a story of carnage. the fear is real. passion. and very serious just. the 1st sitting israeli prime minister to face trial benjamin netanyahu appears in court and calls the case against him delusional. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up as libya's government gains the upper hand in the battle for tripoli there are signs foreign support for the warlord and if i have time could be waning. i believe that

in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity the u.k. prime minister of defense is chief adviser who's under pressure to resign over claims he reached the lock down. and hong kong protesters mobilizing their south rallying against china's plan to close the national security. hello welcome to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu launched a tirade against the nation's justice system as his long awaited corruption trial got underway he's facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates benjamin netanyahu is israel's 1st sitting prime minister to ever go on trial he was sworn back into

office as head of a rare unity government just a week ago every force that has more now from occupied east jerusalem. this was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics benjamin netanyahu decided to make it clear in his intention to fight not just within the core group but outside in public against the whole concept of this prosecution but citizens of israel what's on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me in the right wing camp for over a decade the lift didn't succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new pattern so says that the police and attorneys office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not being. the bunch of baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing prime minister and that's to remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years. in the courtroom itself what could become a defining image of israel's longest serving prime minister in the dock facing

criminal trial just a week after he was sworn in for a 5th term after the cameras were rejected his legal team asked for delays in calling witnesses well they argued about access to evidence the strategy to push the start of the main phase of the trial well into next year outside supporters saying in chanted and amplified the prime minister's message of persecution already in its 1st day of this trial is a window into just how polarized israeli politics is and benjamin netanyahu and his allies making no bones about it i think supporters like these on the basis of the trial is not a criminal one rather a political coup designed to ousted from office but there are warnings that such a strategy risks further division this was the main anti netanyahu demonstration outside his residence netanyahu is accused of asking for and taking lavish gifts from wealthy friends of offering to hinder one newspaper to get better coverage in another of exchanging hundreds of millions of dollars worth of regulator help to

a telecoms chief again but better coverage on his news site. before caught a glimpse of the parallel worlds to come for a prime minister on trial leading his 1st cabinet meeting of the new coalition talking about iran the economy and governing for all his former fierce opponent and now alternate prime minister in a rotating coalition deal benny gantz released a statement saying netanyahu was innocent until proven guilty calling for reconciliation so. benjamin netanyahu says this will be his last term in office spend a good deal of it fighting not just for his innocence in court but against the very institutions that accused of breaking the law. occupied east jerusalem in libya russian mercenaries who've been fighting in support of the warlord holy for half are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that they're evacuating through the airport there there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks for have terrorist forces who been fighting to take territory

from libya's internationally recognized government who would have been well head is in tripoli. they measured advancement after us forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bag no group that have been recruited by have to us forces and as you know that last month when the reports reveal that about $1200.00 russian mercenaries from the wagner group have been fighting along with us forces in southern tripoli so the mayor of benny will lead the city south of the city after he stated that 3 flights took off from the airport of bernie will lead carrying get russian mercenaries who have been fighting along with half that as force we do not know for certain why did leaving the country at this crucial time because as you know couldn't lee have to

his forces are losing the momentum on the ground because they have been losing strategic locations including military camps in southern tripoli and also did so it is a need that near the tunisian border and the government forces have been advancing on have to his forces recently there was that all of the russian bursaries could have major consequences on half their forces on the ground. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached virus restrictions that many comings travelled from london to the north east of england at the end of march while suffering coronavirus symptoms government advice at the time was for all citizens to stay at their primary residence but boston insists cummings acted responsibly and legally. dominic cummings had

little to say to journalists outside his home on sunday it's alleged the prime minister's chief advisor broke a lockdown rules travelling hundreds of kilometers to daraa in northeast english to his parents estate in the height of restrictions in march and get to meet his he was and if things went awkward enough for cummings cue the arrival of a protest vote and with a reminder of boys johnson's address to the nation to stay at home you must stay here coming said the trip was to ensure his 4 year old son was looked after because his wife was suffering from coronavirus symptoms something he would also develop he said he remained in isolation in a separate property on his parents' estate but eyewitnesses claim cummings left locked down to visit india by beauty spot and that he made another trip to the northeast after returning to london in april all to allegations the prime minister was quick to dismiss an unshared told appearance at the daily downing street

coronavirus briefing there have been many other allegations about what happened when he was in so feisal ation and thereafter some of them probably false i believe . that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity despite support from the top cummings faces a storm of criticism from figures in the police health service and scientific community some m.p.'s in his own party want him to quit i think his position is untenable it's because of dominic's slogans around the these rules that mums and dads grannies and grandpas across the country will have felt that they have to stay at home if coded go into their families and of course they too care about their children but they knew they had they must stay at home 7 days the 1st person 14 days for the others and now it turns out they could have been driving around the

country with symptoms this isn't just a story about one man this is about faith in a government that sets rules and regulations demanding self-discipline and sacrifice of people stopping the spread of the virus is meant to be a collective endeavor no exceptions. dominate cummings is one of the most divisive figures in british politics the mastermind behind the campaign to leave the e.u. who together with boris johnson plotted to revolutionize british politics he's a non elected official but wields more power and influence the many people are comfortable with opposition m.p.'s are now calling for a full inquiry into all of the allegations against cummings at a time when trust in government has rarely been needed more needs barker al-jazeera westminster. well for more on this we're joined by nadine barber who's been following the latest developments a they me was remarkable really at that news briefing just a few hours ago just tell strongly the prime minister stood by he's

a key adviser has that made that the tractor is go away are not oh certainly not barbara it's if anything it's in raged even more people i mean already in the last 24 hours the government has got the backs up of a large section of the media by claiming that there had been false reporting for example saying that durham police had not spoken to the family of dominic cummings and then durham police said actually we did speak to mr cummings his father about the matter and just a series of refusals to engage really with whether or not this was a good thing to do no matter whether it was done with good intentions or not you heard boris johnson saying that he believed mr cummings had acted responsibly legally and with integrity will as you heard in needs report there are many people including a growing number of conservative politicians who are saying that this is sending

out a message that there are 2 standards of all those thousands of people who for example were not allowed to visit loved one who was dying in hospital of covered 19 because of the regulations who couldn't see their sick children in the hospital and so it's sending a message to these people who've made sacrifices that you do you think it was in vain that it's ok to act as boris johnson said in this daily briefing according to your instincts rather than according to the rules or the guidelines i think that's really worrying a lot of conservative m.p.'s the opposition leader because starmer has called not for cummings to be sacked but for an urgent inquiry and now at least 3 people who serve on the government's scientific. boys are a group specifically for behavioral scientists have come out and issued a damning world backed a damning tweet that says that boris johnson has in their words trashed the advice

of the efforts that they've been making to gain public trust with an id to easing the lockdown bar because let's not forget that they're trying to get people to send their children back to school and get people back to work as far as possible and you think how that school comment was actually sort of shoehorn day in the middle of that news conference at the separation element was one of the most is one of the most painful parts of the lockdown then other members of the u.k. response to the coronavirus have had the step down because they were found to break at lock that lock down restrictions so what is it that makes cummings so invaluable to the prime minister that he's fighting from so much it's a question lots of people are wondering of you were referring to a senior scientist on the advisory group known as sage who was found to have been visited by a lover and another senior official health official in scotland both step down now

matt hancock the health secretary welcomed the resignation of that scientific advisor in england and said it was a matter for the police to deal with and now he's actually been defending over the last 24 hours he's been defending dominic cummings so this feeds into this sense that that it's not quite consistent what the government has been saying why are they so solidly behind somebody who's creating such a headache for them dominic cummings senior advisor to boris johnson came in last year and basically got rid of lots of the cabinet who didn't see eye to eye with himself and boris johnson on bricks that he headed the vote leave campaign he's very controversial and he was found to be in contempt of parliament for refusing to answer questions one stage and he certainly doesn't suffer fools gladly he's very abrupt with the press but in terms of his standing and his popularity amongst conservative supporters as well that seem to be on the wane as well. with the

latest from london thank you still to come here on al-jazeera remaining defiant to brazil's president ignores coronavirus guidelines to embrace his supporters forward growing on muslims mark the end of ramadan but the coronavirus makes it in the. header that things will be at mass across much of western europe consequent the same about central and eastern areas this cloud is bringing with it well a cloudy picture but also plenty of rain which will work its way east was over the next couple of days mostly fine and dry throughout much of the mediterranean and

look at this at the eastern end of the mad into cyprus now a pretty windy few days it has to be said but some glorious sunshine so people are finally getting out and about social distancing at the beach but finally enjoying the lovely warm weather but quite as busy on the beach in england but this is certainly where the weather is actually set to improve now the winds have been very strong for the last few days and these winds finally easy as we head through monday sunny across much of southern areas of the u.k. a high of $24.00 celsius in london on monday a warm day in paris plenty of trout across the central safely messy picture plenty of rain across into areas of germany on into poland across into ukraine and then across the south one of 2 showers likely in and around greece and maybe in a few showers in 3 will central areas of spain but really for the whole it's a fairly good picture if that woman get further on tuesday 26 in paris but plenty of class still bubbling up across the central and southeastern areas widespread rain again across the southeast i mean could see one or 2 severe thunderstorms.

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welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has accused police and prosecutors of conspiring to topple him in any way possible he made the comment says his long awaited corruption trial got underway in occupied east jerusalem russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of libyan warlord honey for half that are leaving the country it's not clear where they're headed it follows a series of setbacks for half the us forces in its year long battle to seize the capital tripoli. and u.k. prime minister boris johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached the virus restrictions on a cummings traveled from london to northeast england at the end of march despite suffering from colorado symptoms. in scenes that reminiscent of the violence that rocked hong kong for months last year police a fire tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters they returned

to the streets to denounce beijing's plan to impose national security laws on the city from here is a drone brah. the panic of protest running from police dispersing crowds gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. a familiar arsenal was deployed to clear the streets of demonstrators angry about the chinese government's plans to impose a security law on the city why the whole concept through a series of really critical. 3 are very gutsy the authors try this communist party which person ought to be able to offer it to the press powerful people in thailand all pay the communist party is far more dangerous than covert 19 you know and it could soon be dangerous the way flags like this calling for an independent hong kong oban is predicting the destruction of the communist party under the

proposed law such sentiments could be defined as subversion. familia slogans rang through the causeway bay shopping district there was not a place for families on this sunday afternoon there were many arrests as protest has occupied some of the city's busiest roads hong kong finds itself caught in the middle of a deepening cold war between china and the united states and it could be more economic pain on the way because washington is now warning that it's going to review the special trading relationship that hong kong currently enjoys with the u.s. another sign of what china's top diplomat says is foreign meddling in hong kong's affairs languishing external forces are illegally interfering in hong kong the fears which is cause serious harm to china's national security interests 5 it is still not clear if the new law will restrict protests like the china's foreign

minister insists it will only target a narrow category of x. the law is not expected to take effect until august but before then are a number of sensor. the bursaries including the 1st protest that marked the beginning of this movement adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. and china's foreign minister has also accused politicians in the us of spreading lies about its response to the coronavirus pandemic kettering new has more from beijing china wants cooperation with other countries and world bodies but will stand up to any challenge to its sovereignty or its message that was a key theme from foreign minister one at his press conference in beijing he appeared to show a very little patience for any international criticism leveled at china in fact he appeared quite torn death to it in particular he focused on china's relationship with the u.s. he said it was important for the 2 countries to work together as the world's biggest developing country and the biggest developed country and to show global

leadership and respect each other's systems whether he acknowledged the deterioration of via lateral relationship he said that it had been brought to the brink of cold war and through this he laid the blame squarely at the feet of u.s. politicians he didn't name any names but he said that u.s. politicians have been engaging in an anti china smear campaign around covert 19 and had been guilty of spreading what he called a political virus. political virus used to be used about unity to attack and they discredit china so the politicians have ignored the most basic realities of the fabricated to many large but his strongest words for the us were around taiwan he called this issue a red line and said the international community needed to respect the one china principle and using quite strong words he said that the u.s. was dreaming if it bought it anyway it could prevent reunification future we

advised the u.s. to throw away on realistic fundus ease and the let go of domestic political calculation which we are telling the us not to challenge china's bottom line and finally he defended china from any accusations that it had mishandled the corona virus outbreak he repeated words that we've heard time and time again from beijing saying that beijing has acted responsibly and with transparency and he also said that the world health organization needed to be supported and strengthened and not the opposite brazil's president has greeted hundreds of supporters as an unfolding political scandal adds to the country's coronavirus crisis so it will so not always seem posing for photos and shaking people's hands near the presidential palace in brasilia brazil now has the world's 2nd highest number of virus cases after the united states with the more than 347000 infections at least

22000 people have died that was against virus research shows are also taking place in sao paolo. he is live in columbus capital ball with a with the latest developments so this summer it seems that a bull so that a continues to fly out to the recommendations of his country's health professionals despite the numbers showing that now brazil situation is the 2nd worst in the world . yes barbara that is the case both and i was seemed fated bowl by the increasing numbers of coronavirus cases in this country and the growing calls for his resignation and calls 'd for his impeachment to given the fact that he's at the center of a growing political scandal not only due to his mild response to the pandemic the fact that he has been constantly attacking mayors and governors who have imposed

isolation measures the country's supreme court said that the mayors and governors have indeed the. right to do so despite what the president thinks but he's also now at the center of investigations into possible interference into police investigations concerning his sons and this rally in particular is coming just 2 days after the country's to preen court to release a video of a recent cabinet meeting where both a narrow seem to explain his reasoning behind wanting to get rid of the head of the police not only of the city. nato but the federal head of the police and he said he was even willing to get rid of his justice means that minister if it was necessary that justice minister is said show moto who is sort of a superstar a corruption superstar in the country he resigned and he's now attacking both sinatra saying that he he did indeed try to interfere in these police

investigations well that bush is unfaded by all these accusations he defiantly met once again with this core supporters in the capital brasilia taking off is the face mask to greet his supporters hug them shake hands and so on while people are increasingly horrified. by this freshly by the fact that in that cabin at the video not of the ministers seem to care about the fact that could occur in a virus is spreading at this pace in brazil and it's on that with the latest on the developments in brazil thank you the new york times has published the names of nearly 1000 american couvade 1000 victims on its front page the list comes from a bitch reason death notices from across the country it also includes the victims age interests and jobs the paper says they were not simply names on the list the

overall u.s. death toll is now approaching 100000 many of whom died in new york. meanwhile india has reported its biggest daily increase in confirmed virus cases more than $6700.00 were added taking the total number of infections to nearly 132000 across the country 140 people died on saturday the virus has now spread to every state in india despite and nationwide lockdown the health ministry says it has increased testing. millions of muslims around the world are celebrating fit in making marking the end of a month of fasting but this time the coronavirus pandemic has brought about unprecedented restrictions in some countries where prayers and mosques and public celebrations are banned priyanka gupta reports.

it's one of the most important. but this year it's been so polluted under the shadow of a global pandemic. in the nation there were no hugs no bearing gifts and no visiting families. the world's largest muslim country has one of southeast asians highest number of called 900 factions and dance. was barred from offering prayers inside mosques and open fields. so i am of our country not resigned myself performed i need prison the midst of the plague of covered 19 only resigned to allah hopefully a long lift up those to say yes. in saudi arabia. to the holy city of mecca was largely empty. streets social distancing measures while marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan. mosques across the

kingdom are close for prince. here whom here in jerusalem as i walk some mosque compound protests were allowed outside the gates of islam's holy site. while in gaza mosques were reopened put a 2nd time in 2 months since i was imposed. health officials on a cause the promises on peace must do people and condemn about one. and that's the end of the whole we are taking all the necessary measures so people can safely practice their prayers the preventive measures that the ministry of health instructed include masks each person should bring their own praying carpet each one at least a metre apart between the worshippers people are happy that they can pray inside the mosques after a long break especially on this day of edo fact that. pakistan to the feet

will congregate a lot but sacrifice some of the eternal traditions. maybe isn't all that we couldn't celebrate does eat as we used to do in previous years because of current or virus and social distancing we couldn't even harder friends or him check with them you know in syria this time comes to do for a period of peace and to have economic tom. the lady at the foot of this seat is considered the calmest one as there is no bombardment things b.c. god the situation is calm i hope the displaced will now return to the homes. it's been a different kind of food but the soul in praise of love comfort and healing still resonate for many in these unprecedented times priyanka on syria. a 15 year old girl who peddled her injured father across india has been invited to

try out for the national cycling team jill to come ari carried her father on the back of a bicycle that she rode from group graeme 16 year delhi to their home village in the northeastern state of bihar this sense of about 1200 kilometers that took 7 days her family was left destitute with the coronavirus for her father a motorized rickshaw driver out of work. and now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu launched a tirade against the nation's justice system as his long awaited corruption trial got underway he's facing several charges in a series of cases them being from ties to wealthy associates benjamin netanyahu is israel's 1st sitting prime minister to ever go on trial russian mercenaries who

have been fighting in support of libyan warlord he for half that are leaving the country the mayor of the city of bani walid has confirmed that their departing in 3 flights through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it's not clear where they're headed it follows a series of setbacks for have to his forces it is a year long battle to seize tripoli u.k. prime minister boris johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached the virus restrictions dominic cummings traveled from london to northeast england at the end of march this fight suffering from coronavirus symptoms. i think you feel the instincts. and every parent and i do want. for that. and there has been many other allegations about what happened when he was in so far as relation and thereafter some of them palpably false i believe that in

every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity and with the overwhelming aim of stopping the spread of the virus and saving lives brazil's president has created hundreds of supporters near the presidential palace in brasilia shaking hands and posing for photographs brazil has the world's 2nd highest number of virus cases after the united states administration is against virus restrictions are also taking place in south tower. hong kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to the spurs thousands of protesters on sunday demonstrators had returned to the streets to denounce beijing's plan to impose national security laws on the city those are the top stories that stay with us talk to our desire is next with guy ryder the chief of the international labor organization we'll have more news at half an hour.

lucasian. the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live our lives nearly every country in the world has been affected millions of infections hundreds of thousands of deaths and while scientists work on developing a vaccine governments are focusing on reducing the number of infections through social distancing and other preventative measures but these restrictions have brought with them countless financial losses across the globe. the coronavirus recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great

depression i'm richelle carey into hot as cold.