News Roundup, Friday October 16th

 im Marcus Pearl and here the stories that are making headlines around the world

* During a town hall session on NBC, President Donald Trump refused to condemn a right wing conspiracy group that has targeted several political officials. The group believes the democratic and republican elites are apart of a global pedophilia ring, and were responsible for a shooting at a DC Pizzeria back in 2016. The lack of condemnation was criticized by several political officials including Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah. The President has a history of making controversial statements regarding extremist groups, including on October 8th, when he told the Right wing group Proud Boys, to stand by, and stand back.

*  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told his nation to prepare for a No deal Brexit scenario as talks over a trade agreement have hit an impasse. Britain formally withdrew from the European Union on January 1st, of this year, but the EU and the United Kingdom, are currently in a transition period, where E regulations are still in effect, this period expires on December 31st, and a deal is needed to extend them. experts are worried that  A no deal Brexit could lead to economic problem and even, the collapse of the Union


* In France, a teacher was decapitated by an 18 year old student from Russia on Friday night. The teacher had shown a caricature of the Muslim Prophet Muhammed, which to most Muslims is a severe insult. After beheading the teacher, he posted a picture on Twitter, waited for the police to show, confronting them with a gun, shouted Allah Akbar, which means “Gd is great” and was immediately shot by the responding police officers. 

* In sports, more members of the New England Patriots tested positive for COVID-19, this comes after several players including Cam Newton and Stephen Gillmore tested positive a few weeks back. The news also comes after several postponements over the last few weeks, and yesterday, when the Falcons closed their facility after a Positive COVID test. The team has since returned to their facilities. 


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