Political ambitions are to blame for the surge in new coronaviru infections. And Angela Merkels europe, germany takes over the presidency of the european council. Her main goals to contain and recover from the pandemic. And a grim warning from the united n nations. Half a Million People could die from aids because of covid19. The pandemic means many hiv patients are not getting the medicines they need to stay alive. Im brent goff to our viewers, welcome. We start today with breaking news through the Prime Minister of the ivory coast has died at the age of 61 years old. He was also the ruling partys candidate for the president ial election coming up in october. His death throes the race into disarray. Throws the race into disarray. He had just received medical treatment for a heart condition in france. For more now, i am joined by my colleague and dw reported. What does the Prime Ministers death mean for the ivory coast tonight . It is a big shock for the ivory coast, because it was on
80 years since support probably in wall came down. To. Thank you very much for joining us medics say at least 3 people have died during clashes in baghdad this saturday this amid reports Iraqi Security forces are moving in to protest sites in the city just hours ago the iraqi Prime Minister Abdullah Mahdi said the country must be allowed to return to normal tens of thousands of people have been protesting for weeks now angry about a lack of basic services wising unemployment and corruption. To announce electoral reforms in the coming days lets speak to natasha going to him in baghdad for us natasha what more can you tell us about these latest us in baghdad. Foly with the work week slated to begin tomorrow morning this is a strategy by Security Forces in baghdad to confine the protests to to harir square that has been the epicenter of the protests since october 1st however last week things became very chaotic in the capital as the protests spread out throughout the capital dozens of roa
Runup to the brexit deadline. That is important, because of any mps oppose the brexit strategy, they will have little time to block it. David thank you so much for reporting from london. That is emma chandra. Now we go to washington and Wendy Benjaminson. Today is the deadline for the third democratic debate . Wendy today is the deadline for the september 12 and mainly and may be september 13 debate in houston, texas. Today the dnc announced they will not tell us who made the debate stage until tomorrow. This morning paul gives is a pretty good this mornings pool give us a pretty good luck and it looks like only 10 candidates have qualified. David if you didnt qualify, are you out of it . I talked to john delaney and he said he is not going to make it but he will stay in the race. Wendy that is a decision every candidate has to make. If you have the money and you think you can convince people there is another debate in october. I think there is a growing perception that if you do not m
Commission, being the graciousness of it and the generosity of aid, the warmth of its. It makes it difficult for the Michel Barniers etc to come back with their usual sort of riposte. He was there already even three hours after her speech. But it was short on detail. What the eu means by, we want more detail, is we want more money. What british politicians and the public wa nt british politicians and the public want by more detail, is what is this really mean . We still dont really know. The most Critical Issues for people who voted leave and the brexit cabin her own party, the jurisdiction of the whole European Court ofjustice, critical, taking back our own law and control of our own borders, that was critical to the leave vote. She made gestures in both of those directions and said the European Court ofjustice, those rulings will no longer have force and jurisdiction in britain. But we will take into account their abuse. Whatever that means. And she also said, after we leave. Whateve
For londons decision not to renew the licence for the taxi app uber as over half a Million People sign a petition calling for it to be reversed. Iran says it has successfully tested a new Ballistic Missile with a range of up to 1,200 miles. Police fully reopen a stretch of the m3 in both directions after the road was closed following reports of a hazardous material, causing long delays for thousands of motorists. Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im jane hill. This week we discuss theresa mays speech in florence and its impact on the brexit negotiations, we look at the prospects for this weekends german elections, and we assess what, if anything, was achieved at the Un General Assembly in new york. My guests are janet daley, the columnist with the sunday telegraph, the italian broadcaster and film maker annalisa piras, Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, and Thomas Kielinger of germanys die welt. He is an author as well. A warm welc