Guess there is no vacation from the pandemic germany is offering returning travelers free coronavirus tempting to guard against a 2nd wave of cocaine 1000. Plus china orders the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move comes after the u. S. Told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us is them bills hagia sophia has opened for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years that comes after a controversial decree from turkish president to want to turn the former museum back into a mosque or 2 on himself attended prayers today along with several 100 guests the building was originally a cathedral and it stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 years. More. President everyone personally began friday prayers with a recitation from the koran this is the 1st time muslim friday prayers have been held in the highest sophia for 86 years just 2 weeks ago turkeys highest Administrative Court ca
Go ahead according to Police Source he several top ranking policing forces were part of the is conditions attacked in anbar province. Egypts, Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 others are being accused being complicit to the attack that led to their escape. This is third set of charges brought about against morsi sidges his, anticoup protests across the country. The violence intensified in cairo against fridays protests, l shells were released against the protestors. Also fired against a strategic location in aleppo. Up to 81 government soldiers were killed. The u. S. Ship which will play a major part of destroying syrias chemical weapons is, early in the new year. While the voyages continues so foo does the International Effort to bring an end to the two and a half year conflict. Russian diplomats disagree on whether iran should be involved in the involved in the be geneva conference. Our james bay has the story. Key issues still to resolve. For the 22nd of january. No answer. After spen
Hello. President trump has commuted the prison sentence for his friend and advisor roger stone. He was due to start a three year and four month prison sentence for lying under oath during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us election. The white house said mr stone would have been at serious risk of covid 19 in jail. Within the past hour, mr stone has been speaking to the media. Heres some of what he had to say. I am going to do three things i will write a book, another book, about the experience, because people need to understand the extraordinary abuses in ourjustice system. I will help general flynn to get exoneration, because the refusal of the judge to dismiss it and drag it through the summer is outrageous. And i am going to do everything i possibly can, on an independent basis, to get the president re elected, which i think is crucial. A short time ago, our north america correspondent david willis gave this update. Roger stone, james, is a political operativ
The World Health Organization has reported a record daily total of global coronavirus infections. Nowhere has been hit harder than the United States. The countrys Top Health Official for Infectious Diseases now says some us states should delay ending their lockdowns. This graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic. The number had been falling towards the end of last month, but now theres a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days thats the highest single day tallies for any country since the pandemic began. The states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people, louisiana with 321, and florida with 423. But the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent, sophie long reports. Music plays. When the governor of arizona lifted the states stay at home order, people partied, pre pandemic style. It was a joke to
Easier to go on holiday. In thejohnny depp libel trial, more allegations of arguments and violence with his ex wife, amber heard. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The United States has once again breached a new daily record for confirmed coronavirus infections. Cases were falling towards the end of last month, but they are now rising steeply again, exceeding 65,000, making these the greatest single day tallies for any country since the Global Pandemic began. The spike in infections has been particularly bad in the south and west of the country, with the state of arizona recording the most cases. 0ur correspondent sophie long has been there. Loud music plays when the governor of arizona lifted the states stay at home order, people partied, pre pandemic style. It was a joke to us. We werejust like, covids fake news. Days later, many woke up to what will probably be the worst hangover of their lives. Never imagined in my life id be in a hospital, you know