Gas on a massive funeral procession in bolivia violence over the political transition has turned deadly and well tell you the british oppositions big plans for the next election and it includes spreads. So israels attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with corruption netanyahu is facing charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in connection with 3 separate cases israels longest serving leader could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of bribery alone attorney generals decision comes as israel faces a political standoff after 2 inconclusive general elections the cea. You want to ship out today i informed the representative of the Prime Minister mr Benjamin Netanyahu about my decision to try him under an inch and excludes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a c. To try and minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. So bit of hist
A powerful typhoon slams into the philippines. And im leah harding and doha with all of your sports argentina and barcelona superstar lionel messi wins his 6th ballon dor title it equals the number one by his great rival christiane arnaldo. Police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of banning 3 protesters and one policeman gunfire was heard as civilians marched on a Un Peacekeeping base in the area the call of these army has been deployed to block them from getting close the locals are protesting against what they feel is a lack of protection from the un after a recent spate of attacks by on dreadful groups at least 100. 00 people were killed in november and beyond the Democratic Forces militia has been blamed for much of the violence well the army has issued an appeal for locals to avoid protesting as its preventing the soldiers from carrying out security operations. It. We are calling on our populations and all o
A typhoon bears down on millions of people in the philippines. And a warning from scientists about how much quicker the worlds 2nd largest ice sheet is breaking up. Into the program mexicos president has promised hugs not bullets well as part of his strategy to combat drug crime a year on hes witnessing the worst day of homicides in the countrys history since records began in 197127 deaths on sunday alone. With some of them the 22 killed in the gun battle between drug cartel and Security Forces in a town near the u. S. Border its the latest embarrassment for president and the rest Manuel Lopez Obrador who vowed to tackle violent. At its roots by fighting poverty and inequality with social programs rather than the army lets get more on this from our correspondent alan fischer whos in mexico city really worrying figures about this. I mean what more is the president saying because he in during his Election Campaign his platform was all about cleaning up those crime figures there are those
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