Choose days blast in pakistan is easing coronavirus restrictions for a 2nd time in months despite warnings from health weapons over the pandemic. So protesters have been out on the streets across bellary soul nights after the latest Election Results showed president alexander looking with 81 percent of the vote that would mean look at shanghai could extend his quarter century and power the opposition say the ballot was a fraud lower birdman the reports. Are pushing with the shouting the police to go away and then scenes of violence reflected across spend who says kept. Dancing a few hours after polls have closed and continuing into the night opposition supporters came out in the thousands to contest the initial Election Results. Right police blocked the entrance to a large square and fight stun grenades into the crowd and Police Trucks drive into protesters the 2 i mean insists rushed to take the injured into hospital. Protesters a push up barricades on to the main roads to prevent pol
Reacting to growing anger over beirut standing in court last lebanons Prime Minister considers reforms and early elections. And also ahead cracking down on dissent in the roofs disputed Election Results show long time president Alexander Lukashenko on course for an overwhelming victory. Top story the police in hong kong have made their highest profile arrest yet under a Controversial National security law imposed by beijing the media tycoon and activist jimmy law is among 7 people detained in raids on monday an executive in his media group says hes been held on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers sarah clarke joins us live now from outside the apple daily newspaper headquarters in hong kong where those raids are taking place sara what do we think is going to happen to him next. Well at the moment her paper we have a hive of activity behind us as you mentioned we are at the headquarters and are at least 200 police here now searching this particular building you see the vans on my
A president ial election that the opposition says was rigged. At a Washington Court issues a summons against saudis crown prince it follows claims that he ordered the hit squad to kill an intelligence agent in canada. And in sports call thing looks to have a new superstar in the making in only his 2nd appearance at a major championship point how much has won the u. S. P. G. A. Championship. Lebanons capitals is facing rising pressure to step down as a 4th government minister resigns tensions have been boiling over in the country following the massive explosion that told through beirut on tuesday the finance minister joins the biggest us for justice the environment and information in bowing to public pressure and leaving government that been 2 days of violent protests in the capital with more planned on monday 9 m. P. s have also quit parliament aljazeera said to hold a joins us now live from beirut so the Cabinet Meeting right now as we speak. Yes they are in session and it is highly l
We have blake burman at the white house. We begin with gerri willis. We finished with the s p at new record highs for first time in six months. Above the prepandemic highs. Think about that. That is the 14th record close this year. Turn to the nasdaq as well, also at a record high today, second Straight Record close for that index. The 34th record close this year. 174th record close since election day. Good news there. Market keeping an eye as you said on two big earnings reports today. One was walmart. Shares down after the nations largest employer reported eps of 31 cents a share, blowing out estimates samestoresales up 9. 9 . Online sales up 97 . Even so the stock is down. Dont know what it takes to get walmart up today. Home depot that stock up as well. Blowout Second Quarter with the sales up 23. 4 . Americans are remaking their homes as they are forced to live there, stay there, work there all the time. Finally weve been watching apple shares closely. They are higher today as the
Way for peace talks in afghanistan the president agrees to set free 400 taliban prisoners. Protests have erupted in cities across bella russas president aleksander local shankar claims another win to lengthen his quarter century in power but testers have set up barricades in the capital minsk while riot police have responded with stun grenades a police van drove a crowd of protesters and ambulances have been called in for the injured protesters as an internet blackout of belarus is so step vast and is joining us on the phone step i know you were out on the streets when the protests began just talk us through what youve seen. Yes well that its now well 2 oclock in the morning here in minsk and still the city is filled with with anger and frustration just only 2 hours after the polls closed the sense of people took to the streets going to a Central Square where they were gathering to protest against what they call again fraudulent elections when they tried to write their police was alrea