Wanted to say the Prime Minister must step down immediately. And im leah harding with sports host nation qatar defeat the United Arab Emirates for 2 and a politically charged Arabian Gulf Cup Group match they now qualify for the semifinals on home soil. Thank you for joining us Security Forces have stopped an angry crowd from marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups the Congolese Army says the rebels are the protesters enemy and not the u. N. Is promising to deploy more troops to restore order in beni. Now catherine soy is in goma the largest city in eastern d. R. C. With more on the demonstrations still very unsafe on the streets the situation quite uncited as we
Is nato still relevant cracks appear as the Worlds Largest military alliance but its 70th birthday and the Member States settle that differences and what could happen if they dont this is inside story. And welcome to the program. The worlds biggest military alliance is facing a crisis the United States cant other than 10 european nations formed nato at the end of the 2nd world war to confront what they saw as riots from the soviet union now the biggest appear to be internal nato now boasts 29. 00 members and they are in london to mark the organizations birthday but recently the United States turkey and france have raised concerns about military spending and natures bow in general are diplomatic editor james bass explains for the next couple of days this is the man in the hot seat secretary general yens stoltenberg has the un enviable task of chairing a meeting of nato leaders at a time the alliance faces big challenges this gathering in london is supposed to mark nato 70th birthday its
Thousands evacuated and business is boarded up as a powerful typhoon slams into the philippines. Thank you for joining us police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and one policeman gunfire was heard as civilians marched on a Un Peacekeeping base in the area the Congolese Army has been deployed to block them from getting close but locals are protesting against what they feel is a lack of protection from the un after a recent spate of attacks by all and rebel groups at least 100 people were killed in november and the on the Democratic Forces militia has been blamed for much of the violence well the army has issued an appeal for locals to avoid protesting because its preventing the soldiers from carrying out security operations. We are calling on our populations and all other members of society in north kivu province to stop working with our enemy population should not forget about the real enem
A typhoon bears down on millions of people in the philippines. And a warning from scientists about how much quicker the worlds 2nd largest ice sheet is breaking up. Into the program mexicos president has promised hugs not bullets well as part of his strategy to combat drug crime a year on hes witnessing the worst day of homicides in the countrys history since records began in 197127 deaths on sunday alone. With some of them the 22 killed in the gun battle between drug cartel and Security Forces in a town near the u. S. Border its the latest embarrassment for president and the rest Manuel Lopez Obrador who vowed to tackle violent. At its roots by fighting poverty and inequality with social programs rather than the army lets get more on this from our correspondent alan fischer whos in mexico city really worrying figures about this. I mean what more is the president saying because he in during his Election Campaign his platform was all about cleaning up those crime figures there are those
Latest also coming up in germany it spells Russian Diplomats over the killing of a former chechen commander he was gunned down in broad daylight in a park here in berlin german prosecutors suspect russian or chechen state involvement says it will retaliate. And the death of the 30 k. Pop star in 3 months sparks a debate about the pressures facing south koreas so left. Im burnt coffee its good to have you with us nato leaders have wrapped up a 2nd day of talks as they mark the military alliances 70th anniversary divisions between Member States have surfaced over a number of issues but today. A National Leaders adopted a joint statement that played to their own any fears of a lack of unity it said that the organization has to look to the future together and acknowledge the challenges posed by chinas growing economic and military power the 1st day of the gathering yesterday saw the emergence of sharp differences between the american and french president. When nato secretary general in sto