A warning that they are far from. Ive spent force ah, im public only as welcome to the program. Hard Line Cleric has swept to victory and runs president ial election. Officials say abraham racy has won nearly 2 thirds of the vote. The last remaining moderate challenger has conceded election turned out who was low, with many voters put off by years of authoritarian rule and a struggling economy. Right. You see is a harsh critic of the west and stands accused of human rights abuses. Iran new hard line, president elect, deeper Humor Ac will take over from his moderate predecessor. Thats on ronnie. Congratulations to the president elect. There are enough votes in this election, and today hes elected by the people. Official say this was the lowest turn out since the 1979 is lumnick revolution. Activists had called for a boycott, claiming the vote was rigged. I will not vote because i believe the result of these elections is already written. Racy was appointed to his 1st Government Post at t
The White House has confirmed the gatherIng a lot of leaders have confirmed a plan to build Infrastructure In the worlds poorest areas. It is the BraInchild Ofjoe Biden who came to the summit promisIng to form alliances to counter chInas growIng Influence. Let speak to the bbc s correspondent In carbis bay. Joe biden has spoken about the concerns around chIna and In the past he played down the threat of chIna and said that it was not somethIng he believed the us was In competition with. Hes now changed his mInd and once this global alliance agaInst chInas glowIng Influence growIng Influence. ChIna spent billions In Infrastructure around the world and thIngs like railways and ports and TraIn Stations and this is the ThIng Thatjoe Biden wants to push up agaInst so they have Introduced multibillion dollar plans which they say is a higher Quality Alternative to ChInas Belt and road Infrastructure project. It will cost billions and there is a question of who will fund it. Theyre hopIng to g
The Issue Hang over his talks with fellow European Leaders. Meanwhile, the us president s focus will be on forming an alliance of countries to combat the growing influence of china. Im Shaun Ley the other main stories this hour. Wales and switzerlands Euro 2020 Match Ends in a draw as England Fans gear up for their teams chances in their Opening Game tomorrow. A very good afternoon to you. Its day two of the G7 Summit in cornwall. A meeting of the worlds seven largest established advanced economies. Afternoon, ben. Good afternoon im here at Tregenna Castle the resort in st ives, cornwall in the South West of england which is hosting World Leaders for the G7 Summit. Based in glorious cornish sun sign. Today theyre focussing on how to prevent future pandemics with a global early Warning System for new viruses and on how to counter chinas growing influence in the world. But on the mind of the british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, is the decision he has to make by monday, about whether or
Before are hospitalized with covid. The cdc predicts the entire country will see Record Hospitalizations in the coming weeks. They also predict more than 44,000 people could die in the next month. For more now, lets tune to cnns tom foreman. Reporter the skyrocketing record levels of new infections have Health Officials playing defense in every way. We havent lost control of it. This is a formidable outbreak. It is unprecedented, the likes of which we have not seen in well over 100 years. Reporter as predicted, the surge is not hitting everyone equally. If you are unvaccinated, you are ten times more likely to be a case and 20 times more likely to be a fatality. Were still getting the data, but what were hearing from hospitals really across the nation, and this is very consistent, is that the vast majority of the children who are being admitted are unvaccinated. Reporter so many people are being affected, many states are reporting nearrecord highs. Maryland Hospital Officials are calli
As thousands of flights are delayed or canceled. New details after two helicopters collide killing firefighters responding to a brush fire. Although this was a tragic event, we are also thankful today that it was not worse. Reporter trumps lawyers pushback against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say. Arguing it is in effect asking the court to censor his political speech. Reporter ukrainian authorities are saying they have thwarted an Assassination Plot against president volodymyr zelenskyy. Reporter one woman has been detained, Ukrainian Secret Service say she was planning russian air strike to hit a Southern Region of the country where the president was said to be visiting. Reporter a new study found black men are more likely than white men to die of melanoma despite making up fewer cases. Its time that we are more aware that this is a Silent Killer within our communities. I thought that i was invincible. Its something you dont know about until it