Haile Gebrselassie has told the b.b.c. He s concerned that fake news shared on Facebook helped fuel the recent outbreak of ethnic violence which left $78.00 people dead the clashes began after the owner of an influential media outlet so the authorities were in danger in his life by taking away his bodyguards Will Ross reports Haile Gebrselassie is worried that things could get a lot worse in Ethiopia where ethnic tension has frequently led to violence in a b.b.c. Interview the revered double Olympic champion said he believed fake news on Facebook had played a major role in the latest clashes the athlete who s now a prominent businessman in Ethiopia called on Facebook to help by taking down posts which were untrue and had the potential to incite ethnic or religious violence although it s impossible to know to what degree social media fueled last month s clashes some widely shared Facebook posts were potentially dangerous including one which falsely claimed that a policeman was arming y
That s it take part in the March organizers say it s the biggest cichlids ever seen the square in streets surrounding it packed with people waving banners and demonstrating peacefully many of them according to President peña to resign this all started last Friday with violent protests about a hike in metro prices but now Chileans are complaining about the inequality in that country and the need for change they say reforms the president announced on Tuesday to that will too late a judge in the United States has ordered the trumpet ministration to hand over grand jury evidence in the motor inquiry into Russian election meddling Democrats in Congress have been demanding the documents as part of their investigation into whether President Trump tried to obstruct justice David Willis has more in the judgment it establishes the legality of the ongoing impeachment investigation in the House of Representatives Mr Trump and his allies had argued that that inquiry is illegitimate all the time t
The fact that you know they had all these years under Saddam Hussein they were promised life would get better didn t then they had the defeat that was declared against the Islamic state group 2 years ago on the promise that things would get better and now they are still facing a wide ranging economic issues with the unemployment rate which is astronomical the issues are health care the provision of services like electricity and basic complaints about us politics here being corrupt the undercover Russian lobbyist money a boot in a has been released from prison in the United States and is expected to be deported she pleaded guilty in December to a charge of conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent after working to infiltrate conservative political groups world news from the b.b.c. The leader of the Iranian backed Hezbollah militant movement in Lebanon has announced as back to the government as widespread protests continue for a 9th day Mr Nasrallah claimed that the demonstrati
Human rights abuses and seizures of want to turn farms further u.s. Measures came into effect in March after last year s deadly suppression of protestors. South Korea has said it will no longer Sieg to be recognized as a developing nation by the World Trade Organization the move seems designed as a concession to the United States which has complained that some countries use developing nation status to gain preferential treatment Laura because reports from so President Donald Trump name says Korea and a list of countries claiming developing countries status in July and claim that this was unfair preferential treatment Asia s 4th largest economy has used the privileges of the status to protect its agriculture sector and currently imposes a tad more than 500 percent on some rice imports However souls finance minister Paul numbed he said that it was difficult to be recognised as a developing nation considering the country s economic status he added that the government would do everything
The qualification have been dealt a blow as they went down to a late 31 defeat by the Netherlands and Rotterdam fans in green were given hope when they took the lead through substitute Josh McGuinness on 75 minutes but Memphis De Palma soon equalized and the Dutch added a couple more to seal their way and there s a lot means Northern Ireland and now 3rd in the table and need to win the final to qualify as and rely on other results well types of qualifying is still alive after that one will draw with Slovakia the Welsh a 3rd in that table with a game in hand Scotland s hopes of progressing automatically all over after they with the last 4 No by Russia in Moscow they ve still got a chance through the Euro playoffs because they won their nations in a great England to a top of that group can qualify tonight if they beat the Czech Republic will have commentary of the game here on 5 Live and 22 year old American Simone bille says it means the well to win a record 5th the women s all round t