Pistorius murder trial. Former nsa intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is given a three year permanent residence permit in russia. President putin is fighting back. Recently u. S. And europe rolled out tough sanctions against russia. Now the kremlin is hitting back saying it will no longer buy meat, fish, fruit, vegetables from europe, u. S. , canada, norway and australia. The move will hit western producers, but will it be the Russian Consumers that are hurt more . Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington. 4 00 p. M. P. M. In cambodia where two Senior Leaders are sentenced to life in prison for their role that swept the country in the 1970s. The former head of state was found guilty for crimes against humanity. They efface separate charges of genocide. They fought a civil war against the government and took control of the country from 1975 to 1979. The regime attempted to take cambodia back to what they called year zero. They banned money and private properties. Many were f
Christians from their home in iraq. This triggers u. S. Intervention. Could this device spark a revolution in engineering . Its creators hope so. Well bring you the flat robot. We look at the massive overall of Malaysia Airlines. Its about to be reinvented. The airline is close to collapse. Its been in a bad way for years. The government is delisting it from the stock market and going to give a complete overhaul. Well look at what that means. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington, 1 00 p. M. Switzerland. The World Health Organization has called a world emergency. This is after a two day emergency session in geneva. It means Global Travel restrictions may be put in place to halt the spread. The death toll is near 1,000. Nick childs reports. The head of the World Health Organization says this is the largest most severe and most complex outbreak of ebola since it was identified nearly four decades ago. Now the w. H. O. Declared International Health emergency with the plea for m
Three day ceasefire. Oscar pistorius defense compares the athlete to an abuse victim in closing arguments at his murder trial. A first for turkey as the president is to be elected by the public this weekend. Leading the race, the current Prime Minister. Hello. Thanks for being with us. An extraordinary event and International World emergency. Thats what the World Health Organization calls the other goal outbreak. The agency is predicting its likely to go on for months and get worse before it gets better. Almost a thousand have died already as a result of the disease. Nick childs reports. The head of the World Health Organization says this is the largest, most severe, complex outbreak of ebola since identified four decades ago a. Now its declared a National Health emergency with a plea for help for those countries affected. The conclusions and my decisions are a clear call for international solidarity. Countries affected to date simply do not have the capacity to manage the outbreak of
Are now ghost towns as firefighters try to get the upper hand. Today is saturday, july 19, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester hold. Im erica hill alongside dylan drier. We want to get the latest in the downing of Malaysia Flight mh17. There are growing concerns over the security of the debris field. Many investigators are held back from the area under rebel control. We are learning more about the 298 people who were on board that flight. 80 of them children, and one, a 19yearold american citizen. President obama warning of new sanctions against russia saying the downing of the plane should be a wakeup call for europe and the world. We are covering this from the pentagon and ukraine. We want to begin with keir simmons in ukraine. Reporter good morning. They are being accused of not letting investigators get near the crash site. Th
Where the relative temperaturesthemperaturehe relatives on board will gather information where of when the bodies will come home. Well speak to our teams in gaza and israel for the latest. Rockets coming in closer and closer all the time. This neighborhood is hit every few seconds. Also on the program, we are joined for the business news. Tes co loses the chief executive after three years. Phillip quits after the group warns of challenging times ahead. We look at whats gone wrong during his short reign. Its midday here in long do 7 00 a. M. Washington and 3 00 p. M. Where dutch experts are granted access to bodies of those killed. The Prime Minister says hes willing to hand over control of the entire investigation to the netherlands. Lets take you to the negle netherlands and join clive. Im just outside the area behind a very rather non descript building. Its functional, practical and the place the government has chosen for the first time to bring together all relatives, immediate rela