International with me carrying also his landmark Hagia Sophia Museum which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque has been converted back into a place for muslim press. Change i mean like a lot of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims hagia sophia humanitys common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status and a more sincere. Sense worshippers have to wait another 2 weeks for the hadiya safina to reopen for press this friday saw them gathering outside the new nie reconverted last the president s announcement comes shortly after taking his high court i know to a 934 decision to turn in to me and say im local journalists use if possible. Turkeys counsel if they reach. No 1930 or Ministers Council decision that. I stop you Must Immediately so this decision being i know that my. Now be reverted back to moscow now what will change with. Looking forward well the main thing thats goi
Believes are undermining the territories autonomy. Internationals world news headquarters here in moscow is kevin owen saying good morning hi there this is the weekly roundup of some of the big news stories of the last 7 days so 1st the Russian Ambassador to britain then says there is no sense to the u. K. Claims on russian meddling britain on thursday accused moscow of interfering in last years general election and also of hacking medical research for a coronavirus vaccine. The russian intelligence agencies have been targeting in terms of Cyber Attacks against efforts across those 3 countries and here in the u. K. Our attempts to find a vaccine through research and development occurring of ours we do not have information about who may have hacked into pharmaceutical companies and Research Centers in Great Britain we can say one thing russia has nothing at all to do with these attempts Security Services from the u. S. And canada also joined the cyber attack accusations they said the Ha
Our top story the us has hit 3000000 coronavirus cases the now accounts for about a quarter of co the deaths globally nevertheless donald trump is still trying to convince everyone that washington is leading the fight against the virus but canada mexico and even the e. U. Are convinced as caleb maupin expects over 130000 americans have died from coded 19 and the number of those infected across america has surpassed 3000000 mark but that hasnt stopped us leaders from bragging claiming that the usa is the leader globally in fighting the virus i think the world is looking at us as a leader and covert 19 we showcase. 99 percent of which are totally harmless. Results that no other country can show because no other country is testing that we have now the rest of the world isnt buying that one bit the us is neighbor to the north canada says they are doing a better job fighting the virus than the United States is we were able to control the virus better than many of our allies particularly inc
Of the most important thing and must be supported by everybody. And this really loyal foresman gets tough on a protest against Police Brutality the latest rally during weeks of antigovernment unrest there. Good morning from Moscow Wednesday the 29th of july live here at r. T. International World News Center manager kevin o. Is here with this update for you for the next 30 minutes of you stick around. So 1st the now is after donald trump threatened to send in more federal troops to the stricken city of portland in oregon leaders there pleading for a cease fire the u. S. President s cracking down on the occasionally violent black lives matter protests which have been simmering there for months but portland city Officials Say this time troubles gone too far lets check out the latest live pictures is what it looking like at the moment right now what time is it the level of the evening in portland quiet generally in the last 24 hours from what we witnessed across the weekend certainly among
Israels embattled Prime Minister to quit over corruption allegations. And banking on having a conscience Mother Campaign is calling londons financial powerhouses to pay reparations now from fortunes bill on the back of slavery. Good morning from russia live here at the new center in moscow its kevin i mean this i was headlines and some more detail for you that and 1st off a new day and a wave of new confrontations between the United States and china to report beijing is weighing up its response to donald trump stripping hong kong of its preferential trade and economic state. The u. S. Nor maliciously denigrates hong kong is now. National security legislation threatens to impose sanctions on china and seriously violates International Law and basic rules of International Relations it is gross interference in Hong Kong Affairs and chinas internal affairs in order to safeguard its own legitimate interests china will make the necessary response and impose sanctions on relevant u. S. Personn