Republicans being forced to rethink grand plans for a big celebration followed the u. S. Conventions on aljazeera. Hello and welcome again to everyone im come out santa maria youre on rewind were revisiting some of the best and most influential programs from more than a decade of documentaries in the aljazeera archive as well as bringing you news of how the story has moved on since. I can 979. 00 the world woke up to news that the russian army had swept across the border into afghanistan in an attempt to prop up the communist government there it followed 18 months of civil unrest after the Peoples Democratic party seized power in 1978 however the p. D. P. Is radical plans including land reforms and equality of the sexes as well as modernizing traditional islamic civil and marriage laws that all spawned the guerrilla Resistance Movement known as the mujahedeen what followed was a decade of bloody civil war with pakistan in the United States covertly supporting the islamic rebels against
The coronavirus pandemic in india cases past 2000000 were live in new delhi. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from business with the chinese owners of 2 popular apps. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in sri lanka the governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes these peoples front is that by go to by and hinder rajapaksa who serve as president and Prime Minister along with their allies that has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution lets bring in our correspondent in Alpha Landers whos been following the election and the vote count its in colombo force me now a huge mandate really and an opportunity for really the country to see its constitution change how soon could this happen. So were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that th
But the painful reality remains for millions of americans out of a job because of coronavirus. That was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life. And the u. S. Is accused of political manipulation after donald trump signs of order banning business with the chinese owned apps to talk and we checked. And im here to stand with your sports jason day shares the lead at golds 1st major in 13 months the p. G. A. Championship. Lebanons president is beginning an address to the nation as the clamor grows francis over tuesdays port blast in beirut michele is already raised the possibility of external interference even a rocket or a bomb the full effect of the explosion is now becoming clear. With the u. N. Describing the need for shelter as quote massive the death toll has been updated now to 154 but the search goes on through the rubble in and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospit
A majority for the rajapaksa brothers to push through sweeping constitutional changes. The number of coronavirus cases in india hits 2000000 as a struggles to bring the pandemic under control. And pitching in to help we visit a city in the u. K. Where its taking a Community Effort to combat coronavirus. Us with your sport jason day shares the lead at golfs 1st major in 13 months the p. G. A. Championship. Emergency food shipments are being prepared the u. N. Is describing the need for shelter as massive 120. 00 schools have been damaged the full effect of tuesday nights port explosion in the lebanese capital is now becoming much clearer. Its just gone 1 pm in beirut where the death toll has been updated to 154. 00 but the search goes on in the rubble and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities amid all the frustration grows 16 port workers an
Russia spot for a Huge Oil Spill from a japanese ship that ran aground near the island greenpeace is warning of devastating consequences its. Now an Air India Express flight with about 190 people on board a skidded off the runway while landing in code in careless state at least 11 people have now reportedly died including the pilot airport Officials Say he couldnt see the runway clearly due to heavy rain now that crash caused the plane to split into 2 but it did not catch fire local media are saying that dozens of passengers are injured joining me on the phone now from new delhi is our india correspondent elizabeth purana liz i know this is a really fast moving story it all happened less than 3 hours ago now details still emerging what do we know at this stage. Hundreds classical unfortunately local media are reporting that the death how has gone up in the last hour that weve spoken local media reporting that 2 people have been killed including the pilot 122 really injured being seriou