Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us authorities in the philippines have apologized after images such as these became public showing the state of under preparedness for the Southeast Asian games the games officially opened this weekend and im being hosted by the philippines complaints range from incomplete construction to airport delays insufficient food for athletes not enough rooms and so on he has more on what the organizing committee called quote inefficiencies or misc ordination. The philippines is hoping the 2019 Southeast Asian games would signal the countrys readiness to host the larger engine games in 2030 based on the rocky opening days of this years tournament 2030 seems like a pipe dream some preliminary competitions have already kicked off with the games officially starting on saturday but construction work continues as a list of complaints from visiting athletes and administrators piles ever higher with long waits for Shuttle Services any lack of accommodatio
And the final moments before a south korean ferry sinks. Teenagers ordered to stay in their cabins by the crew. Hello. At least 30 people, including children, have been killed on an air strike on a school in syria. The attack happened in an oppositionheld district on wednesday. James bays has this report. Reporter every day for three years there has been bombs and bloodshed across syria. The latest attacks should shock the world. This was the result of a Syrian Government air strike in aleppo. The rubble here was a School Building which, despite all the violence in the city, had been continuing to operate. The children had been preparing an section on the war in syria, drawing images of the violence they, themselves, experienced. Brutality no youngster should have to endure. They drew images of the future they wanted for their nation, a future they will not live to see. At the u. N. In new york, expressions of shock, deadlock around the Security Council table will again mean no action.
technical difficulties but first, the most powerful armed shia group in iraq is holding a show of power against its enemies. Supporters of mok tarreda alsada are marching across the country. Other shia groups involved the biggest event in baghdad. The mardy Army Commands tens of thousands, volunteering to help the iraqi army stop sunni rebels advance on baghdad. Imran khan was in sadda city and sent this update. Reporter clearly this is a show of strength. What they want to say is they are ready to defend baghdad. These are designed to be peace platoons, not designed to go on the offensive. Look around you. Im surrounded by heavily armed men. These images will worrisome people and remind them of the mardy army and the days of sectarian violence in 2006, 2007 and 2008. This is not the mardy army, this is a peace platt on designed to protect baghdad. Lets take a closer look at the key armed shia groups in iraq. The mardy army was one of the leading groups against u. S. And British Forces
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