the governing party won a landslide election victory it paves the way for the prime minister mahinda rajapaksa and his brother president go to buy a rajapaksa to amend the constitution 70000 houses have been left uninhabitable in the lebanese capital beirut after the explosion last week tens of thousands of businesses have been damaged or destroyed adding to the country's economic crisis presumptive democratic nominee joe biden has picked senator obama heris to be his running mate in november as u.s. presidential election she's the 1st black woman to be on a major party ticket or as previously served as california's attorney general mexico's former president enrique pena nieto has been accused of funneling millions of dollars in bribes to fund his election campaign and buy votes and influence in the congress he's accused of taking money from a disgraced construction firm or to brush those are the headlines up next it's the stream i'm back to immediately after that will have 30 minutes of up to date news see that. talk to old trees there are we at school is the government not taking the necessa

and mahinda rajapaksa is prime minister she like a once again his 4th time around in the job obviously he swept the general elections concluded on the 5th of august with one of the highest number of preferential votes for a candidate ever over 5000000 votes now this paves the way for the s.l.p. be led by the rajapaksa to carry on with the work programme set out by president go to have a rajapaksa in his election bid in 2019 it's called the stars for prosperity and aims to take sri lanka forward dealing with some of the. the pressing issues that this country faces now obviously the consolidation of the rajapaksa hold on power has been confirmed with the swearing in of my in the rajapaksa as we saw here at the calorie temple a little while ago but it also shows the kind of dynamic the family is now in charge and even when we saw the swearing in of the prime minister you had the president go tubby rajapaksa his younger brother who went around the table and actually worshiped his brother once he saw him in as prime minister these are some of the kind of ways the family operates obviously a

president last november the rajapakse as have long been one of the country's most powerful families mahinda rajapaksa was already once president and many sri lankans praised him because he ended the long civil war but there were also accusations of austerity tarion ism nepotism and corruption. then came last year's easter sunday bombings in which more than 260 people were killed in islamist attacks the attacks made many sri lankans want to return to the rajapaksa family's sinhalese nationalist and buddhist agenda. hardly a year after the attacks rajapaksa was elected president now he and his brother are planning a major constitutional reform if as expected they come out ahead in the vote. critics say the right to pack says want to tighten their grip on power by getting rid of independent bodies that curb the power of the president but the opposition has not given up. any really we will definitely form a government with a heart that understands the wishes of the common man and find solutions for the problems faced by the people. recently. analysts have little doubt that the rajapaksa us will win the q

mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won the parliamentary election with a landslide there 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead with promise changes to the constitution u.s. health secretary alex assad has arrived in taiwan for the 1st high level visit by a top american official in 4 decades he's expected to meet taiwan's president china claims sovereignty over taiwan new zealand's marking 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the corona virus the only new cases have been a few returning travelers who've been quarantined at the border but prime minister just in toronto and has warned people to stay vigilant to avoid a 2nd wave well those are the headlines and i will have more news for you here on al-jazeera at one o one east stay with us. in russia and him a mixed martial arts is a phenomenon. in the city's hundreds of amateur fighters from top to a battle with few rules. they're. called deep in the caucasus mountains. train from morning till night hoping to fight their way out of poverty and become champions. you don't see it's

not in trade on cat mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in as the prime minister for now the 4th time his ruling party won wednesday's parliamentary election by landslide the teeth as majority means he now has the power to make promise changes to the constitution critics fan that will lead to an autocracy the prime minister was appointed by his brother and president rajapaksa are poor. women often and us saw the integration ceremony at the capitol. and mahinda rajapaksa is prime minister of sri lanka once again his 4th time around in the job obviously he swept the general elections concluded on the 5th of august with one of the highest number of preferential votes for a candidate ever over 5000000 votes now this paves the way for the s.l.p. be led by the rajapaksa to carry on with the work programme set out by president go tubby rajapaksa in his election bid in 2019 it's called the stars for prosperity and aims to take sri lanka forward dealing with some of the pressing issues that this country faces now obviously the consolidation of the rajapaksa hold on power has been confirmed with th

handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact may stay forever mahinda rajapaksa has just been sworn in as sri lanka's prime minister rajapaksa won the parliamentary election in a landslide his brother got a bye is the president that 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead with promise changes to the constitution holes have opened in belarus is presidential elections the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police svetlana to one of sky is running against alexander lukashenko. the u.s. health secretary is said to arrive in taiwan on sunday for the highest level visit by an american official in decades alex visits has prompted threats of retaliation from beijing the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the island success in fighting covert 19 china claims sovereignty over taiwan its imposed sanctions in response to previous u.s. arms sales to the island of former top saudi intelligence agents has been given heightened to take action in canada saddle jobbery filed a lawsuit in the u.s. on thursday accusing m

the governing party won a landslide election victory it paves the way for the prime minister mahinda rajapaksa and his brother president go to by a rajapaksa to amend the constitution. some 2000 houses have been left uninhabitable in the lebanese capital beirut after the explosion last week tens of thousands of businesses have been damaged or destroyed adding to the country's economic crisis. for the 1st time ever in the united states a black woman will run for the office of vice president after much anticipation presumptive democratic nominee joe biden has chosen senator conrad harris as his running mates for the elections on november the 2nd in a tweet confirming his pick mr biden praised sen harris's record on social justice saying i have the great honor to announce that i've picked common harris as a fearless fighter for the little guy one of the country's finest public servants as my running mate is what carla harris tweeted joe biden can unify the american people because he spent his life fighting for us and as president he will build an america that lives up to our ideals i'm honored to

support of the rajapaksa family essential commands here in sri lanka you did have a president mahinda rajapaksa voted out of office a century just one term ago but within that term we had the government essentially which call it of the good governance government that had a lot of plans a lot of promises came to power on sort of promises of bringing change and a sort of a new wind of change if you like from the rajapaksa but that failed miserably they did carry forward some sort of reform in terms of the constitution and things like that but ultimately they were such a great disappointment that the people of this country the larger number have realized that they want to go back to the larger passes because whatever that experiment of bringing in that good governance sort of regime just did not work and that the rajapakse is they feel have actually shorn and delivered in terms of what they've done most recently the handling the corona and before you know the glaring sort of intelligence failures that led to the easter bombings when you 19 so that's the reason the rajapaksa have maintained and sec

called the snap election in sri lanka people's front party which is led by brother prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is a frontrunner in these elections and if it holds a majority in parliament it will give the rajapaksa brothers more power and control over the island's politics the journal and the united national party are the main challengers the economy national security the pandemic and corruption just some of the major concerns among sri lankan voters now well let's speak to how should the silver in colombo he's a former sri lankan state minister and member of parliament good to have you with us so up until at least about an hour ago it seemed like the turnout was a little less than usual do you think it was the right decision to hold near election now amidst all the concerns over a pandemic. well i mean it was the choice of the president will have the election that soon as possible because he won the right don and they started up the president sitting next solo and also we've been campaigning in the long period of time usually a campaign is just maybe 6 weeks but this time it's been 4 months s

has taken nearly 60 percent of the votes the sri lanka people's front is led by got a by and mahinda rajapaksa who serve as president and prime minister now along with their allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president power to make sweeping changes to the constitution a parliament isn't expected to convene for another 2 weeks our correspondent alpha man does has more from the sri lankan capital. we're waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north to the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come together but we also heard that as early as next week we will have the prime minister my him that rajapaksa and his cabinet to be sworn in awaiting confirmation but talk of limiting the cabinet to 26 so obviously the rajapakse is not wasting any time in terms of carrying on with the work program that they had targeted for them serves they did ask for a mandate a strong sort of a support of 2 thirds which now with all of their own votes and their allies they have in parliament to

, hopes to install his elder brother and former president — current caretaker prime minister mahinda rajapaksaation. it's it‘s already been postponed thanks to covid—19. i‘m joined now by viraj solanki who‘s a research associate for south asia at the international institute for strategic studies here in london. thanks forjoining us. it has been postponed twice. pretty extraordinary election on several levels, just talk us through this. not only covid—19 but other factors as well. good to be with you, tim. yes this is an extraordinary election. the covid pandemic has forced the postponement of the election twice since it was first announced in march of this year. because of that there has been safety measures that the sri lankan authorities have had to implement to make sure that this election is safe to go ahead and that the health concerns have been addressed. that includes allowing voters to bring their own pens to mark ballot paper is ensuring social distancing, making sure that voters wear masks and having more polling stations, having more polling station officers, and even if they have t

hello i'm sam is a band this is live from doha also coming up mahinda rajapaksa is being sworn in as prime minister of sri lanka months after his brother became president. the main opposition candidate in belarus goes into hiding in a government crackdown on a day before the presidential election. donald trump signs executive orders for financial relief as talks of a new coronavirus rescue package collapse. international leaders will hold a virtual talks in the coming hours to raise aid for the lebanese capital bands as the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesday's huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at the ports france and the united nations set up a donor conference to help u.s. president donald trump has said he'll be joining the call. and it's estimated that the blast at the warehouse calls up to $15000000000.00 worth of damage at least $158.00 people were killed rescue workers are still searching for those missing more than $5000.00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000 homeless. alfredo the explosion spilled o

their hold on power in sri lanka with a dominating win in the country's parliamentary election mahinda rajapaksa will become prime minister is bothered by it will be the president and his men elephant unders reports from colombo they now plan to change the constitution. celebrations in the rajapaksa heartland reason a 2 thirds majority in sri lanka's new parliament on thursday will be sure queued to see incumbent prime minister mind the rajapaksa who secured the highest number of financial votes. sylvia would lead us into the unknown also paid and then we have 2 thirds majority in the parliament and i didn't know the country can be developed in a very short period to see all what is the discipline and also the theater in it in both these to know within the government this analyst says the strong support for prime minister rajapaksa and his brother who's president just 5 years after they voted out is a message from the people that. of democracy reforms and perhaps those reforms actually retarding guards which is also the main message the president has sent since his election. so that has been i t

with nearly 60 percent of the vote the sri lanka people's front is that by got the buyout and mahinda rajapaksa who served as president. and prime minister along with the allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution by a saltiest set of on a mother who is an executive director at the think tank the center for policy alternatives he says the opposition is we can divide is there a big challenges ahead. i think what's what average access enduring was reaching out that he would require a strong stable government in comparison to what happened to him before in the sort of governance which the prime minister and the president to part is very weak and vacillating and dr united so strong stable government also the assertion of the identity of the majority community there is also a strong single biggest car with a strong sense of you know centralized leadership authoritarianism barriers an emphasis on law and order and on decision ultimately we can't continue them and we do that to speak and i think things will start there is now i

talked about to both the president go tabio rajapaksa as well as his brother prime minister mahinda rajapaksa have asked for a man that essentially to change the constitution they have been complaining that the existing constitution after the last amendment the 19th amendment brought in by the previous government essential does not allow them to carry forward the program and the vision that they have for sure lanka so. they have been essentially some fears and concerns voiced by human rights activists civil rights defenders. to see that all the advances made in that previous 19th amendment which diluted somewhat the powers of the executive president in favor of parliament strengthen the hand of parliament brought in certain sort of supreme court oversight to executive actions as well as established a number of independent institutions which all hope to the governance of the rajapaksa have gone on record as saying that they want to change the constitution so that is something that if they have control of parliament and not just control but if they do secure that 2 thirds majority that's $150.0

called the snap poll sure as people's front or the p.p. a party led by his brother prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is a front runner in the elections now if the s.l. p.p. holds a majority in parliament it will give the rajapaksa brothers more power and control over the island's politics. of the s.p. j in the united national party are the s.l.p. peas main challengers the economy national security the pandemic and corruption some of the major concerns among sri lankan voters and and joins us now live from colombo so now. turn out looking. let me turn now to her from sri lankan elections perspective has been a kind of a relatively slow start we did see as polls open i was outside one of the polling booths in colombo there was a queue is obviously you have people who hear you know every time there's an election around are there right at the beginning before polls open they cast their vote some of them get on to work we did see a little bit of brisk activity but overall there was a vendor to bleed law number of voters so far obviously not discounting the fact that we have several hours left of voting i

temple in the central city of kandahar the election when paves the way for the prime minister mahinda rajapaksa and his brother president go to buy a rajapaksa to amend the constitution milf and in the capital colombo she says concerns are growing over the future of minorities under this new government. everyone is trying to the edge of what this government calls for for long in the future well the fact that we've had essentially a government that's not had to rely on minority votes for that massive victory is something that is a little bit of a concern because they've proved 1st of the presidential election in november $29000.00 and now at the parliamentary elections that they can pretty much go it alone and go it alone essentially to give them a 2 thirds majority a controlling stake in parliament so how that impacts on the way the mechanism of government takes place in terms of the actual cabinet that's been named there are 8 relatively few minority representatives of very much their supporters being included so as to how inclusive it's going to be or they feel this is it it had to be somethi

taken nearly 60 percent of the violet's the sri lanka people's front is led by gotta buy and mahinda rajapaksa he says as president and prime minister along with their allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority in getting the president power to make sweeping changes to the constitution. we told you earlier about the u.s. sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials well there's also tension between the u.s. and china over the ban of some popular chinese social media apps beijing is accusing washington of using national security as an excuse to suppress foreign firms on thursday president issued an executive order to block to talk and we chat in 45 days katrina you report from the chinese capital. the job news videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing. the chinese version of. the 25 year old uses the app every day and isn't surprised it's become so popular in the u.s. . we're very proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform as an example of chinese in january. she's alarmed by donald trump's executive order to ban tick tocks use there unless the app is so

majority this time critics however say it could see him and his brother the interim prime minister mahinda rajapaksa leaving power minal fernandez reports. well indeed i think his son dylan was inducted in september 2008. he was one of 11 young men kidnapped to be ransomed a group within the sri lankan navy including its highest ranking officers have been implicated. that we just want our child and 12 years we haven't been told whether he's alive or not so much information has been uncovered one can get away we don't even care if they do but the officers or whoever allowed this injustice must be punished human rights activists this and similar cases involving the disappearances of hundreds of tamils after the 26 year conflict with the tamil tigers will be forgotten in sri lanka and go to the polls on windy sri lanka people's party led by the rajapaksa brothers is expected to win. president hu top then prime minister mind sadly will protect war heroes who brought acute ensure national security subcommittee and bring prosperity. the president's party must come to power to take this program forward we

dementing the power of the rajapaksa brothers sure lanka people's front is led by go to buy and mahinda rajapaksa who serve as president and prime minister along with the allies it secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution india is now the 3rd country in the world to record 2000000 coronavirus cases a covert 19 count has doubled in just 3 weeks with a wreck or daily jump of more than 60000 new infections it puts the country behind only the united states and brazil for the most infections more than 41 and a half hours and people have died epidemiologists say india is still months away from hitting its peak it comes as india's serum institute has been awarded 150000000 dollars by the bill gates foundation to make $100000000.00 vaccine doses for india and other countries as well or experts on the island a martin rishis are attempting to save endangered coral reefs it's off to a ground a japanese tank has started leaking oil ipanema flagged ran aground off the indian ocean island 2 weeks ago with 4000 tons of oil on board and one of the ma

mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won the parliamentary election with a landslide there 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead with promise changes to the constitution u.s. health secretary alex assad has arrived in taiwan for the 1st high level visit by a top american official in 4 decades he's expected to meet taiwan's president china claims sovereignty over taiwan. new zealand's marking 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the corona virus the only new cases have been a few returning travis who've been quarantined at the border but prime minister just john has warned people to stay vigilant to avoid a 2nd wave all those in the headlines and i will have more news for you here on al-jazeera one o one east stay with us. in russia and him a mixed martial arts is a phenomenon. in this city hundreds of amateur fighters from top to a battle with few. deep in the caucasus mountains. train from morning till night hoping to find their way out of poverty and become a champion. i don't know if you it's a tough pop but the payoff. is goo

talked about to board to president gore tabio rajapaksa as well as his brother prime minister mahinda rajapaksa have asked for a man that essentially to change the constitution they have been complaining that the existing constitution after the last amendment the 19th amendment brought in by the previous government essential it does not allow them to carry forward the program and the vision that they have for sri lanka so they have been essentially some fears and concerns voiced by human rights activists civil rights defenders to say that all the advances made in that previous 1000th amendment which diluted somewhat the powers of the executive president in favor of parliament strengthen the hand of parliament brought in certain sort of supreme court oversight to executive actions as well as established a number of independent institutions which all hope to have the governance of the rajapakse as have gone on record as saying that they want to change the constitution so that is something that if they have control of parliament and not just control but if they do secure that 2 thirds majority tha

called the start election now the people's front party which is led by his brother prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is a frontrunner in these elections and if it holds a majority in parliament it will give the rajapaksa brothers more power and control over the island's politics the some. believe in god and the united national party its main challenges the economy national security and the pandemic as well as corruption are some of the major concerns amongst sri lankan voters enough and joins me now live from colombo and of course middle it's been a busy day for sri lankan voters the polls were supposed to close what's going on behind you. right now basically the action has shifted to her from obviously the 13000 or 30000 polling centers which closed a little while ago to counting centers like this this is one of the biggest counting centers one of 4 in the colombo district and this kind of activity replicated around the country as each district essentially gathers all the ballot boxes into those centralized counting centers now for the 1st time in sri lankan elections the counting of those votes wi

mending the power of the rajapaksa brothers the sri lanka people's front is led by gotta buy and mahinda rajapaksa is his president and prime minister along with their allies that secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution head to head is coming up next with mehdi hasan and then more news after that in about 25 minutes time i will see that do stay with al-jazeera by for now. the. news. hello i'm at the house and welcome to this special edition of head to head on how the global pandemic has put china in the crosshairs of some in the west due to the lockdown with departing from our usual fall out and going head to head with not one but 2 guests and without an audience. just as a u.s. china trade deal was signed. a novel coronavirus. and the finger pointing began. china's cover up of the han virus allow the disease to spread all over the world the pandemic picked up old wounds for decades china raided our factories was short our jobs gutted our industries but has the coronavirus blame game provided a convenient deflection from his own gover

mr rajapaksa wants this man, his brother mahinda, to be his prime minister.his defence secretary. the election is happening amid the unprecedented coronavirus crisis. sri lanka has managed to contain the outbreak, with the deaths onlyjust into double figures. the entire world is not subject to covid—i9 infection. successfully and to save its own citizens.

landslide victory in parliamentary elections the sri lanka people's front is led by the rajapaksa brothers got a by and mahinda who serve as president and prime minister a japanese carrier that ran aground off the coast of malicious late last month has started leaking oil the panama flag has about $4000.00 tons of oil on board which could threaten valuable coral reefs. well those are the headlines i will have another news update for you here on al-jazeera. do stay with us. to cope with our growing population we have tripled our exploitation of natural resources in just 40 years as a result of the fast expansion of mining industrial scale farming fishing and other human activities natural ecosystems have lost nearly half the area and $1000000.00 plant and animal species a facing extinction without the ecological nets works which regulate our planet's from cleaning and water to providing food we simply cannot survive but there is still time we meet the pioneers striving to protect 2 of our most valuable remaining ecosystems. brydon sweden where an inventive clothing company is using groundbreaking technology to

mr rajapaksa wants this man, his brother mahinda, to be his prime minister.nce secretary. the election is happening amid the unprecedented coronavirus crisis. sri lanka has managed to contain the outbreak, with the deaths onlyjust into double figures. the entire world is now subject to covid—19 infection. sri lanka is one of the best countries to face it successfully and to save its own citizens. the president, gota baya raja pa ksa, has shown he's a unique leader, and because of that, people have a new hope. however, the rajapaksa brothers still face accusations of rights abuses during the war with the tamil rebels which ended in 2009. they deny any wrongdoing, but the rajapaksas' supporters, mostly drawn from the majority sinhalese, dismiss the criticism over rights abuses. sri lanka has enjoyed a relative political stability for the last nine months, especially after the devastating easter sunday bomb attacks last year. president gotabaya raja pa ksa's party wants to capitalise on that to secure a two—thirds majority in parliament so that they can change t

landslide victory in parliamentary elections the sri lanka people's front is led by the rajapaksa brother scott a by and mahinda who serve as president and prime minister the japanese carrier that ran aground off the coast of mauritius in late july has started leaking oil the panama flag was sheer has about $4000.00 tons of it on board that's enough to threaten nearby valuable coral reefs. well those are the headlines i'll have more news here for you to inside story. the saudi crown prince a lawsuit and an alleged murder wells that have been so money is being sued in the u.s. accused of another attempt to kill a dissident a group so you should saudi activists in exile be worried they risk the same fate as jamal khashoggi there is a story. hello and welcome to the program on iran can a man with close ties to the saudi royal family falls out with a crown prince and goes into exile and is targeted with assassination it sounds like what happened to journalist jamal khashoggi who was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 but this is the story of a former top saudi intelligence official saw the job or h

south asia to hold a general vote during the pandemic president got to buy rajapaksa is hoping to install his brother mahinda as prime minister carabine to caliphate is the program coming up next what happened asking what happened to the men and women who left trinidad and tobago to join i still will have more news from doha off them. caribbean states are trying to fake a new president being famous for its spectacular conduct putting 2017 we reported on a more sinister reputation it was then developing as the nation with the highest group in right to ice in the western hemisphere so what happened to the young trinidadians who went to join islamic state for this update to that sage giuliana rufus has been finding at. the end. just in the euphrates in my house wonders same crowfoot has just bush to prepare for prayer in syria the year is 2013 and cruel foot is believed to be the 1st islamic state recruit from the caribbean island of trinidad and tobago. everybody but one by one here. and this is cruel for its best friend for reading this stuff seen here training snipers in a recruitment video made by islamic s

they can now amend the constitution to expand powers for president gotabaya rajapaksa and to ensure that his older brother mahinda takes his job as prime minister. residents and tourists have been evacuated from an italian resort on the border with france. the heatwave has created water around 500 cubic meters under the glossy at roughly the size of the cathedral. for the thousands of families who lost loved ones in syria's torture chambers, the truth behind their debts is coming to life. -- deaths is coming to light. photos were smuggled by a syrian army photographer. hundreds of victims have been identified thanks to a new effort to identify the bodies shown in thehe photos. many families are makining devastating discoveries. reporter: for this syrian mother, closurure didn'n't bring comfort. "that's him," she says. a photograph was all she was shown. "for years i waited by the entrance of my home, waiting to see him with my own eyes. until they showed me the pictures of him dead. i wish i had died and not seen this picture.e. there is no one who was more caring then you." -- than him." now living in a camp in

sweeping changes to the constitution the issue lanka people's front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to buy and mahinda who serve as president and prime minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but it's raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and public services that speak to our correspondent in colombo sri lanka's capital me now fernandez min there so a supermajority for the rajapaksa brothers how were they able to achieve this. basically it's the confidence of people have in the end rajapakse of machinery fully despite having sort of criticisms of authoritarianism and dominance obviously for the people of this country it's the p.p. and thereby the rajah parks's that are going to work for them in the most recent past we've had obviously this huge crisis and challenge of the coronavirus pandemic and their handling of it the present go to parks is handling of it has evoked a lot of confidence in the people who contrasted with the shambles the last government made of the whole easter bombings a year ago so that's why it

landslide victory in parliamentary elections the sri lanka people's front is led by the rajapaksa brothers got a bar of mahinda who served as president and prime minister. david 1000 infections of purse 2000000 in india with more than 62000 cases reported in the last 24 hours it has the most highest number of infections after the us and herself. china has accused the us of political manipulation to the us president issued an executive order banning business with 2 tech giants it blocks any transaction with the parent company of social media to talk and the owner of messenger we chat the sweeping restrictions come into effect in 45 days but talkers threaten legal action trump says the chinese are gathering users data for beijing and pose a threat to u.s. national security may have aren't you the u.s. taking national security as an excuse frequently abuses national power and unreasonably suppresses companies of other countries this is an outright hedge a monic act china is firmly opposed to it jim anderson is the chief executive of social flow a tech firm which helps media companies there he says a lack of trust

in south asia to hold a general vote during the pandemic president gotta buy rajapaksa is hoping to install his brother mahinda as prime minister caribbean to caliphate is the program coming up next what happened asking what happened to the men and women who left trinidad and tobago to join myself will have more news from doha off them. what. caribbean states are turned into fake and has long been famous for its spectacular conduct putting 2017 we reported on the most sinister reputation it was then developing as the nation with the highest of group and right to ice in the western hemisphere so what happened to the young trinidadians who went to join islamic state for this update to that sage giuliana rufus has been finding at.

landslide victory in parliamentary elections these people's front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to buy and mahinda who serve as president and prime minister . factions the past 2000000 in india with more than 62000 cases reported in the last 24 hours has the 3rd highest number of infections after the u.s. and brazil china's accuse the u.s. of political manipulation after president donald trump issued an executive order banning business with 2 tech giants it blocks any transaction with the parent company of the social media talk and the owner of the messenger app we chat to talk has threatened legal action. spain's former king juan carlos has reportedly been staying in abu dhabi since leaving spain on monday a spanish newspaper a.b.c. says one carlos flew to the u.a.e. on board a private jet the spanish courts are investigating him for money laundering and tax evasion allegations tied to a business deal with saudi arabia hundreds of afghan leaders scholars and elders are meeting in kabul to negotiate a peace deal with the taliban the loya jirgah talks are the last hurdle to the start of negotiation

mahinda rajapakse has been sworn in as the prime minister of sri lanka by his brother the country's president rajapaksa a populist secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last wednesday observers say that should give him a big enough majority to cement his power by passing legislation that would change the constitution. gunman in the share have killed 6 french citizens along with their tour guide and a driver the group had been visiting a wildlife park east of the capital niamey french president emanuel mccall condemned the attack and said french backed efforts to fight jihad is in the region would continue. the prime minister of marriages has warned that a ship leaking oil into the ocean is cracking threatening an even bigger ecological disaster more than a 1000 tons of fuel have already seeped into the sea polluting coral reefs beaches and lagoons another 200000 tons of fuel remain aboard for. the afghan government has agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners the country's grand assembly approves the move which was endorsed by president ashraf ghani he wants to pave the way for peace ta

mahinda rajapakse has been sworn in as the prime minister of sri lanka by his brother the country's president rajapaksa populist secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last wednesday observers say that should give him a big enough majority to cement his power by passing legislation that would change the constitution. more than 40 people have been confirmed dead after a landslide at a tea plantation in the southern indian state of carola nearly 2 dozen people are feared trapped it happened after heavy rain hit the plantation in dukie district in the early hours of friday when workers were still sleeping. the prime minister of marine has warned that a ship leaking oil into the ocean is cracking threatening an even bigger ecological disaster more than a 1000 tons of fuel have already seeped into the sea polluting coral reefs beaches and lagoons another 2 and a half 1000 tons of fuel remain aboard. well the afghan government has agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners the country's grand assembly approves the move which was indorsed by president ashraf ghani he wants to pave the way for pea