Celebrate. Within minutes of winning a third term, army announced they were taking over. Bongo has been president since 2009, succeeding his father was in power since 1967. General Brice Oligui Nguema takes over as traditional leader, the army saying it wants to bring stability. The president of the transition insists on the need to maintain calm and stability in our beautiful country. He pledges to preserve the economic tools that guarantee social prosperity and the dawn of a new era. We will guarantee that piece, stability, and dignity of our beloved gabon. Mohammed president bongo is under house arrest. In an online message he pleaded for support. I do not know what is going on. So i am calling you to make noise, to make noise, to make noise. Im thanking you. Thank you. Mohammed we will explore more with our guests in a moment, but first, our correspondent has more from senegals capital. Reporter there is Popular Support for this coup because people had been expecting and waiting fo
Secretary Suella Braverman calling for an overhaul of the International Asylum system, has provoked Strong International reaction. She has been previously criticized at home for saying that britain was undergoing an invasion of migrants. Her latest remarks have been rejected by the u. N. , Amnesty International, and migrants rights groups. Does she have any support in britain and elsewhere . We will be putting these questions and more to our guests shortly. But, this report on the background of bravermans commercial speech. Reporter britains home secretary has sought to tempt in several congressional policies to stop migration. This time Suella Braverman attacked a major pillar of postwar humanitarian law while speaking to members of a think tank in washington, d. C. This Legal Framework rooted in the 1951 u. N. Refugee convention. It was created to help resettle people fleeing persecution following the horrors of world war ii and the holocaust, and was initially, at least, centered ar
Though not everybody is impressed with his reform package. Russia has used it veto power to block a draft resolution at the u. N. Which would have labeled the mass killings in bosnia 20 years ago, genocide. The majority of Security Council members voted in favor of the u. K. s proposal to condemn the massacre as genocide but russia used it veto as one of the five permanent members. The vote comes just ahead of the 20th anniversary of the killings. In bosnia itself, thousands of people marching in memory of those who were killed. The threeday peace march as it is called will retrace the path taken in 1995 by those men who fled the eastern bosnian town in hope of escaping the serb forces. Lets go to gabriel live for us at the United Nations. Where did russia decide it didnt want to see this resolution passed . Reporter well, russia essentially thought that this resolution was unfair and basically pointed the finger too much at the bosnian serbs, and as we know that russia has very close
Finally convicted for his role at the nazi death camp. And well meet the growers who are reviving somalias once thriving banana farms. Thank you for joining us. There have been angry exchanges in Greeces Parliament where politicians are debating a new bailout deal. Under the agreement with euro zone leaders, politicians must vote by midnight local time five hours from now. The Prime Minister is trying to convince them to approve it but that job has been made more difficult by a critical report from the International Monetary fund. The imf says the euro zone deal will not work because greeces debt is highly unsustainable, and it needs to be given more time to pay it off. The Prime Minister is also facing fierce opposition outside of parliament as greek Public Sector workers stage a 24hour strike against the rescue package. Whatever happens greece needs to keep paying its bills, and the e. U. Has proposed 7 billion in bridging funds to support the government for the rest of the month. He
Niarobis Westgate Mall reopens. Trucks and cars in flames after a wildfire in california blazes across a busy highway. With sot sport as formula one mourns the death of the 25yearold driver who never recovered from a crash at last years japanese grand prix. In his first speech since the Historic Nuclear Deal was signed with world powers irans Supreme Leader has accused washington of arrogance. He was speaking before tens of thousands of supporters who chanted death to america and death to israel. He told them that iran would not change its behavior and would continue to support, quote, honest fighters in lebanon and palestine. Of course we dont welcome a war. We wont begin a war but if a war happens here, the one with aggressive andtrocious america. More on this with a Political Science professor at Tehran University joins me live from there. Now, obviously, this deal would not have gone through without the blessing of the ayatollah. So just who is the this defiant message aimed at . I