Vote for joe biden like our lives depended on. The 1st ever Virtual Convention culminates on thursday with bidens nomination as Donald Trumps brain challenger and november plus alcohol and tobacco go back on sale in south africa as the government uses coronavirus restrictions that saw curbs on most economic life. Im sara kelly welcome to the program there has been a 9th night of protests in the belle of capital calling for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down thats despite signs from shango that he may be prepared to hold fresh elections under certain conditions but following his controversial reelection last week and after 26 years under his rule many citizens want change now. Demonstrators demand liberty for the Political Prisoners and arrested protesters after 9 days of unprecedented protests calling on president Alexander Lukashenko to resign. And workers across the country joined a nationwide strike called by the opposition. To go away chanted factory workers at the preside
A major blaze of his own p. R. Is all gothic cathedral in the city at dawn. And william welcome to the program eve leaders are meeting for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a card contentious economic Recovery Plan European Council president michel offered a revised proposal for the package which would help countries worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic german chancellor Angela Merkel is chairing the summit as germany currently holds the rotating presidency and supports a generous financial response Member States however are divided on how much of the 750000000000 euros earmarked for the recovery package should be given out as grants and how much as loans to be paid back. Joined now by our correspondent in a straw shes in brussels marina a new proposal put forward this morning what we know about it. Shelf plan is ready to break the deadlock been experiencing yesterday on the 1st day of the summit so as it looks like at the moment the overall sound of the recovery package wont chan
Claims that have the has the latest corona Virus Outbreak under control give report on how the Chinese Government is expanding its question of any criticism of its handling of the pandemic plus as cape town braces for corona virus infections to peak at the end of the bronx we will be asking why the south africa city has seen war cases and doubts and the rest of the country. Im sorry kelly walked into the program the leaders are holding a Video Conference at this hour on a Financial Plan to help the bloc emerge intact from the worst economic crisis in its history now the Virtual Summit is the 1st step in what is expected to be difficult negotiations. They are discussing an unprecedented 750000000000. 00 euro carona Recovery Fund leaders will meet face to face next month for the 1st time since the Coronavirus Crisis began in february. And lets head live now to brussels where mattis is following the talks for us and there are certainly big political fault lines in these negotiations so wh
Targets a shia a Memorial Ceremony and companies of the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Tackling the coronavirus researchers race to develop a vaccine and global cases of the infection for past 100000 but it may take longer than albert. Thank you. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us a human rights monitor says 15 people have been killed in clashes between Syrian Government forces and rebel fighters in southern it led this despite a tentative ceasefire that went into force at midnight that the ceasefire is the result of talks between turkish president vegetative everyone and russian president Vladimir Putin its hoped that their meeting in moscow will disused increasingly volatile situation in the region and avoid a direct confrontation between turkey and russia. After 6 hours of talks and a one and putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and the all important cease fire the 2 leaders had looked 10 says t
A deal on Northern Syria after president s putin and air to want to agree to set up a socalled safe zone and extend a cease fire in the region turkey tells the Kurdish Forces they have 6 days to leave the Syrian Border zone. U. S. Democrats hope it could be the clincher in impeachment proceedings against donald trump washingtons top diplomat in ukraine congressional inquiry that the president did pressured into investigating his political rivals. And we go to botswana will tolerate checks have been shaken off ahead of todays elections its the most closely fought vote in more than 5 decades. Im sumi so much candy its good to have you with us we start with a tragedy unfolding in the u. K. 39 people have been found dead in a truck container on the outskirts of london the vehicle was found at an Industrial Park and its believed to have come from ball garia the driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder. At 1st glance there is nothing unusual about this cargo truck parked in an Industr