A growth target as its economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic. A massive cleanup operation in india and bangladesh after cycling sweeps through the region. Also ahead the skys not to the limits the u. S. Pulls out of a longstanding open skies arms control treaty saying russia violated it. And in sport costa rica become the 1st country in the americas to resume their professional football league. The government in hong kong says it will work with beijing to introduce a new National Security law as soon as is possible we are expecting more details later but its believed to criminalize secession foreign interference and subversion of beijings state power news of the plan has already been met with. Protests in hong kong and leading prodemocracy figures called at the end of one country 2 systems the chinese premier li announced the bill at the opening of the annual National Peoples congress its meeting 3 months late because of the pandemic also coming from the parliament for the 1st ti
Leaders in hong kong say theyre ready to work with china but not everyone is happy about the proposal or to get b. G. Control over security in. The mammoth clean up operation continues in bangladesh following the devastation of psych loan. Also ahead shops close friend unpaid how the pandemic is shaking the Real Estate Industry to its very foundations. And in sport costa rica become the 1st country in the americas to resume their professional football league. Welcome to the program lets begin with our breaking news out of pakistan a passenger plane an airbus a 320. 00 has crashed into a residential area near kharaj she was coming into land at the citys International Airport there were almost 100 people on board live now to islam about and our correspondent whos following that story for us what do we think happened here. Well interestingly we have what appears to be a. Communication between the. And Ground Control and raised by lead toward him that there were technical issues that one o
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D if they are working. Y are this is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you, all for coming today and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today as we examine the current relationship with russia. To assess our relationship with russia as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events that led to the collapse of the soviet union, the fall of the berlin wall, the election victory of solidarity in poland. Among others. Many former soviet states have become prosperous democracies with memberships in nato and the eu. Mr. Vladimir putin has taken russia down a darker pass. Any russians suffered today. Tosia rates its elections make sure that only kremlin approved politicians make the cut. The russian people are inhumanely imprisoned and tortured for daring to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russia Federation make life at home painful for the average russian, but Vladimir Putin is making life hard
Accuses the us of a piracy attempt Justice Department tried to block the release of its. Live from russias capital city this is art 30 minutes of news and views with me you know well start i. Love him or putin has awarded 2 pilots with the title hero of russia after they have verted potential disaster on thursday morning their plane lost the use of both engines after striking a flock of birds while taking off from. International airport that forced them to make an Emergency Landing all 226 passengers on board the crimea and Ural Airlines flight survived. He has managed to get hold of exclusive video of the evacuation. I dont remember. At all that studio but each studio. But if you listen. To the. I. I well lets go through what happened 8 all took place so quickly about the pilots werent able to return to the airport as theyd burley got are born reaching an altitude of roughly 260 meters but they acted decisively opting to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield just over a kilometer