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keep the quite creative control instructions doesn't unite people just like people do it like i'm not smart enough to understand spews truth is that any way on al-jazeera. t.v. is internationally recognised government has new advances against retreating warlord holy for half dark as his egyptian allies push for a cease fire. came from al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. not enough to get a long way to go but this is a start in washington across the u.s. and in cities around the world protesters denounce racism and police violence after
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the killing of george small lead. brazil's government stops its running total of coronavirus deaths a move critics say is an attempt to hide the real toll. and the report from the world's biggest fruit and vegetable market that feeds mexico and has become a hotspot for infections. maybe as you would recognize government is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from warble holy for hafta with its forces entering the stronghold city of sirte the government's rejected a cease fire plan put forth by half daraa and his egyptian allies almost head reports 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
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a ceasefire and old foreign fighters to leave come out that even with our daughter . the initiative imes to guarantee a fair representation 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 estate told al-jazeera that any deal offered by the egyptian rejean is the rejected the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered 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 the ration as it was called is more about trying to salvage what remains of after this project to protect what
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remains of his military forces in the east have to his forces have suffered significant set 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 in the afternoon now a sink 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 or female. suit is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of half to the east of the country. while certain day's focus was on peace talks in cairo in libya this was the scene. near 0
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as live position in green just south of misrata are another reminder that a lasting peace appears far from reads in this oil rich country the egyptian 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 jenae thanks to turkish military support which the government says was part of one official agreement. more doctors were. tripoli it was only back in january when the un recognized government was having to defend the capital from play for half the us forces as they closed in after hours fighters controlled the red areas and the tripoli government held both. when turkey sent in fighters in military equipment to support forces in tripoli they started making
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important territorial gains by may they had seized a watch here airbase used by half hours warplanes to attack tripoli pro-government fighters then recaptured most territory surrounding the capital the seizure of the city of tire mint have to have lost his last major stronghold in western libya now rival forces are battling for control of sirte the hometown of late longtime with our feet well honest al gore marty is the founder and director of the libya focus think tank said the institute he says hell if i have to leadership could be in jeopardy. the cheerless little trick is how close they are taking and i think they would be mistaken to think that there's a problem now but until they go she is 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
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going to solar is a potential kind of that it's very unclear yet because there is much more of what was 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 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. 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 whether or not his batteries will help them survive and so while they would like to keep it you know and that's really the story of libya and was that was that to the list of those camps and being made from outside and it was turkish as if there were at the really good of the g.l.a. the wind some of the biggest protests yet against police brutality and racism have filled the streets of major u.s. cities and scenes more often festive than tents people demanding change in the wake of george floyd's killing and police custody shortly patika him wraps up events
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outside of washington after this report from she have a town. it was the biggest demonstration in the nation's capital since george floyd's death 2 weeks ago tens of thousands gathered to protest across d.c. many feeling this is a turning point feels good it feels like i get to be a part of history and a part of a group of people who are trying to change the world for everyone unlike previous protests that have followed incidents of police brutality it was clear this wasn't just about registering horror and anger but about practical solutions people understand now. it's not enough to be angry you have to vote you have to translate that into. but it seemed that november's election was also trumps mine from his vantage point behind the new fencing around the white house several hours into saturday's protest he tweeted this and all that and his campaign sent out this message liberal thugs are destroying our streets their strategy is to
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use the protests to mobilize trump school base in fear of the protests evangelical christians the elderly and suburban white women and that's what's thought to have driven trump's initial reaction to the nationwide demonstrations it's being reported that at the beginning of the week double trump had demanded that $10000.00 members of the military be deployed to cities around the country trip or troll the u.s. said what would have been an incredible force of presidential authority to trump campaign strategy is clear them but what about those demanding change dc's men are is receiving plaudits for painting black lives matter in front of the white house but the group black lives mattered d.c. tweeted that the mural was a performative distraction they say their struggle is with the man who controls the police budget and whom they accuse of gutting social programs to militarize police officers well shielding them from transparency and prosecution for violence in fact
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up the road activists were painting their own mural. there is a message to the democratic party now it read the from the police that is divert the money to programs which directly benefit citizens ensuring that black lives matter is not a simple party political debate. washington. 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 us 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 in america we can go out and we can do things like this we can we can show that we support are the true
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equality our true constitutional values so i think it's a portrait my kids to see it after decades of protest one time activists say this time seems different brad is in this so many people across grows cold in rages and sexual orientation there are people out you know black people too long they have 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 fellow officers 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 legislation is going to come back next week we have the say their name and gender transparency of prior disciplinary actions for police officers the $58.00 bill no choko across the united states they braved the risks of
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a pandemic to send their united message there. and we know more who meet the same painful and as george who would all while his family remembered him with a funeral in his north carolina town where he was born and a nation shouted out his. al-jazeera. and there have been more solidarity protests elsewhere around the world london so confrontations with police some demonstrators threw objects at a horse causing it to bolt through crowds the mounted officers fell off the hitting traffic lights he was treated at the scene. police also prevented people from marching on downing street the prime minister's official london residence earlier thousands gathered in parliament square ignoring government warnings about large gatherings during the pandemic. straightly is finance minister matthew corner and has described protesters as incredibly selfish saying that put people's health at risk they marched in solidarity with us demonstrators had to highlight the deaths
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of indigenous australians in custody and indigenous senators said coleman should know better than to make such remarks talked about former chief medical correspondent at n.b.c. news says viral classed as will certainly emerge from protests. you know we now know that you spread the virus through talking the droplets come out so if you yell if you're breathing hard if you tear up because you get hit by pepper spray you get hit by tear gas all those inside more virus to come out then you have people being helped penned in by the police in a very tight spaces and then they're put in into paddy wagons as we call them here taken off to jail put in close close quarters so expect in 2 to 3 weeks to see big spikes big outbreaks across the country and we did not go up think up all the way down to 0 like the chinese did wouldn't we come up we come here we're a platform we're on
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a platform to be able to increase again and what i expect you're going to see is it will become much more like sweden where the death rate is going to go up we already see that in louisiana today where they're overwhelming the hospitals in terms of numbers of deaths but i don't think there's any turning back in terms of actually closing the country down again i just think we're going to pay a very very heavy price and germany football appeared it can that took a knee after scoring a goal for his team some of the statements against racism were made by other players and fans tens of thousands marched in cities across germany and the news ahead china says it's seeking a coronavirus vaccine for the world just for its own benefit. and why tens of thousands of make something colleagues in the netherlands.
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hello it's early june you should not be seeing this sort of thing that looks more like a winter storm bearing down there will see the wind behind the cold northerly it's easing off in the next 24 hours or so admitted lee was there were 18 degrees in london but let me remind you it is june now this is been quite a cold feet of weather but as you can see the sun is doing its work so although border is only at 19 berlin is at 20 so this is not that pappy the dividing line between this is been that has been cold and it's pulling up and this is been relatively warm and sundry is this thing here and it is quite a wet line too you know although it's sort of breaking up it's still represents a difference in weather types and it comes our way back to northern spain where it's been sundry recently vienna is right in the middle of it so even through monday and tuesday despite the wind being light it's still light to be sherry or even persistently wet now this is the european mainland so the mediterranean is actually quite quiet except western side and once again morocco's go right on shore
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breeze a fair amount of cloud and rain but repassed so much is 24 the sun shining elsewhere wind direction changes things but not much and car is going to light breeze for this to sunday so it's 41 quite hot. june 19th 6076 days they redrew the map of the middle east is a miraculous victory of the israeli army in that war war the greatest tragedy in the history of islam 50 years later al-jazeera expose the events leading to the war and its consequences which is still felt today we tried everything we went to the united nations and tried mediation contacts with different countries and it was clear that all this was just 2 of the more in june.
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georgiades there are a mind of our top stories this hour libya's un recognized government is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from retreating warlord really fast on this from to say they're entering the city also it's a hostile stronghold and it rejected a ceasefire plan put forward by. egypt. some of the biggest protests yes against police brutality and racism have taken place peacefully in the u.s. it seems they demanded change after the death of an african-american man george floyd in from east coast city. london for confrontations during its latest solidarity marches some demonstrators threw objects at a horse was it devolved protocol. but china is one of many countries trying to
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find a coronavirus vaccine and it says if it does it will be for the good of people around the world the science and technology minister made the pledge while presenting a white paper on china's fight against covert 19 critics have accused beijing of failing to fully disclose information about the virus sarah clarke is in hong kong she says the white paper condemns those whose who've criticized china's handling of the pandemic. this is the white paper on china's handling of the covert 19 crisis they describe it as the biggest public health emergency since the founding of the people's republic of china and now the government said it took it very seriously and put in place the most rigorous measures it also said it's made some major strategic gains fighting the virus now it delivered a recovery rate of 94.3 percent in this white paper and it also documented a very detailed timeline of china's handling of the infections and its containment
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now there are 5 clinical trials currently underway in china but it didn't shed any light as to which stage those clinical trials are at but they did say once that vaccine has been approved that they will share that vaccine internationally now this was a commitment made earlier in the year by xi jinping now they also were asked a question about china's international role and the state council defended china's or the accusations that it didn't share any of the information globally certainly in the early days it said it released information in an open and transparent way required by law i should say this white paper comes in the wake of a number of critics globally and a number of countries calling for an international investigation not mind into china's handling of covert 19 but certainly the origin of the virus in china. after gains in april china's trade figures have slipped back into negative territory exports and may were down more than 3 percent compared to the same time last year global demand has been hit by coronavirus restrictions and economic slowdowns
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china's imports fell by 17 percent last month. brazil's government has stopped publishing its running total of corona virus death sentence sections critics say it's an attempt to hide the real extent of the pandemic and president diable sato has repeatedly talked down the threat of covert 19 threatening to leave the world health organization. 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.
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ite show works with ideological impartiality all we are also out we don't need outsiders why young in on our health 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 mask 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 his 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
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a review of the criteria used to confirm coverage in 1000 deaths which critics fear will be used to manipulate the real numbers but some are. under a huge price from here because they say. they're all it says against. and now they're trying to find out people are out how to solve the problem the problem is so their government is trying to act in a really dangerous road in terms of trying to change the great try to change that numbers at that date. 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 paulo 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 and deeply divided on how to respond.
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cameron's government is accused of being more interested in fighting its opponents than the virus critics say leaders are also threatening to make things worse by reopening schools and airports and cameron already has one of africa's highest infection writes the class hop reports after a 10 hour overnight flight from paris. is relieved to have finally landed in cameron's capital yeah despite the growing threat of the 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 pretty 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
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airport passengers face many medical questions and tests. no sooner was it. you know 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 corner at your own expense schools have reopened with some preventative measures and forced by the teachers' union and some politicians say it's not enough because the virus isn't under control there if you will that it is against the law to willfully infect others that is what is being done some people deliberately in fact of us and when children have to go back to school it is extremely important that parents and communities be made aware that 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 paul b. 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
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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 and well as a 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 hawk al jazeera. mexico is also gradually reopening but there are concerns it's too soon infections and deaths continue to rise and hospitals in the capital of filling up one of the biggest hotspots for infections is the largest fresh project's market in the world on home and reports. this is the world's biggest fruit and vege market the synthol the about stalls i think and it's become
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a hotspot for covert infections in mexico as if. it's not hard to see why it's an ant hill of activity a city within a city as they say here we dressed like this to go in knowing which way to us but most people here what with next to no protection when you're lifting this. even the most slows you down and as for not touching others a place gets half a 1000000 visitors every day is pretty no way that they can keep social distancing going without quantas. market officials say they have managed to lower the number of clients coming in during coded that they've had less than 500 cases but most of the people we talked to have been sick have they been picked from your fiction avoided. i would more want yes some in this is own around 9 or $10.10 has been ill too but after a month in isolation you have to come back. because money runs out in the little
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time i was out my savings got used up. and it's not just the $90000.00 workers here that depend on the market. this immense space the size of $400.00 football pitches is the beating heart of mexico's food chain pumping out produce across the country and that's why mitt scarcities government decided they couldn't close it. but they have sent in health brigades 17 of the to patrol the market. but it's a drop in the ocean and it doesn't help that some here still don't believe in coded i don't know that that's not good they think oh this is a game they're like whatever nothing's going to happen to me. just outside of the centro communities enough struggling with the virus to. this is car you home 57 it's going to be unfortunate nickname covert streets. black bows hang alongside the
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more colorful. residents told us about 20 people have died here not going to fix this family shut itself off for a month when 3 of them got sick the street cemetery protocols and perhaps divine help none of died just. many people live will go to work in the central bastos and from 3 in the morning cars are passing through here to get there so they must have something to do with it he's done his job here but even divine protection hasn't saved the streets residents from discrimination. then i was. going to if you're from cairo 157 a lot of people see you as lepers taxis don't want to take you you have to go and look for the doctors because they don't want to come here that's not oh back next door in the center customers have been staying away to. call us his family has had this stool for years but it's in trouble there's a bit of it it's really hit us there are days when we just have to throw the
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produce or we buy what 10 creates that we have to chuck out now traders say things are getting better numbers are picking up as the country begins to reopen the question is if fresh customers will need fresh coby cases to join homan how does it or mexico city. in the netherlands tens of thousands of banks are being coles after they infected several farmers does government wants to prevent farms from becoming reservoirs of coal that 19 has steadfastly. 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 infect them the genetic structure of the virus they contracted was 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 the dutch government initially said it wasn't necessary to cull them and change when it became clear
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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 wanted to do that and their newborns are only $4.00 to $5.00 weeks old doctors of course heartbreaking. then that island is the 1st country where covert 19 has been found in mink farms and researchers are urging other countries such as denmark and spain to test their animals as well there is a fear 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 mink farms because there will be you continuing risk 4000000 mink a caged in $145.00 dutch farms researches don't rule out that most will have to be called nearly $10000.00 mink are being killed here at this farm today and this is
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only one of the smaller ones i mean our rights groups have long protested against mink 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 new infections they want to continue their business until then animal rights groups say the farms should be closed immediately after rumors spread that activists wanted to freedom make 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 krone crisis among the mink 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 southern that islands which has the highest number of covert 19 deaths in the
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country residents of kamal back all 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 fasten al-jazeera in the southern madeline's. but you know there are these are the top stories in the be as un recognized government is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from world hunger half star its forces are entering the city of sirte one of his strongholds. taina is on a road leading to service with more on the government's offensive. the word to. tell me that they want to continue on after still searches very strategic it is based in central libya so it's this just forces that position themselves
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there are some say to keep a position in power of position in impossible to go she ations this will be a major step after have to have lost several cities and was to libya to serve will be a major setback in any possible peace talks in the future. some of the biggest protests yes against police brutality and racism taken place across the u.s. sittings the demonstrations were largely peaceful protesters demanding change after the death and custody of african american george floyd. and solidarity protests have been held around the world and london there were confrontations with police some demonstrators threw objects at a horse causing it to bumper crowds the mounted officer fell off the heading traffic lights and was given medical treatment. those are the headlines to stay with us the inside story is coming up next. on counting the cost a special report from iran has done what you will sanctions still to bring the
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country's marketplace to near standstill but despite 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. is it time we learned to live with the coronavirus and how should we all prefer for a new wave of infections some countries reimpose lockdowns while others prioritize their economy this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm burnitz lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus are being lifted worldwide shops and businesses are.
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