Welcome to World News America in the uk, On Pbs and around the globe. The ethiopian government has called on the African Union to immediately stop an inquiry into Human Rights Abuses in tigray. Almost eight months of conflict have devastated the region. Despite repeated calls by the international community to end the hostilities, the fighting continues and Aid Agencies cannot reach all those in need. The United Nations warns that the area is in imminent danger of famine unless drastic measures are taken. The bbc s Kalkidan Yibeltal has travelled to tigray and sent us this report. This boy has had Heart Problems since he was a child. He needed constant medical attention. But as tigray s war raged, it became difficult to find care and food. Translation we had medical appointments but roads were closed due to The War so we had to walk for three days without food. This affected my son a lot. Before The War we had hospitals and health centres. Since it started we literally had nothing. A0 m
One month ago before the lip again. Tributes paid to one of the pioneers of the Africa Struggle for independence. He was the first president Of Zambia and has died at the age of 97. And the chinese after not submit it to their Space Station making china a major power in the space race. Chinese astronauts. A damning report into the 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing has found that the Suicide Bomber responsible should have been identified as a threat on the night of the atrocity. 22 people died in the explosion which was at the end of an Ariana Grande Concert on the 22nd of may, 2017. Hundreds were injured. The attacker was this man, Salman Abedi. He died in the explosion. His brother, hashem, has admitted to helping plan the attack and is now serving life sentences. The inquiry s chairman is sirjohn saunders. He says there were missed opportunities to prevent the devastating impact. Heres more of his conclusions. There were serious shortcomings in the security provided by those organisation
In a moment Well brIng you all tomorrows front pages In our Paper RevIew but fIrst thIs evenIngs breakIng news that afterjust three weeks In the job, the leader of Northern Irelands democratIc unIonIst Party EdwIn poots has resIgned after a revolt In hIs own party. Our Ireland Correspondent ChrIs Page explaIns why. ThIs place where Northern Irelands polItIcs Plays Out Is Well used to unpredIctabIlIty, Drama And StraIn relatIons I really no one has seen anythIng lIke the events whIch have unfolded thIs evenIng. It seems lIke In no tIme at all sInce Arlene Foster was deposed as devey leader after an Internal coup. Now her Successor Edward boots has announced he Is standIng down. The basIc Issue, of the mIll he won. The condItIons under whIch unIonIst StaIr Power unIts In the devolved government. He led hIs partIsans only last month. At thIs evenIng. He seemed to be a bIt happIer. SIr Geoffrey Donaldson who narrowly lost the recent leadershIp contest. In one of the most senIor DemocratIc
The United States has described a raid by Hong Kong Police on the Pro Democracy newspaper, apple daily, as politically motivated. Five senior figures from the paper were arrested and are being held under Security Laws imposed by beijing. They include the editor in chief, ryan law. The newspaper has consistently opposed chinas Tightening Grip on Hong Kong. The bbc s Danny Vincent is in Hong Kong. The police came in the early hours of the morning. 500 officers deployed to arrest five media executives, suspected of violating Hong Kongs new national Security Law. They surrounded the building. Journalists inside continued live streaming the raid on their own paper. Mark simon is an adviser Tojimmy Lai and former executive with apple daily s parent company, next media. Essentially, its not up to us any more, its up to the chinese communist party. They seem to be able to put a man in space but they cant tolerate somebody talking on the streets of Hong Kong about freedom and democracy. Apple