taken now i would just say that you know in terms of sort of. it in terms of calling out the saudis for this murder i think what this report shows clearly is that there is overwhelming evidence that the crown prince and that the saudi regime are responsible and and so the u.s.

should abide by its laws and they should be calling them out they should be holding them accountable and that includes they should be sanctioning m.v.s. directly that's that's not to the reason the u.s.'s strike against iran backed militias in syria what message was joe biden sending with this he's focused military action. i mean i think you you sort of showed you know it's a direct response to attacks that happened in recently. and i think also at the same time you're seeing this as a response to the iranians and saying that they want to enter a deal but they're not going to ignore other actions. aligned militias and others they're not going to ignore that they're going to address those at the same time that they still want to try to get back into a deal responding to those attacks russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov asked the question which is sort partially answered but we'll put it to you again in just

about we'll hear from mr lavrov. hits you in the putting move we want to ask the americans directly if the allegedly major decision never to leave syria will shoot even to the point of destroying this country the with the will before the world it's not we should it is very important for us to understand the united states strategic line on the ground and in the region on the whole you're. too big points south buy into the u.s. position on syria and then the region as a whole can you help out. i you know as you pointed out i sort of address some of these early on you know clearly by the administration has to face you know areas of focus initially the iran nuclear deal getting back into the deal and resolving what's happening this terrible humanitarian

crisis in yemen and so they have taken immediate steps to try to address those and i think and then the 3rd thing i would say is they have repeatedly emphasize trying to put human rights back into the core of foreign policy in that you know means the region those seem to be sort of the 3 and michelle areas but ultimately the you know this strike and what it demonstrates is that as they see it the ministration isn't going to back down when they feel that u.s. troops and u.s. partners are at threat they're going to respond ok let's talk about the nuclear deal that donald trump insisted the deal signed when mr biden was vice president is a bad one how much does joe biden agree with him and would he accept a return to the deal as it stood or is he also looking for changes i think he's been pretty clear during the campaign and since he's take taken office that he

completely disagrees with former president trump and he doesn't want to react to a deal you know they've made these arguments that they want to is soon as iran gets back in alignment with the agreement they want to the agreement sort of navigating that you know who goes 1st this sort of been the the initial early challenge. but clearly they want to get back into the deal and and i think you know senior officials in the by the ministration have made it clear that once that happens then they want to try to address other larger regional issue it's a sort of clear front you for joining us from an project on middle east and democracy. thanks. human rights organization amnesty international says it has evidence that eritrean troops massacred hundreds of people if you use that northern right region last november and use witness accounts and satellite images to document the atrocities

reports suggest that eritrea troops carried out war crimes in their attempts to take control from rebels in the region. this family got away they've escaped the fighting in ethiopia's tikrit region and have found shelter in sudan t w news met them back in november when they just arrived. as a player we cried and our children cried with us and they wept in front of us so i think the shooting started while we were eating and we just had to leave. in the. their home in ethiopia has seen almost 4 months of fighting between local rebel forces and the in military the last set allegedly receiving support by eritrean troops gaining an accurate picture of events in tikrit has been difficult to impossible journalists have been blocked from entering the region phone and internet services were at times cut completely and humanitarian organizations have

struggled to get in. in early december un human rights chief michel passionless said there is an urgent need for independent monitoring of the human rights situation in the t cry region for all necessary measures to protect civilians and for accountability for violations that came about 2 weeks too late for this woman and some 800 others in ethiopia as holy city of axim that's how many people are thought to have died in an alleged massacre near an ancient orthodox church. a recent investigation by the associated press found the perpetrators were soldiers from neighboring eritrea and a new report by amnesty international backs this up the human rights group says it's collected evidence that ira trained soldiers went on a rampage in acts i'm on the 28th of november after an earlier attack on them by a small group of rebel fighters knesset mary's church witness accounts describe them roaming the streets and shooting at fleeing civilians with automatic weapons

and precision rifles i saw the people being shot on the ground when they were running approximately 10 people or more all of them young men everyone was scared and run away eritrea's government has denied its forces were involved in any massacre after the a.p. investigation was published the country's information minister called the story a horrendous lie relevant ethiopian institutions had long ascertained the utz a fallacy of the story he posted on twitter fighting in tikrit is said to be ongoing and it'll be hard to verify what really happened in axum in late november but in light of amnesty international's new allegations the eritrean government may face fresh questions about its involvement in this bloody conflict that is playing out away from the eyes of the world. rather than you care where the supreme court has ruled in the case of the british

born woman who left london as a teenager to join islamic state jihad this in syria the 5 judges ruled unanimously that should mean the begum should not be allowed to return to the u.k. to contest the government's 2019 decision to revoke her citizenship was bacon's lawyers argue that this leaves effectively stateless british government says she's bangladeshi by descent and that she still poses a risk to national security. spraycan was 15 when she had to have a schoolgirls left to join islamic state jihad this in syria today aged 21 she's confined to a camp in that country and the country is controlled by armed guards so sure the 21 year old woman continue to be punished for the mistake she made as a child well let's explore this with the new that need a lawyer who's a professor of law at queen's university belfast regents professor at the university of minnesota and un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism welcome to d w i can we start with your reaction to today's supreme court verdict.

yes so were enormously disappointed by this document the mandate i hold as an intervenor in the proceedings we he's issued an advocate history and it's a very disappointing outcome both for the rights of the child as well as their rights to have a complete and stare hearing when one citizenship is being stripped because there are there are of quite a few moving parts here on the. begum as a security risk a right to appear in person to appeal the government's decision to revoke a passport and indeed whether a government should be allowed to revoke someone's citizenship in the 1st place. well let's start with the last question it is true that governments can in highly exceptional circumstances revoke

a person says citizenship but the caviar in that is that the process of revoke ation has to be fair and mistaken is in a camp as he said in an arid desert in northeast syria she has no meaningful way of participating in the legal proceedings that will define her rights to remain as to challenge the status at stripping of her citizenship and she'll face punishment in that camp for even communicating with her lawyers cell phone so the very minimal of jew process is entirely vacated here and the supreme court seems unconcerned about the consequences of that for mis begun but also more broadly the message it sends to governments about citizenship serving the 2nd question of security risk well unless mistaken is given the opportunity to at least provide some evidence to give evaluations to be engaged with

a process that can assess her dangerousness and i think week we neither give her a fair chance to be rehabilitated nor a fair chance to be prosecuted for crimes that she's committed any if she is not innocent in a territory or in a space where she can be appropriately monitored and assessed and the only relevant territory for that purpose is the united kingdom i don't think we're suggesting that non-state armed actors should be responsible for the safety and welfare of citizens of western countries who have highly functional rule of law systems except that a judge did that as far as i understand and you know that the law professor this was not so much about whether she is guilty of of of an atrocity of this hour the other this was about whether she could and to the u.k. in order to challenge the government's decision to revoke. pos forced and that the supreme court sort of looked about and said well it's a it's there is no perfect decision but the government's case that she as

a security is a security risk outweighs the right to appear before this tribunals that's right the narrative is a very narrow procedure and of sin that was before the court and regrettably to court did not have quite as before it for example to assess some broader questions related to miss and situation including for example whether she was a victim of terrorism bear in mind she was 15 when she left to go to then i says controlled syria and many including my office believe that she was groomed and may have been the victim of trafficking and should be sort of subject to the essential protections that vulnerable people who make bad decisions but those issues were not before the court that's right but in part but evacuating that broader conversation well that's just in of citizenship stripping were actually

also missing part of the more complicated complex sake here which includes the question of accountability so absolutely the court decided a narrow question today and decided it in ways that make it likely that we're going to see more people being stripped of their citizenship because it offers a sort of a perfect foil for stripping citizenship which is a national security claim so. everyone is agree that this is this is an imperfect solution but if she is a danger to public a safety then how how does how does the government how do the court square that particular circle. potentially but i think one of the challenges here is that assessment of threat so as we know there have been mixed messages around the threat that she and other women and children in the camps in syria pose there is an exceptionally large claim being made about the risk that they pose but bear in mind

that none of these individuals have been subject to any kind of assessment or legal process to assess that risk what we have are closed proceedings in which claims are made about risk and those risks are not evaluated in the same kind of way as we would have for example if we were having a criminal trial and mistaken the only thing we know that mistaken has done is that she's traveled to syria she's had a child in fact 3 children by isis by isis fighter and she was married and there is no other claim of risk other than marriage and childbearing so it seems to me extraordinarily destructive that we find ourselves at a moment where childbearing and membership of a group through marriage and childbirth constitutes security risk facing a player not only and with that we'll never know where i would win i think with that you've made your point absolutely clearly i have that professor so i will

leave you that thank you so much professor a familiar me allowing un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism thank you so much. european union has agreed to develop a covered 19 vaccine passport that could allow more people more freedom to travel in time for the summer tourism season it was one of the measures of the debate at a virtual summit of the this and better coordinated pandemic strategy. summer sunshine and salty air it sounds like paradise but not for the holiday destinations in southern europe that have been hit hard by the pandemic they want a vaccine passport to enable more tourists to flock to their locations but german chancellor angela merkel says politicians may still need a while it is definitely right to plan this for the future but it shouldn't mean that you need one to travel the political decisions will have to be taken. off

vaccination is underway but slowly the prospect of a passport already has people dreaming of far off destinations politicians say that there must be proof that vaccinated people noninfectious they must be given is if that's a given that there will be no reason to restrict basic freedoms and we have to return those that is very clear we shouldn't raise false hopes and we should appeal to people's sense of solidarity so that they follow the social distancing rules we simply don't know yet how long immunity will last after vaccination is. no longer just travelling virtually but really crossing borders the tourism sector is pinning its hopes on the digital id as a passport back to profitability. for you last september we made suggestions to the federal government for a test concept for travel still isn't one that we should be moving more quickly and not have to wait another 4 months for digital passports to get to. the european

union says developing this kind of passport could take 3 months months during which travel dreams will keep on growing. now to pakistan of policing kharaj they have come up with an idea of combating crime a special rollerblading unit in sabah new ford where i will give cops more speed chase criminals through the streets narrow so the city is narrow streets. the training programs that run smooth as silk these people are not gliding through this compound in karate for fun they're a team of comps made up of 10 women and 10 men tasked to stop theft and harassment in the city of 20000000. starting this is just the beginning to me i feel that through this training we will be able to cut crime in the future i don't like to see the role of blades going to really benefit us we

can wish there were allies very quickly where it is usually difficult to reach. and a new dia meant to close encounters. to states to better catch criminals who often sleep on motorcycles when you feel we have felt we needed to come up with some innovative approach to control street crime in karachi. when analyzed and saw that there are certain spots where crime incidents say for example mobile snatching but on a more frequent for example by snitching to. the rollerblading police are following in the footsteps of similar units in europe they're all fishel go out starts in march but the unit has already begun patrolling karate speech front. because there was a border seeing them here in clean uniforms since the morning gives us a sense of security. where she was even in the daytime snatching occur here.

we didn't have either what they're seeing. the roll of plates have limitations though operations in areas with poor road conditions will be difficult but on paths like these catching criminals with speed and agility will be just the bricks. on time for me to get my skates on that now the conversation continues online i'll try to stay doubly news i have a bit that. true

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for. crime fighters to know. this is the that we hear is right from the u.s. blames the saudi crown prince for the murder of mr malcolm. newly declassified intelligence report says prince mohammed bin sultan and probably approved the operation to kill. the saudi culture in istanbul. also on the program nigeria's master of. kidnap hundreds of schoolgirls in the country's northwest will

bring you the latest on rescue efforts. european union leaders agree on the need for digital to nation certificates as a way to ease coronavirus travel restrictions but critics say people without such significance could face discrimination. i'm phil gale welcome to the program saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound probably approved the 2018 murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi as according to a u.s. intelligence report the biden administration has released the reported death it was compiled at the time but never made public by the trumpet ministration the washington post columnist was murdered in the saudi embassy in istanbul and his body dismembered the crown prince denied all involvement and blamed what he said

what rogue saudi security officials. straight to washington then we'll be joined d.w. correspondent on the masonic don't well come out on about how deeply it's the crown prince implicated in this murder well this is very damning material phil especially for the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon also known as m b s this report says that he ordered this murder on the saudi dissident journalist jamal khashoggi it does not come as a big surprise there have been other reports from other intelligence communities from the united nations suggesting the same about we now have a directly from the u.s. intelligence community and in this report it says that psalm on solid jamal khashoggi is a threat to the saudi kingdom especially for the critical reporting in the washington post the newspaper a predominantly worked for and that the crown prince backed violence if necessary

to silence kushal jeep and what sort of evidence is presented in this report where most of the evidence is classified and also in this declassified version of this report there is not a lot of evidence of produce there were some details known that stem from the recordings of the killing and the subsequent member amende of jamal khashoggi body that material was obtained by the turkish intelligence community that tape the saudi embassy in east i'm cool a u.n. report that was published also was based on these same findings that was not included again in this declassified u.s. report but the report certainly outlined who carried this out so donald trump suppressed this report so why has president biden chosen to release it especially

when it's so highly critical of such a strategic u.s. ally. well that's certainly a very important point and as you correctly say donald trump withheld this report in spite of a you know an order of by the u.s. congress to be published and his administration ignored that. you have to see his position and his policy in contrast to the biden policies for the middle east donald trump was very friendly with saudi arabia it was particularly fond of u.s. arms sales for saudi arabia joe biden wants to review that relationship he wants to review all of his relationships in the middle east saudi arabia as you pointed out as one of the closest allies of the united states and now his that ministration is accusing the sound prince the crowd the crown prince excuse me for being responsible for the murder on jamal khashoggi that will certainly have big

implications for the relationship of the 2 countries ok so we have a report that says the rule of a u.s. ally or did a hate what is the white house proposing to do about this we haven't heard from president biden on the issue but the state department has already come out and issuing 76. travel restrictions for saudi citizens so they're banned from entering the united states they were involved in threatening dissidents abroad so you see a strong signal there from the state department the treasury department issued some other additional sanctions we also know that joe biden's agenda part of joe biden's agenda is to review the arms sales with saudi arabia but what really stands out here is that the saudi crown prince who's at the center of this report is not part of the sanctions ok all of us alex in washington thank you. we'll take

a look now at some of the other sources making news in this hour president biden has authorized his 1st military action since taking office u.s. forces launched airstrikes in syria targeting facilities they say were being used by iran backed militia groups syrian authorities say at least 17 people were killed when they described the attack as cowardly accuse the u.s. a failing to abide by international law. a british born woman who left the u.k. as a teenager to join the so-called islamic state in syria cannot return to fight her case for citizenship the government revoked should be able bagels nationality in 29 take a decision she wants to contest but britain's supreme court has ruled in favor of the government which argued have returned would pose a national security risk. thousands of people protested in armenia demanding the prime minister's a resignation over his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan the protests come a day after huge rival demonstrations for and against recall kashmir the prime minister

like crowds of supporters through the capital accusing the military of attempted coup after the army called on him to resign. now to nigeria where hundreds of families are waiting for news of children who vanished after the 2nd mass kidnapping in a week this time gunmen abducted more than 300 girls during the nighttime raid on a boarding school in the northwestern state of zamfara it's the scene on the latest mass kidnapping of nigeria's children gunmen forced their way in to take government girls secondary school engine gating and the country's northwest nearby residents say the shooters fired constantly forcing people to cower in their homes the kidnappers took off with more than 300 girls police and the military have launched a joint search and rescue operation. on the trail of the cube up us well you find those in different years of the forest here is part of our look. i was part of

a cordon. but some parents say they are blessed to have their girls returned safely they won't send them back to school just over a week ago a student was killed in an assault on a state run school in the town of cook are also in the north west attackers abducted $27.00 children criminals in the region have shifted their targets from wealthy foreigners to schoolchildren and in a rush to rescue students ransoms are often paid the government has been fighting the militant group boko haram which is known for committing similar crimes in the area but for the hundreds of parents waiting for word if their children and praying that they are still alive the government's actions simply aren't enough. they don't believe correspondent fred move in you joins us from nigeria's commercial capital and i just welcome fred to tell us more about this attack. thank

you. we know that. this crew last night around 2 am in the morning but more details are now coming coming in. we now know that the policemen and military forces were not even far from these were there saying that they outpost is actually like 5 minutes walking distance but they didn't do anything to actually had to stop the bandits from attacking and taking these girls so that's what we know and then we also know that from now the governor of zamfara state has ordered the cause of all schools in this state which is actually this is a big success to the boko haram which has been. fighting because they don't want people to get education and this is actually a success too even if this attack is actually from the bandits ok so

boko haram a jihadist group which has been kidnapping school children they want schools closed but we don't know if this was there or if it was just criminals looking for ransom and so far we. claimed that they are the ones behind this attack but some people archery said that this might be not sure but what is a fact is that. the bandits they work of the bandits is actually helping the boko haram because if they are targeting school girls and people young people are going to school this means that the schools have to stop and if the schools stop then this is an achievement for books so far we know that these are the work this is the work of the bandits but then book or i'm claims that they are the ones behind this which we have no reason to doubt that at this moment thank you for that move in

lagos the european union has agreed to develop a covert 19 vaccine passed for the could allow people war freedom to travel in time for the some tourism season it was one of the measures of the debate it's a virtual summit of the union leaders aimed at better coordinating their pandemic strategy. summer sunshine and salty air it sounds like paradise but not for the holiday destinations in southern europe that have been hit hard by the pandemic they want to vaccine passport to enable more tourists to flock to their locations but german chancellor angela merkel says politicians may still need a while it is definitely right to plan this for the future but it shouldn't mean that you need one to travel the political decisions will have to be taken. off vaccination is underway but slowly the prospect of a passport already has people dreaming of far off destinations politicians say that there must be proof that vaccinated people noninfectious when asked to give in is

if that's a given that there will be no reason to restrict basic freedoms and we have to return those that is very clear we shouldn't raise false hopes and we should appeal to people's sense of solidarity so that they fall of the social distancing rules we simply don't know yet how long immunity will last after vaccination is. no longer just travelling virtually but really crossing borders the tourism sector is pinning its hopes on the digital id as a passport back to profitability you know how do you last september we made suggestions to the federal government for a test concept for travel still isn't one that we should be moving more quickly and not have to wait another 4 months for digital passports to get to. the european union says developing this kind of passport could take 3 months months during which travel dreams will keep on growing will take a look at some of the developments in the pandemic starting in the czech republic

which is recorded nearly $20000.00 deaths one of the highest per capita death tolls around the world the prime minister's word that hospitals are heading for total disaster infections don't start to fall. canada's drug regulators approved the astra zeneca vaccine paving the way for health authorities to accelerate the country's slow vaccine rollout and hong kong has started to vaccinate its several half 1000000 residents prioritising of the sixty's and health care workers there to kenya who have run is renowned worldwide but one company is trying to show that kenya can make world class running shoes as well and its products are growing in popularity at home and abroad. mading kenya the country that produces some of the world's fastest marathon runners like egypt cho gate and richard kos kate is now getting involved in the shoe business and it's taking off internationally ndaa which means gold in stride he is the 1st company of its kind in africa according to

one of its founder us. our shoes a design from x. rays and made for its tray and so that's going to stay and that is very popular east africa including can and if you're lucky and but surprisingly that's not the largest kind base 80 percent of the customers are from the u.s. 8 percent from europe and to pro from kenya the company also has indorsement deals with local athletes. produce. something which is made in kenya by kenya as the zoo and they have competed with it and in 5 it is the fox that is they went with it in germany i won but 10 k. . business has been trend since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as more and more people turn to running as a way of staying healthy but in kenya they don't just run where their pride on their feet. is one of our top story this hour of declassified u.s.

intelligence reports implicates saudi arabia's crown prince that's right here teams of journalist jamal khashoggi report says crown prince mohammed bin sultan likely approved the operation to capture or kill. mr sheldrake in istanbul. that's it you're up to date world news at the top of the hour to now do more as your business of day in just about out of the day. you're going to unofficial estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. the radio call was returned to the swale a. visiting friends is that i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know

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be the same again even after the pandemic. and we take you to me at mar where many business owners have encouraged their employees to take part in pro-democracy rallies but they're wondering how long they can hold on. this is the w. business i'm to know them a lot on happy you can join us. president joe biden's 1.9 trillion stimulus package is set to pass the house sending it to a senate vote as early as next week the billing clude to another round of a one time payments to millions of americans and expansion of jobless benefits as well as additional aid to state and local governments to combat the pandemic democrats are trying to beat a march 14 deadline when the most recent round of emergency unemployment benefits expire. now our financial correspondent yes quarter. joins us now from new york he ends up while everyone is clear on the need for age

lawmakers are divided as to whether it should be as big as it is why is that. you know well definitely i mean the builds are just getting bigger and bigger and bigger we hit this 1st state spec of last spring in the amount of around to 2 trillion dollars followed by another 8 pickett shortly before christmas in the amount of $900000000000.00 and now there would be another almost 2 trillion dollars on top of it to so there's one called certain specially also was the debt load increasing in the country and then also especially some republican lawmakers are criticizing that some people might be making more money and not working than working but it's true that you could also say well maybe we should discuss if a lot of americans are just not getting paid enough but it's and in general really the amount and if the program if the package will really change the fundamental challenges in the country when it comes to affordable housing for instance or also

is for for wages for all americans now speaking of getting paid enough a key sticking point of course is the language around the minimum wage hike well more can you tell us. well i mean it would be the 1st time in more than a decade that the minimum wage would increase from $7.25 to about $15.00 not from one day to another but over a period of 3 to 4 years but actually there was a ruling of senate parliamentarian and that ruling basically says that the minimum wage cannot be included in the aid package though what likely my template is that the senate might actually vote on a different picture package than the house might approve and so that bill from the senate would go back to the house of representatives so that actually can take some time minimum wage might be a topic that actually has to be dealt with at

a later point very much to the displeasure of most democrats yes cards are there for us i hope he gets paid enough thank you for your reporting this week. and staying with coronavirus impact from telecommuting to video conference is the pandemic has certainly changed the way we work and it's also accelerated the drive for automation and artificial intelligence like it or not many of these changes will likely remain even after the pandemic is over. robots have long been used for dirty dangerous or repetitive work but now the pandemic is pushing automation reputably into other fields the president of swiss engineering firm a b b's robotics says in the long run automation will boost productivity and job creation. you know you crease your productivity and then yes in the end this there

are things of that specific. factory you'd have more density of robots but activity goes up so you have to just see groups you have education you have a service business and multiple other areas that sarong the robot so the human being can do much more creative or a.b.b. is developing what it calls code bots robots which cooperate with people while learning through. there particularly useful in logistics but have been rolled out in new fields 2 to covet 19. in health care during the pandemic we were helping multiple multiple across them as among the world increasing productivity for example the singaporean health authority was able to do $50000.00 coral not tests per day based on 50 robots that we have supplied to them and also there you reduce the exposure of humans to 2 to the virus and unnecessary

in or health risks so multiple new places the rebels will enter and i tell you also the the pandemic has actually accelerated many of these trends however a report this month by consultants mckinsey says automation is taking over jobs we're humans were once regarded as indispensable jobs which involve a high level of face to face contact that includes customer service health services and the care sector. mckinsey says the pandemic has accelerated this shift. robots are helping solve problems in the pandemic but could the rollout of automation be going too far. now the covert pandemic has pushed automation much faster than it might have come otherwise earlier i asked susan lund of the mckinsey global institute whether the world's labor force was ready for the . well the pentagon created a lot of changes that i don't think anyone was ready for but one of the things

we're seeing is that companies have to respond quickly and technology help them do that digital technologies like e-commerce as well as robotics and a young guy help them keep their businesses going and that's going to continue to have long lasting impacts of where jobs are going to be in the future now can companies be trusted to equip their workforce to adapt to automation instead of simply getting rid of those jobs. well many companies are investing a lot in retraining their workforce to do other things so if you think about in grocery and retail stores when they're shifting to self checkout and they're taking salespeople in and training them to do other things like helping in the delivery department helping customers find what they need so many companies have invested heavily to quickly redeploy what people were dealing into areas that were more

heated but that said there is certainly a role for educators and governments to play as well. now in your report you talk about the decline of low wage jobs what happens to the people who are in those jobs . well what we found is that there are millions of people in most wage jobs today that are going to have to switch occupations if they want to remain employed and that simply because all these technologies accelerated by the pandemic are going to reduce demand for what they're doing now i think there is a potential upside if we can make sure that there are short term training programs available to mid career people to make a switch into a better paying job with a poorer career trajectory that would be a really big movement lessen inequality of course if we don't do that though we what we risk is that many people that have left the labor force during the pandemic never come back and that could worsen inequality and social tensions that was susan

learn from the mckinsey global institute now to some of the other global business stories making news. the u.s. food and drug administration is expected to approve a one dose coated $1000.00 vaccine made by johnson and johnson for use in the u.s. today the approval would make millions of additional dose is available as early as next week it would be the 3rd vaccine approved for the u.s. market. door to telecom posted record revenues of more than $100000000000.00 euros last year that's thanks in part to its acquisition of its u.s. rival sprint the extra cash flow is good news for the german telecoms operator it's planning billions in new investment as it expands its global 5 g. network. now nearly a month since the military topple the government of sushi hundreds of thousands of people are still protesting among them business owners and their staff but while they believe in the movement it's getting harder to stay in themselves and their

employees here's the story of one businessman. hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters have taken to the streets of myanmar's largest city young dawn in recent weeks they risk their life because soldiers have sometimes open fire on them it's becoming expensive for business one. whose company exports dry actually peppers and spices to japan during the political unrest here seen sells drop more than 60 percent so this current situation really really affected our business in the short as well as the long term in the short term is the consumer buying power draw. and also our guest flu or lever drop and also ban transaction have a restriction and also the trends will be as you know the roman t. . have been difficulties. to nao fears the situation is unlikely to

improve in the short term he encouraged his employees to join the protests but there's no sign of success on the horizon it's a difficult time for enterprises who rely on foreign trade especially small companies the businessman now fears he won't be able to pay the salaries of his $40.00 employees. will we be the food celery for this pond nor sure for the next 2 or 3 months time whether we can be there for the real knowledge of the garden situations. the value of myanmar's currency the kyat has tumbled and many stores have had to close the q aftermath has taken a toll on the country's economy but the peaceful protests are set to continue until the military agrees to return the ousted civilian government to power. and finally the polka band card series is still going strong as it celebrates its 25th anniversary the craze continues to capture the hearts of children and adults

alike the franchise has sold billions of euros worth of product since its creation holcombe on playing cards are still popular and more recently the online game hokum on go has been a hit in fact the book about a franchise is now more valuable than those of star wars and harry potter. got a catchall thanks for watching. to the point a strong opinion piece is clear positions international perspectives. temperatures are once again rising between the u.s. and iran so will the 2 hours enemies be able to renegotiate your ground nuclear deal with the. trump turned his back only choice yeti or will the downward spiral

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