Their role in the killing of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. Welcome to the program its all change at the top of the french government the countrys new Prime Minister has just been named as suspects he was responsible for coordinating frances reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous Prime Minister in wa filipe and that in his governments resignation to president manuel markhor lives decision to stand down has paved the way for a reshuffle which had been widely expected president might call for mr chart a new course for the last 2 years of his term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. Now lets go straight to paris and bring in correspondent lisa lewis for more on this lisa who is the new man what do we know about john caustics. Hes a 55 year old Senior Administration of official a Public Servant whos well known in Public Servant circles hes been the mayor of a small town in Southern France for a few years he was also working at
Indian Prime Minister modi face a surprise visit to troops in the region that recently saw a deadly confrontation with china. And the mysterious fate of elephants an investigation is underway into whats killing hundreds. Welcome to the program its all change at the top of the french government the countrys new Prime Minister has just been named as sticks he was responsible for coordinating frances reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous Prime Minister it was philip and in his governments resignation to president philips decision to stand down as pave the way for a reshuffle which have been widely expected president mark all had promised to chart a new course for his last 2 years office term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. Lets go straight to paris and bring in. What do we know about the new man who is. Hes a 55 year old senior Public Servant hes also been reelected as mayor of a town in Southern France recently in the recent mu
And the crawl of virus rages on checked in the u. S. With little to celebrate in the run up to this years Independence Day officials are scaling back festivities and urging americans to remain cautious. As welcome to the program caught in turkey has cleared a german human rights activist off allegations that he supports a terrorist organization peter was detained 2017 and istanbul along with 10 other rights defenders the arrests triggered a crisis of relations between germany and turkey in the same case 2 former leaders of Amnesty Internationals Turkey Branch now been convicted on terror charges and sentenced to jail critics say the action was politically motivated. Lets go straight. In front of the court. How much of a surprise is that. Well this definitely comes as a very negative surprise for the defendants and their supporters who have been waiting here inside and outside court all day for a verdict to emerge they had certainly hoped for all 11 human rights defenders to be acquitte
A german activist cleared in the saying that trial whose arrest sparked a diplomatic route between turkey and germany. Germany has backed plans to phase out coal powered by 2038 but climate activists say 18 years is too long to wait. And the mysterious case of botswanans elephants that investigation is underway into the cause of death of hundreds of animals. Welcome to the program we start in the United States where the run up to the 4th of july Independence Day weekend to seen a Record Number of new corona virus infections 55001 logged on thursday heres a look at data sharing the daily tally of new cases every day from the beginning of the u. S. Outbreak rising steadily of 1st the curve that flattens from the end of april to mid june but as knockdown mistreatments new infections shot up again. Well no startling statistics mean this weekends Independence Day celebrations are being scaled back as officials urge caution public and private gatherings Washington Bureau chief in this poll h
Social. Right. Also on the day turkey acquits a number of Amnesty International volunteers terrorism charges while others including imus internationals former head in turkey are convicted its surreal. To be convicted of. The most rapid increase in new corona virus infections since the u. S. Outbreak began at least 15 u. S. States have reported single day infection figures moves to left Health Restrictions and reopen the economy have shifted to a halt but this is also the weekend of the 4th of july u. S. Independence day events have been scaled back and officials a Public Private gatherings w. s Washington Bureau chief in a poll has been to ocean city maryland to gauge the mood. For Many Americans this is the 1st time out of 2 months. They are hungry for fun and some. Want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do but id like to keep moving on do the fireworks continue normality as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what wed like to do i think if you take the righ