A tobar. No more junk food for children in a mexican state tackling obesity in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests are being held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president in 91 hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now at 149. 00 its expected to go up by one and smith has more. On the streets of buried on frances president. People many of them. French mandate front was the clonal power here before independence and its because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own political leaders mokhtar on its been able to offer practical support in the terms o
The leaders of 2 west african nations ivory coast and guinea are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms of tobar. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests have taken place in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president Emmanuel Mccall hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now a 149. 00 and its expected to go up Bernard Smith has more. On the streets of beirut on thursday frances president Emmanuel Mccomas eventually moped by people many of them calling for a turn of french mandate fronts was the clonal power here before independence and his because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own polit
A hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese only its up to. You. Thank you very much for joining as the governing party of sri lankas president go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with its allies it has security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lankans peoples front is led by rajapaksa brothers the rajapaksa grab brothers. Who Service President and Prime Minister respectively the results now look certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but its raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and Public Services that speak to our correspondent in colombo me now fernandez me now so a super majority for the rajapaksa brothers how are they able to achieve this break down the numbers for us focused. Basically its a reflection of
Practical support in the terms of the medical teams and Financial Assistance to beirut and hes offered a routine moral support as well but hasnt come from lebanon zobel little classes they havent been able to do that and theyve been conspicuous by their absence from the streets since the catastrophic explosion did not i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and its not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the Financial System so there arent as for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sectors and insist on these changes quickly. Many beirut as most people have been left to their own devices we spent the day Walking Around parts of beirut and we saw armies of young people with brushes and dustpans and pickaxes and shovels beginning to clean up we didnt see the m
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