Speaking in exile a plea from baton rouge an opposition candidate for the e. U. To act as a way of antigovernment protest builds. The man to take on trump joe biden is formally confirmed as the democratic candidate in the race to the white house. The painstakingly slow cleanup continues more teams arrive and to help contain an environmental catastrophe. And in school the latest from the European Champions League as. Advanced to the final plus a miserable start to the postseason for the l. A. Lakers the n. B. A. Favorites go down to portland and their playoff opener. Will begin in mali where soldiers have forced president Abraham Boubacar catered to resign military leaders say the elf. Im a transitional civilian government and organized what they call Credible Elections the west African Regional bloc ecowas has condemned the coup and is sending a delegation to the capital bamako and the coming also the u. N. Security council will also be meeting to discuss the crisis child strength that
President donald trump tower its a major advance in the fight against covert 19 and the use of blood plasma from recovered patients also. Its by medics move it crowd winners of the european simple Champions League for a 6th time. Both into the program they were warned not to gather and that the military were ready but one of the biggest protests crowds yet has packed the center of the ballerinas capital the estimates were of around 200000 people they called for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down as he was flying above in a helicopter clotted body armor and armed with an Assault Rifle our correspondent stepped vasant is in the midst. After all week of threats coming from look at this is a reply from the people of valorous. Tens of thousands took to the streets of minsk in defiance their fear replaced by anger well armed soldiers and police who are standing by families with small children shouted the president should step down. Yes we have passed police several times and were no
But thats raising some concern among activists. Power is gradually being restored in syria after a major gas pipeline explosion left large parts of the country without electricity for fascism now managed to put out the blaze on the arab gas pipeline just northeast of the capital damascus this was the scene a few hours ago there are no details yet on what may have caused the explosion but the oil minister is suggesting it could be an act of terror was an 100 joins us now via skype from beirut just bring us up to speed on the latest. The information that we have has been provided by the Syrian State News Agency as well as Syrian Government officials. What they have reported is that a large explosion on a pipeline in the early hours of the morning was the total blackout in many areas in and around the capital damascus there was a large fire we saw that on videos that were uploaded on social media but since then firefighters and Civil Defense teams have managed to put out the flames the sy
Battles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. International leaders hold virtual talks in the coming hours to raise a day for the lebanese capital that stands the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesdays huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the port france and the United Nations have set up a Donor Conference to help u. S. President donald trump said hell be joining back or its estimated the blast at the warehouse caused up to 15000000000. 00 worth of damage at least 158. 00 people were killed and rescue workers are still searching for the missing more than 5000. 00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000. 00 homeless. Outrage over the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rally the games the government the protests to stand in 2 hours of street battles between demonstrates is and Security Forces then a call the reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the fa
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