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A virus to town and not to die in jail. And how the pandemic is forcing muslims around the want to change the way they celebrate the holy month of ramadan. Now its being hailed as a landmark collaboration well the leaders have pledged to speed up development of a Coronavirus Vaccine and ensure that everyone will have access to it as possible while Health Organization initiative but the United States with the death toll now over 50000 says it will not take part in it for magic editor james bays reports. Its just the place you would have expected in previous times to have seen u. S. Leadership in a Global Crisis and World Leaders coming together with a response not the idea of this event to coordinate the search for a vaccine testing and treatments for covert 19 and to make sure all the widely available the world needs distorts and it needs them fast. Past experiences has stored those that even when tools are available they had been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that
Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no
A heros welcome after his release from prison say hes free and ready to fight. And germany marks 30 years as the form of the wall in a world that many say is more divided than ever before. Demonstrators in iraqs capital have fled a barge of gunfire and take gas a Security Forces move in to clear protest sites the Iraqi Human Rights Commission is saying at least 4 people have been killed in baghdad more than 100 have been wounded antigovernment protesters have been on the streets for weeks now saying theyre fed up with corruption a struggling economy and a lack of basic services theyve rejected a plan by the government to reform the economy and want the countrys entire Political Leadership to step down including the Prime Minister abdul mattie. Well natasha going to joins us live now from baghdad and the tasha as youre hearing the Human Rights Commission has said that at least 4 protesters were killed as the protest sites were stormed by iraqi Security Forces in baghdad today any update
Bid for the white house prompts a stinging response from the president. Donald trump says theres no one hed rather run against. He doesnt have the magic to do well. Little michael will fail. Police in britain confirm the identity of all 39 people found dead in a lorry among them, two 15 year old boys. Hello and welcome to world news today. In the last few minutes, the former brazilian president , Luiz Inacio Lula da silva, has been released from prison. It comes after Brazils Supreme Court voted to end a rule requiring convicted prisoners to go to jail after losing their first appeal. Supporters of the former president have gathered outside the prison where he was being held in the Southern City of curitiba. These in the Southern City of curitiba. Are life pictures fro many these are life pictures from there. Many of those supporters have been there for a large part of the day, just waiting for his release. Lets speak to our correspondent in sao paulo, katy watson. Though. Just tell us