A referendum on independence from iraq the problem practically all the regions big players bitterly opposed the vote and have been pushing back. On the war of words between President Trump and pyongyang again ask allayed snorts korea says the u. S. Has declared war the white house calling that claim sir. And in soccer the Champions League resumes than i germicide receive dortmund play host to defending champion ryall madrid which seemed like a very tall order but is it sitting at the top of the bundesliga table dortmund scored a league high of nineteen goals they have an unbeaten run against real madrid in fact theyve never lost at home in this competition. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we began with the fallout from the german election a week and chancellor merkel has started the process of looking for partners to form a new government she is expected to talk with the probusiness free democrats and the greens parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum adding
Criminal investigation into former volkswagen boss warne Martin Winterkorn as the emissions scandal widens. Could there be life on mars . Scientists say flowing water, essential to life, is almost essentially present on the red planet and in doha all the support, including sepp blatter defiant. The f. I. F. A. President insisting he will not stand down despite criminal proceedings being open again. Tackling the Islamic State of iraq and levant, ending the war in syria dominated the first day of the United Nations, General Assembly in new york. World leaders took their turns for offering solutions. Clear divisions remain between russia and the United States. In the past half our, Vladimir Putin sat for dinner with president obama, and the u. N. Chief ban kimoon. Earlier Vladimir Putin used the speech to call for a new approach to combatting i. S. I. L. , adding that any attempts to deal with the group cannot exclude the Syrian Government of Bashar Alassad. We think it is an enormous mis
History are has been made at the fifa world cup recommends moving the coup to the winter, why the european football bosses are seeing red. Fighters from the Islamic State of iraq can kidnapped at least 90 people from christian villages in the northeast of syria. The syrian observatory says that the villages were attacked on monday morning. The head of a syrian party in iraq says that they are working to find the missing people but so far have had no luck. Until now we havent been able to contact any of the hostages 90 to 150 people were kidnapped and two people are missing. So we think they have been killed. Hive now to beirut following the story from there, what is the latest. Well, like you mentioned 90 of syrian christians have been captured by the Islamic State of iraq, that is according to human Rights Groups what we understand is there was heavy fighting in the province this is in the northeast of syria fighting between Kurdish Forces and isil isil manages to overrun two villages
Hours. Well take a look at what is causing the flurry of talks, and once a crime now legal and business is booming. We are in canada where marijuana growers cant keep up with demand. First to the latest on the crisis in ukraine. Nato Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss its response to build up on troops on the border. The military says there is no evidence troops are retreating. Moscow has now raised the price of gas it supplies to ukraine. Ukraine relies on russia for half of its natural gas. It has been paying at discounted rate since december of just over 268 per 1,000 cubic meters but now kiev will have to pay just over 385. Thats an increase of more than 40 . Russian gas producer says ukraine owes 1. 7 billion in unpaid bills. Jonah hull is following the developments from the capitol in kiev. Im sure this increase is not going down too well. Its not as big of increase as ukraine has feared, but thats where the good news ends. They were put on notice the interim go
There was a traditional Independence Day celebration in washington, complete with beautifulx]ed fireworks. Mr. Trump has scarcely acknowledged thenifa we are now in thelp process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the e1nianarchists, t agitators, theqe1 looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing. While the president stokes a culture war over americas past, the here and nowq shows covid1 is steam rolling the United States into deeper and deeper shades of red. Many hospitals are already ifa95 or no, the fourth of july is a beloved holiday and americans were determined to enjoy it any way they could. While some popular beaches vjut qclosed, were open had plenty of visitors. As we qmentioned, the fourt is a time to celebrate how americans came together to gain independence, but that is not the tone that the president used it mark this holiday. For more about it, here is cnns Jeremy Diamond at the white july, most american president s typ