Freed a. Kidnapped in iraq. And have been missing since monday. In the capital. Plus china does the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move to the u. S. Told the chinese to shut down consulates in Houston Texas. And. The 1st stage of filling. Controversial new on the top of the project in stalking tensions with egypt and so. Welcome to the program. Open for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years thousands of worshippers are gathering outside the Historic Building to take part in the prayers it follows a controversial degree from turkish president. To turn the former museum back into a mosque and one is should you want to attend along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral the building has to be at the heart of istanbul of 1500 years. And for more im joined by the double correspondent julia hand in istanbul julia what is going on at the highest of fear where you are. Well attacks prison rage of type and on and members o
Claridge as an welcomes of the anger and unrest are growing in the United States following President Trumps announcement that he will send us federal troops into several democrat controlled cities he says theyre needed to deal with a surge in Violent Crime but the trump deployment of federal forces already operating in Portland Oregon has been targeting protesters demanding Racial Justice with the mayor himself caught in the crossfire. Mary i am a big state and its hard to bring the mayor of portland tear gassed by federal offices in the middle of his own city. Ted wheeler was in a group of protesters outside a federal courthouse he said he saw nothing which provoked this risk. Bonce. The irony is portland protesters are angered that the democratic man had backed his own city police using tear gas until a federal judge ordered it should only be used when there was a safety issue. For the 55th night in a row protesters flooded the streets of portland and a new chant was being sung. The
Away mall burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the United States in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of africanamericans by the police is new but it is very wrong right now. In louisville kentucky the death of george who it has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an africanamerican woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. It is this video of the last moments of George Floyds life a Police Officer kneeling on his neck thats driving the outrage floyds family the citys mayor and National Politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t. V. And it wasnt selfdefense the f. B. I. Is promising a thorough investigation but it could take weeks for a prosecutor to decide on criminal charges and people here are impatient francis i am pleading i am pleading with individuals. To remain calm and to let us conduct this i
The weather holds the 1st launch of u. S. Astronauts by a private company. Back into the program hong kongs long standing special status with the United States is that to come to an end the u. S. Secretary of state might pompei as told congress the territory no longer has a high degree of autonomy from china and shouldnt get special treatment including business advantages pay or has accused china of trying to model hong kong after itself as it prepares to impose a new security law well more than 1300 u. S. Companies have Business Operations in whole goal including nearly every major Financial Firm in 2018 u. S. Foreign investment in hong kong was worth 82500000000. 00 and that number was rising with business activity. Heavily regulated in China Chinese Companies also set up in hong kong to attract Foreign Investment but china is less reliant on whole called trade exports through hong kong have dropped from 45 percent in 1902 to just 12 percent last year. Robert scott is a Senior Intern
A large crowd of protesters has been gathering President Donald Trump says hes spoken to George Floyds family and has offered his condolences he also described the incident as a horrible thing to witness and he said it looked like there was no excuse for it. Donald trump is cutting u. S. Ties with the World Health Organization claiming its being influenced by beijing at a press conference the president stepped up his anti chinese rhetoric announcing plans to strip hong kong of its special status with the u. S. In response to a new security law alan fischer reports. Unusually for a News Conference at the white house president only trump opted to use a teleprompter and stuck to the script but in the week where the number of 1000 deaths in the u. S. Went through the 100000 mark the president used the occasion to cut ties with the World Health Organization and returned to calling it the ruhani virus china has total control over the World Health Organization we have detailed the reforms tha