A dutch court finds shells nigerian subsidiary responsible for multiple pipeline leaks and or does it to pay damages to farmers. And we look at why namibia is government is auctioning off 170. 00 elephants despite the pills by conservationists im 7 asked with sports event is that cage and perrier refuses to criticize christiane around his top scorer faces a Police Investigation for breaching coded 19 rules by going on a ski trip. Alone welcome to the news hour we begin with the race to vaccinate the world against 19 and fears the poorer nations are being left behind and richer countries are rushing to secure supplies johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms of covert 19 and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week thats just a day off the American Company novaks said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials b
To justice nato steps into the issues surrounding the alleged poisoning of the russian Opposition Leader alexian abounding saying the attack on him is an assault on fundamental rights. Not a super tanker on fire for a 2nd day off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. The. Also this half hour standoff the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group has surrounded the prison calling for the release of their members. Ok lets begin this half hour in lebanon has been a month since the massive explosion at the forts in beirut incredibly rescue teams may have found signs of life underneath a collapsed building theyre digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of breathing the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate igniting at the port about 200 people were killed 6000 were injured hundreds of thousands were left homeless rescue workers say there were initial attempts havent been succe
And systems, they desperately need to get back into some kind of routine, as do their families. Hundreds of volunteers in mauritius are frantically trying to stop a Massive Oil Spill from reaching the islands pristine beaches. The bbc has apologised and says mistakes were made after it broadcast a news report containing a racial slur. Inis in15 minutes, in 15 minutes, the final day of the us pga championship is under way. Dustinjohnson is the man in front but the defending champion is chasing behind. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has warned that lebanon must not be allowed to slide into chaos following tuesdays blast in the capital beirut. He was speaking at a virtual donor conference, cohosted with the united states, which received close to 300 million in pledges. 0fficials now say 220 people died and more than 7,000 were injure
Protests against lebanons government 2 ministers have now quit over tuesdays blast the number of confirmed kovac 19 cases in the United States reaches 5000000 with numbers still rising in almost 20 states and the afghan president agrees to release 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for peace talks. And downtown hamas now have all the sport red bulls marked for stop and wins at silverstone no break in mercy this is winning start to the f one season. We begin in baton rouge where police have launched a crackdown on protests that erupted as president Alexander Lukashenko looks set to win another election victory the Election Commission says the results so far have him ahead with 81 percent of the vote well this is despite voting being extended in some places because many people are still trying to cause that ballot the main opposition candidate on the ticket off sky ahead aust has supporters to vote as late as possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud Election Officials a
Reaches 5000000 with numbers still rising in almost 20 states. And the afghan president agrees to release 400. 00 taliban prisoners paving the way for peace talks. Protests have erupted in cities across belarus president Alexander Lukashenko looks set to climb another way in to lengthen his quarter of a century in power that hes already had protests as of set up barricades in the capital meant squad riot police have been responding with stun grenades now reports of a police found being driven at a crowd of protesters and ambulances have been rushing to the scene it comes after the countrys Electoral Commission said results so far showed look at shanghai winning with 81 percent of the vote despite voting being extended in some places because many people were still trying to cast their ballot the main opposition candidates for. On a 2nd off sky had asked her supporters to vote his latest possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud and action officials are accusing the opposi