Sri lanka where farmers and elephants are fighting for survival. Fellow the number of People Killed by the corona virus has risen to over 1500 with 143 more deaths reported on friday almost all of the 66000 cases are in china province but all fortys are saying that the number of new infections has halved from the previous day lets get an update from a germ brown hes joining us from. Beijing adrian so what more are authorities there saying about the drop in the number of new cases and also the management of this epidemic. Well im actually in hong kong but as you rightly point out in your introduction during the death rate it was again quite high on friday but there is a crumb of comfort here because the death rate was 27 up on the previous day now its hard to talk about positive developments when people are dying and still being infected but i think we can take a crumb of comfort i sense from the fact that the rate of infections is now so much lower than it had been the day before and r
Out of the game. English premier League Champion Manchester City are banned from European Competition for two years. Deal that lasts only a week, but u. S. Officials say if it is a success, it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. Negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence. Its a result of ongoing peace talks. A senior u. S. Official says if the deal holds, it can be followed by a more Permanent Peace accord. This sounds like a breakthrough of sorts, is it . This is what we have been told. Broad strokes officially. The unofficial briefings from u. S. And taliban sources. Willeduction of violence surge across the country. Afghan forces, taliban, and u. S. Forces will observe this. U. S. Sources say it will be specific when it comes to taliban activities, including roadside bombs, suicide bombs. The u. S. Will conduct counterterror activities during this period. There was also an understanding that the taliban doesnt necessarily control all of th
For survival. Below chinas foreign minister has accused some countries of causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak yang made the comments in the german capital as a big drop in the number of new infections was reported by Health Officials inside china there were just over 2600 recorded on friday a little over half the previous day the death toll has now passed 1500. Some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted which is triggered unnecessary panic Farge Adrian Brown is in hong kong and he says if accurate the figures from Chinas Health Commission Show a positive development. This information these statistics are coming from Chinas Health commission and you always have to be careful i think with Chinese Government statistics i spent 5 years covering china and i was always very skeptical of figures you got from the government especially concerning you know its g. D. P. And i think you
Business with the u. S. Government agencies. Starting with breaking news out of libya this hour with the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva on the same day warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked a port in tripoli the government of national called say the attacks on civilians showed after is not serious about working towards a resolution at least 3 people were killed in wednesdays attacks tripolis port so important its a gateway for food fuel and all sorts of imports for the country and libyas National Oil Company announces there will be major disruption to schools hospitals and power stations half his forces say the target of the shelling was an arms ship believed to be the 1st such attack in this offensive the city has been under attack by half his forces since april and now all fuel vessels have been ordered to leave for safer waters as we said the attacks came on the go between the sides had been on the way in geneva the tripoli governm
Restrictions on doing business with the government. Developing news this wednesday has come out of libya where the internationally recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after warlord Khalifa Haftar forces attacked the port in the capital tripoli at least 3 people were killed in the assault on the port which is a major entry point for supplies food fuel all of these things coming into libya and there are warnings of major disruptions to schools hospitals and power stations his forces say the target of the shelling specifically was and he has repeatedly launched these assaults on tripoli going back to april the tripoli based government insists the u. N. Mediated talks cannot continue until the worlds takes a quote clear stand on what it calls after violations lets start with this report james bays our diplomatic editor is at the talks in geneva. The port in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the