Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. By theeased to be joined speaker and my fellow chairs to announce the introduction of the protecting our democracy act. In introducing this landmark will, the house is taking another important step in our determination to protect our democracy. Since taking office, donald trump has viewed the discuss the constraints on his power and demand for basic transparency and accountability as an inconvenience. He has claimed extraordinary the lawent and broken and purposely undermined the rule of law. He is probed for where his palette powers are least constrained. Weakness,he has found he has exploited it with great consequence for our nation. The House Democratic caucus, under the leadership of the speaker and all the chairs represented here, as well as many others, have stood strong. We defended the law, the constitution and our nations values. Even impeaching the president when he was caught abusing his power in an effort to extort a fore
Infections under control. And britains plan to encourage weight loss to lighten the impact of coronavirus. Deadlock and division not gripping the European Union right now as its leaders struggled to compromise on a Major Economic rescue package due to the coronavirus demick need barkha begins our coverage on efforts to avoid what could be one of the worst european recessions in decades. How to share 857000000000. 00 the questions confounded e. U. Leaders for days and deepened all divisions within the plant in one camp nations known as the frugal for austria denmark sweden and the netherlands the wealthy northern states pay the most per capita into the e. U. Shared reserves they want strict controls on how the Recovery Fund is shared prefer ing to loan countries money the positions at all of which spain and italy both economies were hit hard by the pandemic they want general. Grants from the bloc that dont need to be repaid the german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president to man
Sam is a dam this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up for lankans voting in a much delayed election the 1st poll to be held in south asia during the coronavirus pandemic. At a controversial ceremony indias Prime Minister prepares to lay hindu temple foundations on the ruins of a mosque. Lebanon has woken up to large parts of beirut in wreckage after an explosion tore through the campus of the red cross says at least 100. 00 people have been killed and more deaths are expected thousands have been wounded rescue workers have been working through the night searching for those missing the explosion happened at a port warehouse near a busy commercial district the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored there for years the blast was felt a 160 kilometers away all the way in cyprus countries around the world are offering help then a holder in beirut begins our coverage. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital. Was. The blast essential quave
A 16th century mosque. Sri lankans of voting in the much delayed election its the 1st poll in south asia during the krona virus pandemic. We begin in lebanons capital where people are describing the fallout from tuesdays explosion as apocalyptic there were scenes of chaos after the blasts to rip through the citys port killing at least 100 people the president spoke a short while ago promising an investigation to reveal what happened shall our own also appealed to the Global Community to speed up assistance to lebanon it was already grappling with an economic meltdown residents meanwhile theyre trying to come to terms with the widespread damage that extended over half the. City among the hardest hit areas of the busy commercial districts beiruts governor says up to 300000 people have been left homeless over this was the moment of impact as you can see the blast there happening at a port warehouse where the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored for years mor
Pleads and not guilty to sex trafficking charges. Welcome to the program Chinese Telecommunications giant twa way will be banned from the u. K. s 5 g. Network the move which is a major backtrack on the British Governments previous position will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the band follows sanctions imposed by the us which claims the company poses a National Security threat qua way denies this the u. K. s mobile providers will not be able to buy any new huawei 5 g. Equipment after the same verse 31st they have also been given 7 years to remove all huawei 5 g. Equipment presently in their systems 3 g. And 4 g. Equipment can state well the u. K. Joins the us Australia New Zealand japan and taiwan in banning hallways products in their 5 g. Networks canada is considering a ban while pressure is also being put on germany that the reports. A u. Turn by the u. K. Government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics announcing the total ban on huaw