for the coming war on china part one on a jersey. we are going to keep boeing winning winning winning. trumpet just as his 1st major campaign rally in the sun event controversy and concerns over the coronavirus. it comes as a call refuses to block the publication of an explosive book about trump by former national security advisor john bolton. watching our just over live my headquarters here in doha also coming up egypt's president warns that libya's new and recognize government against trying to retake the strategic city of sirte and orders his army to be ready for cross border

missions. also convicted of corruption a high profile congolese politician is sentenced to 20 years hard labor. welcome to the program donald trump has addressed a smaller than expected crowd in the u.s. city of tulsa where the president held his 1st major public rally since the coronavirus crisis began and 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 protest. when americans watch left wing radicals burn down. private property. police officers. these police officers they get injured they don't complain they're incredible and. thousands of people only hear

the radical. say what a beautiful rally of. his commons controversy following on june 18th weekend which celebrates emancipation of black slaves though it follows weeks of anti-racism protests across america and the world in response to the police killing of george floyd in the mid concern that the rally could spread the coronavirus trump told the crowd. but he asked for testing to be slowed down to reduce the number of overall infections nationally steve plamann says he had to turn to. the hill he says the term come pain has come under the spotlight for the timing of the valley people that are just asking questions about his judgment and his campaign's judgment is it smart to have gone to toss oklahoma and i say this with knowledge of coal so 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 to work a long time there's been a course major progress but much more needs to be done but to go to tolson 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 all in every other place in the world it reminds people of lysol day when the president said oh if we can just inject detergent and disinfectant in people maybe back would 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 politicizing that i mean we're seeing people burn masts today and tell so 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 it failed to block a tell all memoir by the former national security advisor mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . 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 power 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 night 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

ply him with immediate effect on the 33 year old car. where you know that the carbon dioxide far below but we have a very good very good early i've 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 up a turkish 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 that ever they're 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 be. safe we got to be 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 economic times mike hanna al jazeera washington. a roadside bomb in southern syria has killed at least 9 a pro-government fighters now the blast struck

a bus traveling through the southwestern province of the casualties well former rebels who surrendered to fight alongside government troops the group claimed responsibility for the attack libya's u.n. recognized government has denounced the egyptian president's threats of military intervention president of been found sisi says his army is ready to step in if libya's g.n.a.t. forces advance on the strategic city of sirte and that's after g.n.a.t. forces captured significant ground against warlord over the past month malik train has more from misrata. after a 14 month military campaign orders have to or 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.s. signing military in maritime agreements in november that proved to be

a game changer. 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. shirky agrees g.n.a.t. thinks and we support this idea that everybody will go back to their positions back in 2015 when they had this political libyan political agreement we are certain. needs to be evacuated by their forces 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. if some believe that they could cross the line in places that matter to us insert or jew for that's a red line. c.c. has called on his army to be prepared to intervene. i'm certain if we are in 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 intensifying its rhetoric on libya and other regional actors are calling for calm algeria hosted the g.n.a.s. phases on saturday after hosting 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 that turkey are calling for a cease fire and insist the have to forces must retreat from syria but the language from have to remain supporter egypt so just that you may not go without a fight trainer al jazeera misrata. mali is being urged to rerun some contested local elections as soon as possible as anti-government protests again may gain momentum in the capital bamako regional bloc echo us is encouraging mali to

form a government of national unity as calls growing for president. to step down march's local elections were poorly attended partly due to fears of attacks by groups rife in the region the poll was also marred by allegations of vote buying and intimidation. a 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 investing more than $50000000.00 from a public housing fund the home of the dow as the story. 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 mary has been in detention in kinshasa central prison also known as mccullough since april 8.

is sentenced to 20 years hard labor after serving the sentence for talcum is for freedom from voting or running for election or from holding public office at any level for 10 years the case against kerry is unprecedented while some argue it's the right step towards coming widespread corruption he supporters see it as a means of settling politico's cause. to remove him from the 2023 presidential election. to calm down a lot of hastily thought the bushehr case focused only on be 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. can marry 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 secured 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 dissolve the prime minister post to a close ally of his predecessor just a kabila in accordance with another political part. the public money committee has been convicted of stealing was earmarked for building the homes in poor and used by the president. the victim commenters only removes a major political player from the scene but it's also a boost for president to katie's war against the democrat from and the democratic republic of congo hired by the president loses one of his closest allies in this past trouble with former president just of kabila last month still control most of the country's history. how about the al-jazeera nairobi well still ahead here on

al-jazeera beachgoers a cleared from brazil's most famous sounds in a bid to stop the world's 2nd worst outbreak of covert 19. and survival of the fittest thanks to his fear animals. ages old assume something so during the pandemic. hello there this some of it is of course mostly hostile and generally very dry across much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula we have though had some rain showers you can see the little bundle of clouds here and in fact there if you have it down pulls into northern areas of oman you can see this head of the wind blowing with that rain as it came in but more generally it is scenes like this of

course it is hot this is across into iran people doing their best to stay cool as the temperatures continue to rise meanwhile in toronto on sunday 34 degrees celsius notice the hottest as you can see 41 in baghdad the temperatures actually have come down the winds have picked up on that coming in from the east and the bad and so there's a slight cooling effect here but the winds are going to be traveling all the way down across much of the arabian peninsula but again the temperature is a coming down the winds out she only increase on monday but look at this $38.00 and hole 13 on in riyadh that will fail a whole lot better than literally a week ago is how much is in the high forty's which is even a little bit lower across into south africa the multi-byte as we go through sunday we're going to show maybe a down day into cape town plenty of rain showers along the coast as the tanzania kenya and the usual start to shine all the way from ethiopia out tools the gulf of guinea and as it tried to cross the south of monday with high 18 imports of.

inspiration. comes to stories of people keeping the spiritual freedom in line. by courageously defending their rights to the time. to be an al-jazeera. oh. bookmarking watching i was there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories donald trump has addressed

a smaller than expected crowd in tulsa oklahoma in his 1st major public rally since the coronavirus crisis began some are called for the rally to be canceled saying the timing is racially insensitive and poses a health risk. also one of new york's top federal prosecutors has agreed to step down after a standoff with the u.s. attorney general geoffrey berman had initially refused to resign very to continue his corruption investigations into people close to the u.s. president's inner circle. and libya's you recognize government has denounced the egyptian president's threats of military intervention president and sisi says his army is ready to step in if libya's jna forces advance on the strategic city of sirte. so barbara's health minister has appeared in court accused of illegally awarding a company a multimillion dollar contract to coronavirus medical supplies of their moire was arrested by the anti corruption agency on friday allegedly chose

a company called drax international to provide the government with medical equipment at inflated prices stephen chan is a professor of international politics the university of london school of oriental and african studies he says this corruption case may end up being just an attempt to appease public opinion. i think in this case there was no choice but to act the country is racked by huge and oil and economic problems right now and also absolutely iraq one of the problems of somebody trying to steal money when other people have no money and people are suffering from covert 19 to make money out of their suffering this is a lot of people to such an extent i think the government has no choice but to allow his arrest i don't think corruption is there to win in that country it may or may not make a public that the public is general about the option however it may be that mr

warrior becomes the sacrificial lamb to try to placate public opinion. people who are very very stoic trying to live their lives and they have this very very clear that the government is flummery and stumble and that it's going to stop misusing dollars being made available to it from the international community for instance this funding coming in from china to try to cope with the situation very clear that this money is being this used that this money is being raked off this is going to cause all kinds of international as well as national problems. the coronavirus pandemic is that 2 rising tension between yemenis on the nearly 400000 refugees and migrants living that hoping to cross into wealthier countries named by many african say they can't find work and want to return home to torquay can be reports. somali refugee badda has side 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 beyond what's one nationality yemeni somali i say somalia and i say sorry goodbye life has become really difficult. there are more than 280000 refugees living in yemen many like bad 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. more and more

discrimination and scapegoating of elation. coming from east africa alongside the refugees around a $100000.00 migrants arriving 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 might develop my vision the more you know. about 250 of us talk about 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 butties there 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 their only option is to leave the tour go to be al jazeera. serbia is holding the 1st parliamentary election in europe since it went into a crowd of iris lock down 3 months ago opinion polls show president alexander his party the serbian progressive party is likely to win but turnout of service 5500000000 eligible voters may suffer over fears of infection and some opposition parties say they will boycott the vote because the president wields too much power over the media and the number of new infections has been on the rise in countries of the western balkans all the restrictions of almost been completely eased the tally literature as an upgrade update from belgrade. number of people infected with corona virus is on the rise through the balkans region northern macedonia and serbia recorded the highest increase of newly infected in the past couple of days

with bosnia and herzegovina close behind them because of that croatia that still has a low infection rate compared to its neighbors is tightening borders so serbian citizens and citizens of boston and her sick are allowed to enter the country only if they have a valid reason the only country in the region that had previously declared itself coronavirus free was montenegro but even there infections are on the rise again new daily infections the serbia are on 100 for the last couple of days regardless of that the country's preparing for parliamentary elections on sunday with health officials advising everyone to use protective measures everything meola just claim that there is no reason for alarm yet a new coronavirus hotspots keep emerging around the country despite the calls to keep distance and follow health advice authorities allowed football matches to be held with up to $25000.00 spectators at the stadiums with summer calm an increase

in tourists traveling around the region and people are starting to get worried that early easing dialogue down across the balkans may bring even more infections of 19 . brazilian please of all the people of the famous copacabana beach officers told beach goes in rio de janeiro to go home to help stop the virus from spreading on friday brazil became just the 2nd country behind the u.s. to pass the. 1000000 cases almost 50000 people have died. despite those grim statistics and an equally alarming outlook for the economy countries in the region are pushing ahead with the reopening. has more of the colombian capitol. police or it makes sounds of some much needed relief to this your vision a go. at it compared to the band play their weekend internet streamed set on

a roof over looking the shanty town. of brazil mourning so many deaths 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 tory struggling to find the right balance between the need to save lives and

economic recovery. the epidemic continues and we have to be extremely careful in the reactivation of big titties 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 including the mayor of bogota are calling the measure irresponsible and most of the novel was published on the 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 crowding 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 debts 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. zoos under lockdown in the philippines are pleading for donations of food and. i will say even if quarantine rules start being lifted by the end of this month it's unlikely zoos will be a priority for visitors. princess and her friend sir finally together in their temporary home the horses are well known to tourists who visit the town of just a few hours south from manila. but princess and her friends were left behind as people fled the eruption of a volcano last january some animals died but these horses were rescued. but the shutdown of tourist sites in the region of luzon in response to the

coronavirus by demick means these animals are unlikely to carry any visitors again it's. the 5th this and some of them have to survive. if they're good or bad by how to. do is the old and also one of its most iconic tourist destinations critics say it was neglected for decades by previous administrations and that's left many parts. it's now closed indefinitely but still receiving funds from the local government given that we have . these 1500000000. and make the best use.

is almost every filipino family's happy place this is why it's temporary closure is this appointing for many visitors but animal doctors here tell us this period is seen as a respites here. diego and gabriella have been meeting more than usual animal doctors say the absence of tourists has left a silence that's coming for the and. like molly was the zoo's biggest attraction for more than 40 years molly spent almost every day of his life performing for visitors but the lockdown means he can finally have a prolonged moment of peace and rest. yet to still enjoys a treat from mere visitors every now and then. the officials at manila as you see they'll have a much better shelter once the renovations are finished and they're in no rush they save the fact people are now forced to see home means these animals are enjoying

a world relatively free of human a world a lot less terrifying to dog an al-jazeera. your children there with the whole robin a reminder of our top stories donald trump has addressed a smaller than expected crowd in tulsa oklahoma and his 1st major public rallies since the coronavirus crisis began some had called for the rallied to be counseled who say the timing is racially insensitive and poses a health risk trump used his appearance so attack his political opponents and black lives to protest. what americans are watching left wing radicals burn down buildings visitors destroy private property your hundreds of dedicated police officers. these police officers they get injured they don't

complain they're incredible and injure thousands of japan thousands of people only day here the radical very same what a beautiful rally of. one of new york's top federal prosecutors has agreed to step down after a standoff with the u.s. attorney general geoffrey berman had and this lead refused to resign vowing to continue his corruption investigations into people close to the u.s. president's inner circle. the 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 daraa. other casualties were former rebels who surrendered to fight alongside government troops no group has claimed responsibility for the attack and libya's u.n. recognize government has denounced the egyptian president's threats of military intervention as a doctor that sisi says his army is ready to step in if libya's g.n.a.t.

forces advance on the strategic city of sirte one of the democratic republic of congo's high profile politicians as been sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor for corruption according. to the tunnel commander guilty of embezzling more than $50000000.00 for public housing fund his supporters say the trial was politically motivated. and zimbabwe's health minister has appeared in court accused of illegally awarding a company a multimillion dollar contract for corona virus medical supplies of their more was arrested by the anti corruption agency on friday those are the headlines but with more news in half an hour here on out is there next it's a.j. selects. to 0 to 0. let me also you know how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop already 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why didn't we

meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges their own. not even a man laid out in doubt not mine they gonna get rid of not too hot and not maybe yeah i'm limited now that we are holding a prime minister modi is going to wake up and listen to us for what we have been trying to say for the last 100 be years and be blamed obama need adequate compensation from union carbide and outcome of the pentagon.