The coronavirus pandemic in india cases past 2000000 were live in new delhi. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from business with the chinese owners of 2 popular apps. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in sri lanka the governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes these peoples front is that by go to by and hinder rajapaksa who serve as president and Prime Minister along with their allies that has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution lets bring in our correspondent in Alpha Landers whos been following the election and the vote count its in colombo force me now a huge mandate really and an opportunity for really the country to see its constitution change how soon could this happen. So were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that th
On aljazeera. For the beirut explosion lead to political change in lebanon people left to clean up the streets vent their anger or what they say is a corrupt system in a dysfunctional state so can the country rebuild and rise up from this destruction this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran current lebanon deserves better its one of the main messages coming out of beirut after tuesdays devastating explosion the blast killed at least 138 people made 300000 residents homeless and destroyed much of the city center many lebanese are blaming government corruption for allowing the disaster to happen for 6 years port officials reportedly asked judges for an order to move the nearly 3000. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate that was stored in a warehouse but they say they never got a response some Customs Officials are now under house arrest the president says those responsible will be punished but people in beirut say they dont trust their leaders to conduct a transparent invest
A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Their welcome to the stream home edition im josh rushing sitting in today for femi ok now if youre watching this live on the you tube see that box over there thats of live you tube chat jump in there share your comments your questions with us because we have a producer waiting to get those to me so i can get on to our experts on the panel today and in fact weve already got people in there look this is a cheat a man 42 this says prison is just another layer of Voter Suppression no surprise minorities are targeted and heres Michael Riley the says its a big no you kind of give up your right to vote when you go to jail in my opinion there are so many people in jail that could sway the vote and people in jail with Different Things from those out of jail now this is become a bit of a celebrity issue and back check out this video that oma
Welcome to the program 16 people have been arrested in lebanon as frustration grows over the governments response to tuesdays port explosion among those whove been taken into custody or officials from beirut pulled the death toll is now starting at 149 but search and rescue teams continue to scour the rubble for any survivors there were protests against the government of those the evening crowds also rallied as the french president manuel micro toward the damage streets hes backing calls for a new political order in lebanon Bennett Smith has more from beirut. Weve seen thousands of people out on the streets with shovels pickaxes brushes doing the cleanup because the government isnt we are just across from the main blast site youll see those standing grain silos and so the right of those where the explosion happened is a destroyed ship just beyond that and that everything that was in the way of the shockwave in the few just seconds it took to push out has been hit and destroyed and i am
A former Intelligence Officer he says mom had been solemn and sent a hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese owners of to opt in or out. Of. The governing body of sri lankas president to go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in Parliament Tree elections and along with its allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to unite sweeping changes to the constitution the issue lanka peoples front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to buy and mahinda who serve as president and Prime Minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but its raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and Public Services that speak to our correspondent in colombo sri lankas capital me now fernandez min there so a supermajority for the rajapaksa brothers how were they able to achieve this. Basically its