Of 139. 00 thats the official number being told to us by the iranian government the death toll has also gone up from 15 to 19 still far shy of what the member of parliament in home in recent days has said was closer to 50 and more people continue to pass away that was according to a member of parliament from whom they are expecting the number of cases to rise now the government was accused of not taking this seriously enough not reacting seriously enough in the early days of this corona Virus Outbreak but since then in the last 3 days about 3 days ago president Hassan Rouhani formed what he is calling the headquarters to combat corona and that is in tehran it is. A group of leaders brought together to try and centralize resources and the response the Health Minister the tour im a minister the roads and transport minister as well as a representative of the armed forces and other senior members of the government comprise this body and today in his Cabinet Meeting president Hassan Rouhani
Reporter where russia co carries the political process with the u. S. , which is a dram theic increase in power and influence over this process. The military pull back from russia does not mean there will be Real Progress in talks on syria. There are many other players in the war and many of them are still on the ground willing to fight the u. S. Department of defense says a senior operative in the Islamic State in iraq and the levant has been killed. He died in raqqa. I. S. I. L. s base of operations in northern syria. He was wounded in a u. S. Air strike in a town in syria last week. He was called i. S. I. L. s minister of war. Voting is underway in myanmar to pick the companys president. Aung san suu kyi is barred from the role. Her party won overwhelming majoritys in both houses in novembers election. The pick is a long time confidente of Aung San Suu Kyi and expected to beat the other candidate who is from the military. Live to bangkok. Wayne hay can tell us more. Who is likely to
The military says its advanced into the center of ramadi driving fighters out of many residential areas. Iraqian intelligence estimates there are only around 300 rebels left in the capital. Reporter it has been described as the final assault to retap tour ramadi from i. S. I. L. Recapture. It says its troops are moving in on the center of the city. It has been under i. S. I. L. s control for months. For weeks those forces have been tried to reach the complex. But ramadi is the urban battleground. Progress has been slow. I. S. I. L. Has been fighting back. It is not known how many men the armed group has in the city, but the intelligence believes there could be up to 300. There are also civilians trapped inside and there are reports of casualties. The Iraqi Military dropped leaflets a few days ago calling on people to leave, but i. S. I. L. Is reportedly stopping them so they can use them as human shields. I. S. I. L. Stormed ramadi in may at the time in much of iraqs Western Province w
Project the french president presses for action to combat Climate Change. We look at how rising sea levels are damaging malaysias coastline. The Islamic State of iraq and levant has reportedly released some of the men it kidnapped four days ago. In total 30 were released. Its thought they were taken base their relatives have been fighting against i. S. I. L. The Group Holding around 80 men and 10 boys belonging to the sunni alobeid tribe one of the largest in iraq. To jane arraf. This is an interesting development. The hostages have been held for four days. What is the relationship you are hearing on that . We have spoken to the chief leader of the elobeid tribe and he tells us more than 50 of the tribesman have been released. They are holding a number of them. The problem is that phones have been cut off. Contact is difficult to maintain and the details on what happened to the rest of them is a question. It is clear they are held by i. S. I. L. In retaliation for other members of the