Hostage at a church in south africa. And corrupt and unprecedented a high profile u. S. Public and blasts Donald Trumps decision to cancel the prison sentence and to his former advances. We begin with a memorial to the victims of an atrocity that happened 25 years ago but is still traumatic for those who lived through it it is the anniversary of the srebrenica genocide where more than 8000 muslim boys and men were murdered by bosnian serb troops as part of a ceremony commemorating the killings some of the victims were finally laid to rest the bodies of more than a 1000 people are still missing this report from sun youve got to go. They came to grief. But in a pandemic far few away able to gather together to remember the dead. Several meets. Once just a regular municipality in eastern bosnia now a town scarred by the very worst of what humanity is capable of and still intra normality scorched by the horror of what came to pass here 25 years ago on saturday the bodies of recently identif
A cathedral 1st then a mosque and later a museum now istanbuls landmark hagia sophia is being reconverted back into a mosque but is this an act of religious significance or political narrow minded yes this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finighan one of the worlds most famous landmarks the haggis affair museum in istanbul has been tun back into a mosque turkeys president but one says the site will be open to muslim worship in less than 2 weeks after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion into a museum in 1904 was illegal built one of the half 1000 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral august affair was converted into a mosque after the autumn and conquest in force 153. 00 while unesco and greek russian and other Church Leaders have denounced his decision its Foreign Ministry insists that its a domestic issue of National Sovereignty will bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st a report from aljazeera said im cacio lu in istanbul. Doesnt celeb
A surge in coronavirus cases. Tensions run high in mali several protest leaders are arrested after thousands of people demand the president step down. Also ahead remains of some of these revenues the genocide victims are finally laid to rest a quarter of a century later. Millions of syrians displaced people there will now have only one Turkish Border crossing through which to receive a pass after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the Un Security Council permanent members russia and china abstained from the latest vote allowing it to pass they both use their veto to stop the previous proposals going through. Today is yet another date its a sad day for this cancer but mostly it is a sad day for the Syrian People of that region borgia rubio and both of them where vital cross is to deliver in the most efficient way possible the humanitarian. Those people deserve ok lets talk about those 2 crossings the u. N. And humanitarian groups say 2800000 people in syrias
A cathedral faster than a mosque and later a museum now istanbuls landmark hagia sophia is being reconverted back into a mosque but is this an act of religious significance or political narrow minded yes this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im adrian fenty and one of the worlds most famous landmarks the Hagia Sophia Museum in istanbul has been turned back into a mosque turkeys president but one says the site will be open to muslim worship in less than 2 weeks after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion into a museum in 1904 was illegal built one of the half 1000 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral august affair was converted into a mosque after the awesome and conquest in force 153. 00 while unesco a greek russian and other Church Leaders have denounced took his decision its Foreign Ministry insists that its a domestic issue of National Sovereignty will bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st a report from aljazeera said im close to istanbul. Doesn
Remittances being transferred to these countries its becoming increasingly challenging. The current vice pandemic sees a drop in people sending money home to africa we look at how its impacting kenya. And the story of how our group in indonesia is helping children recover from months at sea. And made lifeline to half a 1000000 children in syria has been cut or Un Security Council compromised means only one Border Crossing with turkey will remain open the deal was made after russia backed by china pushed to shut down the 2nd one out there from i think at the james bays reports from the un headquarters in new york. A Security Council resolution on delivery of aid into syria is finally passed the result of the voting is as follows 12 votes in favor no votes against and 3 abstentions but this was not what 13 out of 15 Council Members wanted only one Border Crossing bubble how one can now be used to deliver aid after china and russia use their veto power in recent days to block other option