A hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese only its up to. You. Thank you very much for joining as the governing party of sri lankas president go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with its allies it has security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lankans peoples front is led by rajapaksa brothers the rajapaksa grab brothers. Who Service President and Prime Minister respectively the results now look certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but its raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and Public Services that speak to our correspondent in colombo me now fernandez me now so a super majority for the rajapaksa brothers how are they able to achieve this break down the numbers for us focused. Basically its a reflection of
Welcome to the program 16 people have been arrested in lebanon as frustration grows over the governments response to tuesdays port explosion among those whove been taken into custody or officials from beirut pulled the death toll is now starting at 149 but search and rescue teams continue to scour the rubble for any survivors there were protests against the government of those the evening crowds also rallied as the french president manuel micro toward the damage streets hes backing calls for a new political order in lebanon Bennett Smith has more from beirut. Weve seen thousands of people out on the streets with shovels pickaxes brushes doing the cleanup because the government isnt we are just across from the main blast site youll see those standing grain silos and so the right of those where the explosion happened is a destroyed ship just beyond that and that everything that was in the way of the shockwave in the few just seconds it took to push out has been hit and destroyed and i am
And remembering the victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bombing that killed 140000 people. Welcome to the program a dire humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beiruts port which is the main route for supplies coming in now the country imports up to 80 percent of its food the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will lead International Help several countries are already dispatching emergency aid from suited fuel to mobile hospitals and medical personnel zealot hotter is in beirut with more on the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid much of the lebanese capital the people behind me these are family members de
Japan remembers the worlds 1st atomic bombs 75 years ago and at this time there are extra precautions. Welcome to the program lebanons appealing for International Help after it was left devastated by a huge explosion a humanitarian crisis is developing 2 days after the blast shredded the heart of its capital city beirut it destroyed the citys poor and more than half of the countrys Food Supplies come through there its top medical equipment was among the items lost in the explosion now a number of countries have already sent help including food fuel mobile hospitals and medics among them france hes president and also arrived in beirut earlier. That really does see the today the priority is aid to support the people without conditions but france has been warning for many months and years that the conditions here demand reform and Energy Public markets to fight against corruption and of reforms are not made in lebanon will continue to suffer and information that officials knew volatile ma
Is the government not the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground is iraq. Lebanon isnt willing from an unprecedented and devastating explosion that happened in the port of beirut the country is already in a series of long running crises so how would it deal with the fallout from the blast this is inside story. A welcome to the program. Its described by some as the great collapse the lebanese capital beirut is in a state of chaos and rule when many have been killed thousands injured hundreds misson and hospitals overwhelmed homes and businesses backed a blast that struck the city with the force of an earthquake has left the nation in shock. Initial reports suggest explosive materials stored in a warehouse for 6 years in sport detonated about 2700 tons of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate are thought t