virus lock down. people in power. if you want to help save the world. and you're over. a judge rejects the u.s. president's bid to block the publication of a controversial book by his former national security advisor john bolton. now again i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a powerful u.s. attorney who is investigating president comes out alive refuses to resign despite efforts to remove him. high profile politician in the democratic republic of congo is sentenced to 20 years jail for corruption. and

a mother's growing despair fears her son is among tens of thousands of political prisoners as even greater risk in syria. just hours before donald trump makes a big pitch to be reelected as u.s. president of course has paved the way for the publication of a tell all book on his time in office a judge has rejected trump's last ditch attempt to block the release of the book by his former national security advisor john bolton well in it bolton alleges the president sought china's help to win the election present time has tweeted after that verdict he said bolton had been old washed up until he was given a chance at the white house despite the judge's ruling trump said his former national security adviser had broken the law by including classified information in the book and he said. politan must pay

a very big price for what he's done well let's get more on this from mike hanna who's in washington d.c. mike the white house is clearly not very pleased about this. not at all but certainly the judge making very clear in his judgment that john bolton himself is not excluded from any major criticism he said that bolton gambled with national security and has open themselves to criminal and possible civil investigation as a result of the book but the basis to the judge's decision was that the horses left the barn he said elements of the book had been made so widely public that the administration was unable to show it would have any harm it served to it the public would not have any harm and therefore publication of the book will go ahead in a few days time you mention those initial tweets from president well he's working him self up into a lather and now he is tweeting big court wouldn't against bolton obviously with

the book already given out he says and leaked to many people in the media nothing but highly respected judge could have done about stopping it but a strong and powerful statements and rulings on money and on breaking classification being made he continues bolton broke the law he likes dropping bombs on people and killing them now he will have bombs dropped on him so certainly president trump is not going to let this lie down it's likely that he's going to instruct his department of justice to push for either civil or criminal charges against john bolton quite the threats then mike i do want to ask you about the justice department because as we've been saying a lot of the contents of the book were already in the public domain so could the fallout here rather be from the justice department wading into all of this at this late stage. indeed yes well the judge implied very very strongly in his judgment he pointed out that john bolton had

agreed to the review process by the government in writing the book he had submitted to the book to the government for review however he grew impatient and walked away from the review process at a certain time the judge implied that had the justice department brought an injunction at that particular point when bolton basically walked away from a review of the book and book for contents of the book and been made public the outcome may will have been different so questions again about the lawyers of the trumpet ministration not the 1st time questions have been asked about their competence in recent weeks mike hanna therefore asked with all the latest from washington d.c. thank you very much mike. well as we've been saying trump is preparing for his fast campaign rally since the current a virus outbreak oklahoma's top court ruled that the event in tulsa can go ahead in the coming hours despite attempts to stop it because of fears it could west from the pandemic and that's not the only controversy reports. supporters of president

donald trump have camped out for days outside the arena in tulsa 2 whether by choice or lack of historical knowledge president trump has chosen to kick off his reelection campaign in a city notorious for racist violence and mass murder in 1021 tolls as prosperous greenwood neighborhood was known as black wall street when rumors spread about an encounter between a black teenage boy and a white girl armed gangs of whites rampage through greenwood killing and burning planes dropped incendiary bombs witnesses said some tulsa police officers set fire to homes and businesses while others stood by without intervening up to 300 african-americans were killed people saw bodies lined up on the

sand bars in the arkansas river people talked about how bodies washed up downstream . and their people who said they saw people being tossed into mass graves. in 2020 told so remain segregated with a history of racially discriminatory policing as protests over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis seethed a senior toles a police officer said this in a radio interview. in 2016 a black man named turns crutcher was shot and killed by a white policewoman while standing next to his vehicle crutcher was unarmed the officer was acquitted of manslaughter tiffany crutcher is terence's twin sister in the same policing culture that burnt down my great grandmother's community black

wall street also known as the greenwood community is the same culture that continues to persist the day is the same culture they killed my twin brother trump one oklahoma overwhelmingly in 2016 why then hold a rally in a state he'll almost certainly carry again. once. and. i think a large part of the president's reelection effort is going to be. the strategy could back fire brand the middle of a pandemic and this will be the 1st large event since we've shut down everything after this family and it turns out there is a significant outbreak of midnight. i think that's really going to put into jeopardy the president's strategy it's a volatile combination the history of massacre

a bitterly divided nation on edge and a deadly virus spreading fast with a president poised to stir up the brew rob reynolds al-jazeera. while donald trump is also my add in another controversy after his attorney general tried to fire a top federal prosecutor who's investigated a number of the president's crisis i see it's jeffrey bauman is refusing to step down and says he will continue his walk as the next here brian reports. as the top federal prosecutor in manhattan jeffrey berman has led several investigations into corruption close to the u.s. president's in a circle today and indictment charging love. igor. in october last year he announced charges against 2 men linked to donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani they were accused of trying to buy influence of u.s. policy in ukraine and a case that added fuel to the calls for troops in peach meant they saw political

influence not only to advance their own financial interests but to advance the political interests of at least one foreign official. these cases and an investigation into giuliani have concern to the trumpet ministration on friday night attorney general william announced berman was leaving his position saying that the president intends to nominate jay clayton the current chairman of the securities and exchange commission a lawyer with no experience as a prosecutor or statement ending by thanking jeffrey berman describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service the only problem is jeffrey berman says he's not going anywhere releasing his own statement i learned in a press release from the attorney general tonight that i was stepping down as united states attorney i have not resigned and have no intention of resigning my position the trumpet ministration has a growing reputation for forcing out anyone seen as disloyal in recent weeks the

president has fired a number of agency watchdogs including the inspector general of the intelligence community whose actions led to the impeachment inquiry but offered no explanation for attempting to replace berman a republican who once donated to trump's campaign democrats have accused barr of politicizing the department of justice and acting more like trump's personal lawyer by our right. or. her. senate democrat chuck schumer of new york has tweeted the dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process questioning what action by berman had motivated the president burmans laid cases against transform a personal lawyer michael cohen and convicted sex offender jeffrey abstain he says he'll continue to pursue justice without fear or favor until

a presidential he appointed replacement is confirmed by the senate and exam brian al-jazeera. now one of democratic republic of congo's high profile. politicians has been sentenced to 20 is in prison with hard labor for corruption a court in kinshasa found vitale guilty of embezzling more than $15000000.00 from a public housing fund now he said presidential chief of staff and was also seen as a potential successor to president felix just a k.t. his supporters say the trial was politically motivated to do has been watching all the developments from nairobi he explains the significance of kamar his conviction . trial is unprecedented in everywhere you look at it he's the highest ranking politician to. charges in a country that is rife with corruption the government of security is saying that it is trying to deal with and then we could opt to that flight this is

a boost but again it also denies the president. an ally at a time when he's having to fight with people. just of camilla's government on these a power struggle going on with the supporters of joseph kabila already controlling most of the government is to deny zuma as well but the more important is that in doubt coalition the president is heading and in government right now the man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison was the money that was supposed to pick up the button and become the candidate and that is where the supporters say the problem isa he wanted to be taken over the political scene so probably present security could continue to do. well speaking of corruption zimbabwe's health minister has appeared in court accused of illegally awarding a company with a multi-million dollar contract for corona virus medical supplies odium oir was

arrested by the anti corruption agency on friday it's a scandal job to crave a case he allegedly is a company called drax international to provide the government with medical equipment at inflated prices he was granted bail and is due back in court next month. now still ahead on after their. legal. demands for racial justice protests in parts of europe with growing calls for controversial statues to be torn down and struggling to preserve tradition we meet the iraqi craftsman his work is at risk of becoming a thing of the past. for. hello there will be more flooding as expected from the seasonal rains in

central and southern china and you can see the very obvious shape which takes those rains to japan as well but they're more consistent at the chinese end at the moment and they're consistent where they are as well just south of the yanks you think going back towards your non this is humid occasionally sherry but not so much in hong kong and north of that it's not quite as humid but just as hot in beijing for example there will may well be some significant rain running from the east side of honshu sometime on monday just catching turkey otherwise its child to watch out for the 30 heavy rain one hung has maybe moderate rain but mostly just a little rain persistently for monday tuesday and wednesday outside the city they will be heavy downpours there will be some flooding and that's true potentially any of these thunderstorms in borneo with the philippines or further west even in peninsula even in java we're seeing more showers and maybe we should at this time of year jakarta included as you can see is pretty widespread in nature these

thunderstorms moment the monsoon trough has gone on long way north now it's about here more or less but the forecast rains in the next few days are on the eastern side of india and then bangladesh. this virus is destroying people's lives for essential workers on the frontlines people either a pride us share their experiences of the u.s. response to cold with 19 conduit i'd know it's like. a tin. can go one pager system and sparrow need to do everything in our power to change this system completely faultlines america's pandemic workers on a. now

again i'm just on the attainder that's remind you about top stories this hour a u.s. court has rejected president trump's bid to block the release of a book by his former national security advisor john bolton the judge says the book carries national security concerns but he couldn't stop its publication. powerful new york prosecutor jeffrey badman is refusing to leave his job despite the u.s. attorney general saying he's been fired berman had been investigating associates of president trump. and of course in the democratic republic of congo has sentenced former presidential chief of staff the telco market to 20 years of forced labor he's been convicted of embezzling more than $50000000.00 in public funds. now for

the 4th weekend in a row of black lives matter protesters are rallying and cities across the united kingdom there are 3 separate marches just in london one began outside the u.s. embassy and then continued to parliament square hundreds more present protesters gathered for another rally in hyde park they're demanding action on institutional racism in the u.k. especially in law enforcement and our correspondent bob a has been with protesters outside parliament. well this is part of the crowd of people who've gathered in central london on saturday there are others who march from a high park several 100 here in parliament square by the statue of winston churchill which is no longer boarded up speakers have been highlighting the need for unity in keeping the momentum behind the movement they talked about issues including the way that the police force police forces here in britain deal with black people there have been a number of deaths in police custody over the last 2 decades and the feeling is that there's never any accountability let alone convictions but also talked about

the stigmatize asian of some black people as mentally ill when they are in contact with your forties now there have been chants of say his name references to george floyd of course that's what set off this round of protests but there are underlying issues which is still important to these people including education knowledge of the colonial past of this country as well as the us and that's led to debates about which statues should remain up how history is taught but i think going forward their main concern is that people still understand that britain in their words is not innocent. well crowds also gathered in the french capital to protest against racism and police brutality hundreds of people made their way into the public square and paris carrying balloons and placards some of the messages called for justice for a black man who died in

a police operation last year. now people in the wilds alone just refugee camp confronting an even more dismal for cost monsoon rain is the new threat for more than a $1000000.00 living on bangladesh's border with me i'ma aid workers have already warned of a disastrous toll from refugees contracting private 19. reports. it's monsoon season in the world's largest refugee settlement for the rohingya who live here one of the most vulnerable populations in the world and already dire situation grows even worse. but we're in trouble now when it rains or to enters my house we can't sleep properly we have to keep our children on our shoulders at midnight if it rains. but the weather isn't the only thing keeping mohammad awake at night far more worrying for him and his family is the threat posed by coke at 19 . if there are hope risks we're not going out. with following the

instructions of the government says dozens of refugees have tested positive for corona virus since the 1st case was confirmed in the camps in mid may concerned about the devastating toll code 1000 could take on the remainder of the united nations refugee agency has been working hard to construct isolation shelters and quarantine facilities that people live cheek to jowl and very crowded circumstances they often say that the population density of the camp is double that and so you can imagine. diseases are quite hard to control the district of cox's bazaar where the refugee settlements are located was placed in lockdown in early april according to u.n. h.c.r. bangladesh while lifesaving and critical activities in the camps continue the presence of humanitarian workers has been cut by 80 percent in an attempt to reduce transmission of the virus. but maybe the thing to really emphasize is the role of

the refugee volunteers because when you're really rely on word of mouth to spread information it has to be in a language that people understand our own world with the internet largely shut down in and around the camps this moment here cyclist is ensuring rohingya refugees are kept up to date as part of a program sponsored by the international organization for migration in bangladesh he rides around with a megaphone slung over his shoulder trying to spread hope at a time of increasing despair. and this year all the coronavirus pandemic has also led to rising tensions between yemenis and the nearly 400000 refugees and migrants living there hoping to cross into wealthier countries nearby many africans say they cannot find work and just want to return home it will be reports. somali refugee badajos sad arrived in yemen 30 years ago it's been his home ever since he survived through 5 years of war but the economic

impact of the coronavirus pandemic has pushed his already precarious existence to the limit he says he has no choice but to leave. i've worked in a coffee shop i've done lots of jobs but now i'm back to washing cars but even that's limited because of the coronavirus. wherever i go they ask what's one nationality yemeni somali i say somali and i say sorry goodbye life has become really difficult. there are more than 280000 refugees living in yemen many like badda come from somalia the u.n. says refugees are facing increasingly difficult living conditions. in the past because it's where well well come by you. of course we are your level of over. the current right is more and more

discrimination and skewed good relation. coming. east africa alongside the refugees around a $100000.00 migrants arrive in yemen each year but that figure has declined in recent months because of the global pandemic many are pushed by war and poverty in the horn of africa they choose yemen because of its close location hoping to cross into wealthier gulf countries in search of a better life but now that dream is over i'm a develop my vision the region. about 250 of us took a boat to yemen a cost a lot of money 5 people died on the journey once we arrived we headed toward saudi arabia but the road was blocked by the critics but matters turned back we have nothing to eat and drink people are tired of helping us. they left their home for what they hoped would be a life changing opportunity a prude but many say they no longer feel welcome in yemen and the only option is to

leave the tour again to be al-jazeera well one of the yemeni government largest special forces camps has been taken over by southern separatists on the island of soko it comes a day after they stormed a local government building in the city of had both the u.a.e. back southern transitional council is fighting for control of the island from the saudi. and rights groups are calling for political prisoners in syria to be released as the number of covert 1000 cases rises there u.n. officials say the potential spread of the virus in prisons is extremely high a former detainee has now appealed for help from russia's president an ally of syria and what it reports. the war in syria made his family refugees in their country he also lost his son. it's been 4 years since of the man disappeared while traveling to neighboring lebanon his taxi driver told the family he was taken at

a government checkpoint. please help me tell me where he is i just want to hear his voice i don't know anything about him i just want to know if he's alive or that. there are many others in a similar position human rights groups have documented the detention abduction and forced disappearance of at least 130000 syrians most had taken part in peaceful protests when the uprising began in 2011. calls by the you and other organizations for their release from government jails have grown louder with the spread of coronavirus in late march syrian president bashar assad issued an amnesty for some crimes without mentioning political prisoners rights groups say the decree was a tactic to avoid international pressure they have documented the release of less than 100 people jailed for common crimes while more than 100 were arrested in the same period. it was the 18th amnesty issued and still

$130000.00 political prisoners are in jails are also been deaths due to torture despite the m.c.s. the us a government denies holding prisoners of conscience and torturing detainees to death in secret security prisons but u.n. investigators say tens of thousands of people have disappeared and may no longer be alive some who survived like dr muhammad are turning to an ally of bashar assad for help. he wrote a letter to russian president vladimir putin which was published in the russian media. him to pressure bashar assad to release is that arbitrary b.-ball the most the bill so far. provide me and the response so far but at least i did mayu duty actually to hold them accountable actually years of campaigning have done little to pressure

the government to release the prisoners or allow independent monitors into detention centers if you believe anything will change for a man's mother there doesn't seem to be any end to her pain for their injuries later beirut now some of the most traditional kraftwerk is that risk of vanishing as a nationwide financial crisis hits home grown industries the government hopes that prioritizing the development of its private sector will help its otherwise oil dependent economy simona fault and has this report from baghdad since he was a child a bus car bomb has built for additional furniture from palm fronds his precise moves are the result of generations of expertise passed down from his father and grandfather but now the trade is it risk of dying out more. my children haven't learned it and i don't want to learn it my elder son abbas he

tried but he prefers to work as a porter at construction sites. during saddam hussein's time chairs and beds made of palm fronds where household item in iraq their mesh designs suited for a country summer heat but out of the 20 shops that used to be here only 4 are left cheap imports from turkey and china have eroded demand for iraq he made goods if you want to see more than one customer he came to me and said why do you sell the chair for 10 us dollars while the imported plastic chair costs half i told him this is different it's traditional it takes a lot of if it and this is stronger than the plastic but they don't care about that . last year government officials visited the market and in an effort to save it they plan to employ the workers in a state owned company similar to this one which specializes in producing handmade carpets back in 1980 s. most of the factories output was shipped to saddam's palaces but designs have

hardly evolved to suit modern tastes and demand has dwindled. the goal is to preserve our heritage and to tell the world what we have in our country we are not looking for profit we are ready to lose money to promote our heritage as iraq slips deeper into a fiscal crisis sustaining such state owned companies could become increasingly difficult the solution to reviving traditional craftsmanship like many other sectors of iraq's economy lies not for much in government programs but in the private sector there is one company that it is trying to do just that. the selling point for this company is quality and the made in iraq label it's workshop a dozen employees to work on modern versions of traditional iraqi furniture. but convincing customers to pay extra remains a challenge and lowering the price would require scale and an environment that supports private sector investment on and. in my opinion the state isn't focused on

industry. if it was that offer the rule materials provide land provide investment licenses often machines particular workers with the social or the new government has made private sector development one of its priorities but for craftsman like st is about to vanish such initiatives may come too late seem wonderful to al-jazeera but the doubt. that this is out is there and these are the headlines a u.s. court has rejected president donald trump's bid to block the release of a tell all book from his former national security advisor john bolton the judge said while bolton's conduct raises national security concerns he couldn't stop its publication powerful new york prosecutor jeffrey berman is refusing to leave his job despite the u.s.

attorney general saying he's been fired berman had been investigating associates of president trump including his personal lawyer rudy giuliani of course in the democratic republic of congo has sentenced former presidential chief of staff was how come our head to 20 years in prison with hard labor he's been convicted of embezzling more than $50000000.00 in public funds our correspondent mohammed joe is in nairobi and has been gauging reaction. do you support those people in saying gov this was a political witch hunt something i was in. to. drive away without coming from the political scene in that horrible given dog park to be hard with the current president he could be 2001 team when he cleared the way for him and agreed to be prime minister if the wind elections. become. come to the fore go call the show in 202030 about is when the next elections will behold big

people mooses think this is a political witch and now for the 4th weekend in a row of black lives matter protesters are rallying in cities across the u.k. there are 3 separate branches just in london they're demanding action on institutional racism in the u.k. especially in law enforcement monsoon weather and bangladesh is threatening the safety of a 1000000 mahindra refugees already at risk of the coronavirus aid workers have repeatedly warned of the disastrous told it could take in about 3 largest refugee camps as infections spread rights groups are calling for political prisoners and syria to be released as the number of 1000 cases rise u.n. officials say the potential spread of the virus in jails is extremely high now those are the headlines the news continues here off the fault lines america's pandemic will stay with us.

in march much of america went on lockdown. the coded 1000 pandemic was surging the number of dead from the virus growing exponentially. only workers deemed essential were asked to report to work. over the last several months it's all 4 of them open their lives to us through video diaries and interviews. today is going to be a busy day for me and i picked up quite a few shops a mother who shops for people who don't want to risk going to the store there's only so much you can do whenever you're not aisle that's only like 4 feet across and scared for sure it sucks because we're not really getting what we need from shit my.