Violent protests following the weekends Election Results. And we take a look at the coastal city in bend in thats restoring monuments from the slave trade era. Its exactly one week since a massive explosion devastated lebanons capital now crowds in beirut have gathered near the site of the blast for a vigil. A minutes silence was held for the more than 200. 00 killed and their names each read out on out crowds walk through some of beiruts worst hit neighborhoods marching to would be parliament the blast injured thousands of people in the hundreds of thousands homeless. Protest is now gathering outside the parliament have been trying stones and debris toward the building these are live pictures it comes off to lebanons Prime Minister and president had reportedly been warned just last month about the dangerous material being stored at beiruts Port Security documents seen by the Reuters News Agency say leaders were told the 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate could destroy the capitol if it exp
Good morning shes gone 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching international now the u. S. Secretary of states accuse the u. N. Human Rights Council of. Released a resolution drawn up in the wake of the killing of george floyd almost a month ago my palm poso pointed his finger to cuba china and iran where he thinks Racial Disparities are truly systemic however the un document itself has also been criticised by activist groups for being too soft. As more details. When the entire world gets these agri this few areas something must be done Rights Groups and Civil Society have mobilized armies of activists and lawyers to make sure that it does its now or never he is that chance to get rid of xenophobia and make this world a better place. The undersigned family members of victims of Police Killings and Civil Society organizations from around the world call in Member States of the un human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the United Sta
A healthy confrontation with the past but an attempt to eradicate history altogether today were talking to professor tom device and scotlands leading historian to ask how the nation should confront the c. B. L. Sides of his own history and how the Mainstream Media been covering this controversial issue we asked professor Jordan Robertson costs us get to go lie over much of the plotting all of this coming up later in the show but 1st the glass going to smita with your tweet your emails and your messages. Thank you alex last week sure focused on the impact of corbett 19 on black asian and minority ethnic communities where we spoke with dr managed to lottie who lost his father to coronavirus pierre byron this month and 100 year old fundraiser charging louisa says i live in africa and the numbers getting covered 1000. 00 are exceptionally low we have less than 200. 00 deaths in kenya under less says how is it any governments fault that some people are more susceptible to corporate 19 than
Thanks for joining us here on r. T. And. First this hour the New York Times is facing widespread criticism of trip published an article saying that russia offered bounties in afghanistan to kill u. S. Troops it also claimed that donald trump was briefed on the matter but there was no response however the director of National Intelligence denies either the president or the Vice President were ever briefed on this sometime self is labeled the piece fake news. The freak news New York Times must release anonymous source but they can do it this person probably does not even exist. The article is being slammed by Russias Foreign Ministry which is called the peace deliberate decision from ation saturday also saw the taliban denying the New York Times article arties it is done off looks more closely now at the peace in question and asks who might benefit from its publication. Its time to blow off the dust that circled around any smear tactics guidebooks since the last us election but as democr
Tracking apps under development right now if it is that personal data is a risk of being leaked. Just turned midday here now so good afternoon live from r. T. International zone World News Center in moscow is kevin now in here for the next 30 minutes with the latest round up and lets begin with our daily quick check on the latest global coronavirus figures that total infections now stands at more than 4800000. 00 fatalities have topped 316000 or the number of those whove recovered stands at more than 1800000 around the world. Britains Opposition Labor Party is demanding an investigation into coronavirus deaths an elderly care homes which he describes as mishandled around a quarter of the countrys covert fatalities have happened in residential facilities neighbors deputy leader says people have been tragically let down they should be there should be some investigation into that in case downwards requested that because everything. And weve had medical experts on to him is that we see tha