tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera June 7, 2020 12:00am-1:01am +03
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already 30 action this is the moment he also writes on fighting over the idea we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories the oldest 0. al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm judy navigator coming up in the next 60 minutes more demonstrations across the united states the streets of washington d.c. filled with the message that black lives matter while around the world from london to sydney tens of thousands of march in solidarity. libyan warlords. supports calls for a ceasefire but the un backed government rejects the proposal. i'm just as faceoff
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in central beirut as the political power struggle and economic crisis worse. thanks for joining us protesters are pouring into america's capital as the city gears up for its largest demonstration yet against racism and police brutality take a look at the live scene in washington d.c. right now 12 days off to a george floyd a black man was killed while pinned down by a white police officer his dress has triggered waves of anger and protest right across the nation with a message block lives matter of gaining renewed support around the world meanwhile floyd's family has held a memorial service for him in north carolina that's where he was born. i think for. everybody been talking about everything in there these family is
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a can love and they love everybody a man. and i'm not the one the prince but i've come to tell you today that god. it's god's son. that you out there. what. is on our south. carolina. i don't like this c.e.o. and i want to tell you some way to bring about you know back in the universe. not. god i'm not going to come over here i don't know about you i don't have them how you. let's get an update from washington bring in shihab rattansi he's joining us he's among the protesters so how big is the demonstrations he has. tens of thousands it's difficult to judge an opposition you might have a bit of
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a better vantage point with you ariel ariel so it's not like i mean where in front of the white house you can maybe see it was just on the most enormous signs appear but you may be able to see just in the distance the crowd stretching several blocks north of the white house. it's a huge crowd and this is just here there are demonstrations all around the city at the lincoln memorial doors capitol hill. throughout the week of what we've seen there always loads of different managers ago and around the city they often use this as a as a meeting point as a headquarters in front of the white house the heavily fortified white house very low profile security very different to what we saw earlier on in the week it really does seem that if there was a debate going on of the administration which we know that was about the. symbolism of this being a lauren older administration and having uniformed troops all over the labor that there were capitol. all right apologies we seem to
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have lost our connection with. reporting from the demonstration taking place right now in washington d.c. he's saying tens of thousands of people are out and it's expected to be one of the largest or certainly the largest protests since george floyd was killed 12 days ago by a white police officer so that is a live scene over in washington let's not take you over to new york bring in chris's salumi so is it the same thing over in new york she was saying that it's a large demonstration take place right now in washington. same situation here thousands of people it's actually starting to break up a little bit now it's coming to be and it's been going on for a couple hours are calling this the march and rally for stolen lives and dreams it started a 100 blocks north of here and a number of people around me marched all the way from way uptown down here it's
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a continuation really what we've been seeing for the last week people showing up all over the city in different locations really making their presence heard this event was organized by 12 different local just just in civil rights groups and they have some very specific demands that we've been hearing from speakers throughout the day one that's getting a lot of attention now is calling on the for the calling for the did funding of police departments in new york city the police department consists of some 36000 officers it's a $6000000000.00 budget and organizers here are saying let's take some money from that budget let's take a $1000000000.00 and invest it in local youth groups and community organizations and help the communities of color here. that's one of the demands are also more transparency when it comes to lease misconduct and their records and they seem to be having some impact because we're hearing leaders around the state of new york respond to some of these demands one thing we've seen in the last couple days is
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police. officers who were caught on videotape suspended from the current made here in new york city also buffalo new york 2 officers have been charged there with assault after a video caught them pushing a 75 year old protester to the ground cracking his head open and. they. again were charged in criminal court as it was excuse me as a result of that situation. pardon me. so demonstrators really feeling the power of feeling like they're making a difference continue to come out. another way that they're having an impact is the governor of new york himself has now called for police reforms and put forward a proposal that reflects some of their concerns not the defund the police department but others like putting investigations into the hand of an independent investigator that doesn't normally work with the police department to investigate these killings so the protesters here are feeling energized clearly they plan to
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continue this into the evening even beyond the curve here in new york also one of the few cities in the country i believe that still has its curfew in place and many have. taken there's a way. to effect here protesters saying that's a matter they're going to keep on the streets pass a curfew into the day into the coming week until they get the demands of her looking for all right christine thank you for bringing us that update from new york will now cross over to minneapolis that of course is where george floyd was killed by that white police officer 12 days ago and it's also the name is joining us from there natasha tell us where you are and what you're seeing happening in minneapolis . well it's quiet here at the moment because the big crowd who was here earlier is now on the move we believe heading on a march downtown but the street here remains very much engaged as ever 'd that
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anger passion and commitment to implement sufism change is prompting protesters to continue to pour into the streets to protest and march and even the areas youngest residents are participating ensuring their voices are being heard we began the day in st paul at a children's march and there we were told that the march was not only in memory of george floyd but to stand in solidarity with george floyd's 6 year old daughter giana i saw a very young girl carrying a sign that said giana said daddy changed the world the protesters here pretty diverse group and we saw a lot of signs saying fund the police this idea of defunding the minneapolis police is certainly one that is gaining a lot of traction i've heard it mentioned repeatedly by protesters though you don't often get any kind of follow up regarding what exactly would be substituted if
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there were no police departments and of course there is a lot of debate ending that there be some rapid change there is some progress on that friday the minnesota department of human rights has filed a discrimination charge against the minneapolis police department and the city commissioner says that she believes that george floyd's death highlights a possible pattern of race based policing and that she's concerned that if immediate action isn't taken it will cause irreparable harm particularly to people of color so the city the minneapolis police department and it appears the minnesota human department of human rights have come to a preliminary agreement namely that chokeholds and neck restraint. it will be banned if a police officer witnesses another police officer using one of those tactics or any type of an authorized force they have a duty to report and to do so immediately police officers are also being told that
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they will have a duty to intervene if they see unauthorized use of force and they don't stop it they will be punished in the same way as though they have committed an act of excessive force the minnesota human rights department is conducting its own investigation and will just have to wait and see how that pans out but it's expected to be a lengthy process which is why it's cam you judge to implement these measures as soon as possible to help save lives on the legal front on monday 44 year old dear children the former minneapolis police officer charged with 2nd degree murder in the death of george lloyd will make his 1st court appearance will be the 1st time we've seen him in court since he was arrested he has already been moved we're told to a correctional facility outside the metro area due to concerns over his safety all right this house thank you for that update from minneapolis let's not speak to
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douglas load he was the 1st vice president of the d.c. branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people he's also the head of the national capital strategy group he's joining us from washington where he's been providing logistical support to the protesters there thanks for your time with us on the news hour in fact let's just start on the point of the protesters i mean way in on the protest movement what do you think it's achieved so far and where does it had to next. well i think the protest movement is moving along quite nicely and i just want to clarify i am the 1st vice president of d.c. in the lazy p. but i'm here speaking in my capacity as a social justice activists the president of the n.w. c.p. does all the talking at all and all the networks are i got it. in that regard. i think the protests are moving along quite well because the most important thing we want to see as a result of these protests is change we need to see
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a fundamental change in how police officers are interacting with the public and in particular interacting with people of color and black males we need to see a reform and some of the. reforms that are being put in place in minnesota are some of the reforms that we need to see nationwide when you see a nationwide ban on shows we need to see. a stipulation is put in to ensure that police other officers are required to intervene meaning if they see another officer break the law and that they are required to report here we also would like to see in independent investigator investigate some of these crimes that are done by the police is often the local prosecutors then arresting in these crimes those of local prosecutors work hand in hand with these police department so we often see that there are no charges in the police get off so we need to see an independent
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commission or board perhaps a national one i know that joe biden you saw him of putting in a national board in the 1st 100 days to investigate any elicit behavior by the police and the protests quite frankly are doing a very good job of pushing the envelope and pushing this matter or to the forefront for people to further a rather for people to further consider that from 2 now to govern. mental sort of a policy standpoint and when it comes to in particular to the trumpet ministration have you seen so far a genuine effort by the trumpet ministration to reach out to african-american communities what practical changes does the administration need to do. i'll be very honest i'm not seeing much of anything for the trumpet ministration and i don't really expect much of anything from the trumpet ministration were guarding these issues you know but frankly the trump administration has dropped the ball regarding the coronavirus the dimmick pandemic they've dropped the ball
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regarding social justice issues and criminal justice issues you saw the trumpet initiation along with jeff sessions when he was a.g. attorney general rollback all of the civil rights protections they were put in by the obama administration he did that within his 1st year with in office so i don't really expect much from the drug administration in this regard what i do expect i expect to see congress to move forward on these issues and i know that the i believe it is the air guard bill is now in the house if i'm not mistaken in that is a bill that would ban police use show cold nationwide when apprehending potential suspects or people that they are. working to arrest or apprehend so that would definitely be a scout in the right direction but coming full circle i really don't expect much from the tropic ministration on this what about americans over in the u.s.
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because there's a new poll out and it seems to suggest that nearly 3 fourths of americans view the death of george floyd as a sign of underlying racial injustice problem in the u.s. and this seems to be a significant shift from 6 years ago when the same question was asked so to what extent do you think the last 10 days have really sape the way americans view race in america not only americans in fact but the world as well we see demonstrations going on at many capitals around the world. that's right we're seen demonstrations all over the world and this is unprecedented even when dr martin luther king was assassinated we did not see demonstrations worldwide we saw demonstrations in protests and riots nationwide but not worldwide so this is really unprecedented in i do believe that this being caught on tape seeing officers shaaban kill murder. george floyd
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on national television what i say on national television obviously was caught on viral video and it spread with everybody else where everyone was able to log in and see that that really changed a lot of hearts and minds were guarding police use of force how police are unfairly targeting african-americans and that there needs to be a fundamental change and quite frankly it couldn't have happened at a better time because we're right in the middle of a pandemic so a lot of places so on lockdown there are a lot of people that have been stuck in their alice's were several weeks at a time they're not working their kids are not in school so this is a prime opportunity people are getting out and protesting in overly were protesting using all the proper social distancing and wearing a mask but i rules at all so i really do think in this this tape this clip
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where you saw it show an officer show in a murder george floyd it matches anything the terrorist group isis has ever put out i mean this was horrific and it really struck a chord with people not just united states but worldwide friends so we really want to see a change in how police are excusing that's my cat but how bullies are using force and we really want to see some fundamental reforms in policing in this country all right i guess sunny thank you thanks very much for joining us on al-jazeera thank you. now let's take you back to see who's among the protesters also in washington and shihab you were saying that large numbers of people are out . there that the demanding very similar measures that we were just hearing from minneapolis and from from real
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gas but we have to be very clear when we're talking about defunding the police this isn't a federal issue necessarily the fight out of d.c. for example isn't with president trump primarily it's with the local mayor. because she for example in her latest budget has proposed an extra $8000000.00 for the police so they can continue militarizing and occupying african-american household neighborhoods like lies about it he says beginning to terrorize african-american neighborhoods and dominate them she's the one the black eyes matter is trying to get through to meanwhile other way about what is a brilliant bit of public relations is reinvented herself now as some great champion of black lives about even though she's fighting with black lives matter over these precise issues painting black lives massa on the street in front of the white house now if you look at social media. that. d.c. is saying this is a performance of destruction it's bad bowels or who has the power of the puss when
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it comes to the local police force and she's the one who's preventing investigations and transparency into police officers who kill black people so there's a we always have to remember there's a federal system and then there's that state system in this municipal system i'm a bouncer rather brilliantly i think people professionals will study this and decades to come and somehow managed to tell that debate around to make a great champion when it comes to fighting with the president but what she did with the president about is who has control of the d.c. streets because federal troops have been on the under control by president she's. not as issues if anything if you want to be. completely honest about it she's fighting for which security forces can spray pepper spray into protesters eyes she does what the federal police federal troops to be doing that she was that sort of state to be done by local police. have a terrible record here all along the ridge the biggest insult the prophet against
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the d.c. police will just make bad about the controls so it's rather we have you really careful about the nuances of this discussion about just going to basic job and spending that all right to she have thank you very much for that update from washington. here the news hour on al-jazeera coming up in a moment. robin hood bandits criminals use their takings to fund coronavirus kitchens. stranded in colombia because of a coronavirus venezuelan migrant workers are forced into a makeshift tent cities and a deadly attack in mali is volatile region as thousands demonstrate against the government's failure to talk with security. but 1st libya's u.n. recognized government is charging forward with its conquest of rival territory rejecting a ceasefire proposal that's been backed by warlords. the truce was proposed by
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egypt's president has been for the has c.c. following talks in cairo it calls for a ceasefire from monday and the exit of all foreign fighters by government forces have kept marching driving have started fighters out of their strongholds and capturing more towns including benny will lead early on saturday they've now entered certs the hometown of the former dictator mom and the duffy it's another have to out of strongholds and beyond sirte libya's prized oil fields or sadr bari has more. proposing a peace deal in cairo egypt's president abdel fatah was warlord khalifa haftar whose 14 month offensive to capture the libyan capital tripoli collapsed this week and ousting it is time for a cease fire and all foreign fighters to leave come out ahead of him about a lot of money the initiative aims to guarantee a fair representation of libya's 3 provinces and a presidential council elected by the people under the supervision of the united
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nations to manage libya's leadership for the 1st time in the country's history but in tripoli the un recognized government commanders said they don't recognize the cease fire and they'll continue to in their words liberate our land the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered the over the last 2 months and his practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative or because i don't like liberation as what it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of this project trying to protect what remains of his military forces in the east. after hours forces have suffered significant setbacks in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including bani walid as government of national accord forces continued to drive have to use fighters from western
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libya moment but were not after announced the full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing have to our stronghold city of tarhouni on friday. jna forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to our stronghold and hometown of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi. back in cairo after explained his reasons for the cease fire that have welcomed the american in the fight against terrorism and criminal militias we will expel the mercenaries from libya so we can achieve the hopes and aspirations of the libyan people to have a new day of prosperity this will reflect positively on neighboring countries and to the region as a whole while saturday's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following an airstrike near al jazeera as live camera position in a brain just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears far from reach in this oil rich country dorsett
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a pari al jazeera. trainers on a highway leading to the city of sirte and has the latest on the government's offensive. we are now in the town of evergreen evergreen is the area where d.n.a. forces have positioned themselves since forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar took control of the city of sirte in january now this this location today has seen multiple airstrikes by have to still styled libyan national army. there were a few casualties to the g.n.a.t. forces and they have continued on earlier today the suit commander launched an operation or announced an operation to take control of silt and and. and. now this is the road here that leads into suit gini forces today
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began to make an advance they are now in the western gates of sirte. it is not clear whether they will be stane inserted and continuing on or if they will pull out as the sun sets and it gets dark the forces here tell me that they want to continue on after suit 30 is very strategic it is based in central libya and. it's this comes after forces that position themselves there are some say to keep a position of power of position in impossible negotiations this will be a major setback after have to have lost several cities in western libya to this earth will be a major setback in any possible peace talks in the future. lebanese security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters in beirut hundreds of people have rallied against the government's handling of lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades xenophobe reports. a
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society torn apart. lebanon is in turmoil a deepening economic crisis further impoverishing a nation locked in a political power struggle supporters of the ruling alliance faced off with anti-government demonstrators in central beirut. this main artery in lebanon's capital has been a frontline since october when the protest movement began against the sectarian political class which has ruled for decades the army and the security forces they are trying to keep the people apart the divide is deep and the tensions are high on this side are those who want to new leadership accusing the ruling elite of corruption that run the country's economy into the ground those on the other side are defending the status quo political party using. it who. needs. requirements of that of the people they still are using
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those needs politically to achieve their goals. protestors are growing frustrated as unemployment and inflation rise as the government negotiates with the international monetary fund for a bailout they tried to storm the nearby parliament building but were prevented by security forces saturday's call for action was an attempt to revive with many here called a revolution after weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus pollution areas themselves are here because they want better living conditions so for me now it is by far more important to find a plan for the canonical crisis to find a balance for the electricity crisis some traditional parties opposed to the ruling alliance are calling for early elections and there. porters are now on the streets they deny they are exploiting the movement to shift the balance of power in their favor over party have been participating in this rebel lucian since day one and
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2 was in the opposition since since 5 years ago so there's nothing new for us we're still in the same place we are still fighting for the same principles the movement which brought together sects which spoke in one voice and carried one flag the lebanese flag appears to be losing momentum those who returned to protest were a few national unity was not revived today instead deep divisions and sectarian tensions resurfaced jennifer their ashes into beirut. thousands of venezuelan migrants in latin america can't return home after their governments lost the number of people allowed to reenter because of the coronavirus pandemic in colombia many families are stranded and hungry in a newly built tent city on the outskirts of the capital bogota a century approach is there. the lucky ones have a proper tent the rest sick shelter from the cold with a simple piece of plastic at least $500.00 venezuelan migrants left jobless and
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homeless during the pandemic have built a makeshift camp on the outskirts of bogota they're all trying to return home. his do so tell their nice family have walked for days from the city of food but are now stuck here in the fields if people are not a couple of it's very hard not so much for me you have lived through many things but we worried about the kids look at what our conditions are and now the pandemic thank god nobody got secure until now only want is to manage to go home. these are preventing them from continuing their trip after the venezuelan government started limiting the number of returnees because of coronavirus fears that's cause bottlenecks along the route. some migrants have managed to save enough for a bus ride to the border but those 2 were cancelled. and a little money would save for the trip has gone you can see there are young. people
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pregnant mothers one is 8 months pregnant what we're going to do. the camp has no running water bathrooms or electricity people survive on the charity of strangers step bring food and supplies with most of the border closed they have little options left but to wait to formal crossings have been authorized to operate as humanitarian corydoras for the people that want to go back. to reduce the number of migrants they are allowed back in the country for more than 800 to now at times less than 100. in the town of growing numbers are stranded just meters from the border of the 1800000 venezuelans who fled to colombia in recent years 72000 have returned since the start of the pandemic is. trying to negotiate with venezuelan oil forty's every day to let them through but if we go
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from having 700 people to 1200 or 2000 deriving from other cities that generates additional pressure and a greater risk of spreading the virus back at the camp the food they received will be enough for a day but they pray for a solution that could bring them home they know the economy might be even worse in venezuela but at least there they have their relatives in a roof i listen to them. chiller is ranked the safest country in south america but crime is soaring along with unemployment as the country grapples with a pandemic poor communities are demanding protection as a lot america editor alysia newman reports from santiago. armed assailants on roads and highways and stopped drivers to rob them gangs of young men and women forcing people out of their cars to steal their vehicles in broad daylight. police breaking down doors looking for culprits this isn't new but since cold 19 and lockdowns
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arrived in chile people say they feel less safe. 24 year old eric killing house and recently became one of the latest statistics while walking home from work through this park about isn't people who are you know the guy appeared with a face mask like we all we're now and pointed the gun at my head give it to me give it to me he shouted i was in too much shock to react until he threatened to fire the gun then i gave him my mobile phone. my things have been priest all over the capital santiago drug traffickers are hiring deliveryman to transport drugs instead of fast food because they're allowed to operate during quarantine. but organized crime is making far more sinister inroads especially in chile's poorest areas the tina runs one of at least 70 soup kitchens that have sprung up in the labyrinth that now i mean it's a pallet he would cope with infections are soaring as fast as unemployment how many
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here have been out of work for at least 2 months a community organizer helps raise donations to provide 200 lunches a day but in many poor income neighborhoods authorities say that there is growing evidence which has been confirmed to us by family law boss who declined to be on camera that organized crime is now beginning to try to play the role of robin of what they're doing this by giving only financing some of these soup kitchens in a big. good to win over the hearts and minds or at least the loyalty of people in desperate need. that being tennis mayor says they also want to win the local silence you know. what i've seen is that they're giving away food to people who are infected with covert 19 and they use social networks to publicize what they're doing with their victims the director of public security and order tells us police are responding to the crime wave by installing hundreds of new cameras and drones
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to gather intelligence in real time sensible. during quarantine and it's more complex for the common delinquent to carry out traditional crimes so they're resorting to most serious crimes and that generates more violence. indeed criminals here are becoming increasingly bold which raises another concern that in times like these of deep recession and need many could be tempted to believe that resorting to crime is just a fireball when you have a family to feed you see in human al-jazeera sente our. next part in our series looks at rising violent crime in the u.k. that's on sunday right here on al-jazeera we'll have more on the pandemic in this news hour including the 1st documented cases of animal to human transmission farmers in fact of in the netherlands thousands of israelis demonstrate against their government's plan to annex palestinian territory.
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hello again the top stories on the officer in this hour thousands of people are marching in washington d.c. to protest against the killing of a black man in police custody george ford died 12 days ago sparking rallies against racism and police brutality. lebanese security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters in beirut people have rallied against the government's handling of lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades. libya's government has rejected a ceasefire proposal that's been backed by warlords. the truce was proposed by egypt's president. following talks in cairo. for more on this let's bring in the founder and director of the saw the institute libya's 1st think tank thanks for your time with us on the news hour once again so how significant is the talk of a cease fire in egypt whilst the d.n.a. doesn't agree to anything and in fact a member of the d.n.a. has told al jazeera that they reject this. well it's huge and in terms of its
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significance to the military battle it's meaningless but in terms of symbolism and policy it's very very meaningful no. has announced this not from a position of strength but really for a position of weakness because his backers that made him the strong man that listen we're going to matters really just a strong enough man of what will give them weapons they give him men to fight with him we'll show mercenaries they're going to syria and most news from our saddam loyalists the point that they give him aircraft drones russian aircraft they basically gave him the ability to wage a war without having to fire a single bullet from a little bit in that sense there's nothing more they can give him over the last 14 months and when they left and they left over the last couple of weeks the images of russian mercenaries leaving the whole thing began to crumble it was like a domino effect 1st the suburbs of southern suburbs truly began to fall into one of
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the last stronghold of the fall yesterday followed by brilliantly to them and then the central city of sirte only in the last few hours so really is from a position of weakness let me tell you that for have to is this a way for him to regroup and reassemble and we know that forces loyal to the u.n. recognize government have now launched an offensive on certs and of course beyond circuits are the prize the oil fields of libya have to that is most important strategic asset so will that be an easy fight. well it it really depends when out in the cheerless little jiggers house there is a taking and i think they would be mistaken to think that there's a problem now but into negotiations because there is a position of weakness and they're in a position of strength the real question is how russia and have the u.a.e. completely abandoned their project in libya or have they just moved on and perhaps moved on to another contender the head of the parliament and it's then that we are going to solar is
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a potential candidate it's very unclear yet because there is much more of what was you what we measured it's the assets the old presence in central libya in the southwest of libya as well as in the southeast and that's a long war and i think it could be a question of perhaps preservation of use that the russian forces that are now deployed in central libya will preservation of other parts of eastern libya through the u.a.e. and it hurt them but really the question of whether or not after survives is not really an answer even to himself it's an answer of their own his backers want to help them survive and so volatile who capitulate and that's really the story of libya and most of those issues today at least some of those can be a measurement outside and today it was turkish security though really gave the g.l.a. the wind and saying that libya has been in a state of war for many many years now qantas says hands that are made on the outside as you rightly point out there are many players involved in libya canned those the says ends be actually enforced on the ground. well those are the question
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of what the outside world can do and what it should be doing and i don't want that as well as our role should be doing is number one in forcing an arms embargo if you give libyans and you get will look at it after the ways and means to be in order then how the chemicals are correct and if you remove those things that as you seem only in a matter of hours he was in cairo at them up early and reading from a script talking about how he was going to launch a national dialogue a national dialogue we should mention that he actually stuck to taking place when he invaded tripoli the day that the u.n. cheap and to terrorists came to mark the national conference he talked about bringing women into the political process he couldn't see them so they were a female and b. that was against the war in july 2001 it seemed like there's a if you take that way that means away from being someone probably a lot of crap that is the kind of normal person and you have to start thinking and acting like a normal person and then perhaps we can get to the play by the rules of the game the 2nd the most important thing there is what can do is enforce the legitimate rules of the political ground and stop calling your opponents terrorists so that
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you can wipe them out without having their need for education or the need for the law that he for accountability the transparency you can do those kind of things and the real vital element here is it doesn't matter whether or not people look at it after or even the chief of the generator they're the prime minister players that are decide that they want to have peace many libyans are going to have to heal these rates and these wounds for many years to come and they need a national reconciliation process but equally need a judicial process and some accountability to be able to move on with their lives even if yes on what is ready for peace pushing that libyans are and that's going to be a very vital to us about any of the national reconciliation this is or any of the dialogue because they've been forward with whether it's in berlin or colorado or anywhere else it's going to really kind of come down to what kind of program they have not how many signatures they have another one a piece of paper outside right and as of i thank you for saying to us from london. more on the black lives matter protests some people across the world have also expressed their anger over the death of george floyd here in the u.k.
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people rallied nationwide over floyd's death and because of institutional racism in britain a small number of protesters clashed with police and one officer needed hospital treatment after falling from her horse so in a hall was at the protests it's not just about the united states here it is about the lives of people in this in the united kingdom about the way policing is conducted here it's easy don there's been decades centuries of injustice and things just need to change i'm tired of that i think what's really good is that it's bringing people together and having them the stations and talking about what everyone can do in all communities in all racial backgrounds and the more you talk the more that action can be taken and of course it's not just the political element it's not just about police brutality there are additional concerns as well about coronavirus about the spread of covert 90 in these enormous crowds and senior politicians and health officials had people indeed not to come out at all at this
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process and to be a protest and they've been a rolling series of these protests through the week and they may well go on and they had urged people if you do come up please respect social distancing rules well there's been very little social distancing going on here will be at most people wearing mosques it does rather feel as if the need that people have to be heard in these circumstances outweighs their fear of contracting the virus. thousands of people have defied a ban on large gatherings in paris. rock police had tried to stop 3 protests there the eiffel tower and u.s. embassy fearing crowds could help the spread that help spread the coronavirus on tuesday another band rally drew more than 20000 people to remember adama troy is a young black man who died in french custody in 2016. inten is the protesters knelt down and chanted i can't breathe some of george floyd's last words some demonstrators compared floyd to muhammad. he's that's an asean street vendor who
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set himself on fire in 2010 his death is credited with sparking the arab spring revolution of anti-government protests and uprisings in the middle east and across australia tens of thousands of people also honor george floyd and brisbane organizers say about $30000.00 people rallied forcing police to close 2 major streets at least $20000.00 walk through sydney after a court dramatically overturned the ruling banning the event just 12 minutes before it was due to starts protesters also denounced racism in australia including the deaths of indigenous people into the custody. protests are building in tel aviv to voice anger against the israeli government's plan to addicks parts of the occupied west bank more than $35.00 jewish and arab rights groups are taking part in the protests the israeli government's plan due to start an early july would see about 30 percent of palestinian land become part of israel the united nations recognizes
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the occupied west bank as palestinian territory by international law opec russia and other oil producing allies have agreed to extend record production cuts to the end of july in an attempt to shore up crude prices global demand for oil has fallen because of coronavirus lock down measures the group known as opec plus is looking to withdraw almost 10 percent of global oil supplies from the market the nation's efforts have already led to crude prices doubling in the past 2 months. at least 26 people have been killed in an attack in central mali the incident happened on friday in the village of forlani in the volatile region the west african nation has struggled with ethnic violence exacerbated by the presence of al qaeda and i saw in the north on friday tens of thousands of people protested in the capital to demand the president step down because their. good shots outside the presidential
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palace overwhelmed police and the military attempt to disperse the defiant crowd calling on president agreement worker to step down it was clear we should last 14 months i think the people coming out today the youth the women young and old shows that mali's fed up we want to change the system we want this regime to leave we want to new social contract to set up a mali that stands up. earlier over 20000 people gathered in independence square in the capital bamako to listen to the influential cleric mahmoud decodes once a close ally to kate he has become the government's most outspoken critic of the. it is time for everything to change army's disorganized demoralized the money that was promised to the army has been diverted there are no longer receiving their food rations we have a loft in stock the whole region. was reelected in 2018 on a promise to bring peace in a country torn by armed groups and ethnic violence in the last year alone
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a 1000000 people have been displaced and 4000 have been killed 4000000 mali and so are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. $14000.00 u.n. peacekeepers are powerless to stop the violence in the north and center the state is present only in the name police elected officials teachers and health workers are fleeing their posts fearing attacks. armed groups like these. al qaeda affiliates and ethnic militias fill the void and compete to control these regions and it attempt to push them out money in forces and government backed groups are accused of killing and torturing civilians according to un investigation since january they've committed more acts of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations than the armed groups that they're fighting. many of these demonstrators have lost faith in their security forces few came out to vote in
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a parliamentary elections choosing instead to demonstrate their discontent in mali's leader on the streets in a country on the brink nicholas hawke al-jazeera. in the netherlands thousands of their newborns will be killed after it was found that several farmers had been infected. by the animals these are the 1st documented cases worldwide of animal to human transmission of the deadly virus stuff and reports. farmers are killing their mink by gassing them with carbon monoxide one by one after the family at this farm fell ill that covert 19 it became clear other people didn't in fact them the genetic structure of the virus they contracted with similar to make infections every year thousands of young men are killed and their fur is exported to china russia or the united states to be made into cold and fashion accessories
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the dutch government initially said it wasn't necessary to cull the mink changed when it became clear infections to widespread a last minute court case filed by animal rights activists failed to save the animals. for you that i have they would have to kill their mothers departed a company nobody wants to do that and their newborns are only $4.00 to $5.00 weeks old doctors of course heartbreaking. the netherlands is the 1st country where covert 19 has been found in maine farms and researches are urging other countries such as denmark and spain to test their animals as well juries are feared that. farms could be a reservoir in future the outbreak in the netherlands is now decreasing is fading out in humans so we don't want to have a reservoir in because there will be a continuing risk $4000000.00 mink are caged in 145 dutch farms researchers don't rule out that most will have to be called nearly 10000 mink are being killed
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here at this farm today and this is only one of the smaller ones i mean our rights groups have long protested against farming and the government has decided that they all need to be close by 2024 but some farmers have said that this by the risks of infections they want to continue their business until then animal rights groups say the farms should be closed immediately after rumors spread that activist wanted to freedom a police started to patrol the area questioning them and journalists there's a lot of talk about. the danger of an animal agriculture to the public health the krona crisis which is just one of them. so there is a lot of tension among the farmers they feel threatened in their livelihood and that makes some people aggressive and that's why there's a lot of police always when there's animal activists the farms are located in the
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southern that islands which has the highest number of covert 19 deaths in the country residents of known as the dutch main capital blame the government for acting too late they had urged the killing of mink as soon as they became sick a month ago step fastens al-jazeera in the southern madeline's still had on the news hour. read the national football league believe lives matter. the n.f.l. apologizes for mishandling past police brutality protestors kneeling takes on a new significance. the british iraqi journalist who's visualizing complex statistics in a simple. i think your office are some really exciting opportunities to break apart from the systems of power and to collect data in a way that makes a represents a different community challenging mainstream misconceptions keep the pie crates in
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control ministrations it doesn't unite people it doesn't like people who are like i'm not smart enough to understand this boost truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. that america is a region of the wonder of joy of tragedy and violence but it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition. trying to break away. i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career but no country is alike and it's my job to lead light on how and why.
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hello again the n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell has apologized for mishandling player protests against racial injustice and police brutality calling capper nick and others began kneeling in 2016 here's alexie o'brian. when n.f.l. quarterback colin kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem 4 years ago the move divided the sport and the country in some corners he was celebrated for highlighting issues of police brutality and systemic racism people are really feeling they're actually men and really feeling like you know what this might not be something i experience ideally basis but it's not right that these other people are going through this but by others he was criticized threatened he lost his job with the san francisco 49 ers and hasn't been hired sense now the head of the u.s. football league has admitted it mishandled the situation with the national football
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league in it we were wrong for not listening to n.f.l. players earlier and encourage all to speak out peacefully protests. read the national football league believe lives matter right the rice relations are especially explosive in the us right now like a nice guy going to get married right. now and the act of kneeling has taken on new significance since george floyd died in minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds as he big. is venting days george for. the n.f.l. apology follows the release of a video by several players who included the specific demand that the n.f.l. say black lives matter what would it take for one of us to be murder about police brutality was through the mind organizer of the players video michael thomas of the
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new orleans saints has praised the n.f.l. though some believe the apology isn't since cea it's looks like more p.r. he's responding to what players have said matches the players started all wrong calling happening he never mentions calling government you midges the players this is what in a tragedy is afraid that the same protest of our cities across america who grew up in a fill stadiums with you know season to games more than any other leg the n.f.l. has struggled with the issue of race 3 causes of its play is african-american but nearly every team owner is white u.s. president donald trump has previously called on owners to fire any players who knelt during the anthem one of his latest weights and caps with no kneeling evidence of america's deeply felt divisions the football league now hoping its sports can help bring the country together and brian al-jazeera. thanks for
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al-jazeera selects. more demonstrations across the united states the streets of washington d.c. filled with the message that block lives matter while around the world from london to sydney tens of thousands march in solidarity. i. want to al-jazeera live from london i'm to you now brigades are also a heads libyan war lords fight if you have to supports calls for a ceasefire but the un backed government rejects the proposal. to assert its face.
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