Rafi careering and 21 others but this dream fellow defendants in the case are acquitted. And as more people and bellow groups join protests calling for president lucas to resign german chancellor Angela Merkel tells him his government must Political Prisoners and avoid violence. On the fulfill is welcome to the program we start with breaking news from mali where president Abraham Boubacar Kaita has just stepped down following a military coup made the announcement and a video broadcast on state t. V. He also ordered the dissolution of parliament came after rebel soldiers arrested him and the Prime Minister kato. Said he didnt want any blood to be shed to keep him in office the coup follows weeks of growing political tensions and antigovernment protests the Economic Community of West African States responded to the latest developments by closing its borders with mali and suspending the country summits Decision Making bodies. For more on this lets go straight to bomb a go to journalist Mamadou Tuffy lead mamadou welcome to the show we saw people on the streets celebrating the detention of the president and the Prime Minister earlier today how has the announcement of kate has resignation been received. Temp you very much and i think that was one of the exhibit sick expectations of the. Summit part of the populations because all these happened without any resistance and all. You say are mean on the population so id be and finally he has signed the regulation decrements and im most directly on the national t. V. Thats a from now hes putting an end to all these functions and also. The solutions of the Assembly National assembly and also the government so finally hes on most of the recent missions of for these 3 stations which was also one of the river indications of what the reverse soldiers the coalition behind the protest movement says that what we saw today was not a military coup but a popular insurrection who exactly is behind this who are these rebel soldiers. The rebel soldiers are actually at the beginning they were missed any clearer milk joe joe was in the front of all these movements but behind that there are some generals like i generally. How you call. This in general. From the money dont believe there is a general fund somebody dont believe will seems to be like the. Main leader of these organisations and also hes been out by joe was fiercely names it was heard by all the populations and everybody and also by not of course. At cato was reelected only 2 years ago what made my hand turn on hannity i think we lost you there for a 2nd can you tell me kato was reelected only 2 years ago mamadou what made millions turn on him. Money instance i mean because of firstly when hes been elected said and people of the public because of money hes been elected in 2013 off that it would incite against the expresident which is i think paid and then Muslim Population had to be hauled off for the changing of the country which was mainly fights the terrorism in the county the judge isnt in the country and also the corruptions so those are the questions which has been brought into bad situations the expresident but 5 years later after the 1st monday did nothing change in the country and its even get worse the problem in this situation in the north of security problem they call it free of corruption is in the country and School Nothing was going on so finally people who are kind of like. Denying the presidency but then come the next elections which is being elected in 2018 but these also was really after the elections when hes been elected its been contested by the oppositions whites the loves since then. Put it to conclusions are rising and rising and finally so the. New movement created lead by to see must a leader called mr mom who is there we just mens they they just take the lead for movements against the president s to ask for bishops so a couple of weeks theyve been protesting in the streets and later on after protesting protesting in this way its like the government start to rescind some of the leaders and one of the one of the movements even with being face to a big from. The police force the force us who has been killed in that lead is most in but so fine a limb people were kind of getting fed up with all these stories and actually whats comes on is the army and what took place in this a pos and the army has just take the decisions to force the prison to recede so right. Now that he has been forced to resign whats next for mali. Next for molly actually now it depends because harmony has taken they say taken their responsibility to end up with these with these the power and the movements of m 5 es the one with scott it all asking the resignation of the prison so. Its going to be among the movements in 5 including the religious movement which is the moment you would say must win the social. Social society including together with the soldiers i think the going to decide whos going off lead the transitions because actually. Were not sure yet that the army will lead the transitions so i think they want to make a National Concept patients just to choose someone whos going to lead. Them fight including the r. V. Together all right thanks for this update from by mccall moment in time feely thanks a lot thank you. A un backed tribunal has convicted a member of the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah for the assassination of the countrys former Prime Minister rafik hariri the court in the netherlands said salim yosh orchestrated the 20 the 2005 operation to kill her with a massive truck bomb 3 other defendants were cleared due to a lack of evidence hariri assassination appendant life and levanon setting the stage for years of unrest. A suicide truck bomb blasts ripped through beirut some valentines day 2005 an explosion so powerful it was heard and felt across the city. 22 people lost their lives that day. Including the target of the attack lebanons former Prime Minister rafik hariri it was an assassination duck transformed lebannon removing an influential sunni muslim leader and allowing shiite forces led by the militant group hizbollah to come to dominate lebanese political life now over 15 years later a guilty verdict in connection with the killings but this will find mr irish guilty beyond reasonable doubt as a coach perpetrator of the intentional homicide of mr rafik hariri the same evidence also establishes beyond reasonable doubt his knowledge and his intention to commit the intentional homicide of 21 of the people the ruling was handed down by a un backed tribunals in the netherlands set up to try those suspected of involvement in the 2005 attack. The judges found there was enough evidence to show. Helped carry out the bombing he has never been arrested and was tried in absentia 3 other defendants were acquitted. Among those present to hear the verdict rafik hariri son sat hariri. Youre old today because of the special tribunal for lebanon for the 1st time in the history of political assassinations something lebanon has witnessed the lebanese find the truth. For the 1st time to try to you know deliver true justice. Whos also a politician serving as lebanese Prime Minister until earlier this year said the judge just supported his view that his father was assassinated for his opposition to syrian interference in the open on. The role of hezbollah remains murky though the tribe you know found i asked was affiliated with the group it said there was no evidence the hezbollah leadership ordered rifi career ease murder. Lets now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 10 people have been wounded in a shelling attack on the Afghan Capital kabul authorities said more than a dozen mortars struck central kabul including the president ial compound injuring 6 guards the attack came on afghanistans Independence Day as the Afghan Government prepares to start peace talks with the taleban. Chinas southwestern Sichuan Province has issued its highest ever flood alert for areas along the young say river tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes after days of heavy rain Authorities Say this years rainfall has been the highest since Record Keeping began in 1961. Authorities on the Indian Ocean Island of more riches have a rest of the captain of a japanese own ship which ran aground off its coast tons of oil into Pristine Waters the still spread over a vast area of endangered corals fish and other marine life in what some scientists have called the worst ecological disaster. In the countrys history. And valorous the story of antigovernment demonstrations show no signs of dying down once again today protesters took to the streets to call for authoritarian leader alexandre to step down the country has been gripping the grip quiet aggressed president lukashenko is widely disputed election when earlier this month these protesters gathered outside a prison in the capital minutes for many of the people arrested during the demonstrations are thought to be held include the husband of opposition candidates but. She fled the country after the election fearing for her safety german chancellor Angela Merkel today urged the government. To avoid violence and start a National Dialogue with the opposition and more and more the European Council will hold a Video Conference about the roots i spoke with russian president putin today i once again make clear that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest the prisoners must be released under house to be a National Dialogue that enables the situation to be resolved peacefully and ballerinas who will just does not further tomorrow. Earlier we spoke to de ws nick conaway whos following the situation for us in minsk we asked him how strongman look i shant go was handling the protests lets have a listen hes just in survival mode now i think the individual promises or the individual details of these heady days in minsk are less important than the mood the mood is something that really has changed but it was a few times over the years and you really sense. Disappearance of fear people are openly challenging this Government People discussing rumors that maybe members of the regime are planning an exit plan to take money and leave the country those may well be unfounded the fact people speaking about them openly is a big change the fact that members of the police have said they will refuse to serve will refuse to use violence against protesters that is a sea change something that we havent seen in previous years here in belarus where this goes now with what kind of deal might or might not be possible between the opposition go i think that is all very difficult to tell now but you can see on veterans face is a real sense of glee at feeling that they now are in charge of their country sports now and to paris and german who are one step closer to winning their 1st Champions League trophy after hammering German Bundesliga side air belike safe in lisbon is marking its open the scoring early in the game before the half time whistle on the media made it 2 nil and outclassed line 6 fate was sealed with pay its 3rd goal a disappointing result for the bun his legal team who are playing in their 1st ever Champions League semifinal. 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