a lot of people that are deployed on political issues. people believe that tell the real story i'll just mend it has to do in-depth journalism fever. across the globe . taking a stand against racism thousands rally in washington d.c. and across america in the wake of george floyd's death it can't be that we're just dying out here and think about that. wall around the world from london to sydney tens of thousands march in solidarity. and jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up libyan war lord and he for half top backs calls for a cease fire after the u.n.

recognized government captures key cities and makes a push for his stronghold. protestors in lebanon frustrated over worsening economic conditions faceoff against government supporters. welcome to the program the chorus of voices demanding an end to systemic racism and police brutality is getting louder with millions marching right across the u.s. and around the world it follows the fatal arrest of george florida minneapolis 2 weeks ago where thousands of people turned out in washington for what thoughts of the the city's biggest demonstration so far the peaceful gathering centered on the newly named black lives matter plaza not far from the white house well earlier hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service in north carolina where george floyd was born people waiting in

long lines outside a church to pay their respects. i've seen what's going on in this country and though my family has been said by the news this is just an allergic reaction to an ongoing issue in the united states just like runabout rispoli brutality has yet to find a cure is a difficult time for us all and we must all come together and come to the front lines to protect each other. these images associated with this will affect all of our lives for the rest of our lives meanwhile the cities of seattle denver and portland of introduce stricter rules for police using tear gas against protesters it comes a day off to new york state california and minneapolis announce policy changes and the 2 buffalo police officers suspended pushing a 75 year old protest to the ground on thursday leaving him with critical injuries have both been charged with felony assault both have pleaded not guilty. she had

a town seat was among protesters in washington d.c. he has more on the political reaction from the streets we've seen protests in the past and on the scale were followed police brutality moments of police brutality and nothing's really happened different this time is just how widespread it is and how specific some of the proposals are it's not just the police shouldn't be doing this it's defund the police it's put the money elsewhere and so it is fascinating it is doubly winding down here in d.c. 70 tens of thousands on the streets but all day trump has been in the white house behind the new 8 foot wall and miles of fencing that were put up someone actually comparing it to the green zone in baghdad. but he's been really quiet and then just in the last 3 hours he made the tweet this 3 words law and order exclamation mark that's it and that's just there that there is another part of america that spirit is very different than donald trump thinks he can speak to them it's all very well everyone on the street so many people on the streets but he's still sticking to his

former electoral success his father will christian evangelicals of the of the elderly and of white suburban women who he thinks of really unnerved by this they want law and order as he puts it in fact the trump campaign has just released this a few hours ago as well a campaign that campaigning on this is well liberal thugs are destroying all streets restore law and order president tried to do input by midnight and then there's there's a there's a link so that they're trying to fundraise to be as his poll numbers go down elsewhere he needs his he's a central essential file will what douglas sloan is a social justice activist he explained how the protests have already led to some meaningful change. 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 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 being if they see another officer break the law and that they are required to report it we also would like to see in independent investigator i investigate some of these crimes that are done by the police is often the local prosecutors then are investigating these crimes the laws 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 commission or board perhaps a nasty one i know that joe biden you saw him up 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 now libya's u.n. recognize government is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from warlord having to have town and from the stronghold city of sirte the government's rejected a cease fire plan put forward by have to talks with his egyptian allies but what of the we'll have reports now from tripoli. proposing a peace deal in cairo egypt's president abdel fatah has sisi with libya's warlord honey for have to. who's 14 month old fence if to capture the libyan capital collapsing this week announcing it is time for a ceasefire and old foreign fighters to leave a comment that if it were barbara. the initiative aims to guarantee

a ferry presentation of libya's 3 provinces and a presidential council elected by the people under the supervision of the united nations to manage libya's leadership for the 1st time in the country's history but the proposal was swiftly turned down by the tripoli based administration the head of the high council of state told al-jazeera that any deal offered by the egyptian rejean is rejected the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered that over the last 2 months and its practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative but i don't like liberation as it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of after this project to protect what remains of his military forces in the east have to his forces have suffered

significant said backs in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including a benny will lead as d.n.a. forces continue to drive have to his fighters from western libya moment but what i'm not i'm pronouncing full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing half there is a stronghold city of thought who now on friday government forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator moammar gadhafi regime simple as it was. search is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of hafter in the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene following an airless try. as live position in green just south of misrata another reminder that

a lasting peace appears a far from read church in this oil rich country digitisation initiative seems contradictory to its major rule in fueling the libyan conflict by backing the war in tripoli the balance of power has recently shifted in favor of the g.n. a thanks to turkish military support which the government says was part of unofficial agreement. that were hit. tripoli well are seldom artie's the founder and director of the libya focus think tank institute he says leadership could be in jeopardy. the jail is literally tickers how close they are taking and i think they would be mistaken to think that there is a time now for them to negotiate 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 projects in libya or have they just lived their arms and

perhaps moved on to another contender the head of the parliament and it's then that we are going to solar is a potential candidate it's very unclear yet because there is much water park was assets the old presence in central libya in the south west of libya as well as in the south east and that's a long war and i think it could be a question of perhaps preservation of peace that we have the russian forces that are now deployed in central libya or preservation of other parts of eastern libya through the u.a.e. airbase and it hurt them but really the question of whether or not after survives is not really are an answer he can give himself it's an answer or they're on his back and want to help them survive and so while they're capitulate and that's really the story of libya and most of that is that there at least an opposite of being made from the outside and today it was turkish as if they were at the reading gate the g.l.a. the wind. lebanese security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets of anti-government protesters in beirut hundreds of people were rallying against the

government's handling of lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades so far was a society torn apart i love and on is in turmoil i 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 those needs politically to achieve their goals. the protesters 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 and now it is by far more important to find a plan for the canonical prices to find a plan for the electricity crisis some traditional parties opposed to the ruling alliance are calling for early elections and their supporters. are now on the streets they deny it they are exploiting the movement to shift the balance of power in their favor over party i've been participating in this rebelution since day one

and 0.2 was in the opposition since 5 years ago so we there's nothing new for us we are 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 there are beirut. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back has come a room is coronavirus restrictions the government's accused of politicizing the pandemic. brazil braces for a day of protest as the president faces mounting criticism over his handling of the outbreak more on that state's.

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left the shows the yucatan is rebuilding itself and becoming rather more strong because flooding sense of flooding struck yucatan mexico really and it's brother it's cousin the same in el salvador as you can see much better picture for central america it's a few showers and no more than that all the energy has gone up north with cristobal . on counting the cost a special report from iran over $1000.00 has done what u.s. sanctions failed to bring the country's marketplace to a near standstill put this spike the highest death toll in the middle east the government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the world oh now just see you ron.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera thousands of people have been demonstrating in washington d.c. to make their voices heard of the police brutality in the united states a largely peaceful demonstration is thought to be the city's biggest since ronnie's began over the death of george floyd in minneapolis only 2 weeks. libya's u.n. recognized government has launched an offensive to reclaim the strategic city of sirte a stronghold of all or $35.00 task forces the government also rejected a cease fire plan proposed by after after talks in egypt. lebanese security forces of fired tear gas and anti-government protesters in beirut hundreds have been out

in lebanon's capital protesting over the economic crisis around 30 percent of the population and out of work. protests against police brutality and racial discrimination continue to grow across the u.s. as millions of people marched to demand reform it's the 12th consecutive day of public anger sparked by george floyd's death particle again as the day's developments across the u.s. . it happened all over in cities big and small new york philadelphia los angeles denver and all through the nation's capital washington d.c. awash with peaceful protests while the u.s. president stayed mostly silent inside a heavily fortified white house the protesters filled the streets outside demanding change someone has to do something about that it can't be that we're just dying out here and no one's doing anything about that all we get our promises and promises

and nothing ever changes but i want my children to see that america we can go out and we can do things like this we can we can show that we support our true equality our true constitutional values so i think it's a point for my kids to see it after decades of protest one time activists say this time. seems different bread is in this so many people across grows cold regions and sexual orientation there are people out you know black people too long they had to bear the burden alone but police are protesting as well in buffalo new york the 2 officers who did this shoving a peaceful 75 year old man to the pavement seriously injuring him have been arrested on felony assault charges the officer showed up at the courthouse to protest their arrests still this is a massive call for change at least one governor says it's coming legislature is going to come back next week we have the say their name and gender transparency of prior disciplinary actions for police officers the 58 bill no choko across the

united states they braved the risks of a pandemic to send the united message there can be no more who meet the same painful and as george white all while his family remembered him with a funeral in his north carolina town where he was born and the nation shouted out his name. al-jazeera. for there was tension between police and protesters in london during black lives matter demonstrations there the crowd tried to march on downing street home of the british prime minister police in riot gear block demonstrators trying to push them back earlier in the day thousands gathered in the center of the city ignoring government advice against large gatherings jonna hold some of the protests through london. but a pretty substantial process protest this has been in london by some counts 10000 people certainly several 1000 people many of them still here in parliament square. protest to give solidarity of course with the events happening in the united states

but not exclusively about those events also about events here in this country institutional racism police brutality the sort of thing that affects the lives of the people in this crowd every day taking the opportunity now to have. their voices heard in the sort of messages we're seeing on the streets here look at some of these banners no justice no peace black lives have always mattered silence is betrayal and black lives are worth more than a number thanks very much guys and over here you can see strung up on the statue of abraham lincoln on the edge of parliament square racism is a pandemic to as i said 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 long it's been years 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 conversations 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 19 in these enormous crowds and senior politicians and health officials had people indeed not to come out at all at this 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 where there's been very little social distancing going on here albeit most people are wearing masks it does rather feel as if the need that people have to be heard in these circumstances outweighs their fear of contracting the virus. and anti-racism protests also held in cities across france. thousands defied bans against demonstrators due to coronavirus many call for justice for trial henri the son of

a mali an immigrant who died in french police custody 4 years ago protests also took place in math a need and the young. india has recorded its highest daily tally of coronavirus and sections as cases exceed 230000 india now has the 6th highest number worldwide the government's been gradually easing lockdown instructions at them to revive the economy more shopping malls restaurants and places of worship are due to reopen on monday under new guidelines. kenya has extended a nationwide curfew was it tries to contain the rising number of virus cases president who are kenyatta says the curfew will continue for another 30 days will be shortened by. instructions on travel in the mount of nairobi on monday or staying in place all gatherings are still banned and schools will stay closed until september and cameron's government is being accused of being more interested in fighting the opposition than coronavirus critics say leaders are also putting

people in harm's way by reopening schools and airports despite the country other one of africa's highest infection rates reports after a 10 hour overnight flight from paris madam that is relieved to have finally landed in cameron's capital yon day despite the growing threat of a virus with more than 6000 reported infections the virus is spreading faster here than in most african countries. i had to come back for work the most important thing is to fill out all the paperwork it is for the good of all and then do a test to get results within 3 days before boarding. after being closed for 3 months the government is reopening airports to passenger flights before exiting the airport passengers face many medical questions and tests. no see. if you're a negative you're free to go and continue your visit to cameroon if you're positive

then you're put in a quarantine at your own expense schools have reopened with some preventative measures and forced but the teachers union and some politicians say it's not enough because the virus isn't under control. it is against the law to willfully infect others that is what is being done some people deliberately infect others and when children have to go back to school it is extremely important that parents and communities be made aware. the virus has caused panic in the country already divided by the fight for independence in the english speaking regions a growing dissent against president colby as 38 year rule elyse opposition leader maurice come to were arrested for handing out protective masks and sanitizing gel they face 4 years in prison if found guilty of rebellion. it's a campaign of intimidation we are just trying to help and protect the population from the coronavirus but the government has decided to fight the opposition instead

of fighting the virus. many detained opposition members are in prison where a fire trapped hundreds and injured dozens and me with airports now reopened those who can are leaving a country increasingly unstable as the corona virus continues to spread because hauke al jazeera. opponents and supporters of brazil's president are expected to run across the country on sunday as it grapples with the worsening coronavirus pandemic. has been widely criticized for his response to the crisis is threatening to deploy special forces against the demonstrators. reports. the sign on the window of this car dealership in sao paulo reminds customers of the need to use face masks and anti-bacterial gel it's the 1st phase of the city's reopening despite record numbers of cope with 19 deaths and president. at the center of growing criticism

for downplaying the virus trait and attacking lockdown measures is going further. he is borrowing a page from his u.s. counterpart donald trump entertaining to leave the world health organization. either the w. ite show works with ideological impartiality or we are also out we don't need outside. help here brazil is now the 3rd highest number of 1000 related fatalities in the world and experts believe it will soon become the 2nd scientific models predict that more than 125000 people could die by august 4th. critics of both say he's responsible for many brazilians taking the pandemic seriously. it's sad but he didn't wear a mosque he made fun of it didn't believe it shook everybody's hand and unfortunately he caught it it's very sad but that's the tree. but none of this is

the tearing the president in its efforts to minimize the gravity of the situation the newly designed ministry of health daily report on the spread of the virus no longer records the total number of deaths. and the minister has announced a review of the criteria used to confirm coverage in 19 deaths which critics fear will be used to manipulate the real numbers but some are. under a huge break from here because they say. they probably could all it says against. and now they are trying to find out people are out how to solve the problem the problem is huge so their government is trying to act in a really dangerous road in terms of trying to change the great try to change the numbers that debate. the growing divide over the coronavirus response in the country will take to the streets on sunday as protesters in favor and against both

scenario will face off in sao paolo and other cities. while doctors and nurses across brazil keep working around the clock to save as many lives as they can in a country ravaged by the virus in deeply divided on how to respond. thousands of people in israel have protested against the government's plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank jewish and arab rights groups join the demonstrations the plans would see about 30 percent of palestinian land become part of israel from early july united nations recognizes the occupied west bank as palestinian territory under international law thrown his way in an opposition leader one has made his 1st public appearance since denying he has taken refuge at the french embassy. greeted and talked to drivers going up for petrol in caracas it's unclear when the video was filmed but it was released shortly after president

maduro's government accused of hiding in the embassy. france is one of the 50 countries that recognized as venezuela's interim president. the dictator wants is for us not to be mobilized for you to be afraid and for the frustration you feel to be taken out on a. line is not normal mobilized to have a supreme tribunal justice do what it wants there is no ruling that can stand in the way of people's desire to have the freedom to decide and choose opec and its allies have extended historic oil output cuts throughout july nigeria says it's preparing to make additional cuts starting next month until september. in order to compensate for producing more than its quota in may in june opec made the record last month to boost oil prices which have been hit hard by the lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. newly sworn in government has lifted all

trade sanctions with serbia its new prime minister says e.u. brokered talks to normalize ties could resume he declared independence in 2008 but serbia has been campaigning against its recognition as a state ever since kosovo's independence is recognized by more than $110.00 countries but not by several nations including russia serbia's traditional allies. right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera thousands of people have been demonstrating in washington d.c. to make their voices heard of the police brutality in the united states a largely peaceful demonstration is thought to be the city's biggest since rallies began over the death of george floyd in minneapolis nearly 2 weeks ago. people across the world of also gathered to express their anger over floyd's death. in the

u.k. demonstrators rallied to denounce institutional racism thousands gathered in london with a small number of protesters clashing with police near downing street where the prime minister lives libya's u.n. recognized government has launched an offensive to reclaim the strategic city of sirte that's a stronghold of warlord and he for half task forces the government also rejected a ceasefire plan proposed by have tough after talks in egypt al-jazeera as malik traina is on a highway leading to sirte with more on the government's offensive. we were. here to tell me that they want to continue on after still 30 very strategic it is based in central libya it would. have to forces that position themselves there are some say to keep opposition power of position in impossible to go see a shoot this will be a major step back after have to have lost several cities in western libya will be

a major setback in any possible peace talks in the future. lebanese security forces have fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in beirut hundreds of going out in lebanon's capital protesting about the economic crisis around 30 percent of the population are out of work. india's recalled its highest daily tally of corona virus infections as confirmed cases exceed 230000 is the 6th number in the world the government's been gradually easing lock down instructions have been to revive the economy. brazil is bracing for a day of protest as supporters and opponents of the president at a rally nationwide. is threatening to deploy special forces against demonstrators as he faces growing criticism of his response to the pandemic well those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after counting the cost. as a protest rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning

on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. election on a. this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week a special from iran iran has always been able to work around crippling sanctions but the coronavirus pandemic that killed thousands has trashed the economy what kind of economy will emerge. no country in the middle east was hit harder.