Of people. The top story this half a russian opposition politicians to come up skier has left the country shes now in a few wanita it follows a 2nd nights of violent clashes over disputed Election Results demonstrators have been rallying in the capital minsk since the countrys Election Commission reported that the long time president Alexander Lukashenko had won sundays election by a landslide the police in both the roof say a protester died after a bomb exploded in his hands the outcomes being rejected by his main rival she describes whats going on as a sham step vasant joins us live from minsk step this is such a complex political story now just unpack it for us where are we now. Yes it is very complex and very difficult to report on because the internet has been blocked for 3 days already its quite a miracle you can actually see me right now a very dramatic statement has come from a subplot at the kind of sky just an hour ago in which she explains that she made a very difficult deci
Passed a resolution that will extend the term of hong kongs parliament by another year. The head of the Un Food Agency says hes worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks David Beasleys in beirut assessing the impact of last weeks catastrophic port blast he spoke during a un briefing on the humanitarian situation 85 percent of lebanons grain came through the devastated port area the World Food Program says its sending 50000 tons of wheat flour to beirut to stabilize the supply beesley says some of beirut port could be reopened quickly to restart imports christensen him in new york explains what else was discussed during that briefing. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terrace called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coded pandemic and now this explosion and while he was call
Colony hot spot to coronavirus casualty will give one of the hottest food scenes in the us has any chance of making a comeback. And investigations to be held into how the world has responded to corona virus as the number of infections approaches 5000000 the World Health Organization is 194 Member States voted unanimously for an independent and impartial inquiry including an examination of the role of the w. H. O. The move has been welcomed by the w. H. O. Director general. The un body has come under attack from the u. S. Which is accused it of being too close to china President Trump threatened to cut all funding unless those what he calls substantive improvements within the next 30 days but his demands are under fire by kind of reports from washington d. C. President trump arrives on capitol hill for a meeting with Senate Republicans continuing to flout his administrations own guidelines by not wearing a mask in public and lashing out at the speaker of the House Democrat nancy pelosi
Chinese officials are now stepping into the market with cash. And investigation is to be held into how the world has responded to corona virus as the number of infections approaches 5000000 the World Health Organizations 194 Member States of voted unanimously for an independent and impartial inquiry including an examination of its role the move has been welcomed by the director general who said that it wanted accountability more than anyone. The un body has been under attack from the u. S. Which is accused it of being too close to china president toms threatening to cut all funding unless that is what he calls substance of improvements within the next 30 days but his demands are also under fire from washington d. C. Mike hanna reports. President trump arrives on capitol hill for a meeting with Senate Republicans continuing to flout his administrations own guidelines by not wearing a mask in public and lashing out at the speaker of the House Democrat nancy pelosi these people are sick p
Developments from iran the wells. With updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. To read a virus pandemic special coverage on how to say or. Move to. Cope with 19 has killed more than 18000 people and infected at least 400000 worldwide and counting. It all started in december last year when cases of an unusual pneumonia were reported in the chinese city of war haun. Most of those affected by the unknown virus seem to have something in common they were working at a local seafood market. At the Chinese Health authorities were trying to investigate the causes of the illness the numbers kept growing on january 7th the World Health Organization announced it had identified the new virus 4 days later 41 people had been diagnosed in china and the 1st death was reported. By january 13th cases in other countries began to appear. And the death toll jumped from tens to hundreds to thousands in the coming weeks and months governments worldwide took different measures to stop th