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that from syria he's closed the door to syrian refugees like compassion maybe his son goes head to head with see a trumpet vitae steven this year the trump deficit across a trillion dollars you'll be urging everyone not to reelect. after blowing up a liaison office north korea announces that it will resume military exercises on the border and boost its presence in the demilitarized. hello i'm adrian forgive this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up india says the 20 of its soldiers have died after fighting with chinese troops on the disputed border high in the himalayas. without police there is chaos without law
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there is an arche and without safety there is catastrophe u.s. president donald trump signs an order that he says will encourage better policing but makes no mention of the national debate over racism. of the world trade organization fined saudi arabia broke global rules in failing to stop a pirate broadcaster stealing content from a cattery sports network. a day after north korea blew up a liaison office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says that it will redeploy troops to the heavily fortified border and demilitarized zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and to reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea's rejected souls offer to discuss. reducing tensions let's take you
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live now to pot which is on the south korean side of the border al jazeera is rob the bride is that rob what's the mood there in that border area. in the light of north korea's behavior. i think throughout south korea there is a sense of disappointment of concern but also a feeling of we have been here before south koreans are used to living through these cycles of crisis followed by reconciliation and back again but i think there was a feeling this time at least to this process of reconciliation had gone further than any previously that there was a real possibility of a breakthrough hopes which do for the moment at least now seem to be dashed and concern for many people in south korea of what comes next whether we do escalate into another cycle and of crisis if you like we are at purdue which is about as close as many people in south korea can get to the demilitarized zone which is
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still a few kilometers and a lot more barbed wire further on from here but people can come here and visit they come here and leave messages and ribbons talking about peace if occasion of the korean peninsula which is still i think the long term goal for many people north and south of the d.m.z. despite the current crisis at least which that we seem to be getting into when the north koreans this wednesday morning do seem to be upping the ante once more with lots of criticisms further attacks against the south or warnings of reestablishing guard posts in the demilitarized zone where we're also standing used to be the old rail link between north and south a rail link that was destroyed bit during the war but that was reestablished during a previous attempt at reconciliation and just close to where we're standing is a pristine railway line waiting for trains to run north and south across the d.m.z.
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and the hope was that this time around they would get as far as to reestablishing a rail connection but obviously hopes which for the moment at least adrian seem to be dashed what's the context here rob why is north korea behaving like this now. they have used the excuse if you like of people defectors in the south korea releasing balloons with propaganda into the north they believe that the south koreans were able should and should have been able to stop these defectors from the doing this it doesn't raid the north but i think they're probably using that as an excuse to almost create a crisis cycle if you like partly out of frustration i think at the way that south korea as they see it has not been able to get relief from international sanctions to get the united states to move on their position on nuclear weapons they probably naive li believed that moon j and the president of south korea was able to do more
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than he was able to do with hands to a certain degree are tied but i think there is a certain frustration that they have their patience has run out with the south and they are lashing out now at south korea and it remains to be seen just where this goes but i think possibly they might believe that still the south koreans can put pressure on the united states but also partly this could be for domestic consumption they almost need an excuse to explain to their own people while this whole process has fallen apart and also it comes at a time of course when we have the coronavirus north korea famously says it doesn't have a single case of the of the virus but this whole pandemic has meant that it is far more isolated now and i think it's important for the kim regime to show its own people that it's still very much in charge. of mcbride reporting live there from pardew on the south korean side of the border with the north rob many thanks indeed
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. indian and chinese officials are blaming each other for a deadly brawl at a disputed region of the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed when a standoff over a construction escalated to stone throwing and fist fights both countries insist that shots were fired at the to share the world's longest unmarked border the line in yellow is the so-called line of actual control but there are several disputed areas on either side one of the main ones is x.i.i. chin which is claimed by india but it's been administered by china since 1962 that's when the 2 countries went to war over the border the most recent serious tension was in 2017 of the chinese road construction in an area between nepal and bhutan sumit ganguly is a distinguished professor of political science at indiana university in bloomington he says that both countries are responsible for the flare up. china has the
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capabilities now to pressure india and it is concerned about india gradually building up its capabilities along the border and so this was it but any kind of an op an opportune moment for the chinese to try and test indian prepared and resolve along the border the media precipitant of this however in all likelihood stamps from certain indian actions of last year specifically or for august of last year when india decided to formally incorporate their portion of the disputed state of jumbo and kashmir that it controls and which also about china and this i think really. concerned the chinese because they saw the indians sort of.
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extending their swathe in a markedly different ration which would enable then there which would then enable india to bold stirrer its military capabilities in that region extremely close to the karakoram highway which china built in 1963 through disputed territory the cheap and widely available steroids can dramatically cut the death rate from covert 19 a new drug trial in the u.k. has shown dexa methods of reduced deaths by around a 3rd among those with the most acute cases of infection the world health organization is describing the results of a clinical trial as a lifesaving scientific breakthrough the viruses killed more than 440000 people worldwide bought in land rape is an oxford university professor and is one of those leading the trial he says that one of the best advantages is that the drug isn't a strain on the health budgets. well it certainly makes
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saying the city needs to go into hibernation instead alas in america at its use in human reports. these residents wave goodbye to yet another neighbor who's died 19 a scene that's been repeated at what medical experts call a catastrophic great so you don't moan but at the very latest 47 year old brother was infected while at work in a pharmacy 3 days after taking a cold 19 test he was rushed to hospital but he was sent back home the next day without a diagnosis. 2 days later he was back unable to breathe. he was worried that we could get infected and he sent us home the next day he was dead we buried him and it wasn't until the day after that that the results of his kovi test came back positive. it did in his family blame the government for gross incompetence they're angry that it refused to implement drastic measures early
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enough to prevent widespread contagion. the government was reluctant to declare a full lockdown in the capital until a month ago by then contagion was totally out of control and even that has been ineffective government subsidies have been insufficient and too slow in arriving as for respecting the quarantine we crossed the whole city without being asked for our permits to circulate by soldiers or police where i was. went out of the community with the highest rate of contagion in the whole country and it's supposed to be under lockdown like the rest of the capital but as you can see there are people absolutely everywhere traffic as well as so now war war voices are demanding that some cat will be put under hibernation which is really just a euphemism for a quarantine that actually works i spoke to the think tank that came up with the term. to upset a woman at the beginning we had
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a 40 percent reduction in public mobility this is way too little we need at least 70 percent for a lockdown to be effective and now many people are ignoring it altogether so we need to rethink the strategy. that means enforcing the quarantine energetically now and only essential businesses to keep working and implementing a robust social aid program to allow the unemployed to stay home something the president has finally agreed to do many accuse the government of refusing to listen to warnings from mare's and the scientific community i think that is the. core of the problem. over a man that was not able to. west not. want to do it right. this time and now we are suffering the consequences. as of this week there's a new health minister who is more open to advice in criticism but promises of
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remedy in past mistakes is small consolation for thousands of families who are burying their dead you see in human al-jazeera santiago. we got a weather update next here on out 0 then the trumpet ministration sues for a john bolton to stop him publishing what's expected to be a damning insider account of the saudi coalition attack kills 4 children in yemen just after the u.n. removes it from a blacklist of policies that endangered children in conflict. with. hello that most likely conditions across northern sections of asia can see what the how this is for the south and still of course continue to work its way eastwards off the coast of china but some nice sunny skies in seoul to end the day
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i mean one of the clear into shanghai but the re not as heavy here as it has been to the north of the us the same story on wednesday very heavy amounts of rain all may way towards the korean peninsula and western japan and certainly thursday is the day to expect those rains to begin to push in some very heavy downpours that could lead to local flooding and of course even the danger of mudslides there is a little bit line to generally across the central areas of china but of course it's falling on some very saturated ground wise for a chance of thunderstorms throughout much of indonesia's the heaviest across into borneo widespread showers and thunderstorms throughout much of the philippines and you can see also more of those rain spreading southwards into thailand and on towards the man a peninsula plenty of activity in and around me am also all part of the southwest monsoon and a huge mass of clouds here as you can see across the bay of bengal so plenty of rain anyon go on in myanmar and elsewhere too very heavy rain for the next couple days up into myanmar on to bangladesh the northeast of india really spreading all the way down across the west the western ghats seeing some heavy downpours over the
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next couple of days but away from that to the north it is hot and dry with 42 in new tanny. june 9 16076 days that redrew the map of the middle east this miraculous victory of the israeli army in that war was the greatest tragedy in the history of islam 50 years later al-jazeera explores the events leading to the war and its consequences which are still felt today we tried everything went to the united nations and tried to make a show contacts with different countries and it was clear that all this was just 2 of the war in june. july to. you on.
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but again this is al jazeera mistake of a tree mind you the main news this hour north korea's military says that it will redeploy troops near the demilitarized zone and resume regular exercises along frontline areas it comes a day after pyongyang destroyed a liaison office used to communicate with south korea earlier seoul warned that it will respond strongly to any further provocation it's indian and chinese officials are blaming each other for a deadly border brawl at a disputed region of the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed when a standoff over construction escalated to stone throwing and fist fights. a cheap and widely available steroid control magically cut the death rate from covert 19 a new drug trial in the u.k. as showed the world health organization is describing the results of the dexamethasone clinical trial as a lifesaving scientific breakthrough. turkey says that it's launched
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a military offensive against kurdish fighters in northern iraq dubbed operation cloth tyga it's seen the deployment of turkish troops to the afghani in region along the turkish border the ground operation was followed with asterix against ekk positions in the area. the trumpet ministration is suing former national security adviser john bolton in an attempt to stop him publishing a book about his time working in the white house the government says the book contains classified information and must be edited before it's released the book is said to accuse trump of committing several impeachable offenses bolton was fired last year after 17 months in the role and donald trump assigned an executive order that he hopes will help to reform u.s. law enforcement offer a string of african-american deaths in police custody the order will restrict the use of chokeholds by police so they can only be used if an officer is life is at risk social workers will also be added to call outs for nonviolent cases involving
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drug addiction and homelessness and they'll be improved information sharing between police departments about offices background records reducing crime and raising standards are not opposite goals they are not mutually exclusive they work together they all work together that is why today i'm signing an executive order encouraging police departments nationwide to adopt the highest professional standards to serve their communities. who 3 rebels in yemen have accused the saudi led coalition of killing several civilians including children in asterix it comes off of the u.n. removed the coalition from a blacklist of those that kill children in conflict zones a decision that human rights groups describe as appalling carter lopez reports. outside of the united nations headquarters in yemen protesters are in disbelief
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they're condemning the decision to remove the military coalition led by saudi arabia from a un blacklist. you know one of the it's considered a list of shame for attacks like these exposing anyone who kills harms or abuses children in war zones the saudi led coalition was listed for 3 years expose for his war record in yemen but i doubt it's a disgrace that the united nations removed saudi arabia from the list for killing children everyone in the world including saudi arabia knows it's a shame on humanity you know have hours after the removal announcement who the rebels say 13 people were killed in a saudi little attack in northwest yemen 4 of them children more victims of the images 5 year war because the coalition has consistently attacked schools and hospitals also be listed for that violation knowing that they had attacked in 20202019 or schools and hospitals and yet they are not part of that list of
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better traitors the u.n. says the coalition was removed from the list because it's taken steps to stop harming children but the u.n. also says $222.00 children were killed or injured by saudi led attacks last year. monitoring make every month. but 20 months who are sure it and under complete a hold and you know. there are young victims on both sides of the conflict the u.n. says who the fighters are responsible for hurting or killing $313.00 children and yemeni government forces account for $96.00 casualties but unlike the saudi led coalition both remain on the blacklist. the coalition is blamed for pushing yemen into a deepening crisis or threats of famine and disease the saudis intervened in 2015 to support yemen's government against the rebels backed by iran treaties and cease
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fires have been ignored and the violent struggle for power has continued the u.n. is warning the coalition it will go back on the list if it fails to reduce the number of child casualties but critics argue the u.n. has compromise the integrity of the list of shame. and al-jazeera. the hashmi is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he joins us now live via skype good to have you with us again why did the secretary general remove the coalitional from this blacklist you think what was going on behind the scenes was he pressured to do so saudi blackmail was going on behind the scenes i think that's exactly what happened . for people who are following this story there is they're important parallel development that took place in 2016 when then u.n. secretary general ban ki moon explicitly said that he came under pressure from
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saudi arabia to remove saudi arabia's name from the list of shame and if they did not do that saudi arabia would cut funding to various u.n. programs. among the palestinians among the ebony's except for a so i think that's exactly what happened and i think you know this is a dark day for the united nations it's a dark day for human rights and it's fundamentally a very dark day for the children of yemen so why did the secretary general not reject that pressure he's that the secretary general of the united nations for goodness sake i mean it was was he thinking strategically bore sort of long term. i think he was thinking actually very short term i think he was put in a very difficult situation and he had to make a choice you put saudi arabia's name on the list of shame for killing children in yemen where it deserves to be and then risk millions of dollars being
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denied to the united nations that goes to serve and protect in feed those very children or do you publicly expose saudi arabia for its blackmail so i think that's fundamentally the dilemma that. the u.n. secretary general was wrestling with and he made the decision better to keep the saudi money flowing to the u.n. to support you know health clinics in yemen. rather than have that money be denied and and force more suffering on the poor and devastated people of yemen that's the fundamental dilemma so what message does this send how does it undermine the work of the. well it it it it effectively puts the u.n. secretary general and presents he's presenting himself effectively as a hypocrite just to cite one example in february of this year he released
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a very important document called call to human rights where he called on the international community to respect international humanitarian law human rights law to make human rights central in everything that the international community does and here we have him doing the exact opposite effectively acting as a public relations agent for the crown prince of saudi arabia by shielding it from legitimate criticism so i think what we're seeing here is a deep corruption of the united nations of the u.n. but bureaucracy by powerful countries who are willing to wield their political muscle and blackmail the united nations in order to get what they want from the international community and i think this is you know a huge setback for human rights in it it it fundamentally bodes very ill for the reputation and the integrity of the united nations is all good still to some and i think some dates in dental x.
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the world trade organization has ruled that saudi arabia broke international law over a sports piracy operation an 18 month investigation of the saudi government actively supported the illegal activities of a network that's been report costing content from a cancer a satellite channel without permission. explains. 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 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.
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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 walt cup the english premier league tennis grand slams and formula one were all illegally broadcast by b. out q. 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 sites be out q 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
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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 part of the arctic you not only that but also actively promoting these based broadcast of that 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 others government the b.n. network has filed a separate 1000000000 dollar lawsuit be in a sport as an uppity company is pursuing its own illegal actions against the kingdom of 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
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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 whilst 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 that the kingdom is behind one of the vian largest theft of intellectual property rights in history many will view this as yet another failure of saudi arabia's policies on the back to rule of crown prince mohammed bin son man . the. well qatar's a minister of commerce and industry. says that qatar and international rights
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holders of school resoundingly victory today we expect saudi arabia especially since it's hosting the upcoming g. 20 to respect this decisive ruling and end the theft and piracy of intellectual property rights and once reacting with its own statement saudi arabia declared that there's no one in the kingdom committing piracy adding that saudi arabia has a strong record of protecting intellectual property and is committed to applying its national law and procedures in full conformity with the w t o rules. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to hit the headlines on al-jazeera north korea's military says that it will redeploy troops near the demilitarized zone and resume regular exercises along frontline areas it comes a day after pyongyang destroyed a liaison office used to communicate with south korea mcbride has the latest for us
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from you on the south korean side of the border a little concerned in the south will be this possible plan to set up god posts one small inside the demilitarized zone this strip of no man's land that separates north and south they as part of a $28.00 agreements at the height of the reconciliation both sides agree to dismantle these very confrontational symbolic border posts and bring that troops back so that will be a concern especially as this whole agreement that was agreed back in the heady days of 2018 now seems to be in tatters indian and chinese officials are blaming each other for a deadly border brawl in a disputed region of the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed when a standoff over a construction escalated to stone throwing and fist fights. a cheap and widely available steroids could dramatically cut the death rate from covert 19 a drug trial in the u.k.
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a show index of methods reduced deaths by round a 3rd among those with the most acute cases of infection viruses killed more than 440000 people worldwide brazil has reported a record 34918 new corona virus infections in just 24 hours but one of the officials leading the response to the outbreak says the situation is under control at least 45000 people have died. turkey has launched a military offensive against kurdish fighters in northern iraq troops were deployed to the half that in region along the turkish border jets targeted several p.k. k. positions in the area but trumpet ministration is suing for national security adviser john bolton at an attempt to stop him publishing a book about his time working at the white house the government says the book contains classified information. more news for you off the inside story thanks to.
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the internet is something so many of us take for granted but africa is still behind other regions in terms of. now some of the big tech firms are racing to bridge that gap but at what cost what happens when the same company controls the content and its delivery this is inside story. hello i'm come out santa maria from video chatting to working from home one thing that is keeping us all going during this lockdown is a good internet connection they get.
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