To start the work week. Lawmakers are expected to continue working on allowing kelly kraft to upset the United States in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in new york. They moved to advance her nomination is set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on the. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for infusing us with the confidence that you order our steps each day. Give our lawmakers courage and a strong resolve to glorify your name as they trust the unfolding of your providence. As they remember what you have already done to bless this nation, inspire them to march confidently toward tomorrows difficulties with a total dependence on your power. May they recommit themselves each day to faithfully fulfilling the awesome responsibility you have entrusted to them. L
That litigation process. Of negotiations that culminated in the settlement that was approved today weve had a migrant labor system for many many decades the majority of them are living in deep rule live in south africa and in neighboring countries like mozambique pursued to in swaziland where they really dont have access to medical facilities to screen and examined him so we dont know the status of the vast majority of former mine workers up there and step one is rolling out. A program to get medical facilities to them for checks it just extras lanfranc sheet and generally physical exams and receipts whether or not they are suffering from lung disease and qualified to be compensated. Well still ahead on aljazeera. Nearing a point of no return the destruction of brazils amazon could soon reach a point that has a profound impact on the world. How we got more heavy showers in c. Waste impassive china but its still very much in place across the central i was as well and out towards the sou
More you know badly injured or maimed for life and really the outside world paid very very little attention and certainly not sustained attention and certainly attention thats not making any difference or bringing over that resolution any closer review this collective shrug this lack of International Action to try to stop all of this do you think this is because of russias veto powers on the Security Council or is or does it go beyond that. Well certainly is Security Councils been you know effectively paralyzed on syria its had 8 years to to try and sort out this this problem and its failed and you know there are 5 states with the to the new year in takes one to be to block any kind of resolution so as Curator Council has not succeeded but i think its not just the Security Council is really the powerful states you mentioned russia but the other powerful states also could have influence on the situation. And they simply havent succeeded in making that that count and what were calling fo
Few weeks of his life in and out of hospital he was a leading figure in what was known as the arab spring uprising as Prime Minister and then tunisia is 1st democratically elected president he helped draft a new constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech. Were going to have his accomplishments so were often overshadowed by a weak economy and a high Unemployment Rate oh no worries though he started his mission on a positive note and he finished that the same way may he rest in peace his predecessors who are the country but he was a good man who served his country no one did that before him no one saw the end of he we hope the next president will be even better we hope our country will be stable and safe we have some terrorism but the country doesnt blame him 7 days of National Mourning have been declared as the country honors its for them president. Front runners if you had appeared amongst the candidates who said theyll be standing for the president ial election in mid september but a
Threatened to impose tariffs on the Central American country. And concerns over severe ice melts in greenland, as europes recordbreaking heat wave moves north. Reporter in sport, a freak hailstorm. Also abandon fridays estate 30 kilometers from the finish. Anchor hello. The uns human rights chiefs condemns what she calls International Indifference to the rising death toll in syrias rebel held province. Michelle says those targeting civilians should be charged with war crimes, this as human Rights Groups say more children have been killed in the middle of this month than all of 2018. The past 10 days have been particularly violent. During that time, the United Nations says at least 104 civilians have been killed in airstrikes. Of those deaths, 27 were children. The u. S. Blames the Syrian Government and its allies. Hospitals, markets, and businesses have been hit. With the frequency of the attacks, it was unlikely they were struck by accident. 400,000 civilians were displaced in the pas