Good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. The dutch led criminal trial into the downing of the mh 17 passenger plane opens on monday almost 6 years after the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 298. 00 on board the subsequent probe led to the missile which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticized as biased on the dubious give reports from the netherlands. Its a trial its set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book Missile Launch from russia into Eastern Ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with personally firing the missile the men all deny the charges International Arrest warrants have been issued for them but they wont be here and will be tried in absentia some of those that we expect to be here are 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and thats because
Thousands of people who have marched in london on saturday know the what paul a man has just done does not stop rexs but what it does crucially is get them more time and more time means a better chance still a slim on those so they can achieve their aim a 2nd referendum chalons aljazeera london. Lebanons government says its a great budget that councils a series of taxes and fees which have spawn days of protests. Thousands of gathered for a 3rd day in lebanons capital demanding a revolution angry at a political elite they blame for pushing the country to the brink of economic collapse on friday by mrs saad hariri gave the government 72 hours to find a solution at least 2 people have been killed in. Demonstrations so far but lets go live to Stephanie Decker who is in beirut and sot me that the government backtracking on these taxes hasnt done anything to deter the protest as whats the mood like where you. Look at just saying what the mood is like and. Its the most people that weve seen
Global report today as the European Competition commission blocks the merger of the steel making units of indias tata steel and germanys these same crop the 2 companies had previously fact off the proposal after the e. U. Competition commission signaled that both companies would have to divest certain assets to address the regulators antitrust concerns Competition Commission our market has now effectively terminated the deal that would have created the 2nd biggest steel manufacturer in europe mr best d. J. Decisively denies the deal after many stakeholders told the commission that the 2 companies counterproposals on antitrust issues would not address their concerns the final denial may fuel calls for reform to the rules the commission runs by as the Steel Industry observers say that some consolidation is needed to stabilize an industry unsettled by events including the us tariffs on imported metals from the e. U. China japan and russia. Number. Technology firms are preparing for the lo
880 may be affected by two palettes in the roadway. Be careful if thats your exit. The traffic on the freeway is unaffected. Thats great news. Most of the freeways are unaffected. A tiny bit of slowing from north, 238. A few cars hitting that section connecting 580 toward 880. A nice, easy drive and getting to the bay bridge, no delays right now. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Developing now, strong winds and dry brush continue to fuel the spread of californias wildfires. More than 27,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. We put this map together to give you a better idea to show where each fire is burning. The thomas fire on the left is in ventura county. Having jumped highway 101, reaching the pacific ocean. The rie fire is near magic mountain. They had to shut down i5 for a time yesterday. The creek fire is burning near sylmar. The creek fire is at 11,000 acres. The rye fire at 5,000 acres and the thomas fire burnt around 55,000 acres. We sent our own crews to ventura to talk
Museum. I am laura wilson and i am the curator here. I am going to tell you about lynchburg history. We are going to focus on transportation and manufacturing history. We are standing in the timeline gallery main courtroom of the Lynchburg Museum and our exhibit inexhibits start in 1607, honor of the 400th anniversary of the founding of virginia. At that time, lynchburg was not a town yet. The monaghan indians were here. Lynchburg was not started until the 1750s by john lynch. That is who lynchburg was named after. The whole reason the town is here is because of the james river. There was a shallow spot in the river where lynch had a fairy ferry thatd crossed over to what is now Madison Heights in amherst county. Because of the river, lynchburg history begins with transportation. Behind me, we have early examples of the boats on the river with the creation of the canal in the 1830s. The canal comes to lynchburg in 1836 and this is a model of the type of boat that wouldve been on the ri