Hello and welcome to all our viewers watching from Around The World. On an occurrent ahead on Cnn Newsroom mission, completes the Polaris Dawn Crew was splashdown in the Gulf Of Mexico, just minutes from now after a history making It Spaceflight Doubling down on fear and conspiracy, Donald Trump speaks of an immigrant to the takeover after spreading falsehoods about migrants eating pets and missile launched from Yemen Lands in central israel, setting off Air Raid sirens and sending residents running for shelter by from Hong Kong this is Cnn Newsroom with Anna Coren we are just minutes away and counting down to splashdown of the historic Polaris Dawn Mission, spacex is just provided video of the crew and the spaceship as it heads Down To Earth. And we are looking at live pictures with the astronauts in their seats in the Nose Cone closing, the civilian crew of the Spacex Rocket lifted off on tuesday, looking to a new era in commercial Space Travel and exploration. Theyve been farther fr
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The World Health Organizations morning that africa could become the next epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. So far, there have been fewer than 1000 deaths across the continent which is a lower rate than the u. S. And europe. Pandemic willthe kill at least 300,000 people on the continent and push 30 million into poverty. The u. N. Secretary general said africa needs more than 200 billion to combat the virus. The who fears the death toll could be far higher. , there hasast week been a 51 increase in the number of reported cases in my home continent, africa. 60 increase in the number of reported deaths. With the current challenge of obtaining testing kits, it is likely that the real numbers are higher than reported. To ans speak now epidemiologist and professor at Mercy College who joins us on skype from new york. This morning from the who about numbers being higher, we are talking about 20,000 cases across the continent and less than 1000 deaths. That sounds very low. Indeed, you the
sunday. live picture from the kennedy space center in florida where in just 90 minutes from now four passengers will lift off on a private mission to the international space station. the crew on board the axiom 2 mission includes the first woman to command a private space flight and the first saudi arabian woman to travel to space. much more on this historic mission later on this hour. first, we continue to cover the fast-changing developments in the high stakes talks to avoid a looming debt crisis. just a short time ago president biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy agreed to meet for another round of negotiations on raising the debt limit. and staff level talks between the two sides will resume in the next few hours. the two men agreeing to a one-on-one meeting after what mccarthy called a productive phone call today with the president, as the president flew home from the g7. so before departing, biden painted a grim picture of the talks telling reporters while the