And australias secondbbiggest city back in lockdown for six weeks. Our correspondent is on the way with details. I am genie g godula. Thank you for joining us. Emmanuel macron is holding the first meeting of his new cabinet in. The president is selling the reshuffle is meant to create a new path to help france through its worst, crisis s since world wawar ii. Analysts say it is a way for him to call back his popularity after his party took a hitit in local election. The new cabinet does not come without controversy. The e man named to the coaoast f is aior m ministerr 27yearold who under investigation over a rape allegation. A new justice mr. Is minister is eric dupont ready eric dupondmoretti who is known for his controversial comments on the metoo movement. An unexpected face in frances up as ministers. Dupondmoretti is a political novice and a renowned critical lawyer. With over 140 acquittals to his name. Internrnationalllly, he is knowr his defense of Julian Assange and his campai
Shee hiroshima. Some growers of tea are fighting back with organic products. Looking to the heavens. Nasa astronomers discovered more than 1200 planets. Some could support life like our own. In a longawaited development, the white house has announced barack obama will visit hiroshima. He will be the first sitting u. S. President to go to the city since it was devastated by an american atomic bomb in 1945. Obama will make the trip later this month when hes in japan for the group of 7 summit. The president intends to visit to send a much more forwardlooking signal about his ambition for realizing the goal of a planet without nuclear weapons. The spokesperson stressed the visit is not an apology for dropping the nuclear bomb. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe announced he will accompany obama. Translator i have decided to visit hiroshima with president obama on the 27th of this month. After the iseshima summit. I welcome president obamas visit to hiroshima from the bottom of my heart. Ab
U. S. President barack obama gets into a spat with the russians over syria. He says he does not trust them. They say the u. S. Is arrogant and does not treat russia as an equal partner. And gays and lesbians u under fe in ugagaa. Organinizing anything like thiss risky in a nation where homosexuality is illegal. Police have raided a gay pride event in the capital. My name is christopher springer. Thanks for joining us. The Opening Ceremony of the rio olympics they be just hours away, but the doping scandal is chasing it right up to the starting line. You may remember the International Olympic committee failed to impose a blanket than on the russian competitors, despite evidence of statesponsored doping in the country failed to impose a blanket ban. Too many brazilians, there are more important things to worry about than eightsponsored russian doping, but to the athletes inside this hotel and the nearby olympic village, it is the issue of greatest concern. N. Its still not clear how many
Guerrillas. Vote set to go to public within weeks, and would end 1 2 century thank you for joining us. They are battling against time and powerful aftershocks, hoping against hope to find more survivors. Rescue teams and volunteers in italy continue to comb the rubble after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 250 people. Powerful aftershocks this thursday bringing more destruction. Michelle harrison brings us up to date. Reporter shock and grief. This woman, like many others in the italian town, is living a nightmare following wednesdays devastating earthquake. Residents here and those in the hardhit towns are facing a harsh new reality. Many of them spent their first night in these tented camps after the quake left them homeless. We havent slept. We are very tired. We dont know how long we will have to stay here. Ive lived through many earthquakes over the years. Only every 7 to 8 years as an earthquake here. But never like this. It was long and ugly. Reporter for a second day
Many people hoping this will steer the country back towards peace. The american comedian, bill cosby, arrested and in court today. He drugged ands sexually assaulted a woman a decade ago. Catherine first, that breaking news from brussels. Within the last hour or so, the city has canceled its new years eve celebration and fireworks. The citys mayor has cited Terror Threats against the belgian capital. Last month, the Terror Threat was raised to the highest possible level. Police tell us they have arrested one person in the molenbeek suburb, apparently also linked to the paris attacks. Lets get the latest on all of this news with our correspondent , joining us live from the city. About the cancellation of the new years festivities, do we know anymore about what this apparent terrorist threat might be . Therter i believe that city officials decided there was just too much going on. As you mentioned, in the last couple of days, there have been two men arrested, accused of planning an attac