The president to step down. Down,power plant shuts leaving 2 Million People with only four hours of electricity a day. What appears to be a coup is unfolding in one of west africas largest countries. Soldiers have staged a mutiny at isilitary base near mal capital and have detained the president and Prime Minister. The head of the United Nations has demanded their release. Mali has been in crisis with demonstrators demanding that president Ibrahim Boubacar keita step down. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters poured onto the streets of the capital , some co. Bamako ransacking and burning government offices, responding to reports of army intervention. They arrested president Ibrahim Boubacar keita and the Prime Minister. Armed troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Couldhave come out today today to call for the resignation of the president because we heard there were shots fired by the military and have, to help the military get rid of the president
Americans affected by andd19, the economy, Racial Discrimination address the 2020 Democratic National convention. This 40 minute portion includes remarks by Small Business owners, Domestic Violence survivors, climate activists, and gun violence prevention advocates. Many of you know, Small Businesses employ half of all u. S. Workers. Tonight, we have scott. Scott, you are a Small Business owner from pennsylvania. Small businesses have been hit so hard in this crisis. So many Small Businesses. How are you doing . How are you managing . Well, its been rough. Rough is the nice word to say it. My wife and i, 31 years ago, began our business, and quite honestly, over all of these years, we had faced some adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year. Just to stay afloat. And we our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . We have half of the employees that we had precovid. An
Stopped people descending on the capitol for a 4th week of protest against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he won the august 9th election with 80 percent of the vote the opposition say the poll was rigged and they want to read from. Those protesters made their way home on sunday Security Forces seem to take advantage of the thinning crowds pulling out people apparently at random according to witnesses and bundling them into vans. Another video has emerged on social media of masked men in civilian clothes beating up people on the streets of minsk. In wall now breaking down the door of a cafe where the owner had given shelter to protesters. With imagine if everybody people started running in say to the door and then out on 15 to 20 people in black masks started to smash the glass into some people our human rights experts from the United Nations say theyve received hundreds of torture a shes a torture impeaching you. This is older call kovar of the Opp
It has been rough. Rough is a nice way to say it. My wife and i 30 years ago began our business and quite honestly, over all these years, we have faced adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year just to stay afloat. Our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . Employees thate we had precovid and our customers are a little scared, our employees are sometimes afraid to come to work because of the covid, and, to be honest with you, i am frustrated. I dont understand how we got here. We are the greatest nation in the world and it just seems to me maybe if we just came alone,r, this one issue may be as americans and being united, we can overcome. Thank you for sharing your story. Im sure many Small Business owners feel the same way you are feeling now. We wish you the best for your family. Now i would like to turn to marley diaz, who is 15 years old, a literary activist an
The 4th people started to evacuate the area around the port because. There was Little Information on what caused the fire the Lebanese Army then issued a statement saying this was not a deliberate this was an accident and. Fire that oil as well as tires that were stored in a warehouse caught fire and the army as well as firefighters theyve been deployed to the scene as you can see trying to put out the flames helicopters have are also being used to try to distinguish extinguish the flames that are on their nerves this is a city that is still on their nerves the city still demanding answers theyre still having questions on what caused that massive explosion 55 weeks ago investigations are continuing. The case has been theyve been questioning Security Officials as well as politicians but still no answers still no official help to account especially since so many officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate at the warehouse and they did nothing about it. Thous