A hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese only its up to. You. Thank you very much for joining as the governing party of sri lankas president go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with its allies it has security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lankans peoples front is led by rajapaksa brothers the rajapaksa grab brothers. Who Service President and Prime Minister respectively the results now look 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 me now fernandez me now so a super majority for the rajapaksa brothers how are they able to achieve this break down the numbers for us focused. Basically its a reflection of
From cleaning and water to providing food we simply cannot survive but there is still time we meet the pioneers striving to protect 2 of our most valuable remaining ecosystems. Are buried in sweden where an inventive Clothing Company is using groundbreaking technology to fight before station and im a man to borrow in tacking where one man is fighting to protect a wetlands haven for migrating birds why. The fashion industry is worth 1. 00 trillion dollars every year tax when you factor is made billions of garments why only be born once a choice before ending up in a landfill the socalled fast fashion is incredibly resource intensive and perhaps surprisingly one of the key troilus. Biodiversity loss and deforestation. Im in sweden where one company is working on a Green Solution to this global problem but 1st i want to understand the impact of fast fashion. So just 20 kilometers of sage still cool is to try to meet in the forest a forest that were in a way that to me the cool right but s
Isolation orders. And intense speculation over the whereabouts of spains former king after he suddenly goes into exile. And it will begin with our breaking news from lebanon and the massive explosion that shaken the capital beirut 78 people have been confirmed dead and the Health Ministry says almost 4000 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in a warehouse at the port which had been housing 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the 6 years lebanons president has branded that unacceptable the cabinet is expected to declare a 2 week state of emergency in the city when it meets on wednesday so how to reports from beirut. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds the streets were filled with panic and confusion as people try to make sense of what happened most of the so you are all my car was down there it rolled over i think my injuries are becau
A banking crisis theres been a debt crisis lebanese are facing really so many pressures in so many directions so health care is one of those areas where the hospitals are old millions of dollars by the lebanese government Different Levels of pay hospitals for care so everyone is really hang on by a thread in this country and its really hard to predict what more could happen and this is it was a politically charged potentially this week because of the event that was due on friday talk us through the season one why its significant. Well the explosion immediately you know with the flashback of many people who have been through so many bombs and wars and in this country and one of the last violent events im up on was a series of assassination that rocked the country about a decade ago and most important of those with the Prime Minister is how did he was assassinated and his trial was done this murder. Has been resolved on going on for many many years one of those expensive trials mystery a
Have contracted covid19. Sri lankans turned out for an election. Lebanons government has declared a state of emergency after a massive explosion devastated beirut. It is putting several officials under house arrest pending an investigation into why 270 tons of Ammonium Nitrate were stored there. More than 5000 people were injured. The death toll is expected to rise as they search for survivors. As many as 200,000 people have been left homeless. The damage may reach between 10 and 15 billion. Hospitals have been overwhelmed and an overwhelming need of blood donations. We begin our coverage from they would. On this disaster stricken city are beginning to comprehend the extent of the damage. It was far more distracted than any explosion beirut has ever seen. Highly explosive material stored at a warehouse caused the last, sending shockwaves across the city, now in ruins. Almost every building has been damaged. Many are dead. Thousands are injured and hundreds hundreds are dead. Is an empl