Business with the u. S. Government agencies. Starting with breaking news out of libya this hour with the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva on the same day warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked a port in tripoli the government of national called say the attacks on civilians showed after is not serious about working towards a resolution at least 3 people were killed in wednesdays attacks tripolis port so important its a gateway for food fuel and all sorts of imports for the country and libyas National Oil Company announces there will be major disruption to schools hospitals and power stations half his forces say the target of the shelling was an arms ship believed to be the 1st such attack in this offensive the city has been under attack by half his forces since april and now all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters as we said the attacks came on the go between the sides had been on the way in geneva the tripoli governm
Power during the 20 levon revolution. Im. Off for the 1st time since the corona Virus Outbreak began the number of new infections outside china has exceeded the number within 37 countries have tallied 427 new cases or beijing says its counted 411 earlier the World Health Organization warns immediate action is needed to prevent it becoming a pandemic where its widespread around the world one country seen rising fatalities is iran at least 19 people have died there 130 have contracted the virus including the Deputy Health minister in south korea the number of cases has passed 1200 the largest number of infections outside Mainland China churches have cancelled religious services and. Pand tries to limit the spread Prime Minister shinzo abbe has called for supporting and cultural events to be delayed by 2 weeks or cancelled entirely well the rounds president Hassan Rouhani has announced further measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus inside iran he defended the governments handling of
A full state funeral for Hosni Mubarak the long time president egyptians forced from power during the 20th levon revolution. And its for one of chinas cities highest profile players has announced through its own thoughts on grand slam champion reassure a part of it is stepping away from the game at the age of 32. For the 1st time since the corona Virus Outbreak began the number of new infections outside china has exceeded the number with it 37 countries have tallied 427 new cases all beijing says its counted 411 the World Health Organization is warning immediate action is needed to prevent it from becoming a Global Pandemic a quote a virus was 1st detected in chinas province in back december but the in fiction right appears to be slowing down in Mainland China where the outbreak began the virus is spreading in europe with new far cases in france and greece though the majority are in italy with 322. 00 confirmed infections and 12 deaths more than 81000 cases have been reported globally
Restrictions on doing business with the government. Developing news this wednesday has come out of libya where the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked the port in the capital tripoli at least 3 people were killed in the assault on the port which is a major entry point for supplies food fuel all of these things coming into libya and there are warnings of major disruptions to schools hospitals and power stations his forces say the target of the shelling specifically was and he has repeatedly launched these assaults on tripoli going back to april the tripoli based government insists the u. N. Mediated talks cannot continue until the worlds takes a quote clear stand on what it calls after violations lets start with this report james bays our diplomatic editor is at the talks in geneva. The port in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the
Super bowl for the 1st time since 1970 s. The 49 ers after the play that nobody wanted me to San Francisco its the biggest day in american sport. Hello we begin this news hour in iraq thats where there are reports that protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens are said to be injured in the latest round of mass demonstrations rallies are also broken out in a number of cities in the south of the country including measure. Protesters have cut off the south of the country by blockading major roads lets bring in imran khan whos joining us from baghdad and as were reporting clashes have been taking place throughout the morning in iran and the numbers seem to be getting larger. Right where we are right now ill just get that out the way to give you a closer look is about how off comments are way from where the clash is all taking place in effect a front line between the protesters on the police now you can