The pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases the u. N. Is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic thats a syria has now confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic women and children and people with disabilities the marginalized and displaced by the highest price they also at the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from poor feed 19. 00. Lets not forget that in war ravaged countries now systems of collapse else professionals already few in number and often been targeted refugees and other these placed by violent conflict are doubly vulnerable the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war if you see why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put Armed Conflict on
One minutes past 10 am in philadelphia and 9 pm in bangkok and 5 meaning right here in moscow welcome to our to international i mean you know in our top story a u. S. Federal judge has told the Justice Department it must stop alleging that our russian firm accused of election interference was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the rebuttal comes in response to on substantiated claims from the attorney general william bar owner senior correspondent. Joins me in the studio to talk us through what we know at this story tell us about the ruling the revelations as well here it will this this is a very serious ruling. That challenges a major part of the report because he has a little background music. Routed his report they established that the russian interference as they called it in the us election consisted of 2 elements the 1st element active measures as they called them was carried out by the ira the Internet Research agency a russian social Media Company and
A doctor but. A professor of Political Sciences at Damascus University he says the u. S. Has no legal right to be in syria. What. The seed in the congress. Shows that america is lying god the time is smitten with this Administration First of all you see before the. Fighting against terrorism then i says now we are hearing another reasons. One to give us a model of democracy. To see there to america where is their models in afghanistan or in iraq or where america it means there are a problem the reason behind that mr sutton fifty eight and its of International Law everyone knows they are and they are not in syria by invitation of legal Syrian Government and they are not going to themselves by the Security Council resolution so they are bitters. It is now the sixth consecutive friday palestinians have come out in force to protest Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as these really capital at least seventeen protesters have been injured in clashes in gaza from where local journalist ha
And the markets still loving President Trumps pro growth drive of tax cuts, big spending and deregulation. And as the head of bt europe resigns over an Accounting Scandal, well be getting the inside track from our business editor, simonjack, on that and all the rest of the stories hes been covering this week. After ten years of almost constant growth, the sales of soft sugary drinks in australian supermarkets has fallen by more than 60 million. We want to know are you more aware of sugar, and is it changing the way you shop . Just use bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in the us, where, as you have been hearing, uk Prime Minister theresa may will become the first world leader to meet President Trump when they hold talks later today. Mrs may has called on the president to renew the Special Relationship between the two countries. She is keen to show britain can prosper outside the European Union, so lining up a Post Brexit Trade Deal is high on her agenda. But is it really a
And the First Lady Melania Trump receives an apology and damages from the daily mail over allegations about her work as a model. A meeting is underway in moscow between russian president Vladimir Putin and us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson just hours after President Putin claimed relations between the two countries was at its lowest ebb since the end of the cold war. Earlier Rex Tillerson held talks with his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Rex tillerson wants russia to withdraw support for president assad following the chemical attack ona assad following the chemical attack on a rebel town which killed more than 80 people. Our correspondence is travelling with Rex Tillerson and sent this report. This is not the kind of meeting that once seemed to be on the card. Long gone talk of a grand resetting of relations with russia, producing is encouraged by donald trump was replaced by tensions over the Chemical Weapons attack in syria and russian anger over the military response from ame