Orders banks to block business with officials connected to hong kongs new security law. And residents on the remote Easter Island celebrate 100 days without a case of corona virus. The trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi has begun in turkey his fiance had teach agendas has been giving her testimony shes been vocal over the past 18 months about bringing his killers to justice because of the saudi consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spend months investigating the case to this day his remains have never been found but has more. This is the last moment jamal who shows he was seen alive its october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the Washington Post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his turkish fiance had e. G. Ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains neve
The breaking news out of pakistan this hour is the former president Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in connection with a treason case musharraf was in office for 999. 00 to 2008 after seizing power in a military coup this case relates to the nationwide emergency he imposed after suspending the constitution in november of 2007 weve got come out harder on the line from islamabad for more on this just take us through the the Court Process today. Well that particular work day was already created and was due to be announced and then by. The pakistani government led by imran khan Prime Minister for the further mind of the announcement. The core. Of the high court to create a church be cared for and today went back announcement was made it was a work day 2. 00 to 1. 00 they were teaching to dealing with that special case was english and their high creed didnt gaze under article 50 out the pakistani constitution and the fact that gates kaitlin gone for 6 years was also partly due to the fa
Amnesty International Says more than 100 people have been killed across iran during days of protests. Security forces are accused of firing directly on protestors. The leaders of britains two biggest parties trade blows, ahead of next months election amid claims the conservatives are misleading voters. Good morning. Its 1 00am in london, 9 00am in singapore and in hong kong, where almost all of the protesters whod been barricaded inside a university have now left, with more than a thousand people arrested. Police and pro democracy activists have clashed over the past few days using tear gas and rubber bullets, and petrol bombs and bricks. The United Nations have urged the authorities to end the standoff peacefully. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from the campus. They came out looking more like prisoners of war hands on each others shoulders, forlorn, humiliated and exhausted. Family members looked on anxiously, hoping to catch a glimpse of a missing child. This man saw his brother, a m
Two Prison Guards in new york across iran during days of protests. Iranian Security Forces are accused who were on duty on the night convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein killed himself have been charged with falsifying records. Of firing directly on protestors. Theyre accused of failing to complete mandated checks on prisoners and lying the leaders of britains two on officialforms. Biggest parties trade blows prosecutors in sweden say they will ahead of next months election while the conservatives are accused discontinue their investigation into an allegation of rape, made againstjulian assange. The wikilea ks founder, has been in prison in london since he was taken out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in april. He was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail of misleading voters. For breaching his bail conditions. Police in bolivia have shot a protester dead as he tried to prevent trucks carrying cooking gas from heading towards the countrys biggest city, la paz. Good morning. Its midnight in london,
Hello to you. More senior officials have appeared before the impeachment hearings, investigating whether donald trump has abused his president ial power, and the white house has attacked its own most senior ukraine official, even as he was giving public testimony. As Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman told congress that a phone call made by the president was improper and left him in shock, the official white house twitter account was questioning hisjudgement. In his evidence, the iraq veteran, who serves on the Us National Security council, said mr trump did make inappropriate demands of the ukrainian leader to help him politically in next years us president ial election. Aleem maqbool was there for us. Many are taking huge risks to testify against their president. For Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military hero and National Security aid still working for the white house, those risks felt acute. Dad. Hands shaking as he gave his opening statement, he addressed his father wh