Are nearing danger. Well also hear from those who survived the explosion sharing their stories of shattered lives in a shot its. Also in the news fire erupts on board a super tanker off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. And a standoff in the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group is surrounded a prison calling for the release of their members. So were starting in lebanon a month since that massive explosion at the port in beirut and incredibly rescue teams that may have found signs of life but the collapsed building they digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of briefing. And were going to hear more about that in a moment this disaster of course oldest forth caused by that large stockpile of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate which ignited at the ports around 200 People Killed 6000 injured and hundreds of thousands left without a home where rescue workers we have heard from then they say their initial attempts havent bee
To justice nato steps into the issues surrounding the alleged poisoning of the russian Opposition Leader alexian abounding saying the attack on him is an assault on fundamental rights. Not a super tanker on fire for a 2nd day off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. The. Also this half hour standoff the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group has surrounded the prison calling for the release of their members. Ok lets begin this half hour in lebanon has been a month since the massive explosion at the forts in beirut incredibly rescue teams may have found signs of life underneath a collapsed building theyre digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of breathing the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate igniting at the port about 200 people were killed 6000 were injured hundreds of thousands were left homeless rescue workers say there were initial attempts havent been succe
Conflict foreign interference has reached on precedented levels and building relations while building war us president tales what he describes as a tremendous relationship between his country and mexico. And the thank you for joining us the Prime Minister of ivory coast am a dual gone coulibaly has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning bally was taken to hospital after he fainted during a Cabinet Meeting he had returned to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a heart exam because more now from dakar in senegal. This is a big blow for the president because with this comes a political crisis a political void the question is now who will replace coulibaly who was the chosen successor to want to or are expected to run in the next upcoming president ial election in october and whoever will come next will have to defeat the candidates which are only going to be a former president of ivory coast a heavyweight of the opposition and the young n
A run for president. Growing backing for scotlands leader disapproval of braggs driving renewed support for independence from the u. K. Now china is threatening to take action against australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and out a series of measures in response to hong kongs new security law this trailing in government is suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong it will also extend visas for hong kong residents in the country china imposed the new security law last week it gives police sweeping new powers and publishes a range of crimes including criticizing the government. Our government together with other governments around the world have been very consistent in expressing our concerns about the imposition of the National Security law on hong kong and today we have agreed to announce that that National Security law constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances in respect to our extradition agreement with aung Hong Kong Katrina u. Is standing by for us in beijing for m
Voices from the road. So to keep our moderator busy so in the interest of time and because we aree on air with cspan we should get moving. I will give some opening remarks and then we will start the discussion. Welcome to the middle east institute. For someone who works on syria over the last nine years i can safely say to combat a more important time any other offense like this one and i was extremely glad it was taking place. The humanitarian crisis that developed recently is unprecedented. Not just of the whole world of modern history. But the world has yet to do then issue more than public statements of concern. And then to say everything that i can but to say from the outset how grateful i am to have such an esteemed panel of experts and practitioners to see this very shortly with this valuable perspective to have the extraordinarily important issue. First on the far left the founder and president of a medical company trying to reduce healthcare disparity by providing healthcare f