Flooding in sudan has killed at least a 100 people and caused widespread devastation well have the latest update from the capital khartoum. And back home to a story in journalist returned from china after being caught in a diplomatic standoff. And im were hard in with all of your days sport serene williams Serina Williams books her place in the u. S. Open quarterfinals as she moves closer to a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. U. N. Officials have labeled it genocide to me and most soldiers may have provided the evidence needed to prove it but all reports 2 men are now in custody at the International Criminal court in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice over the killing of muslims Human Rights Group Fortify Rights says its seen taped confessions from 2 men who say they deserted from the me and mommy in the lengthy videos the men admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction of raping your village is theyve also allegedly named all those s
Leader is calling on the military to switch sides. We have got to do everything we can to elect my friend joe biden as the next president of the United States democrats rally us voters to support their presumptive president ial candidate joe biden at an online party convention. Angry and exhausted by months of locked on argentinians take over the streets of listeners. Its taken 15 years and now a un biased court is finally delivering a verdict relating to the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hardy he died along with 21 others in a car bomb attack in 2005 the 4 defendants are members of the armed Group Hezbollah which denies involvement in the attack they wont be appearing in court then a court of reports. Its been 15 years since former Prime Minister rafiq head 80 was assassinated in a suicide car bombing in beirut 21 others were also killed in an act that changed the face of lebanon. The special International Tribunal investigating the case is due to deliver its v
U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer was on capitol hill to testify on the Trump Administration trade policy. The use of tariffs, trade with china and implementation of the u. S. Canada trade agreement. Mr. Lighthizer was asked about the Global Supply chain of the inquisition of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Hearing is just under three hours. Im pleased to welcome ambassador lighthizer. Thank you for joining us. We need to have you here because we face great challenges whether its the murder of floyd or whether its the economic downturn we had because of the pandemic or the pandemic itself. We have a lot facing our country. Its not going to be easy to bring us back on the course of iran and their brave but good trade policy will be one important part of doing so so im glad we have that discussion today. Trade policy is immediately significant because we need to make sure we dont have any unnecessary taxes on goods g2 the recovery or i
Democrat house of representatives is not even in town. The senate is here doing work. And important work i might add. Deceptive passing legislation heard well the week before memorial break we passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reauthorization, a critical piece of National Security and intelligence legislation that all our Intelligence Experts tell us is critical to fighting the war against terrorists. Pretty important legislation i and he pointed out the agenda for the month of june does not atinclude much. Thats only if you dont think the National Defense authorization act is not important, funding the military, authorizing the weapon system, paying personnel, the technology, the intelligence, although things are going to protecting the country seem to me very important. To the National Defense act as a peach ofio demonstration will process in the upcoming weeks in june. Ill probably take a good week to move across the floor of the senate, typically does and we have to
A little luck and little. To get down from the numbers not just stabilize requires a redoubling of Public Health at 1st. A president in denial jaya both sinatras comments rejecting social distancing or deleted by twitter because of fears they put brazilians of risk. And how to satisfy your groceries during a pandemic a michigan doctors tips go viral. So we begin in the u. S. Now the global epicenter of the pandemic more than one 160000 people are infected and almost 3000 people have died 790 of those in new york city after dismissing the dangers posed by coke at 19 in the early stages of the outbreak u. S. President donald trump now says his of ministration is ramping up testing in the last few hours hes claimed that the u. S. Is testing more people than any other country. Today we reached a historic milestone in a war against the. Coronavirus over 1000000 americans have now been tested more than any other country by far not even close and tested accurately. Heres a look at the global