tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera June 15, 2020 4:00pm-5:01pm +03
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who will come after. us this one is ours. al-jazeera. alarm shall carry this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes on of it its biggest cities is going back under total lockdown days after reopening tonight has the 3rd highest number of cases across in europe several countries opened their land borders after months of lockdown travel restrictions are lifted. and disappointing press for outrage but i just for
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us her in a sentence says 16 years in prison for spying in russia putting more strain on relations between the 2 countries. i think we can hold the power to account. we can't do anything a big blow to press freedom in the philippines 2 journalists are convicted for the 1st time in a libel case. and after years on the run sudanese militia leader alex shay because of war crimes and are for appears before the international criminal court. around 15000000 people in the indian city of shinai and several neighboring districts are going back into lockdown as corona virus infections sore the region recorded 1974 new cases on sunday taking the total number of infections more than 44453 people have died. a full lockdown will be enforced starting on friday until
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the end of the month india had been gradually easing restrictions over the past few weeks even though new cases were still being recorded lives with raanan joins us now from new delhi so liz lifting restrictions always comes with the risk now a big turn around and what is the latest there. good evening michelle so tamil nadu is chief minister after holding a meeting with health experts decided to re-impose the lock down from friday in chennai 3 neighboring districts for 2 weeks as you mention the nearly 2000 new cases on sunday in the state of tamil nadu it is one of the worst affected and chennai and the neighboring districts are going back into the type of lockdown very strict lockdown one of the strictest in the world that we saw when the whole country went into lockdown in late march so only essential services are going to be allowed essential shops will only be allowed to open from 6 o'clock in the morning
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till 2 pm officers are only allowed to have one 3rd of their staff present and wall trains and flights will continue and chennai or other vehicles will only be allowed to be used for essential or emergency services that's the situation in tamil nadu elsewhere in the country we heard from these chief minister who said that despite the situation in delhi also one of the worst affected states that's really struggling to do with the rise of the number of cases that they don't have any plans to lock down here but dudley's leaders held 2 days of meetings with the country's interior minister because of the situation and they decided 1st that they were going to increase testing doubling testing over the next few days triple it but also that testing is now going to be expanded basically anyone who wants a test can get one and they're also converting 500 railway carriages and 295000 isolation wards and looking at using sports stadiums and
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hotels using them as treatment centers as they expect they say more than half a 1000000 cases by the end of next month and need more than $80000.00 beds so of course it's clear that officials generally don't want to impose these lockdowns i understand that they're saying that that that is not their plan just because that's not their plan doesn't mean it may not be called for i mean is it likely is it possible that they could have to reverse course and how do people feel about that. well there are definitely people who are asking for it there are many people and businesses who are worried about the rising number of cases is locked on restrictions that basically anyone who can afford to stay at home they're asking why a complete lockdown was imposed when there was 600 cases in the country of 1300000000 people only to ease it when they were hundreds of thousands of cases and the
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confederation of all india trade as for example they held a poll where 88 percent of shop owners said they want shops and markets to close because they think that the reopening of the country is leading to a rise but the government has always maintained that a lot don was only supposed to give it time to improve its health care facilities it cannot be a permanent measure in a country the size of india more than 120000000 people have lost their jobs during the lot more than $100000000.00 of them a daily wage earners and that the government says you know that a lot don is too high a price to pay for that botched the prime minister is holding a virtual meeting with state leaders on tuesday and wednesday to reassess the situation with her on with the latest there new delhi thank you. now pakistan is supporting a record rise in corona virus infections the government seal off more than a 1000 high risk areas to try to curb the spread experts predict 80000 deaths by
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august and a 1000000 infections world health organization is warning the health system is underfunded and could be overwhelmed or has more from islamabad. one has to go back to the last date of ramadan that different the government decided to eat down there that people could do day shopping day of course is your standard operating procedure procedure that people would have to wear it on mars and to follow all the air still beats however people rushed to the market today did not care about that then there would be a dollar day families really gave intermingling getting to enjoy the day and now the situation of cause a scene and their longing by now we are sure. also the city hall 'd which is the provincial capital of the barn job to head minister today saying jump from tomorrow night large sections of the city into do order
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to be decorated be seeded all because home and being right in the number of games days which are going to radio will remain focused on medical facilities yesterday the minister for planning also dead the figo on day rate of infections could go up to 300000 by the end of this month and good crossed a 1000000 mark by the end of july. economic analysts say a new outbreak of the crime of virus risks china's recovery a lockdown has been imposed on at least 20 neighborhoods in the capital beijing ribbons of new infections are reported chinese industrial output last month grew at its strongest rate since the virus was detected and december but shop sales are slow as consumers remain cautious cheney reports from beijing i'm going to go get tested last week nelson kwan his wife abby spent time at the local cafe in beijing played golf and with planning a trip to beaches in something china
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a monday they were asked to take off at 19 tests along with everyone living in the residential compound so i just finished having my throat swab the discovery of a new. outbreak in nearby farm type district sparked a lockdown of around 20 neighborhoods on sunday and. 'd maybe. i mean it's like. the new cluster reportedly originating in. the biggest wholesale food market in beijing is threatening china's economic recovery industrial output is bouncing back in may it burst by 4.4 percent compared to this time last year but retail sales fell by almost 3 percent and fears of a 2nd wave of infections could keep consumers cautious probably shows that there are some more problems of food supply and also the government's ability to contain
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this virus so i think be very cautious in their spending more than 80000 people have been tested since friday dozens are confirmed to have covered 19 on the other side of beijing it's business as usual but temperature and security checks have intensified schools due to reopen this week remain closed some travel restrictions breed reduced china's government has sacked officials in charge of beijing's the thai district and are trying to reassure everyone that the situation is under control but after almost 2 months of no local infection residents are afraid that hard won gains of containing the outbreak have been lost that sense of . you know i mean anybody enjoyed it and has tasted the sense of being able to go back to a sense of normalcy to see it go backwards anybody. else inquired will be
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watching numbers closely hoping his family and neighbors remain. fernie katrina you al-jazeera beijing. after 3 months. borders and restrictions due to the corona virus pandemic some european countries are now opening up to some of their neighbors germany has opened its border to all e.u. members except for spain finland norway and sweden france's president meant as claiming the country's 1st victory in the fight against kobe 19 restaurants and cafes they're operating at full capacity but is cautioning people to be vigilant while the u.k. is still working to contain the virus and glynnis still easing restrictions allowing non-essential businesses to trade again wales and scotland are still waiting to hear when stores can open in a moment we'll hear from dominic cain who is at the german danish border 1st let's go to china hall who is in and london on oxford street there so how has this been playing out there today john as the restrictions have been lifted in and people can
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shop. yeah it's pretty novel experience after 3 months really and i think people are pretty excited they've been accused very much in evidence outside some of the biggest stores nike town marks sports direct that sort of thing as much as anything of course because they're limiting the number of people who go in because of the 2 beat or social. distancing rule but you know take a look at that it's off for street one of the busiest shopping streets in normal times perhaps anywhere in the world it's hardly the bustling throngs you'd expect to see here but a lot of people out the latest step that england is taking out of its 3 month lockdown by allowing nonessential shops department stores clothing stores sports stores book shops big and small to open important to note it's not the normal experience of shopping that people will get when they're out and about on the high street now not just the queues on the social distancing but plastic screens up around tills and check outs lots of markings on the floor to follow you can't touch
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the merchandise and feel it and put it down and walk away you can't try to hang on in a fitting room at the apple store they will take your temperature when you walk in and give you a free musk to wear inside all of which sort of begs the question how many people will want this experience of shopping when they could just stay at home and shop online as they've been doing for the last 3 months at will here on oxford street the best estimate is that football will be down about 80 percent so only to a 20 percent return of business which is ok perhaps for some bigger stores not so good for smaller ones who i think along with the economy as a whole will continue to feel the real pain of lock down long after it's over. town hall at the latest there on oxford street jalan a thank you sam intent on mccain is covering this as well let's go to him now at the german danish border so one of the concerns there dammit. this border here is open but in parts in the sense that on the danish side over my
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shoulder here the danish officials are retaining the power to perform controls so that many groups of people can cross the border so danes can return from germany back to their home country denmark germans who come from this state in northern germany and they also can come and go pretty much as they please as can tourists who are going to be staying inside denmark for at least 6 nights those who don't fall into those categories can still be turned away and contrast that with over my right shoulder or that is the road from denmark into germany the german officials well they are no longer performing any checks here at this particular border crossing and that is good news certainly from the perspective of the community in this part of. the german community here really are very grateful that the the border is reopening because it means that commerce cross border commerce can start
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up again i spoke to one businessman this morning who said that his custom basically had fallen by 85 percent in the 3 months that the coronavirus restrictions on border crossings have been in force or that chimes also with the sorts of experiences from around the you because there are several countries who have reopened their borders completely with each other but others who are still retaining some border closures between france and spain for example whereas when the germans the swiss the germans and the austrians the germans and french all those border closures or they've been reopened so you certainly have the sense across the e.u. that the will is there to reopen where possible but different countries are implementing these reopening at different speeds and clearly what is causing some congestion in some places elsewhere on this front. today there were very long tailbacks of calls trying to get from germany into denmark which explains as i say
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why it's a bit of a hodgepodge right across the e.u. at the moment ok so mccain live for us at the german danish border thank you and greece is officially opening its doors for the start of its tourist season holiday makers from the majority of european countries can go but anyone from virus prone regions will have to be tested prime minister. it's a talk a says it's a pivotal moment in the fight against coronavirus tourism accounts for nearly 20 percent of greek g.d.p. . and more head of the news hour including and the operation an end all conflict turkey's military strikes against kurdish fighters in northern iraq. words of hope letters from family members become a lifeline for corona virus patients in mexico. and the same isn't waste any time getting the job done details a little bit of the little bit on the program. the
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u.s. is demanding immediate release of a former soldier jailed and russia for spying a closed door court in moscow sentence poway dylan to 16 years and president he says police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago yes ambassador in moscow says the business been as an ascent. i've described these proceedings as a mockery of justice and today just confirmed. an american citizen has been sentenced to the term of 16 years. for running for which we have not seen evidence easy to see he was denied the opportunity to present with this industry and was denied the opportunity to work cooperatively with his defense counsel which in his defense counsel appointed or if not defense counsel he said.
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so this is a mockery of justice at least by american standards are as correspondent kimberly how could joins us now so clearly what are we hearing from the u.s. officials about this. the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe sending out a statement ak owing this assertion the this has been a mockery of justice when it comes to paul wail and they say they are outraged by the decision by the russian court he was subjected to a secret trial secret evidence no appropriate allowances for defense witnesses and the concern of the united states and its officials is that the treatment that he has received in detention was nothing short of appalling they decided that the detention ignored longstanding medical conditions and also that he was isolated from his family and friends and this is something that has been acco. brother david he says that well he is brother has been convicted for 16 years for hard labor it is the russian legal system that is found guilty of injustice they say that his
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brother was. basically subjected to entrapment and that they don't expect even though they are requesting an appeal this will be successful he says that russia's judges are political not legal and they expect to continue to fight for his release but they know that it now comes down to us government officials and specifically president trump they are calling out for the president's assistance saying president trump alone can act to bring paul home we hope he will do so swiftly and the u.s. president does have precedent here when it comes to his efforts he has secured the release of an american pastor from turkey detainees from north korea and just 10 days ago a navy veteran a retired navy veteran in iraq and so there is pressure on the u.s. president but he so far has been quiet we expect him in front of the cameras on his agenda today around $1830.00 g.m.t. and of course we will be watching to see if he comments on the case ok. at the
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latest in washington d.c. kimberly thank you local tensions between the u.s. and russia have been intensifying in the past few years on nations of russian interference in the 2016 u.s. . selection led to several congressional investigations and a growing mistrust of moscow the war in syria and russia's press support for president bashar al assad further strain its relationship with the us and most recently moscow was upset with washington's plans to the 1st directions on arms deals that change would allow us to fence contractors to sell more american made drones to countries that have been forbidden to purchase the weapons let's bring in the dual and london he said the principal russia analyst at the global consulting firm verus mabel crawford appreciate your time very much so is this something that donald trump could fix if it is it is that possible. well the russian foreign ministry has come out with a couple of statements which have indicated that they're very much open to trade or
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prisoner exchange in fact they were to mention a number of names. roman citizen of constantine yet it shouldn't go. but whether or not president trump would feel politically able to engage in a career and trade right now given the young going presidential campaign and the various issues going on domestically in the united states is another matter the other question is then well if if this bleeds into 2 next year and if as seems likely at the moment joe biden succeeds and winning the presidency will a new democratic administration particularly after 2016 and also the perceived failure of the 2000 a reset policy really want to kick off tenure with an agreement with russia particularly given the u.s. position is that mr whelan has done nothing wrong that he's been essentially railroaded here whereas their own position on the various people they have
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imprisoned is that they they have him dead to rights on certain criminal activities what what do we know about this case i realize it's very difficult to get collect information out of moscow. extremely little at this point as has been noted both. conveniently due to the coronavirus but also due to the conditions of these these kind of national security related trials we really haven't seen any of the evidence presented against mr mueller and we really haven't seen the nature of the proceedings against him and so there's no real way to judge the veracity of what is being charged here and that's not to say that this is some sort of criminal orchestrated special operation you know it could very well be that this was please mr whelan did indicate in his defense at one point a lower level f.s.b. officer looking to burnish his credentials by you know dropping an american spy or
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whatever but certainly at this point you know what really happened is probably something that were never going to get the full picture and given the secrecy surrounding this all right there a mental thank you so much finding us from london appreciate it thank you at least 40000000 soldiers have been killed and dozens are missing after an attack by an armed group happened in the village of kamakura near the border with mauretania on sunday the u.n. earlier said gunman killed him it's peacekeepers in the north western region nicholas hoch as following the developments and a car so nick this is almost becoming a daily occurrence but only now. that's right it's almost happening every day as you mentioned this happened yesterday at 1400 local time these 1000000 soldiers returning back to their barracks when they were ambushed by armed men there was another attack there in january. paramedic paramilitary forces in that exact location over the course of the year hundreds of
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1000000 soldiers have died now no one has claimed responsibility for this attack but previous attacks in that region have been claimed by the group to the one with the mean an al qaeda affiliate led by a full on the cleric i'm a dooku for he's waging a war against the modern government and want to see the resignation of president. and he wants to see the 14000 u.n. and french troops on the ground in mali to leave the country and that call has been resonated amongst mullions who took to the streets on friday 2 weeks from now i'm calling on the resignation of president mubarak they went up to the presidential palace and they were brushed away by security forces who had to fire tear gas and rubber bullets tens of thousands of people had taken to the streets then now the president has made an announcement to the nation late on sunday now sunday night you're reaching out to the protesters and he'll be leading discussions with the
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influential cleric that's behind all these protests mahmoud. and because he's planned another set of protests on friday so the situation is really getting even more unstable in mali not only the security situation in mali these north and central region but also in bamako were set to see more protests in the weeks to come on friday specifically and this is happening at the time as the united nations security council is meeting to renew the mandate of the mali. peacekeeping force at the end of this month the french and the united in the in the united states are in disagreement with the future of this mission the u.s. wants to see this $1000000000.00 mission to be draw down to have a different mandate to be able to tackle attacks that are happening outside of mali's border frowns wants greater involvement of european and western forces in
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mali this month. there are special forces from sweden from ukraine and checking the czech republic they're joining the counter insurgency or counter terrorism force based in the north of mali led by france so all in all the station situation in mali getting even more unstable and protests to come in the end but might go in the days to come and show with the latest there nic thank you well one of the philippines most prominent journalists and one of her colleagues have been found guilty of libel in the case and is a major blow to press freedom in iran said denies the charges over an article on her news website rappler linking a business then to criminal activity alan duke of reports. it is seen as a major setback for press freedom in the philippines many as one of the most prominent for the being the journalists and one of her colleagues found guilty of cyber libel. that's after an article was published on her website rappler linking
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a businessman to criminal activity. she is expected to appeal against that this issue and many see the charges are part of a crackdown against the press by president of the good detectors government i appeal to you the journalists in this room the filipinos who are listening don't. because you don't use your right. you will lose that freedom of the press is the foundation of every single right you have as a filipino citizen. co-founded a rappler that's reported on corruption and the government's so-called war on drugs that's left thousands of filipinos dead since 2016 president detour to has banned rappler staff from covering official events activists of described. as another existential moment in
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a country long considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists grappler isn't the only news network facing opposition. a.b.s.e b.n. is the country's biggest t.v. network but it was forced to shut down after it was unable to get its franchise renewed by congress the businessman who sued ressa has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine press. but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander at was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. and he's barking up the wrong. working at their own 3 press that support that alexander at no use when he went to the un human rights committee there is no mercy stronger expression of support for press prove them and not once did the president sue anyone for labeling
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. but rights groups say resits conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized against critics of the administration jim duggan i'm just here in manila. our time for weather let's go to jenny to talk about the summer in europe and some of that sort of hasn't quite decided it's. also rain too much free with a house we said at the satellite shows a huge amount of class i want to say too much articles very mind to much of spring many countries germany poland further to the east were reporting of course a severe drought but this is what you don't want and this is what it looks like in budapest we've had some. strong thunderstorms and just look at the streets there tree kneedeep in water but not just there is one across into germany it's also been almost came to a standstill and then in the netherlands as well this guy had the right idea. and
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take it down the streets but as i say we did need the rain perhaps not in this sort of conflict now throughout the rest of monday there's more rain across much of germany again the low countries and it really is very extensive and very heavy as well in places again across into hungry on into remaining and all the while out across the west and got more rain feeding in across france and areas of the u.k. it's still a very unsettled picture throughout much of tuesday temperature wise it's not doing too badly even where we've got the rain in the cloud we've got london and paris. as 10 inches around the average where it is very warm is across northern europe and also across the east the study by wednesday again more very heavy rain particularly through much of france eastern areas it'll be very heavy but where we have felt that warm air in place so much is a staying one above the average also for the next few days 30 celsius 10 degrees above the average and then time which is beginning to come back down in berlin again even a with the rain it has been very warm indeed so the weather not quite sure what it's doing at the moment thank you jenny. all right still ahead on al jazeera and
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their day in court pro-democracy activists in hong kong are facing up to 5 years in jail. and i'll drive in movie theaters are keeping the shared experience of cinema lived in the global pandemic. and it's for the pj's 1st term and 3 months comes down to a tense play off that story is just ahead. of the glamour of hollywood in an unlikely place. called you know it's an inventor. i think i'm going in there with really mother dear she was very impressed with her again there's just there's a lot of love but the friction with respect to rid the world people a world away from a nation has taken indian cinema to a time out to see who well reveals the color and passion of morocco's hollywood.
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isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of the story not the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's reality and we have to leave. exposing the optics try and for manipulate the rhetoric and shift blame but they cannot manipulate the fires listening post your it's like going to the media if you see a. al jazeera and these are the top stories around 15000000 people in the indian city of
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shinai and several neighboring districts are going back into lockdown as coronavirus infection sore the region reported almost 2000 new cases on sunday many european countries are lifting close borders and welcoming their neighbors after 3 months of covert 1000 restrictions the e.u. commission is urging all members of this engine area to open up and allow citizens to travel freely again and the u.s. is demanding the immediate release of a former soldier sentenced to 16 years in prison in russia for spying a wheel and says told police rather planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago. turkey has downplayed the delay in talks with russia on libya the turkish foreign minister said the hold up had nothing to do with any disagreements he made the comments during a meeting with those around iranian counterpart zarif and ankara turkey is meeting with russia was expected to focus on libya and syria where the 2 countries support
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opposing sides in long standing conflicts for more or less is going to sit in costello who joins us live in istanbul so what are the still a sanam. well actually the spread between. the 2 contra parts seemed to be about turkey iran relations 2 sides decided to open the borders which was necessary for iran because it has been both struggling with these sanctions and because of its crisis so according to their statement as of august 1 flights will begin will resume but of course the 2 leaders stressed that they both discussed regional issues including levy a yemen afghanistan and the. occupation plan in the west bank a turkish side stress that turkey is standing with iran and turkey is against any kind of you know lay troll sanction against iran
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a new iranian sites in iran stands a sense on the same page with turkey in libya and the shared the same perspective on the other side yes that there was a russian delegation had a vice russian foreign minister loughborough and defense minister go or they were supposed to come to istanbul and talk with their counterparts discuss the details about a political solution a permanent ceasefire in the bia turkish defense ministry it was as a defense minute turkey's sorry foreign minister total was asked about why the a meeting was a cancer post at the very last minute he said that there were some technical details in principle basic principles russia and tricky have all the commons with regard to syria but they need to discuss more technical details as also they have to make sure that the political players in the main the
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a g m a's on the same page with the plan that will be proposed by russia and turkey however just a just almost an hour ago reuters. reuters had a news line saying that there was a disagreement between russia and turkey russians want to assure that the d.n.a. back our turkey is shouldn't be advancing toward syria. which is between in tripoli and the controlled area but the turks refuse the reuter's line suggests that but. what i learned yesterday from sources in the turkish capital ankara was that there was disagreement on the plans to replace stuff that everybody what. everyone is saying that russians are also trying to replace south 5 because he's actually a claim to be several tating the political process and the ceasefire is
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a kid assad the had of told brick house of representatives is that can that they say and according to what i asked for i learned from the turkish officials yesterday non-career was that turkey you want to be in a supportive position to summarize who is leaving the g.n.a.t. but the russians are planning for a future for a killer as a replacement alternative to start russia it seems there are some technical disagreements between russia and turkey but. in terms of libya iran and turkey on the same page as for the base press conference. ok simple so live for us in ankara cinema thank you. turkish warplanes have bombed several areas in northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters it's part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. turkey's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases the p.k. k. is designated a terrorist group by turkey the united states and the european union now the curse
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and workers' party was formed in the late 1970 s. calling for a free and independent kurdish state launched an armed struggle in 1904 and is now listed as a terrorist organization by turkey the e.u. and the us as we mention more than 40000 people have been killed in the conflict mostly kurds in southeast turkey the group's attacks are generally aimed at military and police but civilians have also been targeted it's estimated there are $4.00 to $5000.00 members of the p.k. k. more than half located in northern iraq their main base and training camps have been in the kendall mountains since the mid 1990 s. the case leader and founder of della collin has been in prison since 1999 and he now advocates for more kurdish autonomy rather than a separate state there have been several cease fires the last of which ended in 20151 of holton has more from baghdad. well we've now had
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a condemnation from the iraqi government calling the air strikes on iraqi soil as a provocative behavior that are not in line with international conventions interesting lee the same statement also mentioned that iraq would cooperate with turkey on any security matters around the border and we also understand that the ministry of interior and defense sent a delegation north to furder look into the situation now it's not a new unusual as in the mentioned earlier that turkey targets pick a position inside iraq but this was by far the most the largest attack we have seen over the past years and it has particularly drawn a lot of criticism within iraq because one of the areas that was targeted was syndrome which is home to do you see the community and let's remember that this community has been through a lot over the recent years since 2014 when eyes will 1st swept through the area carrying out a genocide against these you didn't of course pick a case affiliate at that time its local affiliate in the center played
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a huge role in opening a humanitarian corridor to allow you to escape but what remains to be seen is how the government of prime minister most of the me will react because one of the key areas he has emphasized during his short tenure is iraq's sovereignty he has reiterated many times that he will not accept iraq being used to settle any kind of regional score speed between the united states and iran but also other regional nations so it remains to be see one of there will be further follow up actions taken in the coming days and how the government will respond. a senior militia leader facing charges of war crimes relating to the darfur conflict is appearing at the international criminal court for the 1st time. is accused of committing crimes against humanity between 20022004 the i.c.c. issued a warrant for his arrest in 2007 and he surrendered last week and this is part of an ongoing investigation into crimes committed in the door for region by former
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government members who served under the ousted president omar al bashir now the conflict started in 2003 the u.n. says up 230-0000 people were killed and nearly 2700000 displaced is believed to have liaise between armed groups and sudan's government while they carried out ethnic cleansing operations the u.s. says the killings amount to genocide or murder sudanese president omar al bashir is wanted by the court as well he faces charges of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity i speak to do in new york he's a senior policy adviser at enough project a nonprofit aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity thank you so much for joining us what does this what does what is the significance of this what does this mean to people. it loses a lot because there are a lot of poor lost 2000000 who want to burn up to. 2.5000000
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displaced who are still comes from to dismiss who do sudan. 200. in neighboring country is suffering i want to learn nation on their rights. there. are you know. as. soon as some engineers we have been given 100 hours therefore a little of this litigation will. in the asian. chill for them the issues of the mind. that cannot account for the relations of the national military along international. law what also there are the rights to what has been a few of them by the machinery leaving on the rights that it is to tune into the whole areas should there. have been deprived from all of these ships so right
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there are 2 there are 2 parallel things are what happens in the courts and there is what happens for real people that are living through this so how do we connect those 2 is it when when you see justice like this happening does that happen perhaps also shine a light on what really needs to happen for people that are still suffering. well it really. is you know in this case you know they were simply criminal accountability for the plan for the country in which 2000 through 2005. of the document responsibility of the government of sudan or the fine the president of the members of his cabinet and a member of the. troops fighting the war. but there was also the just of that should we send to the victims. of the suffering and of the population they have been subjected to all of their rights the. sickly.
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dance or the pollutions from then. you know we're trying to compensate them for all this years of suffering and depreciation. so that's just what we are witnessing now. people are much more get the rest of their side of the justice that should be. showing our now that sudan is in our transition forces which last year so much like enough project thank you so much for your time many thanks for having me and of course. and hong kong 15 pro-democracy activists have appeared in court on charges of organizing and taking part and the 200-1000 anti-government protests some are facing a more serious charge of incitement which carries up to 5 years in jail if you go pollan was at the court. on a day when pro-democracy activists and political figures are in court for taking
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part in a mass anti-government rally last year new details have emerged about the looming national security law due to be imposed on. an official from the liaison office a body that's meant to monitor events in hong kong and report back to beijing has confirmed that beijing will retain jurisdiction on serious violations of the law he also confirmed that a name on security office will supervise the in-force mint of the law last month china's parliament passed a draft resolution to tailor make a security law for hong kong that would outlaw secession subversion terrorism and foreign interference but many here are concerned it will compromise the city's freedoms and rule of law that's political also determine if a pope destruction of homo rule of law and one to change it to rule rule by fear but of course the worse if. it was. national security all
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coming home 7. some of the defendants came out of court chanting pro-democracy slogans among them martin lead the man known here as the father of democracy and media tycoon jimmy law along with president and former legislative councillors the day session centered around the prosecution requesting for the case to be moved to a higher court so they could impose more severe punishment but the defendant's lawyers said such a move was unprecedented in a case like this. the death of a black american man all the arrested by police is being treated as a homicide police body cam video shows officers approaching brooks this is on friday night and asking him to take a sobriety tests police say he failed the test resisted arrest and they say he grabbed the officers taser before he was shot while an autopsy reveals he died from 2 gunshot wounds to the back and these are live pictures in atlanta georgia where
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this happened there are demonstrators marching to the state capitol to protest the killing of ray sharp rocks this march is being led by the civil rights organization in the police e.p. to address police brutality and the criminal justice system and also voting rights the united states has recorded 382 coronavirus related deaths on sunday the lowest in more than 2 months recently about 800 people have been dying on average every day down from a peak of around 2000 and a role the u.s. is the worst affected country with nearly 116000 deaths. the global pandemic is force the closure of sentiments around the world but many drive in theaters have stayed open for moviegoers in search of the bakery next big screen experience while at a safe distance from others also in jordan reports on the for us state of virginia . in the middle of the covert 19 pandemic
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americans are tired of being cooped up inside watching movies on their big screen t.v.'s not surprisingly those living close to a drive in movie theater are seizing the moment sunny barry says the drive in was a joy of his childhood in the 1960 s. here they have a playground so we just played the game on the playground and do all day great in the team here running around and pass out and in the a 2nd movie was full of the older people you know so they watch the older films it is all pleasure to welcome you to this guy live in the 1950 s. and 1960 s. some 4000 drive in theaters opened their gates to americans every weekend they're ready for. food socializing and the latest entertainment all on order but as land values soared in the 1970 s. and 1980 s. theater owners took the money and ran only $300.00 or so drive in theaters are in
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business today and you're going to have we decided to come out of the family and enjoy the beautiful weather though you can at one time like sonny berry jim cooper grew up loving the drive in and then his dream of being here all the time came true thank you i became a patron and 19 a home and i started to talk with alan all the family of the boat this they'd all and i always told them if you have a one of the give up. right now and one that i got that phone call on this night coops job is making sure the customers follow new public health rules. you know we we hope for. every car 2 meters apart. paying for snacks with a phone app and though one can listen to the sound on the car radio the old fashioned windows speakers are covered in plastic just to say. even though that
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they're covered up you're still going to. sunny barry and his family saying that even with the rules the drive in is a gift on a lovely spring night we have a big family and it's hard to limit our gatherings to 10 people at a time so we figured this would be a good option we can maintain some sort of shows social distancing with the children it's always hard though. as the sun goes down moviegoer settlin and enchanting story and each other's company under the stars 2 meters apart roslyn jordan al-jazeera stephen city virginia and mexico hospitals don't have a system to update families of chronic virus patients and leaves many people anxiously waiting outside for news of their loved ones some have found a new way though to pass on messages as john heilemann reports. if this bit of paper means the world christian. it's for crystal for the who's picked up to
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a ventilator fighting kobe to mexico city's general hospital there's no visits no video calls allow and that's why the nurse was about to have the idea to deliver letters from relatives to patients and read them aloud it's become a lifeline to the families this is the 40th one from christian and his sister jessica puppy only a minister is this going to go you have to do the same for mary was a good person because. this is. where thank. goodness this is her number here pretty much the same 1st goodness there it's you know. the for me. it's the most. disturbing most difficult and. the memories think this team will be their mom. kristoffer always heavily sedated for those volatile since his vital signs still jump when he reads the letters to him and that helps christian to. miss began
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saying this began to be taken with respect him didn't suspend its. aid us i mean he . focused on was a key thing and i must say let me tell me your single is the most. the plans call on now there's a whole group of families on the seas doing the same case for thomas he's going to today he's brought along a letter from his 11 year old sister or like oh my stars it's better yesterday but i'm going to get it extend your charlie gotten us yet another you know are you going to not get over here anymore. my family. my. family. how was it been for you to be sending these letters to your record on which only bottle of them at the. moment those. one or.
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both or not but i seem pretty. but only 30. i kid you to get out of. these families are hoping their words will give the relatives the strength to beat this so they can talk face to face again join home and i'll just go to mexico city so i had on al-jazeera. champions league places here in germany understood the accent and sports and just a few moments. business leaders just bought to you by no brass paul.
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sportswriter michel thank you so much around measured return to action with the win on sunday and their 1st game following the league as coronavirus hiatus blanco's beat i bar 3 wants me back within 2 points a spanish league leaders barcelona all games are being played without fans and reality using their reserve teams home ground a building work is carried out at the bernabeu stadium. if you know so we're more like in a similar situation at the end of the day we know what the situation is it's a bit strange but it's for everyone not just us and all the players the champs so they know how to adapt to the situation this is going to continue until the end of the season so we have to get it in our heads that this is how it's going to be leverkusen have moved into the champions league spots in the been his league their 4th after drawing 11 against shock on sunday leverkusen salvaged a point with
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a late equaliser the score also helping shell to achieve some unwanted history are now 13 games without victory the longest willis run in club history. and i didn't waste any time getting their business done against maint they scored after just 45 seconds to seal a one nil win gloria neither lackner getting the call. now the 3rd venue for the katter 2022 world cup will officially be unveiled later on monday journey a virtual launch of $40000.00 capacity stadium is set to host matches to the quarter final stage during the tournament cats are 2022 says it's on track to deliver 2 more completed stadiums by the end of the year. us vegas is expected to be confirmed as the hub city for the stanley cup playoffs when the n.h.l. return to action will resume with $24.00 top ranked teams heading straight into the playoffs all remaining regular season games have been scrapped the playoffs will be
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held in 200 cities us vegas is set to be one of them while vancouver is hoping to be the other canada has a mandatory for 2 day born to rule an announcement is expected before june 22nd earlier we spoke to sin bin vegas hawkie writer can bowl key who told us why las vegas is a good option. i think the number one thing is just the hotel accommodations like there are so many hotel rooms there are so many different options that they can have an in this case the n.h.l. m.g.m. is basically saying you can have an entire resort so whether that's new york new york or park m.g.m. or m.g.m. grand or wherever it happens to be they're planning on shutting the resort down completely and giving it all to an n.h.l. to the n.h.l. so they can have 12 teams in one resort i think that gives them a huge leg up on any other place really in all of america or canada that they just don't have that option they're just not as many hotel rooms it's not as simple and they're not walking distance to the arena like they are here and they are still planning on doing 12 teams from the east and 12 teams from the west into different
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cities there's still an issue in canada that they have a mandatory 14 day quarantine period that anybody entering the country has to go through and unless they were to waive that work it rid of that candidate wouldn't be an option something's better than nothing so getting back on the ice getting that back on t.v. finding different streams of revenue at least there is some sort of stream of revenue where if they were to just call it quits there'd be nothing and they'd be pushing on to next season where we don't even know if there's going to be fans next season either an american golfer daniel burger has won the p.g.a. tour his 1st term meant back after the break down to a playoff between burger and sell american calling warrick how at. the end after more of calvinists this packets of celebrations were needed at the clooney a country club as they were no crowds there. ok and that is all your support for now shall back to you and i thank you very much and thank you for joining me here
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on the news hour that i do have an edge on his feet on the other side of the brain somebody like. the latest news as it breaks the only warning on evacuation same drive for granted many deaths are now people face the struggle to rebuild their lives with detailed coverage on kong finds it so cold in the middle of a deepening cold war between china and the united states from around the world by the government close to bankruptcy many say such initiatives will not be enough to deal with what prime minister has found death warrants could be a major food crisis. the plight of the syrian people and the violence they endure is plain for all to see. but behind closed doors an unspeakable brutality inflicted on the women
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on the air from the brave few who survived my c.d.'s and dignity and then to tell the tale. silent war i witnessed documentary on out to 0. 00 explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how why the reason influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the america of nonviolent resistance it was over a veritable soup of crispy rev a martin luther king and continue to keep the negro to be different but what you mean by that about malcolm x. and martin luther king face to face on 00.
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one of india's biggest cities is going back under total lockdown days out there reopening china has the 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases. i'm richelle carey this is observed live from doha also coming up. across europe several countries opened their land borders after months of walk down travel restrictions are lifted. and disappointed for a small outbreak but i just.
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