Five men jailed for attacking a woman and sharing video of it online have their sentences increased. Russia bans flights to georgia after clashes in tbilisi thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament for a second night. And eltonjohn receives frances highest civilian honour, the legion dhonneure, from president macron. President trump has confirmed that he called off a military strike against iran with minutes to spare after deciding that too many human lives would be lost. Mr trump tweeted that the us had been cocked and loaded but hes now facing criticism from democrats for revealing details of the plan. The attack was to be a response to the shooting down of an unmanned us drone by iran earlier this week. It happened in a volatile region which is a major supply route for a third of the worlds oil. Tehran says the drone entered iranian airspace, but the us maintains it was shot down in International Airspace over the strait of hormuz. Heres our north america editorjon s
Tv,ext on American History the u. S. Commission on civil rights hosts a talk titled, stonewall at 50 the movement for lgbt civil rights by historian and author david carter. Stonewall was a sixday gay rights uprising that began during a police raid on june 28, 1969 in new york citys Greenwich Village. We will now turn to our next iteration of the commission speaker series, this one titled stonewall at 50 the movement for lgbt civil rights. Thank you for the topic. June has come to be known as pride month. Street demonstrations began at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in new york city. Many view these demonstrations as a critical moment in the struggle for lgbt civil rights. 2016, in recognition of that history, president barack obama, the clares on monument declared a monument at the Stonewall Inn. We will hear more about how this was a catalyst for the lgbt Rights Movement. Discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation and gender identity is, unfortunately, still prevalent
Killing of Jamal Khashoggi the journalist was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul last year plus a staggering new figure from the u. S. Refugee agency the number of displaced people worldwide has reached a record high of more than 70000000. 00 we asked the uns high commissioner for refugees whats behind the increase and what the International Community can do to reverse this trend. On the ark thank you so much for your company everyone. But we begin in the netherlands where dutch prosecutors have named 4 suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight m h 75 years ago the International Team heading the investigation announced that one ukrainian and 3 russian men will face murder charges in the netherlands for their alleged involvement in shooting down the plane back in july 24000 flight m. H. 17 was hit by a russian made missile while flying over ukraine all 298 people on board were killed most were from the netherlands. Burning debris was all that was left of flight m. H.
Jamal khashoggi but journalist was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul last year plus a staggering new figure from the uns Refugee Agency the number of displaced people worldwide has reached a record high of more than 70000000. 00 we asked the uns high commissioner for refugees whats behind the increase and what the International Community can do to reverse this trend. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and around the world a very warm welcome to the program dutch prosecutors have named 4 suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight m. H. 75 years ago the International Team heading the investigation announced that one ukrainian and 3 russian men face murder. Charges in the netherlands for their alleged involvement in shooting down the plane and july 24th flight m h 17 was hit by a russian made missile while flying over ukraine all 298 people on board were killed most were from the net once. Burning debris was all that was left of flight m. H. 17 after it exp
Nearly 300 people were killed when the passenger jet was shot down over ukraine five years ago. Will the suspects ever stand trial . An independent u. N. Report suggests that the Saudi Crown Prince is linked to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He was murdered and 70 consulate in istanbul last year. Plus, a staggering new figure from the u. N. Refugee agency. The number of people misplaced worldwide has reached 70 million. We ask the High Commissioner what is behind the increase in what the community can do to reverse the trend. Laila welcome to our viewers from around the world. Dutch prosecutors have named for suspects in the downing of flight mh 17 five years ago. The Investigation Team announced that one ukrainian and three russian men first race murder charges for their involvement in shooting down the plane. In july 2014, mh 17 was hit by a missile while flying over ukraine area all 298 people on board were killed. Most were from the netherlands. Burning debris was all that was lef