Court building this hours after president of delay i mean declared a fifteen day state of emergency the political crisis was sparked by a Supreme Court order to release nine imprisoned opposition leaders shot a bear less of course. Opposition politicians film outside criminal court waiting to hear the fate of their colleagues ill have made and of duellists and there they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge dropped the charges and release them they are two of nearly twenty politicians affected by a Supreme Court ruling that has created a political crisis in the island nation. Doing in celebration on thursday when their top court called for the retrial of nine opposition politicians including exiled former president mohammed machine and the judges reinstated twelve employees who had lost their seats for siding with the opposition but one day of celebration soon turned into four nights of protests when president abdullah you mean refused t
And you with all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u. N. Security council fails to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria the u. S. Then structure. Theyre going to go into a rival protests in johannesburg over south africas president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. U. S. Stocks fall sharply the dow jones has its biggest one day point drop in history. First to developments in the maldives where the president declared a fifteen day state of emergency shortly after the announcement was made Security Forces stormed the Supreme Court where the chief justice and others are believed to be sheltering a former president has also been arrested accused of plotting to overthrow the government shot at ls reports. Opposition politicians film outside mollies criminal court waiting to hear the facts of the colleagues ill have made and have to listen and they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge d
Hello im rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes harsh words at the United Nations as the u. S. Accuses russia of blocking a resolution condemning chemical weapons in syria. U. S. Financial markets plunge is it a correction all the start of something bigger. A state of emergency is declared as the political crisis in the mold to use deepens. And new doubts about the future of south africas president as the n c calls a special meeting to discuss his fate. The u. S. Is accusing russia of blocking a u. N. Security Council Statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government the Us Ambassador nikki haleys says there is obvious evidence of recent chlorine gas attacks by the assad regime but russias a q. The u. S. Of waging a Propaganda Campaign now is that the base was taking place at least forty nine people were killed by syrian and russian airstrikes in a province and eastern gota according to activists outside syria aid a
Financial markets a down after stock markets in the u. S. Suffered big losses a state of emergency is declared and top judges are arrested as the political crisis in the more deaves deepens. When east met west where in berlin is the german capital celebrates the tearing down of the wall that divided it for almost thirty years. But first russia has blocked a u. N. Security Council Statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government and a meeting of the fifteen member body of the u. S. Ambassador nikki haley said quote there was over this evidence of recent chlorine attacks by the acid regime but russias accuse the u. S. Of waging a Propaganda Campaign all the debate was taking place at the u. N. In new york on the ground in syria at least forty nine people were killed by government and russian strikes in italy province as well as in eastern gaiter thats according to activists and in another Development Aid agencies of all the hundreds of thousands of Syrian Refugee
A resolution condemning chemical weapons in syria. U. S. Financial markets plunge is it a correction all the start of something bigger. The state of emergency is declared in the political crisis in the mall to use it deepens. And after a week of posturing in washington over a republican memo about the f. B. I. Now its the democrats turn. Russia has blocked a u. N. Security Council Statement condemning the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government the u. S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Says there is obvious evidence of recent chlorine gas attacks by the assad regime but russia is accusing the u. S. Of waging a Propaganda Campaign as that debate was taking place at least forty nine people were killed by syrian and russian airstrikes in the province and eastern go to according to activists outside syria aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians are at risk of being forcibly returned to their homes despite the violence continues to talk but on this issue is