$40 billion dollars in aid for ukraine. and going back to the past the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least eight people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis. reeling after a day of violence. yesterday, supporters of the prime minister attacked anti government protesters, who until that point had been peacefully demonstrating. at the cit
for talks on the sidelines. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss not least their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. the bbc s james clayton is in san francisco and sent us the latest. apac has started here and it is a huge apac has started here and it is a huge moment apac has started here and it is a huge moment for apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the city apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it is summer to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1945. nations charter was signed here in 1916. this is a huge economic summit. you are talking about more than 50% of the worlds trade belongs to the 21 nations who will be attending here this week. talking about 40% of the world s population. it is a big economic conference but by far the biggest ticket item here is the bigge
we just learned of a big development at columbia university here in new york. they have seen many of these anti-israel protests. just now, the university has announced that they are suspending two student groups. one is called students for justice in palestine and the other, jewish voice for piece, a palestinian advocacy group. the school is writing the group s repeatedly violated university policy relating to holding campus events and that culminated in an unauthorized event on thursday that preceded despite warnings and included threatening rhetoric and intimidation. so this is the first real example we ve seen on the part of a major american university, an ivy league school, that is pushing back against these groups. a major development. there could be a lot of reasons why we re seeing this this afternoon. maybe coming from some of the donors, the trustees. we ll talk about it coming up in moments. first, this warning of a growing furry against the united states in arab na
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Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur where its reported that the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un, was killed. Police say kim jong nam was found dead at Kuala Lumpur Airport. American intelligence sources say they strongly believe that he was murdered by north korean agents. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes sent this report from tokyo. This is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. Officials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at Kuala Lumpur Airport this morning. South korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own Younger Brother, kim jong un. North koreas young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. Whats so sensitive . Last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. I was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. Much more telling is wh