Favorite appears to be the chosen one despite some embarrassing moments along the way. A very warm welcome to the program on this wednesday evening its 10 pm here in the russian capital lets get started with a live news update. The World Health Organization has declared that the corona virus can now be labeled as a pandemic. In the past 2 weeks the number of cases 19. Increases in forward. And the number of affected countries. We have therefore to may be our system and that 19 can be contacted are used as a pandemic. The number of infections has now topped more than 118000 across the globe with more than 4000 deaths occur on a virus has spread to 114 countries with numbers growing by the day in the race to find a vaccine for the virus scientists in london are on the lookout for human guinea pigs to infect for money and the 1st test of its kind. We can announce that we have commenced the development of the worlds 1st commercial human coronavirus challenge study model we also known as co
You can be sure this is an attack against. A warm welcome to the program this is R T International bring you your live news update this hour. We start with breaking news as reports citing u. S. Officials say 3 people including 2 american soldiers have been killed and at least 10 injured in a rocket attack on an iraqi air base near baghdad its also reported that American Forces have retaliated with a strike on Iraqi Militia near the Syrian Border for all the details were not going to cross live to clear what do we know about the developments in iraq at this point. Well as you mentioned we are hearing from the u. S. Coalition forces in iraq that at least 15 katyusha rockets were fired on a military base. To the north of baghdad that houses American Military personnel the report suggests that at least 2 american soldiers and one british servicemen have been killed and this is despite earlier reports from the Iraqi Military that there were no casualties we are hearing that between 10 and 1
Watching R T International bring you your live news update 5 confirmed more than 15 rockets have hit a base housing American Military personnel near baghdad for their report citing u. S. Officials claim to american soldiers and one british servicemen were killed an investigation has been long and the attack is the latest on u. S. And coalition facilities in iraq will be crossing live to our correspondent a bit later in the program with all the details. The World Health Organization has declared that the corona virus can now be labeled as a pandemic. In the past 2 weeks the number of cases. Increases 13 for. The number of affected countries. We have that for many of the our system and that quoted 19 can be. Used as a pandemic. The number of infections has now topped more than 10800000 across the globe with more than 4000 deaths cried a virus has spread to 114 countries with numbers growing by the day. In the race to find a vaccine for the virus scientists in london are on the lookout fo
Moscow this is International Im sean thomas certainly glad to talk with. A former Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has attempted suicide in her jail cell ahead of a Court Appearance on friday her lawyers say according to reports she was found still breathing by a guard and rushed to the hospital she now said to be fighting for her life Chelsea Manning was being held in detention for refusing to testify before a grand jury regarding wiki leaks and Julian Assange she is still scheduled to appear friday at a hearing on a motion to squash the civil contempt sanctions that landed her in jail she leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks while serving in the u. S. Army and spent 7 years in prison for that manning said last may that she would rather starve to death then give testimony in the investigation we spoke to journalist daniel those are about the possible replications. They Chelsea Mannings attempted suicide shows the highly punitive nature of this en
You know since learning to disagree you know we were talking about an individual in a shed with expose i mean he was also make initiators im just an h. Is. Midday here and moscow from everyone in the news room thanks for joining us this. Story for you this hour imprisoned u. S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court this friday morning has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury while ali i got more on the developments from our correspondent give. But it was allegedly a very very close run thing because the guards when they found her she was hanging by a sheet in her cell unresponsive unconscious and blue already blue they got there in time fortunately the they took her down administer 1st aid she was still breathing they rushed her to the hospital and then i think is now 5 there is no danger to her health shes shes responsive shes talking to her lawyers