security detail tackling the suspect. a local resident in his 40s. the gun he used appears to have been handmade, a motive not known at this time. as brianna said abe was japan s longest serving prime minister and was still a towering figure in japanese and international politics. he had crucial working relationships with both president obama and president trump. this assassination causing shock waves around the world this morning. let s get right to cnn s blake essig who is in tokyo with the very latest. blake, what can you tell us? reporter: brianna, john, devastating news here in japan. doctors at nara medical university hospital have confirmed that japanese former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has died after being shot twice, once in his chst and once in his neck. doctors treating former prime minister said that his heart had actually stopped by the time that he reached the hospital, they said that he was bleeding profusely and that the bullet that killed abe w
Team of full time and serving up this kind of bowling. That ball took down mohammad rizwan. Although pakistan lost all their wickets, they did enough, just, to make a score. To reach 287 would take all of the dutch courage. They made a start with style, the netherlands, but then they make misjudgments. One player got to 67. When he was bowled, pakistan could sense a gentle finish. The dutch all out and more than 80 runs short. But this world cup as their platform and through it all they will keep smiling. Football and paul pogbas failed drugs test has been confirmed with a positive result in his b sample. The former Manchester United and Nowjuventus Midfielder was suspended in august after an initial random drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. If the 30 year Old World Cup winner is found guilty of doping, he could be banned for between two and four years. Elsewhere, the row over var continues. Liverpool were denied a goal against spurs at the weekend which tu
Like here in taroudant. Rescuers are scrambling to save families trapped under the rubble. It is a challenge made harder by the fact that roads to many of the worst hit areas have been blocked by landslides. In many remote towns, buildings are made of traditional materials like mud brick, and nearly every one was damaged. Ten people here were killed and the survivors faced sleeping out in the Cold Mountain air for a second night. As rescuers dig to find victims, families rush to dig Graves Islamic Tradition requires bodies to be buried as soon as possible. In the past few hours, morocco s King Mohammed vi held an emergency cabinet meeting. The government has told local authorities to stockpile tents, food and drinking water. Authorities are also rushing to reinforce the National Stock of blood, and people have been queuing up to make donations. Earlier, i spoke to journalist martin jay. He runs the news site maghrebi. Org. Martin was inside his home in marrakesh during the quake. Thank
earthquake has rocked the county. the death toll has jumped to 1,300. this is the moment the earthquake struck. the initial panic has given way to new fears. strong aftershocks are expected threatening damaged buildings and adding to the number of injured. cnn s sam kiley joins us from marrakesh. i understand it s about 9:00 p.m. there. how are the recovery efforts going? reporter: jim, i m in the medina of marrakesh here in the old city, that is. this is a very, very ancient city. and you can see the remains, glorious remains of its past, and now here is much of its present. this devastating earthquake killed 13 people here in marrakesh. mostly here in the medina because the city is ancient, and it is very tightly packed. there are buildings here that if there s another quake that are riddled already by cracks, it could come down. elsewhere in the country things have been even worse, jim, with 13 people, as i say, killed near marrakesh. 1,300 as you reported there across t
a rare face-to-face between the leaders of two global powers. moments from now president biden and china s president xi meet on u.s. soil amid rising tensions. can they reset relations? plus, israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital after claiming hamas is using it as a terror cell. will the idf show evidence as hamas and hospital officials deny this? where are patients supposed to go? an emergency hearing in fulton county, georgia. why the district attorney says they need to seal evidence in the case against former president donald trump and others. all these stories coming in right here to cnn news central. at any moment president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet face-to-face for the first time in a year. president biden is hoping this highly-anticipated meeting will put the u.s./china relationship on steadier footing. the president has been lowering expectations heading into it. the summit is taking place in san francisco. cnn s dana