Of qatar has landed in tehran hes the 1st National Leader to visit the iranian capital since the assassination of iranian general customs all the money by the u. S. Qatar has called for a peaceful solution to regional tensions a cease fire has come into effect in libya after warlord who leave for half the agreed to the truce just hours before the start of the pause in fighting was brokered by the leaders of russia and turkey to support opposing sides in the conflict another agreement between moscow and grans led to a ceasefire in italy province the last rebel held territory in syria by lances brain escalating this instruction back to Government Forces launched an offensive to retake it in december. At least one person is being killed and 4 others injured after antigovernment protests in the iraqi city of karbala the Security Forces denies shooting at protesters inside an investigation is underway to determine who is behind saturdays violence demonstrators angry over government corrupti
[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
Sport better. Crash during sundays 7th day of the race in saudi arabia. Into town trees ravaged by war 2 separate cease fire agreements are now in effect warring sides in syria and libya have agreed to put down their arms after negotiations brokered by russia and turkey the 3 support opposing sides in each conflicts well have more on syria in a moment 1st though to libya where the war to leave a half to had initially rejected calls for ceasefire. Moved up there while heard reports from tripoli. After rejecting a cease fire call blade turkey and russia last week warlord 24 have to change his mind a few hours before it was due to go into effect. The general command of the libyan ira bomb forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of the cease fire. In a joint press conference ear
Timelines biggest political protests seem years the job is sending a message to the government and the military. U. S. President donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and warned the government against cracking down on demonstrations theres been anger over the downing of a ukrainian airliner on wednesday and the radium governments initial failure to admit its responsibility ronnies have been held across the country after irans revolutionary guard said it mistakenly shot down the jet killing 176 people meanwhile the emir of qatar has landed in tehran his the 1st National Leader to visit the iranian capital since the assassination of iranian general custom silly money by the u. S. Call for a peaceful solution to regional 10. The highest close to the u. S. But also has strong ties with iran sharing the Worlds Largest gas fields lets bring in our correspondent in tehran for a sad so the rainy and government under pressure both externally and also in turney absolutely bu
A very difficult journey for those who are trying to leave or in the philippines where tens of thousands are on the run from a volcanic eruption. And. The corruption trial of former will definitely chief the mean diac in paris has been delayed with the 86 year old facing up to 10 years in jail. Hello talks for a permanent cease fire in libya ended in moscow and they failed to achieve a breakthrough or russias foreign minister says quote Good Progress is being made on an unconditional and open ended cease fire but the words but if i have to choose day to decide whether to sign a formal deal a truce to stop fighting came into force on sunday morning libyas Prime Minister phase a sudden i have to. Her attending the negotiations in moscow and the Turkish Foreign minister explained the results off the days think associations. Today we worked hard on this document and we put into consideration the compromises regarding the situation in libya called in to the proposals made by mr after marsha