A hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from doing business with the chinese odor to talk and we chant. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in strength for their governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes the sri lankan peoples front is led by god to buy and Mahinda Rajapaksa who served as president and Prime Minister along with that allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution. Parliament is expected to convene for another 2 weeks nelson and desist from the strong can come for the colombo. Were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come to
Committee will come to order. Next up senator vuroso. I appreciated your comments, Opening Statements specifically related to nord stream 2 and i wanted to ask a bit more about that because we know Energy Security is essential to National Security. Nord stream 2 threatens european Energy Security, increases russian monopoly over the region. To me this pipeline is a russian trap. Strongly support your recent announcement aimed at stopping this dangerous pipeline. Congress is quickly working to provide the administration with additional tools to prevent nord stream 2 from ever being completed. Both the senate and house passed their own versions of the Defense Authorization act. Could you talk about the administrations commitment to opposing the nord stream 2 pipeline and applying sanctions against those companies aiding in the completion of this russian trap . The ironny is this administration is accused of not being tough on russia. This pipeline created enormous leverage for russia not
A rocket attack for tuesdays blast as an angry public blames political divisions and corruption. In the u. S. Imposes sanctions on hong kongs leader kerry lamb and 10 other officials. And only willing to do. The Champions League family returns and that means Unfinished Business from Manchester City while madrid with the english probably doomed from the 1st leg that was played back in march. Now the u. S. State department has called a former top saudi intelligence official sadal jobbery a valued partner it comes a day after it was revealed that algebra filed a lawsuit and washington d. C. Accusing Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salmond of sending his men to canada to try to kill him the state Department Says its concerned by those allegations and also says any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable mike hanna reports crown prince muhammad has in the white house but now in papers before washington d. C. Court used alleged to have ordered death squads to t
Appreciate your comments, Opening Statements related to Nordstrom Team 2. I want to ask about that. We know it security, nordstrom 2 threatens European Energy security, increases russian monopoly over the region. This pipeline is a russian trap, strongly support the recent announcement aimed at stopping this dangerous pipeline. Congress is working to provide the administration with additional tools to prevent it from being completed. The last few weeks both the senate and house passed their own versions of the National Defense authorization act with sanctions. Could you talk about the administrations commitment to opposing the pipeline and applying sanctions against those companies aiding in the completion of this russian trap . Donald trump took it on that it was a threat, created enormous leverage for russia, and ukraine as well. We had good support from capitol hill and legislation that was appropriate to delay the project, we are prepared to use those tools. There were diplomatic c
Well the beirut explosion lead to political change in lebanon people left to clean up the streets vent their anger what they say is a corrupt system in a dysfunctional state so can the country rebuild and rise from this destruction this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im wrong levanon deserves better its one of the main messages coming out of beirut after tuesdays devastating explosion the blast killed at least 138 people made 300000 residents homeless and destroyed much of the city center many lebanese are blaming government corruption for allowing the disaster to happen 6 years port officials reportedly asked judges for an order to move the nearly 3000. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate that was stored in a warehouse but they say they never got a response some Customs Officials are now under house arrest the president says those responsible will be punished but people in beirut say they dont trust their leaders to conduct a transparent investigation or even help clean up