Citys Prime Minister says the army on to the streets today after the courts ruled against his decision to suspend parliament. And Hong Kong Police arrest some of the most prominent prodemocracy figures months after mass protests. Welcome to the program more than half of humanity 4500000000 people are under some form of restrictions as the world fights to slow the coronavirus pandemic and the debate for many governments is how tough the rules should be and how long should they last well its causing debate in the us which has the highest number of infections and deaths with 22000000 people unemployed president trumps putting pressure on some democratic governors to and we quote liberate their states from lockdown but hes been accused of inciting dangerous acts well iran was already in economic trouble. The outbreak hit businesses in the capital tehran and are reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections the country has reported almost 5000 deaths well in the u. K. More than 150
Over. Syrian forces say they have taken control of the city from i. S. I. L. And in sport hosts india beat australia for the t20 world cup and afghanistan is playing the first win in the nation beating 2012 champions, the west indies. Hello we begin in pakistan where at least 60 people have been killed and 250 wounded in a suspected suicide bombing in the city of lahore. The blast went off in the parking area of a public park that was packed with christian families celebrating easter. Al jazeera has the latest. Reporter the explosion happened at a public park for children, in the heart of the punjab province, the ruling governments stronghold and easter weekend meant the park was full of families and most of the dead and injured are women and children. Witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere and the number of casualties so high people were taken to hospitals and taxis in rickshaws and its familiar in pakistan and fighting armed groups for over a decade but in the past punjab has be
And an israeli soldier shoots in an incident. We meet with the man who filmed the incident. Details in sports coming up later in the program. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has reportedly canceled the trip to a Nuclear Summit in washington. Rousseffs government was dealt a major blow when the countrys Largest Party quit. Earlier her tourism minister resigned becoming the first prominent member of the Coalition Party to step down. Rousseff is embroiled in corruption allegations and accusations she manipulated economic information all of which she denied. For more im joined by Gabriel Elizondo in brasilia. Dilma rousseff has been fighting against corruption allegations for a long time, but this is really a huge blow to the coalition and her political future. It really is. You cant overstate it enough. The party was one of rousseffs strongest allies unquestionably for many years, even dating back to her predecessor lula da silva. Even a month ago or even weeks ago it would be unthinka
No trains or planes, belgium grind to a stop as a 24 hour strike gets under way we begin in australia where an armed man is holding an unknown number of people hostage inside a cafe in central sydney. This is the scene in martin place, which has been in lock down since this siege started at 9 45am local time. Its 10 oclock at night, and much of the area remains cordoned off. Well be live in sydney with correspond Andrew Thomas in a moment. First a look at how the events unfolded. Reporter this woman is running from the scope of a hostage taking in sydney. A number of people have escaped from a cafe where they were held near martin place station. Others were trapped inside, and have been all day. Prime minister tony abbott says the hostage taker is politically motivated. This is a disturbing incident. It is profoundly shocking that incident people should be held hostage by an armed person claiming political motivation. Reporter here a hostage that escaped is taken away by police. The in
Are people who are driven large birth people. Sophism a mystical form of islam has a long tradition in pakistan many muslims here identify as syfy they celebrate their faith in places like these singing and praying often until they reach a trance like state. Break came here regularly. But this time its on he has made pakistan great All Over The World and were proud of that and also of the sunni faith. That there is little trace of that positivity these days safety precautions have been stepped up in recent years there have been more than twenty attacks on holy city sites sometimes by the taliban sometimes by the i. R. S. The terrorist group has also declared the cities its enemies it condemns singing
and dancing as an islamic was devout that is said about whoever kills innocent people is not a human being. But you cant tell by looking at someone. But we can increase security but we cannot really protect ourselves from such attacks. Occur only ceremony usually takes place here every wee