A 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week. Well President Trump has focused on the economy at a Campaign Rally in michigan its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of we turn that around. 7. Were going to win the great state. Were going to win for 4 years in the way. In our all the headlines this hour police in zanzibar have reportedly killed 5 people who took part in protests alleging ballot fraud ahead of tanzanias election on wednesday main Opposition Leader that was arrested earlier on tuesday but has since been released the African Union is calling for a peaceful poll. At least 8 people have been killed in a bombing a Religious School in the northwest pakistan city of bashara over 100 others were injured police say the bomb was hidden in a 5 left in the schools main hole the the device then detonated a students gathered for their lessons. 4 people including 2 children have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of france al
Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump aoe and the esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it. Absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of abating it also comes in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic t
Has been found guilty of war crimes. He is someone that no one thought they would ever see in the dark. So just for that, its a huge step forward for justice. But yes, there are certain aspects of the verdict which we are not so happy with. For example, the recognition of the crimes against humanity for rape. But the fact remains that in general it is a very positive verdict and a great message for the victims that justice is being served. Ethiopias government says that the grand Regional Forces have started to surrender. It follows a deadline by Prime Minister ahmed for them to lay down their arms by wednesday or face the time or the main city of mckelway. But to graze leadership says that fighting back at the destroyed an Ethiopian Military division, including a helicopter. And 2 tanks are serious, marc webb is following developments from nairobi in neighboring kenya. Both sides are making claims of advances. The Ethiopian Government has said that many to grain, special forces and mi
Broke out of the disputed are going to care about region 3 weeks ago tens of thousands of protesters have marched in lebanons capital city beirut to mark a year since the start of mass antigovernment protests many gathered for a vigil at ground 0 and massive explosion that ripped through the citys main office in august that minute has been experiencing its worst economic crisis since the civil war which is only deepened during the 19th and amec sena holder has more the economy was bad a year ago and thats what triggered nationwide protests today the economy is near total collapse more than 50 percent of a population of 5000000 people are now poor the middle class is sinking into poverty people are losing their jobs businesses are closing this country is in dire need of hard currency but there will be no International Assistance until the politicians stop bickering over seats of the next government and agree to form a reform by the government. Tens of thousands of times protesters have
Dire situation as grieving families demand a Public Inquiry into the governments failings. And they did not. Miss the nomination. And iran approves an plans to make russias a covert vaccine the countrys foreign minister exclusively tells r. T. Why tehran is supporting sputnik the. Good. Russian and the russians to extract a very bad experience with another western country that they do not want to name. A broadcasting live director our studios in moscow this is our Team International with us now the high flying meeting in the swiss alps for the World Economic forum is very different this year davos has gone digital because of the pandemic and a little earlier the russian president gave a lengthy address covering a raft of topics through a video link but i guess you have talked us through the key points he raised. This is that to me putins 1st speech appearance or that of all since 2009 when he was Prime Minister and perhaps you know it hints at how severe the situation in the world is a