to control the virus and receive messages on the scene that we are you know so i was a nurse back home what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. and we are going to keep growing. when. donald trump addresses his 1st major campaign rally in months on event by doing called diversity and concerns over the coronavirus. it comes as a call to refuses to block the publication of a controversial book about trump by former national security advisor john bolton. the whole romany watching al-jazeera program here from doha coming up in the next

30 minutes egypt's president warns libya's you don't recognize government against trying to retake the strategic city of sirte and ordered his army to be ready for cross border missions. and convicted of corruption high profile congolese politician is sentenced to 20 years hard labor. into the program donald trump has been addressing a small of the expected crowd in the u.s. city of tulsa where the president held his 1st major public rallies since the coronavirus crisis began trump used his appearance at a half empty indoor stadium to attack his political opponents critics of his handling of the pandemic and black lives matter protesters. what americans are watching left wing radicals burned down. destroyed private property

here hundreds of dedicated police officers. these police officers they get injured they don't complain they're incredible and. japan thousands of people only day here the radical. saying what a beautiful rally it was. his comments out of controversy falling on june 13th weekend which celebrates the emancipation of black slaves follows weeks of empty racism protests across america and the world in response to the police killing of george floyd a many have been concerned that the rally could spread the coronavirus oklahoma recorded its highest 7 day average of new infections in the past week well steve clemons is the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line he says the trunk campaign has come under the spotlight for the timing of the rally. people that are just asking questions about his judgment and his campaign's judgment is it smart to have gone

to told to oklahoma and i say this with knowledge of tulsa my family is from bartlesville oklahoma 45 not miles north of tulsa great grandparents grandparents parents and and this is an area where race relations have been fraught for a long time there's been of course major progress but much more needs to be done but to go to tulsa of all places on this weekend after we've all learned about the horrors of the 1921 massacre which was essentially a race from our history books for more than 50 years they did everything they could to keep people from knowing about what happened there and i think that is going to be a question of judgment and i think the other element of judgment is you know we have a major pandemic which is growing in america now as it's falling in every other place in the world it reminds people of lysol day when the president said oh if we can just inject detergent disinfectant in people maybe that could help solve them it brings back this question of does the leadership of the country right now pay

attention and respect science and what we're seeing in the data or not and are we politicize in that i mean we're seeing people burn mass today and to also they're burning the masks that have been distributed this is a very scary moment in that sense and i think it's going to make people wonder about his judgment. one of new york's top federal prosecutors has agreed to step down after a standoff with the u.s. attorney general jeffrey berman had initially refused to resign vowing to continue his corruption investigations into people close to the u.s. president's inner circle that's just one of the legal battles the white house has been fighting after a failed to block a tell all memoir by the former national security advisor mike hanna has more from washington d.c. is. from bolton was president trump's 3rd national security adviser and had a front row seat to some of the administration's most sensitive than perhaps controversial decisions now he's set to release

a book about what he witnessed and it's not good reading for the white house that's why it tried to stop the book's publication but a federal judge has now ruled that while bolton had gambled with national security the administration had not shown how it would suffer harm if the publication of the book went ahead and he refused to grant an emergency injunction the phrase used by the judge was the horse is out of the barn he also indicated the administration may have had greater success if it had brought the injunction at the time that john bolton allegedly walked away from the review process and before the widespread publication of quotations from the book it's been a rocky few days for the attorney general william barr and his justice department. late friday he tried to demote the prosecutor of new york's powerful southern district court. but jeffrey berman refused to step down they should just tell you that over the last july i have nothing to add to that. this morning i'm just here

to do my job just waiting in his office though was a letter from the attorney general confirming that president trump had agreed to fire him with immediate effect on the 33 year old car. we're getting back to the car not my department but we have a very capable very early i got it. says berman's deputy will run the department until the president's new choice is in place and he will now supervise among other cases the investigation opportunities bank that has been indicted on fraud money laundering and sanctions offenses we've had a great relationship in his book john bolton alleges turkish president to one offs president trying to use his influence to get the charges dropped and the president said to aaron i want one point look those prosecutors in new york are obama people

wait till i get my people in and then we'll take care of this and i thought to myself and i'm a department of justice alumnus myself i've never heard any president say anything like when ever they are highly classified as usual the response of the white house is to attack president trump lashed out at john bolton in a series of tweets pointing to the judge's criticism as i quote a big court when he continues bolton broke the law and has been called out and rebuked for so doing with that really big price to pay he likes dropping bombs on people and killing them now he will have bombs dropped on him. to go out we. will. say we got to take the federal judge has ensured the public will be able to read john bolton's allegations in full on tuesday that president trump appears adamant civil or criminal charges against the former national security adviser

inevitable economics mike hanna al jazeera washington. libya's you and recognize government has denounced the egyptian president's threats of military intervention president. says his army is ready to step in if libya's g.n.a.t. forces advance on the strategic city of sirte the g.n.a.t. forces captured significant ground against warlord khalifa haftar over the past month but a trainer has more from misrata. after a 14 month military campaign. has failed to take control of the libyan capital the battle for tripoli has exposed how deeply involved foreign actors are in libya. after has been backed by the u.a.e. russia and egypt while shirky has given its support to the internationally recognized government or g.n.a.t. signing military in maritime agreements in november that proved to be a game changer. the g.n.a.t.

has since retaken control of western libya and are now position to the west of sirte they say they will not negotiate with have served and want his forces to retreat from central libya. tricky agrees g.n.a.t. thinks and we support this idea that everybody will go back to their positions back in 2015 min they had this political libyan political agreement we are certain. needs to be evacuated by the hot air force this is the position of the g.n.a.t. but egypt's president has sisi one of have to smain supporters doesn't agree and. if some believe that they could cross the line in places that matter to us in sirte or job that's a red line. sisi has called on his army to be prepared to intervene here. i'm certain if we are need of your sacrifices you are prepared to carry out any

mission within our home soil or for acquired beyond our border lines while egypt appears to be in. intensifying its rhetoric on libya and the regional actors are calling for calm algeria hosted the genie's phases on saturday after hosting i gave us the speaker of the eastern based parliament last week algeria's president. has said his country's position is neutral and it wants to see a political solution to the crisis in the g.n.a.t. turkey are calling for a cease fire and insist the have to forces must retreat from syria but the language from have to as main supporter egypt suggests that you may not go without a fight now trainer al jazeera misrata a roadside bomb explosion in southern syria has killed at least 9 pro-government fighters the blast struck a bus traveling through the southwestern province of data the casualties were former rebels who had surrendered to find alongside government troops the group has claimed responsibility for the attack. and rights groups are calling for political

prisoners in syria to be released the number of covert 900 cases royce your official say the potential spread of the virus in prisons is extremely hard a former detainee who has appealed for help from russia's president an ally of syria reports. the war in syria made his family refugees in their country he also lost his son. it's been 4 years since 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 enforced 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 political prisoners are in jails are also been deaths due to torture despite the embassy's the other 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 mohammad 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 i told him to pressure bashar assad to release that arbitrary b.-ball the most vulnerable so far my email is empty they didn't provide me any response so far but i did my youth you actually saw 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 center for their injuries later beirut. still hurt him. because of protests hundreds of businesses have been boarded up artists are using that as an

opportunity i'm gabriel's on to a new york that story coming up. hello there picture throughout much of the united states and at the same time you can see here on the satellite those bright flashes indicating where we have had some thunderstorms so southern regions across the southern plains and still are being played by this rainy shadows across the eastern seaboard now as we go through sunday you'll see the rain developing again across the southern plains we could have some fairly strong thunderstorms but really they're really begin to develop right their way across the central plains and towards the midwest by monday that becomes a fairly organized line of rain showers and thunderstorms stretching from the great lakes up into eastern canada right the way down as you can see tools louisiana and across into mississippi ahead of that it is fine and warm but of course if that

warm air which will also develop these thunderstorms meanwhile out across the west on monday it is fine and dry still very warm $43.00 the high in phoenix although close to the average for this time of year and then down into central america and the caribbean a few shows farther to the east in the caribbean but again the heaviest rains but take it across into nicaragua down into costa rica panama as well some very heavy downpours like to spells of rain but very well scott at through the yucatan peninsula areas of mexico. back in the forecast into southern florida but for once we go to dry couple days across cuba. palm county because that's the colonies tank and got losses increased government that's ahead it will go through levels when asked that his arrest hold a scope august of 0 from reality plus the pandemic devastates indigenous

communities across life in the marin. county the cops all out to see if. we know what's happening in our region we know how to get them they feel that others and all the fires are still going on the way they tell the story is what and make a difference. book about if you want your deserve means the whole rub a reminder of our top stories donald trump has addressed a smaller than expected crowd in tulsa oklahoma in his 1st major public rallies since the coronavirus crisis because some had called for the rally to be canceled saying the timing is very insensitive and poses a health risk. also one of the york's top federal prosecutors has agreed to step

down after a standoff with the u.s. attorney general. and had initially refused to resign going to continue his corruption investigations of the people close to the u.s. president's inner circle and libya's new unrecognised government has denounced the egyptian president's threats of military intervention as a says his army is ready to step in if libya's g.l.a. forces advance on the strategic city is so. high profile politician in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor for corruption. was found guilty of embezzling more than $50000000.00 from a public housing fund but his will. was once seen as a potential candidate for president of the democratic republic of congo but the high court has now convicted him of corruption and disqualified him from holding public office for 10 years to come area has been in detention in kinshasa central

prison also known as mccullough since a put a date. is sentenced to 20 years hard labor after serving the sentence for talcum is forbidden from voting or running for election or from holding public office at any level for 10 years the case against kemeny is unprecedented while some argue it's the right step towards coming widespread corruption. he supporters see it as a means of settling political scores. to remove him from the 2023 presidential election. to calm down a lot of hastily thought the bushehr case focused only on the talcum area when other people should be investigated people receive certain benefits when they work for the presidency i condemn a justice system that sets its sights on a single person to talk america. kemeny has been a central figure in congolese politics for the past 2 decades he pulled out of the

race during the last elections in december 2018 clearing the way for president felix sick kid other time the 2 men made a pact and the which was to become prime minister and eventually the presidential candidate in the 2023 election. once in office security instead appointed committee as chief of staff because he had to resolve the prime minister post to a close ally of his predecessor just in kabila in accordance with another political part. the public money committee has been convicted of stealing was earmarked for building homes in poor areas by the president early last year. the victim committers only removes a major political player from the theme. bush for president to kiddies against the democrats in the democratic republic of congo however the president loses one of his closest allies in his past trouble with former president just of kabila still

control most of the country's institutions how about the al-jazeera. zimbabwe's health ministers appearing cold accused of illegally awarding a company a multimillion dollar contract for coronavirus medical supplies obey their maurier was arrested by the anti corruption agency on friday where allegedly chose a company called drax international to provide the government with medical equipment at inflated prices. mali is being urged to rerun some contested local elections as soon as possible as antigovernment protests gain momentum in the capital bamako regional bloc echo arses encouraging mali to form a government of national unity and growth for president bring him boubacar katter to step down as local elections were poorly attended partly due to fears of attacks by armed groups right in the region and the poll was also marred by allegations of

vote buying and intimidation one of the yemeni government's the largest special forces camps has been taken over by southern separatists on the island. it comes a day after they stormed a local government building in the city of. the u.a.e. backed southern transitional council is fighting for control of the island from the saudi backed yemeni government the 2 sides were allies in fighting. rebels on the mainland. china has renewed its claim over a disputed border region where 20 indian soldiers were killed earlier in the week beijing says the government valley region is entirely inside china and accused indian troops entering its territory india's government has rejected china's claims brazilian please of all the people of the famous copacabana beach offices told beachgoers in rio de janeiro to go home to help stop trying to virus from spreading of friday brazil became just the 2nd country behind the u.s.

to pass the milestone of 1000000 cases or almost 50000 people have died. now despite those grim statistics equally alarming outlook for the economy countries in the region are pushing ahead with. reports from the colombian capitol . police make sounds of some much needed relief to this vision a go. at it impair the band play their weekend internet streamed set on a roof over looking the shanty town. of brazil mourning so many vets from coronavirus people here say music helps and. those coming back from work and those who stay at home don't have much to do so the music has become an emotional escape for lots of people but there were a spike can only be temporary as the number of infections and deaths continues to climb not just in brazil but across much of latin america.

mexico surpassed the 20000 mark on friday cemeteries in part of the country are struggling to find grave space for the dead while funeral workers try their best to protect relatives from the same fate. but despite the rising death toll quarantine restrictions are being eased allowing many shops in factories to reopen. without struggling to find the right balance between the need to save lives and economic recovery. continues and we have to be extremely careful in the reactivation of activities in our streets where we congregate there is no doubt that we need to start recovering our public life as other countries have done because our daily sustenance depends on it and half the country lives from day to day. in colombia where the virus has had less impact there was a frenzy of shopping on friday as crowds took advantage of

a day without value added tax the government promoted it to revive business activity although critics in. clued in the mayor of bogota are calling the measure irresponsible most all of them are not lost some of them up on this is not a party we are in a pandemic if you want to buy something it's better to buy online with that you don't run the risk of falling after months of lockdown people across latin america are understandably tired of staying home and countries eager to jump start their economies even if the number of cases in deaths continues to set new records and there is still little clarity on when the outbreak will begin to subside alison that m.p.'s i'll just see. for the 4th weekend in a row black lives matter protesters have been rallying in cities across the united kingdom hundreds join the demonstration in london's hyde park where barco reports i think. black lives matter is more than

a movement it's a moment for p.j. matheson a young campaigner finding his voice anger over police brutality against black people in the united states has recalled here to britain a country with its own unique and all too similar problems with racism there are different things on like some levels going on but a universal feeling is the same we all feel sometimes threatened by the police there's a feeling of civil unrest racism is defined by deep differences and societal bias young black men are 10 times more likely to be stopped and searched by the police in the u.k. and less likely to go on to hold top jobs covert nineteen's exposed the grave consequences of discrimination and poverty with black asian and other minorities a greater risk of dying of the disease in britain today being black remains an obstacle to success one at

a difference between black people speaking and white people sneakin is white people because they don't have the same barriers and the same. put out that we have they have a much more damaging nation is a long winded and i was about people say we can't get that far because you know we've been told you can't do that. black lives matter it's a powerful slogan is intended for people here and an amiable truth but for some people in the u.k. it's a slogan that they struggle with taking it to mean for some reason black life should matter more than otherwise we're that's not what it means what it does mean is a call for parity equality and a call to be heard. recent protests are prompted the reevaluation of british history stand choose a par slave owners have toppled a national heroes including winston churchill have faced scrutiny for their racist views it's some settled many on the political right just because your skin color as

you know something or your you know you're a woman or you're a man doesn't mean something that happened decades ago centuries ago to someone who looked like you it's not it shouldn't affect you this is collectivism this is identity politics the government's been accused of downplaying the protests with the foreign secretary facing criticism after saying the black lives matter action of taking the knee and originated in the t.v. show game of thrones. for many here the protests are a chance to take stock of britain's past. in the hope of redefining its future. couches era london. and crowds in paris have also protested against racism and police brutality some of the messages call for justice for you but human bark a black bird who died in a french police operation in 2019 racial justice protests have spread from the united states to several cities across europe in the past weeks despite of already

is urging people to respect social distancing rules. well in the midst of the covert crisis and black lives matter protests the soho district of new york has been turned into an art gallery hundreds of artists have painted the plywood of boarded up shop storefronts with protest are depicted expressions of hope and healing as gabriel and sunday reports. where some people see an eyesore artists see it candice the stores in new york's soho district 1st closed in march because of the covert pandemic but then were boarded up for protection during the recent protests and spread occluding and now weeks later the entire neighborhood has become an open air art gallery of sorts of protest art work on almost every block artists have converted boarded up businesses into artistic statements to mark these unprecedented times i think. we're living through the greatest

period of change. in. i don't know maybe think the berlin wall found on one corner we find artists trevor croupe painting his 2nd mural in the neighborhood hundreds of people of the bank you to me as they're walking by. you see an outpouring of creativity some artists i haven't painted for years are painting out here on another street lydia benny ery she's originally from greece and has painted faces of black people that have been killed by police and we have to be led by them not to forget them this is their. day and they decide to say to process because every few days they continue to kill somebody eventually all these stores will reopen and this would be it's been put here to protect the doors and windows will all be taken down and with it all of this art will be lost forever. it's

already happening with the looting over shops are preparing to reopen a group called soho social impact is trying to preserve as much of the art as possible and there is a lot from the hopeful to the defiant to the art that makes you think telling the story of new york and america the past few weeks on the most. unlikely of canvases gabriel's sandow. new york. your challenges are with me still run the reminder of our top stories told trump has addressed a smaller than expected crowd in tulsa oklahoma in his 1st major public rally since the coronavirus crisis began some have called for the rally to be canceled to say the timing is racially insensitive and poses a health risk trump used his appearance to attack his political opponents and

blocked lives matter protesters. what americans are watching left wing radicals burned down buildings. destroyed private property here hundreds of dedicated police officers. these police officers they get injured they don't complain they're incredible and. japan thousands of people only day here the radical they say what a beautiful rally it was. all of new york's top federal prosecutors has agreed to step down after a standoff with the u.s. attorney general geoffrey had initially refused to resign vying to continue his corruption investigations into people close to the u.s. president's inner circle libya's u.n. recognize government has denounced the egyptian president's threats of military and to mention president of those without sisi says his army is ready to step in if

libya's jna forces advance on the strategic city of sirte. a roadside bomb in southern syria has killed at least 9 pro-government fighters the blast struck a bus traveling through the south western province of the casualties were 4 rebels who surrendered to fight alongside government troops no group has claimed responsibility for her and zimbabwe's health minister has appeared in court accused of illegally awarding a company a multi-million dollar contract for corona virus medical supplies. was arrested by an anti-corruption agency on friday and china has revealed new to its claim over disputed border region where 20 indian soldiers were killed last week says the girl one valley region is entirely inside china and accused indian troops of entering its territory india's government has rejected china's claims those are the headlines and back with more in half an hour next it's counting the cost to stay with us as protests rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the

nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. elections on. hello i'm sam is a then this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week economies opening up this by the pandemic as that head toward world war 2 levels could we see austerity or stimulus when is the right time to pay down debt as economies tank and job losses increase then last that hits a record high cost.