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Parliamentary panel. No one wants. But he must work together. A call for unity in the face of Global Challenges a virtual Un General Assembly kicks off to celebrate its 75th anniversary. I want to see in the region of southern chile where a confrontation with indigenous not just this intensify. Im sort of tired so have all the sports including about jock which makes history in rome serbian wins italian open still a wreck or breaking 36. 00 masters 1000. 00 title. Senior u. S. Leaders gave the u. N. General assembly a skip u. S. Secretary of state mike wont pay or announced a raft of new sanctions almost involved in irans defense sectors 27. 00 entities and individuals have been hit with new measures including the Iranian Defense ministry was also announced sanctions on venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro who has built a close relationship with tehran. Just imagine what iran would do that for able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen the p
The man to take on trump joe biden is formally converted as the democratic nominee in the race to the white house. The European Union says it standing by the people of balad who said its called violence against antigovernment protesters there shocking and unacceptable they deserve the block held an emergency meeting with the agreed on sanctions against those responsible for the crackdown have rejected the outcome of this months disputed elections that have called for an end to president Alexander Lukashenko ball roll. Today we gave them 3 clear messages. Firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. Secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and false if occasion of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. And in minsk the embattled president look has ordered the police to stop further demonstrations against his leadership hes asked his inte
Them. The husband and wife are both in their 70s. They were visiting from palo alto and they were last seen on friday. They have been saying staying in a rental. More than 100 searchers because carl combed the area in the search. Our reporter has more information. The couple went on a Late Afternoon hike and the assumption is that they got lost. And searchers are stumped after a huge search today. At best, ace at dusk, a search and rescue team emerges. Search dogs here are trained to find human remains. Carol has been in erwin since 1972. They were last seen near the cottage they had rented. This fire captain knows every trail, marked or not. Dogs did hit on a few spots. There was no evidence of clothing or drag marks or anything that we consider to be liable. The second day of searching brought almost 140 specially trained volunteers from all over the area, shouting out in case the couple might hear or respond. The search leader shows the area covered so far. Redlines are sundays sear
Has breached the limit, has breached the limit on stockpiling enriched uranium, after americas withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement. Sub tropical guadalajara in mexico is pounded by a severe hail storm, dumping a metre of ice. And its the first day of wimbledon, with the defending champion Novak Djokovic on court, aiming for a fifth singles title. And coming up on bbc news. Frank lampard appears close to a return to chelsea as manager. Hes been excused from returning to derby for the start of preseason training. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police have clashed again with protesters in hong kong, on the anniversary of the territorys handover from britain to china. Pepper spray was used on activists who smashed their way into a government building, while tear gas helped disperse thousands of people, demanding the government withdraw a bill allowing extradition to the chinese mainland. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. The clashes began early