A live update from the nicaraguan capital for not one plus paris. Thank you. Were looking at exclusive d. W. News footage of an air strike in ethiopia is tikrit province. The rebellious region has ignored a government ultimatum to surrender. Ethiopias defense minister tells us he expects the military offensive on to grad to be over within a week. And play richardson welcome to the show. The United States has announced it will be, bringing some troops home from iraq and afghanistan by made in january u. S. , President Donald Trump had earlier suggested he wanted to accelerate the troop withdrawal from both countries by the end of his charm and office. The pentagon says it just to choose hours and 500. 00 troops will remain in each nation respectively. These conflicts have lasted through 3 american presidencies, with u. S. Troops stationed in afghanistan since 2001. And in iraq since 2003, National Security adviser, Robert Obrian says, the troop drawdown fulfills an election pledge impor
Spirits are low as tourists stay away from the turquoise coast. And the young man called a deal who died in a choice for breaking the lockdown rule belgiums police face questions over their conduct particularly in migrant neighborhoods. As well come to the program we begin with news breaking in moscow where a court has handed down a guilty verdict in the controversial case against a russian director carol Sarah Bernard cough he faces 6 years in prison on charges of forming a criminal group with his colleagues and embezzling public funds for Theatre Project server and of says he or she is ations are absurd trial has sparked an International Outcry and calls for his release. Now lets go straight to moscow where our correspondent at least sherman is standing by emily server because receives a verdict of guilty he rejects all the accusations himself what evidence have both sides provided well server nicko has been found guilty of large scale fraud and essentially is being accused of embezz
Powerful u. S. Attorney whos investigating president Donald Trumps allies it says he will not resign despite a replacement being named. And struggling to preserve tradition we meet the iraqi craftsman whose work is at risk of becoming a thing just. Suffers a setback to its return from coronavirus lock down several athletes from Major League Baseball to professional golf have tested positive despite being in socalled sporting bubbles. So to be called the Racial Justice that began weeks ago in the United States is echoing through other parts of the world for another weekend crowds out right now in the french capital some of the messages called for justice for anybody my bar whos a black man who died in a Police Operation in 2000. The 19th and in the scottish capital of Edinburgh People have gathered to call for the removal of the melville monuments which commemorates a politician he resisted calls to end the slave trade and in the United States for statues have been torn down in differen
A liberal austerity that put profit over people coming on the show in the wake of the grenfell and when rush tragedies is the u. K. Government institutionally racist we speak to hip hop artist and activist lukey about the colonial mindset that lionizes Winston Churchill once out greatest britain now being branded the alleged racist statures trouble for bristol to london is the time now to take back power from. Over some more coming up in todays going on the ground 1st in the week of George Floyds funeral u. K. Pm Boris Johnson born in the Upper East Side of manhattan in new york city had this to say when asked about President Trump after saying the words black lives matter as for the other qualities of the. Mr let me say he has amongst many other things he is president of the United States which is all i would choose on most important ally in the world today and whatever people may say about it whatever those on the left may say about it the United States is a past. Peace and freedom h
The ground but 1st in the week of George Floyds funeral the u. K. Pm Boris Johnson born in the Upper East Side of manhattan in new york city had this to say when asked about President Trump after saying the words black lives matter as for the qualities of the. Mr let me say he has among many other things he is president of the United States which is all i would choose are our most important ally in the world today and whatever people may say about it whatever those on the left may say about it the United States is a bastion of peace and freedom and has been for most of my lifetime maybe he never noticed us wars killing would be going to splay singh tens of millions and its the peace and freedom he claims to have witnessed during his lifetime in fact british politicians this week called for action against a government accused of unjust policies not Donald Trumps though the communist one in china heres one of johnsons m. P. s upset about china controlling part of china for a breach of th