Nationwide Antibody Testing suggests a 3rd of the population might have contracted cove at 19. And sri lankans turn out in large numbers for an election which could see the rajapaksa brothers tighten their grip on the country. And the army well into the sports news in them are just parts of the u. S. Open tennis tournament reform of dollars were talking about why he wont defend his title this month to lose your cool because of coronavirus foods. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency giving the military full powers a day after a massive explosion devastated beirut its also putting a number of beirut port officials under house arrest pending an investigation into why 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored there at least 135 people have been killed and more than 5000 injured but the death toll is expected to rise as emergency workers search the rubble for survivors as many as 300000 people have been left homeless by the roots governor estimates the damage might re
More strain on relations between the 2 countries. Because we cant hold power to account and we cant do anything with a blow to press freedom in the philippines 2 journalists were convicted for the 1st time in a libel case. Credit lockdowns are being reimposed on around 15000000 indians in the city of shinai and several neighboring districts the Eastern Region recorded almost 2000 new cases raising the total to more than 44000 people with 4 135. 00 deaths a full lockdown will be enforced by starting on friday until the end of the month and his government had gradually been easing restrictions are of the past few days despite many new infections and a correspondent elizabeth random says new delhi is one of the worst affected. Tamil nadu is chief minister after holding a meeting with Health Experts decided to reimpose the lockdown from friday in chennai 3 neighboring districts for 2 weeks they would need 2000 new cases on sunday in the state of tamil nadu it is one of the worst affected a
Bangladesh as refugee camps suffer the first coronavirus cases are discovered. And, hong kongs release watchdog clears offices of brutality after months of violent protests. Anchor hello. Latin americas Coronavirus Crisis is accelerating. Brazil Health Minister has resigned after weeks on the job, the second to leave the post in less than a month. Predecessorhis locked toward with president bolsonaro on his plans to reopen the economy. But brazil is now one of the worlds worst hotspots with more than 14,000 people dead and 208,000 infected. Mexico has recorded its highest number of daily infections after nearly 2500 people tested positive. Hospitals in the capital ful. Capital goes into lucked out in a few hours. Thousands of new graves are being dug. Colombia has allowed some essential businesses to reopen after its seven week shutdown led to a fall in the infection rates. The World Health Organization has called for cohesive leadership across latin america to control the spread. From
And hong kong activists call for people to rise up against beijings plan to impose National Security laws on the ity. Hello. Brazils Supreme Court has released a video showing president bolsonaro trying to interfere in Law Enforcement appointments to protect his family from investigation. John holman joins us from mexico city. What more do we know about this video and how it came about . This is quite a complicated situation so im just going to try to break it down for you. This all started when severageyow moro, brazils justice minister, a star in his own right, quit. What he alleged is that president bolsonaro try to replace the Regional Police chief of Rio De Janeiro where his son is being investigated for graft. He then went bun level above that and fired the federal police chief. Sergio moro said that was so he could replace him with someone more pliable, who could pass the president information about those cases. Thats what he alleged. The Supreme Court which has just released th
Jazeera after weeks of talks and of course overshadowed by covert 19 Iraqs Parliament approves the new government led by Prime Minister. Let me. Also angle a miracle calls for courage and caution as germany prepares to reopen all shops and even restart top level football. Going to start with news out of iraq where Prime Minister mustafa the me has formally taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he said he takes the reins at a time of severe economic crisis brought about by coronavirus but on top of the countrys existing financial problems the previous government collapsed last year after mass protests that were often violent the vote in parliament was delayed several times to make changes that appeased the rival posses the latest with simona faulty in baghdad now hows it going to work some on earth where use the words they are partial cabinet is this going to give the Prime Minister some real power. Well for now they managed to get through 15 out of 22 ministers in ca