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not getting new every generation has its moments where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after. this was ours. the. bomb the after weeks of escalating tensions north korea targets a liaison office and now vows to send in soldiers. barbara starr you're watching out is there a life like that also coming up 20 indian soldiers are killed in clashes with chinese forces along various shared border beijing is accused of trying to change the status quo the u.s. president orders policing reform and will it be enough to address any racism what
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we've been going for school and the coronavirus rates and the simple steroids treatment that is slashing the rate confidantes. low welcome to the program in the past few minutes north korea's military has announced it would resume exercises near the border with south korea and send soldiers into the industrial zone of the border town of case song and follows pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison office in case all the u.n. secretary general says north and south korea must resume dialogue south korea says it will respond strongly if the north does not dial down its actions and rhetoric in a moment we'll be speaking live with a fright in seoul 1st though this is his report on the escalating situation
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the complete destruction of a building created at the height of improving into korean relations and with it in the immediate hope of reconciliation. the north has become enraged by defectors who make calls human scum releasing propaganda balloons into its territory kim jong the increasingly influential sister of leader kim jong un had warned the military could destroy the building in retaliation. and confirmation came chews day afternoon with a faint plume of smoke spotted north of the border. this corresponds to the mindset of an enraged people to force the human scum and those who have sheltered them to pay dearly for their crimes the joint liaison office was established in 2018 and made the flurry of summit diplomacy between the 2 koreas and between the north and the united states since then all talks including getting rid of the north's nuclear
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weapon threat have stalled by this action north korea seems set on creating a new crisis on the korean peninsula it's already cut the hotlines across the demilitarized zone border with the south making any attempts at reconciliation far more difficult and possibly signaling a return to the extreme tensions of the past that some think the liberal south korean president moon j.n.t. has wanted to avoid at all costs but even his government seems to be returning to acrimonious warnings from which we stupidly warned that we will strongly respond if the north continues to take steps to worsen the situation adding that all responsibility for this destructive act falls on the north bride al-jazeera sold well our correspondent problem pride joins us now over the phone from the south korean capital seoul so rubble can you tell us about these latest
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developments north korea's military announcing it will resume exercises near the border with the south. well that's right this really does seem to be north korea. and they think it's inflammatory language the case c.n.a. that the north korean official news agency on the web site this wednesday morning carrying images of the destruction of this liaison office also carrying the threat to send troops back into the case of. troops being pulled back from that to allow these joint economic projects which is being shot to actually take place also troops are going to be we occupying apparently an area come back. the site of a joint tollers and project again in the north possibly more concerning career is the announcement that reestablishing inside the d.m.z. this is the no man's land that separates the 2 koreas that the greenman 28 when the
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relations were improving the 2 sides agree to dismantle these god posts where you have just tearing out across each other across this land as a way of reducing tensions so that will be it can also the north resume military exercises just north of the d.n.c. so very increasing concern here in south korea just about where this is leading whether. old attempts to reconciliation on the whether we might be returning to the tensions of the title days bother. us. the best toll from fighting on the border of india and china has risen the indian army now says that at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops the army's clashed into the spew to gal one valley territory in the
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himalayas india's foreign ministry described the fighting as a violent faceoff and said it was the result of an attempt by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo there the nuclear armed neighbors have been locked in a standoff on the border for several weeks we have reached a situation relieve got a standing eyeball to eyeball and be sort of built in those couple of your last. this is very sad and that we want government to immediately step in and take some diplomatic action for that does not happen like 62 that small incident got split up to the bigger level and we made. a good action. a little earlier i spoke with michael kugel man a senior associate in south and southeast asia at the woodrow wilson center he says neither country is in a good position for an escalation of tension. these 2 countries really cannot afford to be in a position where they have to worry about an escalation of leading to things
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borrowing out of control in a conflict so i think that you have to hope that better minds will prevail calmer winds will prevail i think the question of how india will respond right now i think that india is under a lot of pressure suit not to back down just because again we're talking about at least 20 dead indian soldiers that would be very politically risky for the indian government to continue with this position of we need to deescalate we need to deescalate but on the other hand india is the weaker of the 2 i mean china is a more powerful country than india so there's only so much that india could do if it were to try to retaliate the dynamic is very different between india and china than it is from india and pakistan where there of course there are going to number of tensions in the past india is in a very difficult position again i think it's very risky for a just to sort of not do anything and go back to dialogue at the same time of these to be careful because it doesn't want to escalate in a way that it would have to worry about things borrowing out of control and leading
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to the very real risk of some type of conflict. thank you and. thank. schools in beijing have been ordered to close this part of the response to a new coronavirus outbreak the chinese capital had seen 50 days without any reported cases but in the past 4 days more than 100 new infections have been confirmed priyanka gupta reports. chinese scientists are working to find the origin so for new calls of 900 plus to just let 2 pilots of the capsule posing a lockdown authorities see the cooling of our street found in dozens of confirmed cases this past week appears to have originated elsewhere. the wisest read an epidemic in the. chain is different from what it was 2 months ago it clearly indicated the why verstraete it's
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a major epidemic strain in that european countries so it from outside of china brought to beijing. the government's test infection sunday edition fardy halting market to provide 80 percent of the captain's food 8000 workers from the market have been tested at 30000 restaurants across the city disinfected people living nearby have been sent to hospitals for testing almost 30 neighborhoods have been yorktown people who recently visited the market have been told to sell vacillate for 2 weeks because the believed to say they're not taking any chances they want to eat sounds i. drank islander since the epidemic occurred and should find the wholesale market on june the 11th there have been 106 new confirmed domestically transmitted covert 19 cases the epidemic prevention and control of
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beijing is in a severe situation. the government has reactivated social distancing measures entertainment and sporting venues have been closed and people are being encouraged to work from home. long distance buses leaving the city have been suspended between western suburb and told not to travel those who do must undertake to we quarantine periods at the destination the should for the class to has already reached 3 other chinese provinces the chinese government says the next few days will be crucial if the numbers from a stable the authorities say the current measures will be enough to contain the outbreak but a sharp increase will mean but stricter measures will be needed to prevent a possible 2nd wave product or are does either. the u.s. president has signed an executive order to reform the country's policing in response to weeks of protests against racism and police brutality the order
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encourages the use of best practices and bans the use of chokeholds unless an officer's life is at risk it also allows for social workers to be the poitou with officers to nonviolent cases including drug use and homelessness on from paid back at calls to defund or dismantle the police. the vast majority of police officers are selfless and courageous public servants they are great men and women when others run away from danger police run straight into harm's way often putting their lives at stake to protect someone. who they don't know were never even met police reforms are also being implemented at state and local levels police unions say they're being targeted as an easy political win while some activists say it's the unions that are the problem krista salumi has more from new york. pepper
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spraying pushing and plowing into demonstrators the spotlight on the new york police department since the killing of george floyd has not been flattering and the state has moved quickly to pass reform measures but the unions representing police in the city say they're being used as political pawns and public safety will suffer what we're saying now is we're all demonized because someone is murdered in minnesota i'm going to say it again most restrained police the bobbin in the country activists say unions are a big part of the problem ya know smartphone is a civil rights attorney running for manhattan district attorney all across the country we have we've got you steps forward one step back we're electing better people we're passing better laws but these law enforcement unions are clinging to their power and they're going to do everything they can to undermine or forums into undermine individuals who are elected and. since a member of his staff compiled a list of local politicians taking campaign donations from law enforcement groups however many politicians have decided to give back the money signaling the tide may
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be turning new york's governor last week signed a law banning chokeholds named after eric garner who was killed by one and making the records of police officers accused of misconduct public and on tuesday the mayor of new york city announced that footage from police body cams must be released within 30 days if it involves the use of a firearm or force that results in injury or death police reforms here in new york and elsewhere around the country have largely focused on individual officers and holding them accountable for their actions but critics say racism is a systemic problem and more systemic changes are needed former police officer dennis kenny believes the issue isn't unions but rather a militarized approach to policing we've gone back to the effort militarized police easily evaluated tactical solutions and so forth and all of those have the effect of kind of driving a wedge. we community and elise. and i think that we we need to go back and
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think oh softly again about why we only use not just how we please in california the state's largest police unions have published their own reform agenda acknowledging a need for action it calls for lessening the use of force and increasing accountability to root out racist police officers but that will require communities and police to work together to make communities safer for everyone kristen salumi al jazeera new york so to come in this half hour premier league pirates the world trade organization says saudi arabia broke international law by stealing and transmitting live sports broadcasts and racism and discrimination blamed for a higher coronavirus mortality rate among britain's ethnic minorities.
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hello there kind of a cloud across the southeast of australia time it is not going to be a little bit on the cool side the plains of clouds certainly across both on and off new zealand now wednesday we'll see the rain pushing in really from the south but also across the north so definitely a damp a day most to charity across the southeast again we could just see want to 2 showers in and around sydney maybe just a few coastal showers pushing up into the southeast of queensland 27 is the high in cannes of the chance of a few showers and the rain is sunny heading in western australia on wednesday 23 in some of that rain could be quite heavy at times a once this front flies through it will cool down so a shower to 18 degrees celsius the rain then making its way steadily across the great by not making it to the southeast but it's a cool day in hobart just 12 degrees but at least it will be a dry day and then up into asia plenty of heavy rain of course across much of china
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is a good place sunny skies into a soul in addition say fine for the next couple of days but the rain really has been impacting the east and as the china again if you will wednesday just to the north of shanghai is where the really heavy rain will be we have got these slightly dry conditions for the next couple days further to the south i should help with the flooding there but as you can see by thursday heavy rain across the korean peninsula and eventually pushing into western japan. the brazilian journalist investigating a politically sanctioned land grab all the farmers out yet also not really like to and he's reprieve them that's empowering everyday people to profit from the destruction of the rain forest people are almost willing to give their life away to guarantee the occupation out of the land is journalism the last movie in the fights to see the amazon this is not only a land conflict but a construct of narrative brazil the ages both in a role whose truth is it anyway on al-jazeera.
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and the the all. the in. the welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera north korea's military has announced it will resume exercises near the border with south korea and send soldiers into the industrial zone of the border town of case all this hole is feeling and blowing up of a liaison office in case. the indian army now says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops and their border in the disputed got one valley territory india's foreign ministry describe the fighting as an attempt by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo. and u.s.
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president donald trump has signed an executive order to reform policing the order balance the use of chokeholds unless of the officers life is of. the world trade organization has ruled saudi arabia broke international law over a sports piracy operation following him 18 month investigation the w t o found the saudi government actively supported the legal activities of the b. out q network which was pirating a cat 3 sports network john lynch has the story. it's been described as the biggest and most outrageous piracy operation in history which has been allowed to continue for the past 3 years but that might all change now after the wall trade organization one of the most important international bodies of jurisdiction issued its findings into the case of saudi arabia on the 5th of t.v. broadcasting rights in 2017 shortly after the kingdom and 3 of its allies imposed
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a land air and sea blockade on qatar a new television network was unveiled named b. out q the new channel was nothing more than a piracy operation that stole the signal and output from b. in sports the qatari own subscription base sports and entertainment network and rebroadcast it around the world the largest global sporting events including the 2018 feet for wild cup the english premier league tennis grand slams and formula one were all illegally broadcast by pew in a flagrant breach of intellectual property rights and several other international treaties. according to the world trade organizations independent investigation b l g q was and is supported by the saudi government the report's name sounded funny the so-called right hand man of the kingdom's effective ruler crown prince mohammed bin said a man is being behind to be out q the w t o also confirms that through government owned entities such as arab sats be out q
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was able to operate and transmit it signal and that saudi arabia ignored numerous requests from the u.s. and british governments and sporting bodies such as the premier league and fifa to put an end to the piracy the phantom has reached a specific conclusion that the kingdom of saudi arabia is in breach of the w t o obligation for refusing to take any actions against the pirates be articulate not only that but also actively promoting these basic broadcast of the pirates be out to queue. the findings by the w t o do not come with any mechanism that will force saudi arabia to cease its piracy but there is another ongoing legal case that might where is the world trade organizations investigation was instigated by request from other governments the b.n. network has filed a separate 1000000000 dollar lawsuit be in a sport as a couple the company is pursuing its own illegal actions against the kingdom of
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saudi arabia in the form of an international arbitration and to the extent of my knowledge this arbitration is in its procedures and this is will be the platform for the. be in a sport to seek the compensation for the harm that happened to that company this case is important globally because aside from the 5th of some of the most sought after broadcasting television rights saudi arabia is also trying to buy one of the largest and oldest football clubs in england newcastle united that takeover is now hanging in the balance was the world trade organization may not have the power to force saudi arabia to shut down its piracy operation its ruling is a very clear indictment of the kingdom is behind one of the vienna largest thirds of intellectual property rights in history many will view this is yet another failure
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of saudi arabia's policies under the actual rule of crown prince mohammed bin sun man. and saudi arabia have released a statement saying anyone committing acts of piracy is not in saudi arabia it also says quote saudi arabia has a strong record of protecting intellectual property and this committed to applying its national law and procedures in full conformity with w.t. overalls. returning to the current a virus pandemic the w.h.o. says the successful trial of a drug that can treat the most seriously ill coronavirus patients is a lifesaving scientific breakthrough and there's even better news the low dose steroids which is called methyl so on is both affordable and already widely available the drug has been found to cut the risk of death by a 3rd for people on ventilators the risk for people oxygen is cut by
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a face that semester so ms normally used to fight inflammation in conditions such as arthritis of asthma it appears to limit the damage caused when the immune system goes into overdrive to fight the virus its impact could be particularly beneficial in the developing world because it is low cost and easy to access it really sharing going to significant rates and it's really important because the drug itself is very widely available it's only used every pharmacy show for every hospital it's available throughout the world and it's extremely cheap so we've looked at the numbers and if we treat patients in terms of care with a strong. will save one life the total cost of treating patients is only about $40.00 pounds. it's been acknowledged that social inequalities have contributed to higher death rates from covert 19 among the u.k.'s black asian and ethnic minorities but now institutional racism has been added to the list as britain joins
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other countries facing black lives matter protests the latest findings only add to the challenges faced by the government china health reports. razia queen lost her husband to a covert 19 in april he caught the virus in hospital while being treated for cancer he's death adding to a disproportionately high toll among black asian and minority ethnic groups over their white counterparts and through i can i see you with my 14 little men. he says. his own city hall has been his but he quickly. not see. death rate disparities are blamed on a broad range of social and economic inequalities but now a government commission report cites racism specifically as a factor the report points to racism and discrimination experienced by communities
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and more specifically by b a m e.q. workers as a root cause affecting health and exposure risk and disease progression risk among its recommendations change needs to be large scale and transformative to reduce inequality is so separate example in a portable like new heart may not have all the facilities debt you would get on online or less a principle list minister because of our population because we have more in this community it is more neglected and why is that it is i think because of. institutional racism itself the government had hoped to delay the final publication of this report in its entirety to avoid fueling further black lives matter protests the report had come out in draft form only previously and without the rather damning section on racism and discrimination it was then leaked to the media and
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the moment couldn't be put off any longer the final version certainly suggests that black lives along with asian and other ethnic minorities may well have mattered less during the covert pandemic coben $1000.00 has. expose the impacts of social determine and of social injustices so people who are living near the current housing people who are low paid jobs are the ones who are the front line i getting . more exposed to the virus in response to black lives matter protests prime minister boris johnson this week promised a commission of inquiry aimed at stamping out all racism but he warned changing attitudes in britain quote won't be easy joe whole al jazeera london the world health organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating across the americas the region has recorded more than 200000 deaths and is fast approaching 4000000 confirmed infections the u.s. accounts for just over half of those cases and brazil accounts for almost one
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quarter of cases and has just seen a new daily record it confirmed $34990.00 new infections in just 24 hours. argentina is involved in a bitter dispute that goes to the heart of the country's identity and how it plans to emerge from the covert $1000.00 crisis the government wants to expropriate a bankrupt agricultural group to save jobs but opponents say any kind of nationalization will only plunge the country into deeper economy crisis and will shiloh reports from. the giant argentina group cultural group this in teen credit is more than a $1000000000.00. the government has stepped in to rescue it it says its plan will save jobs and help to ensure the future of the country's food sovereignty. this is
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the latest protest by workers and many in the business community who oppose any kind of government intervention. through bankruptcy protection proceedings there is just this they are subjugating it's the intervention is illegal that's how the people understand it at the moment of this is a very special moment for our region we are defending our companies and with that defending the sources of work. they're asking where the argentine government will find the money since it's already in crisis talks with creditors to avoid another massive debt default others raise the specter of previous failed nationalizations more of what they call another venezuela. the battle is the ideological the previous right wing government is being questioned over its financial dealings with the 17. it's also historical argentina's powerful like recall true sector is suspicious of vice president cristina fernandez the kitchen the 2 sides with almost constant dispute while she was president from 2007 to 2015 this is
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a battle for the soul of the visiting group which in its nearly 100 year history has helped argentina to become one of the leading before cereal and grain producers in the walled. the results of this battle will to some degree dictate what kind of country argentine there is as it emerges from the cold with 90 crisis. was president alberto fernandez and his center left government the expropriation and turnaround of the failing concern that will serve its workers they community and the rest of argentina if you remember that. this is a company under protective measures to stop it going bankrupt not someone's company that we're trying to take over i have no idea what the opposition is saying about this honestly i don't i just know that the workers residents and producers will be very happy to hear this news and all the time should be content that we're taking a step towards food sovereignty. as happy as the president
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appears to think they are his vision must still be debated by congress in the deep divisions in argentine society will again be starkly exposed than usual and there are 201 osiris. and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera north korea's military has announced it will resume exercises near the border with south korea and send soldiers into the industrial zone of the border town of case song this follows pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison officer in case on the un secretary general says north and south korea must resume dialogue south korea says it will respond strongly if the north does not dial down its actions and rhetoric the indian army now says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops on the border in the disputed go one valley
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territory india's foreign ministry describe the fighting as a violent faceoff and then attempted by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo there. the u.s. president has signed an executive order to reform the country's policing in response to weeks of protests against racism and police propellors here the order bans the use of chokeholds unless an officers life is a risk and allows for social workers to be deployed with officers to nonviolent cases all from hit back at calls to defund or dismantle police saying americans want law and order. the vast majority of police officers are selfless and courageous public servants they are great men and women. when others run away from danger police run straight into harm's way often putting their lives at stake to protect someone. who they don't know were never even met u.k.
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scientists are hailing the 1st successful trial of a drug that helps save the lives of the most acute coronavirus patients giving low doses of the cheap and widely available steroids back some methods so reduce that's by about a 3rd among the most severely infected people. in the world trade organization has ruled saudi arabia broke international law over a sports piracy operation w t o found the saudi government actively supported the illegal activities of the b. out q network which was pirating a cattery sports network. those are the top stories that stay with us faultlines america's pandemic workers it is next to my colleagues in the how we'll have more news for you in half an hour i'll see you at the weekend thanks for watching by. called the beyond well. taken without hesitation. and died for power defines
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