with impunity this is about owning your mistakes is about saying science is about accountability in a nasty unaccountable war has anyone from the u.s. military been in touch with you since then i know not for klein's investigates afghanistan civilian loss in the u.s. air war on a. this is al-jazeera. this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. we. absolutely believe . that he was tortured. in the. a airport is. like. anger and outrage from the lead lawyer george floyd as 3 more police officers involved in his death charged with aiding and abetting murder. in the u.k.

adds its force to a growing global protest as thousands marched through central london in solidarity with america's anti racism demonstrations. china warns the u.k. to back off as britain talks of offering citizenship to millions of hong kong residents. and about turn from sweden's top epidemiologists good mitt the country should have done more to curb coronavirus. minnesota's attorney general has vowed to seek justice for george floyd after issuing a rest warrants for 3 more police officers over his death the men have been charged with aiding and abetting murder in a case that sparked fury and protests across all of america's 50 states there it show than the white expertise men who pressed anita floyd's neck for nearly 9

minutes as also had his charge elevated to 2nd degree murder to the floor directly to our beloved community and to everyone that is watching i say george floyd mattered he was loved his family was important his life had value and we will seek justice for him and for you and we will find. the very fact that we have filed these charges means that we believe in them. earlier floyd son quincy visited a makeshift memorial to his father it's been set up on the minneapolis street corner where the 46 year old died last week for its brother and younger daughter also a trial to the city in the aftermath of his death it is spot widespread on rest and protests across the united states which is spread around the world. and we cannot help to justice systems in america where for black america and word

for word america we must have equal justice for the united states of america. and change is going to call in the tragic killing of george floored and i proclaim with his witness their change starts to date. and protests have been taking place over toward trying to death across the united states our white house correspondent kimberly health that joins us live now so that the protests obviously that we're taking in the fact that these new charges but in the meantime in terms of the president what options does he have when it comes to dealing with the protests. well 1st of all the press secretary kelly mcenaney saying that these the death of george floyd is being investigated to find out whether or not his civil rights were violated so that is being pursued at the

federal level with separate from the charges that are being pursued at the state level i can also tell you though when it comes to the u.s. president quelling the violence well he has the opportunity to use what's known as the insurrection act if he wishes to try and quell the violence now very quickly what this means is that this would be the military moving in and this is something that's really a last option because typically it is the governors that control policing in the various states not the president in fact the president can use the military for policing so that acknowledge the posse comitatus act only in this exception can he do so so that is a tool that the white house press secretary says is available to the president the president also speaking today on a conservative talk show said though that he doesn't believe that there is systemic racism in the police forces of the united states and says he says that is this is

sort of isolated cases he also said there were comes to mistrust of police in communities of color he sees this as a long term problem in other words he doesn't have a short term solution and can many the different sectors also be no speaking about this what's he been saying. yeah well he has come out in kind of rare distancing from the president we've seen the defense secretary say that the sort of last option the insurrection act that the white house press secretary says is a tool that the president will use if necessary is one that he doesn't believe is appropriate in fact he was very strong in his wording that now is not the time. 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. now in terms of protests around the white house right now it is very quiet and quiet contrast to previous days in fact there are some protests that are occurring in washington but the federal forces have moved far away from the white house and the active duty military that have been deployed in d.c. we understand now it's been widely reported that many of them are returning to their bases committee how to thank you very much indeed. will she have a ton zs with those protests in washington sham ports the reaction being that to the news of the nation's challenges. there is more of a celebrate tria clearly there is release there's

a long way to go how many times have we covered cases where it seems like an open and shut case with video evidence. and yes police officer walk free there are so many loopholes that mean for the police count for you having killed someone on videotape we know that from bitter experience everyone knows that from bitter experience plainly that's that's contributing to what has been once again peaceful demonstrations several 100 people now outside outside the white house the costs of the security forces it has changed as complete suggested we have not been moved away from the white house and we have a. the ranks of national guard now here in front of us yesterday they were all there was was presently peaceful and i have to say one of the main reasons for that was because of that 8 foot high chain link fence that had been that had been erected in front of lafayette square which is then you know as a square and then the then you have the white house because in many ways it meant that the security forces went in our face they went right next to us and we always

found over the course of the last few days on previous demonstrations if it was if they feel they have to add every now and randomly lashing out throwing out smoke and to pepper spray and so on we never know when we never know when that. always leaves that sense of unease but yesterday they were behinds behind a cage almost on the other side of a fence which meant that i was in that constant flash points off of focus of rage especially that and sort of periodic moments of it completely apparently to us at least i haven't read the field manuals irrational behavior from the mines to gates but peaceful protest is once again the word well what are they doing and why they why they all pay their in their once again in our face i mean clearly the goal is to play much more of a perimeter using overtly military armored vehicles which have now blocked off you can see some john's church which the photo opportunity of the location of the photo

opportunity which cause so much outrage which led to the protests playing inside as many times on tuesday but when we're completely not pulled off from from anywhere near the white house we have this national guard presence in your company was talking about the national guard the insurrection act what mark s. there was saying about it there was no need for the insurrection act to be in effect we don't have that luxury in d.c. we don't have a governor we'll win all the states the mayor says she doesn't want troops on the streets of d.c. but we have no control over that our elected officials in d.c. have no control of that we don't have elected official in congress to make the case for us this is these troops are all under federal control and donald trump doesn't need to invoke the insurrection act to put troops under federal control on the streets of washington d.c. and with feeling that now not only these troops by the way the national guard but also his paramilitary units from the d.a. the d.o.j. . bureau of prisons they're all sorts of paramilitary units wondering around and we've gotten off without any identification it's a very strange situation here in washington d.c.

she have a chance and thank you very much. john hendren is in minneapolis for us saying john . king at the cole was very keen in the last few days at the charges against those who were involved in the death of john trained and now those charges have country for the other offices as well what people are saying to you that. weather is definitely a sense of relief here now that these charges have been issued and i don't think of the charges or because it's another beautiful day but there are hundreds of people streaming in here now and they're out and people many are over here to my left listening to the speaker others are over my shoulder at that somber school site where george floyd spent his last moments but this is exactly what this crowd has been calling for and it's exactly what the family of george floyd had been calling for derrick chauvinist charges have been elevated from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree murder now what does that mean in practical terms of the difference between

a maximum sentence of 25 years and one of 40 years in technically speaking 3rd degree murder means there was a reckless disregard for human life but not intent to kill 2nd degree murder means that there was an intent to kill but it was not premeditated that's a very serious difference and these other 3 officers are being charged with aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder also a very serious charge in recent minnesota history only the prosecutor in this county has been able to prosecute one police officer for murder and these charges have come out very quickly but it could take months before we get some kind of final resolution how long let me give you an idea in chicago recently an officer jason van dyke was convicted of murdering look kwan mcdonald who was walking away with a knife but was headed back toward the officers that case the shooting happened in 2014 video came out in 2015 then dyke was not convicted and sentenced to murder in

july 2019 so it could be quite some time and still we're wondering what's going to happen in the streets between now and then and other other specific demands that the protests as one as a result of these events. there are indeed and the attorney general refer. ferdinand keyset keith ellison said one prosecution or one series of prosecutions isn't going to be enough to solve the racial problems that have roiled an entire nation he says there needs to be systematic change police departments in cities need to change the way they deal with prosecutions and racial issues here in minneapolis for instance the minority population is only about 40 percent but over 65 percent of the prosecutions in cases that involve allegations of excessive force now the governor of minnesota yesterday launched an investigation into the manning minneapolis police department saying that they're going to look into systematic racial unfairness and that he's asked for them to make some immediate changes

that's the kind of thing these crowds are calling for but ultimately what they want to do is stop having the need to meet at spots where police officers are killed unarmed african americans that's the real demand and obviously that is a long term solution john hendren thank you very much indeed. in central london tens of thousands of people have marched in sana to show solidarity with the black lives matter protests the rally started in hyde park before winding its way to parliament square the purchase spilled onto the street bringing the traffic to a standstill but it remained mostly peaceful many activists knelt outside westminster chanting no justice no peace no racist police star was hacked to joya was moved to tears as he spoke to protest is. obvious to us that our very own way to. survive every day that over a 3 suffered. i'm not yes i take the you know there is never

a choice an evil whether it's hard today we are physical representation of our. asset base was at the rally in london says protest as a also drawing attention to racism in the u.k. . several 1000 people have turned up to show their support and solidarity for what's taking place in the united states but for people just about was talking in united states about about the racial inequalities here in the united kingdom that people are more likely to be stopped and searched there's been a number of deaths and since custer of black people also the death of mark duggan who was shot and killed by police in 2011 and the 2 riots we spoke to people you know you see right there the head and how they feel like this is touching my last seen in somebody else kind of the south china. sea still has been something not the . nice thing to see sun sign to people in fact this

conversation is even something i see something leave a lot of i think that these many might decide if it's like. he said to me because the. protesters here have been saying that guys might think just no justice no peace the turned up at downing street which is the residence of the prime minister part of stunts and now he said that he understood the anger and grief but not only that you like to say about cross the world and in the unprecedented move police chiefs said that they are told that the death of george floyd and of also justice in the united states but also acknowledged that more needs to be done in this country to tackle racism. still ahead on this news hour from london lebanon's money exchanges return to wedding but will they be able to enter the country's west to have a economic crisis. when a 1000000 people are put under lockdown in colombia's capital after a surge in corona virus cases.

china is warning the u.k. that interfering in hong kong as a fast could backfire that's after the british prime minister said the u.k. was ready to offer millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if a controversial national security you know is imposed china's says foreign influence is a threat to the territories stability and prosperity the sentiments have been echoed by hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb who's in beijing to meet chinese officials i can only say that the international community and some of the foreign governments at be allowed to take you straight to president obama who's talking about. things that you're going to be doing in the future are good afternoon everybody are all participants not a panel it's. you know let me start by just acknowledging. we have seen that in the last several weeks whereas few months.

the kinds of. epic. changes and events in our country. are as profound as anything that i've seen in my lifetime and i'm now a lot older than planned i'm. going to be $59.00 so. and and let me begin by acknowledging that although all of us have been feeling. pain uncertainty disruption. some folks have been feeling it more than others most of all. the pain that's been experienced by the families of. george and we're on a model tony and shon and to many others. to mention those that we. thought about during that moment of silence. and to those

families who have been directly affected by tragedy. please know that michelle and i are in the nation grieved with you hold you in our prayers we're committed to the fight of creating a more just nation and memory of your sons and daughters. and we can't forget it even as we're confronting. the particular acts of violence that. led to those lost. our nation in the world is still in the midst of a global pandemic bed's exposed the vulnerabilities of our health care system but also the disparate treatment and as a consequence the this pretty impact that exists in our health care system. an equal investment by seas that have led to a disproportionate number of infections and loss of life in. communities of color

so it in a lot of ways what has happened over the last several weeks is. challenges and structural problems here in the united states have been thrown into high relief. there'll be outcomes not just of. the immediate moments in time but. they're the result of a long history of slavery and jim crow and red lining and institutionalize races that too often have been. the plague this original sin of our society. and in some ways as tragic as these past few weeks have been as

difficult and scary of one certain as they've been. they've also been an incredible opportunity for people to be. awaited to some of these underlying trends and they offer an opportunity for us to all work together to tackle the take them on to change america and make it live up to its highest ideals. and part of what's made me so hopeful is the fact that so many young people have been galvanized and activated and motivated and mobilize. because historically. so much of the progress that we've made in our society has been because of young people dr king was a young man when he got involved cesar chavez was a young man malcolm x. was a young man that the leaders of the feminist movement were were young people leaders

of union movements were were young people the leaders of the environmental movement in this country and the movement to make sure that the l.g.b. tea community. finally had a voice and was represented were young people and so when i want one when sometimes i feel despair i just see what's happening with young people all across the country and the talent and boyce and sophistication that they're displaying and it makes me feel optimistic it makes me feel as if you know this country is going to be better. now i want to speak directly of the young men and women of color in this country. who has planned this so eloquently described have witnessed too much violence and too much of it and too often

some of the violence has come. from folks who were supposed to be serving and protecting you. i want you to know that you matter i want you to know that your lives matter that your dreams matter and when i go home and i look at the faces of my daughters sasha and malia and i look at my nephews and nieces i see limitless potential services flourish and thrive and you should be able to learn and make mistakes and live a life of joy without having to worry about what's going to happen when you walk to the store go for a jog or are driving down the street or looking at some birds in a park or. and and and so i hope that you also feel hopeful even as you may feel and because you have the power to make things better and you have helped to make the entire country feel as a business something that's going to change you communicated

a sense of urgency that is as powerful in this transformative as anything that i've seen in recent years. i want to acknowledge the folks in law enforcement that share the goals of reimagining police because there are folks out there who to be are opposed to serve your community as your countries have a tough job and i know you're just as outraged by the tragedies in recent weeks as are many of the protesters and so we're grateful for the vast majority of you who protect and serve i've been heartened to see those in law enforcement who've recognized let me march along with these protestors let me let me stand side by side and recognize that i want to be part of the solution. and showing restraint volunteered and engaged and list because you're

a vital part of the conversation and and change is going to require everybody's participation. now when i was in office as was mentioned i created a task force on 21st century police policing in the wake of the tragic killing of michael brown that task force which included law enforcement community leaders and activists was charged that develop a very specific set of recommendations to strengthen public trust and boster that are working relationships between law enforcement and communities that they're supposed to protect even as they're continuing to promote effective crime reduction . and that report showcased a range of solutions and strategies that were proven they were based on data and research to improve community policing and collect better data and reporting

and identify and do something about implicit bias in how police were trained and reforms to use that the force that police deployed in ways that. increasing it rather than precipitate tragedy and that report demonstrated something that's critical for us today most of the reforms that are needed to prevent the type of violence and injustices that we've seen take place at the local luck in a reform has to take place you know more than 1000 bows an american muse spells more than 18000 local enforcement jurisdictions and so as activists narrative citizens raise their voices we need to be clear about where change is going to happen and how we can bring about that change it is mayors and county executives that appoint most police chiefs and negotiate collective bargaining agreements with

policing. and that determines police practices in local communities it's district attorneys and states attorneys that decide typically whether or not to investigate and ultimately charge those involved in lease misconduct and those are all alike to positions and in some places there iliza community rewards with the power to monitor police come those often times may be elected as well that the bottom line is i've been hearing a little bit of chatter in the internet about voting versus protests politics and participation versus. civil disobedience and direct action. this is not a either or this is a both a bring about real change we both have to highlight a problem and make people in power uncomfortable but we also have to translate that into practical solutions and laws that can be implemented and we can monitor and

make sure we're following up on some very quickly. let me just close the book with a couple of specific things what can we do number one we know there are specific evidence based reforms that if we put in place today would build trust save lives would not show an increase in crime those are included in the 21st century policing task force report you can find it on obama the number 2 a lot of mayors and local elected officials read and supported the death force report but then there wasn't enough quality so today i'm urging every mayor in this country to review your use of force policies with members of your community and commit to report on planned reforms what are the specific steps you can take

and i should add by the way that the original test scores report was done several years ago since that time we've actually collected data in part because we implemented some of these reform ideas so we now have more information and more data as to what works and the organizations like campaign 0 and color change and others that are out there highlighting. what the data shows what works what doesn't in terms of reducing incidence of police misconduct and violence let's go ahead and start implementing those so we need mayors county executives others who are in positions of power to say this is a priority this is a specific response. number 3 every city in this country should be in my brother's keeper community because we have 250 cities counties tribal nations we're working to reduce the barriers and expand opportunity or boys and young men of color programs and policy reforms and public private partnerships and go to our

website yet we're with them because it can make a difference and let me just close by saying this. i've heard some people say that. you have a pandemic then you have these protests. this reminds people of the sixty's and the chaos and. this court and distrust. throughout the country i have to tell you although i was very young when you had riots and protests and assassinations and discord back in the sixty's. i know nothing about that history to say there is something different if you look at those protests and that was a far more representative cross-section of america out on the streets peacefully

protesting and who felt moved to do something because of the injustices that they had seen that didn't exist back in the 1960 s. that kind of broad coalition the fact that recent surveys that showed that despite . some protests having then been marred by the actions of some a tiny minority of it again in violence that despite you know as usual they got a lot of attention a lot of focus despite all that a majority of americans still think those protests were justified and one of existed 304050 years ago there is a change in mindset that's taking place a greater recognition. that we can do better. and that is not as a consequence of speeches by politicians that's not the result of. you

know spotlights in news articles that's a direct result of the activities and organizing mobilization of the gauge. of so many. young people across the country who put themselves out online to make a difference and so i just have to say thank you. for helping to bring about this moment and just make sure that we now follow through because at some point you know attention moved away at some point protests started to dwindle in size and it's very important for us to take the momentum that has been created as a society as a country and say what's used this to finally another. bank your mother brought you guys. and i know that we're going to be hearing from

a bunch of people who have been on the front lines on this and. former u.s. president barack obama there talking about the challenges as he put it of the pandemic and the death of judge floyd which have exposed what he described as the institutionalized racism in the country and an aging people to not just highlight the problems by protesting but also translate that into action that's bring in our white house correspondent to me how it is joining us live can we put this into context i mean in the past. former president obama stayed out of the limelight when it came to said big issues or in general he said of a lot not in the last few weeks that he seems to have been ramping up his interventions. yeah the u.s. president in one of his final specious as president barack obama stated that he would be silent but if there were instances where he felt compelled to speak out particularly when it came to the issues of racism and discrimination that he could

not be silent and it's clear in the last 2 days this is one of those times the u.s. president barack obama there talking about many of the points that he made just 24 hours earlier when he posted on the blogging platform media a lengthy post about how to inspire young people to take this to the next step because of course these protests we've seen across the united states the u.s. president barack obama there noting that while these protests are more diverse than say in the 1960 s. it is still predominantly the young people in both the sixty's and now that is driving this movement and that has given him a lot of optimism but he without mentioning u.s. president donald trump by name he suggested that and much of these protests have been directed and have been anti trump in many ways but a well it is appropriate he says to voice the frustration and to make people at the

highest levels uncomfortable the change really happens not in the white house but at the local level which is far down in terms of the government food chain if you will that many of the people that have the most impact on communities and their policing is not the president is not the u.s. congress but are the mayors are the district attorneys that would lay charges the police chiefs these are the people these are elected people and it's important to know that well there is very strong voter participation in u.s. elections in november for president for congress where we see pitiful turnout in the voice of barack obama is at those local levels especially among young people so this is call to action there's room for protesting but you also need to vote can you how could thank you very much indeed. well joining me live now is that mehlman county has the mer simple state capital of minnesota thank you very much indeed for

joining us i'd like to take you back festival to the challenges that we've heard about to today in the case of what's your reaction to those that have been put through today. thanks for having me on i think those charges are absolutely critical i'm the son of a police officer my father spent 20 years as a member of the st paul police department here and one thing he taught me every day was that a police officer's job is never you never on break you're never wrong cause your job is to always help when someone is being hurt hurt you know our national security advisor to the white house said recently that he thinks our challenge of policing in america are limited to a couple bad apples well clearly this killing the murder of george floyd never should have happened he should still be alive but when you look at this video that has not just one officer but the 3 others in it too who are helping the hold him down and one who's guarding the scene that undeniably points to a culture of aggression a culture of violence

a culture of escalation that cannot be a part of our future and how do you think that that can be changed that that institutional culture. well it starts exactly there it starts with making sure that those officers know and that our community members know that when a life is taken especially when it's so wrong so blatant so egregious and so of documented as what we see in the video of george floyd's killing that someone will be held accountable for it one of the central ingredients of the anger and frustration and rage that we're seeing play out all of all over our country is the fact that one george for instance still be alive he never should have been killed especially in just gruesome bash like that at the hands of law enforcement too because he's not the 1st name on the list we have seen in america one after the next unarmed unaggressive african-american men killed at the hands of law enforcement and too often we see charges dropped acquittals and no one is held

accountable we have to assert that george floyd's life is valuable that my life is valuable such that when our lives are taken someone is held accountable that's the 1st step we you know my challenge to my constituents here is peace but never patience we have to be peaceful we have to channel our energy channel this frustrate in an anger into ways that can help us build for a better future but i am not asking people to sit idly by while we slowly and incrementally stem the tide of black and brown men and women killed by law enforcement you mention that there's been a long list of people who've been killed in this way and that there hasn't been accountability do you think this time the protests and the way this is being handled op attention a turning point for america. look i hope this is a turning point for america you know and i want to say very clearly the way that we've seen this anger manifested the way that we've seen this anger expressed too often to rioting looting violence are sent is of course unacceptable it's

destructive and it's read victimizing and read traumatizing the exact same communities who have been hardest in the 1st place that's unacceptable and it's unhelpful but let me be clear that energy we've seen that energy we've seen is the same energy that built america it's the energy that. ended slavery it's the energy that seen us through every rough patch my hope is that we continue to engage with this level of energy that we address and channel this energy not towards destroying our own neighborhoods but destroying all of the factors that continue to perpetuate systemic inequities and make it so hard to prosecute members of law enforcement when our lives are unjust is a former president just from president obama just now is talking about the the real need for the local accountability that the mazz and the county executives who put the police chiefs and so on and they're the ones who have to play a part in your in

a mad what's your kind of the 1st thing you need to do do you personally have any particular measures that you think you want to take that will make the situation less possible in the future. look this is why i ran for office in the 1st place r.t. told you that i'm the son of a police officer i'm also one of probably relatively few american elected officials who know what it feels like to be pulled over for driving while black my father taught me to growing up that the most valuable public safety asset that we can have is the trust that critical trust the hassle flow between our officers and our community members that trust is necessary towards keeping all of us safe both the neighbors and our officers it absolutely must be there i am thankful that that that those issues play out at the local level particularly right now and we just saw the president of the united states. armed force against the american people i think that's wrong headed and clearly mis understands what the problem is you know i

would say that if the american president if the president thinks that there's any force foreign or domestic that can quote dominate the american people out of standing up and fighting for justice when clearly injustice is have is is is playing out then he misunderstands the strength and character of the american people and he misunderstands the historic truth that when you try to silence the voices of dissent through violence and force those voices only girl hour on the issue the back to the to the local issue we heard president obama talking about that it's important to protest and to make your voice heard but you also need to vote and those local elections as committee was pointing out do have pitifully low turnouts was what obama said but if you know 10 outs in these races how do you galvanize young people in particular to actually vote in the the elections that somehow they don't view as important to me and that actually ultimately will make a difference to the policies on the ground. that's an absolutely critical question

and i thank you for bringing me back to the local issues because i'll tell you that the things that i think need to be done because this is was so central and why i ran for office in the 1st place but things that i think need to be done to help prevent this from happening in the future we are already doing in st paul we rewrote completely the road our use of force policies in st paul in the 1st 2 months of my ministration we're the only administrator the only law enforcement agency on the planet that i'm aware of that has engaged community members in a 2 month 2 way conversation about what our use of force policies should be you know we have worked with our police department to engage and really expand our community based policing models and we've adopted a philosophy on public safety that doesn't that isn't just about what happens after something bad happens after someone calls the police but they really centers around how do we reduce the number of times people in our community have to call the police in the 1st place i think the fact that so many people stay home not just for

local elections but for the presidential election as well is because there are so many americans who feel disaffected they feel like they that the things that we talk about we've lost their trust they like the things that we talk about don't impact them won't change their life and maybe it will impact the stock market or the those folks who own stocks and assets and have their favorite team in washington d.c. but they don't address the issues on the street our focus in st paul is engaging people in those issues is making sure that they understand that we are talking about issues that impact their lives when we talk to young people about raising the minimum wage when we talk to young people about improving our relationships with police officers who we talk to young people about just raising the economic strength and character and fortitude of our community so that people can make money at work or and not against them they plug in they get involved in actually they start running the conversation now i think i thank you very much indeed for joining us i was there for say a time thanks for having me on. now libya's a u.n.

recognized government says forces loyal to the warlord holy for have to losing more ground and says he's being pushed back further towards his stronghold of tarhouni or earlier in the day government troops carried out at least 10 airstrikes trying to recapture the dissolute tripoli airport after us forces retreated because fighters launched an offensive to seize the capital just over a year ago but would have to know ahead is in tripoli with latest. well now i'm standing on the bridge linking the city center of the capital tripoli with the old and active international airport now the government forces have launched a new offensive to recapture the old an active international airport and its vicinity you now have those forces are positioned beyond that tower as you can see here now that is in the middle of the old inactive international airport after those forces withdraw from this area but the government forces say that they have

those forces planted land mines which is derailing their progress to recapture the airport and it's the city meanwhile the government forces launching a new offensive also in the vicinity of the city of daraa who the last stronghold of how this was now this way this way links the capital city center with the old inactive international airport now the government forces progress is attributed mainly to the advancement of the government air force and have those forces. strikes have been recently decreasing notably that's because the government forces have set up jamming systems in the vicinity of the old inactive information the government forces here say if they recaptured the airport and its vicinity then they can easily move on the city of the huna the last stronghold of have their

forces in the west of libya. u.n. says some of its programs in yemen will need to close by the end of the month unless they get an immediate injection of cash that's half the donors fell a $1000000000.00 short of the target at a virtual pledging conference on tuesday a saudi u.a.e. led coalition has been fighting who 3 rebels in yemen for more than 5 years they're not concerns that the country's depleted health system means coronavirus could be spreading easily. officials in india have urged people to stay at home because of a tropical cyclone that hit 2 states on the west coast. at least $100000.00 residents of maharashtra and good year out states have already left their homes in mumbai dozens of patients recovering from the coronavirus had to be moved it's the 1st time in more than 70 years a cycling has hit the area. an iranian scientist who was released from a u.s.

prison has arrived home serious as gary was welcomed by his family in tehran he was acquitted of charges of stealing state secrets in november but he was kept in immigration custody because of an expired visa. money exchanges in lebanon are back at work after a month on strike the government had blamed them for the devaluation of the currency but the now appears to be a deal to control the market despite that dollars remain in short supply and a range of different exchange rates moving separately so in a hotter reports from beirut. money exchangers are back in business after a month long strike they were protesting against the crackdown by lebanon's government after it blames them for the rapid devaluation of the local currency the lever it has lost more than 60 percent of its value since october they've now agreed to an exchange rate cap hoping it will drop to $3200.00 leader to the dollar in 2 weeks it's not the 1st attempt to control the money markets that i'm

a pick they leave for me then i would even with the rate of 3000 or 3500 the central bank will face another problem because it will exhaust its foreign reserves the market might be controlled for a couple of days but in the long run we will have more than one exchange rate in the market and lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis in decades foreign currency has stopped flowing in and its reserves are dwindling banks which have imposed their own capital controls no longer give out dollars making every day transactions difficult for people in an imp. dependent economy because of this inflation. rate. of the. main. unfortunately the official exchange rate of $1500.00 leverage to the dollar remains in place to import basic goods like wheat and fuel other rates are being used. for example dollar depositors can sell up to $4000.00

a month at the rate of $3000.00 while the rate of $3200.00 was set by the central bank for money transfer companies this is affecting the government's talks with the international monetary fund that's demanding to move to a flexible exchange rate before discussing any financial assistance. the government argues floating the currency without foreign creditors support will have a disastrous social impact many lebanese are already struggling and many businesses have shut down some of the we have been badly affected we lost 80 percent of our business due to the dollar crisis we are buying gold products was an exchange rate of 4 told to the dollar if we run out of dollars we will be forced to go home caps on exchange rates may do little if dollars remain in short supply and as long as there is little faith in the political and economic system then for their beirut.

erland and genocide suspect is set to be transferred to a u.n. tribunal after a french court approved a request. is accused of bankrolling the 1904 massacre of at least 800000 people his defense team and argued he was too elderly and frail to be transferred but the court ruled the edge 4 year old age and health condition were not obstacles and is arrested in a paris suburb last month after a quarter century on the run. the suit to use former 1st lady has been arrested over the murder of her husband's previous wife last year to barney was charged with ordering the killing of to ban it earlier this year her husband thomas to bow to resigned last month as prime minister after also being suspected of involvement the former prime minister has not been charged. sweden has one of the world's highest death rates from corona virus and the scientist behind the country's controversial strategy now admits authorities should have done more sweden's government has been

criticized for not imposing a lockdown social distancing is encouraged but schools bars and restaurants are open only gatherings of more than 50 people have been banned but the nation of over 10000000 people has recorded 4542 deaths linked to cope with 19 far more than its nordic neighbors and the 8th highest death rate per capita in the world now sweden's chief epidemiologist and his 10 yo says the strategy wasn't enough to protect elderly people and stop the spread of infection he says if authorities had known what they know about the disease today the country would have aligned itself more with the rest of the world for races in the swedish swedish city of mahmoud explains why there's been surprise over the government's admission. understand l's apparent criticism of the swedish coronavirus strategy came as quite a surprise not least because the criticism was against himself as the state

epidemiology its 10 yelled at the swedish government the 1st 2 in its handling of the pandemic and its 10 yo and his team at the public health agency who've made the recommendations rather than restrictions that have enabled sweden to avoid a lockdown now what's said on tuesday to swedish radio was that with the benefit of hindsight he might have done things differently at the start of the crisis and maybe taken a route that was somewhere between a lockdown and the more relaxed swedish strategy on wednesday quickly moved to say no that's not the case i still believe in the approach one of the things he mentioned and that sweden has recognised is that they've failed to protect people in old people's homes of the some 4500 people who have died in sweden around 4000 have been over 70 and around half lived in old people's accommodation now that's one of the things that's made the death toll 'd so much

higher here than in sweden's neighbors of norway denmark and fenland what tunnels also been at pains to point out on wednesday is that we'll all have to use the benefits of hindsight in the months to come to see whether the lockdown strategy or a more relaxed swedish strategy was more effective when we see what happens in the countries coming out of the lock down. when not down measures are being lifted across colombia apart from in the capital and to other hard hit cities the merit bogota has reimposed a total lockdown in one district after a spike in cases and many local people are unhappy just under an amputee 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 coronavirus 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 deaths than we have but they've restarted their economies so one out here in the mirror is acting like a dictator. yet with infections on the rise or 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 they need to enter for essential services. recently reopened construction sites that briefly respond to many day laborers have been closed again i only a portion of could have asked was the main produce market up the city is operating entrances allowed but only under strict regime measures health workers have

increased testing inside the salaciousness. 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 pour working class neighborhoods where people have had a harder time respecting the restrictions on staying at home is that what. 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 i listen to them. a coronaviruses disproportionately killing african americans in the u.s. at a time when many racial tensions are running high testing is scarce in poor largely minority neighborhoods across the country but one doctor in new jersey is addressing the issue with a mobile solution in his own report. 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 covert 1000 infections as well as antibodies taking the medication 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 virus 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. trucks are very much part of summer time and so we came up with the idea of let's do a mobile cobra testing ban. is 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 cope at 19 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. they 1st site was in bergen county and we can and we couldn't go over there to get tested. the way to make a movie get close to. proving all it takes to get tests for people who need of the most is a place to park gabriel's on al-jazeera east orange new jersey. could a monday catch up any time with our website address for that is out there dot com.

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