A hit squad to kill a former intelligence officer. The leaders of 2 west african nations ivory coast and guinea are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms in october. And new yorks attorney general sues the National Rifle association in a bid to dissolve the gun lobbying group. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many arent blaming the people running the port instead they say the people running the country are responsible protests are being held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president emanuel mccrum hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast. It is now at 149. 00 and its expected to go up by nick smith as the latest from beirut. On the streets of beirut on thursday frances president Emmanuel Mccomas essentially moment by peopl
Is out there at live from doha also coming up in the program the spying claims and a mysterious fire china has ordered to shut its consulate in the u. S. To diffuse them as a diplomatic born 20 fives. California now has the largest number of coronavirus cases in the us a passing new york. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist was found with severe knife wounds hours before he was jew to give evidence in court. So that hes been criticized for his response to the west in corona virus pandemic and to the demands for Racial Justice following George Floyds death but with just over 3 months to go before the president ial election donald trump is taking action and talking tough on 2 other fronts as administration has ordered that chinas houston consulate to be shut down and the latest move against beijing. And in the past couple of hours the president s announced that hundreds of federal Law Enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque
Occasion. Because this action on the part of the ilwu is the first time in American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people in the United States of america. Reporter organizers are saying its time for a new generation and that generation saying they are ready to answer the call. We are tired and exhausted and this is a different generation. We will not sit by and accept what is happening. We will speak up and start the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. Reporter on the other side of the bay there were scattered protests including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall, hundreds gathered demanding the city shift funding away from police and remove officers from city schools. Reporter those protests were not limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are we are monitoring those rallies and
Broadcaster in the philippines is facing a shutdown. Also this president cited the i. S. O. Fia after a court in turkey rules in favor of turning this popular heritage site into a mosque from a museum. Before we get to top story lets just get you some breaking news this just dropped literally in the past 90 seconds or so the u. S. President donald trump has decided to commute the sentence for his longtime friend and adviser roger stone mr stone of course you remember probably sentenced to a prison sentence for lying to congress as part of the probe into allegations of rushing russian meddling in the 2016 u. S. President ial Election Campaign alan fischer joins us live now from falls church in virginia alan what do we know. We know that theyre saying that this was done because he was risk he was due to start his sentence on tuesday the white house in a statement just issued you see peter just in the last 90 seconds or so said that roger stone is a victim of the russian hoax which is bei
To press freedom in south asia the largest broadcaster in the philippines is facing a shutdown. Refusing to back protesters trying to storm the Serbian Parliament as anger grows against the governments. Top story the u. S. President donald trump has commuted the sentence of his ally roger stone he advised trumps president ial campaign and was sentenced to jail for lying to congress as part of the russia probe alan fischer reports. He has been a friend a confidant and for a very long time his biggest political supporter roger stone can thank donald trump for his freedom the veteran political consultant was due to begin a prison sentence on cheese day but with the president s granting of clemency that has gone away in a statement the white house said roger stone is a victim of the russia hopes that the left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attack. To undermine the Trump Presidency there was never any collusion between the campaign or the Trump Administration with r