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
Libyas un recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the wall Khalifa Haftar. Russias president demands swift action after delays in cleaning up a fuel spill in the arctic polar region. And joining us youre still with the sports including talk n. F. L. Quarterback drew brees apologizes after a backlash from teammates over empty racism protests in the u. S. Welcome to the new could have your company cities across the United States are bracing for more protests as crowds gather to remember george floyd within the past 15 minutes the body of the 46 year old black american has arrived for the 1st of the memorial gatherings in the city of minneapolis where he died 10 days ago after a policeman. Now its on his neck as he was arrested the mobile really is due to be attended by friends civil rights leaders and of those who shared the outrage over the death all full officers involved now face charges a key demand of protest as meanwhil
Work in the future. Im going to go just go with sports as football returns to germany after 2 months shut down there are 6 games in the bundesliga on saturday but with Strict Health and safety rules in place and no friends at stadiums. Ok there we are here we go borders and beaches reopening across europe today as countries look to stem the economic damage from coronavirus restrictions in the u. K. There were calls for Mass Gatherings around the country on saturday to protest against the lockdown the pandemic has ravaged economies particularly the tourism and hospitality sectors the uns World Tourism Organization says the number of International Tourists could fall by up to 80 percent this year our correspondent wrote chalons joins us live now from brighton on the south coast of the u. K. The beach is empty at the moment rory but the weathers fine set for the weekend i guess people be trying to make the most of it. Yes brighton is just a short train ride from london just over an hour a
Sanctions and infections we look at the businesses struggling to survive in iraq. One other International News story state security agents been zimbabwe been accused of abducting and torturing female opposition leaders. With sports as football returns to germany but now as we know its been scored 4 goals that no fans to celebrate. Health officials in china are dealing with new clusters of the coronavirus in the Northeastern Province of jilin the government is sending medical teams and hundreds of staff to that area with one district there raising its covert 19 risk level from medium to high thats despite the countrys best efforts to end the outbreak its most ambitious goal is to test all of who hands 11000000 residents in just 2 weeks following a cluster of new cases the World Health Organization has advised countries to test as many people as is possible but most countries dont have that type of capacity with the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china is slow
Wonder why im fat that part of north west. That story coming up. Im joining us youre still with your sport as Roger Federer announces the way play at the french open thats up to the 20th time grand slam champion revealed he founded on new century. German Officials Say they are treating the shooting in the western city of homs as terrorism a gunman believed to be motivated by far right beliefs shot dead 9 people the 2 sheesha cafes late on wednesday night some of the victims are reportedly kurdish the 43 year old suspect was later found dead in his own home the police say theyve also found the body of the suspects mother at the property the german chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the attack and said there were indications the suspect acted out of racist motives dominic cain has the latest from berlin. What happened at least this is what the author of hes believe happened is that the perpetrator drove his car to the 1st of 2 bars to places where members of the Kurdish Community were kn