Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. An hour of international Rebecca Cheptegei had recently competed in the Paris Olympics, where she represented uganda. The family have accused the police in kenya of not taking the case seriously. She was a Marathon Runner who excelled in herfield. At 33, she had so much more to achieve, but today, shes dead, aother victim of male Violence against women. The details are horrific. Doctors say the burns covered more than 70 of her body. Rebeccas mother accused the local police are not protecting her daughter. The case raises issues over Womens Safety in the region. Ugandas Athletics Federation said it was deeply saddened by the news. It says rebecca was a victim of Domestic Violence. The ugandan opposition politician, bobi wine, said the circumstances of Rebeccas Death are in his words depressing. Speaking to newshour, the bbc has learned that Ugandas Minister of sports had spoken to rebecca while she was competing in
A milestone for sudan its something that means a lot to Sudanese Government because the country has been cut off from Foreign Investment largely because of being on the list of states sponsoring terrorism and this has resulted in a shortage of hard currency which makes it very hard for the country to import basic commodities such as fuel and wheat and that has resulted in shortages at petrol stations and bakeries its also lead to inflation of more than 200 percent making many from families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day armed men of freedom around 900 prisoners from jail in the democratic republic of congo the jailbreak happened in the eastern city of beni the mayor is blaming a local armed group. The u. S. Has charge 6 former Russian Military officers over Cyber Attacks targeting major events the attacks banned the past 4 years a targeted the 2017 french president ial election and the last Winter Olympics u. S. Prosecutors say the group is p
Advance didnt come as a massive surprise and wales has been taking escalated measures for some time now on friday introducing really the quite unprecedented step of banning all travel into wales from other highly infected parts of england and scotland painting a picture really of a pretty decent United United Kingdom it in this pandemic iran has reported its highest ever single day rise in corona virus deaths 337 fatalities raises the total to more than 30000 more than 4000 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours despite restrictions imposed 3 weeks ago schools gyms and theaters theyre all closed and wearing a mask in public is compulsory in parts of the country. Thailands Prime Minister says rallies are now committed as long as theyre peaceful thousands of back out on the streets of bangkok for a 6th day defying a ban on large gatherings and demanding his resignation. Chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat is in a medically induced coma while being treated for coronavirus
Dont know about some of the headlines on the 0 nigerias president is holding an Emergency Security meeting as unrest continues in the largest city lagos a persons been set on fire theres been nearly 2 weeks of protests against Police Brutality International Says at least 12 protesters were killed in lagos on tuesday night but the government denies this. Its been revealed that an attack in northwest nigeria 2 days ago killed at least 22 villagers including women and children news has just emerged from some fog a state of what happened on tuesday what this is described how what they call 100 Armed Bandits raided the village of togo quanah. France and spain have become the 1st 2 European Union countries to surpass 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases Spains Health minister says drastic measures are needed to contain the outbreak germanys daily infection count has risen above 10000 for the 1st time. Saad hariri has become Prime Minister of lebanon for the 4th time is appointment was announc
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