Huge bribery scandal, plus i am phil lavell in monte carlo looking at why the Cannes Film Festival has the family here in monaco extremely angry. But first, turkeys Prime Minister is currently visiting the coal mine site where 238 miners were killed and around 200 others remain trapped following an electrical fault which led to an explosion. The rescue operation is continuing in soma, in western turkey. We know that the Prime Minister is currently there. We think he may be spending the night. Obviously, trying to placate those who are bereaved or who are awaiting news of their relatives. We can hear now from Andrew Simmons who joins us live from there. Andrew, the Prime Minister, then, is meeting a lot of people who are both anxious and angry reporter most certainly. You join me on a windswept, dusty and now rainsodden staging post really overlooking the mine shaft. The Prime Minister has moved from here now into the town, itself, to meet bereaved people to console people, to try and a
And a massive corporate scandal in china involving a british executive allegedly paying bribes worth millions of dollars. There are chaotic scenes in soma has desperate families wait for news of their loved ones trapped under ground. Andrew simmons reports. Reporter its the agonizing aftermath of every mine yours worst fear and the nightmare of their loved ones. An underground fire, explosion and poisonous fumes. And now stunned incomprehension of loss. And on such a vast scale. Rescuers did their best, but so many minors died together in large numbers. Translator its one of the biggest work accidents in our history, the fire started in a mine owned by a private company. 77 Million People are feeling this pain and its hard to go through this process. We are sorry to lose the minors working to earn a living. I give my condolences to the families, and hope the injured will get better soon. Reporter the relatives had to wait hour after hour. And the death toll just kept increasing. Transl
China and his attacks on the head of the federal reserve. On up, the latest on the health of the oldest Supreme Court justice. The latest on the impaeeachment debate. And we go to brazil where fires continue to ravage the amazon. With me in new york is matt welsh. Matt wiley, and gabe debenedetti. Also with us is kara lee in france covering the g7. Thats where i want to start this morning. Its 2 00 in the afternoon. President trump heads into meetings with other World Leaders more isolated than ever. A host of global challenges facing the president. Overnight iran claiming it test fired a new missile and north korea conducting its seventh Ballistic Missile test. The headline in the new yonew times reads World Leaders g7 expectations, a nice chat, some good wine, no unity with trump. As the Washington Post puts it as economic and political headwinds gather across the globe, leaders of the worlds major powers are bracing themselves for a different kind of turbulent force President Trump.
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