Zimbabwes president defends the crackdown on protests against his government will be live in her. And in sports the l. A. Lakers have secured top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade but bron james his Team Clinching the number one seed with the win also did you. See. We begin this news hour with the continuing battle against the coronavirus countries around the globe are grappling with the surgeon cases the u. S. Remains the worlds epi center with at least 155000 people dead and of a 4700000 people infected and despite the ads President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen a call he once again made on twitter on tuesday but that push has attracted a lot of criticism teachers marched through new york on monday they are angry at a plan for mayor bill de blasio to open schools even with restrictions. Well democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has tweeted attacking trumps handling of the pandemic he said that at the beginning of july donald
Opponents of trying to organize a massacre as voting begins in what could be his toughest election in years. On the hummus with all the sporting glue it is raining us open champion rafael nadal pulls out of this years tournament citing concerns over the corner virus pandemic. To begin with our breaking news from lebanon and the massive explosion that shaken the capital beirut 70 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 3700 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in a warehouse at the port which had been housing 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the 6 years lebanons president has branded that unacceptable the cabinet is expected to declare a state of emergency in beirut when it holds an emergency meeting on wednesday into monohan report. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled wit
Demanding justice for george florries. 2 and a half months after the coronavirus close to the mosque an occupied East Jerusalem reopens to worship. Also ahead just a phone call away the zimbabwean grandmothers helping people with lockdown anxiety and depression. And on some a 100 or so with this board including x. In the form germanys top Forward Division as by munich crash a fortune at 5 nil closer to where cord extending 30th when does he get title. Curfews are in place in more than 2 dozen u. S. States after protests entered a 4th night the demonstrations were mostly peaceful but at times they did become violent or than 1400. 00 people have been arrested for 17 cities now began in response to the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody but now its real work. National outrage over racism sometimes at the hands of Police Officers mike hanna begins our coverage of. What started out as peaceful protests in dozens of cities or ruptured in violence in Los Angeles Police vehicles w
Lockdown in indian administered kashmir as hindu pilgrims and tourists were ordered to leave over security concerns. A store filled with weekend shoppers on a summer morning in texas when a gunman walked in and opened fire it quickly turned into a scene of panic when it ended 20 people had lost their lives in the latest mass shooting in the us it happened in the city of El Paso Police arrested a 21 year old man and say theyre investigating what they believe may be a hate crime President Donald Trump has called the shooting an act of cowardice alan fischer reports. Heavily armed Police Moving through a Shopping Center in texas after reports of an active shooter in other parts of the mall in el paso shoppers were held in place while people try to work out what was going on. You know your column here right in. There and it got out there then there was what has become common in america lines of people being led from the scene of another mass shooting on on a day that would have been a norm
A 1000 people would stay and last week or more are expected today to reach a good call for one of the opposition politicians barred from running has been arrested for calling for protests he appeared at an appeal at the moscow city called on thursday and its not just him in this band behind me is another opposition politician who wants to run for the city council but has been barred now given the everybody is expecting saturdays protests to be even larger than they were the previous week expect to see more scenes like this outside of court come monday aljazeera moscow Security Forces have ordered the suspension of the hindu pilgrimage an indian administered kashmir saying that they found evidence of plans to attack civilians pilgrims and tourists have been told to leave immediately Authorities Say that a pakistani backed group was plotting to target routes used by hundreds of thousands visiting the. Shrine the Indian Government has deployed 10000. 00 extra troops. Officials are assessi