Between police and protesters, who are angry at the governments response to tuesdays massive explosion. International donors have pledged 300 million for rebuilding the capital. Anti government protests have broken out in cities across belarus, after exit polls reported a sweeping victory for the long time, authoritarian president alexander lu kashenko. The police say getting the situation under control. Opposition leaders have accused the president of rigging the election, and denounced the expected result as a joke. British teaching unions have criticised borisjohnson for saying there was a moral duty to get children in england back into school at the start of setember. They urged him to boost coronavirus testing and tracing in order to reopen schools safely. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The covid 19 pandemic has inflicted huge economic damage, but it has offered the Natural World a little bit of respite room to breathe. But what wil
This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump was escorted from a White House Briefing after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man. Minutes later, he returned and told reporters a man was taken to hospital after the shooting. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Anti establishment protests on the streets of beirut are continuing even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down after last weeks catastrophic explosion. The prime minister, hassan diab, blamed a corrupt political establishment for the countrys many problems during an angry tv interview. In belarus, clashes have continued between police and protesters, angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. Police say a demonstrator has died in the second night of protests after an explosive device went off in his hand,
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The white house has been placed on lockdown after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man outside. President trump was suddenly escorted from a White House Press briefing by an agent, but returned minutes later and told reporters a person had been shot and taken to hospital. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Protests on the streets of beirut are continuing, even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down. In an angry televised address, the Prime Minister blamed last weeks catastrophic explosion and the countrys economic problems on a corrupt political establishment. Coronavirus cases have now surpassed 20 million world wide, with the official number of global deaths standing at more than 730,000. The us and brazil have suffered the most fatalities. Many nations are being forced to re introduce economic and social restrictions as the disease continues to spread. It is about liz30am. Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardt
This is bbc news, the headlines chinese and indian troops have clashed along the disputed himalayan border between their countries , the most serious in several decades. The Indian Army Said 20 of its soldiers were killed in the confrontation. Beijing acknowledged that it had also suffered casualties, but did not say how many. The Trump Administration is suing the former National Security advisor john bolton to block the release of a book about his time in office. The Justice Department said the memoir contained classified information. Mr bolton argues the president committed impeachable offences, which mr trump denies. For the first time a drug has been found that reduces the risks, of severely ill patients from dying coronavirus. Trials show that dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid, reduced deaths by a third among patients on a ventilator. Scientists have decoded sounds
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