In myanmar a direct assault on the countrys transition to democracy. The countrys armed forces seized power, detaining civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her top advisers. The takeover follows a Landslide Win by her National League for democracy in novembers election, which the army claims was fraudulent. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until 2011. Democratic reforms by Aung San Suu Kyi ended their control. Troops are being said to be patrolling the streets of the capital and the main city yangon. Now her leadership and reputation has been once hailed as a beacon of democracy she was awarded the nobel peace prize. Her leadership has been tarnished by looking at the Rate Map Working alongside the army. Alongside the army. Muslim rohingya minority. But she still enjoys great support throughout the country. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports. tx next this. An army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected
clashes in pakistan as imran khan s supporters try to stop police arresting him outside his home a move the former pm has said is outside the law. you it is not the law of the land, it is the law of the jungle. stricter rules ron jockeys whipping the horses stricter rules around jockeys whipping the horses hello and welcome to the programme. the us has summoned the russian ambassador to express concern about a collision between russian fighter jets and an american drone over the black sea. washington has accused moscow of irresponsible behaviour and said the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace. russia denied the us claims, instead saying the drone crashed after it lost altitude while manoeuvring sharply. this was the pentagon spokesman a little earlier. approximately 703, one of the russian su 27 fighterjet struck the propeller of the in queue nine causing to bring the in queue nine down in international waters. several times in collision, the
jockeys whipping horses. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to our viewers in the uk, on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in washington where the us has summoned the russian ambassador to express concern about a collision between a russian fighterjet and an american drone over the black sea. washington has accused moscow of irresponsible behaviour and said the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace. russia denied the us claims, instead saying the drone crashed after it lost altitude while manoeuvring sharply. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. talk us through what we know at this stage? this stage? officials at the pentagon this stage? officials at the pentagon says this stage? officials at the pentagon says this - this stage? officials at the i pentagon says this encounter lasted for seemingly quite a long time, 30 a0 minutes went to russian fighterjets were withi
Set by the Republican National committee. But, for the second time in his 2024 campaign, republican frontrunner donald trump Wont Take Part in the debate. The 77 year old has suggested sharing a stage with low polling rivals could only hurt his commanding lead. It comes as he faces mounting legal challenges, and indictments, and just four months before the Iowa Caucuses begin that formally launch the gops nomination process. Mr trump is holding his own even tonight in detroit to speak to car workers and blue collar employees. We will bring you more on that a little later. We stick with the debate for now. Earlier, i spoke with cbs news senior white house and Political Correspondent ed okeefe. Ed okeefe, thanks Forjoining Us for the second debate. What can we expect for tonight . I think you are going to see these are seven that are on stage tonight, some call them thejv stage tonight, some call them the jv team, some call them the Vice President ial tryouts, what they are really trying
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. america says a russian su 27 fighterjet has forced one of its surveillance drones to crash into the black sea using what officials are calling unsafe and unprofessional actions. several times before the collision, they dumped fuel on influenza front of the in queue nine and a reckless and unprofessional manner. tougher background checks on people buying guns in america as president biden tries to stop mass shootings. storm freddie has killed more than two hundred people in malawi and mozambique after striking for a second time.