Investigation now the statement does tread quite carefully it doesnt name the group that these individuals belong to but our sources have told us that all of these 14 members are in fact members of the. Hezbollah which is part of the Popular Mobilization forces and that it was actually their base that was raided now and the other interesting thing that is in this statement it does confirm that these individuals were arrested after obtaining an arrest warrant from the iraqi judicial reduce was not initially cleared and was definitely an order from the Prime Minister to carry out this raid but then subsequently we saw dozens of armed fighters arrive in the 45 green zone and protest against the detention of those individuals claiming that it was unlawful that there were no arrest warrants and that in fact that iraq account to secure Counterterrorism Forces had illegally raided a base that belongs to the Iraqi Security forces so this statement does confirm that there was an arrest warrant
A source of life and conflict ethiopia egypt and sudan the tussle over the funding of africas biggest hydroelectric dam on the blue nile can they find a way to bridge their differences this is us from. Hello and welcome to the program on iran cause for thousands of years the nile has been the backbone of civilizations and a source of conflict the latest dispute is over the largest hydroelectric dam in africa being built anything. The government says its 4000000000. 00 project on the blue nile near its northern border with sudan will provide power to its more than 100000000. 00 citizens and create huge opportunities for the economy if europe it wants to start filling the dam in july when its rainy season begins but sudan and egypt downstream 1st want a legally binding agreement on how long it will take to fill the dam and how it will be operated the African Union is mediating if europe his government said on saturday the parties could finalized agreement within 2 to 3 weeks so lets take
Worrying numbers of new cases involve young people who were previously thought to be at lesser risk huge huge numbers of people particularly in that 20 to 30 cohort who are testing but then testing positive 62 percent of all new cases in florida for the week of june 7th are under the age of 45 decentest says some younger people have let down their guard i think that weve started to see you know some erosion in the social distancing from probably some of the younger population many bars in tampa have shut down after staff tested positive in Texas Governor greg abbott displayed a graph showing a sharp spike in hospitalizations 3200. 00 per day to state the obvious. Coben 1000 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in texas and it must be corralled in arizona people stood in lines several kilometers long to get tested the state recorded more than 3000 new cases over the weekend bringing arizonas total confirmed cases to more than 50000. 00 President Donald Trump reportedly was furious w
To social distance we need to wear fit or face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance particularly in these hot zones in brazil protesters have been demonstrating against president diable sonars handling of the crisis theyve set out a 1000 crosses in the capital brazil is the 2nd worst hit country in the world the us president says intelligence agencies are told in the report suggesting that russia or offered to pay taliban fighters to target american troops in afghanistan were not credible but the New York Times who 1st reported the story now says senior u. S. Officials were aware of the plot as early as january the newspaper reports that at least one death was connected to the bounties Karen Greenberg is director of the center on National Security at the Fordham University school of law she says even if trumps denials are true the controversy isnt good for him. If this is a story that actually has some merit to it which if the New York Times is right it seems to
Very much on. The advent of a rising series of new cases across the american south. And. But where our 1st mission was to save lives once we came out of the 45. 00 days to slow the spread of what our task force has been focused on over the course of the past 2 months is to partner with states to save lives and safely reopen an enormous fail hospital has been opened in india the special facility in the capital of delhi can treat up to 10000 virus patients some hospitals in the area have been overwhelmed the country saw another Record Number of new infections in one day on friday of more than 17000 the total number of confirmed infections is now just sort of half a 1000000. Mexico citys security chief has been injured in an assassination attempt omar garcia heart foots received 3 Bullet Wounds in the Early Morning attack in the center of the city 2 of his bodyguards and a bystander work killed many as more. Approximately 6 38 am local time there was a coordinated attack against mexico ci