Beethoven in the middle of a pandemic the story of how one german composer brought. To south korea in these difficult times. I believe welcome to news asia glad you could join us talks to and of ghana sounds a long running war are expected to begin in the next few days in doha the capital of the Afghan Government has already sent teams to prepare the groundwork for peace talks with the taliban a group the government has fought for nearly 2 decades idea the government began to release the last batch of taliban prisoners to pave the way for talks with the militant group ill be asking an expert what one can expect from the talks but 1st a quick primer on how we got to this stage. Taliban prisoners greet one another as they prepared to leave this jail in afghanistans capital kabul. Freeing them has been a controversial decision. But its part of the deal the United States signed with the taliban insurgents at the end of february in order to try to bring peace to this war torn country. And g
Is our smoke forecast, those red and purple colors end lating that intense smoke for us. More on a heat wave in store for us in the extended forecast coming up. Gianna . Good morning. A Traffic Alert continues sow to 1 connector to south 808 is completely shut down as fire crews and emergency crews work on an accident involving an overturned vehicle. Theyve got a lot of activity there on scene. They have called out tow crews to the scene as well. So hopefully theyll be clearing this shortly. But in the meantime, traffic is still closed in that area for that connector south 101 over to south 880. Were starting to see a few brake lights also northbound 101 working your way out of the south bay in that area as you approach the 280 and 680 connector. Traffic is getting busy in the Altamont Pass. Ill take a look at the bay bridge coming up in my next report. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are continuing to follow this shooting investigation going on right now in san jose. Thi
The governments promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their First Choice University. A prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say hes been poisoned. A man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the Supermarket Chain tesco. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hashem abedi the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. Abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. Number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the Prime Minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. Mrjohnson says, the Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the sp
Kenosha back in shape as he visits the city which has been rocked by violent unrest. Donald trump labels the antiracism demonstrations following the shooting of a local black man as an act of domestic terror. Program, the the australian economy into his recession for the first time in almost 30 years. The pandemic is to blame. What are the hopes for a recovery . More in our Business Update with stephen carroll. In screen is being lit up one italian city despite the presence of the virus. 18 movies are clawing for the coveted golden lion award at this years film festival. Stay with us. This is live from paris. It was postponed for four months because of frances covid19 lockdown but it has got underway this wednesday. A packed court in paris has been called to order with 14 alleged accomplices of the january 2015 terror attacks standing trial. They are accused of assisting the three assailants in plotting the bloodshed and sourcing weapons and ammunition. Inee of them are being tried exc
Thursday. Republicans will stress trumps efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus and seek conservative support on gun ownership. The Trump Campaign unveiled its key policies for its second term aheaead of the convention. On foreigngn policy issues, und his american first mantra, trump is vowing to make u. S. Allies pay their fair share of defense costs, and also withdraw u. S. Troops from iraq and afghanistan. Relations with china are emphasized. Hes pledging to bringng back 1 Million Manufacturing jobs from china, while prohibiting federal contracts from going to countw n companies that outsource. In regard to the pandemic in the unit stateses, he promises vaccccine will be d developed be end of thihis yeyear, and the country will return to normal next yearar. Trump will give his acceptance speech from the white house on thursday. Next here in japan, the deadline notice to pull out of a bilateral intelligence sharing pact with south korea is hours aw away, but seouls intentions