Gatherings in serbia with a sit in protest against the governments Coronavirus Response to Peaceful Demonstrations follows 2 days of violent clashes. Remembering the victims of this record its a genocide it 25 years later. I put the men who were taken away even little boys from the age of 8 even 90 year olds. Years from survivors of the massacre who will never forget the pain nor the brutality 8000 muslims killed the emissions honk those who lost their loved ones. Im sumi so much kind of thank you for joining us lawmakers in the philippines have rejected the renewal of a broadcast license for the countrys top broadcaster a. V. s c. D. N. The media group a voice 11000 people and has a. Audience of tens of millions of people activists called move a political vendetta by lawmakers on behalf of president bradley go to tara to win africas clashed with the president and will now be off the air indefinitely here is what an a. B. S. C. P. S. Worker had to say after the vote. In fact. If you ca
Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us turkeys highest Administrative Court has issued a ruling that paves the way for the government to convert istanbuls from the museum back into a mosque the willing and nelda 934. 00 government decree that turned the unesco World Heritage site and is that bulls most iconic landmark into a museum but turkish president rajapaksa one push to restore its status as a mosque he said that International Pressure to keep it a museum was a violation of turkeys National Sovereignty the Russian Orthodox church has called the move on acceptable. Lets go to istanbul where did jones is standing by for us hi dorian tell us more about whats behind this decision. Well president heard one has been flirting with his idea ever since he came to power in the early 20 years ago but why now well the Church Economy is in deep trouble very very badly hit by the cove in 1000 epidemic and i think this move is seen as very much trying to try to change the conversation
The coronavirus for. The 1st friday prayers it is the bulls hagia sophia after its controversial change of status from museum to mark. So that the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insists its safe for children to return to class and its unlikely that they will contract or transmit the virus they say state and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools the President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that taint the White House Press secretary reiterated that call. It is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why you are coming into the Briefing Room every day during the pandemic are meatpackers where meat pac
The first friday prayers at his temples hagia sophia after its change from the museum into a mosque. In sports, football has returned to france after a fofourmonth break caused by coronavirus. A limited number of fans in the stadiums. We look at the french cup final. Welcome to the newshour. More than six months since the coronavirus was first suspected in china, it is still living for the road at record rates. There is a record rise in infections, according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 10,000 people have died in that same period, the biggest spike since the end of april. Across the planet, the virus has killed more than 635,000 people. More than 1 5 of those fatalities are in the u. S. , the worlds worst hit country. New hotspots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4 million. Latin america also recorded more than 4 million cases. More than 176,000 people have died. We will get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in a moment joining
Where demonstrators have been challenging federal agent sent by donald trump. For. And speaking out against the silencing the hungry and media thousands accuse the government of crushing up popular news website. Star for the u. S. Consulate in chengdu in china packing up and getting ready to leave off to beijing ordered its closure in a worsening diplomatic standoff thats in response to the u. S. Ordering the closure of chinas consulate in Houston Texas and shortly after everyone left that building several men thought to be u. S. Federal agents were seen getting in through a back door the u. S. Government has accused staff of espionage and data theft beijing describes the allegations as quotes malicious slander. Police inching due meanwhile have blocked off access to the u. S. Consulate there head of its closure its unclear when staff will have to leave but the state run newspaper says the u. S. Has until monday to train to use in trying to do with more on that decision to close the co