A hit squad to canada to kill him and planes that government corruption has marred south africas coronavirus responds. To. Thank you very much for joining us the governing party of sri lankas president go to by our rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with your high security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lanka people strident is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to by and my hand will serve as president and Prime Minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but the brothers have been polarizing figures in sri lanka in politics my india was previously president from 2005 to 2015 go to buy a rajapaksa had worked under his brother as defense secretary during serang because civil war their government is accused of war crimes for their battles with tamil tiger rebels the leaders are popular among ethnic majority sinhalese and many praise them for helping t
Welcome to the program 16 people have been arrested in lebanon as frustration grows over the governments response to tuesdays port explosion among those whove been taken into custody or officials from beirut pulled the death toll is now starting at 149 but search and rescue teams continue to scour the rubble for any survivors there were protests against the government of those the evening crowds also rallied as the french president manuel micro toward the damage streets hes backing calls for a new political order in lebanon Bennett Smith has more from beirut. Weve seen thousands of people out on the streets with shovels pickaxes brushes doing the cleanup because the government isnt we are just across from the main blast site youll see those standing grain silos and so the right of those where the explosion happened is a destroyed ship just beyond that and that everything that was in the way of the shockwave in the few just seconds it took to push out has been hit and destroyed and i am
A former Intelligence Officer he says mom had been solemn and sent a hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese owners of to opt in or out. Of. The governing body of sri lankas president to go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in Parliament Tree elections and along with its allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to unite sweeping changes to the constitution the issue lanka peoples front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to buy and mahinda who serve as president and Prime Minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but its raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and Public Services that speak to our correspondent in colombo sri lankas capital me now fernandez min there so a supermajority for the rajapaksa brothers how were they able to achieve this. Basically its
A mexican state state takes action on selling junk food to children. But into the Program Emergency food shipments are being prepared the u. N. Is describing the need for shelter as massive 120 schools have been damaged the full effect of choose to night support explosion in the lebanese capital is becoming much clearer its just gone 1 oclock in beirut in the afternoon where the death toll has now been updated to 154 but the search goes on in the rubble in and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities and amid it all the frustration grows 16 port workers and officials have been arrested but the peoples anger is really being directed at the government french president emanuel by. Ended his visit saying there be no blank checks unless theres political reform well its just after 2 oclock here in doha same time in beirut where our correspondent ben
A hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from doing business with the chinese odor to talk and we chant. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in strength for their governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes the sri lankan peoples front is led by god to buy and Mahinda Rajapaksa who served as president and Prime Minister along with that allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution. Parliament is expected to convene for another 2 weeks nelson and desist from the strong can come for the colombo. Were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come to