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More than $3000000000.00 will go toward
developing vaccines diagnostic testing

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medicines for treatment and supplies
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to get

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a guarantee that vaccine prices would be
kept affordable but gave in to opposition

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from the g.o.p.

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Choosing a bipartisan agreement instead
Jackie Quinn Washington and this is v.o.a.

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News and the f.b.i.

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Failed to significantly improve its
handling of investigative tips and leads on

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suspected homegrown violent extremists even
after several high profile terror cases

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but the spotlight on the problem in
recent years that's according to

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a new report from the Justice
Department the f.b.i.

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Describes homegrown violent
extremists or 3 E's

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a self radicalized global jihad inspired
individuals who are living in the United

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States and not receiving direction from

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a foreign terror group Amnesty International
says it has evidence that at least 23

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children were killed by Iranian security
forces when they were unlawfully used in

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lethal force to crush nationwide anti-government
protests in November of 2019 an

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investigation by the London based human
rights watchdog has uncovered that at least

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22 of the children were shot dead by
security forces firing live ammunition at

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unarmed protesters and bystanders and
said in the statement that on Wednesday

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according to the findings the children
killed include 22 boys aged between 12 and

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17 and one girl reportedly
aged between 8 and 12 u.s.

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Defense secretary Mark esper says
the United States will soon begin

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a partial withdrawal of troops from about
13000 down to 8600 in Afghanistan but

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just days after

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a historic peace deal between the United
States and the Taliban and the away

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Pentagon correspondent Carla bad reports
the 2 sides already are offering

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contradictory accounts of the way forward
in the war torn nation top Pentagon

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officials demanded a u.s.

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Taliban peace deal on Capitol Hill
Wednesday. While admitting it's had

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a shaky start and the results so far been
mixed the Taliban to there are honoring

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their peace but in terms
of not not attacking u.s.

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And coalition forces but
not in terms of sustaining

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a reduction in violence that
last part led to a u.s.

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Air strike Wednesday against Taliban fighters
in Helmand Province the 1st from the

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u.s. And 11 days against fighters the u.s.

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Said were actively attacking an Afghan
checkpoint it's the commitment I made to the

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Afghans when I was there on Saturday and
we continue to defend the Afghan support

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them assaults on Afghan forces have increased
since Saturday's peace still but top

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u.s.

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Military officer General Mark Milley said
they're still nothing like the Taliban

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attacks before the deal Carla Babbitt feel

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a news the Pentagon the Turkish leadership
tie appeared to one heads to Moscow and

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Thursday for

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a high stakes meeting with Russian President
Vladimir Putin aimed at deescalating

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tensions between armies of
Turkey a NATO member and Russia

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a nuclear superpower in Syria's war torn
it live province Turkey along with Western

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governments accuse the Syrian government
of carrying on bombing campaigns with

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Russian support I'm Tommy McNeill bulimic.

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Good Morning America welcome to Day Break
up again from the voice of another crime

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James but

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a Washington today is Thursday March that
5th thank you for some of this there is

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we are covering a u.n.

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Official has called for sustains national
and is meant to solve Sudan. Actions can

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push the food into its face
eviction and help in the

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bag and cause must remain gas
David Shearer is the u.n.

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Special representative
for South Sudan the u.s.

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Extends sanctions against something bubble
rule in politics official South Africa's

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economy contacts electricity Wallerstein
coronavirus fears Nigeria's close boredom

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boost to smuggling to come around and
Ugandans former security chief 6th opposition

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unity as he declares his presidential
intentions to what he put down to the people

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or to the people great for change I want
people by looking outfielder to lead who

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would pick a good position to give

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a new concert film will be heard but it
could be pretty good if you are going to

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hear cool. Lieutenant General 102 condé
of Uganda in Tanzania and health

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authorities are on high alert to stop the
car another virus but those stories and

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more are coming up on Daybreak Africa.

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Representative and head of the u.n.

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Mission in South Sudan says the recent
positive developments in South Sudan have

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moved to the country further along the
road to sustainable peace David Sherif

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addressed the un Security Council members
on Wednesday on the theme of the hearing

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President Salva Kiir against the
wishes of many of his forces

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a greater compromise or exists as

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a gun to his frayed. 2015 position attain
status without any added 3 that ministry

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here is with that should top the
ridge sharing city challenge to join

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a transitional government in Juba serving
as the country's best vice president

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despite traditional security
arrangements no meeting place with

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a good law broken for vice
presidents was would in at

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a ceremony in June she says in addition to
South Sudan consolidating peace it must

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also satisfy 3 key issues in order to be

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a properly functioning country Phyllis
impunity this will require increased support

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to the police and the justice chain from
the collection that it wouldn't run

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through prosecution and cool trials where
the crimes are committed especially the

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number of 16 based fetuses betrays need
to be brought to justice sick and ending

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corruption and this requires financial
accountability and transparency government

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ministers exist better often by. The
ending dependency it requires any

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chairmanship by by the government and
international communities to support programs

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that is promoting self-reliance where
it's appropriate and for ending exclusion

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requires that all South Sudanese a
part of the democratic process means

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a greater office absorbedly

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a political spice words are trying to
speak out and to criticize these are the

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foundations of the been the Constitution
and election prices that are coming.

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To the sheriff says while the international
community it would be perfectly right

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to be cautious about salsa dance recent
peace trajectory it cannot completely adopt

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a whip and see attitude. Actions can
push the Done For The towards sustained

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pace edition and help Indiaman to fire
him. In the past weeks its leaders and

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showing leadership. That will continue and
it's imperative there is direct name of

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the peace agreement or. Its
list of must remain engaged in

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solidarity and times with pressure to
encourage compromise in order to achieve and

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maintain

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a unity sense of the future peace
on their ability to compromise and

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maintain its unity ambassador Shira urged
South Sudan's new transitional government

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to continue to deal with Rimini challenges
such as this transitional security

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arrangements Uganda's former security
minister says he would be willing to take any

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position in

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a consortium of political groups and
ideologies for the sake of bringing about

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change and unity parties to seek
opposition that. Gnutella General Henry

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says he has been talking with all the
political groups advising them that the most

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important thing they should strive for is
not who should be president but rather

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the commitment to bring about change in
Uganda this week General to McCone they

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notified that Uganda elections commission
to begin consultations with voters about

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his intention to run for president
in 2021. Well to put it past the

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nightmare it seems that politics is to
the public it's pressure will our not

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efficient city like gender that creates

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a chilly nature of our society and you
cannot be like you when you consult to get

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a good clean could be paid did. They
should live. Here ship you know no gender

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on that very consultation general
as you know the honorable robber

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chocolaty are Bobby Wian as being

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a consultant Sensi announced that he was
going to run in 2021 by the police and the

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elections commission there seems to be
some core of the mission or lack of it in

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terms of whether he's to carry on his
consultation now do you think the police will

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allow you to do your consultation
Well I can tell you.

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Directly and. Anyone who wants
to find issues. In the country

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here the purposes of elections he must
consult people and they literally be able to

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afford should. That be respected less

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a completely different that they can't
tell you critically Korean. Missile

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respected you were the security minister
of President most 70 eight's government

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some Uganda is have argue that they
have never being and can never be true

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democracy or democratic elections in Uganda
because this thing that president was

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70 wants to be in power for
life do you think there's

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a need to hold elections in Uganda the
question very the that they need.

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Their possibility of Proca
elections my have to do and see

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a lot in front of us fully developed or
we can or it can't be paid for 3 months.

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Now but he said no possibility could
live to. Cause cause to shoot

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Natalie stock sometimes some opposition
leaders don't want to give way they want

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to be president when it comes to that would
you be willing in the name of comment

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together whether we had. Issues groups
I had didn't like that the most

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important thing they needed to be said of

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a leader is the most important.
Drive for change I want

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to create my own case. To
take a position give it in

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a consortium of different political groups
different ideologies progressive change

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build

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a record try out General thank you for
speaking with us is not like you fighting

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to raise people like us let them

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a general Henry to look on the edges
Ugandans former security minister he was

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speaking with us from the
capital Kampala u.s.

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President Donald Trump has extended by one
year sanctions against some Zanu p.f.

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Officials say the new Zimbabwe government's
policies continue to pose only usual

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and extraordinary threats to Washington's
foreign policy blessin too little of the

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wisdom Bubblicious reports in President
meant president from sayed. Reforms

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2017 after the ouster of the late President
Robert Mugabe adding that the Zimbabwe

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government his and I quote arguably
accelerated the think you see him of critics

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and economy mismanagement in the past year
during which its security forces have

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conducted extra judicial killings rapes in
that alleged abductions of human rights

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does the dance a close call However the
Zimbabwean Deputy Information Minister in

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a gym with toady accused Washington of
pandering to the Zimbabwe an open session

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informer. Britain New York the good. Or.

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Or me the public wants or bring. Home.

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The people. Who are the people not. Who we

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can see. The water they need to be.

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Responding opposition Movement for Democratic
Change secretary for international

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relations. Says the Zimbabwean government
is only to blame we have always insisted

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to them to say that you want to get this
nation we need fully implemented some

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fortunate. Him has been going to engage
lying to the international community to say

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we are implementing this when in actual
effect they are not doing anything if

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anything he said aggression in Zimbabwe if
we look at the amendments. We have been

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clear the m.d.c.

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That what we want is that line made to the
question implementing the country rap

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and bringing that made me that meant to
say that the interest of the will be able

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you instigated sanctions applied to
only. Individuals and 56 entities.

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And legal entities owned by the 87
individuals of February 2020 the

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program begin on March 7th 2003 when then
President George Bush issued an executive

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order imposing sanctions against specific
individuals and entities in Zimbabwe and

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President Barack Obama also maintained
that the sanctions regime under. Reporting

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for. Listening to daybreak Afrikan
the Voice of America James

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but in Washington today is Thursday the
5th day of March Break Africa time is now

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16 and

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a half minutes past the hour. Africa's
most make sure economy South Africa is in

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a recession following 2 consecutive
quarters of falling g.d.p.

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That declined votes Nigeria long fought
to be the continent's 2nd largest economy

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in the 1st place with 2 quarters of growth
of South Africa's walls can be largely

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attributed to struggles with

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a power struggle energy provider has come
and to bigger global trends according to

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experts Anita Powell reports from Johannesburg
the figures only confirmed what many

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South Africans beset by high unemployment
and unreliable electricity already knew

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the economy is flagging this week the
nation's statistical agency announced that

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the gross domestic product shrunk by 1.4
percent in the 4th quarter of 2019 that

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means 2 consecutive quarters of contraction
making this officially for the 3rd time

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in the history of democratic South Africa

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a recession economist of Investec bank
explained multiple domestic challenges

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persist notably the security of electricity
supply with heightened retention

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a large sharing impeding the optimal
functioning of the economy Additionally

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persistent policy uncertainty and
implementation of crucial reforms continue to

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weigh on business and consumer confidence
inhibiting satisfactory growth finance

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minister teachable when he promised his
annual budget speech presented last week

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the better times are ahead he identified
the nation's electricity provider Eskom

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which has failed to keep up with demand and
has had to implement rolling blackouts

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in recent weeks as

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a priority we forecast that it's up to
the economy to grow by 0.9 percent and

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inflation will average 4.5 percent
interest rate over the next 18 months big

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collimation get

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a number of jump starts this is an electricity
programs will however back growth

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over the next 3 years we expect growth of
our age just over one percent full. As

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a more supply of electricity will be our
number one critical task 7 out of 10 of

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the nation's biggest industries contract
and 4th quarter with agriculture falling

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the most by nearly 8 percent when he also
triggered the economic situation for the

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spread of the novel coronavirus which
originated in China in late 2019 and has

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since infected more than 91000 people
worldwide while South African officials have

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yet to report

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a confirmed case of the virus has acknowledged
that it has hurt the economy it's

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a small open economy and the point is highly
sensitive to global events although we

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do not know the existing of the economic
damage covered 19 more cool as it depends

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on how quickly the virus is contained
it is currently weighing significantly

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younger bull markets meanwhile however one
of the few African nations that has seen

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at least one confirmed case of coronavirus
is thriving economically new figures

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from Nigeria show that the oil giant beat
its 4th quarter growth forecasts making

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it Africa's biggest economy needed Paul
the only news Johannesburg Cameroonian

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authorities say smuggling from Nigeria
is increasing 5 months after banned land

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border trade to crack down on the illegal
business Moki Edwin reports from the

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southwestern port town of Limburg Cameroon
where huge quantities of goods from

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Nigeria are sold. Half the
limited market in South

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Western Cameroon. And Nigeria and Chad
just say that since clues to border trade

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that business is suffering let us say
really wrong shuts off supplies from both

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countries leading to price increases
of up to 15 percent that's

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a 5 year old not just. A demo law says
dresses to Cameroon and vice Rice just

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sat back home but

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a demo law says she can't afford to feed
the high should be. Just to take the goods

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back and forth by boat and that's just the
kind of effect that the economy of the

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entry on the economy of small green beans
and peas not exactly you know beneficial

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finding ways to do just looking forward
on the borders to be open and. Business

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is going to go on the way being who's
coming counts and goods from Nigeria for 70

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percent of its basic commodities National
Institute of statistics say so about

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15000 communions trade across the 2000
kilometer long border with Nigeria Nigeria

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and also by agricultural produce including
council rice onions and cuts and from

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Cameroon for its booming markets of
some 190000000 people that's in October

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2019 Nigeria closed its blunt but
as to all trade to end rampant

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smuggling across the parts bada in
Cameroon they move seems to be having the

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opposite effect. Cumberland police and
customs in the southwestern town of Boulia

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banned

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a huge pile of smuggled medicines from
Nigeria on Sunday police seized the only

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pyramids and tonics which included
anti malarial And in from

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a trace as they were being delivered to
the pharmacy is common in health official

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victim by man says authorities as seizing
more of such smuggled sheep bends of

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ducks seems not to like closed
its borders each time. Apprehend

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was made because Sean. About
6 months we have been

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destroyed. About $15000000.00 that's about

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$85000.00 worth of smuggled Mexican in

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a town of about $300000.00 people. Coming
in on customs officials say it's not just

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next and coming from Nigeria smuggling
of most basic goods electronic

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appliances and engine parts have
increased in the past 4 months. Customs

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officials for the south west.
Says customers revenue dropped 2

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percent a month from October to December
because of the smoking. And drinking is

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a cause for video. Cameroon
Tanzania and said to be one of the

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African countries most at risk of importing
the corona virus because of its high

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trade volume with China a dance

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a new year's biggest market traders are
feeling the crunch as the availability of

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Chinese made goods shrinks Meanwhile
authorities are preparing to prevent further

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transmission with intensified surveillance
of the country's ports of entry Charles

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Coombe it reports from the
research that Islam is

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a curricle market is the biggest in
Tanzania and depends on the manufactured

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products imported from China by the outbreak
of Corona virus known as covered 19

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his dead up shipments from
China how funny wadi is

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a mobile phone trader. The
biggest thing is in stock

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sales how id and that when you need

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a certain type of phone you don't get it
on time and at the same time the price

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raises those close trade ties with China
makes Tanzania one of the African

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countries most at risk of importing covered
19 health authorities are on high allat

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guess is the director of the Ministry of
Health Dr Janet to say they have taken all

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precautions.

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Turns out his health ministry ses
140 thing was kind of. In all parts

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a friend 3 judging is

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a hoax officer always turns on
your Airports Authority. By

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going to be ultimate. You know addition
to modern equipment they have to take

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passions to hospitals he also seed some
suspected cases have been detected which

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shows the machines I will
can properly intern's only

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a small remote areas such of the 2 or
$3.00 to $4.00 based African communities

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mobile lab project heads test suspected
coronavirus infections Dr Miller pharma is

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the laboratory diagnostic couldn't nettop
if the outbreaks of care in areas where

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they may not be diagnostic capacity the
idea here is that my we can move quickly

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and estat set themselves up in
this remote area and then start.

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Meanwhile Tanzanian doctors such as
care of inquiry Arjan everyone to take

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precautions to avoid the virus.
When you stack them. With

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ses the biggest part involves pass on
hygiene he says making sure you wash your

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hands with soap in physical contact
and make issue us someone with

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a calf covers his or her mouth but

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a busy market in Dari slum
in physical contact is

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a challenge for traders like
how even though the virus is

00:24:31
a threat to their health we've go to
regular shipments of Chinese products it's

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a big 3 to their livelihoods. For viewing
news Doris Lum briefly before we leave

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you

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a summary of this special representative of
the un mission. In South Sudan says recent

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positive developments in South Sudan have
moved the country further along the road

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to sustainable peace their
vision or address the u.n.

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Security Council members on Wednesday
he says in addition to South Sudan

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consolidating peace they must also satisfy
3 key issues including corruption you

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want it to be

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a properly functioning country and Buster
sheerest says while the international

00:25:12
community would be perfectly right to be
cautious about South Sudan's recent peace

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trajectory it cannot completely adopt

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a wait and see attitude Uganda's former
security minister says he would be

00:25:26
willing to take any position in

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a consortium of political groups and
ideologies for the sake of bringing about

00:25:34
change and unity were telling General Henry
to McCone day says he has been talking

00:25:40
with other political groups advising them
that the most important thing that they

00:25:45
should strive for is not who should be
president but rather the commitment to bring

00:25:50
about change and Uganda this week in return
will condé notified Uganda elections

00:25:55
commission to begin consultations with
voters about his intention to run for

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president. Africa's most
make sure economist South

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Africa is in a recession following 2
consecutive quarters of falling g.d.p.

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That the client wants Nigeria long thought
to be the continent's 2nd largest

00:26:18
economy in the 1st place with 2 quarters
of growth of Survivor because wars can be

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largely attributed to struggles with

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a terrorist or energy provider has come
to bigger global trends according to

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experts. And doesn't the un is said to be
one of the African countries most at risk

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of important the coronavirus because of its
high trade volume with China downs and

00:26:45
biggest market traders feeling the crunch
as the availability of Chinese made goods

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shrink Meanwhile authorities are preparing
to prevent further transmission with

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intensified surveillance and that's led
fall there's the March 5th edition of

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daybreak Africa on behalf of the daybreak
Africa crew producer Nickelback for

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reporters for the Claudia rakish track
as well as Post editor Samson Molly and

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James Watt in Washington wishing
you a very good day. This is

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a shocker slowly close those for it to

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a conference on the next straight talk
Africa the United Nations says climate

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change is the defining issue of our time
if impact is already being felt enough to

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cut affecting food production and political
stability the effects of climate change

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on the continent on the next strike of
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Hello there today is Thursday February 5th
this is via always international edition

00:28:34
I'm Lori London in Washington and I'm
Steve Miller are the precautionary steps

00:28:39
being taken by schools businesses and
governments going too far I think the

00:28:44
reaction is right and it's appropriate
and the reason it really indicated

00:28:49
a pretty high growth rate. Plus what to
make out of the turnaround and dropouts in

00:28:55
the u.s.

00:28:56
Primaries if you think about the for this
article and they can that are happening

00:29:01
between Democrats and Republicans we're
now seeing all of that kind of phenomenon

00:29:05
happening in the Democratic Party all of
those stories and more next All right well

00:29:11
Democrats and Republicans came together
in the House of Representatives Wednesday

00:29:15
to pass an 8300000000 dollar emergency
spending bill to help reduce the spread of

00:29:21
the coronavirus in the u.s.

00:29:23
The bipartisan effort came as more cases
were reported and California Governor

00:29:28
Gavin Newsom declared

00:29:29
a state wide emergency after that state saw
its 1st death from the new coronavirus

00:29:35
official sauna say an elderly patient who
apparently contract the covert $1000.00

00:29:39
virus on a cruise died in Northern
California during a news briefing with

00:29:45
a new coronavirus task force vice president
Mike Pence said the virus continues to

00:29:50
spread to be clear. If you are

00:29:54
a healthy American. The risk of
contracting the corona virus. Remains

00:30:00
low as heat he also sought to
reassure American citizens.

00:30:09
Joining us now to discuss
the impacts further is

00:30:13
a tour Caplan professor of bioethics at New
York University languor Medical Center

00:30:18
and the founding director of the division
of medical ethics. All right well is the

00:30:23
world over reacting to this outbreak Professor
Caplan or is this at the appropriate

00:30:29
level of concern. I think the reaction is
right and it's appropriate and the reason

00:30:35
is. Out of China where this
thing started indicated

00:30:40
a pretty high death rate much more dangerous
than the flu for example which killed

00:30:45
a lot of people probably in the u.s.

00:30:48
$40.00 to $60000.00

00:30:49
a year that many. That it was highly
communicable easy to catch it so even though

00:30:56
we're not seeing anywhere near that you
can see that in some countries in South

00:31:01
Korea things are getting along pretty fast
and that's even with some pretty tough

00:31:08
responses to try and isolate. But the death
rate is scary and the ease with which

00:31:15
people seem to acquire the disease
is scary. But right now I

00:31:22
think we're doing the right thing Health
Organization. About 3.4 percent of people

00:31:27
infected with the virus globally
have died that would be

00:31:31
a lot more lethal than the common. South.

00:31:41
Corona virus versus the flu is really
concerning because it's 10 times bigger

00:31:47
bigger and the flu. The flu
is something that many people

00:31:54
get. It seems that fewer
people really are surviving

00:32:01
this new coronavirus it's very very
concerning the death rate is so high even

00:32:06
though

00:32:07
a lot of people going to get this virus may
not even notice would you say that that

00:32:12
the reason the death rate can be so high
with people populations like the elderly

00:32:17
is because we have not developed an immune
system to just. Just not know yet well

00:32:23
it's clear that what happened. Mutated and
viruses do that we combine and they've

00:32:30
learned through evolution that. Gives you

00:32:35
a better chance to exist.
Some resistance to you.

00:32:45
Starts to build up so. If you. Are.

00:32:55
Up. The change that occurred.
Makes it easier to catch.

00:33:03
What about the fact that we see some of
these countries like South Korea testing

00:33:07
people by the thousands. Here
seems to be difficult to test.

00:33:21
How much of that I
think. Comes to what you

00:33:28
do testing the population
who seems to have.

00:33:35
Their. Country. The most

00:33:42
at risk groups but. In the next

00:33:49
week or 2 the number of cases. But
because we're starting to measure it.

00:33:57
Finally. Convinced that the
numbers are accurate in

00:34:04
terms of who's got the disease. Because.

00:34:15
With intensive care unit ventilators
to help people. Pretty good at

00:34:22
treating I'm not sure.

00:34:31
To be. Say in South Korea or in the Us
It may however be relevant they may not

00:34:38
have the same level of high
tech health care us as

00:34:41
a different problem we've got some people
don't have health insurance so they may

00:34:45
stay away from the health care system and
not even get it measured in surveillance

00:34:50
and that's

00:34:50
a problem because if you're hiding because
you're worried that someone may kick you

00:34:55
out of the country because you don't have
documentation or if you're just poor and

00:34:59
you think well I'm going to show up anywhere
to let anybody test me give them any

00:35:03
money those are accurate counts
I think we're going to see

00:35:06
a lot more cases in the u.s.

00:35:08
In the next few weeks it's going to look
worse is it worse than it is right now I'm

00:35:12
not sure but I think
we're going to discover

00:35:14
a lot more people have this
virus than we think what I'm

00:35:18
a little bit concerned about is it is true
that many cold viruses and flu viruses

00:35:23
kind of when the weather warms up because
people are more they have more social

00:35:28
distance they're not in close quarters
at work and so that cuts back on

00:35:31
communicability of the disease I'll bet
that this thing comes back next year it's

00:35:36
one thing to say we have

00:35:38
a handle on it but we shouldn't forget
that cold viruses and the flu show up all

00:35:42
the time and there's no reason to think
this one's going away. Obviously we're

00:35:49
going to see more deaths and they will see
more cases I think we'll see more just

00:35:52
in the u.s. And in other countries I
think we'll see a peak start to diminish

00:35:57
a little bit around. But come winter in
the northern hemisphere when people begin

00:36:04
to move back indoors and they're much more
close contact with others I think we're

00:36:07
going to see it return in the October
November period sadly. That's Arthur Caplan

00:36:13
professor of bioethics at New York University
Langan Medical Center and founding

00:36:18
director of the division medical ethics as
new cases of the coronavirus continue to

00:36:23
spread around least 80 countries worldwide
airlines are grounding planes travel

00:36:28
restrictions widen and the economic
impacts continue to grow. United Nations

00:36:33
analysis of the global trade impact of the
coronavirus epidemic finds nations have

00:36:38
been hit with export losses of about
$50000000000.00 in February and the world

00:36:44
should brace itself for worse things to
come the longer the epidemic continues

00:36:50
International Monetary Fund Managing
Director Christa Lena Georgieva announced

00:36:55
a 50000000000 dollar aid package Wednesday
to help find the coronavirus we have

00:37:01
a base life and that you would that Israel
would be mild the impact and then we

00:37:06
have more diocese in the us we are considering
Unfortunately we have moved in that

00:37:12
there are 3 of these more bias
not yours she said the i.m.f.

00:37:16
Now expects 2020 world growth to be below
the 2.9 percent rate for 2019 and revised

00:37:23
forecasts will be issued in
the coming weeks but the.

00:37:31
Field of Democratic
presidential candidates got

00:37:33
a bit smaller on Super Tuesday
with what appears to be now

00:37:37
a 2 man race between former Vice President
Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders one

00:37:43
of them will take part likely take on
President all Trump and Obama's general

00:37:48
election Biden landed victories in 10 of
the 14 states for us striking comeback

00:37:55
former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg who
did not perform as well as he had hoped

00:37:59
given the millions of dollars he spent
on his short lived campaign he told

00:38:03
supporters he is dropping out of the
presidential race but not stepping back from

00:38:08
the issues I have always believed
that the being gone from starts with

00:38:12
a united behind the candidate with the
best shot to do it and after yesterday's

00:38:17
vote is clear that
candidate is my friend and

00:38:20
a great American Joe Biden Meanwhile
Senator Bernie Sanders also spoke after

00:38:25
a surprisingly underperforming night in

00:38:28
a news conference Sander said he likes Biden
but they have varied. Different ideas

00:38:33
are like Joe Joe is

00:38:35
a decent guy and I do not want this campaign
to degenerate into what some type epic

00:38:40
where we're attacking each other where
personal attacks such as the left wing this

00:38:44
country wants. His record his
vision for the future I helped.

00:38:51
But given the extraordinary win from the
force former vice president Tuesday night

00:38:55
the field has narrowed in

00:38:57
a way that Democrats hope will bring
them together joining us now is Jennifer

00:39:01
Victor associate professor of political
science at the shore School of Policy and

00:39:06
government in George Mason University thank
you for being with us how unprecedented

00:39:10
do you see the turn of events in the
Democratic race given the vice president's on

00:39:15
expected Lee Good performance from
my perspective I think of this as

00:39:21
a party. Political parties
can get somewhat aligned

00:39:28
these days because they are associated
with the idea of hyper partisanship but in

00:39:33
Calif political parties are really important
institutions for democracy and this is

00:39:39
what we're seeing here is an example of one
of the main political parties in United

00:39:44
States the Democrats trying to go through
this process of selecting their nominee

00:39:50
for the general election and. Decades
ago not even all that long ago.

00:39:58
Not more than

00:39:58
a decade ago really this quick movement
crosses would often happen behind closed

00:40:03
doors and the public wouldn't really get
all that close to it and still voting

00:40:09
started happening and one student started
happening it was often the case that

00:40:13
there was a zombie that was already sort
of. Ahead of the game and had received

00:40:19
a lot of commendation of course and
essentially what's happening now is that

00:40:24
process still happens but it happens much
more in the public eye and it's happening

00:40:29
kind of on

00:40:30
a later calendar schedule. So instead of
all of that party coordinating everybody

00:40:34
looking at everybody else. For which horse
they're all going to put their money on

00:40:40
. That process is happening in a in a in

00:40:45
a transparent kind of way after the Iowa
caucus they've already started rather than

00:40:51
before and behind closed doors. So it's

00:40:54
a similar process but it's
it's going about in in

00:40:58
a different kind of way we seem to have
2 front runners that are very different

00:41:02
Bernie Sanders who has called himself
a democratic socialist Joe Biden

00:41:06
a lifelong Democrat very much in the center
it wasn't expected to turn out this way

00:41:11
it was it was sort of a let
down from Bernie and sort of

00:41:14
a surprise for Mr Biden who seems to have
people coming now in endorsing him and

00:41:20
doesn't say something about the climate
though from the American public perspective

00:41:24
of what they're looking for or does it still
say that they're very divided to some

00:41:29
extent I mean one way to think about
it is if you think about the forces of

00:41:34
partisan polarization that are happening
between Democrats and Republicans and how

00:41:38
they're moving further apart more and more
of this negative association with the

00:41:44
other party that drives political preferences
we're now seeing all of that kind of

00:41:49
phenomenon happening in the Democratic Party
that we both have. Party polarization

00:41:55
and in part of polarization. And I don't
know for sure yet what's driving some of

00:42:01
that entire party polarization in the
Democratic Party but it's certainly the case

00:42:06
that the Democratic Party has this broad
coalition of interests and if you think

00:42:13
about the last number of candidates the
Democratic party has nominated the last

00:42:19
several cycles they did tend to be more
pragmatic maybe ideologically moderates.

00:42:26
Speakers who were trying to pull together
the many of those fragmented pieces that

00:42:31
brought. An addict or associate professor
of political science at the shore

00:42:38
School of Policy in government at George
Mason University Israel appeared headed

00:42:43
into another political stalemate on Wednesday
after nearly complete results and the

00:42:47
case of the Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu failed to secure

00:42:50
a clear majority for a right wing
block in parliament despite his claim

00:42:55
a victory orders Soria Ali has more Israel's
political instability may not be going

00:43:02
away final results from the latest election
were released Wednesday and it suggests

00:43:07
Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu has failed to secure

00:43:10
a clear majority despite his claim

00:43:12
a victory. In Monday's election was the
country's 3rd vote in just less than

00:43:18
a year an exit polls originally indicated
Netanyahu his right wing Likud Party were

00:43:23
ahead of the pack. But now with no clear
majority the country could return

00:43:30
to deadlock that could mean weeks
more holds trading to secure

00:43:33
a coalition with no guarantee of success
Netanyahu tried and failed this twice last

00:43:39
year there. Will an alliance
Netanyahu his best bet would be

00:43:45
a fright wing but face the secular avocado
Lieberman agrees to sit with his ultra

00:43:49
orthodox religious allies. His main challenges
center is Benny Gantz from the blue

00:43:56
and white party has refused to join

00:43:58
a coalition citing this new Yahoo's ongoing
legal troubles the much more united.

00:44:04
Israel's longest serving
leader is battling told is

00:44:06
a bribery breach of trust and fraud Barzani
were the Sears although he denies any

00:44:12
wrongdoing b.b.

00:44:13
Will be working against the clock to find

00:44:15
a solution before he goes to trial on
March 17th the concious. All sides are

00:44:22
under huge public pressure to put
their differences aside form

00:44:25
a government and most importantly avoid
Yes another national election that was

00:44:30
Reuters reporter to Royal. Lead the
International Atomic Energy Agency is reporting

00:44:35
that Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile
of enriching uranium since November that

00:44:41
is in violation of its deal with world
powers the report also raises new questions

00:44:46
about possible nuclear related activities
an undeclared nuclear material at 3

00:44:50
locations. A said it has sent questions
to Iran in 3 separate letters but

00:44:57
Tehran maintains it is not obligated to
respond joining us for analysis has been

00:45:03
been Talib Lou of the Washington based
foundation for the Defense of Democracies

00:45:07
thank you for being with us so what does
this all mean. Well while everything else

00:45:11
is going on with Iran in the headlines
and the possible conflict that has been

00:45:16
averted between the u.s.

00:45:17
And Iran because of terrorism in Iraq
as well as the killing of major general

00:45:21
Qassam Soleimani Iran per its policy
last May continues to expand its nuclear

00:45:26
program every 60 days and in the election
year it looks like these want to grab

00:45:30
what is gambling at the more low enriched
uranium its stockpiles the more that

00:45:34
could generate international risks and
concerns over the direction of its program

00:45:38
and thus actually be an impediment to
future sanctions and perhaps even force

00:45:42
premature sanctions relief or perhaps even
force Washington back into the deal that

00:45:47
is called trade leaf law how are they able
to do this with all these sanctions on

00:45:51
them I would think that they would be
hurting pretty badly canonically and it's

00:45:56
can't make cheap to develop these materials
or that's right and by most if not all

00:46:01
macroeconomic measures the sanction is
properly called the maximum pressure

00:46:06
sanctions which many ways resurrected
penalties that were once waived by the j.c.

00:46:10
Peeling 2050 nuclear deal Those are having

00:46:13
a battering effect on the Iranian economy
and in record time one of the flaws of

00:46:17
that nuclear deal was that it
required the destruction of

00:46:19
a lot of the material particular centrifuges
and other machines used to enrich

00:46:24
uranium in fact it required that Iran
simply store them or disconnect them or put

00:46:28
them in warehouses so as Iran brings more
machines on line it is now willing to

00:46:33
simply not ship out of your aid but those
machines in which that is over 300

00:46:38
kilograms that Iran has breached that 300
kilogram limits which is summer and has

00:46:42
accumulated so much Ellie you so much lower
pressure at them that according to the

00:46:45
York Times today it looks like
they have more than enough l e

00:46:49
u for one nuclear bomb is worth based on
reports requirements for one buck now when

00:46:54
the j c p o a nuclear deal
is implemented it would have

00:46:58
a picket appeared by all indications from
the Atomic International Atomic Energy

00:47:03
Agency that Iran was complying and they
were not on developing now there were

00:47:07
concerns that they would at some point
start up again. But at least it seemed to

00:47:11
have slowed this down and now that the
Us pulled out of the deal it seems like

00:47:15
they've ramped that up when would
it seem that it might have been

00:47:18
a better idea to stay in the steel at least
with Iran complying and being having

00:47:23
oversight all the way Washington left
the deal certainly brings forward

00:47:27
a crisis that was going to happen anyway
sometimes you know listening to e-mails

00:47:31
from both sides of the aisle here in
Washington it seems that deal supporters don't

00:47:35
make the best arguments for the deal and
really the best argument for the deal that

00:47:38
it was that it was a time by mechanism
and that if you did frame the g.p.l.

00:47:43
Way at the time by back in his them to
push off the nuclear issue for at least

00:47:47
a decade as well as a couple
of other things before

00:47:50
a decade then perhaps you could have said
is imports wild to leave sanctions for

00:47:54
extra time or is it not worthwhile to leave
sanctions for this period of time at

00:47:58
debate unfortunately didn't happen nonetheless
Iran because of the way the deal was

00:48:04
structured is able to break these machines
back online faster itself. It's choosing

00:48:09
to repel the crisis in this fashion there's
lots of other options they could do

00:48:12
they had simply continued to conform
with the policy under the 1st year of x.

00:48:16
Pressure was to try to wait out the trumpet
ministration without going into gross

00:48:20
violations of the nuclear deal what sort
of ability does the world have to control

00:48:27
what Iran does as far as
nuclear proliferation

00:48:30
a little bit of positive news is that the
new director general of International

00:48:34
Atomic Energy Agency Director General of
grossly seems to be taking the firmer line

00:48:39
with the Islamic Republic talking about
the need for an hand transparency we know

00:48:43
this was

00:48:43
a deal the 2050 nuclear deal sold out of
hand transparency but there is less robust

00:48:48
quantitative and qualitative data after the
deal that we have publicly to go to the

00:48:52
sources on the nuclear program than we did
prior to the deal and it seems like the

00:48:57
not just concerned about the nuclear
program the nuclear deal is a c.p.o.

00:49:02
Any more it really is talking about these
bigger structural things that Iran may or

00:49:06
may not be in violation of such

00:49:07
a Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty protocol
the comprehensive safeguards agreement

00:49:12
and that's not to say that the i.a.e.a.

00:49:15
Was purely politicized or the deceased
director general Amano is leadership but

00:49:20
that I think there was

00:49:21
a Political Bytes guys play as to how the
international community was looking at

00:49:25
Iran's nuclear program and then and
then Taleb Lu of the Washington based

00:49:29
foundation for the Defense of Democracy
democracies coming up. The b

00:49:35
a l basketball Africa league this would be
its 1st season of play you're listening

00:49:41
to the l.a.

00:49:42
News. This is. The team of

00:49:49
scientists from the u.s.

00:49:50
Australia and New Zealand say they have
discovered remnants of the biggest

00:49:54
explosion in the universe since the Big
Bang nearly 14000000000 years ago using

00:50:00
data from space and ground based observatories
The researchers say the massive

00:50:04
explosion was found in the off field because
galaxies supercluster located about

00:50:09
390000000 light years from now one of the
scientists says the explosion happened

00:50:15
very slowly and took place over hundreds
of millions of years the researchers say

00:50:19
there was

00:50:20
a super massive black hole in one of the
super clusters galaxies and that they

00:50:24
think it was what set off the record
setting explosion the lead author of

00:50:29
a study detailing the discovery says that
you could fit 15 Milky Way galaxy is in

00:50:34
a row inside the crater the explosion
created in the galaxy clusters field of hot

00:50:39
gas I mean viewing ways Rick Panta Layo.

00:50:49
The ways international edition continues
I'm Steve Miller along with my colleague

00:50:54
Laurie London the basketball Africa league
was supposed to tip off Friday for its

00:50:58
inaugural season Friday March 13th in the
car Senegal but that is not going to be

00:51:04
him rather than chalking it
up to Trista just got back

00:51:07
a phobia I sat down with the Sunnies at

00:51:10
a sports host sunny young to get
those details Well Steve the be a.o.

00:51:15
Issued

00:51:15
a statement from its President Obama do
Gallo Fall who is from Senegal which is

00:51:21
where they wanted to hold the opening weekend
of action and he said the Senegalese

00:51:27
government recommended they postpone the
start of league play because of what he

00:51:33
described as the. Escalating health
concerns related to the coronavirus the

00:51:40
b.l.

00:51:40
The basketball Africa league this would be
its 1st season of play. Sort of jointly

00:51:47
sponsored by the international basketball
federation feeble but the league that's

00:51:54
pretty much bankrolling it is the
National Basketball Association or n.b.a.

00:52:00
And this is really the 1st time the n.b.a.

00:52:02
Is trying to start a new
league or supporting

00:52:05
a league outside of the America
that's true and I think the n.b.a.

00:52:10
Looks set to be as not so
much a minor league but

00:52:16
a developmental league that can
produce players for the n.b.a.

00:52:22
Down the road Now not every
player that enters the be

00:52:25
a you know will make it to the n.b.a.

00:52:27
But it's still a great chance for
them to display their skills for

00:52:31
a wider audience and yeah it's a win win
I think for both leagues this is not

00:52:38
a league just for one area of Africa this
is encompassing the entire continent

00:52:42
a good point I mean many of the best players
from Africa that are currently in the

00:52:48
n.b.a. Have come from West
Africa but this is not

00:52:51
a regional type league it does span
the entire continent of Africa

00:52:58
worth mentioning the countries where these
teams are based they are in alphabetical

00:53:04
order Algeria and Gola Cameroon
Egypt Madagascar are Mali

00:53:11
Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda
Senegal Antony's So we have North

00:53:18
African countries east African countries
West Africa it is an African league

00:53:25
and so it does showcase players from
across Africa any idea of how long this

00:53:31
postponement is going to be I know they
need announcement just came out by. Any

00:53:35
idea that they were able to
share Well they did not name

00:53:38
a specific date when they would like to
begin play however if we look at it in

00:53:45
relation to all the other sporting events
that have been either postponed or

00:53:50
canceled I'm thinking it could be

00:53:53
a few months before they begin
play I look at it that the n.b.a.

00:53:58
Will begin its playoffs in April
and I don't know that the b

00:54:04
a l would want to compete
with that with the n.b.a.

00:54:07
Playoffs which is really you know
a marquee event for the n.b.a.

00:54:13
Speaking of postponement the question on

00:54:15
a lot of people's mind is July the Tokyo
Olympics this year and there's been an

00:54:21
ongoing discussion with the i.o.c.

00:54:24
The International Olympic Committee and
the Debbie Wade show and and Tokyo

00:54:27
officials as to whether or not the games
should take place do you have any updates

00:54:33
and what people are saying
about that well the i.o.c.

00:54:36
President Thomas Bach just this week
was adamant that the games will

00:54:43
go forward as scheduled opening ceremonies
scheduled for July 24th However with all

00:54:50
these other sporting events that have
been postponed or canceled in Asia

00:54:57
pressure could build on the i.o.c.

00:55:00
Which would have the final say on whether
the games should be postponed or canceled

00:55:06
and my in terms of the calendar
I'm thinking the i.o.c.

00:55:10
Might wait until maybe May before
making a final decision on

00:55:14
a postponement or cancelation that was ve
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00:55:19
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European Union leaders unveiled their new

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environment plan while Swedish activist
credited Berg was in town but if they were

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hoping to impress or. They failed Reuters
reporter Lucy fielder has details if the

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e.u.

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Leaders wanted to impress her to tune back
by unveiling their new climate Lauren

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front of her it didn't work
she suffered she did it in

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a speech to the European Parliament in
Brussels on Wednesday this climate nor

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surrender because nature doesn't
bargain and you cannot make deals with

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physics. A 17 year old Swedish activist
seen here in Bristol England last

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Friday accused governments and institutions
of only pretending to tackle the

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climate crisis e.u.

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Leaders say they're spearheading some of
the most ambitious climate policies in the

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world this latest law reduces net greenhouse
gas emissions to 0 by 2050 it would

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give the e.u.

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Executive powers to set tougher goals for
government every 5 years but those powers

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only kick in after 2030 too late according
to environment groups when your house is

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on fire you don't wait

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a few more years to start putting
it out. And yet this is what the

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commission are proposing
today. When the e.u.

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Presents this climate law and
net 0 by 2050 you in directly

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at me surrender that you are giving up
giving up on the Paris agreement giving

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out on your promises and giving up on doing
everything you possibly can to ensure

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a safe future for your
own children. The e.u.

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Accounts for less than 10 percent of world
greenhouse gas emissions but to Burke

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said developed countries who'd
been polluting longest had

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a moral obligation to lead the way and
cut carbon 1st and fastest to lead

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a school strike for the climate in
Brussels on Friday. And that was Reuters

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reporter Lucy field or as going to

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