This week Trump traveled to Iraq to visit the troops for Christmas. After pulling troops from other areas of the region, the US will remain in Iraq. We check in with our voice in Iraq and find out if the he thinks Trump should pull out of there as well. We'll also learn if ISIS was truly defeated in Iraq. Also, we're getting ready to ring in the new year with our annual Change Is Hard Awards ceremony. This year, you get to choose by voting on our Facebook page! Get to voicetoamerica.com and click the Facebook icon to cast your vote after the Change Is Hard segment.
TRUMP EXITS SYRIA: 2,000 US troops will exit.Trump says ISIS defeated. US military leadership objects, resign. What will the fallout be in the Middle East? Hear.
This week we're headed to Britain where a second vote could take place to cement the already voted on Brexit referendum. Former prime minister Tony Blair is pushing for a second vote but Theresa May says no. We'll check in with Mark in Europe and find out if people really want a second referendum. Then it's back to Canada where the Chinese Huawei executive remains in custody. This puts Canada in a very difficult position, but why is Canada suddenly doing the US' business? We'll speak to a new voice today about the latest developments in the case. And finally, Time Magazine released its pick for the Person Of The Year Award and the winner is: journalists. Time dubbed the piece "The Guardians of The Truth" and decided to pat themselves on the back on one of the biggest corporate media platforms, The Today Show on NBC.
Paris burns once more as the yellow vests take to the street once more. With the fuel tax now shelved by Macron, what are the protestors' new demands? We'll head into Europe and talk to voices on the ground to find out what the rioters want and if Macron will budge. Then we're headed into Canada where the CFO for the Chinese telecom giant Huawei has been arrested at the behest of the US government. All this happening after last week's meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping. We'll go in-depth in our global media spotlight about this under-reported story. Finally, in Change Is Hard, could you imagine having a social credit score? Well, that's what China is doing. What was once thought to be an impossibility is now becoming a reality.
President Trump is in Argentina for the G20 summit, that means it's a busy international news week. Besides the normal pomp and circumstance, Putin made headlines by high fiving the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. We talk to Yuri in Russia about Putin's meeting with Trump and what he hopes to accomplish at the summit. Then we're headed to the Ukraine and take a look at the capture of Ukrainian ships and sailors by Russians in the Sea of Azov. Ukraine is treating this incident as an act of war. We speak to our voice about what the Ukraine's next move will be and if they will be getting any help against Putin The Powerful. Finally, on Change is Hard, Google had a date with congress and the corporate leaders blew it off. We'll look deeper at why Google was a no-show at a conference about foreign influence. What will this mean for the companies who actually showed up?