Florida the president made the surprise announcement as florida struggles to contain a spike in corona virus infections and the number of cases in the u. S. Taxes 4000000. 00 plus after nearly 90 years as the museum istanbuls highest sophia opens today for muslim prayers we have the latest on president barrack a long controversial decision to change the status of the worlds famous monument. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with some breaking news to the spokesperson for the Iraqi Armed Forces has said on twitter about the military has freed german art curator helen may have s. Who was kidnapped by militants earlier this week the official said that she was rescued on. The outskirts of baghdad this morning 5 days after she was abducted by gunmen outside of her office in the capital now the German National is a well known figure in baghdad where she runs an arts program for young iraqis shes also known as an outspoken critic of the government it remains unclear who was behin
In baghdad and has been missing since monday production has caused alarm in the capital and china orders the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move comes after the u. S. Told the chinese to shut down their consulate in Houston Texas. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program is someones highest sophia has opened for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years thousands of worshippers are gathering outside of the mosque to take part in these prayers it follows a controversial decree from turkish president wretched era to want to turn the former museum back into a mosque no heir to want is scheduled to attend along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral. The building has stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 years. And lets get more now were joined by d. W. Correspondent yulia han who has the view from istanbul yulia what is going on there right now at the highest sophia. Well the is the friday prayer is yet to start but you c
Told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston plus u. S. President donald trump cancels the Republican Party conventions main event in florida the president made the surprise announcement as florida struggles to contain a spike in corona virus infections and the number of cases in the u. S. Passes for millions and after nearly 19 years as a museum is stumbles highest o. P. O. Open today for muslim prayers we have the latest on president arafat wants a controversial decision to change the status of the worlds famous monument. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the spokesperson for the Iraqi Armed Forces said on twitter that the military has freed german art curator helen mavis who was kidnapped. By militants earlier this week the official said that mavis was rescued on the outskirts of baghdad this morning 5 days after she was abducted by gunmen outside of her office in the capital the German National is a well known figure in baghdad where she runs an arts program for young ir
Bidding farewell to its late leader a state funeral is being held for the president here. And joining us roscoe with the sports. Fans celebrate as a whole takes the English Premier League title for the 1st time in 30 years when they were scrabble set up in the race for the crown. To start this news in iraq where the Security Officials there have raided a base belonging to an iranian backed armed group 10 rockets were seized and at least 13 members of hezbollah were detained including its commanders the groups fighters and are demanding their release lets go straight to baghdad where correspondent Simona Fulton is standing by for us so mona can you walk us through just what happened here. Well last night the Iraq Counterterrorism forces received an order from the Prime Minister to carry out a raid on one of the basis of. A southern neighborhood of baghdad they detained at least 13 people and seized 10 rockets and this operation was according to my sources in an effort to prevent an impe
Again exclusive access to iranian backed the type hezbollah a group produced by the Iraqi Government of attacking u. S. Forces and more than 30 people have been killed in southwestern japan during flooding and landslides. I dont feel sympathy with the school as formula one makes its return but the drivers are divided over a protest against racism with sean the clear and next step in saying they wont speak to me. But we begin this hour with the increasing number of private 1000 cases well why it saturday saw the biggest single day rise since this pandemic began with more than 212000 infections recorded globally the majority of them were in latin america which now has more cases than europe brazil alone has more than 1500000 infections and has now had at least 64000 deaths and israel officials have reauthorize the use of phone Surveillance Technology that was once deployed to prevent attacks thats after an easing of restrictions that. To a rise in cases of lockdown measures in south afri