journalist dies in an attack in jalalabad she showed women they deserve to be part of the national conversation. welcome to the program european union leaders have reached a hard fought deal to make dramatic cuts to the blocs greenhouse gas emissions falling all night talks the member states agreed to reduce emissions 55 percent by the end of the decade the tougher carbon goal was hailed by e.u. council president showing the shell who tweeted that it would make europe the leader in the fight against climate change. the new target aims to put the e.u. on track to reach net 0 emissions by 2050 and sets expectations high for a u.n. climate meeting this weekend for more on this joined now by al brussels a bureau chief alexander the nominee greetings alexander what more can you tell us about this greenhouse emissions deal. well the agreement reached this morning it's very significant because it will make it possible for the european union as you have just mentioned to be carbon neutral a by 2050 and it also adds marriott's to europe's claim that it is leading the world in the global fight against cl

journalist dies in an attack in jalalabad she showed women today to deserve to be part of the national conversation. i'm sure how else is welcome to the program we begin here in germany where the latest coronavirus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has has a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 598 people have died as a high as daily totally yes weeks of partial lockdown have been slow the spread of infection enough much tougher restrictions seen almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert cock institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. but if it's all going to a shrink literally typically end before it's a meeting to mirage an exponential growth but instead on. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living facilities according to german authorit

my want was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabad she was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights it's the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists will activists and politicians. azerbaijan has staged a military parade to mark its recent victory over a niña in their conflict over the disputed nagorno-karabakh reach of turkish president richard diab or to one joint these celebrations after backing i said by john in the 6 week war turkish made hardware was credited with giving us a bridge on the upper hand in the offensive. authorities in barcelona say at least 3 people have died in a fire at an abandoned warehouse occupied by homeless migrants witnesses said more than 150 people may have been sleeping inside the building when the blaze broke out the cause of the fire is unclear and authorities are still struggling to identify the victims.

journalist dies in an attack in jalalabad she showed women that they too deserve to be part of the national conversation. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start here in germany with the latest coronavirus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has had a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 590 people have died the highest daily total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection enough much tougher restrictions seem almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until. christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays. at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert costa and sleeping russian exponential growth put into our story. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living facilities according to german authorities residents of nursing homes are at more risk than ever. currently we're seeing double the amount of outbreaks in assisted living facilities than in spring an

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dead in eastern afghanistan malala was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabad she was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights it is the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists activists and politicians. authorities in barcelona say at least 3 people have died in a fire at an abandoned warehouse occupied by homeless migrants witnesses said more than 150 people may have been sleeping inside the building when the blaze broke out the cause of the fire is unclear and authorities are still struggling to identify the victims it's. a 2 day european union summit is getting underway where a dispute over the use budget and coronavirus relief fund appears to be over the leaders have been arriving in brussels to discuss the compromise proposal after poland and hungary had blocked the passage of the nearly 2 trillion euro package over a clause linking funding to respect for the rule of law brussels accuses both governments of rolling back democratic freedoms but seasoned a crisis manager apparently stepped in to find a compromise that was th

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eastern afghanistan while a a may wind was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabadshe was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights is the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists activists and politicians. lebanon's prime minister has sunday has been charged with negligence over the bay which poured explosion that killed over $200.00 people in august 3 former cabinet ministers were also charged d.m. says his conscience is clear the blast was caused by explosive material that had been stored at the port for years. a space x. test launch on wednesday complete at the highest and most elaborate flight yet for its prototype starship rocket the spacecraft nearly reached its goal altitude of 12 kilometers but engineers still have a few kinks to work out before their planned mission to mars and back 3 to. a picture perfect start for starship number 8 the rocket is the most ambitious space x. test yet in the company's audacious quest to make human travel to mars possible. it climbed for several kilometers before leveling off its stainless stee

and just yesterday, the report out of jalalabad, the television journalist was assassinated with herver as they were on the road. what is happening in eastern >> i think -- amy: i don't mean eastern, but all of afghanistan. >> i think there is a benefiary going on. it proceeds trump, continues under trump, the so-called inlets wars are coming to an end. is theevidence for that number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and other theaters of war has been going down. with the number of troops go wn, casualties go down, the american public simply tunes out. well, what has gotten less reporton the cost of war invites as to pay attention to is that as troop levels go down, reliance on airpower goes up, reliance on airpower goes up munitions, or of went in up killing more civilians. and that is in fact what has happened and it ought to be exceedingly troubling except for the fact, as i suggested, the american public's attention towards involving the united states -- two wars involving e the amount ofis involve troops being killed and wounded and right now and afghastan that number is very small.

shot and killed television journalist malalai maiwand as she was on her way to work in the city of jalalabad thursday, making her at least the 10th afghan media worker killed this year. maiwand's driver was also killed in the assassination. no group has claimed responsibility and the taliban has denied involvement. in ghana, incumbent president nana akufo-addo was announced the winner of a contested election which has led to at least five people being killed in related violence since monday. earlier today, ghana's opposition rejected the election results and vowed to take steps to overturn it. it was the third time president akufo-addo faced off against former president john mahama for the presidency. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration warns in a stark new report that greenhouse gas emissions have radically transformed the arctic in just the last 15 years. the 2020 arctic report card warns of dwindling sea ice, accelerating arctic wildfires, summertime temperatus topping 100 degrees fahrenheit, and rapidly melting permafrost that's releasing vast quantities of heat-trapping

dead in eastern afghanistan a my want was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabad she was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights it's the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists activists and politicians. the head of the world food program has received the nobel peace prize on behalf of the un agency he described the award as a call to action with 270000000 people worldwide at risk of starvation he said failure to address their needs could cause a hunger pandemic that would drawer the impact of covert 900. european leaders have gathered in brussels in an attempt to salvage the e.u. is 1.8 trillion euro budget all this includes hundreds of billions in coronavirus relief funds which the bloc cannot deploy until member states reach consensus with a 2 day summit started on an optimistic note poland and hungary which had blocked the budget looked willing to make a deal the 2 countries objected to a provision that would prevent them from accessing funding unless they respect the rule of law germany appears to have come to an agreement w

weeks ago prominent female television journalist but i want was shot dead along with her driver in jalalabad. the deputy governor of kabul died a week ago after a bomb was placed on his car a politician in the western province of gore fell victim to a similar attack on the same day on saturday a car bombing targeting the politician car mohammed wardak killed 9 in cobol and just on monday from a to the next a journalist who worked for al-jazeera and the associated press was shot dead near his home in gosney. genome is a lecturer in politics and international relations at university college london she joins us now by skype thank you for being with us who do we do you think is responsible for the latest attack well lauren what we've seen over this last month is 1st a continuation of taliban attacks in many areas of other picked out of afghanistan but really importantly we've seen a sharp increase in islamic states attacks within kabul itself especially targeting some of the groups that were just mentioned journalists politicians doctors today and so there is actually several groups operating ri

malala maiwand was on her way to work in jalalabad on thursday when gunmen opened fire on her vehiclef killings that have targeted reporters, rights workers and political figures across the country. she was a journalist working for a local tv station and the eastern province and she had been working there for a number of years and she's also a woman's rights activist and a symbol of society activist and someone who's very well known locally and she was on her way this morning around 7am to her office when gunmen opened fire and she had previously spoken about the challenges and dangers of being a female journalist in afghanistan. i was looking to her facebook and saw a few weeks back she posted writing that you had to be lucky in afghanistan just to stay alive. today she and her driver were both shot dead and it's really part of a spate of targeted killings that we had seen in afghanistan in recent months. he has seen as well as journalists he had seen human rights activists and government figures being assassinated. recently there has been quite a focus on the killing of journalists

dead in eastern afghanistan my wife was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabad she was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights it is the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists activists and politicians. by jon has staged a military parade to markets recent victory over armenia in their conflict of the disputed nagar no kata region turkish president or one joined the celebrations after backing azerbaijan in the 6 week war turkish made hardware was credited with giving a surprise on the upper hand in the off chance of. a 2 day european union summit is getting underway with that where a dispute over the use budget and coronavirus relief fund appears to be over leaders are arriving in brussels to discuss the compromise proposal after poland and hungary have blocked the passage of the nearly 2 trillion general package over a clause linking funding to respect for the rule of law brussels accuses both governments of rolling back democratic freedoms but a seasoned to crisis manager apparently stepped in to find a compromise. it was the

assassinated a prominent afghan news anchor and activist on her way to work in the eastern city of jalalabad is the 3rd afghan journalist to be killed in just a month this report. outside this hospital more tree and province gether people that she had reported on people she had reported with but now i'm i warned is the story 25 years old she had worked as a t.v. reporter for 7 years on thursday morning gunmen opened fire on her car as she was driven to work. and her driver mohammed to hear what killed. you from our own 3rd incident took place in which i unfortunately we lost 2 of our employees one was a presenter of various programs and the other was a driver both of them tallied. where our ally was also a woman rights activist speaking out about the difficulties of reporting in a conservative patriarchal society she was following in the footsteps of her activist mother who 5 years ago was also assess the natives. down there thinking about the day in every meeting she was discussing women's rights and always supporting women she was not only a journalist she was the breadwinner for her famil

journalist dies in an attack in jalalabad she showed women that they too deserve to be part of the national conversation. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us we start here in germany with the latest star coronavirus numbers showing a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has hit a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 598 people have died the highest daily total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection and off . much tougher restrictions scene almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert cock institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. because if it's always going to situation is usually typically end before it's a meeting to ration exponential growth patterns that are in short. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living f

journalist dies in an attack in jalalabad she showed women date you deserve to be part of the national conversation. i'm serious of us got there glad you could join us european union leaders have reached a hard fought deal to make dramatic cuts to the blocs greenhouse gas emissions after all night talks the member states agreed to reduce emissions by 55 percent by the end of this decade as head of the e.u. presidency german chancellor angela merkel well. deal saying it has been worth staying up all night to clinch it now the new target aims to reach net 0 emissions by 2050 council president sean michaud says it will make europe the leader in the fight against climate change. let's bring in our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena who's following this story for us hi alexandra what more can you tell us about the agreement that's been reached. well the fact that the agreement was possible on a more ambitious targets to reduce queen. emissions very significant it is a big step forward this whole french president described it e.u. commission president was in a fund a lie and said in t