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played an important role. ringback in the. suspended over safety concerns the world health organization holds the trial of an anti malarial drug for covert 1000 patients. hello there i missed on the attack on the says al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a do to address. the british prime minister's chief adviser defies calls to resign over a 400 kilometer trip during the coronavirus lockdown. israel's prime minister vows
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to push ahead with plans to annex more of the occupied west bank and a matter of survival filipino family struggled to get by as millions lose their jobs and use a credit 9000 restrictions. now the world health organization has paused a global trial of the drug hydroxy car a queen over safety concerns the anti-malarial drug was being tested as a possible treatment for the 19 the temporary suspension comes after a study said that people who were taking the drug were at a higher risk of death us president on trump had been using it as a precautionary measure for a short period his own health agency has warned people against its use to treat the virus. the executive group has implemented a temporary pause of the hydroxyl hydroxy cloaking arm within the
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saudi trial while the data the safety data is that i viewed by the data safety monitoring board the other arms of the trial and continuing while president trump and democratic presidential candidate joe biden have both been marking the morial day and national holiday honoring the nation's war dead the event has been overshadowed by the pandemic as u.s. death from 100000 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 as our brave warriors have shown us from the nation's earliest days in america we
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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 bidens wore 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 do 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 despite lack of scientific evidence of its effectiveness the w
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h o's head of emergency programs warn countries to remain vigilant to avoid a resurgence of the pandemic could trees around the world have to continue to put in place the public health 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 flock to a 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. well 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 620 people died in the u.s. brazil has more than 370000 confirmed infections and 23000 people there have already died and a ban on foreign travelers arriving in the u.s. from brazil is due to go into force late on tuesday that's 2 days earlier than planned the white house says the measures will prevent further infections in the united states but the ban does not apply to u.s. citizens or legal permanent residents and protesters have rallied in cities across ecuador against government as to tackle the economic fallout from the pandemic. you can see demonstrators gathered in defiance of lockdown restrictions last week the president announced spending cuts including the closure of state companies and a 16 percent pay cut for public sector workers while china is preparing to
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evacuated citizens in india amid a rising number of corona virus infections their chinese citizens now have until wednesday to register to leave but we can also speak to out china correspondent katrina you she joins us from beijing katrina why are we seeing this specifically now. well that is a good question the government here in china has said it's because of pandemic concerns there are roughly 5000 chinese cities chinese citizens currently stuck in india and it's a popular destination for chinese travelers they go there to visit yoga and buddhist sites and lots of business people who go there as well but we have to remember that there are about 1400000 chinese who are currently stuck abroad because of the pandemic because china has put into place some very strict travel restrictions as current be a very strict rule or only one airline per country per week is allowed to enter china and that means that it's extremely difficult for people to get hold of any
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tickets in any seats or they're extremely expensive so because of this announcement there is quite a bit of anger from chinese who are stuck in other countries abroad raising questions as to why there isn't india have been prioritized well perhaps another answer to this is that it's not just the pandemic which the chinese government is concerned about in india there are increasing tensions over the chinese and indian border there's been some scuffles there between chinese troops and indian troops because of disagreements over the line of control now this has been happening for years now but in recent weeks those scuffles have been intensifying it's hard to get reports but there have been some reports that they have been some fistfights people have been injured no bullets have been fired but some analysts say that because of the frequency of these scuffles that both sides could potentially be find themselves in gauged in all out conflict because of this katrina you there for us in beijing thank you very much for that update katrina well hong kong leader has
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moved to reassure locals that a proposed national security door will not affect freedoms in the territory last week china proposed a bill for calm but it says aims to tackle secession that moved sparked protests on the weekend. we are very free society is sort of for the time being people have this freedom to say whatever they want to say but ultimately what is to be provided in this piece of legislation is for or of us to see in order to be assured that hong kong's freedoms will be preserved and hong kong vibrancy and the core values in terms of the rule of law the independence of a traditionally the various rights and freedoms enjoyed by people will continue to be there now the british prime minister's top advisor has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a political storm that's an gulf barra's johnson's government dominic coming said
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he doesn't regret his actions he traveled with his family from london to northeast england back in march while his wife had private 1000 symptoms made barco reports from london. this was an unusual moment for dominic cummings a man more comfortable in the background of british politics the prime minister's 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 circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. in these circumstances. cummings who's faced a daily media scrum outside his home so the journey was to ensure his 4 year old
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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 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
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save lives a message most followed by the scandal surrounding dominic cummings has a road it people's trust in government anybody thinks they're above this letter of the law is a maniac and they should the only adhered to it as much as possible and i think he's an absolute shocker 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 you say no no no whatever he told me you did nothing wrong the government meant to be using this time to lead the country out of lockdown instead it's struggling to silence
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a scandal at the heart of power the barca al-jazeera westminster now still ahead on al-jazeera finding a new normal european stores begin to reopen their doors after months of restriction and back in india some domestic flights there is you there are the cops on day one. yet more severe storms across central parts of the u.s. you can see this huge massive cloud right out of texas pushing up across oklahoma he's in cross the good parts of kansas and all the way up. awards the midwest there so we have seen some big pile the auto nader mixed in and some flooding and damaging winds and you still see that law and that china still has his feet up into
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central parts of canada russia to the east of that not too bad lousy fine and dry has some pavey rain and florida there was some showers continuing here as we go through tuesday that was a western here's lossie settled in sunny day a few showers over the mountain states but nothing too much to speak of other woman in ally getting up to 32 degrees celsius warming off in san francisco around 27 celsius come wednesday the showers there still as a very slow moving system this one right across the plains i was woolsey's to see people she could catch wanted to share was coming in here as well for good measure it was a pretty a showers across cuba across parts of central america we will see more the same as we go on through the next day as a house a little drive there full cuba lost a fine in try for a time across the lesser antilles but you'll catch wanted to show us that it was trinidad and tobago. but. they say to really know someone you must walk
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a mile in the. follow in their footsteps the state through which they way in the was. how dizzy and shares these snow journeys. inspiring stories of people disappearing on their chosen path. with news documentaries on al-jazeera. org. and again i missed on the attainder let's remind you of our top stories this hour the world health organization temporarily suspend the global trial of the drug
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hydroxy chloroquine to treat private 19 but follows a medical journal report that says its use can have harmful effects on patients. the british prime minister's top advisor is refusing to resign over accusations he broke down rules dominic cummings says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london but his wife had committed 1000 symptoms. and china is preparing to evacuate its citizens in india amid a rising number of corona virus infections there chinese citizens have until wednesday to register to leave but only those who are not showing any symptoms will be allowed on planes. on monday india recorded almost 7000 new cases that's the biggest jump yet despite this some domestic flights have resumed as elizabeth purana reports different statewide restrictions made it difficult for passengers.
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this is the new normal that indian airports start sanitized passengers bags before they enter the terminal. the disinfectants praised just one of a number of new measures as domestic flights resumed passengers temperatures a check before and off to flying mosques a compulsory throughout the journey and some which taking extra precautions. and all they've measured of the. passengers with symptoms will be tested or quarantined upon arrival but many states have searched their own votes the civil aviation minister tweeted india and saw in the skies again but not everything went to plan 82 flights. in and out of delhi were cancelled with little notice leaving passengers frustrated according to airport officials that's because several states said they wouldn't be able to accept flights which that earlier agreed to. with the number of coronavirus cases
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rising to the states of behind. have agreed to only allow 25 arrivals a day after initially refusing to accept flights. the state of west had flights can't land for another 3 days as it deals with the aftermath of. we just heard that my friend has been cancelled i didn't get any notification i didn't get it. i just heard it airport so i'm sorry. i'm heading for a battle. lines are planning to resume about a 3rd of their domestic flights as the government tries to restart the world's 4th largest economy but the industry faces challenges the supreme 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 daddy well to some other news now israel's prime minister says his government will seize what he has described as an historic opportunity to annex
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more palestinian land in the occupied west bank and the jordan valley benjamin netanyahu made the comments to members of his right wing likud party in the israeli knesset he has previously promised his own illegal jewish settlements in areas under israeli sovereignty high force it has more from westerners. well it certainly means that the message from netanyahu remains very staunchly in that direction despite what's been happening since you negotiated the coalition deal with his former rival mao 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 woods have the ability to bring it to vote in the israeli parliament the knesset the complicated in fact him at least well there are a few one is the fact the united states seems to have been dampening down such
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expectations since the president might compare here about 10 days ago the u.s. secretary of state they've been talking about the need for that 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. 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 new could party supporters today he was saying that this was an opt in 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 man handpicked by burundi is long time needed to replace and has been declared the winner of last week's presidential
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election the governing party candidate that's everest and he won with nearly 70 percent of the vote but the opposition has called the results a fantasy shall about us reports. that. after 15 years burundi is getting a new president but it doesn't mean change with 68.7 percent of the voters the ruling see indeedy f t d party won elections meaning long time president. movie succeeded by his close ally an army general everest day she me a it's the country's 1st competitive presidential election since civil war erupted in 1993 when they were. the electoral preparation was nicely done because there was a big turnout of voters and elections were peaceful voting finished on time and without any problems. disputing that is brandi's main opposition leader agathon rwanda who slammed the results as
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a fantasy he received 24 percent of the vote but accuse the winning party of stuffing ballots and arresting officer members he's not alone in his concerns the government blocks most international observers those who were allowed in we're told that have to quarantine for 2 weeks meaning that missed the vote. not see this as a democratic transfer out i think you know power has just been given to general nor'easter. and the position of course has said that they've won the election by 58 percent also. reported turn up reach nearly 88 percent rule most 4500000 people brandi has reported just 42 cases of coronavirus supporter titian's largely ignored the pandemic. for thousands and are . weeks but if you know about it you've got a god people going to talk about going badly and. we're ok with the results but we
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need to work in pace the government has to let us move freely before the elections we could move across the city center but now they limit our movements at a fix are so much. security as you consume. violence. here. your position we caught in the last motion 2016 in prison corn season one a disputed office clashes ensued and 1200 people died is going to church we appreciate the selection for sure because we can see that it went well and you can see there is enough peace and stability and peace and stability holds may hinge on how doggedly the opposition disputes the results is expected to be a new gray suit in august seanad dallas al-jazeera and germany's top court has ruled that volkswagen must buy back diesel cars at the center of an emissions cheating scandal that decision affects about 60000 car owners in germany wagon
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admitted to using software to cheat on a mission of tests 5 years ago and what became known as diesel gate a scandal has already cost the family than $30000000000.00 worldwide a fat man didn't offer is the director of the center for automotive research and he explains how car owners will be compensated. you see the girl over here the owners drive a lot of kilometers with a car which they bought sometimes you go 345 years ago and then lucas said ok we have to take in the coward that the value of the car is you mean it's due to the use of the car and therefore we will find a solution which says ok you can get back the car. then prize you paid terms years ago for the car however you have to pay into account the kilometers the uses of the car which you did in the past and therefore
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thing it was expected that the server occurred in the interim and you will go into that direction and so that on the one hand we don't need you to pay compensation for customers because they've cheated the customers on the other hand customers have to be accepted that the use it or the car has to be into taking into account or making the channel so loose and or the proper noun agreement has been made for $9800000000.00 government bad out for the jan airline lufthansa the rescue package will keep the carrier going as the industry struggles during this global pandemic the deal as yet to be approved by the european union. well the british government says thousands of raids house shops and outdoor markets can reopen next month as the lockdown restrictions that. much of
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europe has started to lift coronavirus measures in the hope of salvaging the summer tourist season. 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 come out that i spent the entire look down period to learn so 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 spain's canary islands locals are out enjoying the warm weather but notably of missing are terse tourism accounts for more than 12 per cent of spain's economy businesses are eagerly waiting for july and the country is scheduled to reopen its
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borders to international visitors personally because it's essential to have tourists back in our businesses during the lockdown we work 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 reopen coffee shops in athens are mostly empty with tourists denied entry until mid june this is it or 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 spent the last decade dealing with the bailouts 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. in advance are allowed into the stream and roam but many people have gotten used to doing their exercises online this business like other
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industries may have to change its precursor owner business plans. in berlin reopens forming pools must follow rules of hygiene and social distancing i mean if you sorry it was pleasant above all i was surprised that it wasn't as far as i feared only a certain number of people can get in you have to basically swim in circles the ease restrictions may be a relief for thousands of europeans but for entrepreneurs' it's yet another test of whether their business will survive this phase down. 0. 02 and a half 1000000 filipinos have lost their jobs during the 2 month coronavirus lockdown there and millions more could be out of work by the end of this year some have found odd jobs to get by but others have been forced to beg for food jamil and are going to ports from manila. julius have a new lease 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
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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 cheap begging in the street just to feed his family. but this is really tragic i can see all the children suffers from our situation here and we don't know in 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 profession i lay in bed in my jeans and years and years of professional
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experience i swallowed my pride and rolled 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 after 2 decades of uninterrupted gross. but at least so when our 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
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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 similarly dugan manila. hello again i'm a star here with the headlines on al-jazeera the world health organization has temporarily suspended the global trial of the drug seeker acquainted treat kovac 19 and follows a medical journal report that says its use can have harmful effects on patients the executive group has implemented a temporary pause of the hydroxyl hydroxy chloral can are within the
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solidarity trial while the data the safety data is reviewed by the bit on safety monitoring board the other arms of the continuing. the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil has exceeded vast of the united states for the 1st time the south american nation recorded 807 deaths in the past 24 hours while 620 people died and the u.s. brazil has more than 370000 confirmed infections and 23000 people have died and a ban on foreign travelers arriving in the u.s. from brazil is due to go into force late on tuesday that's 2 days earlier than planned the white house says the measures will prevent further infections in the united states but the ban does not apply to u.s. citizens or legal permanent residents and china is preparing to evacuate its citizens in india amid a rising number of corona virus infections there chinese citizens have until
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wednesday to register to leave on monday india recorded almost 7000 new cases that's the biggest jump yet the british prime minister's top adviser is refusing to resign over accusations he broke down rules dominic coming says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london while his wife had caused 19 symptoms. israel's prime minister says his government will seize what he has described as a historic opportunity to annex mall 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 germany's top court has ruled that volkswagen must buy back diesel cars at the center of an emissions cheating scandal the decision affects about 60000 car owners in germany well those are the headlines all the more news here to witness stay with us. in uncertain and isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this
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