Demands a vote on the new constitution. And a new play in the space race china successfully launches one of the worlds most powerful rockets. The Un General Assembly has condemned human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities and myanmar 134 Member States voted in favor of a resolution calling on the animals government to end of violence against minorities men also faces a charge of genocide at the International Court of justice thousands of wrangel were killed and nearly a 1000000 fled into neighboring bangladesh after a crackdown in Rakhine State well earlier i spoke to benjamins a wacky whos a Southeast Asia list and he says this u. N. Resolution is too late and lacks the legal weight to trigger a international action. You havent 9 nonbinding non legally binding General Assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something thats now 2 years in the past and urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated th
Missions to space. Walk into the room we begin with breaking news coming out of somalia where at least 30 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the capital mogadishu dozens more are feared dead in the blast in a security checkpoint jarring rush hour now local media are reporting that 4 turkish engineers were working nearby the checkpoint and amongst the dead lets get the very latest from her with tassel our correspondent joining me from live robey in neighboring kenya shes on the phone obviously sketchy details at the moment tyro about the numbers of dead and injured but what are you hearing about the explosion. Well youre right theres not much information coming out in terms of. The official death toll now is around 30 but there is more people could i be children find out in a couple of hours maybe some of those children include somali. And happen to point in market at this time of the day in the morning people regarding about their business driving around the shops close to
Suggs protest a new role which could affect the Property Rights of that orthodox church. Im going to be disturbed and go home with. Rushes to appeal its for you ben saying it entirely disputes findings by the wound anti doping agency. A low of our own welcome to the program al top story this hour nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people have fled their homes in syrias last rebel stronghold in the past 2 weeks escaping a relentless berridge of bombs and asked strikes Syrian Government forces and their russian allies have sworn to retake it lead and the United Nations is warning of devastating humanitarian consequences parts of the province have been on the daily aerial bombardment and thousands of families are reportedly too frightened to move authorities in turkey meanwhile have closed their border to syrians trying to flee this violence going to does of the turkish city of de abacha and says many refugees are heavily dependent on charities to survive. Most of these food. Bull have. Fled t
Powerful rockets. Hello there good to have your company the United Nations says warning of devastating consequences for civilians in it that syrias last rebel controlled province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces fuel shortages a stopping families from getting away as syrian troops have been moving towards the city of moderate elmo men president Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas and intensified a military offensive despite a cease fire back in august well it is home to 3000000 syrians many of whom are already internally displaced aid agencies have been forced to suspend operations in the area. And there are fears u. N. Funded humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region as soon as next month unless the fighting ends how do you monopoly on today these areas have become disaster areas we declare them disaster areas in the should be dealt with accordingly
Hottest nights of the summer, nearly half a Million People crowded on to the national mall. They were not there for a protest or to celebrate a National Holiday and they were not there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead half a Million People went there drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected on to the Washington Monument commemorating the neal 50 years ago when armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. If there is half a Million People on the lawn and it is not a protest, Something Big is going on. Land on the moon and returning safely to earth marks as one of the epical moments in the history of mankind. What we see now is very different than the landscape of 1969. Not only did we succeed going to moon and back again but we have gone on to put robotic rovers on distant planets and are k literally peer into the beginningings of the universe and we have established a human presence in lower earth orbit. In