Restrictions in europe. A lot from attacks on civilians with nowhere to go syria and russia accused of committing war crimes in rebel held areas. So an accidental missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own boats is killed 19 sailors it happened in the jasc a region on the gulf of oman where Iranian Naval exercises were taking place as a port vessel was hit when it got too close to a target there are regular exercises held in the region near the busy strait of hormuz if more of this lets bring in our correspondents embedded robbie who study by in tehran as a details were sketchy but we get a little more information now. Thats exactly right we know that this incident took place ringback in the gulf of oman in the waters close to the strategic strait of hormuz earlier yesterday approximately 24 hours ago weve been hearing murmurs since early this morning late last night early this morning about some sort of incident during a naval exercise but details have been unclear now about
Other great to have you with us here with your global news this is all. Begin with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic the number of confirmed cases globally has now surpassed 2200000 more than 154000 people with the virus have lost their lives most of those fatalities came in europe and in the United States and so far 581000 patients have recovered from the disease. The coronavirus outbreak in germany appears to be under control after a month long lockdown thats according to the countrys Health Minister germany has a far lower death rate than other major European Countries and restrictions on movement are being ashley lifted but some shops were opening as early as next week but the Government Spokesperson is still urged caution skipped. There are no guarantees that the infection curve will keep flattening out there are also risks and when we take these small careful steps into opening up we must keep an eye on the infection curve and what it means for our Health System and o
On aljazeera. 2018 a new government came to power in armenia and made quite spread optimism that its leader Nicole Shinya would end decades of corruption and economic mismanagement but now he said ministration faces a major lemma whether to proceed with a huge be defined mining project that summer warning will cause enormous environmental damage and one of the worlds rarest animal species. The former soviet republic of armenia has witnessed dramatic changes in the last 12 months. A bloodless revolution led by journalist turned politician nicole pushing a promised an end to decades of corrupt rule this. Is just one a snap election and for the 1st time in years there is hope to ms m o 1st priority is to continue. To call it war sally and to make a real difference is he not me on the economy. Or mania has enjoyed years of blockades imposed by its neighbors turkey and azerbaijan the countrys economy never really recovering from the collapse of the u. S. S. R. Previous governments resorted
Recognized government ok the weather is next then. A 1000000. 00 on office for the capture of a top colombian rebel peace negotiator after he vowed to take up arms once again. And trying to save their land the challenges faced by the pharmacist in the amazon. Hello again welcome back were here across United States they are preparing in florida for landfall of Hurricane Dorian making its way across that area across the bahamas and we do expect to see a landfall on monday but until then the storm is going to be in open water and its going to be strengthening so its going to be maybe making to category 2 and by the time it makes landfall on monday it could be a major hurricane a category 3 right there so were going to be seeing a lot of rain across the bahamas and the rains going to also kick up as we go towards saturday and sunday for parts of florida as well were going to see the watches and warnings really start to pop up as we go towards the weekend if you are traveling to florida we
Terms of a cabinet meeting, we have been told on the agenda is an update on the economy. Clearly, that doesntjustify on the economy. Clearly, that doesnt justify the levels on the economy. Clearly, that doesntjustify the levels of frenetic activity that now appear to be going on behind the scenes. All Rishi Sunak Has said is repeating his claim that the General Election will be in the second half of this year, that is only a0 days away. Normally when we get to this point the advisers and people who work in the advisers and people who work in the heart of Downing Street would be giving us a tap on the shoulder or saying do not talk about that too much, we dont really think that is happening. That has not happened today, there has been no guidance to us to stop talking about it at all and here we are in Downing Street expecting something to happen. Whenever that election is called, take us through what has to happen until we get to election day, because there are various things that have