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more than made up for the 6 to 23 percent it's also highlighted inequality religious tensions and health care system that isn't equipped to deal with a pandemic the following weeks will town of the peace and mass movement of people will also accelerate the spread of the coronavirus from indian cities to its rule hot. suspended over safety concerns the world health organization holds the trial of an anti malaria drug coated 19 patients. columcille rahman you want realtors there from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. no i don't i don't recollect what i did boris johnson's chief advisor defenses lock down trip throwing u.k.
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virus restrictions into confusion. also israel's prime minister vows to push ahead with plans for an exciting more of the occupied west bank. and more than 5 years after falls on its emissions scandal a german court rules on compensation. welcome to the program the world health organization has temporarily suspended the global trial of the drug hydroxy chloroquine for treating covert 1000 patients the agency referred to a study by a medical journal that says people taking the drug was a higher risk of death u.s. president donald trump had been using the anti malarial drug as a precautionary measure for a short period his own health agency has warned people against it's used to treat the virus the executive group has implemented at temporary. pose
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of the hydroxyl hydroxy cloak an arm wheeze in the sole you don't need to try out why the data the safety data is that i viewed by the data safety monitoring board the are then arms of the trial and continuing president trump and democratic president candidate joe biden have both been mocking memorial day about national holiday honoring the nation's war dead now the event has been overshadowed by the pandemic and u.s. deaths at 100000 raw brunell's reports. president donald trump visited fort mchenry in baltimore the site of a victory by u.s. forces over british invaders in $814.00 the president framed the struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic in military terms together we will vanquish the virus and america will rise from this crisis to new and even greater heights
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as our brave warriors have shown us from the nation's earliest days in america we are the captains of our own fate in less than 6 months covert 19 has killed more americans than all who died in the vietnam war the war in korea and the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan combined former vice president joe biden the presumptive democratic party nominee made his 1st public appearance in 2 months he and his wife jill laid a wreath that a veteran this memorial in delaware the biden's war masks something trump has refused to do in public the world health organization announced it was stopping trials of the anti-malarial drug hydroxy chloroquine due just safety concerns. trump has touted the drug as a treatment for covert 19 and claimed he has been taking it to ward off infection
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despite lack of scientific evidence of its effectiveness the w h o's head of emergency programs warn countries to remain vigilant to avoid a resurgence of the pandemic countries around the world have to continue to put in place the public out of social measures the surveillance measures the public health measures the testing measures and a comprehensive strategy to ensure that we continue on a downward trajectory and that we don't have an immediate 2nd peak but social distancing seemed far from the minds of parents and children who flocked to all water park in texas the park reopened despite orders by the state's governor that amusement parks should remain closed some splashy holiday fun heedless of potentially serious risks rob reynolds al-jazeera now the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil has exceeded that of the united states for the 1st time the south
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american nation recorded 807 deaths in the past 24 hours while 620 people died in the u.s. brazil has more than 370000 confirmed infections with 23000 people having died and a ban on foreign travelers arriving in the u.s. from brazil is due to go into force late on tuesday 2 days earlier than planned the white house says the measures will prevent further infections in the united states the ban does not apply to u.s. citizens only permanent residents. israel's prime minister says his government will seize what is described as a historic opportunity to annex more palestinian land in the occupied west bank and jordan valley benjamin netanyahu made the comments to members of his right wing likud party in the israeli knesset he has previously promised to zone an illegal jewish settlements in areas and israeli sulpher and to have a force that has more from west jerusalem well it certainly means that the message
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from netanyahu remains very staunchly in that direction despite what's been happening since you negotiated the coalition deal with his former rival now partner benny gantz in which he assured that there would be no veto on that side of the government to netanyahu has plans to continue with the move towards an extension and from any time from july the 1st on words have the ability to bring it to vote in the israeli parliament the knesset the complicating factor him at least well there are a few one is the fact the united states seems to be dampening down such expectations since the president might on perry here about 10 days ago the u.s. secretary of state they've been talking about the need for there to be negotiations ongoing with the palestinians. under which process israel would be allowed to annex parts of the occupied west bank as far as the u.s.
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is concerned so that was interpreted as a pretty obvious slowdown message coming from the u.s. we've also had the palestinian president mahmoud abbas declaring an end to all forms of cooperation with the israelis as a result of what has already been announced on annexation nonetheless to his diehard likud party supporters today he was saying that this was a an opt an opportunity that hadn't existed since the creation of the state of israel in 1948 but he wasn't going to miss it. now the u.k. prime minister's top adviser has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations that he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a political storm a single forest johnson's government dominic cummings said he doesn't regret his actions he travelled with his family from london to northeastern england in march while his wife had covert 900 symptoms we've park a reporter from london. this was an unusual moment for dominic cummings a man more comfortable in the background of british politics the prime minister's
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chief advisor has been under huge pressure to explain his trip to the north east of england which appear to defy the government's old lock down rules a journey he said he was forced to take under exceptional circumstances no i don't i don't regrets what i did as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree about how i. thought about what to do in the in the in the in the circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. in these circumstances. cummings who faced a daily media scrum outside his home so the journey 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 leaving the house to collect his son from hospital when he fell ill walk in woods on his father's land and return to
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london after 1st travelling to a local beauty spot to check if he was fit to drive the scandals dominated the front pages of many of monday's newspapers opposition m.p.'s are calling for an immediate inquiry and there's a growing number of m.p.'s in the ruling conservatives cummings's own party that want him to immediately resign his explanation goes some way in diffusing some of the anger directed towards him but others are asking whether they can add their own personal interpretation to the lock down rules. summer's come early to the british capital and with it an increasingly relaxed attitude to social distancing rules at the height of restrictions the british government urged people to stay at home and save lives a message most followed by the scandal surrounding dominic cummings has a road it people's trust in government anybody think they're above this letter of the law is a maniac and they should add here to it as much as possible and i think he's an
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absolute shocker i don't want to go immediately why should we be following up down when they don't want him to be any punishment if you don't follow it boris johnson defended his chief adviser saying cummings acted lawfully and with integrity in following his parental instincts the comments have been raised johnson's critics who accuse cummings of double standards over the lot down rules every single person in the country decide to do these things but one person in the country boris johnson has staked his entire reputation authority on career in saying no no no whatever he told me he did nothing wrong the government meant to be using this time to leave the country out of lockdown instead it's struggling to silence a scandal at the heart of power the barca al-jazeera westminster well an agreement has been made for a $9800000000.00 government bailout for the german airline looks tenser the rescue package will keep the carrier going as the industry struggles during the global
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pandemic the deal here is yet to be approved by the european union. but a court in germany has also ruled that both saga should compensate car buyers affected by its diesel emissions scandal the carmaker was forced to admit that it had installed devices and millions of cars to hide the true moment of pollution that they were causing to the $30000000000.00 compensation bill companies already paid but recently as more. it is the man who's dealt the latest setback to volkswagens already tarnished reputation herbert's gilbert's boss a used v.w. containing the cheating software which made the car look like it was less polluting than it really was this case potentially means that the 70000 others could also ask for at least some of their money back because i was question before we didn't but it's a pity that of all the companies it was bokes wagon which committed the fraud v.w. could have had it easier how they admitted this from the outset and said we cheated
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we are sorry and we will compensate the affected owners with no questions asked that certainly would have not damage their image quite the contrary. the fraud was on an industrial scale some $11000000.00 cars fitted with a cheating device was an astonishing revelation inside a company which prides itself on its environmental advances and inside germany a country which sees itself as leading the way against climate change hugely embarrassing. this ruling means v.w. has to offer to buy back cars it's sold based on their current mileage arguably less damaging to the country's finances than to its reputation they have of course and to pekin bad situation for the problems that they caused in the past and they paid a lot of that money are of a now i feel they only situation to look more into the future because nobody has a very important term company and has
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a lot of employees in germany and we need that w. had already been given the corporate fine of over a $1000000000.00 and the 2 executives in charge of the scandal have spent millions more buying their way out of criminal charges if this is the beginning of the end of the scandal it can't come soon enough for volkswagen closely al-jazeera. well still ahead here on out as they're fleeing the frontlines more russian us marines find seems a walgreens i have to pull out of western libya. in the matter of survival filipino families struggle to get by as millions lose their job destroying the coronavirus lock down to stay with us. how i welcome some of the look at the international forecast we've got says stalled
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weather system is making its way across central and southern parts of china at the moment this is my front and you can see how it extends out into the open waters bay some showers for a time into japan temperatures in tokyo around 23 degrees celsius in the west weather very much there across the southeast of china sinking a little further south was slowly but it will gradually make its way out into the open waters a legacy of want to see showers just falling back in behind want to shout into the northeast of china beijing is fine and dry temperatures here at around $27.00 degrees celsius sunshine the showers across the southeast asia as per usual we see some lively showers across vietnam through laos pushing towards thailand over the next day also what a few showers across the peninsula will see somewhat of weather once again just not going into northern parts of java and they will sink a little further a switch as we go on through where to stay much of the region saying they see to the day showers as per usual never started to see signs of the southwest monsoon
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just around the andaman sea it's a little more cloud just starting to build here still plenty of cloud there into the northeast of in the aether remnants of a tropical side and just squeezing out the last of the moisture with the risk of flooding for some. water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because it's lawyer doesn't mean it cannot be approached what about the guy that can afford it guys tell me it's water in a new 2 part series al-jazeera examines the social financial and environmental impact of water privatized nation loads of water coming soon.
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welcome back you're watching our deserve me cell run a reminder of our top stories the world health organization temporarily suspends the global trial of the drug hydroxy chloroquine to treat covert 19 that follows a medical journal report that says that it can. have harmful effects on patients. israel's prime minister has told members of his right wing likud party that he won't miss and post a historic opportunity to an excess of more palestinian land in the occupied west bank and jordan valley. and the u.k. prime minister's top advisor is refusing to resign over accusations that he broke lockdown rules dominic coming says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london while his wife at covert 970 s.
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. more russian mercenaries have been pulling out of the battle for the libyan capital tripoli now this is coming from the un backed government russian fighters are supporting wall ought to have to who's been trying to capture the capital for more than a year the man of bani walid to confirm the russians have been flying out from an air base in the town with 7 military planes seen landing there has not moved up to what it has this update. then he would leave the city is south of the city of the horn at the maid of benny will lead told her that several flights have been landing in airport to carry the russian mercenaries that is no clear information on where they're leaving in libya or out of libya but what we know for certain is that some of the russian mosul is that left the front lies have been carried by land transportation from benny will lead also to
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a job for military bases in central libya in all cases the russian medicine reserve in beni will lead now will come the mayor told and just see that the elderly council in benny will lead is protesting the presence of the russian mercenaries in ben you will lead because as they say they have taken part in attacking libyan cities and also attacking and killing and wanting innocent civilians there they say that the concern of that wanted that some of the russian mercenaries might stay longer in beni will lead some to in chief of the international interest he explains the complex dynamic of foreign involvement. what's happening is that turkey and russia are trying to negotiate their new position as the new power brokers in libya for the 1st time we've seen that instead of the g.n.a.t. continuing to bomb but i don't want to we've seen the 1st time that the d.n.a.
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has offered 2 days for forces into one to withdraw and this is actually believed to be to give time for russia and turkey to iron out some of the details we know that russia is trying to convince have to give up the offensive and to cement himself in the east while turkey cement itself in the west and the 2 countries discuss the future of libya but the wild card here suddenly is that the u.s. is now trying to reassert itself we've seen a statement from the u.s. embassy in libya the u.s. has been very quiet in which the u.s. now claims that it is a firm partner of the d.n.a. and that it has always been a partner of the g.n.a.t. and that it wants a political solution so now turkey has found itself between the russians and between the americans the americans don't want russia to have a big role that americans want to play a renewed big role in libya and turkey is caught in between the 2 the russian prosecutors are seeking an 18 year jail sentence for a former u.s. marine accused of spying paul whelan was detained in moscow in 2018 but he says
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that he's framed the prosecution accuses him of being a u.s. military intelligence colonel trying to obtain state secrets the u.s. national also holds british canadian and irish passports he denies the charges a fire has gutted hundreds of slums in the southeastern region of india's capital new delhi the incident has happened in the. area firefighters are trying to bring down the blaze that began in the early afternoon no casualties have been reported so far. while staying in the country india has resumed domestic flights with the government to get. economy moving again but even as the announcement was made the country recorded its largest jump yet in corona virus infections almost 7000 india correspondent elizabeth. new delhi. it is the new normal that indian airports start sanitized passengers bags before they enter the terminal. the disinfectant sprays just one of
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a number of new measures as domestic flights resumed passengers temperature's a check before and off to flying mosques a compulsory throughout the journey and some were taking extra precautions. and we have all. the. passengers with symptoms will be tested or quarantined upon arrival but many states have sent their own voles the civil aviation minister tweeted indian saw in the skies again but not everything went to plan 82 flights in and out of delhi what happened so with little notice leaving passengers frustrated according to airport officials that's because several states said they wouldn't be able to accept flights earlier agreed to. what the number of coronavirus cases rising the worst hit states of try and tamil nadu have agreed to only allow 25 arrivals a day after initially refusing to accept flights. the state of west bengal's had
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flights can't land for another 3 days as it deals with the aftermath of cycling on plan we just heard that my friend has been cancelled i didn't get any notification i didn't get any e-mails i just heard airport so i'm joined. on having her back home. airlines are planning to resume about a 3rd of their domestic flights as the government tries to restart the world's 5th largest economy but the industry faces challenges the. court has ordered social distancing must be observed in airports and on flights forcing airlines to keep middle seats vacant and it said the government should be more worried about the health of citizens rather than the health of airlines elizabeth pradhan al jazeera you delhi etc african our burundi's governing party candidate has been declared the winner of last week's presidential election with nearly 70 percent of the vote every step and she will replace longtime president and couldn't caesar who's
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stepping down after 15 years in power the election was marred by allegations of fraud and harassment david after is a counterterrorism expert a global risk international explains why there's been widespread speculation over the credibility of the vote. there is no doubt that if you look at least 3 of rudy you know with protests and you know activity and assassinations you know of course going back to the policing there of the 1990 s. every tree that would use and it would cease. what what the fear east you know we should return to that period but there is likely going to be some you know scary she's you know coming in the next few days i think there's been huge allegations of you know restrictions of freedom from you know from journalists and it was made worse you know i mean the election was made worse by the 90 pandemic which means a lot of the international community that was made to observe the elections could
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in trouble and that actually you know give some some doubts as to the fairness and credibility of the elections but you know well because the results have been clipped you know and he's 3 of african countries i doubt if there is going to be any difference despite the claims about position that elections you know where not free and clear of course weak rigged so i doubt you know if we will not see skirmishes but that won't go anywhere for people in certain amr voted in a crucial poll a long serving president the seibu to as is seeking another term despite being convicted of murder present a cast his vote in the national assembly elections along with his wife in the capital. in november he was found guilty of the execution of political opponents in $1802.00 an appeal is due to be heard next month the polls closed.
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more than 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have lost their jobs during the 2 months lockdown brought on by the corona virus and millions more could be out of work over the coming weeks some have been lucky enough to find odd jobs to get by but others have been forced into banking for food. and enduring reports now from the capital manila. julius event a least a used to earn around $300.00 a month as a jeepney driver that was barely enough to feed his family but he says somehow they were able to get by but life became much worse 2 months ago when the lockdown was imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus he's unable to work and pay for the house rent in manila so they live like this now in the cheaply begging in the street just to feed his family. but this is really tragic and i can see all my children suffers there from our situation here and we don't know in
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our next meeting. christian going to see also says the pandemic brought more suffering for his family he used to be a professional photographer but when the lockdown of the entire region of luzon happened workers stopped coming in to. he found a job as a delivery driver earning less than half of what he used to image and i know i love god more professional ain't gonna imagine and years and years of professional experience. and roll up my sleeves just so i can earn thanks are heard but we simply don't have a choice anymore it is some other absorbable no the philippine government implemented one of the world's a strictest and longest quarantines a 2 month lock down for more than $50000000.00 filipinos the region of luzon accounts for at least 75 percent of the entire economy quarantine restrictions were recently eased in an attempt to restore some normalcy and limit the economic damage
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after 2 decades of uninterrupted grooves but at least 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have already lost their jobs since the lockdown began and the government says millions more are expected to be unemployed this year the impact of this health crisis is causing quite secular suffering to those who have very little to begin with. the government is giving cash aid to millions of impoverished families but leaders admit resources are already stretched and much of the government's so-called calamity fund has been used up those like julius of always lived on the fringes say they feel left out if the virus doesn't kill them they say hunger most likely will. dog and manila. now japan's prime minister has lifted a state of emergency aimed at containing the outbreak shin's r.-b.
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says the spread of the virus is now under control measures had already been relaxed in most of the country and only tokyo and for the regions were still under restrictions. the u.k. government says thousands of retail shops and markets can reopen next month as well lock down restrictions a bunch of europe has started to lift current virus measures in the hope of salvaging the summer tourist season as. reports. for the 1st time in 2 months madrid restaurants and coffee shops are back in business for now this is the new normal only outside seating is permitted chairs cleaned after every customer and city employees are on the square disinfecting the area during the time of this pandemic some customers say they are willing to adapt i must get another god i spent the entire look down period to learn this finally off as a bit of social life it is a bit odd with the social distancing and everything but i've really missed it. and
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spain's canary islands locals are out enjoying the warm weather but notably missing are turfs tourism accounts for more than 12 per cent of spain's economy businesses are eagerly waiting for july when the country is scheduled to reopen its borders to international visitors personally because it's essential to have tourists back in our businesses during a lockdown we worked fairly well with local clients so far we're happy with things including the easing of restrictions. greece is also trying to salvage as tourism industry reopened coffee shops in athens are mostly empty with tourists denied entry until mid june visitors spend more than $19000000000.00 in greece last year but times have changed after. last year at around this time we had tourists and we were crowded now we live a different reality the economic crisis is going to be global but in greece we
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spent the last decade dealing with the bailout that the crisis is going to be far worse for us. in italy one of the hardest hit countries in europe james reopened on monday. only customers who book in advance are allowed into the stream and wrong but many people have gotten used to doing their exercises online this business like other industries may have to change its precursor owner business plans. in berlin reopens forming pools must follow rules of hygiene and social distancing the embassies are it was pleasant above all i was surprised that it was a disability i feared only a certain number of people could get in you have to basically swim in circles the ease restrictions may be a relief for thousands of year peons but for entrepreneur is its yet another test of whether their business will survive this phase of the lockdown patsey a war is over again al-jazeera.
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your child is there with me the whole rub a reminder of our top news stories the world health organization has temporarily suspended the global trial of the drug or dropsy chloroquine for treating covert 19 patients the agency referred to a study by a medical journal that says people taking the drug what a higher risk of death the executive group has implemented a temporary pause of the hydroxyl hydroxy clogging our wesen the solidarity trial while the data safety data is today viewed by the data safety monitoring board the other arms of the trial are continuing. the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil has exceeded that of the united states for the 1st time the south american nation recorded 807 deaths in the past 24 hours while 620 people died in the u.s. brazil has more than 370000 confirmed infections. the ban on foreign travelers
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arriving in the u.s. from brazil is due to go into force late on tuesday 2 days earlier than planned the ban does not apply to u.s. citizens all legal permanent residence and the u.k. prime minister's top adviser is refusing to resign of accusations that he broke blocked animals dominic cummings says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london with his wife who had covert 900 symptoms. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his government will seize what he has described as a historic opportunity to annex more palestinian land in the occupied west bank in jordan valley a new gym in netanyahu made the comments to members of his right wing likud party. and germany's top court has ruled that both dogon must buy back diesel cars at the center of an emissions cheating scandal faults foghat admitted to using software to cheat on emissions tests 5 years ago those were the main headlines with the stance
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you do stay with us. on counting the cost brazil health of economic crisis made worse by its president no longer recession proof more than $1000000.00 health care jobs have been lost in the u.s. at angle of about $500000000000.00 euro plan to save the european union. county the cost on al-jazeera. t.v. . a rice terrifying speech. and jump through 5. stop before ms are the unsung heroes of indian cinema for a meager wage they put their bodies on the line for the country's biggest star. not everyone group. like. them made them look good while doing it but accidents on film sets a comedy some even indian day. one i want to east meet the indian stunt for
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