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News via remote I'm Laurel Berman g.

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20 nations on Thursday pledged

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a united front in the fight against the
coronavirus pandemic and said they were

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injecting 5 trillion dollars into the
global economy to counter the impact of the

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crisis leaders said because the night came
pandemic How are full reminder of our

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inner connectedness and vulnerabilities
and that come betting the pandemic calls

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for

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a transparent robust coordinated large
scales and that answer based global response

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in the spirit of solidarity they also
pledged to work swiftly with multilateral

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bodies such as the International Monetary
Fund the World Health Organization and

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the regional banks to deploy

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a robust financial package to support
developing nations the number of declared

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coronavirus cases in Europe top
250000 according to an a.f.p.

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Tally Thursday more than half of which are
in Italy and Spain deaths are due for

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another day in Spain taking the total to
more than 4000 and while infections are

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slowing and that other hard hit country
Italy deaths are rising in the south Europe

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is the worst affected region in the world
with more than 14600 deaths reported

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according to help data compiled on Thursday
the number of coronavirus infections

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closed in on half

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a 1000000 worldwide Americans displaced
by the coronavirus crisis followed

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unemployment claims record
numbers last week the u.s.

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Labor Department reported Thursday

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a surge to 3 point $28000000.00
the surge comes amid

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a crippling slowdown brought on by the
coronavirus crisis the jobs figure was

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released after the u.s.

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Senate passed

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a 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill including
$1200.00 for most adults confirmed

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coronavirus cases in the u.s.

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Are near 70000 with at
least 1050 deaths. This is

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v.o.a.

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News Afghanistan has ordered the release of
up 210000 prisoners mostly women juveniles

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and sick people in

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a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus
according to officials speaking Thursday

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The move comes after an increase in local
codes at night think aces and as tens of

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thousands of Afghans return from neighboring
Iran one of the countries hardest hit

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by the pandemic the decree of the Afghan
president was directed at women young

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offenders critically ill patients and
inmates over 55 years old according to the

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country's attorney general Afghan's

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a prison chief said between 9 and 10000
inmates would be released over the coming

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10 days the un has urged countries to
protect people held and overcrowded prisons

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and other and close the facility by releasing
vulnerable detainees saying because

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at night teen risks rampaging through
such institutions Sudan in Ethiopia have

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recently ordered the release of thousands
of prisoners in an effort to slow their

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own outbreaks and China is set to drastically
cut its international flight routes

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in a bid to lower the
number of imported cases of

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a new coronavirus That's according to the
civil aviation authority on Thursday

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flights out of China will
be capped at just one group

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a week to each country with international
airlines also committed only one group

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China has not reported any new domestic
infections from the deadly virus for 2

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consecutive days but important cases
have now surpassed 500 Most of these

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infections and volved Chinese nationals
returning the adjusted flight routes are

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expected to start running March 29th the
us government plans to take stakes in

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major airlines and exchange
for aid included in

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a 2 trillion dollar coronavirus economic
rescue package that put the journalist

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reporting Thursday the newspaper said the
precise terms of the arranged. That are

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not yet clear but one option is
that the government could receive

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a warrant that allows it to buy shares at

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a certain price the bill that passed the
Senate includes $25000000000.00 in loans

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to us narrow lines and another
$25000000000.00 in grants major u.s.

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Carriers including United Airlines and
Delta Airlines did not immediately respond

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to the paper when they requested

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a comment the coronaviruses left the worldwide
airline industry in dire straits as

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governments bar significant air travel to
limit the spread of the virus name while

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Apple has secured masks and is
donating 10000000 to protect the u.s.

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Medical workers and protect them against
coded 19 as the coronavirus cases have

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surged across the u.s.

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The protective equipment hospital staff
need has been in short supply the remote

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from Washington I'm Laurel Bowman video

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a news. Today

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is Thursday March 26th and this is video
A's international edition I'm Steve Miller

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in Washington world leaders are says
it gather virtually today to develop

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a coronavirus response to threats to embargo
the export of medical equipment from

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China to the u.s. Including
protective gear and

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a war of words between government officials
about the national origins of the fires

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indicate that we probably have not yet
found the floor plus how the pandemic is

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affecting the crisis in Yemen
humanitarian organizations warn that

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a coronavirus outbreak there would be tragic
well have those stories and more next

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. Italy the United States and Spain are

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now among the key centers in the fight
against the global corona virus outbreak

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according to the latest us to 6 unconfirmed
cases Spain's Parliament approved

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a government request to extend the
country's state of emergency and

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a lockdown requiring businesses to close
and people to stay home at least through

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mid April John Hopkins University
is trying to track the nearly half

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a 1000000 global cases of covert 19 the
coronavirus is also blamed for at least

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21000 deaths at Wednesday night's White
House coronavirus briefing Dr Anthony

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fallacy of the u.s.

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases said because the southern

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hemisphere is just beginning to report
cases of covert 19 it may become

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a seasonal disease globally we're having
cases that are appearing as they go into

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their winter season and
if in fact they have

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a substantial outbreak it will be inevitable
that we need to be prepared that we'll

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get

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a cycle around the 2nd time the eastern Chinese
city of Shanghai will make all incoming

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travelers undergo for. Teen days
of quarantine and observation in

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a bid to prevent corona virus transmission
Shanghai had previous required travelers

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to go into quarantine only if they had
visited 24 badly hit countries in the past 2

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weeks before their arrival in the city
Japan is also banned in 3 from Europe on

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Thursday and warned of

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a high risk that the corona virus
could become rampant after

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a surge of cases and took oh the government
also asked its citizens to refrain from

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all nonessential travel in Tokyo this weekend
to curb the spread of coverage 19 and

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an unprecedented video conference of g 74
ministers global leaders pledged to work

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together to battle the corona virus outbreak
the United States says it is ready to

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work with China to in the global pandemic
every store the world economy but as

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always State Department correspondent
Nike chain reports some analysts are

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skeptical about the ability of the 2
countries to cooperate to fight the global

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pandemic streets and popularly Mox across
the well it's empty due to this chick

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sends

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a meat to cold feet not 18 outbreak sites
China is only the United States and Germany

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are among the g 7 nations that
are hardest heat to the 5 s.

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In

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a way stay fetal conference phony ministers
of the g safe and placed to cooperate to

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fight the global pandemic with the
secretary of state my pump pale noting

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Washington's we don't need
to work with pain. This is

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a global pandemic this is something the
United States wants to work with every

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country including China to figure out how
to resolve to keep as many people alive

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as many people as healthy and then to
restore our economies that have been

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decimated by the war on virus as China has
worked to tame the spread of car enough

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Our us with its own poor tires he has
0 so shipped out. Because applies to

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countries like Italy a move seen
a strain to supplant the u.s.

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As the global power us China relations were
already on the client known before the

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pandemic analysts say the world to why the
crisis has only you were sent to Thais

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National University of Singapore
still June Thompson spoke to Freo

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a fierce guard the threats to embargo the
export of medical equipment from China to

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the u.s. Including protective gear and

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a war of words between government officials
about the national origins of the virus

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indicates that we probably have not
yet found the floor of the bilateral

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relationship and tensions are probably
going to continue and potentially even get

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worse while the g 7 foreign
ministers did not eat

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a joint statement in part due to the
reported difference on referring the coroner

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fire us as $105.00 arrests members fower
to act together to pursue effect saying

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bring home the citizens trying to avoid
and safe guards the global economy.

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Feeling State Department the number of
Americans filing claims for unemployment

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benefits shot to

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a record 3280000 as strict measures to
contain the pandemic ground the economy to

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a sudden halt the measures unleashed

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a wave of layoffs that likely brought an
end to the longest employment boom in u.s.

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History the jobless blowout was announced
shortly after Federal Reserve Chairman

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Jay Powell said on N.B.C.'s
Today show that the u.s.

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May well be in

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a recession but progress in controlling the
spread of the coronavirus will dictate

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when the economy can fully reopen the u.s.

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Senate unanimously passed

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a 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill Wednesday
evening aimed at helping unemployed

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workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus
pandemic orders Gloria so reports

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the bill is passed the divided Senate came
together to vote $96.00 to 0 I'm proud

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to announce tonight not a single sign or

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a voter to go on. Those 2 trillion
dollar rescue bill. To save American

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individuals small business of larger
businesses and to provide considerable funding

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for the health care workers and the shutters
no doctor and others who are trying to

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solve this found it's the largest rescue
package in American history included in

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the stimulus package direct
payments of up to $3000.00 to u.s.

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Families up to $500000000000.00 for
distressed industries including hard hit

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airlines businesses owned by President
Trump other administration officials and

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members of Congress are not eligible for
assistance $250000000000.00 to expand

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unemployment aid $100000000000.00 for
hospitals and related health systems and

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$350000000000.00 for small business loans
the stimulus package amounts to nearly

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half of what the u.s.

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Government spends annually Senate minority
leader Chuck Schumer was overjoyed about

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passing the bill I always had faith we
would because America and the American

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people to mandate it and so when we. Passed
this bill. On the floor of the Senate

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we didn't hug each other
we just waved from

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a distance is intended to flood the economy
with casts to stem the impact of an

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intensifying pandemic that is killed more
than 900 people in the United States and

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infected at least 60000 Trump also told
reporters on Wednesday he would sign it

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into law as soon as it reached his desk.
Glorioso reports for Reuters News

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Yemen's rule civil war has now entered its
5th year with no serious prospects in

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sight for its end concerns mount over

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a corona virus outbreak there given its
shattered medical system the Norwegian

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Refugee Council says it has been unable to
reach people in Yemen with badly needed

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humanitarian aid where authorities have
imposed trick measures to halt the spread

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of the virus although Yemen has yet to
report any covered 1000 cases it's fragile

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health care system would be
overwhelmed by an outbreak the n.r.c.

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And other humanitarians warn they'll Gaverick
reports Yemen is already home to the

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world's worst humanitarian crisis
according to the United Nations and so

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humanitarian organizations warn that

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a coronavirus outbreak there would be
tragic since 2016 Yemen has struggled with

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the suspected $1300000.00 cholera cases
such cases are expected to rise for years

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to come because of ongoing conflict in a
fragile health system according to the u.n.

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So ta'en a bag m.

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Is Yemen advocacy manager for the Norwegian
Refugee Council she tells me away that

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Yemenis will find it hard to protect
themselves against the coated 19 pandemic as

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fighting continues to rage between Saudi
backed government forces and Iranian

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supported who's the rebels
we are. Explaining.

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Why. You.

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Haven't changed. Thank you.

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Watching your. Wife and

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there is also alarm over the who the
rebels use of shutting down schools citing

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Kovac 19 concerns golf analyst and Bianco
of the European Council on Foreign

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Relations says this is just the latest
ploy by the who these to enlist more

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recruits as their fighting intensifies both
in the moderate bridge in and near the

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Saudi border Bianco tells me

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a way that she expects to see the coronavirus
also impact the ability of parties on

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both sides of the conflict to wage war.

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To the point that they were definitely
unnecessarily. But it's the Middle East and

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I really want to was involved in the war
British am an expert Helen Lackner says

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she doesn't think much can be done to protect
the Yemenis from the coronavirus both

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the who the rebels and United Arab Emirates
backs Southern separatists she says are

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preventing precautionary measures from
being put into place so should. Have to do

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it shows. Being left out of the Echo so
they could be government people and.

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Show. Areas which do everything
it can you watch many of the

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country there basically does you. Citing
published reports Lackner tells me away

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that the u.a.e.

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Back Southern separatists prevented 81
ambulances and 50 mobile health clinics from

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being released to combat
disease like reveal

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a news and still become always been
fascinating to know why the country has

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voted for change when it has been wired
times and prefers to build. You're

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listening to v.o.a.

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News. This is. In December an

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online report on the astronomer's telegram
website indicated the start Beetlejuice

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was decreasing in quite this this set off
headline grabbing speculation that the

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variable red supergiant star was
getting ready to explode into

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a spectacular supernova since then

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a number of astronomers have refuted this
is some saying it might go supernova in

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about 10 to 100000 years from now astronomers
at Louisiana State University citing

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their research recently suggested that

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a binary system called the Sodje the Floyd
splode when the 2 stars crash into and

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merge with each other around the year 2083
they say that this explosion will make

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it the most luminous star in the Milky Way
galaxy the binary system is currently

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described as being barely visible even
with mid sized telescopes I'm below ways

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Rick Panta Layo.

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V.o.a.

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Is international edition continues I'm Steve
Miller the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

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which begins in late April usually marks
the peak period for Muslims performing.

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But in view of the fast spread of the
coronavirus Saudi Arabia's decision to

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temporarily ban its citizens and foreign
residents from performing their own Ra has

00:17:49
changed all travel plans the outbreak of
coronavirus could also potentially affect

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the much larger annual pilgrimage
view a senior analyst Mohamed El show

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a spoke with Mohamed vice president of
Adam travel one of the top providers of

00:18:06
pilgrimage packages for American Muslims
about the impact of the virus on the

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travel business. Like
never before. Trouble

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because we and the Saudi authorities
that's made it clear that they will be no

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longer. This year so when do we know
if they'll you know. These are.

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Also because of the vacations meant then
might not what will happen to them. For

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having the most reasonable court they
have refunded because then however

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they have not been

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a group to refund the deposit for future
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cancelled. Carrot in front of
you can be had not been getting

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reporting we've. Got

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a government had not responded to anyone
going to interview so again what part of

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the consumer which I'm waiting on it all
got washed out of the consumer house. For

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the most part. My company being much more
responsible getting to going to make good

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money back again before defenders they had
not been at. The outbreak of growing of

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lettuce could potentially thanks to
also the much a lot of unless there's

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a mage companies and they should provide
the full pilgrimage back that is full of

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American Muslims what would happen to
those who. Accompany the lifestyle

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benefits from this is the Longs stimulus

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package not nearly enough but. Only help.

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Part the out any other small but they
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on. But no we can look back at.

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and close the suspension of the law how
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outlook on clay that being
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Try to survive. By. Very.

00:22:04
Hoping that we are able to sell shuttle
program future now as vice president of

00:22:09
Adam travel Mohamed Callil
speaking with the u.a.e.

00:22:13
Senior analyst Mohammad Ali
before. The corona virus outbreak

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a Beijing technology company was already
working to integrate autonomous vehicles

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into daily life in China they produced
pint sized sidewalk sweepers and delivery

00:22:27
robots but there is now

00:22:29
a demand to reversion the technology to
take the place of workers who are staying

00:22:34
home in the hopes of containing the virus
bad Dibble has more for several years

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a small army of autonomous street sweepers
has been at work in parks across China

00:22:46
where they have become

00:22:47
a welcome sight known as Little white
snail the machines have the features of

00:22:52
a full size street sweeper
but scaled down to

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a little more than one meter high since
the coronavirus broke out in the city of

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the little white snails have

00:23:02
a more important job keeping humans safe
Beijing company driver plus was already

00:23:09
working to integrate autonomous vehicles
into daily life in China and they saw the

00:23:14
pint size sweepers as an inroad company
vice president sure how hero explains

00:23:20
because autonomous Jivan Panurge is

00:23:23
a new technology it's about safety in this
size with various shops and go you can

00:23:29
see so maybe people can as abit easier
since the outbreak over 200 little white

00:23:36
snails have been enlisted to fight the
spread of the virus might Jelen is an

00:23:41
executive with Teledyne Lidar which partners
with our driver plus is now deployed

00:23:47
out to the whole ocean Schon
hospital in it. As well as in other

00:23:54
hospitals around China and was called
into action to not only help also to be

00:24:01
said is this is their spreading Bast announced
this is. The machines navigate using

00:24:07
a combination of preprogramed maps and
real time sensing including Lidar

00:24:13
a system that sends and receives
light pulse of 2. Create a 3 d.

00:24:17
Scan of the ever changing surroundings I
drive her plus robots are also delivering

00:24:23
meals and medical supplies reducing human
interaction and the risk of exposure

00:24:30
robots or even being prepared to take on
some of the tasks of health care workers

00:24:35
ever plus is helping to develop

00:24:37
a mobile robotic arm that can take throat
cultures and check respiration as the

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world fights the pandemic the quest to
save lives is bringing robots in closer

00:24:48
contact with humans than ever
before met Dibble for v.o.a.

00:24:52
News San Francisco it was 37 years ago
that Jim Malone joined the Voice of

00:24:59
America since then Jim has been
an important part of the v.o.a.

00:25:03
Team covering Africa the u.s.

00:25:05
House of Representatives and national
politics Friday Jim retires but before he

00:25:11
goes I had the opportunity to sit and talk
about his nearly 4 decade long career I

00:25:17
began our conversation by asking him how
he got hooked on covering politics you

00:25:22
know I think my interest started at

00:25:24
a very young age I can still recall
the weekend when President John f.

00:25:29
Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and I
think that spurred an interest not only in

00:25:35
national politics but in
broadcasting and that was

00:25:39
a seminal moment in our country's history
where for the 1st time people came

00:25:44
together through television to grieve
as a nation and to sort of experience

00:25:50
a national tragedy together I can
recall the 1st time I tended

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a political rally it was just out of interest
not of any noticeable support but it

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was in 1968 on the Boston Common and the
speaker was then Alabama Governor George

00:26:06
Wallace who was mounting a 3rd party
bid for the presidency and so I got

00:26:11
a firsthand look at what a political
rally was like and it was

00:26:14
a rather chaotic scene but. You know it
just spans the years to think back of

00:26:21
how our politics what's changed what is
remain the same and sort of trying to

00:26:27
always get to that central core What do the
American people want what do they want

00:26:32
to see in their government and what are
they want to see in their leaders and you

00:26:35
bring up

00:26:35
a good. Avenue of discussion as far as
how politics change throughout the years

00:26:41
because you know I'm I'm not as as

00:26:45
a seasoned as you but I remember when
election cycles were not as long as they are

00:26:51
President Trump started having reelection
rallies right after his inauguration and

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it been going on for 3 and

00:26:59
a half years almost 4 years now but you
know what have you noticed that has changed

00:27:05
a lot in terms of how politicians in the
United States campaign throughout your

00:27:12
almost 4 decades of feel way right I mean
I think the campaigns are longer they

00:27:18
started earlier now I recall that reading
about the Kennedy campaign in 1960 John

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Kennedy I believe announced his candidacy
on New Year's Day in 1960 well now

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usually

00:27:31
a few years ahead of the election people
are at least planning to run and lining up

00:27:36
supporters there's

00:27:37
a 24 hour news cycle you have to tend to
there's the social media channels that you

00:27:44
have to you know mine and watch and that
goes not only for campaigning but for fund

00:27:50
raising and there's such a premium
now on fund raising that it excludes

00:27:56
a lot of people who are not able to raise
much money but even those who can like

00:28:01
a Michael Bloomberg are not always sort of
assured of success. You know I do think

00:28:07
one constant over the years has been when
the America when does the American public

00:28:13
want change and when does it want
stability. That will be an issue for this

00:28:18
election year in 2020 as well but if you
look back some of the key big change

00:28:23
election years in 1980 when Ronald Reagan
defeated Jimmy Carter in 1902 when.

00:28:30
Bill Clinton ousted the then
incumbent president George h.w.

00:28:34
Bush 2008 when Barack Obama came
into office amid the Iraq war

00:28:41
and the great recession and
then most recently 2016

00:28:46
a very surprising result with with Donald
Trump winning narrowly over Hillary

00:28:52
Clinton it's always been fascinating to
know why the country has voted for change

00:28:58
when it has and why it times it
prefers stability that was v.o.a.

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gum this evening we'll talk about the

00:30:14
export of labor with the Gulf region
and fear of human trafficking.

00:30:22
And with us tonight is Fred or more along
the Kenyan journalists he joins us by

00:30:26
phone from q.

00:30:27
So no but even in French. You're very much

00:30:34
welcome and also joined by regular panelists
women and what I'm an independent

00:30:38
bunch communist He joins us as usual from
South Africa how is it going about their

00:30:43
. You know very much welcome they

00:30:50
said tonight want to get out of their
export of lead back to the Gulf region and

00:30:55
the fear as of human trafficking or the
conditions under which those who are

00:30:59
exploited there do walk them beginning in
the Kenya and now with the Fred business

00:31:05
has been a big problem in some
countries in Africa where young people

00:31:12
a recent graduate senior special to God is
being exported to the Gulf region and of

00:31:17
had reports of them dying
there are some of them being

00:31:20
a touch odd not being paid and the government
similarly not taking an action how

00:31:26
the sort of like as far as King is
concerned. Well the extreme problems are.

00:31:34
Simply being emergent recently in
the last 15 or so years actually

00:31:41
between 2000 and 4 READY. 10 to 14 that is

00:31:47
when

00:31:48
a lot of those extreme cases what you
might you know because. The recover state

00:31:55
there's

00:31:55
a lot of labor recruitment from from
the Middle East that happens in Kenya

00:32:03
basically in the coastal
areas where we have

00:32:06
a predominant. And people.

00:32:14
Who are going out this is like
Saudi Arabia Dubai United Arab

00:32:20
Emirates most Those are between.
Too many good nations and

00:32:27
bleach we've been having. One of
the places but when you actually

00:32:34
look deep into it you
find that this is likely

00:32:36
a button or. You have people who
come here to recruit workers from

00:32:44
Iraq there now that is all very well. It's

00:32:48
a very poorly regulated. Aspect
to. Everybody relation between

00:32:55
the currencies in the Middle East Kenya
because individuals who do their

00:33:01
recruiting are often Kenyans who just
put up posters around the 1000000 come.

00:33:08
To meet income neighborhoods and leave their
contacts there they do very pretty and

00:33:15
they facilitate travel for the people the
groups and they send them out there now

00:33:21
with these people out there.
Keep in mind you're dealing with

00:33:26
a very very organized. Most
of them probably with.

00:33:34
Not much exposure to the wild outside
so these people don't know much about.

00:33:41
The processes involved when they land in
the other country they don't even know

00:33:45
whether. They are picked
up by people in the

00:33:52
job. Sometimes not the kind of
jobs that they will probably.

00:34:00
Be underpaid or not. Given
any sleep. Now he believes

00:34:07
in part to the last 3 to 5 years the
programmers to give someone. The efforts

00:34:14
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It all depends on how. People

00:34:20
behave and what their perspective is if
you have people who are interested even

00:34:24
those who believe in the biggest area
complaints and. Concerned countries also

00:34:30
trying to get. Their people to try to
be could be scandalous but it's not

00:34:37
disappeared back in. A few cases
of all sorts of problems that

00:34:44
exist in the. Middle East.

00:34:51
And problems. With it's been
a problem here for quite

00:34:55
a while. Forcing the Israeli
government but then

00:35:02
again. I see

00:35:05
a minority heading because we hear castration
may be improving you never comprehend

00:35:11
in the region that getting less.
Want to report from Uganda paint

00:35:16
a very gloomy picture.
Actually went to happen.

00:35:27
Fortunately. Other countries.
Which I have good.

00:35:35
To release very quickly make sure
we stayed with the sort of course.

00:35:43
We have the Greeks put in many of
the young people who. Through the

00:35:49
cracks because I think Kenya approached
me to respond to read on watch

00:35:53
a movie in the graphs is great fun
but I think I'm going to be almost

00:35:59
a film. Which in the

00:36:06
back of both Uganda you got further in
the new entrance on the Usenet I'm not

00:36:12
feeling to go there have to be nice to
be close to you but for something to be

00:36:18
among them supplies. Through
can read to me. The main

00:36:25
reason for the septal I. Didn't
mention them to be gratified.

00:36:33
To do was run countries. Big relief you
need to do by presenting the platform if

00:36:39
you have a cool new friend

00:36:41
a good many of. The people
from India from shooting the.

00:36:48
Same d.n.a.

00:36:49
Hopefully doing one of the but I think
that people. From the rich countries.

00:36:57
Are going the wrong. Have to
follow the rules of your good.

00:37:05
Planning rules to do you do well for them
about mentally be supplanting that's true

00:37:10
that those in the construction industry
has been supportive of Dubai. Will be. On

00:37:16
the ground to. You is right
country is so far away

00:37:23
and we have been being. Beamed over.

00:37:30
Including the. Lake Absolutely
I think to be even come to

00:37:37
a big trouble because. We will
not become glib but concludes

00:37:44
the monkey on the. G.d.p.

00:37:48
. So. Rude. To put.

00:37:57
People in countries not
reward assuming. On

00:38:04
breaking world continue I
will come to love me when.

00:38:11
I didn't get many good contributions
didn't want that country and with the.

00:38:18
People who the rich would use people
would come thing like England but.

00:38:26
Couldn't single migrant nobles
good people are grown. In the

00:38:32
policing so you can go for the well
you are going to be the growing calls

00:38:39
for mobile open Corsican or schools of
normal Beldon thank you for including

00:38:47
them

00:38:47
a little something about political
resentment that. They call. For conditions I

00:38:54
would like. To walk along
on you really rule

00:39:00
welcome to it but you can do have moral
compass between the land and locals within

00:39:07
the good. And well that includes
the middle you commit grown

00:39:14
problem rule from countries that can find

00:39:18
a way to sort out I see Fred
the issue easy walk past say

00:39:25
is not

00:39:25
a bad thing is there's no harm in people
looking for places where the economy leaving

00:39:31
but they can't be probably the conditions
that it's profane and sort of mind

00:39:36
pointed out it's not that
these wildcards have

00:39:39
a direct contract with the employer as
if they could mean agencies that strike

00:39:44
a deal with the employer as I do the walk
cause I guess so to them and could do as

00:39:49
they wish. Exactly that's the
problem. The problem because

00:39:56
many times why they're leaving this. Kenya

00:40:03
and heading to the maybe they don't know
exactly what they really do except for 2

00:40:10
and then Labor is even processed through
group who's been. In some kind of

00:40:17
big group has said of course all the.
People who come with he said he says

00:40:24
about 2 months ago or

00:40:25
a young man who came from
came from came ready and he

00:40:32
was in. He was in. Dubai
or only was 2 years

00:40:40
walking into condition having the milk and
even trivial for new baby when he got

00:40:45
injured didn't get good treatment and he
only discovered became an embassy after

00:40:52
that going to us to go to get

00:40:54
a craft go to the leg and then asking
for directions. I'd be at the heart of

00:41:01
it probably used. To recruit
those you became inside and the

00:41:08
lack of any lack of

00:41:10
a team or regulation between the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade here in

00:41:16
Kenya as well as the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs as addictive and they do in

00:41:20
California and we'll see. When you're
recruiting people that he had they don't need

00:41:26
to know who you are and when you send been
abroad with the embassy where I would do

00:41:32
to do these people because anyone with

00:41:36
a dance for the same
$1000000000.00. Back home.

00:41:45
Incredible it's one of the highest
highest. Yet we get one get

00:41:51
one in time to begin bottles
and that is. The dash for the.

00:41:58
Daily. Except probably about
10 percent of that but

00:42:03
a greater use of me today was the
best I see. Fred points out about the

00:42:10
need for Vetinari bridge relations on
the government getting involved but

00:42:14
a lot of seen in some countries is that
the my mission contradicts Uganda most of

00:42:20
the recruiting recruitment agencies are
on by the people in power so how do they

00:42:26
get regulated. To account. Their own but
we can probably causing big business.

00:42:37
For lately by being. Greed
greed that we can no want to.

00:42:45
Live Very. Very badly people who
are good comments and be very.

00:42:53
Very. Taken as think we do know what
kind of job you are going to do

00:43:00
when we know read your lazy
overlay by leaving the country

00:43:07
we are not being. Followed
you can be damn clear

00:43:14
someone. On

00:43:17
a construction site you are not good for
you know how much you are going to. Have

00:43:24
in any bickering children don't
have any leave conditions. And

00:43:30
a new low or no loan that
absolutely to their credit.

00:43:38
Taken advantage of because. Dan.
Rivers why because the government and

00:43:45
their fees operate. Evening they
figure. We will find there is no

00:43:51
regulation there is no liberty written up
back from the fact that we cannot even

00:43:55
create the opportunities for people to be
able to stay in years as you say it is

00:44:02
not but as we are think it has got a
very big contribution on the b.p.

00:44:07
Well during. The I didn't get it
in your book of money in the.

00:44:15
Country are likely going to be very we can
export Please also foreign currencies we

00:44:20
get the occurrence. Back when you look at
it we blindly assume the government if

00:44:26
they build it near good Very would
call nuthin for these people will be

00:44:33
prone to prevent me from being able to get
enough money to be able to handle money

00:44:38
contribute to the economy countries
get them will be ready for always

00:44:45
and they leave to go and look forward to
find out where we are very quickly and it

00:44:50
is very bad as really sad we are now
crying now in the ground because the mine

00:44:56
where doing the job been there when I think
recently there were Parliamentary to.

00:45:05
Many young people. That fall from
building when we have to be. Even that's

00:45:12
a fact that will prove to. Recreate.
Anything we can happen very

00:45:19
very very very unfortunate. A chrysalis
that takes us to the point that the

00:45:25
governments need to get involved and find
their work. I see well for those just

00:45:31
joining us you're listening to reporters'
roundtable recording to live from v.o.a.

00:45:36
Studios in Washington tonight we're talking
about export of labor but of their

00:45:40
government. In the Middle East on fears of
human trafficking and what some describe

00:45:45
as even as modern day slavery in
our panelists Alfredo moment can

00:45:50
a journalist I'm sure my name a good or

00:45:52
a South African best independent political
analyst and I'm your host Douglas in

00:45:57
program here in studio one now
gentlemen the this situation is

00:46:04
such

00:46:04
a that some countries are happy to have
these young vibrant people go away there

00:46:10
that some people have argued that with that
they are happy to have these people go

00:46:13
away regardless of where when they where
they go what they do because when they

00:46:17
step back home unemployed they may be

00:46:19
a problem the governments in power how
far true do you think that is for it.

00:46:27
I really think that is

00:46:30
a big problem in there in that
2 distinctions number one.

00:46:37
Somber mood as in real danger as the. Road
to keeping news of the we are going to

00:46:44
be in what even the option that the government
will give. And secondly I have seen

00:46:50
even mentioned that the key polluting power
belongs to the companies in the who can

00:46:56
get. It. And then the
pleasing business then I

00:47:03
can say that I can think of the recruitment.
Of foreign companies like fucking

00:47:09
walkers and I could be the next not among
the victim to put. The exporting so are.

00:47:18
We able to different countries and the
government you hardly know where I am.

00:47:25
Not really in league pollution that
big effect that. You would move

00:47:32
for I'm not even specific to that kind of
thing you find that big coup has actually

00:47:38
been when you had the big losses
and big debts one of them so. You

00:47:45
know from the government. Made income
in the Foreign Affairs industry

00:47:51
especially between 20 and 27 even when we
had I mean I'm 100 and the cabinet they

00:47:58
could take back to. Before
that and since then we.

00:48:05
Don't really see much of in to.
The government about the holy. 'd

00:48:13
crap when anything for the
Fed has more leans more to

00:48:18
a. Legal opinion you seem to need should.

00:48:25
Look at the state. That
kind of thing. I see

00:48:29
a sort of mine now you see of course
when you're dealing with Africa or in

00:48:33
a part of Africa it's

00:48:34
a mishmash of policies governance issues
what not but what pertains in Kenya Kenya

00:48:40
and is helped by Lou should point out how
the stronger economy than the rest of the

00:48:44
countries on their. Mission might
not be the same elsewhere.

00:48:52
And then you. Can come to them in the. 7

00:48:59
counties. Pretty quick say My country

00:49:06
is. To be ruled or most of the

00:49:12
sector of course the ball because other
countries you know that come to this

00:49:17
country need. Countries like
Uganda. Unfortunately they are

00:49:24
going to have to get
pretty. Hard if you leave

00:49:28
a lot of really really really rude to
look at the sort of the. Things the.

00:49:36
New Moon done by the political.
Appointments from the people

00:49:43
who are connected that along.

00:49:50
With us. To me cause to. Open them

00:49:57
to keep clear of you being. The
proxy we actually need to meet.

00:50:04
Very weak

00:50:06
a very liquid can be got into. We

00:50:12
believe. People who are connected with Syria
in Uganda to find any of the group in

00:50:19
jail which they will be doing to make
about themselves so that we are seeing

00:50:25
between lives we are connected because they
are getting into the movement which by

00:50:30
. The I mean to them when. You come

00:50:37
to Uganda be paying them to come
up with him. Even independently.

00:50:46
You need to explain. Anything to me like
they do for you and I think too much

00:50:53
about exporting one thing in the Middle
East one of the missions we explore those

00:50:59
limits of political interest in the things
that you can do you need. Women on the

00:51:05
moon you ready for the run in Kenya got
13 really got to think of your crew for

00:51:11
10100. 1 But to me when they
go our route when we are

00:51:17
released or we take readings.
Makes me mine when fitting.

00:51:24
For an experience contributor do we need
to be given to the government got fragged

00:51:32
we created being the concern because
of the effect. Of the Name the

00:51:39
big picture of things. What does
this say about the the state of

00:51:45
these countries because we are seeing in
the East African horn region the export of

00:51:52
lip cheaply back to the to the Gulf Middle
East we're seeing good in other parts of

00:51:58
Africa and MOTs risk.
Adventure. To Europe people

00:52:05
dying almost every other week
on the seas it seems as if

00:52:09
a Africa is on fire what it wants to to
send everybody away. Who prayed what if.

00:52:19
I think the advent rattle root problem
is a marketing regulation. For

00:52:25
a very long time for basically very last
30 years parts and its agents are stuck to

00:52:31
the of the wind with the cheapest labor
and the cheapest source of labor weeks

00:52:38
compare that a lot of multinationals such

00:52:41
a big deal this company under
national like all these about or

00:52:48
or opportunities and conditions based
complaint them to relocate to work countries

00:52:54
now. The group of industry in China.

00:53:01
That's exploded and caught him and it isn't
to the point that they've been lifted

00:53:08
so many people are getting 700000000
over the last and yet the next 8 out of

00:53:13
corporate and more than that back
to the cost of labor so Jane.

00:53:21
Now lives to shift to have these suburbs
in the in that's because these people we

00:53:26
don't want for this and for
the slaves we use. In.

00:53:33
Gates to obstruct justice. What
is that doing that is compelling

00:53:40
these companies. To go into places
like. I was recently watching some.

00:53:49
T.v.

00:53:50
You Tube. And other internet
sources and I discovered that. He

00:53:57
was in. China that was
almost 3 tangle b.p.

00:54:02
People here in Kenya and even Vietnam where
all these military action are going to

00:54:07
go to income. And such countries
they have many more which is

00:54:14
higher. With the population
standing. Area than most

00:54:21
of Africa now in single African African
government. Using the same strategy

00:54:28
which would be endemic plague and.
They've actually view the young people.

00:54:36
Really they just don't
care. How the problem is

00:54:41
a lack of the budget vacation big.
Opportunity to. Become expensive China is

00:54:48
becoming

00:54:49
a multinational. In Kenya right now you
already know the factory workers get

00:54:55
something like

00:54:56
a minimum over. $1.00 to
$5.00. China 10 actually

00:55:03
20 be so you can see that disparity and
you know I mean he's taking advantage of

00:55:09
that to me. That's my perspective.

00:55:16
On. The lack of imagination
other people have pointed out

00:55:21
a lot actually leadership on the continent
know what that doing because it's and

00:55:25
impressed. Actually to
be in but but clearly.

00:55:34
Yes we are we have been
pretty and in 60 b.p.m.

00:55:39
I mean the temple leadership
when she was on the Clinton

00:55:46
league it looked to be right at the on
in clinical grew and higher and higher.

00:55:53
The proposition you doing the higher and
higher believe you Christian ministry

00:55:59
should be right Channing's out so many
educated people we really need to get the

00:56:03
Trinity the lead that she lacks
creativity we have North was so

00:56:10
much deeper you could put you into these
for these people to do young people

00:56:16
leaving young to be
adventurous to be f.e.m.a.

00:56:18
. Will be to people in the moment the
money being. They are looking for

00:56:25
them will continue to sell value.
Living like the. Grave to be

00:56:32
ruined the best easy way to Dev's the
fact that it can then be cleaned with.

00:56:41
Good question. Good.

00:56:51
People. Didn't want people to. Be able.

00:56:59
Or. Would. Gentleman thank you.

00:57:07
So good but. If you want to miss out on.

00:57:14
Something that's. What it.

00:57:21
Would be most fitting and that's. I think

00:57:27
a better. Solution and. It. Should.

00:57:39
Should we will. Keep moving. Will.

00:57:47
I see where law gentlemen we're out of
time on this topic I think will have to

00:57:51
visit it because this trade seems to be
dire where does all the tell how for this

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Senate passed

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a 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill including
$1200.00 for most adults confirm

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coronavirus cases in the u.s.

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Are near $70000.00 with at least
1050 this is dealing news.

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Afghanistan has ordered the release of up
210000 prisoners mostly women juveniles

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and sick people in

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a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus
according to official speaking Thursday The

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move comes after an increase in local
codes at night think Ace's and tens of

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thousands of.

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