of the territory held by half ending his bid to capture the capital from iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with corona virus he added another 35000000 could be at risk of infection iran has officially reported about $271000.00 cases but rouhani is office says is much higher figures are based on research estimates by the health ministry further restrictions are being enforced around the country after a surge in new cases. yankee has no card to get. him one of the most important matters is it here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 25000000 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days it is possible that $30.00 to $35000000.00 citizens are at risk to be infected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who will be hospitalized will double it is possible that the virus will continue until march al-jazeera same as robbie h

and iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with coronavirus iran has officially reported about 270000 cases. e.u. leaders have ended a 2nd day of talks on a coronavirus bailout plan with no deal they're negotiating an $860000000000.00 economic rescue package but they've struggled to agree on issues like how much should be made available as loans and grants as there is not in barbers following developments from london. well we have seen concessions on saturday to the so-called frugal for the netherlands sweden denmark and austria who'd been calling for less of this recovery fun to be in terms of grants and more in terms of loans shall michele the e.u. council president suggesting that the grants section could be reduced from $560000000000.00 to $500000000000.00 another call from particularly from the netherlands was any country could effectively have a veto over the particular member states covered recovery spending plans something that is very worrying really for the likes of spain and italy who are likely to be

than 7300 new deaths that's the biggest daily increase since maine tends iran's president has son rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the iranian population have been infected with the coronavirus in a televised speech on saturday he said another 35000000 are at risk of infection iran has officially reported about 271000 cases but one his office says is much higher figures a based on research estimates by the health ministry for the restrictions are being forced in the capital tehran and elsewhere after a surge in new cases the virus has killed almost $14000.00 the radiance same bus drivers in tehran with more on president rouhani statement. hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months he was clarifica

hassan rouhani says another 35000000 who are risk of contracting the virus. european council president charles michelle's offered a compromise to break a deadlock over an e.u. coronavirus economic recovery plan the new proposal offers more money in loans rather than grants for countries that need those loans the chancellor of austria said talks in brussels are difficult but they going in the right direction there's a protest march underway in a northern french town in memory of them a troll ray a young black man who died in police custody 4 years ago driver who was arrested on his birthday after running away from offices who approached him for an id check but hours later he was declared dead nobody's ever been convicted over his death in the u.s. congressman john lewis has died at the age of $83.00 it was a pioneer of the civil rights movement and an organizer of the 1963 march on the show too. up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera people in the next. 6 years ago an island secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant wo

correspondent in tripoli the iranian president hassan rouhani has said 25000000 iranians could have been infected by coronavirus that's more than a quarter of the population some of the 35000000 are at risk and the real figures from the health ministry are far higher than the official number iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east. has no card to get favorable one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 25000000 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days it is possible that $30.00 to $35000000.00 citizens are at risk to be infected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who will be hospitalized will double it is possible that the virus will continue until march. well to put that in context for you johns hopkins university which is tracking the pandemic puts the number of cases globally in just over 14000000 and says iran has more than 271000 con

well came just hours since that meeting this morning when president hassan rouhani came out with a number that seems hard to believe seems very alarming the latest daily figures came out for iran with far lower death and infection rates than one would presume from present on his comments and in the last hour or 2 we've seen clarification from the science committee of president hassan rouhani is national corona task force that committee has been trying to clarify the president's comments saying that the number that mr rouhani was referring to includes those people that tested positive it seems for antibodies of the coronavirus family and they said that their official actual figures for infection include those that have been hospitalized that of gotten positive tests for a swab tests not necessarily for antibody test so perhaps the better term wouldn't be infected it would be exposed to the virus now the president's comments whether they were a gaffe or whether they were a purposeful warning flare for the iranian people to tell them to continue to take this seriously the point is that the p

peace table a motion to question president hassan rouhani on a range of issues. polls are now closed in croatia's parliamentary elections the vote is happening during a recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic a tight race between the governing center right h d z party and its main rival the social democratic party had been predicted well tanya novak is live in the korean capital grab time to be having the any indication of how people have been voting. while the polls have closed in precis and we have the exit polls announced by a local t.v. stations by those exit polls gratian democrat he said. the most seats in parliament 61 seats. goes to crazy democratic union now that is enough to fall and not enough to form the government but if they make a call this in with the whole men movement which has been in 16 seats that would be 77 seats and that is more than enough to form a government right up to those elections if those 2 quite can agree on the call this in which they already hinted that this is not something that might be impossible now home. the mint is

so much higher here's a master of the in teheran with more on those dramatic claims by president rouhani . this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months there was clarification from the secretary of the science committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those were people that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he also made the point of illustrating that actual figures of infection and death that iran compiles that it then sends out to the world official confirmed figures those come from people who are hospital

iran's president rouhani says his country can't afford another lockdown, as it faces a second wave ofavirus infections. also on the programme — tributes to jack charlton. one of the stars of england's 1966 world cup winning football team has died at the age of 85. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre. thousands of muslims were murdered by bosnian serb foces in 1995. it was the largest mass murder of the war in former yugoslavia and the worst in europe since the second world war. campaigners say relatives of the victims would not tire of battling those who deny genocide. guy de launey reports. it's taken a quarter of a century, but these victims of the srebrenica massacre are finally being laid to rest. surviving family members are here to pay their respects, as their loved ones are buried in the cemetery, alongside 7000 other people and there is still room for around 1000 more victims whose remains have yet to be identified. coronavirus limited attendance at the commemoration, so world leaders offered their thoughts via vide

we begin in iran where the president hassan rouhani says 25000000 iranians have been infected by the coronavirus that's more than a quarter of the population rouhani says another 35000000 are at risk in the real figures from the health ministry or far higher than the official number iran is the hardest hit country anywhere in the middle east has no card to get paid leave out of mohammed one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 25000000 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days. it is possible that 30 to 35000000 citizens are at risk to be affected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who will be hospitalized will double it is possible the virus will continue until march. well to put this in context johns hopkins university which is tracking the pandemic puts the number of cases globally at just over 40000000 and says iran has confirmed more than

that's more than a quarter of the entire population mr rouhani also said another $35000000.00 are at risk of contracting the virus. european council presidential michelle has offered a compromise to break a deadlock over the coronavirus recovery from talks about end to the 2nd day in brussels. iran has sent the black box flight recorders from january issue craney an aircraft crash to from still be analyzed there the boeing 737 was shot down by an iranian missile killing old 176 people on board iran did later acknowledged what it called a disastrous mistake a few days ago miscommunication and 14 asylum and we're being blamed. tens of thousands of protesters in the far east of russia are rallying against the arrest of a popular governor. surrogate for girl governor of cut offs region was arrested last week and flew into moscow he's accused of plotting the murders of his business rivals 15 years ago supporters in his home region say the accusations are politically motivated. tensions remain in mali today even as diplomats from across the region continue their efforts to reach an agreeme

the moderate president rouhani and his cabinet have done a good job in fact they think that iran hasn't benefited in fact they think that iran is worse off and that's why foreign minister javad zarif had such a hostile reception in his defense. said that iran was winning on the diplomatic front he said that the united states was increasingly isolated at the united nations and the security council back to 2015 nuclear deal and try to preserve it and in his defense of being called a liar. farmers to divulge recent that the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei himself have called give us the courageous brave and frank now the parliament has put forward a letter asking president rouhani to come to parliament to answer questions. there is growing suspicion about a string of fires and explosions in iran the latest a fire power station and knocked out electricity in the city. in the past week a number of sensitive sites have been hit by suspicious fires including a patch of chemical plant a weapons development base and a nuclear facility a black lives matter activist has died in the u.s. city of

sanctions so what president rouhani is essentially saying is that the economy cannot deal with it but also he acknowledged that the government does fear that there will be opposition from the public and it was only in november last year that we saw widespread protests against the government fuel price increase but the government trying that made face masks mandatory in enclosed spaces they've been running campaigns on state t.v. telling people that the crown of ours is no joke but they do face a challenge according to the health ministry adherence to social distancing and some of those regulations started off 80 percent at the start of the pandemic now is down to 10 percent but here is that iran support centers that have close contact sports are not now closed so he pulls up close and reception holds that host wedding ceremonies and mourning ceremonies of have been told not to host those and that's seen as a key factor in the spread of the virus now president rouhani did go on to say that iran has dealt with the virus better than some european countries something that he said in the p

well meanwhile iran's president hassan rouhani says that 25000000 people more than a quarter of iran's population have been infected with corona virus in a televised speech on saturday he said another 35000000 or risk of infection iran has officially reported about 271000 cases but when his office says his much higher figures are based on research estimates by the health ministry further restrictions are being forced in the capital tehran and elsewhere after a surge in new cases the virus has killed nearly 14000 the reagans same bus driver he is in tehran for us with more on president rouhani statement. this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months he was clarification from the secretary of the science

piece of table the motion to question president haass on rouhani on issues ranging from the pandemic to climbing inflation for more on this let's bring in a said the big in teheran these are really quite extraordinary scenes i said and for a minute mr jevons said if he has had a busy week but today hasn't really worked out who was doing the heckling and why were they doing it. no it didn't go well for him he was there to make a statement regarding recent events in the 2050 nuclear deal and as you said he was repeatedly heckled interrupted and called a liar now this is a conservative parliament that was vote. yet this year in an election that saw the lowest turnout since the revolution and it returned to parliament with the most conservative parliament we've seen since the revolution 41 years ago now conservatives haven't made any secret of the fact that they don't like the 2050 nuclear deal and they don't think president rouhani the moderate president rouhani and his cabinet have done a good job in fact they think that iran hasn't benefited in fact they think that iran is worse off a

supreme leader if they listen then they could be accused of toeing the line and holding president rouhani to account i said very al-jazeera the horizon. now aid groups a bit deeply concerned over the restrictions on the flow of aid into syria the un security council agreed to a compromise that leaves only one border crossing with taki open and stead of the previous 2. reports. there nearly a decade of conflict the syrians are now facing even more uncertainty nearly 4000000 are in camps stranded on the border with turkey they live in a rebel held territory in the north west while relying on international a bubble however is a lifeline for the 3000000 syrians in italy a province about asylum or which was the main entry point for a channel to civilians in general. and i freend has been shut down after russian pressure for many civilians this could have catastrophic consequences when i think. we're facing a shortage of aid to food and clothes the important thing is bread people can't afford to buy it from outside we need basics like we saw sugar and cooking oil and it has. them the situation

supreme leader if they listen then they could be accused of toeing the line and holding president rouhani to account i said very al-jazeera the house. as a by john and are accusing each other of launching military action along their border as a john says 2 of its soldiers were killed i mean it denies acting aggressively and says its positions were attacked with artillery shells and fighting over the nagorno-karabakh region for decades. the e.u. says talks to resolve one of europe's most deadlocked territorial disputes are back on track between serbia and kosovo e.u. leaders facilitated the 1st meetings between cos of its prime minister of the o.t. and the serbian president alexander virtue since talks broke down 2 years ago serbia refuses to recognize kosovo's declaration of independence they are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday. the u.k. is planning a $900000000.00 investment to improve its border security after brags that the government says the plan will create new border control posts and increase the number of staff by $500.00 the u.k. leads the e.u. customs union the

iran's president rouhani says the country can't afford to go back into the despite a sharp rise in new corona virus infections number of cases in iran has now passed a quarter of a 1000000. calls pro-democracy campus holding a primary foeticide on its candidates for september's by just sort of council elections they say nubian post security nor is threatening freedom territory. before the thing called us has refused to renew the operating license of the country's biggest broadcaster more rights groups are calling a dark day for press freedom and the reports from the news there is a dish at the deny a.b.c.'s french application is here but adopted it is seen as a crushing blow to press freedom 70 out of 84 lawmakers voted against the renewal of the broadcast license of the country's biggest media network e.b.'s c.b.s. . it looks highly political highly highly political but that being said i respect. their decisions and i respect what they have done all my will except that it's painful. the ruling a spark to public outrage and criticism of congress where most members are allied with the p

prompted conservatives who gained a majority in elections this year to turn on president has and rouhani and his reformists. would he shouldn't have emotional and irrational reactions should be why isn't justified sometimes you don't agree with an opinion 100 percent these may be normal political differences but iran has also suffered an explosion at a suspected missile site and a fire at its natanz nuclear plant in recent weeks which iran has said could cause delays for parts of its program to sort out to join in addition to there's been financial damage but thank god no casualties. an admission of damage but no indication of what the cause was or who was behind it some outside the country have pointed the finger at israel and the us the supreme leader reminding his parliament of the threat the country faces and how they must stand together against the u.s. there are attempts by conservative politicians to someone president rouhani to parliament to face questions and there's even talk of impeachment it's not clear if the eye to those remarks will stop this course of action if they don't

iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people that's more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with corona virus iran has officially reported about 271000 cases but rouhani has offices his much higher figures a based on research estimates by the health ministry. has no call to get favorable more him one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 20 $5000000.00 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days it is possible that $30.00 to $35000000.00 citizens are at risk to be infected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who would be hospitalized will double it is possible the virus will continue until march. israelis have been protesting against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic police used water cannon and protesters in west jerusalem trying to spurs the crowds israel will impose restrictions after a surge in ca

supreme leader if they listen then they could be accused of toeing the line and holding president rouhani to account i said very al-jazeera the hard. russian mining company in norilsk nickel has reported another fuel spill and the arctic the company says $45.00 tons of aviation fuel have spilled from a pipeline on the get on skid tundra and already under pressure off to $21000.00 tons of diesel leaks from a power plant in a contaminating land rivers and a lake connected to the sea russia's environmental watchdog has demanded more than $2000000000.00 in compensation. in eastern china hundreds of emergency crews are battling a large oil refinery fire and province 2 people are missing and 3 others have been injured a local government report says the incident was caused by hot weather which led to a fire while someone was working on a storage tank all nearby residents have been removed. or one of malaysia's leading independent news portals is facing contempt of court proceedings over reader comments criticizing the judiciary malaysiakini is editor in chief steven gan has arrived at a federal

supreme leader if they listen then they could be accused of toeing the line and holding president rouhani to account. al-jazeera the one. investigators in iran blamed the accidental downing of a ukrainian aircraft on a misaligned missile battery and a lack of communication with commanders 176 people were killed when flight 752 were shot down by the military near tehran in january initially denied the plane had been hit but later admitted it was shot down by mistake western leaders have repeatedly called for a full and transparent investigation. well in half a 1000000 people have turned to vote in hong kong's 1st ever democratic primary elections the vote will decide which candidates stand in hong kong's legislative council elections in september that's the 1st such poll since the new national security law was imposed by beijing less than 2 weeks ago in a historical part of. the race for the 1st ever democratic primaries heated up as long form in one of the hottest days of the summer the voters task was to choose the person they believe would best represent them and september's legislative

mr rouhani warned that if all activity was stopped, people would protest against the chaos.to the streets of tel aviv in israel to protest against the government's economic handling of the coronavirus pandemic. while salaried staff have been furloughed, the self—employed and young people complain that compensation promised has been slow to arrive. police in south africa say they've rescued hostages in a church on the outskirts ofjohannseburg. five people were killed after gunmen stormed the church, reportedly after an argument over its leadership. the bbc has learned that a former islamic state group fighter has died in a prison, run by kurdish forces in a region of syria that they control. ishak mostefaoui left the uk to fight against the syrian regime in 2014, and later had his british citizenship revoked. he was killed in the notorious hassak uh prison where many is fighters are held. daniel sandford reports. this was ishak mostefaoui when he was filmed by a bbc team last october. detained in deteriorating conditions in north—east syria. it is all very bad. from food, med

well president rouhani has just confirmed what many people here thought would happen that a shop shut down or a lock down won't be reimposed and that's because the economy just can't gillet it going into this pandemic inflation is around 41 percent the country has seen an increase in unemployment the currency has lost value against the us dollar but also the economy is on the u.s. sanctions so what president hollande is essentially saying is that the economy cannot deal with it but also he acknowledged that the government does fear that there will be opposition from the public and it was only in november last year that we saw widespread protests against the government fuel price increase but the government are trying they've made face masks mandatory in enclosed spaces they've been running campaigns on state t.v. telling people that the krona virus is no joke but they do face a challenge according to the health ministry adherence to social distancing and some of those regulations started off 80 percent of the start of the pandemic now is down to 10 percent but here at the sports cente

possibility of sincere negotiation from the iranian side under president ahmadinejad but president rouhani with a different approach had a diplomatic triumph all 'd 7 countries benefited in terms of their national security in terms of their economy and in terms of their international prestige when they reached the j c.p.o. way agreement that all of those benefits economic political diplomatic are still there to be had with a different u.s. administration well that's bringing. in berlin you're a seasoned diplomat. is there a sense of frustration at the trumpet ministrations handling of the iranian issue within germany but particularly within the european union. yes of course there is and we had yesterday the declaration of the high representative of the rippin union were rel regarding the way and he made it very clear that the european signatories will do their utmost to be committed to a and to uphold it because as it was said ready before we need to wait we can't now leave it and it would be a pity if iran now would take the opportunity to leave it because there are certain things we are

actually be a lot higher more with same bus ravi now in iran on the dramatic claims by president rouhani. this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months there was clarification from the secretary of the science committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those were people that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he also made the point of illustrating the actual figures of infection and death that iran compiles that it then sends out to the world official confirmed figures those come from people who are hospitaliz

rouhani didn't explain what the new estimate was based on andd uranians to take the virus seriously.ir starting today reinstated restrictions on some public spaces like coffee shops, zoos, and pools. >> sreenivasan: as we reflect on john lewis' civil rights legacy amid the on-going demonstrations in support of black lives matter, author mikki kendall says it's also time for a moment of reckoning for modern-day feminism. her book, "hood feminism: notes from the women that a movement forgot," is a new york best seller and addresses the issues surroundi. black femini newshour weekend's christopher booker has more. >> reporte despite having itten extensively about gender, intersectionality and sexual assault, writer mikki kendall considers herself only an occasional feminist. in her most recent writing, the "hood feminism," k laysller bare just how and why she at times struggles to find coon cause with modern feminism. >> hood feminism is the feminist working class of people who live in inner cities, rural communities, who absolutely have to make way out of no y, regardless of jargon-- you

the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has said that 25 million iranians have now been infected withimes the official number. in a televised speech, mr rouhani did not explain the discrepancy, but said the figures were based on a new ministry of health report. 14000 iranians have officially lost their lives to covid—19. iran has been the country worst hit by the coronavirus in the middle east. a fire at a cathedral in the city of nantes in western france is thought to have been started deliberately . around 100 firefighters have been tackling the blaze, which totally destroyed the cathedral‘s great organ. the fire has now been brought under control. one of bollywood's most famous actresses, aishwarya rai bachan, has been taken to hospital after testing positive for covid—19. she's being treated at mumbai's nanavati hospital according to reports. her daughter has also been admitted. aishwarya's husband abhishek and father—in—law amitaab bachan — both also considered bollywood royalty — have been in hospital since last saturday with the virus. people who've been given credit notes for

mr rouhani warned that if all activity was stopped, people would protest against the chaos.al to protest against the government's economic handling of the coronavirus pandemic. while salaried staff have been furloughed, there are comcerns that the young and the self—employed are waiting too long for compensation. security forces in mali have arrested two of the leaders of the opposition coalition directing protests against president keita. they were detained on saturday, a day after thousands took to the streets of the capital, and four protesters were killed. there are growing calls for the president to step down over mali's worsening security crisis and growing economic difficulties five people have been killed after attackers stormed a church in south african, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership. police say they rescued men, women and children from a "hostage situation." they also arrested at least 40 people and seized dozens of weapons. in the uk the number of people reported to have died in the past 24—hour period after testing positive for coronavirus stand

mr rouhani warned that if all activity was stopped, people would protest against the chaos.nd way. this is the only way. one of bollywood's biggest ice has been hospitalised. one of bollywood's biggest stars has been hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus. in a tweet to his 41 million followers, amitabh bachchan says he's asking anyone who's had close contact with him in recent days, to get tested. the 77—year—old has appeared in over 200 indian films in a career spanning more than five decades let's speak to haroon rashid, entertainment reporter for bbc‘s asian network. we have actually had breaking news in the last few moments that amitabh bachchan‘s son who is also a very well—known actor in his own right has also tested positive for a coronavirus. as you mentioned, amitabh bachchan tweeted just over an hourago amitabh bachchan tweeted just over an hour ago saying, i have tested covid positive and the hospital is informing authorities. family and staff have undergone tests and are awaiting results and everybody who has been in close proximity to me in the las

the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has said that 25 million iranians have now been infected withlevised speech, mr rouhani did not explain the discrepancy, but said the figures were based on a new ministry of health report. 14,000 iranians have officially lost their lives to covid —nineteen. iran has been the country worst hit by the coronavirus in the middle east. president trump has vowed not to order americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. his remarks, given in an interview with fox news, appear to contradict the country's top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, who has urged all americans to wear masks to prevent a further rise in cases. there have been more than 139,000 deaths in the us, the highest death toll in the world. germany has been relying on testing, tracing — and now mobile phone technology — to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. more than 15 million people in the country have downloaded a tracking app which automatically notifies users if they've been in contact with an infected person. jenny hill has sent this rep

the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has said that 25 million iranians have now been infected withr rouhani did not explain the discrepancy, but said the figures were based on a new ministry of health report. 111,000 iranians have officially lost their lives to covid—19. iran has been the country worst hit by the coronavirus in the middle east. one of bollywood‘s most famous actresses, aishwarya rai bachchan, has been taken to hospital after testing positive for covid—19 earlier this week. she‘s being treated at mumbai‘s nanavati hospital according to reports. her daughter aaradhya has also been admitted. aishwarya‘s husband abhishek and father—in—law amitabh bachchan — both also considered bollywood royalty — have been in hospital since saturday with the virus. i‘ve been speaking to the bbc asian network‘s harron rashid about this — he gave me the latest. what we know is that last weekend exactly a week ago, one of bollywood‘s biggest stars was admitted to hospital after suffering mild symptoms after testing positive for covid—19. later that evening his son was also admitted to ho

but who knew you in rouhani has more now on china's reaction to the order. certainly beijing is furious about this china's foreign ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented escalation even listed a number of actions he said the us government had taken against chinese people in the u.s. in recent months he said that chinese diplomats there had been subjected to intimidation harassment in some cases detention he also said that chinese students were increasingly being interrogated that personal electronic devices were being confiscated and searched he also said that there would incident at least one chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouch is was searched without permission that chinese official items were also confiscated both of these would be violations of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the chinese embassy in the u.s. had received a number of bomb threats and death threats and he accus

that the united states and europe could never be trusted now they've summoned a president hassan rouhani to parliament also on this talk of impeachment but fos the supreme leader is concerned he's looking at the bigger picture economies still in the u.s. sanctions they're dealing with a coronavirus pandemic and there's been a number of suspicious incidents one there was an explosion at a suspected missile site and one at natanz nuclear facility so he's call for unity in the face of the u.s. and he said that the united states is using economic approach. political and propaganda means to bring iran to its knees so he said to parliamentarians well you have a right to question ministers and government but behave and do it in a manner that is acceptable to the people but also show solidarity in the face of u.s. aggression as a by john and armenia are accusing each other of launching military action along their border as about john says 2 of its soldiers were killed. denies acting aggressively and says its positions were attacked with artillery shells have been fighting over the nagorno-karaba

s have also table to most into question president hassan rouhani had begun to her on has more. the parliament is a conservative parliament now this was voted in earlier this year in what was one of the record lows turnouts this country has seen since the revolution 41 years ago and it's the most conservative parliament we've seen for 41 years now the conservatives have made no secret about the fact that the not onboard with the nuclear deal they don't like how it was handled by the moderate president hassan rouhani and he's government and that's why there was so and t.j. of all of the reef today because they don't think that this has benefited iran in fact they think iran has come of worse. the coronavirus death toll in mexico has now passed 30000 that's the 5th highest in the world it's also reported a record number of cases over the past few days some restrictions are now being reimposed in the capital mexico city. the number of people who have died in ethiopia since the killing of a popular singer and activist has nearly doubled to 166 officials blame the deaths on the respo

mr rouhani warned that if all activity was stopped, people would protest against the chaos.e leaders of the opposition coalition directing protests against president keita. they were detained on saturday, a day after thousands took to the streets of the capital, and four protesters were killed. there are growing calls for the president to step down over mali's worsening security crisis and growing economic difficulties. five people have been killed after attackers stormed a church in south african, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership. police say they rescued men, women and children from a "hostage situation" — they also arrested at least a0 people and seized dozens of weapons. thousands of israelis have taken to the streets of tel aviv to protest against the government's economic handling of the coronavirus pandemic. people say that insufficient aid has been offered to small business owners and those in the hard—hit entertainment and hospitality industries. people complain that compensation promised has been slow to arrive. rachel stanton reports. they turned out

s have also tabled a motion to question president hassan rouhani. more governments around the world are being forced to reimpose coronavirus restrictions ofter easing national lockdowns to boost the battered economies among them as mexico where the death toll has passed $30000.00 that's the 5th highest in the world it's also reported a record number of cases over the past few days the new measures are being reimposed in the capital of mexico city and the center of pits he has been monitoring developments from colombia's capital bogota. mexicans are increasingly confused about what's happening in their country a lot of it has to do with the fact that president lopez obrador is insisting on the need of reopening the economy making sure that people get back to work even if the numbers keep rising and even if both the president and the secretary held their . 'd tell had weeks ago said that the country was very close to reaching the peak or had already done so and they were expecting a written doctrine in the number of cases by now well the opposite seem

the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has said that 25 million iranians have now been infected withicial number. in a televised speech, mr rouhani did not explain the discrepancy, but said the figures were based on a new ministry of health report. 111,000 iranians have officially lost their lives to covid —nineteen. iran has been the country worst—hit by the coronavirus in the middle east. president trump has vowed not to order americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. his remarks, given in an interview with fox news, appear to contradict the country's top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, who has urged all americans to wear masks to prevent a further rise in cases. there have been more than 139,000 deaths in the us — the highest death toll in the world. one of bollywood's most famous actresses, aishwarya rai bachchan, has been taken to hospital after testing positive for covid—19 earlier this week. she's being treated at mumbai's nanavati hospital according to reports. her daughter aaradhya has also been admitted. aishwarya's husband abhishek and

s have also table the motion to question president hassan rouhani saying his policies have led to the current economic crisis. well latin america is home to just 8 percent of the world's population but the region accounts for about half of all krone virus related deaths cases have tripled in just a month brazil and mexico are the worst affected nations leaders are being criticized for putting the economy ahead of people's lives india has reported 25000 new infections a daily record a more than 600 deaths and in iran while it's recorded its highest one day death toll and it's made wearing masks compulsory while countries are imposing restrictions again as cases surge kazakhstan and the capital of madagascar and are back under lockdown well an outbreak in the australian city of melbourne is prompting the indefinite closure of the border between the 2 most populous states nicholas cage joins me now live from the capital can but it does seem that australia did seem to have the situation under control what seems to have happened to see this one president a precedent in action. that's right