0. revealing eco friendly solutions to come back threats to our planet on al-jazeera. and israel and state t.v. airs video of the alleged us mercenary who president mentor oakley was was behind a failed coup washington denies any link. farmer shot here this is al-jazeera life mto also coming out at least 8 people were killed and hundreds taken to the hospital after a gas leak at a factory and southern india. or on drugs has failed

a global team of experts calls time on policies it says are fueling organized crime plus. i want to see you in islamabad localities are ending the day with rubbish collectors one of the most essential jobs and now one of the most dangerous. as well and state television has broadcast a video of a man it says is a u.s. mercenary involved in a plot to overthrow president nicolas maduro dro has described the failed beach landing as a modern version of the botched u.s. invasion of cuba 59 years ago u.s. government denies any involvement stories about reports. 2 former u.s. soldiers were part of what venice we left says was a plan to overthrow precedent. it was part of a group of around 60 people that say they were hoping to help venezuelans regain freedom but the plan didn't. workout 8 of them were killed and at least 13 others

detained when they tried to reach the venezuelan coast in a speedboat. on wednesday my little gave a press conference where he showed the video of interrogation of one of the former u.s. soldiers involved my responsibilities to sue in court there he explained his job was to train venezuelans and help them take control of the airport. mother will once again blame donald trump colombia's president and opposition leader why though for the plot to oust him the 3 of them have denied involvement. who organized this mercenary and terrorist incursion if it wanted to fill venezuela with violence who did it who gave the order who financed it these of the answers we are getting every day. he also showed a contract that was allegedly signed by y. though under them go to the u.s. war veteran that owns silvercorp the security company hired for the failed military operation matador said he would request his extradition from the united states and

that the captured americans would be tried in venezuela u.s. secretary of state mike one bell said he would do everything in his power to secure their release we're going to work on this it's a constant matter in the sense of any time there are americans that are detained someplace will work to get them back we are we will start the process of trying to figure a way of ever in fact these are americans that are there that we can figure a path for it's not the 1st time venezuela accuses the u.s. of supporting plans to get muddled out of office it's been used as a smokescreen to cover the many problems venezuelans face today but the detention of 2 u.s. former soldiers in the country raised questions about who was behind a plot that most analysts say was doomed from the start that is how i just. at least 8 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak and southern india more than $200.00 people have been hospitalized if we're living in nearby villages are being evacuated like happened in

a factory that produces plastics in the city have a shock a part non under protest state was a fraud and has this update from new delhi. local government officials say that they received an emergency call from the industrial area in the southern city of the shock of them at around 3 30 in the morning saying that there was gas in the air they say that when they arrived on the scene that it was difficult to breathe but they couldn't stay in the area for more than a few minutes rescue workers started arriving at 4 o'clock in the morning now the national disaster relief agency has been called an evacuation people within a 3 kilometer radius of the chemical plastics factory and they have said that the gas leak has stopped but police also saying and anywhere between 200 to 500 have been taken to hospital that they're having difficulty breathing and that they also have skin irritation police also say that the gas leaks came from 2 to

5000 ton tanks of styrene gas and that these tanks were less honest tended while the factory was closed for 40 days because of india's long sound that the unintended gas in the tank caused a chemical reaction that heat was produced and that is what was released now we do know that again evacuation teams are checking if everyone in the area is ok they concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been sleeping. are the wrong people being targeted in the battle against the illegal drugs trade or more heads of state diplomats and crime experts are telling governments their policies are wrong and drug laws need to be reformed the swiss based global commission on drug policy says criminalizing illegal drug users and petty offenders has led to overcrowded prisons and young people in poor communities are suffering disproportionately the commission says government should instead focus on combating the most dangerous and profitable crime gangs drug traffickers

are often linked to other crimes such as people trafficking money laundering and arms smuggling and they also use online marketplaces and cryptocurrency for their transactions the commission says regulating the multi-billion dollar a legal drugs trade will make organized criminals less powerful earlier we spoke with former new zealand prime minister helen clark who is also involved with the global commission on drug policy she says most drug policies actually end up helping criminal networks. the prohibition asst approach has really been a gift to organized crime because it's given a huge market is to something like $650.00 plus $1000000000.00 market a year pivot drugs so the view of the global commission on drug policies you could actually disrupt that by states taking on the responsible regulation of drugs and getting supply all criminal hands then you can focus on what's really important and that is organized crime itself with its general extortion for money laundering

people and guns trafficking and so on that's what the lower more attention should be on not on the simple member of the community who is a person using drugs the best incentive often is an economic one there are plenty of arguments based on human rights for not treating people who use drugs the way they're treated at the moment in the criminal laws. but the reality is it's also costing a lot of money for no good purpose to pursue the people who use and persist drugs to lock them up to keep them in jails for a very very long time and then few people ever come out of jail a bit a person giles recruiting stations for organized crime so the way we're dealing with these issues at the moment is not productive it's expensive and rather damaging to people's health and well the. at organized gangs in latin

america taking advantage of the pandemic to spread their influence on the homeless in mexico city were criminal groups are talking up their efforts to fight the virus . he's about to be punished for heading out during quarantine. you know by the police by the m s 13 going you know salvador they've been taking action against violators of coronavirus curfews in their territory. and so the criminal groups across latin america the chief concern and list say isn't for the greater good but strategic goings. the fact that you are seen as. an avalanche a controlling authority is in your communities has some benefits in terms of its own and a certain moments the 13. trolling strictly you there use and sort of interaction between the government and gangs that they are able to

implement some initiatives on only sees an increase there it's all in the river is. there the south in brazil gangs in a couple of 5 villas in rio de janeiro which usually get their money through street crime and drug dealing now in public services says fernando browne callie so what they're doing right now he's basically. trying to promote a lockdown of. who should be on the street and what time but also i think i did doctors i mean it meant trying to keep this straight and yesterday basically trying to look like a state and says brian cawley charging residents the so-called taxes that go with that it's. so old news to mexican criminals who've long played the good hearted outlaw with the coronavirus they've simply stepped up their published take on him. just look at this slickly edited video of the new generation cartel handing out

food parcels the citizens thank its leader. and here reportedly a cell of the sin aloa cartel with a packages for some reason with osama bin laden labels that even the daughter of imprisoned drug lord chapel has handed out to packages with his face on it but some of the groups on even putting up the money themselves. where half. a half are in. and. i know. displaced neverland and i'm some have already started stealing. and hire trucks. as well. mexico's president has said it is better if they just don't kill it but the gun law they shouldn't go around like rulers who think that just like you know they're

forgiven. and that's just the thing in mexico the murder rate hasn't gone down and they only on the lines that here and elsewhere in latin america these groups have no problem with killing in and terrorizing communities and no amount of robin hood posturing is going to change that. but what may change say analysts is the amount of power a criminal groups can accrue by strategic good beats and that should be a worry to any state john homan al-jazeera mexico city. a cruise liner at the center of a criminal investigation into australia's corona virus outbreak has reached the philippines ruby princess has more than $200.00 filipino crew members on board it's not certain if it will be allowed to dock and manila bay liner is linked to 21 deaths are nearly 700 cases the coburg 19 is investigating how 2700 passengers were allowed to disembark in march despite showing signs of coronavirus alan again and manila says several cruise ships are bringing back the latino workers. it will

remain in an anchor manila be up until everyone has been tested we're getting reports that in the coming days basically the philippine coast guard will be leading the testing of all of the crews on board and there are about 200 filipino crews there also those coming from different countries at this point there are about 12 ships 12 crew cruise ships currently docked are from a deliberate stranded with stranded crew workers here and it remains to be seen exactly when they're going to to leave and according to the philippine goosed coast guard more are expected to arrive or to dock in the coming days but what's critical here though is just how big the impact is on filipino overseas filipino overseas workers as you know the philippines supplies about a quarter of the toll to labor workforce in the maritime industry more more than

100000. c. men workers are filipinos more than 20000 have already been repatriated are brought back here and hundreds of them remain stranded here in manila bay so now at this point they're looking at the immediate impact of getting as many of these workers us possible tested those who are cleared will be able to will be sent home those who are positive will be sent to a medical facility but again the critical part is what happens to those who are non filipinos those who are stranded here according to the philippine coast guard most likely they will have to stay in the ship and those protests are no it is until things develop on the ground. so ahead on al jazeera demands for justice or for the killing of an unarmed black man in the west state of georgia plus. rock star choice for prime minister takes charge after months of wrangling and a growing a financial crisis.

however got plenty of sunshine across much of europe we have got some other lava showers longer spells affright having said that it's the eastern side of the continent so somewhere to whether they're still lurking around that western side of a russia pushing down for ukraine down into the black sea turkey still seeing some rather whether the few share was still there in place into grace for many though it is going to be fine and dry was some pleasant the warm sunshine not as hot as it has been recently down towards the southwest there bitrate of around 27 celsius there still plenty warm enough to maybe see want to 2 showers creeping into that western side of spain as we go on through friday northern parts of portugal as well could see the arch out just making its way into the bay of biscay for western areas of france in the yard shower there into the british isles but for the most part it is fine and dry those showers they will continue to slip

a little further eastwards as we go on through the weekend across the maid is fine and dry lots of warm sunshine in place here looking settled and sunny for the most part so temperatures responding quite nicely 32 celsius in benghazi ending kyra we're getting up to around 2425 for a bat and also for algiers further south the showers continuing around the gulf of guinea all the way across into the ethiopian hymens. as the world fights the corona pandemic more than learning more about this every day it's a new adventure and join our global community it's up to us on how we come together to fight i'm sorry your questions can i just ask you type person directly that's coming on on you tube as you're saying i'm concerned about the front like oh nothing very quiet and not keeping you up to date i'm using countries beating back and beating back successfully the stream on 00.

watching out to syria let's recap the top stories for you right now but israel and state television has broadcast video of a man it says is one of 2 u.s. marson aires captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro says the man will face venezuelan justice the u.s. government denies any involvement a gas leak at a chemical plant in southern and yet has killed at least 8 people hundreds of others have been taken to the hospital after struggling to breathe cruise a cruise liner linked to $21.00 deaths about $719.00 cases in australia has arrived

off the coast of the philippines it's not certain if the ship will actually be allowed to dock and manila more than 200 filipino crew members are on board hoping to return home. racial tensions are on the rise in the u.s. state of georgia after an unarmed black man was shot dead family of a model says he was just jogging when confronted by 2 white men who claim they thought he was a burglar one of them later shot and killed him and the calico reports. this mobile phone footage captures the last moments of a modern life as he was joking through a georgia neighborhood in february as he approaches a truck the 25 year old is confronted by 2 armed men who reportedly believed he was a burglar is a moderate piers to try and avoid them a shot rings out in the struggle and choose between the unarmed man and a white male with a shotgun or shots ring out as a modest shot point blank before stumbling to the ground it is hard.

to execute. it you missed the men have been identified as gregory mcmichael a former police detective and his son travis according to a police report the men armed themselves and chased a model bery who they suspected was responsible for a series of break ins the elder mcmichael alleges ahmad are buried then attacked his son who acted in self defense neither man has been arrested or charged. since the video emerged protesters have taken to the streets where the young man was killed the lack of charges and handling of the case has enraged civil rights activists across the country we decided to do something positive. for a minute because this is what he needs right now is justice he's not here to be the voice that we are his voice georgia's governor brian campus responded by saying he wants a thorough independent investigation the state's attorney general expressed deep

concern for the men's claims that they were acting under a state citizen's arrest law is being questioned the death of a model our brain echoes the case of 17 year old trayvon martin who was shot and killed here in florida 8 years ago he was pursued by self-appointed neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman who use this state's stand your ground law as a defense he was eventually found innocent in a case that still haunts the african-american community. the trayvon martin shooting was one of many in recent years that sparked a nationwide protest movement marred arborist case will eventually go before a grand jury but that may not happen for weeks with current restrictions in place in a transcript of the emergency call made by one of the 2 men they were asked if ahmad aubrey was committing a crime he's a black man running down a road was the answer to gallacher al-jazeera. you know nations report

about 1000 mercenaries from russia's wagner group are operating in libya to support they were likely to have tar also says hamas forces have recreated up to 2000 fighters from syria and their fight against libya's u.n. recognized government based in tripoli a diplomatic editor we under eighteen's or in an. intervention in. foreign citizens in libya is something the secretary general has spoken out about publicly it is something of concern it is of no help to the people of libya who are who are in dire need of political reconciliation so peace can return to their country now though at diplomatic editor james bays has more from the un out jazeera spoke to a number of security council members who've confirmed what's in the report we've known for a long time there are russian mercenaries operating in libya we didn't perhaps know the scale of the operations of the russian company the wagon the group it has about

a 1000 operatives it's believed in the country including about 40 snipers who are on the front lines trying to tilt the battles in favor of general half the $57.00 page report gives pictures of some of those operatives and pictures of some of their weapons it also reveals for the 1st time the general have to is getting support from fighters that have come in from syria we've known for a long time that turkey has been sending syrian fighters to support the government government of national accord but it seems that syrian fighters have been coming in on the other side to support general have to we believe as many as 2000 fighters who are on contracts of $800.00 a month for 3 months we believe to try and help general have to in his fight iraq's new prime minister has taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet a staff akademi takes the reins at a time a severe economic challenge is worsened by the chrono virus sort of alternate ports in baghdad. after almost 6 months of political wrangling iraq finally has

a new government on thursday former intelligence chief me the 3rd person to be nominated for prime minister this year secured parliament's seal of approval 15 ministers from his 22 member cabinet were also passed while. we're going through a critical phase in our history iraq is facing so many challenges in our security economy health care and even socially but it is not bigger than our determination to stand up to these challenges to earn the vote of confidence to appease major political parties by letting them pick ministers in his cabinet an informal get deeply entrenched power sharing system known as portion meant. he had 10 percent of freedom to choose his cabinet and 90 percent were determined by the parties and blocs names of ministers were swapped until right before the vote amid last minute

backroom negotiations some parties which didn't secure ministries including the state of law alliance and ayad alawi is national coalition boycotted the vote. this is a strange approach and it's a dangerous precedent in the iraqi political scene the candidates of his cabinet that's 12 ministers represented to the shia parties and they gave their point of view but it was not shared with the rest of the political parties it's as if the she was of the guardians of the political process. he replaced the who resigned in the venture amid widespread anti-government demonstrations protesters had demanded an overhaul of the political system that would allow them to elect the head of state directly and do away with the apportionment system seen as a conduit for corruption and political patronage but the protests have largely died down over the past months and with them the pressure for systemic change the few

demonstrators who remain in tahrir square rejected me. doesn't want any government that is formed inside parliament without the opinions of protesters will be rejected but them instead bring those to account who are killing kidnapping and arresting us on a daily basis comes to power as iraq faces an unprecedented fiscal crisis a resurgence of eisel the coronavirus pandemic and us iran tensions on its soil government has put forth and the government program but it remains to be seen whether he'll have the power to exit cubit the government formation process has shown that he remains beholden to the same political powers that iraq is blamed for the current crisis to many his appointment signals the preservation of the status quo but in the 1st step on the road towards change that they have demanded some want to fall to an al jazeera but that. take a look now at how they're crying a virus pandemic is affecting economies the bank of england says the u.k.'s economy

control by 14 percent the banks 1st forecast on the effect of the pandemic predicts unemployment mobilized to 8 percent this year that's up from 3.7 percent in 2019 but their cover is expected to be faster than the one that followed the global financial crisis the bank has left interest rates on hold at 0 point one percent european union has been warned to brace for its worst recession in history the bleak assessment came from the european commission as a 3rd of the blocks economic activity has stopped and this will leave lasting scars on the labor market told you member states are forecast to enjoy a severe recession this year they're going to be got d.v.d. . in greece italy spain croatia and to a lesser extent fronts are forecast to contract the most italy will struck 1st and most forcefully the economy is expected to contract by about 9.5 percent

with containment measures now starting to be removed gradually the economy is projected to start recovering from the 2nd half of 2020 nevertheless italy's recovery is forecast to take longer than in other member states but signs of recovery and china exports unexpectedly rose by 3 and a half percent in april as the factories reopened analysts had expected a drop due to falling global demand in march export exports rather are down 6.6 percent from a year ago to us in beijing with more on how china's trade industry has moved on since being hit by the pandemic. there is some real recovery in chinese trade and this is really a surprise to many analysts they were predicting up to an 11 percent drop and some people are tribute ing this to the fact that perhaps during april there was an increase in exports of p.p.t. or protective medical gear such as mosques and respiration is also one other

analysts are speculating that's because there was a backlog that needed to be filled in terms of export orders or all customers were front loading orders ahead of what they expected to be a bad pandemic year and also the other thing is that paps this concern about demand dropping maybe that's yet to hit china's exports maybe with still maybe the worst is still yet to come that's also a possibility what we did see though was of foreign imports they fell by 14.2 percent compared to march and that's a 10.2 percent drop year on year and that was worse than what analysts expected. kevin 1000 deaths in latin america surpassed 15000 some health experts say the region is several weeks behind europe with the peak yet to come brazil is the worst hit with around 8 and a half 1000 deaths at just over 2700 mexico has the 2nd highest number of regional

fatalities ecuador has more than 1600 dead and vision is in a daze in the amazon rain forest fear genocide and the pandemic and despite proving one of the 1st latin american countries to shut down cases have doubled in the last 10 days with 1500 dead. health care workers had been applauded for their sacrifices during the pandemic but other unsung heroes who also risk their lives often get little recognition or support latin america newman joins habitation workers in chile on shift in the capital santiago. they make their living by doing the dirty work in betel said he'll fancy school and drill bit of dora team from dawn to early morning they pick up the rubbish from homes to hospitals in this working class and neighborhood. residents that they're coming back to my daniel has been doing this for 33 years to work with you because if you are you someone has to do it we don't

have advanced education so we have to do this but i'm not sorry on the contrary it's a noble job. maybe so but it's hazardous. this is dangerous because of the dogs people leave sharp objects in the bags even syringes we pick up with their hands and decent fiction's there's no sugarcoating this is one of the least hygenic and little smelly jobs that one can have and if you now become one of the most dangerous because these men have no idea if the rubbish that they're handling over and over again belongs to the people who are going ok that would go with 19. fransisco this is now afraid to go home. thank you all. because of the family they threw this far is get stuck to the bags under the handles on the truck. chili's more than 16000 sanitation employees work with gloves that easily ripped to shreds the few disposable facemasks the

company gave these workers ran out long ago so living where whatever they find you think that you are meant to be mostly what you are the security measures in this country are appalling for the sector is especially under these new conditions. but while the private companies aren't paying these men any extra ordinary people are showing their appreciation. and. rubbish collectors have always been stigmatized and seen as the lowest on the totem pole but now with this people are giving us credit where it's due it's would keep their spirits up as the joke with all his pride that they're now considered part of the front line against coronavirus you see in human al-jazeera sent out. this sound is there and these are the top stories right now as well on state

television as broadcast video of the man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro withrow says the man will face venezuelan justice the u.s. government denies involvement a gas leak at a chemical plant in southern india has killed at least 8 people hundreds of others have been taken to the hospital after struggling to bring was a promise this update from new delhi. the gas leak came from 25000 ton tanks all of gas and that these tanks were left on attended while the factory with closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the unintended gas in the tank caused a chemical reaction that heat was produced and that is what was released now we do know that again evacuation teams are checking if everyone in the area is ok they concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been

sleeping a group of former presidents and diplomats are calling on governments to change the way they fight the illegal drug trade the global commission on drug policy says most governments have adopted drug policies that have actually helped criminal networks are calling on law enforcement to focus on the networks instead of nonviolent drug offenders aki prime minister mr a house formally taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he takes the reins at a time a severe economic crisis of course made worse by a coronavirus. a cruise liner linked to 21 deaths and about 700 kovan 1000 cases and australia has arrived in the philippines or than 200 filipino crew members are on board it's not yet clear if that will be able to dock in manila bay. keep it on al jazeera more news to the stream is next. we understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the world so

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