20 nations says there were cheers on the streets of peru as a former World Bank Official has chosen to become the 3rd president you know, week in the middle of a serious political crisis. Im joining with sports as chief thomas says, athletes of the take a game should get vaccinated against it. 19 point before we will begin this hour as we have a lot recently the situation in northern ethiopia, where now the 2 great rebels have refused to give him the government. 3 days ago, Prime Minister ahmed issued an ultimatum. He said, stand down or you will face more attacks. And on tuesday he delivered on that the air force says it carried out strikes near the regions main city of mecca. Lay the primary based as for the 2 great Peoples Liberation front, the life which governs in that region. It says his force is an opera pairing a final attack, and he says the conflict will end only when the life is brought to justice and its leaders have been replaced. Youve got the u. N. And foreign leaders ca
Deep divisions over a virus Recovery Fund. And protest against law changes allowing non muslims to drink alcohol which they consider anti islamic. Thanks for joining us new flare ups are prompting new lock downs as the coronavirus continues to ravage the world restrictions have been reimposed in israel in the philippines as well as more states and india which has now become the 3rd country to record more than a 1000000 confirms kovan 1000. 00 cases the other 2 are take a look brazil which now has more than 2000000. 00 confirmed cases including its president joe youre both so narrow and over 76000 deaths in the us thats where more than 3 and a half 1000000 people have been infected 77000 of them in just the last day and more than 8138000 people have died including 948 reported on thursday the top Infectious Disease expert in the u. S. Has warned the country could reach 100000 new corona virus infections a day if it doesnt embrace stricter containment measures dr anthony felt she says lo
Libyan war of Khalifa Haftar schools to libyans as turkish troops prepare to join the war. Also ahead the china replaces its top official in hong kong after 7 months of antigovernment protests. Thousands of people have gathered in baghdad to mourn the targets of fridays u. S. Air strikes that killed Major General custom so their money a huge funeral procession was held for the top iranian commander as well as for iraqs the that the deputy leader of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces iraqs a caretaker Prime Minister added up to the also attended and anti u. S. Rallies have continued across neighboring iran with thousands denounced sunday manis assassination and as uncertainty grows over how iran will respond when nato has suspended a Training Mission in iraq citing safety concerns we have correspondents covering the story from the middle east and the u. S. Patty culhane a standing by for us at the pentagon but 1st lets go to salma been job that hes in the iraqi capital and were
Hot and windy conditions continue to fuel widespread bushfires. Stands in doha with all your school. With the wind for real madrid or barcelona losing right now you insist on your meanwhile in the english f. A. Cup holders much as the city cruised through before. We begin in iraq where theres been reports of multiple attacks across the country just a day after the assassination of one of irans top commanders custom sulaimani in a u. S. Airstrike as his funeral took place in baghdad iraqs Prime Minister declared 3 days of National Mourning to mark his death and that of Iraqi Parliament paramilitary leader. The latest violence comes as diplomatic efforts are underway to try to resolve the growing crisis such as foreign minister mohammed bin abdul rahman a phony has met the iranian president Hassan Rouhani in tehran hes called for a peaceful solution assad binge of aid has more from baghdad. Multiple attacks have been reported in and around iraqs capital baghdad 3 incidents confirmed by I
An atomic bomb. So there have been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after those u. S. Drone strikes which killed irans top military command the qassam salomone in iraq 48 hours ago no one exploded in the heavily fortified green zone near the American Embassy also the brigades that pro Iran Military group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u. S. Bases also grief and rage have filled the streets of baghdad and the shia holy cities of karbala and najaf weve seen these sorts of funeral processions taking place for sort of money and the Iraqi Militia leader dont forget the band mohan this who was killed alongside him diplomats and leaders meanwhile are scrambling to ease the crisis between iran and the u. S. This is the Qatari Foreign minister who has been dispatched to me irans leaders youve also got france the u. K. And saudi arabia all calling for calm ok that sort of coverage with some a bit of a reporting from baghdad. Multiple attacks have been reported in and around iraqs