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
Can osha wisconsin testifies from his hospital bed as he faces charges of Sexual Assault. Lebanon fall silent a month after the explosion the toll through the capital beirut. And the philippines considers raising the age of consent from 12 to 16 we meet the activists behind the nations fight for womens rights. And i welcome to the program 2 countries that for one of the most devastating wars in the balkans are normalizing economic ties in a deal announced by the u. S. President on trump trump has called the equipment between serbia and kosovo a major breakthrough kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but is not recognized by the government or its allies trying says serbia will also follow his controversial diplomatic policy and move its embassy to jerusalem while kosovo will establish ties with israel lets go live now to the white house our correspondent kelly halkett is following all of these developments and of course kimberly President Trump will be hoping that these cour
2nd night of protests in lebanon over the governments handling of a deepening economic crisis. Brazils president was described corona virus as a little flu its now become a Health Crisis the country has the 2nd highest number of deaths from covert 900 in the world on friday another 900 deaths were reported and that makes the total number of fatalities in the 42000. 00 out of sounder than p. S. E. Reports. Workers at the largest cemetery in sao paulo or exhuming more than double the amount of bodies they usually do to make room for fresh. As the number of 1000 deaths in the country overwhelms capacity but even if the country is now the worlds 2nd highest death toll after the u. S. People are returning to the streets in mass the World Health Organization is again sounding the alarm. Says so far the National Health system is holding up to the pressure over all the Health System is still coping in brazil though having said that with the sustained number of severe cases. It is that remains
The governments plans. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more Law Enforcement officers and ordinary citizens being injured . The fear of more angry protesters returning to these barricades is what has prompted carrie lam and her administration to make what is clearly a major climb down. This is not a temporary pause to the extradi
People are expected to return to the streets on sunday, despite the Hong Kong Governments decision to suspend a controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be extradited to mainland china. The proposals resulted in mass protests in the former british colony some of which turned violent. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more