Parliamentary elections a poll that could cement the president s grip on power. Remembering the victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb which killed a 140000 people. To the sport go 1st major coronavirus pandemic gets on the word as the worlds greatest players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. French president emanuel macron has pledged his support during a visit to beirut 2 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital hes visited the harbourside blast zone where angry crowds have vented their anger the government told them that french aid would not go to corrupt hands and that hell negotiate a new political pact with lebanese traitors. Its similar to our its my duty to help you as a people to bring you medicine to make sure you are fed and to help you reconstruct i can guarantee to be transparent and i will guarantee you will not go into corrupt hands. 7 while the explosion on tuesday destroyed the citys port where more t
Politicians are yet to reach a deal on extending an expired aid package. And president and Prime Minister rajapaksa early results from sri lankas parliamentary elections show the brothers are set to cement their grip on power. The coronavirus gets underway as the wounds based players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. The french president has pledged support during his visit to lebanons capital today is off to it was devastated by a huge explosion a die humanitarian situation is developing there as International Relief teams arrive in the crisis hit city at least 138 people have now died while still missing and more than 5000 have been injured our correspondent anaconda begins our coverage from beirut. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will nev
Still a bigger club than reigning champions manchester city. There has been a dramatic escalation of violence in iraq in what is of course already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment wrist 1st an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad that killed at least 23 people and of course raise new security concerns they stormed past one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night no less than 24 hours after that gunfire is again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and in what appears to be a related event sources close to the prominent shia cleric thought there say a drone dropped a bomb on his home in jaffna his party says he wasnt there at the time he has been back over all of the antigovernment protests which have swept across the country lets check in with hes in baghdad for us on this news 1st of all the attack on his house is there any new information coming out. Well we heard from a source close to the influential
Now not that. Hello youre watching r. T. International im rosana lo could frank you for joining us. Now donald trump has said peace talks with the taliban have resumed the u. S. President paid a surprise visit to the buyer graham air base in afghanistan its the 1st time hes ever been to the country and he announced a substantial cut in troop numbers. Were doing a tremendous job and as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and down and we have weve got them down very low numbers we have that totally taken care of an aversion or period of time and well see what happens the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make it its going to be a real deal but well see. Made that statement after a meeting with the afghan president ashraf ghani when we heard from karen could task hes a retired u. S. Air force Lieutenant Colonel and she says a u. S. Pullout from afghanistan is long overdue seems like theyre trying to rebuild it and i do think theres a chance for
Women the poll just raises questions and demonstration with the slogan all of class turns out not to be for all of us at all. Its the time of thanksgiving again but the u. S. Media has been casting doubt on just how the holiday really is. Live from moscow whats your team to National Just day here in the capsule on daniel hawkins. The spanish will be taken off the airwaves in bolivia at the start of december thats according to the countrys leading private t. V. Operator this comes amid a violent political crisis in the country during which an elected government power is headed by a right wing senator joining shes accused of suppressing the media and supporters of ousted president evo morales. To discuss the story with my colleague. Well no specific reasons were provided and the bolivian t. V. Operator which pretty much excluded r t from their list of channels starting from december the 2nd explained it through some kind of order from what they called the companys administration this is