Vehicles are targeted in lagos has Rights Groups say the number of demonstrators killed by police on tuesday was higher than previously reported. Protesters keep up the pressure on colombias president to resign as thousands marched through the capital bogota. And in some of the clearest language yet the head of the Roman Catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by law. We begin in the United States where top intelligence Officials Say russia and iran have both detained some Voter Registration information the directors of National Intelligence and the f. B. I. Say theyll be consequences for any Foreign Countries that interfere in the vote lets go straight to mike hanna in washington d. C. Mike so what are we to make of these claims by the f. B. I. In this press conference now significant is the timing of all of this mike. But it was certainly a very dramatic News Conference hosted by the director of National Intelligence along with the director of the f. B. I. Int
Leads tributes at a memorial for a teacher who was beheaded in paris last week. A round the clock curfew in the nigerian city of lagos after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. And they calling on the year of a special need for Young Workers at the polling stations for this years us president ial election. Hello everyone there is a crisis that has overcome so many communities in the United States in addition to the corona virus pandemic it is the fight against opioid addiction and the u. S. Justice department has in the past few hours announced that the drugs manufacturer. Has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 the owners of the wealthy family have been ordered to pay 225000000. 00 in civil penalties. They lost control and ownership of a company that was worth very significant amounts of money they will have no future involve
Unions saying they too have a right to a family. And drumming home an Anti Government message Indigenous People join the thousands of protesters in the colombian capitol. Nigerian protesters have defined a curfew and faced off against Security Forces in the countrys biggest city as demonstrations against Police Brutality threaten to paralyze the nation a 24 hour curfew has been imposed in lagos the financial heart of africas largest economy thats where Security Forces fired at protests as late on tuesday drawing International Condemnation the Rights Group Amnesty International says at least 12 people were killed that night but i mean the violence on the military the government has not confirmed that but the Nigerian Parliament speaker says its clear that there were casualties its been more than 2 weeks since young people began demonstrating against Police Brutality after a video of a man being beaten by offices allegedly from the special anti robbery squad known as saws went viral repo
Government has announced a stack goes green opening plan but how safe is it. And in hong kong kids make a cautious return to class since the new Academic Year began in august. Im british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us despite recording at all 90000 covert cases daily for the past week india has decided to reopen its schools but only for senior students and on a voluntary basis schools can reopen next week starting monday the government has said over precautions need to be in place for schools to open but many parents arent convinced the measures will be sufficient to keep their children safe. Added he has spent the past 6 months almost entirely at 118 she says has been quite done when shes not studying or completing her assignment she watching films and spending time with her twin sister. A senior at school under d. Has been taking all her classes online. Which has become the norm since schools across the country have been shut for the 1st 6 months due to it but fo
Its likely after the fires agriculture here will expand including more fields for products like soybeans and meat bound for the European Market thats why environmentalists are calling for e. U. Laws that would protect brazil against further deforestation every day the flames reach further the area is in dire need of rain but none is expected for at least several weeks. Lets cross to brazil where journalist material is in brazils state and self single maty has fires in the pats in l. As well as the amazon rain forest have been burning for weeks why are neither firefighters nor Army Personnel able to stop the. The soil here is extremely dry in most of the brazilian rain forest regions them because we are in the end of the dry season them and yeah in the last 3 months there are several regions for example the punter now have no snow or have seen no rain at all so theyre extremely dry more than in the years before and the firefighters just try to avoid the fires to to to reach houses and v