Under a controversial security law. Protesting against what i calling a fake election opposition supporters reject Alexander Lukashenko is landslide win. And a race against time off the coast of the richest as volunteers work to stem the flow of oil spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. Well we begin this hour in lebanon where president michel aoun has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government this follows a violent protest over the handling of last weeks explosion in the capital beirut which left more than 200 people dead thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands homeless has been asked to stay on as caretaker Prime Minister until a new cabinet is formed meanwhile on the streets thousands of protesters gathered near the Parliament Building with some throwing rocks and fireworks at Security Forces riot Police Responded with tear gas demonstrators have been calling for the complete overhaul of what they describe as lebanons corrupt political elite. But. At th
A contentious election thats returned Alexander Lukashenko to power for 6 term and a race against time off the coast of volunteers work to stem the flow of oil spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. And im santa how much now have all the sports. Book the spot in the semifinals of the earth or league it with a victory over by leverkusen. As president michel aoun has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government it follows mounting public anger of last weeks explosion in the capital beirut which left more than 200 people dead thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands Homeless People have been taking to the streets to voice their anger at the ruling elite as Bennett Smith now reports from bay of it. Lebanons government has finally caved in like a shot at buildings along beiruts waterfront it took an explosion of 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to bring down the Prime Minister and cabinet. Today we followed the will of the people to hold accountable those responsib
Woke up this morning to learn of the news and many are shocked and horrified including myself and i think this is sent out a very very negative message and of course it must have a Chilling Effect on people who want to speak out and particularly on the news media so this is a very very Disturbing Development although maybe maybe not unexpected but i and people say that hong kong no longer has the rule of law so i hope that jimmy lie and those of the people who have been a rest will be able to have their rights protected and of course if the authorities have evidence i hope they will come out with it because such allegations have been made for a long time and up to now they have to do is no evidence i think that we have seen quite oh increasing amount of selfcensorship amongst the news media some local media even say that that maybe there are some current politicians that they may not or should not interview and they are stories they should not write and also the edge of made telling th
Town thats at the center of a battle between the military and armed groups. Police in belarus serve detained another 700 people on a 4th night of unrest over sundays disputed election they joined 6000 already in custody women in the capital minsk have been marching against the Police Crackdown on demonstrations that follows the death of a protester in Police Custody on wednesday the unrest was triggered by the president Alexander Lukashenko election victory which the e. U. Says was neither free nor fair the opposition candidate spent lana to come off sky left the country earlier this week shes now in neighboring the few ania. The u. N. Human Rights Office has condemned the violence against protesters and is calling on belarus to release the detainees. We do have reports that people were ill treated both during the process of arrest while they were being arrested but also in detention and we do underscore that there is an absolute prohibition on the treatment and torture with very conce
A president ial election that the opposition says was rigged. At a Washington Court issues a summons against saudis crown prince it follows claims that he ordered the hit squad to kill an intelligence agent in canada. And in sports call thing looks to have a new superstar in the making in only his 2nd appearance at a major championship point how much has won the u. S. P. G. A. Championship. Lebanons capitals is facing rising pressure to step down as a 4th government minister resigns tensions have been boiling over in the country following the massive explosion that told through beirut on tuesday the finance minister joins the biggest us for justice the environment and information in bowing to public pressure and leaving government that been 2 days of violent protests in the capital with more planned on monday 9 m. P. s have also quit parliament aljazeera said to hold a joins us now live from beirut so the Cabinet Meeting right now as we speak. Yes they are in session and it is highly l