Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist blaming israel for his murder. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. Israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert Nuclear Weapons programme, though it hasnt commented on his assassination. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has more. The scene of an ambush. The highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in Irans Nuclear programme. Mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and Senior Defence official. But western Intelligence Services have long believed he was the Driving Force in irans quest for a nuclear bomb. Iran has always said its Nuclear Programme was peaceful but its been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. In 2018, he was singled out by israels prime minister. This is how dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head
Have signed a deal at the summit. And egypts made a dazzling discovery in ancient treasure trove, dating back more than 2000 tickets. And as for world number one, Dustin Johnson has taken control of the masters, heading into sundays final round. Johnson has 4 shots, clear and insights of his 2nd major. Its not so the conflict in ethiopia is not only escalating to its wind with the leader of the region, confirming his forces have launched attacks across the border on the eritrean capital. At least 3 rockets fired 2 of them hit the main airport in a smaller. This is after some earlier threats from the take rate Peoples Liberation front. The unkindness from we will conduct missile attacks to full military movements in a small we will undertake every other kind of measure to full efforts to subjugate the take rate people inside the gray or other places. Remember that great, the tepee is fighting against Ethiopian Government forces. Prime minister the military campaign in the region 11 days
Region as part of the not going to car back ceasefire deal. And moldovans decide whether they want to turn to russia or the west as they vote in that president ial run. We begin this hour with the scenes of jubilation in peru, off to the interim president manual merino announced he is resigning just 5 days into the job. Merino had been under increasing pressure to stand down following days of antigovernment protests. Demonstrators were angry of the abrupt ousting of former president lost in the scar on monday, demanding merino, and an emergency meeting of congress was called off the 2 student demonstrators were killed during saturdays rally. Members also called on radio to quit or face impeachment. If you will be a little bit in the loop some days ago, i was sworn in as president of the republic to lead a transition government with a constitutional mandate to be impeachment of the president some days ago and met the president of the congress. How to take the highest position in our cou
President of the republic, let me call for peace and unity amongst all previews. Marianna sanchez has more now from lima. Peruvians are now celebrating in the streets, not only of lima, the capital, but in several cities around the country. Theyve been protesting for nearly a week. And now there are many people celebrating the same doubt that they wanted maybe not to leave because maybe, you know, did not represent them. And because hes Popular Action Party was one of the parties that were the masterminds. If you will, of, of impeaching, of the impeachment of former president martin, discover people felt that this was a coup detat. And now they are on the streets, many of them celebrating, but many of them through the social media. You can see you can read that they may, they keep themselves vigilant to what will happen because now they say that they do not want any one of the 105 congressman who voted for the impeachment to be near the presidency and all of congress to become the next
A standoff in northern ethiopia. Government forces prepare for a final assault on the city of mckenna. To grant forces refused to step aside. And the president s of african football ahmed ahmed has been banned for 5 years. Footballs world governing body farming amid guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Begin here in the u. K. Where theres more good news in the race to find a Coronavirus Vaccine. This time from the drug company astra zeneca working in partnership with Oxford University. They staged testing shows. Its candidate vaccine is on average 70 percent effective in protecting against code 19, but that increases to 90 percent depending on the way its administered. Russias and it has vaccine is the least expensive so far. And crucially, it can be stored in the fridge, which makes it easier to distribute on the vaccines need to be stored at much lower temperatures. The firm says it can have up to 200000000 doses ready by the end of the year. Possibly 3000000 by 2021. Turn how rep