condoned trump survive these historic challenges. do you hear and. this is al-jazeera. i'm still raman you're watching the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the national guard out in many cities and soldiers on standby but the u.s. defense secretary says he doesn't support the use of the military against protesters. also a family's plea for justice the mother of george floyd's daughter once charges against all 4 officers linked to his death. and the voice of thousands marched

in central london in solidarity with americas and to racism crowds. also china moves towards greater control of hong kong britain's prime minister talks of offering citizenship to millions i'm going to go just go with sports as the german football federation says it will not punish players who protest racism and the killing of george floyd saying the players have their respect and understanding. welcome to the news with the fallout over the death of george floyd in the us and the mass protests across the country u.s. defense secretary mark esper has spoken within the past hour and has a differing view from the president over the use of military to control crowds donald trump has increasingly put pressure on governments to mobilize troops but

the pentagon has pushed back and asked for says he's trying to keep his department out of politics. i've always believed and continue to believe that the national guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations in support of local law enforcement i say this not only as secretary defense but also as a former soldier and a former member of the national guard the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are not in one of those situations now i do not support invoking the insurrection act meanwhile the mother of george 4 distorter has made an emotional tribute to him with their 6 year old daughter standing by her side roxie washington says she wants justice and the world to remember floyd as

a good man he. well we're agile way he will never walk down. it is a problem see thing. he doesn't add any more. and . any of your. because that one yes if you know. floyd stuff continues to spark anger not only in the u.s. but also across the world this is the scene around london's hyde park where thousands of marching against brutality towards the black community that followed some of the marches to embassies across the globe let's also begin our coverage with our white house correspondent kelly how casey monitoring events for us certainly have this past the meant us week kimberly what options really does the

president have now when it sort of comes to these protests. well the u.s. president was very clear as he spoke a couple of days ago in the rose garden that he would send in the military if the governors were able to quell the end rast that has been gripping their cities so it was really very astonishing to see this sort of public difference of opinion by the defense secretary mark esper with regard to the use and how that could take place namely the insurrection act of 1807 that does give the power to the president to deploy active duty military to quell and arrest but this is a little used law that again goes back 200 years the last sort of use was in the early 1990 s. to kind of tamp down the riots that it was going on that time in los angeles so the fact that the defense secretary has come out and sort of departed from the

narrative of the president is certainly something to mark now the other things that the defense secretary talked about which are notable is there seems to be a real push back by the trumpet ministration on their use of force a couple of nights ago when there was this clearing of protesters in lafayette park outside the white house in order for the president to have a photo opportunity in front of st mark st john's episcopal church this is something that the defense secretary said was not done with rubber bullets it was not done with tear gas and this is been echoed by the u.s. park police instead they say what they were using were smoke canisters and pepper balls now we can tell you that the protesters say that there was tear gas used but the official line is no there was not now the other thing the defense secretary talked about as he said that he when he went to that church with the president he was not aware that this was going to be a photo opportunity only

a visit by the president and he went on to say that he encourages all americans to protest peacefully and he says that in retrospect his church. referring to the protests as a battle space is something that he regrets so some very strong words but also a tamping down in some ways of the sort of stronger rhetoric of the founding of the flames if you will that donald trump has been accused of when it comes to these protests and being suddenly and the tone during the day with the president has been talking pretty quiet over the weekend yeah the u.s. president has been speaking not publicly in front of the cameras and that's why it's not getting sort of the attention that we often would give it instead he has spoken out on a radio show in the last couple of hours on the conservative radio show and he was asked about the mistrust of the communities of color in the united states when it comes to policing he didn't really seem to come up with any sort of solution or

offer what instead he just called it a long term problem he also pushed back on the the suggestion that he's very unpopular with communities of color saying that his poll numbers are great but i can tell you that's not the case when it comes to african-americans at times they've been in the single digits i think however is around 10 percent and it's high and he's really blamed the media for that he says that the media has not pointed out that he has done a lot to help bring jobs to african-american communities that there has been historically 2 low unemployment in communities of color under his presidency of course before covert 19 hit and the u.s. president also pushed back on reporting widespread reporting that he was brought to a bunker and friday evening as the protesters approached the white house he said it was really just an inspection and he was there for just a very short time now we're not sure what else we might hear from the president publicly but we will hear from the press secretary she will be holding a briefing at 18 g.m.t. quit can you how could

a washington thank you. well let's bring in michael fauntroy in washington d.c. he's the acting director of the ronald w. walters leadership and public policy center at howard university good to have you with us a lot to get through but let's just begin with the protests continue in some ism shape or form in many cases breaking curfews and the law how much of a watershed moment is this in american history if we compare it to something like birmingham alabama in 1963 you know it's a little early to put it in total horror historical perspective but i will tell you that this is probably the most significant. series of protests in america at least for the last 25 years police brutality is a ongoing problem we have policy issues that prevent the holding of police officers accountable for their heinous acts against black people in the united states and we're firmly about

a point appears. assistant to video are there people actually see it and can't convoy me anymore so it's my hope at least this will spark the changes that really need to help get the country where it needs to go and let me just pick up on 2 points firstly about the protection that the police get there is a term that we're going to hear a lot about as the court case proceeds with certainly one police officer maybe another 3 and it's called qualified immunity and justice sonia sotomayor from the supreme court has often said quite publicly that this is an absolute shield for law enforcement officers and protects them and reform of the law 'd therefore is required and this is about how officers can protect themselves by saying they feel their lives were in danger so they had to act in a certain way michael

could you hear me we seem to have just lost the sound there with michael trying to get back certainly later in the program. well one of the more striking protest images that we've seen was the sight of thousands of people marching onto a busy road in the city of portland oregon they lay face down on burnside bridge with their hands behind their backs for 9 minutes in remembrance of george floyd in new york police began making arrest soon after its curfew came into effect thousands of people poured onto the city's streets in the early evening build of last year has refused to bring in the national guard saying it only worsened the tension. on the 4th night of curfew has ended in los angeles thousands de fide stay at home orders to march through the city arrests have not stopped demonstrators from protesting against police brutality in the u.s. more than 2700 people have been arrested since the protests began. well as you heard earlier protests have been taking place around the world i said beggars in london where thousands of people are marching as part of the black lives matter

demonstration. this is a large crowd just mid week here the several 1000 people here now what's interesting is that this demonstration wasn't organized by black lives matter you k. now they're concerned about the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing but this has been organized over social media by many different activist groups people here showing solidarity and support in what's happening in the united states with black lives matter people have been chanting george floyd's name and also taking the knee but it's not only about the united states people here say this also an issue here inside britain black people are more likely to get stopped and searched have been a number of deaths in police custody of people and of course there was the death of mark duggan who was shot and killed by police in 2011 that led to protests here in the capital but also across the united kingdom and then a very rare statement police chiefs have issued a statement saying that they are pulled by the death of george floyd in the past for justice but also admitted that more needs to be done to tackle racism here in

the u.k. so several 1000 people here mid week in the united kingdom which is very rare and showing their solidarity and support with what's taking place in the united states . the u.s. president has resorted to threats of force as a way to control the unrest or previous presidents however have sought to balance military might with words of compassion and calm that's hard to do castro reports some say that balance has been missing from this white house. in the days following the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr in 1968 riots broke out in more than 100 u.s. cities including the nation's capital during that time virginia and her husband ben kept open the doors of their d.c. restaurant where dr king had frequently dined to remember those and city officials activists everybody coming in. and it was just that kind of place the

restaurant survived 3 nights of rioting eventually armed troops helped to quell the violence across the country and president lyndon b. johnson told an aide i don't know why we're so surprised when you put your foot on a man's neck and hold him down for 300 years and then you let him up what's he going to do he's going to knock your block off. those words were precious hour long on this hour the image of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of a black man in minneapolis killing him touched off protests now gripping the nation 52 years later we're having the same issues. that's a real tragedy. it's really a tangible history remembers president johnson's response to the 1968 riots as a show of force coupled with an articulated effort to address the country's racial problems in contrast president trump has suddenly little about the underlying issue of police brutality toward black americans his public statements have focused on

law and order labeling some protesters and arcus and terrorists when america needs to hear a time like this is we need to become a family act like a family whose universe in equity is our straight jacket he say let's just get by and this crackdown and the equality and humanity. america's racial agony has simmered since the nation's founding in slavery and boiled over many times. in 1902 rider set los angeles ablaze after a jury acquitted by police officers who had brutally beaten another black man ravi can ironically it would be king who would call for calm after days of unrest and we are given a good week and we get along and president george h.w. bush toured the damage then and told the nation the federal government would continue pressing for justice this must be the rallying cry of good and decent

people for their city. for all our sakes and hope is what president barack obama gave to a community and nation in 2015 after a white supremacist killed 9 people at a black church in south carolina obama gave the eulogy for one of the victims but it was this powerful moment that was a call for unity i'm a the. i see the break he was the. historian say grace is a necessary element that past presidents have shown in times of national turmoil and element so far missing from president trumping. castro al-jazeera washington. let's go back to michael fauntroy who unfortunately we lost

a few moments ago and joins me again in washington d.c. good to have you with us sorry about the technology the mike good to have you with us we were talking i was talking about the terminology of qualified immunity is often used in cold cases where police officers are being descended and one senior justice is saying that this is where the reform has to begin it has to start somewhere and we have to get rid of this sort of immunity to try and get justice for those that needed most. yes so what she's getting at there is effectively. a bought a bar to any real holding accountable police officers in the united states any police officer that's that's on a stand in a trial and says well i felt that i was in danger that's why i do what i did is very unlikely to be held accountable for their actions in fact the jury's going to rush to acquit and so there's no real way to penalize police officers in the united states no matter what they do indeed according to one recent study i saw

only one percent of police officers who have been responsible for killing a person ever get convicted and so if that's the case the police officers can effectively do whatever they want and we see it time and time again as it pertains to african-americans well we shall see how this pans out sunny next few days for the moment michael thanks very much for joining us from washington d.c. washington d.c. michael fauntroy thank you. there's growing concern that the demonstrations across the u.s. could cause the current virus to also spread the virus is disproportionately killing african americans but to make much as worse testing is scarce in poor largely minority neighborhoods but one doctor in new jersey is addressing that issue gabriel elizondo went to meet him. trying to stop the spread of corona virus not from a hospital but from the back of a van it's dr alexander salerno who is offering mobile testing for 1000

infections as well as antibodies they can medically salerno when a family health clinic for 30 years was dismayed by the inaction of authorities and the near non-existent testing in poor communities hit hardest by the by. he took matters into his own hands and spent more than $40000.00 to set up a pop up clinic his team tests more than $100.00 people a day in economically depressed neighborhoods of new jersey what initially gave me the idea it was really ice cream trucks and food bending trucks because you know in urban areas. are very much part of summer time and so we came up with the idea of let's do a mobile cobra testing ban. not everyone could get to a doctor's office and they really shouldn't be going to emergency rooms and hospitals for testing because that really created a major backlog so it's kind of like bring the testing to the people this is

a high rise apartment of senior housing everybody that lives here is elderly and particularly vulnerable to. many don't have the ability to go very far to get tested and now they don't have to they just walk out their front door to doctor salerno. get their tests done and the results come back within 48 hours and he turns nobody away even if they can't afford to pay burnous holmes was trying to get tested way back in march but the site was an hour away in a wealthy community and he could never get an appointment. so when i have more they 1st site was in bergen county and we can and we couldn't go over there to get tested. proving all it takes to get tests for people who need it the most is a place to park. east orange new jersey.

now sweden's top epidemiologist has criticized the government's response to covert 19 and as technical says too many died too soon and sweden should have done more unlike other countries in europe sweden didn't impose a strict lockdown and kept many businesses open in the 1st weeks of the crisis instead citizens were left to practice social distancing on a voluntary basis at least 38589 infections have been reported and there have been nearly 4 and a half 1000 deaths an official inquiry is expected to be launched prime minister stefan lawson says the government will appoint a commission before the summer while our correspondent paul reece is live for us in the swedish city of malmo really interesting reaction to this story of what's prompted the u.-turn poll. yes

it is it is interesting and we're not actually sure here in sweden if it's a u.-turn or not just to just to clarify somewhat understand you know it has kind of shot to superstardom in sweden and that's under this corona pandemic he's the state of but then we'll just as he said he's the one the government actually defers to to make decisions on the bin recommendations in sweden rather than fast restrictions and so his criticism on tuesday of the swedish approach wasn't really criticism of the government it was actually criticism of himself and the swedish public health agency now what he said was that in hindsight there were things that they think they could do better and that they might have chosen an approach that was somewhere between the full lockdown of spain and italy for example and the much more relaxed swedish model now people in sweden hang on his every word he appears

every lunch time on t.v. to get the latest on covert 19 and so when the headlines this morning were suggesting that he thought they'd done things wrong it caused a lot of surprise and that's quickly went worldwide so much so that the swedish news about it today is translated into english as well. he's been quick to give an interview today and in his press conference to say his words been taken out of context what he meant was that there were some things that they would do better for example protect people in old people's homes who have really suffered in sweden but that he stuck by the swedish model as he called it a couple of months ago and indeed the prime minister stephan the has come out saying that they still believe they're doing the right thing and talk of the swedish model when you have paul over 38 and a half 1000 infections in every 4 and a half 1000 deaths that's the worry to any community what is the situation like in the atmosphere like in sweden right now with those sorts of statistics being

bandied around across the country. well it very much depends where you are here in malmo is is far less affected than in stockholm in fact there's a bit of a party atmosphere in malmo today because people are having their graduation ceremonies. in malmo apart from the fact that people keep their distance people don't hug people don't visit elderly relatives you wouldn't notice much difference because of this very relaxed approach to coronavirus however as i mentioned the place that the place is it's really been devastated our old people's homes of those 4500 deaths. 4000 of those have been people over 70 and a half of them have been in old people's homes and that's where the most the fiercest criticism has come internally in sweden that while the war the health agencies knew that this virus was on its way it didn't take the kind of lightning

action that we saw in asia to protect extremely vulnerable people in old people's homes. maybe in hindsight will see that overall for society the swedish approach house potentially been a good one with young children being able to be in school that's certainly no consolation for people who've who've lost loved ones at the start of this crisis throughout people's homes not being protected poor reese in melbourne thank you very much. no lock down measures are being lifted across colombia with the exceptions of the company bogota and 2 other hard hit cities and the matter of bogota has reimposed a total lockdown in a working class area of more than a 1000000 people which has become the new epicenter as alison do the reports. much of colombia's capital life appears close to normal with many people returning to work. but here in the sprawling working class section called kennedy things

i come to one in a half 1000000 people and with 30 percent of all cases of corona virus in the city kennedy is once again under lockdown. for the next 2 weeks no one will be allowed out except to seek food or medicine but after more than 2 months in quarantine many say there i'm willing to comply i knew there are countries that have had more than we have but they've restarted their economies so the mirror is acting like a dictator. yet with infections on the rise are taking no chances police and soldiers have been deployed at the entrance of the area diverting traffic and demanding a new online registration for vehicles the need to enter for essential services. recently reopened construction sites that briefly offered or a spite to many day laborers have been closed again i only a portion of could have asked us the main produce market up the city is operating

entrance is allowed but only under strict regime measures health workers have increased testing inside the cell ations. although the surrounding area is teeming with informal vendors oh my god they want us to stay home but if we don't go out to work who buys the food. the 1st cases of the coronavirus were detected in the rich upper class neighborhoods in the northeast of the city but the virus has since bred widely and at times killed mostly in poor working class neighborhoods where people have had a harder time respecting their restrictions and staying at home. this is an emergency measure but the problem is that people can't enjoy another quarantine they don't have food so even if the measures are justified it's difficult to pretend that people can remain locked down. with the peak of infection

still weeks away it's an almost impossible balancing act in a country that has so far managed to control the rate of the disease but with a large population with few options but to take their chances on the streets to survive a lesson that i'm. still ahead here on al-jazeera as news out of sympathy and solidarity spreads across borders as reaction to george boyd staff goes global. and the new investigation that suggests that china withheld data on coronavirus from the world health organization. and his 4 we'll hear from the head off formula one about what happens if a driver test positive for covert like the stories after the break.

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control crowds but mark esper says he doesn't support invoking the insurrection act . also the mother of george floyd's daughter has made an emotional tribute to her with her 6 year old daughter standing by her side roxie washington says she wants justice and for the world to remember floyd as a good man also thousands of people have joined to get another protest in london in solidarity with african-americans in the u.s. it's just the latest event in the global backlash to racism in america. and that anger hasn't just come from the public with world leaders and government officials also condemning racism and police brutality in the u.s. that's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays he joins me now from the united nations and james it does seem that some of the u.s. is friends and allies are being quite critical of the situation in the u.s. about sort of directly having a go at the president. they are performing the same

balancing act we've seen for 3 and a half years of the trumpet ministration they know that president trump takes criticism very very badly lashes out and sometimes responds with unilateral action the so they've been very careful but it's clear there is a very big disquiet among some of the u.s. is closest allies you saw in that protest outside the white house when the protesters were cleared so that president trump could stage that photo opportunity with a bible the not straight in t.v. crew were among those that were attacked by the security forces by the police well the australian prime minister scott morrison normally one of president john stuart staunchest supporters is asked for an inquiry we've had comments from the e.u. we had comments from the german foreign minister about the use of the police and the way that the press seems to have been targeted in in these in these

protests over the last few days clearly some of the leaders are finding it very difficult what they're going to say and you saw that when prime is the true justin trudeau was asked about the situation in north the long pause while he struggled to come up with some words that would judge the situation as it is but also not inflame the situation with president trump and that repeated just a few hours ago in the u.k. parliament when the u.k. prime minister boris johnson was asked about the police response in the u.s. he tried very hard not to answer indeed i mean what what are the wider international community saying from way you are the united nations. well interesting that i watch the u.n. putting out statements on things all round the world whenever there's protests whenever there's violence it took the u.n. a very long time to talk about this but the secretary general antonio terrace has put out a statement i'm heartbroken see violence on the streets and

a host country and a host city of new york grievances must be heard but should be expressed peacefully and all thought is must show restraint in responding to demonstrations now must show restraint that is not the response that we've seen from president trump remember he's favored a militarized response and he said that they should dominate the streets one other thing worth telling you this does have a little bit of a bearing on some of the discussions that have taken place in recent days with regard to hong kong there's been a lot of pressure from the u.s. for the security council to raise the issue of hong kong in the new security law in hong kong i can tell you that at least one diplomat russian diplomat has raised the idea of the security council instead discussing the protests in the u.s. very interesting james bays our diplomatic editor thank you and as james i just touch on china and hong kong that's next because china is warning the united kingdom that interfering in hong kong affairs could backfire and that's after the

prime minister boris johnson said the united kingdom could offer millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china imposes a controversial national security law in our beijing argues that foreign influence is a threat to hong kong stability and prosperity now those sentiments have been echoed by hong kong's chief executive kerry lam is in beijing to meet chinese officials. well i can only say that the international community and some of the foreign governments have been adult. data and double standards in dealing with this matter and commenting on this matter it is within the letter to major restriction of any country to enacting laws to protect and safeguard national security. usa is no exception u.k. is no exception so why should they object to recess for even condemn and take sanctions against hong kong and the people's republic of china. for the people who would have access to what johnson calls a route to citizenship are those with a d.

and opana sport which stands for the british national overseas passport another b.n. 0 was issued to people in hong kong when it was still a british colony before it was handed back to china in 1970 it's a travel document but it doesn't automatically give holders british citizenship or allow them to live or work in the u.k. now around $300000.00 people hold the passport but nearly $2100000.00 people in hong kong eligible for it that's about 40 percent of the population project why is an associate fellow at chatham house think tank he's also a former 1st secretary of the british embassy in beijing and joins me now from london good to have you with us on the program sir a huge statement being made by the u.k. prime minister that will has not gone down well with beijing. that's absolutely right i mean it is it is frankly quite surprising that they have a prime minister in the government going so far and apparently offering

a route to citizenship to a large number of car which is great news. show real solidarity of the british government and the people in our car and the situation. but of course the chinese don't. have flatly rejected it. you know and that's right now they say that any action by the us australia all the u.k. in undermining china in this particular issue on this issue is illegal in their ways . what do you think they would do if this is a so-called red line that the british shouldn't be crossing. i mean they will fulminate against britain and ultimately of course they still regard all hong kong bloggers and other all other than those who actually do.

thoughts go or ask. as chinese citizens so they regard the be and know those as chinese and it is quite possible for example it would prevent them from reading. if they wish to and there is a long way to go yet and there is a lot of hype and rhetoric but the point is 1st of all that the chinese are determined to enact this national security legislation there will be and has. considerable pushback from certainly from within our own kong and now from our to the international community that i hope that this results in a. more sensitive handling of the issue. we just have to wait and see it do you see it. as the type of pressure that china would succumb to because at the moment it doesn't seen that they really care about what the international community says or does and certainly. irritated by the former

colonial power there the united kingdom a sort of as you say interfering it's a difficult balancing act both for china and also for the united kingdom because they still have to get old after all this is over. they do and we do and we very much hope to that home kong will continue to prosper. in the years to come but the point is that it's national security legislation in the ear of the british government i think they're right and this is is seriously undermining of the. freedoms and the rule of law and are not the ability of money on its own has promised both joint declaration and the basic law that the chinese themselves arts does address and see what will happen of course we will want to this with erotic wife and chatham house thanks so much for joining us from london

thank you china is denying it withheld vital details about the credit iris our break and that's after the associated press published an investigation which found that the world health organization officials heaped praise on beijing in order to coax more information from them between e.u. has more than china's capital when news of the virus emerged in january the world health organization lauded beijing to perspire its we were very impressed with the level of engagement of the chinese government at all levels. but while the un agency praised china in public privately officials were reportedly frustrated by a lack of transparency an investigation by the associated press concluded that chinese health officials not only withheld information about the outbreak they also delayed distributing the card $900.00 by several days chinese health officials told the public that the possibility of human to human transmission over the

w hey joe tweeted in agreement but behind the scenes agency staff were apparently skeptical 100 train china positively as w.h.o. director at honda did during a meeting that she didn't peeing in late january was said to be used as a strategy to gain more information china's foreign ministry says the associated press report is untrue. things the epidemic broke out china has been open transparent and responsible about it we have stayed in close in the song communication cooperation with the doubly joe since the beginning of the outbreak china's foreign ministry has not any cover up or accuracy when it comes will forming the public about the run of ours these new allegations deal and added blow to birthday and the world health organization at a time when the agency is struggling to maintain support chinese officials last week donald trump said the u.s. was terminating its relationship with the. accusing it of being china's centric

chinese president xi jinping has meanwhile pledged $2000000000.00 to the organization over the next 2 years for funding which analysts say could increase china's influence over the agency. who are. really. now they have to make sure the. same time not alienating. even. china has agreed to a review into the origin of the pandemic once the outbreak is under control and investigation which many will be scrutinizing when and if it does happen. al-jazeera beijing. officials in india have people to stay home because of a tropical cyclone that's 2 states on the west coast at least 100000 residents of. states have already fled their homes to safety and dozens of patients recovering

from the current virus have to be moved it's the 1st time in more than 70 years that a scientologist touched down in the area lived with for all of this following developments from the capital new delhi. so far we've seen pictures of many trees that have been operated in parts of maharashtra as india's west coast including the states all but also go were hit by very strong winds heavy rains and high tides as cycloid in the south are made landfall around 1 pm local time carrying winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour 100000 people will move to shelters in maharashtra and there are many things along the low lying areas which are structurally sound but there are also many slums in mumbai and we've seen pictures of people who live in very flimsy structures in the slums scrambling crowding to get on evacuation trogs maharashtra

and its capital the station worst affected by corona virus in india nearly a 3rd of all cases in india and. deaths in maharashtra and 150 patients who were being treated at a field hospital a temporary field hospital had been moved to a sports stadium which has been converted to a hospital and city officials said extra power generators to hospitals the fears of power outages. a french court has approved the transfer of a rwandan genocide suspect to a u.n. tribunal felicien who is accused of bankrolling the 1994 massacre of at least 800000 people in 100 days his defense team had argued he was too elderly and frail to be transferred but the court ruled to be 84 year olds age and health were not obstacles natasha bottle has more from paris a man accused of financing their wanton genocide in 1904 was found by this paris court was told by this paris court that he could be extradited to face an

international tribunal in. tanzania now this was a hearing but it's by no means the end of the process because defense nor the lawyers for could say that they will take this to a higher court they will appeal they say that he's 84 years old his he's frail his health isn't very good it's certainly not good enough they say for him to be transferred to another country and they argue that he should face justice and france now their appeal could take at least 2 months over the time being a cougar will remain here we spoke to some representatives though for rwandan associations in france of today's decision though by the court and they certainly said that they welcomed it they said that this was a very important step even though they worry that if the process takes too long with these appeals that could be 84 years old may not make it and they wish that he would see justice because they say that he was a man who was wanted for more than

a quarter of a century he was at large for that long until he was arrested in paris last month. libya's you don't recognize government forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter losing ground in areas leading to his stronghold of to whom government troops curried out at least 10 airstrikes earlier targeting an airport they were trying to capture in southern tripoli after sponsors launched an offensive to seize the capital just over a year ago but most of the $100.00 days in tripoli says the government is making significant gains. the importance of that airport is that has got his forces have been in control of it over the past 11 months in the role and from there they have been targeting the government forces locations in many areas in southern near tripoli it's a very well fortified and the government forces say that have that is it forces inside the airport to take in shield inside their very strong good

concrete building is inside the airport now the airport and it's a vicinity is the last a stronghold of have to his forces in southern tripoli the government forces who are now moving on have to those forces in and around the airport say that if the managed to be captured the airport and it's a vicinity then they can move on and have those forces in the city of start of warner south of tripoli the last stronghold of have to his forces in the west of libya where if have those forces lose the city of that owner then they have no place in the west of the country now we've been getting reports from government military sources in the vicinity of a to whom that city also saying that the government forces who have been besieging the city from the main they erections are now. engaged in fighting would have those forces in the vicinity of that city. now the u.n. says some of its programs in yemen will need to close by the end of the month

unless it gets an immediate injection of cash that's after donations fell a $1000000000.00 short of a u.n. target at a virtual pledging conference on tuesday assad. has been fighting who the rebels in yemen for more than 5 years the charity save the children says the world has abandoned yemenis in their darkest hour. well mosques have reopened for daily press services in the gaza strip for the 1st time in 3 months as covert 1000 restrictions eased religious scholars have been instructed to keep sermons and prayers brief as a precaution. of also awarded the reopening for preschools for children between the ages of 2 and 5 there have been 61 confirmed cases and one death in gaza. authorities in sudan have put it barricades outside the military headquarters in khartoum crowds are gathering to mark years since a violent crackdown by security forces killed more than 100 people and injured 700 others the protests or president omar al bashir removed from power but many victims

say those who replaced him and yet to deliver justice lets you choose a former 1st lady a must see at a bonnie has been arrested for murder earlier this year she was charged with ordering the killing of her husband's 1st wife thomas the barney resigned last month as prime minister said the bunny had been out on conditional release but listened to his appeal court revoked her bare last week the former prime minister is also a suspect but has not yet been charged. well still ahead in sports spanish football and its fans get ready for a restart with some new batch of dice that's all coming up with joe in sports.

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about the new it's time to support his jonah thank you gemini's ration says it won't punish players who protest racism in the killing of george floyd several players made statements with gestures on messages in the last few days including the us who don't. but justice for george floyd written on a t. shirt. and mention bloodbaths modest or um he took me off to schooling his time he's approach has the backing of fee for he said in a statement earlier that such demonstrations does have a pose and not punishment. and a basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar hopes the killing of george floyd will awaken people to the horrors of prices and it's been a lot of talk about how horrible the rioting and looting is. that that is no way to demonstrate but people should think about the fact that. hollande happen to try

to demonstrate peacefully what did he cut he got ostracized he lost his job he was black ball that that was a peaceful protest about an issue that is very real and no one could it could acknowledge that we've got to get to the point where we take these people seriously and acknowledge the wrongs that they have trying to identify and right and one thing that we can do all of us we can go out and make a friend of someone who doesn't look like us you know we have to understand what people's lives are like people that we don't spend a whole lot of time with on a regular basis but we have to get to know our communities who are our fellow americans. for me one champion lewis hamilton is not the athlete who's spoken out saying he's overcome with rage over events in the u.s. meanwhile the new f one season has now been locked into salt next month with 8 races in europe without any phones or races in asia the americas and the middle

east should be confirmed in the coming weeks f one c.e.o. chase carey said that a driver testing positive for corona virus is not its must see advice for. safety is priority one it we wouldn't be going forward if we were not highly confident enough that we have the necessary procedures the necessary expertise and this their capabilities around us to provide a safe environment and to manage you know whatever issues may arise and individual having been found with a positive effects will not lead to up cancellation or race you know and we assume teams will have you know we've encouraged teams to have procedures in place that if an individual has to be put into quarantine and we have say a hotel room so if somebody has to go into quarantine we have an ability to quarantine individuals if they're found positive that a hotel. the return of japanese baseball could be in doubt after 2 players test supposed to for coronavirus the country's most famous team the yomiuri giants in tokyo have called off

a pre-season game because of the tests but it's not known if this development will delay the start of the season which is set to begin on june the 19th an empty stadiums meanwhile a japanese footballer has also tested positive for the set to restart on july 4th. sri lanka's critters are back in training after 9 weeks of lockdown 13 players have been selected for a special residential training camp in colombo with tight coronavirus restrictions it's made me bowlers who have been chosen as they need more conditioning to get match ready their staying in a hotel for the whole 12 day camp could host a series of one date t 20 matches against india starting later this month but has not yet been confirmed if the talks will go ahead. meanwhile 3 west indies players have refused to travel on their tour of england in july subject to government approval the 3 test matches will be behind closed doors and

a venue's with hotels nearby that can be turned into quarantine bubbles in captain joe root says in many ways the forced break from playing has helped. i think a lot of players actually will have it in some ways found a lot of positives from our end a period of time right this away from the me i've played most consistently for such a long period of time in a high pressure cricket to get a chance to get where i definitely feel. spanish football restarts next week and clubs are finding ways of turning new coronavirus safety measures into money making merchandise barcelona is just one of several clubs to release branded protective facemasks for fans their official store has started selling 3 different designs of reusable mask a $20.00 each masks became compulsory when outdoors in spain in late may with many european clubs seeing an opportunity to make money after losing millions in revenue

during the pandemic shutdown the portuguese football league gets back underway later on wednesday with leaders porto looking to build on their one point advantage as they face familiar cow the match has worried local authorities after porto fans said they gather outside the stadium to support their team even though no fans will be allowed inside porto as coach says it will be strange to play in an empty venue and vice versa different places different as it is it will be different without fans it will be missing the necessary come to moments like the ones we put in a good solid a solid without all of oil vinegar and salt it's probably not the same thing but if we're hungry we will eat anyway so we're hungry to play you were hungry to achieve our title we need to get in there as if the stadium was crowded with supporters. serbia has become one of the 1st countries to allow fans into stadiums again after a 3 month break only around a 1000 spectators were allowed to watch red star belgrade to make it to the serbian

cup semifinal but fans appeared to ignore social distinct sing rules and very few more masks. now a slight change in garratt top brazilian footballer is leading from the front in helping the country's poor veteran strike afraid is on his way to rio to rejoin his former club immanence but he's covering the 600 kilometer distance from his previous home in belo horizonte on 2 wheels the 36 year old who signed a 2 year contract hopes to help around $4000.00 families on his cycling trip companies sponsoring him will give out for food kits for each kilometer he writes fred will be fit if not a little tired when he gets to rio and could start training soon as some rare clubs have already got non-contact practice away. all right that is all useful for now it is but the hail thanks very much chad of course have been watching the observer and you solidly so robin and joe concha rosco be back with more news on the other side

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