Can only help us in that cause. Now to the Us Open Tennis where the wimbledon Champion Barbora Krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian Qualifier Elena Gabriela ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. Krejcikova who was knocked out of the quarterfinals at the olympics chose not to play any hard Court Warm up events going into the tournament, and withdrew from the tournament in toronto with a thigh injury. In the mens draw, fourth Seed Alexander Zverev is in action in the louis armstrong stadium. Hes taking on Alexandre Muller of france, the two have never met before. Zverev has taken the first two sets the second one a closer affair, went to a tie break. Zverev leads the third set 3 1. While the former semi finalist Grigor Dimitrov is through to the third round, the bulgarian ninth Seed Beat australian rinky Hiji Kata in straight sets. Cricket and England And Sri lanka are making their final prepa
We meet the sound autist using poetry and song to explore how colonial power was western sexism to her birth country cameroon. And im to see one to welcome to news africa thousands of people in senegal as capital debt call home after a stroll at the weekend brought nearly a years worth of rainfall in a single day this is video from a densely populated suburb of to call some residents have to be evacuated by canoe local media reports that at least 4 people have died in the flooding across the country the government has come under fire for its response to the disaster. Homes swamped. And the sandbags havent been much help. Flooding has become a fact of life for families here. And far deeper than this water is the frustration which keeps rising even as the flooding subsides. In this stack a neighborhood people feel theyve been forgotten and ignored for years. Since 2012 the state comes in makes promises that unfortunately we still dont have proper pipelines and drainage thats why the wate
The citys Law Enforcement. Also, germanys s foreign minisr telling the Israeli Government that its plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank is illegal, and procutors i in sweden sayay they know who killd the Prime Minister olaf, more than 30 years ago, but they cannot pursue the case because the suspect is already dead. Im brent goff. Two viewers in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Tonight, and emotionally charged congressional hearing. The mother of george floyd has called on congressional lawmakers to make sure his brother did not die in vain the brother of george floyd has called on congressional lawmakers. The plea came as demands grew to reform policing and avoid more cases of africanamericans dying at the hands of white police officers. The day after his brother george was laid to rest in houston, texas, full onus floyd was in washington, d. C. He called on lawmakers to ensure his brother did not die in vain. When you watch your big brother who you looked
Defending his boss, saying the Impeachment Vote is a disgrace. We go to washington for the latest. Also coming up, australia is roasting its hard to stay on record. The country battling a bushfire crisis and severe drought, but even that does not stop the Prime Minister from going on holiday. And germany moves so closer to banning what is called gay conversion therapy. You will meet one man who even underwent an exorcism in an attempt to become ststraight, bt it didid notot stop his susuicil thoughts. Its time to say goodbye to the latest Star Wars Trilogy as the final movie in the series has its world premier. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. We start with the historic debate in the house of representatives to decide on approving articles of impeachment against President Trump. The voters is expected to take place after several hours of debate. If successful, President Trump will then go on trial in the u. S. Senate. Speaker
The worlds greatest rainforest is under increasing threat. Illegal logging, mining and land grabbing has led to vast areas of rainforest being lost. It is a huge store of carbon that is vital for tackling climate change, but the brazilian government of president bolsonaro has so far denied the problem, but that may now change. Environment minister Ricardo Salles will meet governors of amazon states today to discuss tactics to counter deforestation. In the 12 months tojuly, 2019, deforestation soared almost 30 . More than 3,700 Square Kilometres of forest has been deforested this year, an area about a fifth the size of wales orjust over 500 thousand football pitches. While deforestation mainly has been caused by illegal logging, mining and cattle farming, a new threat is posed by increasing demand for land for palm oil plantations. However the president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, believes other countries had overblown the situation. Translation the situation. At times, certain countries