A truce softer 3 days of fighting with troops from azerbaijan celebrations for some prisoners of war in libya 16 of them go home in a swap between the warring sides and a European Court sides with our poll in a setback to efforts to crack down on tax deals favoring multinationals im joining us roscoe with the sports world cup organizes release the schedule for the 20 twentieths here cats all tournament for the 1st time there will be 4 matches a day in the group stages all have all the details coming up this hour. Thank you for joining us we begin with breaking news this hour after months of negotiations and failed talks with egypt and sudan ethiopias government says it started to fill the reservoir of africas largest down on the blue nile the 5000000000. 00 mega project is the centerpiece of ethiopias. Bed to become africas biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduce Water Supplies downstream and didnt want the river dammed until they reach an agreement with ethiopia last month
Has begun i mean his foreign minister says International Mediators are attempting to find a truce softer 3 days of fighting with troops from azerbaijan. And celebrations for some prisoners of war in libya 16 of them go home in a swap between the warning sign. We begin with the growing tensions between china and the United States beijing is vowing to retaliate after the u. S. President announced new measures to hold china accountable donald trump has revealed sanctions against chinese officials over the recent National Security law and polls in hong kong trumps announcement came after the u. K. Beyond chinese tech giant while way from its new high speed more bang network citing concerns about security katrina you begins our coverage with this report from beijing. Hong called is known as asias world city. But the u. S. Government says that nickname no longer applies washington has revoked the territory special economic status as punishment for the newly imposed National Security law. Fro
World cup womanizers release a schedule for the qatar 2022 tournaments for the 1st time before matches a day in the group stages. Thank you for joining us our top story egypt says its seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it started to feel the reservoir of africas largest dam on the blue nile if european state television reported early on wednesday at the filling of the grand renaissance dam had begun the 5000000000. 00 project is a centerpiece of ethiopias bid to become africas biggest power exporter age of 10 so don fear reduced Water Supplies downstream and didnt want the river downed until they reach an agreement with the last month egypts told the u. N. That it faces an existential threat from the da cha stratford reports on the complex regional politics surrounding the project. Its taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5000000000. 00 ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a great source of national pride. But a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the
Strike has killed at least 24. 00 people including women and children in the northwest of yemen also this hour keeping up the pressure secretary of state my comparison is the u. S. Will impose visa restrictions on Chinese Technology firms including huawei and why the global population is expected to diminish by hundreds of millions in the coming decades. Armley will ins with the sports news as world couple guys is released to shed for the 2022 settlement after the 1st time. Much is a day in the group stages of all the details coming up this hour. Thank you very much for joining us egypt says its seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it has started to feel the reservoir of africas largest dam on the blue nile if hell be in state television reported on wednesday that the failing of the grand renaissance dam had to be gotten the 5000000000. 00 project is a centerpiece of ethiopias bid to become africas biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduce Water Supplies do
Border where it begins to forge a truce between azerbaijan and armenia. Egypt has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile if you can state media has reported that the reservoirs are finally being filled the controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasnt been reached. If here is the source of the blue nile which flows through sudan and merges with the white nile up through egypt at full capacity the dam which is the size of london will be able to hold 74000000000 cubic meters of water the hydro power will turn on the lights for the 70 percent of ethiopians who currently have no electricity and egypt relies on the nile for 90 percent of its water for a population of 100000000. 00 trials stratford has more on how the dam divided the region before it was even completed its a continues to build and cost c