Government crackdown lawyer and activist maximes knock is the latest opposition figure to be detained in belarus. Only wellings of the sports news the Manchester United scientists who were of the u. S. Womens world cup winners under is not being straightforward but she is Still Standing in new york so we know williams passion is hard to reach the sunny finals of the u. S. Open. Fires are again burning near to a greek migrant camp that was all but destroyed by an overnight blaze its left thousands of Asylum Seekers without shelter but locals blaming them for starting the fire around 12000. 00 people were housed at the morea camp on the island of lesbos Officials Say the fires were started by refugees forced to sell 5 slate after testing positive for the coronavirus concerns of a Public Health crisis arising with the whereabouts of more than 30 migrants with coded 19 unknown drums or a press reports from the scene. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island o
Woke up this morning to learn of the news and many are shocked and horrified including myself and i think this is sent out a very very negative message and of course it must have a Chilling Effect on people who want to speak out and particularly on the news media so this is a very very Disturbing Development although maybe maybe not unexpected but i and people say that hong kong no longer has the rule of law so i hope that jimmy lie and those of the people who have been a rest will be able to have their rights protected and of course if the authorities have evidence i hope they will come out with it because such allegations have been made for a long time and up to now they have to do is no evidence i think that we have seen quite oh increasing amount of selfcensorship amongst the news media some local media even say that that maybe there are some current politicians that they may not or should not interview and they are stories they should not write and also the edge of made telling th
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle is there any news in the truth is there any truth in the news also what is this one creature known as Elliott Abrams say about trumps one pulse. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest alexander make euro some london he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com and in athens were joined by olds christopher he is the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump anytime you want. And i always appreciate who is going to london for us alexander during the soviet union the to the major state publication was probably his best youre proud the obviously means truth is that it means news and there was a joke during the soviet union there is no truth in the news and theres no news in the truth i think i tend to think thats where we are in the west. Where does truth meet news and does news ever have a thing to
Didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable. We are not leaving if you go to them or us in this country and you know what the people always pick and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge i
Tries to activate whats called a snapback mechanism hoping to reimpose all u. N. Sanctions against iran. Also ahead argentinas steps up efforts to find a Coronavirus Vaccine as the economy struggles on a long lockdown. Will be kicked off this news with a developing breaking story for you federal prosecutors in the United States in the last hour or so have arrested and charged a former senior white house strategist steve bannon he was one of President Trumps most influential advisors during the 2016 Election Campaign the Justice Department is accusing him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud it has to do with a Fundraising Campaign to support the building of Donald Trumps wall along the border between the u. S. And mexico live now to the heart of the story the white house and our correspondent there kimberly how kick him hi there so mr bannon what does this mean. Well what this means is that he could face along with his associates up to 20 years in prison these are not light indictments t