Under a controversial security law. Protesting against what i calling a fake election opposition supporters reject Alexander Lukashenko is landslide win. And a race against time off the coast of the richest as volunteers work to stem the flow of oil spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. Well we begin this hour in lebanon where president michel aoun has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government this follows a violent protest over the handling of last weeks explosion in the capital beirut which left more than 200 people dead thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands homeless has been asked to stay on as caretaker Prime Minister until a new cabinet is formed meanwhile on the streets thousands of protesters gathered near the Parliament Building with some throwing rocks and fireworks at Security Forces riot Police Responded with tear gas demonstrators have been calling for the complete overhaul of what they describe as lebanons corrupt political elite. But. At th
A deadly rocket attack on a coalition base the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. The escalating coronavirus emergency has sent stocks crashing to their worst losses in 30 years and bester has continued to bailout in the u. S. Europe asia and the middle east and the travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italys ramped up its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops all france norway and ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities efforts to stop large gatherings to lead to severe restrictions on sporting events european football leagues and american basketball baseball and hockey games are among those suspended it will begin our coverage with whats been a torrid day for Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent its worst losses since the black monday crash of 1907 and london the 100. 00 close down almost 11 percent all european markets together dropped 12
A vent to present their own status as being the Innocent Party as being innocent as being the ones in the right so so i think its not particularly surprising that there would be 2 different types of stories but if we look at what what has happened in the in the long long history of the strait of hormuz particularly in recent decades we know that there have been routine threats from iran to close the strait of hormuz we know of iran has attacked various ships going back to the iran iraq war in the 1980 s. So we know that there is a modus operandi in operation here so i think whilst its contested was the iranians have denied it it seems relatively obvious that there is some type of subterfuge going on here there is some type of complicity involved involving the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps so are you saying that this is the retaliation that the iranians had threatened because iran has been threatening to retaliate since british marines seized that Iranian Oil Tanker and waters. Last
Youre watching the news hour live from a headquarters in doha im getting an alligator coming up in the next sixty minutes ive judged this course of action should be in the best interests of the United States of america and the pursuit of peace between israel and the palestinians a long overdue step thats the view of the u. S. President as he ignores International Warnings and officially recognizes jerusalem as israels capital. Doesnt trump. Thank you for todays historic decision to recognize jerusalem as israels couple gratitude from the israeli Prime Minister and a promise of status quo at the holy sites. Palestinians protest against the move their leaders in the occupied west bank and gaza call for three days afraid. And. This is a reward to israel and for encourages to ok patient to stay out of style the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemns the u. S. Decision saying all efforts towards peace have been ignored so. The u. S. President donald trump is being widely condemned for
Hello again im certain this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. Top the. Violence breaks out in the occupied west bank between Israeli Forces and supporters of jailed palestinian teenager had to mimi marching into the future that you had of south africas ruling party promises to stamp out corruption and restore Nelson Mandelas mission and. The u. S. Pacific command has to target a missile threat to hawaii theyre momento on and television was interrupted by a false alarm over an impending missile strike. Aljazeera has been given access to an unpublished un report that chronicles the extent of Human Rights Violations and documents possible war crimes in yemen the findings present. To to the Security Council are shakti critical of Saudi Led Coalition airstrikes which of course the majority of civilian deaths in the war the report also bolsters accusations by the u. S. That he raney weapons have been supplying to hoofy rebels which breaks a u. N. Embargo the United Arab Emirates