A modern bastion of stability. A landslide victory for taiwans Pro Independence president has won a 2nd term in power and already delivered a sharp mooning to china. From obvious sims in doha with thoughtless schools liverpool open up a 16 point lead at the top of the English Premier League game off to an 8 year wait. To move the cheese back to the gold for a similar its a these. Very warm welcome to the program our top story a stunning admission of guilt by iran which says its military mistakenly shot down a passenger jet last week killing all 176 people who were on board it was the same night iran launched missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops as tensions flared over the assassination of iranian general us and so the money president Hassan Rouhani has called the shooting of the plane a disastrous mistake he says and a Defense Missile had been fired an era bringing down the aircraft outside teheran its caused an angry reaction inside iran with University Students protesting on
Week ahead in washington three after that, Benjamin Friedman of defense priorities looks at the latest tensions between the u. S. And iran. Plus phone calls and tweets. Washington journal is next. Host morning. Its monday, july 22 and its going to be a busy week on capitol hill as members of the house and senate prepare for the august break spending and the debt ceiling front and center. A new defense secretary is on the way. Final work on the 9 11 Victims Compensation fund and of course the Robert Mueller hearings which happen wednesday. President trump meets for the first time with the new Prime Minister of pakistan. And there are many many more headlines over these past few days about the heated lyrical rhetoric here in washington and what it means for the future and the future of politics. In fact, one observer of the process writes that no president ial candidate can unite the country. That article got our attention so we are asking you this monday morning, can any of the presiden
A cycle out in the arabian sea but for muscat expect to see winds a little bit lighter at 36. 00 degrees and a mostly cloudy day for you and then here across much of the southeastern coast we are going to see rain for durban that rain could be heavy at times but by the time we get to friday the rain starts to make its way out here across the indian ocean up towards harare though it is going to be a mostly cloudy to partly cloudy day with a temperature a bank in. The west sponsored cateye always. Brazil a bastion of Economic Development and the key player in is shifting global order a country thats become an increasingly and attractive destination for african Migrant Workers viewfinder in latin america follows an angolan migrant who turns to music once his brazilian dream encounters hardship and racism open arms and closed doors on aljazeera. Welcome back and top stories here the police and protesters face to face once again in hong kong as demonstrations continue over a controversial e
A table with iran so i want some journalists warn of a threat to press freedom in australia after police raid the countrys National Broadcaster following the disclosure of classified data in the media. And a german serial killer who murdered 85 patients while working as a nurse was given a 2nd life sentence on thursday but Police Suspect he may have been killed hundreds more. Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Our Business Leaders and politicians from around the world have gathered in St Petersburg for the annual International Economic forum this week president putin and chinas she took center stage at the conference on friday putting on a show of unity and back to back speeches and offering their thoughts on trade relations with United States social Sophie Shevardnadze moderated their q. And a session she joined our correspondent go to discuss the highlights. Why wouldnt you meet him with
The search participants say, there were no traces of significant death on her body. Its strange, in general, of course, that she went on foot. All sorts of people are drunk, i dont know, i kind of, i dont walk clean. Why did the child go to yekaterinburg alone, why did she return . No one met her, not even the same young man. Why didnt he meet . Its interesting that the phone disappeared, apparently there was some kind of correspondence there were clues that could be found, while the whole city was discussing versions of the girls death, her friends said that dana seemed to have a presentiment of her death on the way home. She had a strange message on social media in which she asked her not to kill anyone she was afraid of. Why, despite my fear, i went on foot at night and why did i die . All the details of this tangled story are in our program today. Danas father alexander ilyinykh , hello in our studio. Please accept our condolences and since i understand that you are reproaching you