in the central hunan the rains reach downs and displaced some 60000 people. all russia has staged a massive military parade to commemorate its victory over nazi germany 75 years ago the event was originally scheduled for may the 9th the anniversary but postponed due to the pandemic for many russians victory day is one of the nation's most important holidays honoring the sacrifice of over 25000000 soviet citizens who died in world war 2 this year's parade is also taking place just ahead of a crucial vote on president vladimir putin's proposed constitutional reforms which could see him extend his hold on power for the next 16 years. it's a tradition but never before has russia's victory day parades been more controversial than this year. in the midst of a pandemic the government of one of the worst affected countries gathered thousands of people on the red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. it was our people who were able to overcome the evil defeating more than $600.00 divisions of the enemy destroying 75 percent of their aircraft fuel tanks art

hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in eastern unholy private province in central hunan the rains bridge dams and displaced some 60000 people russia's president vladimir putin says the world owes the former soviet union a debt of gratitude for its contribution to the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 it was speaking at a major military parade in moscow marking 75 years since the end of the war the parade was originally scheduled for may the 9th but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic the kremlin dismissed criticism that it is irresponsible to go ahead with it now saying infections in moscow other climbing. well the w. russia correspondent demolition and house been following the parade today here's an update she sent us from moscow's red square all the 14000 troops marching across the great clarity. and had their temperature is taken to ensure that they don't have a. player that reporting that they can relate are a. few. 1000 new. russia every day but it really didn't right here where. russia is holding. on your constitutional amendment that could keep t

$200.00 hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in eastern on hwy province in central hunan province the rains breached dams and displaced some 60000 people a massive cloud of dust from the sahara desert is blanketing the caribbean where such a high density of dust hasn't been seen in half a century health experts warn the dust could exacerbate respiratory conditions including covered 19 and or telling people to stay indoors. russian president vladimir putin says the world owes the former soviet union a debt of gratitude for its contribution to the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 he was speaking at a major military parade in moscow marking 75 years since the end of the war the parade was originally scheduled for may 9th but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic the kremlin dismissed criticism that it's irresponsible to go ahead with it now saying infections in moscow or declining. will do they will use only sure one is selling by force goes red square where the parade is to has just finished evilly why did president putin decide to go ahead with this parade

the team headed to the region in southern china, hunan, to try and solve the mystery of sars.i and other researchers started exploring caves in southern china, looking for bats that could have been the origin of that first sars outbreak. >> dr. john epstein was a researcher on that expedition. >> when we go into an environment like a bat cave to catch bats, we have to protect ourselves. that includes gloves, we wear a respirator, like a mask. and we'll wear eye protection. >> we're walking into caves that could carry the next pandemic. that's a risky thing. we go in during the day to scope out where the bats are and try to work out what species are in there. then we set up nets outside and catch them when they fly out in the evening and go back in the morning. >> we do everything we can to ensure the safety and well being of the animals and we have a basic set of samples we correct. oral swabs, fecal pellets, blood. and we take measurements. >> over the course of eight months, they sampled caves all over southern china and then took them back to the lab. >> it really took bett

than $200.00 hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in eastern province in central hunan rains breached dams and displaced about 60000 people. a massive cloud of dust from the sahara desert is blanketing the caribbean which hasn't seen the density of a dust this high in half a century health experts are warning that the dust could exacerbate debris spiritual conditions including coverage 19 and they're telling people to stay indoors. only 7 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake in southern mexico the epicenter of the 7.5 magnitude event was near the pacific coast in the state of the traumas knocked out power and cracked walls shifting pavement could be felt hundreds of kilometers away in mexico city. standing on shaky ground and feeling the earth swaying beneath one's feet. feel. shock waves from a powerful earthquake but towns and cities across mexico to a halt. thanks residents flooded the streets seeking safety on shifting pavement. of it he went to see it was very strong i had never felt such a strong earthquake only in 1905 today's earthquake felt very

hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in the eastern and who have province in central hunan the rains breached downs and displaced some 60000 people. the trumpet ministration is threatening to add tariffs on various goods imported from the e.u. in the u.k. cheese yogurt and all of us would be affected as well as whiskey trucks and aircraft the u.s. plans 3 point one $1000000000.00 of new tariffs. what we have now to the united states were a growing list of companies is set to boycott facebook the companies say that they will stop advertising on the platform in the month of july the move follows calls by high ranking politicians and rights groups for advertisers to use their money as leverage to force the social media giant to take tougher action on the misinformation and hate speech. reporter rebecca reuters is on the story she joins us now here in the studio not the 1st time that mark zuckerberg has faced this sort of criticism so so what's going on this time well we're talking about some pretty big companies like the popular outdoor brand north face patagonia is another on

offensive to seize the capital tripoli the un recognized government said it sees the nearby city of tire hunan friday it was the remaining western stronghold of have to its forces front says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in north africa the french defense minister says died in the operation on thursday in northwest money while tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in mali's capital calling for the president to resign they say abraham and his government have failed to tackle a worsening security situation brazilian president diable scenario has threatened to pull his country out of the world health organization after it warned governments about the risks of lifting lockdowns too soon his comments came on the day that corona virus deaths in brazil past 35000 that's the highest number in the wilds well those are the headlines now it's back to witness. june are now 203 years into the blockade we look at the future of the g.c.c. crisis i did see him parked on life and called on people in power is back with more investigative documentaries and in-depth stories of the world but is the col

recognized government announced it had regained full control of tripoli the head has the latest from to hunan the swift. this if you opt out who is mainly. turkish military support for the government forces and also there was little of that russian medicine raise from the bagnall group been fighting alongside. forces now. this city this if you have to know about 75 kilometers south of the capital tripoli is very strategic very significant from here. have to us forces had a central command over the past year memorial services have been held in the united states for george floyd who died in police custody in minneapolis 10 days of black lives matter protests across the u.s. were paused as tributes were paid for policemen have been sacked and charged in connection with his murder. this trillion court has ruled against a black lives matter protest planned for saturday in sydney the court decision came as 2000 people marched in the capital canberra in solidarity with the us demonstrations but also highlighting racial inequality at home a much larger rally was planned for sydney but police there sa

the coronavirus came from hunan province, but it was a mistake in a lab or spread at a wet market, i don't know, but we do know where it came from. we know china failed to inform the world about the nature of the virus that did restrict travel into china but allowed chinese citizens to travel throughout the world. they knew it was human to human transmission and failed to adequately inform the who in my view and the world at large. the bottom line is the wet markets in china have been a breeding ground for pandemics and americans are asking the question what will it take to make china change? at what point in time do we need to put on the table new ideas to stop a recurring event, pandemics coming from china? given the willfulness, the the hard heartedness for lack of a better word regarding the chinese communist parties handling of the coronavirus, i think now, the time has come for us to put on the table new tools to deal with an old problem. think of a more allowling idea than to individual americans or groups of americans to bring lawsuits against a culprit chinese government for

state—run media, over 2 million people have been affected in the eastern anhui and central hubei and hunaneen significant economic losses. there's been a dramatic increase in the amount of time spent online during the coronavirus lockdown, with the biggest rise among those over the age of 65. despite a surge in use, britain's media regulator ofcom says many of us remain worried about our safety and security on the internet. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more. from cabinet meetings... ..choir practice... ..to exercise classes, much of life has moved online over the last few months. the average adult now spends more than four hours a day connected to the internet. half an hour more than last september. much of that time involves video, either watching it or using it to make calls to friends, relatives or colleagues we can't meet face to face. video services are booming. the tik tok short video platform had 5.4 million visitors in january. by april, nearly 13 million were turning up. the video call and games app houseparty had under 200,000 users in january. by april 4 mi