Announced that theyll normalize relations at a white house meeting their leaders also committed to opening embassies in jerusalem. It has one of the worlds lowest ages of consent we look at the fight to protect young girls in the philippines. And in sport leno messi is to remain a boss on a player messi says hes changed his mind about wanting to leave to avoid a legal dispute with the club. Commemorations have been held in lebanon marking one month since a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut people poorest in a moment of remembrance at 6 o 8 pm thats the time almost 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate ignited in the ports sending a devastating blast wave across the city 200 people died and thousands will. One of the many buildings reduced to rubble one is now the focus of a search for a possible survivor off the signs of life were detected on thursday but so far scans of the building a fail to find anyone alive what we have seen so far is unfortunately no trace of any big
President flouts social distancing measures again as infections keep rising in latin americas hardest hit countries. Thank you very much for joining us its been the worst hit country in europe with the highest coronavirus death toll outside of china but after 8 weeks in lockdown italy is beginning to ease restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic is just gone 10 am and the bustle is returning to the streets of its towns and cities this is the capital rome right now the government says measures will be east further if the infection rate continues to drop almost 30000 people have died in italy that speak to Francesco John better tony who joins us from a smear line on skype thank you very much francesco for being with us so tell us exactly whats restarting to. Day and how italian feeling about the easing of restrictions. Well after almost 2 months of lockdown the phase 2 of the emergency begins immediately today more than 4000000 people went back to work this morning as italy straw
Social distancing measures again as infections keep rising in latin americas hardest hit country. Based spin the worst hit country in europe with the highest coronavirus death toll outside china but after 8 weeks of lockdown italy is beginning to ease restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic the bustle is returning to the streets of its towns and cities is a capital rome the government says measures will be east further if the infection rate continues to drop almost 30000. 00 people have died in italy lets speak to francesco john best tony who is in milan on skype francescos so what exactly is restarting today and how do italians feel about restrictions being eased. This is the phase 2 of the emergency beginning today in italy more than 4000000 people went back to work this morning as the country tries to restart the economy without pushing the curve of the infractions again factories Building Sites and wholesale trade reopened today there was also a lifting of the restrictions
Keep rising. And President Donald Trump says he wants the u. S. To be open for business even as more americans get infected. Were not going to let it turn into a long listing financial problem started out as a purely medical problem and the stock could go beyond that. Im going to get your scope at the sports a Decision Office for any meal and pace is expected within days with the United States adding to calls for delay after survey shows most of the athletes about their preparations impacted by coronavirus. Now the restrictions are starting to come off millions of chinese in the province where the corona Virus Outbreak began at midnight on shoes day crew bay will start allowing some to travel just as many other countries are introducing more drastic measures now the region of more than 60000000 people has been under lockdown since late january when the government closed roads railways and airports bought residents will soon be allowed to leave once they get a tracking code confirming t
Traveling again. And the layers of pakistans a rapid transport project has many blaming the Prime Ministers provincial government for corruption. And im peter some of these sports as you heard the 2020 Olympic Games in tokyo or later this news of a look at what it means for the athletes who will now have to wait until 2021. Well we begin this hour with breaking news out of torture the 2020 and then fix have been perspire and the announcement was made just in the past alibi Prime Minister shinzo he says he has asked the i. O. C. For an up to one year postponement of the tokyo island fix and now appears likely that theyll be held in 2021 nowadays are vassal followers weeks of insisting it would go ahead in july as planned its like you know the whole. First of all once again i confirmed with the i. O. C. President back that there will be no cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics or paralympics furthermore as the host of the tokyo lympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the