Violence a concern also shared by the International Criminal court the west african region is in a precarious situation after a recent coup in mali and unrest ahead of ivory coast election. Has more from neighboring senegal its been an exceptional day of voting despite this Divisive Campaign where we saw candidates trying to pidgeon and against each other along ethnic lines there was a big turnout during the vote was there are some that were able to vote either in neighboring countries like here in senegal where theres more than 3000000 demands migrants living here who are prevented from voting right there because some didnt have the voter cards despite all of that many people came out to vote most of them are 1st time voters so big turnout and the peaceful so far election. The head of the United Nations is urged on me near in azerbaijan to respect a new cease fire which appears to have been broken within hours of coming into effect both sides are accusing each other of violating a 2nd
One year since the demonstrations began thousands of people were injured and 13 people were killed a government is being forced to call a referendum to overhaul the constitution French Police say a teacher has been beheaded in a suburb of northwestern paris earlier this month the teacher had shown pupils cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo president you know your mom hole has visited the scene and has condemned what hes calling an islamic islamist terrorist attack. U. S. President donald trump has been campaigning in states he won in 2016 the address supporters in georgia freaks play into his campaigns low fundraising numbers saying he could be the worlds greatest fundraiser if you wanted to held a rally in florida where he reached out to senior citizens. And democratic nominee joe bidens been campaigning in detroit before that during another Campaign Stop in michigan he spoke about health care and again attacked president toms handling of
Ross said look you know the current of our situation isnt out of control in france but it is certainly extremely urgent and that is why he said it was necessary to put in place this new restriction he is imposing a nighttime curfew all paris and 8 other major cities now what that means is between 9 oclock at night and 6 oclock in the morning businesses restaurants cinemas the it is will have to close people will be expected not to be on the streets unless theyve got a very good reason for being there. The u. K. Meanwhile has recorded nearly 20000 new Coronavirus Infections in one day its the countrys a 2nd highest daily increase wednesday also saw the start of a new 3 tier restriction system in liverpool and its surrounding areas bars and gyms are closing as the region enters the highest level lets go to afghanistan now where tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes after heavy fighting between the taliban and Government Troops taliban fighters have been battlin
Measurable ways when they go to the doctor. Amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek without people there coping with more bad air. Amy . Hi, reggie. I just checked the air quality here in walnut creek and its hovering the aqi is hovering around that 150 point and thats right where it is unsafe for everybody not just for people in the vulnerable category. We will see another day like this one. Heres video of the air yesterday where that smoke and inhaling it is bad and this air is just terrible for us. And medical centers around the bay area say they are seeing an uptick in patients, many with smokerelated issues. Were definitely seeing over the last week the chest pains, the shortness of breath, asthma. We would call it bronco spasm and palpitations and certainly the headaches. We do see some people out and bout, of course. Many of them saying they just Health Officials say you should not exercise, though, outthese. Do that indoors. Its just too dangerous to be breathing that hea
Welcome to news asia glad you could join us we begin in myanmar where 2 Army Soldiers appear to have testified on camera that the army had carried out atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority these appear to be the 1st public confessions of the armys involvement in crimes against the 2 soldiers have been described as. Confessions were recorded in the custody of the army and. The army has been fighting we arent able to confirm these confessions were made voluntarily or under duress but heres what the soldiers said. Privates all said i quote we shot dead and wiped out according to the command of all irrespective of all children and adult private. Said a court. Give us an old up all you see and all you hear so we indiscriminately shot at all. Correspondent who covers the region joins me now from kuala lumpur whats your assessment of these videos i mean how. Old might they have been to do this. Well i can tell you that i saw a video that has been made public that came out made that