A hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese only its up to. You. Thank you very much for joining as the governing party of sri lankas president go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with its allies it has security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lankans peoples front is led by rajapaksa brothers the rajapaksa grab brothers. Who Service President and Prime Minister respectively the results now look certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but its raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and Public Services that speak to our correspondent in colombo me now fernandez me now so a super majority for the rajapaksa brothers how are they able to achieve this break down the numbers for us focused. Basically its a reflection of
The fears remain especially after he said that hell wait and see if he accepts the Election Results today were joined by someone whos been involved in american politics for decades Sidney Blumenthal is a veteran journalist whos worked with leading publications like the New York Times the new republic and the guardian and hes an author whos writing a landmark series of books on the life and times of americas 16th president president Abraham Lincoln said its great to be with you and i as you know have been reading your books but i want to start the show with a sound clip from president drop. Republicans are the party of liberty equality and justice for all we are the party of Abraham Lincoln and we are the party oh i am. So sidney President Trump often mentions president lincoln compares himself to president lincoln says that he is doing better in the polls than president lincoln and i just want to get your dashboard of the comparison between lincoln in his time and President Trumps d. P
A hit squad to canada to kill him and planes that government corruption has marred south africas coronavirus responds. To. Thank you very much for joining us the governing party of sri lankas president go to by our rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with your high security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lanka people strident is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to by and my hand will serve as president and Prime Minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but the brothers have been polarizing figures in sri lanka in politics my india was previously president from 2005 to 2015 go to buy a rajapaksa had worked under his brother as defense secretary during serang because civil war their government is accused of war crimes for their battles with tamil tiger rebels the leaders are popular among ethnic majority sinhalese and many praise them for helping t
Pandemic which as large as shield of sri lanka sort of limiting sri lankas coronavirus dates to 11 limiting the spread so thats very much at the top of peoples minds and the way of the efficiency which the current government led by present go to the rajapaksa has managed things. Anger has boiled over on the streets of beirut as residents direct blame for tuesdays deadly port explosion at lebanons leaders 16 employees of beirut sports have been detained protests says took to the streets as french president in Mannion Mccoll visited the capital a con call for an International Investigation into the blast that killed 149 people and he backed calls for a new political order when its made reports from beirut. On the streets of beirut on thursday frances president Emmanuel Mccomas essentially moment by people many of them calling for a turn of french mandate fronts was the clonal hour here before independence and its because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own pol
Its a family that has been at the heart of power in sri lanka for years now that aim to strengthen the whip as voters go to polls so how crucial is the election this time and why does sri lanka matter this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Or not to buy and behind the. 2 brothers who have long shaped sri lankas politics theyre known for their role in and during the 26 year war against tamil separatists now seeking to extend their familys rule over the island nation president go to bias party aims to win a 2 thirds majority in wednesdays parliamentary election he needed to amend the constitution and restore president ial powers curve and the changes to legislate into 1015 the Prime Minister mahinda wants to be reelected many fear fractures within the opposition could help the road when are trite such a victory would concern defenders of human rights who accuse them of abusing power cracking down on the stand. On this report from colombo. Well indeed i think his son dylan wa