After negotiations in congress stopped well get the latest from washington d. C. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we start in lebanon where protests protests against the political establishment have left more than a 100 people injured and one Police Officer dad and demonstrators have stormed a several official buildings setting fire to at least a one a Government Ministry the country has been deeply shaken by tuesdays devastating explosion in beirut support the blast killed more than 150 people injured thousands more and destroyed large parts of the city but. They came from near and far and their message was clear. Down with the government on the dander of political elites they share. Are incompetent and deeply corrupt and what happened on tuesday was the final straw for them. Nearly 3000. 00 tons of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate exploded devastating large parts of the city the chemical had been stored for 6 years without adequate Safety Measures in a warehouse at the por
Recover from covert 19 tonight a survivor tells us how shes coping both physically and mentally. Im going to richardson a welcome to the show the u. K. U. S. And canada are accusing russian agents of carrying out Cyber Attacks to steal information on potential covert 19 vaccines according to british and u. S. Intelligence the attacks targeted Coronavirus Research centers and were carried out by a p t 29. 00 a Hacking Group linked to the kremlin also known as cozy bear its the same group that was blamed for interference in the us elections 4 years ago bosco has denied any involvement. Washington correspondent stuff and simons has been following the story for us a stuff that what exactly are the accusations against this group associated with russian intelligence. There is as they stand from the british authorities u. S. Authorities and canadian authorities all that a p t 29. 00 as you said or cozy bear or also called the duke. Conducted Cyber Attacks that is spare fishing and malware it
15000 people packed into berlins buggin to answer theater. T. V. Appearances attracting 1700000 viewers. To all some of the opera Worlds Largest audiences. The german tenor is one of the biggest names in opera today. What does it take to become an opera star. Only very few artists make the leap on to the worlds best stages why are some singers successful and others not with that question in mind i spent half a year meeting up with some of the worlds most exciting operatic singers. But. I think your most cough monster rear only really took off relatively late when he was in his mid thirties in london he tells me about the doubts he had early on. The hypnotist miscall im one of us also of course i thought more than once about quitting and despite all my love of music and theater i couldnt imagine sticking with a profession long term where the only certain thing is uncertainty in the height forecast. 90 percent of Opera Singers never manage to land a fixed contract at an opera house. The
Have the latest on president are the ones controversial decision to change the world famous monuments back into a mosque. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin in the u. S. Where a Government Order forcing the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas has just taken effect a convoy of vehicles was seen outside the building and there are reports that a group of men who appear to be u. S. Officials are forcing open the back door of the u. S. Alleges that chinese agents tried to steal data from medical facilities in texas china calls the claims of malicious slander its responded by ordering the u. S. To close its consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the escalating diplomatic spat comes as relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point in decades. It was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is the u. S. Has been told to close its conscience and chain to. Raising the stakes yet further and this diplomatic stand
A scaled down ceremony is held in paris paying tribute to the Nations Health care workers. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has made good on his threat to end hong kongs special status trump has signed an executive order to strip the city of its trade privileges and bring it in line with Mainland China he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijings crackdown on Civil Liberties in the territory to their side legislation. And an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppression of actions against the people of hong kong. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes wrong in my opinion