Protest leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation dismissing regional mediation efforts. Also ahead fire rages through the historical fetal moments in western france that dates back to the 15th century. We begin in iran where the president Hassan Rouhani says 25000000 iranians have been infected by the coronavirus thats more than a quarter of the population rouhani says another 35000000 are at risk in the real figures from the Health Ministry or far higher than the official number iran is the hardest hit country anywhere in the middle east has no card to get paid leave out of mohammed one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 25000000 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about 14000. 00 of them within 150. 00 days. It is possible that 30 to 35000000 citizens are at risk to be affe
A number far greater than was previously reported. As virus cases rise in bangladesh corruption is fueling fears of getting safe treatment in hospital. Also the mollies process leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation and dismiss regional mediation efforts. One of americas most famous civil rights activists congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was among the last surviving pioneers of the movement during the 1960 s. He helped to organize the march on washington where Martin Luther king delivered his historic i have a dream speech nearly 60 years later the dream of Racial Justice is ongoing black lives matter protests sparked by the death of george. Floyd to being violently suppressed by the police in the city of Portland Oregon overnight on friday federal agents fired tear gas at Peaceful Protesters the state of oregon is now suing over the use of force statues have been toppled and some Police Officers sacked during months of protests acros
Mali condemn regional mediation efforts and continue their demands for the president to quit. But cannot. Reach. And the tributes keep pouring in for one of the last members of Martin Luther kings in a circle civil rights icon an american congressman john lewis has passed away at the age of 80. And in sport here with hamilton clinches pole position for the hungaroring ground the defending formula one World Champion will start at the front of the grand for the 90th time in his career. So were starting in libya where a team from the International Criminal court is now on the ground tasked with investigating a warlord over possible war crimes investigators from the i. C. C. Of arrived in libyas capital to look into the acts committed by the forces loyal to. Khalifa haftar that is expected to include a visit to the mass graves found last month the 3 person team will also investigate booby traps left behind during a retreat by half to find is in residential areas south of tripoli the i. C.
Combined the latest forecast from the International Monetary fund. The forecast keeps getting worse for the airlines the industrys International Representative says carriers will lose 314000000000. 00 in revenue with 80 percent of flights now grounded. Russia reports another record daily rise in infections pushing its total beyond 20000. 00 also ahead. Somebody is the president of the United States the authority is total donald trump declares hell decide when the u. S. Economy reopens but State Governments say nothing will change until its safe. And weve used it for thousands of years to ward off disease find out how copper is being made into an even more powerful tool against coronavirus. And sport the worlds biggest cycling race has been postponed organizers say the Tour De France cant start. Hurting happen later in the year. International Monetary Fund says the coronavirus pandemic will cost the worlds economies 9. 00 trillion dollars over the next 2 years the warning comes as count
A 1000 infections now. And the. Coronavirus patient in london sends a message that itself goes viral across europe. To hamas now have all the sporting puting. That crickets most lucrative t 20 tournament at the Indian Premier League will be able to get underway next month because of the current a Virus Outbreak. Of there have long been warnings that the right of corona virus infection in the u. S. Would be worse than thought and now there is proof the United States has surpassed all other countries with 85000. 00 plus infections close to half of those are in new york state alone and chinas president xi jinping says he is offering his support to. Help the u. S. To fight the virus well be talking about that a little later on weve also got these 3 correspondents bringing Us Developments this hour laurence lay there he is in london with the latest updates from the u. K. And youre in johannesburg i mentioned this of africa with its 1st 2 deaths katrina you also with the latest from beijing