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Rubble. Or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we start with breaking news from beirut there has been an intense standoff in the lebanese capital where there is an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesdays deadly explosion Security Forces have used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds calling for officials to be brought to justice. Was. It was. Because of this night. On saturday protesters stormed several government buildings in beirut Security Forces have driven out protesters who earlier stormed the Foreign Ministry they took over the building and declared it a headquarters for a revolution. Wow. Wow. Now we are coming back to the property of our people is building belongs to the people of lebanon. We went to martyr square to set up gallows for those who did this to our country today will hang news of this and we wont let a single government ministers keep. The Police Starts fi
The distribution list dedicating for written materials the members might want to offer as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit submit seven materials, send them to the email address distributed to your offices and we will distribute them as quickly as we can. In light of what is going on in the world today, i ask everyone in the room where a mask at all times, except when you are speaking. Other then if you are a speaker, when you are speaking, i witnessed when you were speaking or when he or she is speaking, please wear a mask at all times. This is for public health. I recognize myself for an opening statement. We are familiar with the terrifying words i cant breathe. They were uttered by george floyd while the Police Officer pen they need to his neck a knee to his neck, taking the final breath of life. Six years ago, eric garner uttered those same words while locked in a chokehold in new york city. He died at the hands of Law Enforcement. Millions of americans now c
Notable city more vulnerable this is equal india and. Today we dig deeper into how coastal cities around the world are getting ready to battle the rising sea. 8 of the 10 worlds biggest cities are located on the coast but none of them have the natural protective barrier against a rising sea like the city of mumbai its vast coverage of mangroves occupying less than point one percent of the planets surface mangroves are one of the most valuable ecosystems but they are threatened. The clock seems to be ticking for indias most populous city mumbai. Climate scientists predict that the rising levels of the arabian sea will wipe out the city in just a few 100 years. Members 1st inhabitants but the. Traditional fisherman who have lived of the bounty of the sea for generations. Today they are on the front line facing the threat of under lending arabian sea which surrounds the sea. On 3 sides. In just 10 years some fishing villages in mumbai have lost a monumental 18 meters of land to coastal er
A 2nd great victim dies from being set on fire. Also ahead how Climate Change is wrecking a once thriving fishing industry on the u. S. East coast. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad has killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and a water pee has to be a related event there are reports that malta all solders home has been hit by a drone strike but this influential cleric is said to have been away at the time lets get more now from dorset. He joins us live from any more time. Place done and. Well we have seen footage over the past few hours that show a number of his supporters gathering outside this compound