Police also protesters in hong kong on the day a local election was too stupid to help. Socalled excess deaths figures in mexico raise questions over the real scale of the corona Virus Outbreak that well have a live update. And im leah harding with all of your sports news clear ghastly is just a few laps away from winning his 1st formula one grand prix and 3 in a williams battles past Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open shes still on course to equal the record 24. 00 grand slam singles titles. Tens of thousands of by the russians staging another huge mot sure the capital minsk keeping up the pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko whos responding with increased force hes refusing to quit weeks off the disputed elections others took him to. For help to stay in power to serious bona smith is monitoring developments for us from neighboring the few waiting up to 4 weeks of protests then despite increased intimidation out a rests what are we to make of the old. Calling in those protesters
The coronavirus threatens to break the countrys health system. Better Russian Security forces have detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital midscale president Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly issued threats of violence against the demonstrators who in turn are defying those warnings zeros Bernard Smith has the latest now from neighboring lithuania. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of minutes the ministry of interior valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasnt stopped people descending on the capital for a 4th week of protests against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he was. Election with 80 percent of the vote the opposition say the Police Report and they want to read. Theres been intimidation of protestors across the bell and loose these people were trying to march in the western city of
Negotiations in geneva. Medical workers in iraq to manage better pay and protective gear as hospital struggle to cope with the rising number of coronavirus cases. With crunch spreads it talks resuming this week the u. K. Warns the e. U. We wont blink 1st. Im really wellings with the sports news this formula one celebrates a new were now at the italian called pretty ghastly is the 1st french ones to win a race in 24 years as championship lead in there was hamilton is made to pay for a mistake in the pits. But the Russian Security forces have detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital minsk president Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly issued threats of violence. Islands against the demonstrators who are defying those warnings smith has the latest for us from neighboring. I. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of ments. The ministry of interior and valorous has warned them that demonstrations are
We still cant hear you. I wonder if we should try having you sign in again or have you call in rather than just a video link and we could hear you by dialing in. I will let my staff interact with you directly and in the meantime we will begin with some questions. My apologies, Mister Morrison, we will get this worked out. Let me look for any of our witnesses that can be heard. The current pandemic began in china. If possible the next pandemic may begin somewhere else. If the pandemic were to begin or begin spreading in africa what level of confidence do you have in our ability to identify that it is taking place, what transparency would we find, given there was not much transparency out of china in some critical early days and weeks, how would you assess the threat of a pandemic coming from the african continent . Can i start . Sure. Im confident that should such a pandemic start in africa we would have tremendous cooperation. I look back on the situation with ebola in west africa wher
Intelligence Committee Heard from former ambassadors and diplomatic officials. House committee on intelligence, first remote hearing. Before we proceed to where were topic today, the impact of the covid19 pandemic in Subsaharan Africa, i want to address some housekeeping matters. Todays session will be conducted on an unclassified basis. Urged tonts are inrain from presenting compliance with House Resolution 965 and resolutions for remote proceedings. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this in person in washington, d. C. , but because of the threat of covid19 we remain serious and widespread and are proceeding remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff, and the public. I was hoping that todays hearing would be bipartisan. Unfortunately, our republican colleagues have decided not to dissipate. I hope they will not to participate. I hope they will join us in the future and im committed to continuing our work notwithstanding the pandemic, and both sides o