Rock n roll hall of fame guitarist the van halen dies from count age 65. The political turmoil in kurdistan isnt easy and the Prime Minister has been replaced now by an opposition politician who was freed from jail the day before by protest theres been widespread antigovernment demonstrations which have seen opposition supporters take over most of the capitals government buildings the crisis has led to the results of sundays parliamentary election being an old following accusations of vote by lets go straight to our correspond Charles Strafford whos been following events for us from bishkek charles bring us up to date what. The latest political situation. Well the situation continues to be very tense in day there doesnt seem to be any central leadership any Central Authority in control of the situation here actually standing at the main square where we saw those big demos that were cleared out. A couple of days ago by Security Forces now representatives of various different opposition
Government protesters out in force as politicians discuss constitutional reforms. And 7000 coronavirus cases in one day israel is now being ordered into a full lockdown. To do sports including performance from a place called euro. Heroes schools 37 points for the miami heat to move in one game away from a place in the n. B. A. Finals. Shooting by Police Inside her own home galvanized demands for Police Reform across the u. S. But 6 months on from the killing of brown and taylor protesters coming out again 3 Police Officers from louisville kentucky will not be charged over her death. The spot outrage. Protests began within hours of the says and in cities from new york to washington d. C. And los angeles the black medical worker was shot dead in launch when police opened fire as they raided her apartment only one of the 3 officers will face any action 3 counts of endangering neighbors john hendren has more from the ceci. Anger and a sense of justice denied spilled over into the streets o
Better or worse antigovernment anger is building even in the president s traditional heartland. And in sports the Milwaukee Bucks and boycotted their n. B. A. Playoff game the team ready to face the Orlando Magic by didnt show up as part of the a protest against Racial Injustice. Could be the most powerful storm to hit the u. S. This year is just hours away from making landfall Hurrican Laura is already a category 4 storm and Officials Say it could be catastrophic its power grew by nearly 70 percent in just 24 hours this is what it looks like from space as it crackles with lightning and races towards texas and louisiana 2 states that are also grappling with coronavirus authorities have warned a storm that could churn flood waters as high as 6 meters making it unsurvivable around 620000 people have been told to leave their homes with hurricane Warnings Issued to those living as far as 322 kilometers inland. And again it is live for us from miami and it is strong seems to be strengthenin
Those still being forced from their homeland today. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us in bellerose defiance is mounting against authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko tens of thousands of people have again rallied peacefully in the capital minsk it comes after disputed elections last weekend which salt police launched a brutal crackdown on dissent some of the 7000 protesters detained over the past week have been released many of them having been beaten and tortured. Across the country workers went on strike putting their voices to the swelling protest movement thousands upon thousands willing to risk their jobs calling for president Alexander Lukashenko to go he tried to play matters down. 20 people decided to speak their mind just abandon their work and left their boss said fine go on i have enough other people who will take your wages. These striking workers from instructors factory were unimpressed there placard reads we are not 20 we are 16000. In the early
Hygiene. Thank you for coming. I hope everybody has disinfectant that they can use. We spaced out the room to be as safe as possible to my staff and minority staff, thank you for working together. We are back, we spent 40 something days since the senate has been able to meet. The committee has a lot to do related to the coronavirus but we have other things for the good of the nationlike filling judicial vacancies or getting comments throughout the country about the vacancies and how they are impacting the ability to deliver justice in various states it will be as prompt as we possibly can. My democratic colleagues are requesting hearings on the effect of the virus in Detention Centers for immigration purposes and we will try to Work Together to have those hearings. Im curious myself about safely in the nations prison. Next week we will hear about liability issues related to the virus. What can we do as a congress to safely open up and minimize legal exposure for those to reopen the ame