One of the worlds highest infection rates. Of destroying crops and livelihoods swarms of locusts in india and pakistan caused billions of dollars in damage. And in support of the afghan female athletes are being left behind due to a run of bahrain top level football in germany has just presumed that every other women fleet in europe has been cancelled. Its just after 10 am in the u. S. State of minnesota where the death of a black man who was pinned to the ground by a Police Officer a sparked anger not only there but across the country and the states governor has Just Announced that hes fully mobilizing the National Guard for the 1st time in the States History. Im authorizing and talking to general jensen to fully mobilize the minnesota National Guard an action that has never been taken in 164 year history of the minnesota National Guard we will pull in assets as we have been doing and for those minnesotans who are wondering where are the fire trucks where are the police that are out t
A bittersweet return to their homes but the city they were the lucky ones sent to britain on socalled in the towns close. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us so dans Ruling Military Council says it has foiled a coup by members of the army and Intelligence Services this comes just days after the council made a power sharing agreement with photo mockers the activists senior general omar abraham says rebel soldiers were being rounded up and that the coup was an attempt to quote hinder the transition to democracy sadat has seen mass protests and bloody crackdowns on them by the military since the toppling of former dictator Omar Al Bashir earlier this year. Were joined now by abraham whos been reporting from sudan for us and is following this story good morning can you fill us in on whats behind this disc to attempt so what we know is that what the military council has told us which is that 16 officers some retired some still active are allegedly involved in this in this coup att
Ballistic missiles at a massive military parade one day before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the south. Tensional streets in bangladesh as a former Prime Minister is jailed for five years for corruption plus. Im done for him there in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. And im Tatiana Sanchez and with all the sports news the including the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not start until friday but action in some sports is already got underway the latest from china later in the program. Syrias government has attacked the u. S. Led coalition for a rare airstrike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a us military officials of the strikes in their resort province killed about one hundred pro assad fighters who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces and Coalition Says it took the action in self defens
In Coalition Air strikes. Also the u. S. Congress is set to vote on a crucial budget bill theres another Government Shutdown deadline blue. Also violence in bangladesh after the former Prime Minister is given a jail term for corruption blocking her path to elections in december. And why a bass of love for fact made its way out of love the sewers added to a beijing museum. Welcome to the news are there is growing tension between major geo political players involved in the war in syria with the Assad Government accusing the United States of committing a war crime it follows u. S. Air strikes there as a province which the Coalition Says killed almost one hundred fighters loyal to the Syrian Government a de confliction blind in the area is supposed to provide direct contact between the u. S. And Russian Troops the u. S. Said the strikes were in response to what it called an unprovoked attack on the headquarters of its ally the s. D. F. Of all that opposes assad but russia which backs assad
Prime minister on corruption charges. A show of force at a time of apparent unity north korea stages a massive military parade on the eve of south koreas. And rescue workers continue to search for survivors amongst the rubble of taiwans earthquake. So we begin in syria where three major developments are pointing to an escalation in a conflict thats now been going on for almost seventy years in the Northern Province more than one hundred program fighters have been killed by the u. S. Led coalition and local forces of the u. S. Says it forces an attack against the Syrian Democratic forces that a Rebel Alliance supports. Meanwhile russian and Syrian Government forces have been bombarding the rebel held enclave of instant gusa killing twenty two people on thursday and the amount of deaths of past two hundred and the Northern Province in just four days and the u. N. Security council is planning to meet later at the request of kuwait and sweden discuss among other things the horrific situati