A protest against the russian president in the capital minsk. A gold mine collapse in the democratic republic of congo kills at least 50 men. And iran executes a champion wrestler despite local and International Appeals to overturn. And in sport the u. S. Open is set to have a 1st time grand slam champion alexander came from to step down to. The german team in a final. Its been hailed historic moment the taliban and the Afghan Government in the same room facing each other for peace talks there in the cattery capital doha to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of war. Who is representing the government has called. A humanitarian cease fire as soon as possible for those of we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives we all know what happened to us throughout these years and maybe stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a ne
Hunger during a pandemic warnings coronavirus restrictions could cause thousands more people to become malnourished in india. Ok lets start with a developing story one month after the explosion in beirut rescue teams have been digging into the ruins of a collapsed building there after finding signs of life underneath it scanning equipment has picked up indications of a pulse and breathing the search teams include volunteers from chile the disaster on august the 4th was caused by a large stockpiles of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate ignite sing at the port in beirut all than 200 people were killed 6000 were injured hundreds of thousands were left homeless is our correspondent near that search and rescue sites in beirut theyve been digging all night. How close to they think they might be. Close this is what we understand the search operation almost 24 hours ago it began when a dog as well as machines belonging to a team from chile who were really just surveying the damage to check the stru
Sundays disputed president ial election. Several in you country see a steep rise in corona virus infections prompting fears of new lock downs and stricter quarantine measures. We begin with a surprise announcement from the u. S. President on a breakthrough Peace Agreement in the middle east israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations israel says it will suspend plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank trump says the u. S. Helped broker the deal which will see the u. A. E. And Israel Exchange embassies and invest it is the 2 nations are expected to meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral agreements. This is a truly historic moment not just the israel jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago or so much progress being made towards peace in the middle east by uniting 2 of americas closest and most capable partners in the region something would say could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peacef
Its 1300 hours james a little after 9 am in new york where the United Nations Security Council is about to hold its open session on the Israeli Palestinian conflict the issue though is the land specifically israels plans to an excess palestinian territory in the occupied west Bank Something the United Nations is urging israel to a band so we got special coverage on this news and analysis of course of the Security Council meeting with correspondents in west jerusalem and the Jordan Valley as well as of course the United Nations in new york a diplomatic editor james bays is there for us james take us through whats expected today. Well it will start we think in the next few minutes what we know is that this meeting is the regular monthly meeting of the u. N. Security council on the israeli and palestinian issue however its been upgraded this month because of the issue of an exception so ministers can take part and we know that ministers from a number of the Security Council countries will
Diplomats accusing them of spying its not about calls the allegations baseless. Of the race to find a vaccine for the coronavirus has never been more crucial for ruled parts of south africa and its for the england cricket board say the series with pakistan will go ahead despite pakistan announcing that and if that play is of tested positive for corona virus. A watershed moment that will cause the boast serious violation of International Law thats how u. N. Secretary general antonio ted as has described israels plans to addicks parts of the occupied west bank members of the u. N. Security council of the arab league have been meeting to discuss israels move which could be put into motion as soon as next week most of them were united in their opposition with warnings that israels unilateral action could trigger a major escalation in the region. If implemented these steps could dramatically alter the local dynamics during instability across you dont quite understand. And maybe all this cul