Of the Peoples Liberation army. [applause] li kequiang please stand up, everyone. We will sing the National Anthem together. [singing chinese National Anthem] li kequiang please be seated. Today, the Central Committee, of the cpc, the central council, the commission is holding this conference in commemoration and the celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Liberation army, to review the glorious history of the army under the leadership of the communist party of china. And to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong military. Together, a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong military. In this conference, we have the general, chairman of the peoples republic of china, and a chairman of the Central Military commission to president xi jinping. And other members of the Standing Committee of the politburo of the peoples Central Committee. And present we also have the leading figures of the party of the nation and we also have member
Conservations in the u. S. Try to solve a mystery thats threatening the lives of brown pelicans in florida. Hello. Dozens are feared dead after cyclone pam swept through the South Pacific nation. Winds of up to 270kilometers an hour have caused significant damage to the islands and cut off remote provinces the unites nations are sending emergency teams in to the country which lies east of northern australia. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter destruction in the wake of sigh crone pam. Aid workers describe the scenes as unbelievable. The category five Tropical Storm has uprooted trees torn downpour lines and ripped off roofs. In the capital many buildings still stand but its feared that the damage to villages and remote islands will be extensive. Communication is down so assessing the full account pact could take time. Its been a very, very destructive cyclone, hitting a country that is using a lot of traditional shelters and housing which means that they are quite vulnerable to this k
Officers in the u. S. City of ferguson. After four years of political turmoil, the economic plan has been unveiled for egypt. At a Global Financial summit egypts gulf neighbors legend pledge 12 billion to help the egyptian economy. Stephanie dekker has our report. Reporter world and Business Leaders all here to listen to egypts pitch despite years of turmoil were open for business. In his opening speech president elsisi personally welcomed many of the heads of state present here for their support. I would like to thank all our brothers and president s of the arab states that are giving us honor here in egypt. The Egyptian Society is 25 of the population of the middle east stability in egypt is a very Important Role for the stability of the whole region. We need to make sure that these power will be for the benefits of the stability of the nation and for the region. It started off well with billions of dollars pledged by some of egypts richest neighbors who aim to pledge millions more.
Isil still holds half of tikrit. Turkeys coast guard has fired on a cargo ship carrying 300 syrian refugees. Turkey shot at the ship as it passed through the strait and ignored warnings to stop. 330 refugees are being detained, including 85 children Syrian Kurdish fighters are urging the u. S. Led coalition to launch new airstrikes on the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. They want to target isilheld regions. They want to help kurdish fighters. Theyve been on the front line and on the war of the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. These fighters say that theyre defending their land against isil. Theyre also the antiisil coalition on the ground. On the ground it occurred to us to fight isil. But its limited to airstrikes. It made us stronger, no doubt but were not receiving any weapons or ammunition. The u. S. Led coalition does acknowledge the advances and the air support that it provides, but its careful to avoid identifying the fighters as the ypg. In its statement it calls the
Hear how far too few break few of their abusers. Great to have you with us. It is election day for millions crossed world, polls now closed in ukraine. Exit polls suggest president poroshenkos party is leading the vote and parliamentary elections. In parts of the country where prorussian separatists are in control, no votes are taking place. A very different election took place in tunisia where the arab spring began and has been most successful. They are voting for a new parliament, the first vote under a new constitution and second since the 2011 uprising. In brazil where the polls are just closing, its a tightly contested president ial runoff. The incumbent is seeking a second term of four years. First, to ukraine in the capitol of kiev with the first results from the exit polls. The exit polls here in kiev suggest the parties which describes themselves as pro e. U. Are going to have 75 in the parliament. They will form a new government, pleasing the president , although his own part