Thereve been violent clashes between police and the public, as mass protests took place in the lebanese capital beirut against the countrys leadership. Some government buildings were briefly occupied by protesters demanding a change of regime after tuesdays explosion. Donald trump signs executive orders aimed at providing aid to us workers suffering the Economic Impact of the coronavirus. The move comes after talks with democrats on a rescue package broke down on friday. Mr trumps proposals include protection against eviction, extending zero interest loans for students and increasing unemployment benefits. France is sending equipment and technical advisors to the Indian Ocean Island of mauritius after its Prime Minister appealed for urgent assistance to contain a worsening oil spill there. President Emmanuel Macron said teams were being deployed from the nearby French Island of reunion. Now on bbc news click. This week hong kong activists, a touch of Space Tourism. Fire fire and 6 catw
Whit ur m. ;itit u15 u mum a fltr putting in place. I want have been putting in place. I want to put on the record my thanks to those in bolton council, the leader, david greenall, he has been doing an excellent job. The david greenall, he has been doing an excellentjob. The director of Public Health and the chief executive. It has been a difficult challenge in bolton. Thankfully, what we have learnt from this sort of local action elsewhere in the country, is that we dont see large scale country, is that we dont see la rge scale numbers of country, is that we dont see large scale numbers of people travelling nearby, to nearby other areas. Where there is a problem. We havent seen that yet. Of course we remain vigilant on that and all of these measures, but im sure that these measures, but im sure that the people of bolton will understand how significant this problem is and will follow the guidance and indeed the new laws that we will bring in to back up the proposal so we have made tod
Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore, the headlines at least 6 rockets hit a us air base in iraq just hours after iran buries its general killed in an american drone strike. As the human toll rises in australias bushfires, we hearfrom people trying to protect some of the countrys precious wildlife from the disaster. Im kasia madera in london. Also in the programme we hear the story of how tensions between india and pakistan, have kept a family separated in kashmirfor decades. Facebook announces a ban on deepfake videos but the policy stops short
of prohibiting all doctored videos. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 3 00am in iraq where according to reports an air base housing us forces has been hit by a rocket attack. At least six rockets are said to have struck the al asad base west of baghdad. Its unclear whether there have been any casualties. Details are still coming in. Well have more on that later. Meanwhile in washington donald trump has declared that the d
48 year old conservative judge, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us supreme court. Mr trump appeared alongside the judge at the white house, describing his nominee as one of the countrys most brilliant and gifted legal minds. Thousands of University Students across the uk have been forced into lockdown for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases on campuses. 1,700 students in manchester have been told to self isolate in their rooms on campus for m days, after 127 of them contracted coronavirus. Thousands of protesters have defied israels nationwide lockdown to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Large convoys drove to jerusalem from around the country to express their anger at mr netanyahus handling of the pandemic, and his refusal to step down over corruption charges. Tributes are being paid to matt ratana, the police
officer shot dead at a south london Custody Centre on friday morning. An investigation is underway into how the handcuffed
Lead to false confessions. Thanks to tom for that. That does it for me today. Thank you for being with me. A special edition of the situation room with wonderful wolf blitzer starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Were now in the 20th straight day of protests in cities throughout the United States. George floyds death was the initial spark but as the movement enters its fourth week, its now also fueled by the death of 27yearold Rayshard Brooks. Police shot and killed him friday night in an atlanta drivethrough, seen through live in our shot. As protestors gathered at the wendys restaurant where it
happened, the fallout was swift. Not even 24 hours after the fatal shooting, the Atlanta Police chief stepped down. Overnight, we learned the officer who shot brooks, garrett rolfe, was fired. Earlier here on cnn, the District Attorney says hes weighing murder charges for that officer.