according to sources quoted by the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla where yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found not to leave it but would take additional steps on technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building a uranium ore facility but says mineral extraction is part of its economic diversification. sri lankans are electing a new parliament president go to buy a rajapaksa party's 2 thirds majority to make changes to the constitution the vote was postponed twice because of coronavirus the polls being held on a strict safety guidelines with voters expected to maintain one meter distance where face masks were an elephant is joins us live now from colombo so this is south asians 1st election since the pandemic why does this election matter and what have been the main issues for voters. daryn for the country as the election is sort of an indicator of way from this crossroads obviously over a decade since the war ended here between the tamil tiger rebels and the government there are still a huge amou

china that's according to the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but it would take additional steps to enrich it enough for a nuclear plant or saudi arabia denies building the facility near that says mineral extraction is part of its economic diversification those with the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after slavery a 21st century evil child slave states and thanks for watching i thought. we understand the difference is similarities of cultures across the wound so no matter how you take. out just the. current affairs. for 300 years the most powerful nations on us grew richer on strong gold the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children would also be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever. amid the ruins of a

according to sources quoted by the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's fun naturally there but would take additional steps and technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant riyadh denies building or facility near this location but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification those are your top stories up next it's inside story we'll have the latest from beirut on the other side of that program in about 30 minutes so you that. it's a family that has been of the heart of power in sri lanka for years now that aim to strengthen the voters go to polls so how crucial is the election this time and why . this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. 2 brothers who have long shaped sri lanka's politics they're known for their bowling and the 26 year war against time as separatists now seeking to extend their family's rule over the island nation president party aims to win a 2 thirds majority in wednesday's parliamentary election. he needed to amend the constitution and restore

to sources being quoted by the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but would take additional steps and technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building a uranium ore facility near but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification colombia's former president alberto rebate says the supreme court has ordered his detention even though the top court has not made its ruling public it's to do with a case in which the former leader is accused of witness tampering and fraud the rebate has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence is a close ally of the current president even to kay and listened around p.s. he joins us with the latest from bogota hi there just how important is this decision today. well peter is extremely important and it came as a surprise to most colombians because former president tilton today was practically practically couldn't see their touchable despite the fact that there are 1

to sources being quoted by the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla now yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's fine naturally there but would take additional steps and technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building a uranium ore facility near but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification let's talk now to thomas countryman he's a former u.s. assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation he's now chairman of the arms control association joining us from washington thomas countryman welcome back to al-jazeera does saudi arabia need nuclear power if not now perhaps in 5 or 10 years time. if i could i 1st want to express solidarity for the suffering people of lebanon beirut is in the hearts of many americans this evening in saudi arabia the saudis have far 'd better options for energy than nuclear energy and they are ideally located to benefit from renewable forms such as solar and wind energy in particular if they wish to pursue nuclear energy they should do it in a peaceful way

remember what houla national unity government do after just destruction blood and death and we can change your many educated people who are suitable to run a country. that frustration with a government that seems to have left the cleanup operation to its citizens exploded near parliament on monday a. possible names for new prime minister include saad hariri he held the post until january but was forced out when the banking system collapsed it's not the sort of break with the past people. here are looking for and the cabinet has just resigned was dominated by the iran backed hezbollah group and its allies international donors will expect to see members of the opposition in the new cabinet before they consider releasing billions of dollars in reconstruction aid bernard smith al-jazeera beirut ever more discussions held at the united nations about the situation in lebanon u.n. secretary general has called for a credible investigation into the cause of the the disaster on sunday the u.n. and several countries promised nearly $300000000.00 in aid. on to other news in the u.s. president donald

of china that's according to the wall street journal the facilities said to be close to the town of houla where yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but would take additional steps on technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building the plant but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification of thomas countryman is a former u.s. assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation he says the kingdom should pursue nuclear energy in a peaceful way. in saudi arabia the saudis have far better options for energy in their nuclear energy they are ideally located to benefit from renewable forms such as solar and wind energy in particular if they wish to pursue nuclear energy they should do it in a peaceful way with the maximum safeguards of forwarded by the international atomic energy agency. this new report means that the saudis are still many steps and many years away from having a viable nuclear weapons capability but what concerns me is that they are pursuing the same kind of secrecy or deception that ha

to sources being quoted by the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but will take additional steps and technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building a uranium ore facility there but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification. turning to corona virus in the pandemic and despite soaring infection rates hospital admissions and deaths in the united states president trump says the outbreak is as under control as it can be at least 156000 people have died over 4700000 are infected politicians are still negotiating a new emergency aid package the latest unemployment benefit program lapsed last week in an interview on monday mr trump was challenge on how he's quantifying the impact of the virus on the united states united states is lowest in numerous care to gore's were lower then the world lowder lower then words in europe in what was in one take a look. right here in this case death. oh you're doing death as a proportion of

china that's according to the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but it would take additional steps to enrich it enough for a nuclear plant or saudi arabia denies building the facility near i don't know but says mineral extraction is part of its economic diversification those with the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after slavery a 21st century evil child slave stage and that's what i thought. we understand the difference is and similarities of cultures across the wound so matter how you take it out just to bring you the news and current affairs that matter to. counter the. 300 years the most powerful nations on earth group richer and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children will also be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is alive it is thri

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but residents of the lebanese border town of houla reported their homes were damaged by an intense israeli bombardmdment. close firsrst they lit up incendiary players and then n ty started with whitete p phosphors lights come in and something like cluster bombs that exploded when they hit the ground. it was unbelievable how much they struck. we almost suffocated from the smokoke. amy: israel'l's assault on southern lebanon followed 16 straight days of attacks on the gaza strip, where palestinian militants have launched incendndiary balloons into soututhern israeael. in h health nenews, africa has n declared free from wild polio as over 95% of the continent's population has been vaccinated after a decades-long immunization campaign. a quarter century ago,o, the water-borne disease left tens of thousands of children across africa paralyzed each year. since then, billions of oral polio vaccines havave been prprovided across s the contine. wild polio is now found only in afafghanistan d d pakistan, , ad health experts say eliminating it thehere would p permanently eradicate the disease. in bel