247 news live from the russian capital this is your r. T. International money and you know the welcome to the program. France is advising its citizens living in or traveling to muslim countries to exercise caution their protests erupted over the french Governments Defense of the right to show publicly caricature of the prophet muhammad. It is recommended to exercise the greatest vigilance especially while traveling and in places that are frequented by tourists or expatriate communities this warning has been issued for those traveling and living in some muslim majority countries and it comes as there are rising tensions between france and those countries over comments made by president in the wake of that terror attack the beheading of teachers senator patty president said that he would defend the right to show controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed now there is this huge anti sentiment that is is sparked up in the wake of that with protests now in many majority muslim co
Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us lets get right to our breaking news this hour all right a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government Officials Say at least 78 people are dead and more than 4000 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. Wall. Was. Going to let. Her out. But. We heard from a reporter in beirut she gave us a sense of the severity of the explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very modest if it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blast was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it. Scores theres no compa
Are saying sure it is for criminal illegal aliens. Also in todays headlines the World Health Organization says its worried about the coronavirus situation in europe just weeks after countries there started reopening their doors to tourists. And Chinas Foreign Ministry says its embassy in the United States received Death Threats because of the beijing hysteria up with by the Trump Administration thats after the u. S. Gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours to shut down. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. Anger over the deployment of armed federal forces to the u. S. To the of portland shows no signs of dying down president all in terms decision to send in the troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of antiracism protests only aggravated the situation. Are right. Or wrong. If youre here there are long term effects youre gonna get. The mayor of portland who you just saw there was tear gassed by federal agents
A friend apparently that christmas phone call christmassy. Rang me because he spent christmas with me and my family in 2010. 1 time ago. He said to me but im slowly dying. Well over again even just turned 7 oclock welcome to the weekly with me kevin owen here now to International Live from our main studios here in moscow its a roundup of the stories that have made and are making the headlines of the last week and one big one happening right now as you see on the screens and read the the breaking news the Iraqi Parliament has passed a resolution in the last hour or so calling on the government there to expel all Foreign Forces and to formally terminated initial request for assistance from the u. S. Led and i still coalition the vote follows the United States. A nation of irans most powerful general in the air raid on Baghdad International airport of friday as mentioned iraqi officials described that strike as a violation of their countrys sovereignty and now were starting to see the rev
Welcome to the weekly here on r. T. International where we bring you the latest Headline News and the top stories from the past week. A machete attack on a synagogue on saturday night in new york state has left 5 people injured 2 of them in Critical Condition Police Arrested a suspect soon after the incident. The attack happened during a Hanukkah Party a counterterrorism unit is monitoring the situation new yorks governor has called the attack a cowardly act a suspect is in Police Custody and reports say the attacker was a black male the motive however it remains unclear commenting on the incident a local some women called it pure hatred. Its been a lot of anti semitism a lot of antisemitic acts in the area. Completely unacceptable we need a specially during this time of peace and hanukkah we dont understand you know what the motivation is for all of this its just pure hatred and its senseless and we need to. Do whatever we can to provide safety and. Provide a. But safe haven for every