Daniel shimer is following developments in the region from one is ours could all be with the next day or 2 likely to pass that grim 1000000 mile stone of people infected theyve had 30000 deaths. Has already passed that 1000000 a 1000000 people infected with 28000 deaths both of those countries imposed fairly tight restrictions that have suffered despite that the worst cases the worst country to suffer has been brazil where president both the noro if you may remember called the corona virus nothing worse than the little flu he himself contracted the disease. There are growing concerns that people fleeing fighting between armenia and azerbaijan are taking the virus with them doctors in the contest into going to car about region fair as many as 9 in 10 people are now infected there are no official figures but its thought the crime to bomb shelters could be accelerating the spread we just saw another night of intense shelling on friday. Gagnes president alpha conde has been declared the wi
A shadow mike hanna has more from washington d. C. On campaigning efforts starting with donald trump the 3. 00 states hes visiting in the course of the day he talked very easily and 2016 but now all polls indicate that its neck and neck with joe biden by a shrum that gap the lead that trump had 4 years ago shrinking a significantly President Trump focusing on the states because they are critical to him if hes going to be able to win the election and more to do with in the white house. Polls of opened in tanzanias president ial and parliamentary elections president john mcafee really is taking a 2nd term as government has been accused of cracking down on the opposition and stifling dissent in the run up to the vote. Police fired tear gas at people protesting against new covert 19 measures bars and restaurants now have to shut much of the normal much of europe is seeing a spike in infections as a 2nd wave hits the continent brazen hong kong of arrested 3 people from the Student Group adv
Point the Security Forces the boys here gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through were were not hearing at this point of any. Any any relief or violence that its actually claimed the lives of a protester so far only fear of gas well those have been used to repel a protesters who have tried to penetrate the fortified green zone home protestors have also been out in the thai capital bangkok after their demand for the Prime Minister to resign by saturday was not that Prime Minister prior says he will not quit demonstrators say his hold on power is illegitimate off to last years disputed elections they have had mass protests for weeks now calling for the reform of the government and the monarchy and protesters and ballerinas say time is up for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign dozens of people were arrested in the western town of lida opposition need to spend on a to kind of sky a must step down by midnight or face a crippling general strike. The United Nati
Clinging on to his job as his star man jaden sent shows making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Im nick spicer thanks for joining us. Police have identified the man who carried out fridays stabbing attack in london they say it was 28 year old man who killed 2 people on London Bridge and was later shot dead by police can was convicted in 2012 of terrorism offenses and was released from prison about a year ago several onlookers captured fridays incident on their mobile phones some of those who intervened are being praised as heroes for disarming the attacker. Members of the public pin the attacker to the ground one of them taking away the knife used in the attack. Police were called and arrives quickly theres been about 5 shots heights theres another 1. 10 i phones me who i. Moments later the Police Shooting can. Get all my course. As you would expect judge of the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist related im now in a position to confirm that it has
Time is running out to stop a Global Climate disaster and temperatures rising even further, according to a new report from the United Nations. The Un Environment Agency says over the next decade, global emissions need to fall by more than 7 every year to have any chance of avoiding warming the planet by more than 1. 5 celsius. Even the current rise in temperatures is having an effect as droughts become more common all over the world. Australia has seen one of its longest dry spells. Thats made the massive bushfires in New South Wales and queensland even worse. And in zimbabwe in southern africa, serious drought is threatening urban and rural life. The Bbcs Stephen Sackur has just been there. When the Zambezi River is in full flow, you can see why the explorer David Livingstone called it a view for the angels. But look at the falls now. This is what southern africas prolonged drought means. The volume of water is down by two thirds. Here we are at this viewpoint. Yes. Its called the Hor