human rights prices that persist beyond the health crisis your questions is a dollar locos if you just nothing we are now approaching across route this is an opportunity that we must call the stream on 00. 0. hello there i'm the star and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes new york city reopens restaurants and offices but coronavirus spikes elsewhere pushed daily infections in the u.s. to levels not seen nearly 2 months ago. a japanese council's takes claim to a chain of islands that china and taiwan both say belong to them. the u.s. and russia hold nuclear weapons talks as the survival of the last remaining treaty

hangs in the balance and a diminishing wilderness when you look at the debate around farming development versus destruction of mexico's vast range far east and in sports a 2nd leading tennis player has tested positive for corona virus it follows a controversial series of events organized point world number one of our coverage. we start this hour in the united states where coronavirus infections of saud as states continue to reopen their economies the daily number of cases is now its highest level in almost 2 months a dozen states including arizona florida and texas all experienced record increases and new cases just in the last week but it is a different picture in new york city once the epicenter of the outbreak after 3 months of law. down offices restaurants and has felons reopening in america's

biggest city and across the wilds there were 183000 new infections reported on sunday that's the west day yet as the total news 9000000 while in brazil the number of deaths that passed 50000 and indian authorities reported the highest daily jump in new infections there 15000 despite the rise in cases restrictions continue to be relaxed will be speaking to 2 reasons in just a moment for the situation in brazil but 1st let's speak to customs and even who's in new york kristen do you get the sense that people in new york anxious the things that begin to reopen what we're seeing this increasing number of infections around the country and also now white house officials warning of a potential 2nd wave. i think people are definitely still very concerned you see that and the fact that they're wearing masks on the street and. just the traffic that you see behind me we're on 5th avenue which is iconic

retail center of new york city it's still early here saks 5th avenue behind me hasn't opened up yet but it will open reopen today for the 1st time in months so not seeing a huge rush of people out to go shopping just yet but people are also concerned about getting back to work getting their livelihoods back some 300000 people could be going back to work today as many as long as new york city and here's what's known as they used to have reopening here the state has been taking a based approach and new york city is the last to enter this space where we're seeing retail restaurants office offices reopened but with strict social distancing measures in place for example new york's 27000 restaurants are again allowed to serve customers but only outside that means outdoor seating on sidewalks or patios they're making more space available on sidewalks. for some of these restaurants but

it very difficult for them to also stay profitable under these new guidelines but they're trying to ease into this to keep the coronavirus levels low as they move forward and attempt to restart the economy and you know that the city is planning to enforce these social distancing measures for example restaurant tables have to be 6 feet apart they're handing out some $2000000.00 masts to workers and patrons to aid in that effort and you know you have to remember that the unemployment rate here is now 18 percent it rose another 3 percent in the last month so it's this balancing act of getting people back to work but also keeping them safe and that's why they're being very strict with the social distancing measures whole number of other states trying to grapple with that same balancing act as well give us a sense of the picture around the rest of the country because it's very different to new york city. this is true nationwide new coronavirus infections have gone up 15 percent in the last week bad after plot towing for some

80 days prior to that 29 states are seeing increases in california they had the highest one day total of new infections since march at 4500 missouri oklahoma where president ciampi had his rally over the weekend also had record high numbers of new infections although overall the numbers are relatively small in a place like missouri with 415 new infections in 17 states are seeing lower rates of infection including here in new york new york state now the former food and drug commissioner scott gottlieb among others has said that these new cases are not simply the result of more testing which is something that president trump has suggested he said that's part of it but there's also clear signs that community spread is increasing and that is a concern going forward some good news though the fatality rate continues to decline we can tell any rate is down 43 percent in the last month even as the new

cases are right and so there is some hope there but also this concern that things could get out of hand again if it's allowed to increase at this rate christensen amy there for us in new york tipping on things right thank you very much kristen. well the infection rate is also rising at an alarming rate in the country where the president dismissed it as a little flu as you heard earlier brazil has now recorded more than 50000 deaths from the virus alexia bryant has. brazil's deep divisions playing out on the streets of its major cities with some marching in support of president jaya balls and arrows. and opponents determined he should step down. but the market i fear we are here in defense of democracy and asking for sonora to leave this president who asserts the people's power and is committing atrocities

does not deserve to govern our country. protesters are angry at bolton hours response to the pandemic he's openly disagreed with advice from his own health ministry calling covered a little flu saying measures such as social distancing accosting jobs and a more dangerous than the virus itself. those feelings echoed at rallies in brazil's commercial capital sao paolo we saw more mosques showing the president who is often seen without one they are born almost but if they jamieson here in support of our president. we want to go back to work we want support for shopkeepers support entrepreneurs these people here in sao paulo today are in support of brazil . but brazil is struggling to beat the virus with some doctors warning that hospitals a swamped with more than a 1000000 confirmed and fictions. 2 health ministers both doctors have resigned as the number of brazilians dying or falling ill increased what critics say is the

president's chaotic response has seen local authorities step in to take their own measures but judging by the crowds at protests in the shops there's not much social distancing being done many say what rules there are and not being enforced. on rio de janeiro's famous copacabana beach also in our supporters stood with brazilian flags staked into the sand where just weeks ago there were crosses laid in protest against the 10s of thousands of deaths. the mortality rate among brazil's indigenous people is twice as high as other brazilians the military's been sent in to help communities with tasting but some in the amazon region say it's too late and accuse the president of abandoning them. weakness sometimes i can feel it in my heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spread so too does anger about where the president is to blame elixir

brian al jazeera well we can now speak to terry isabeau who is keeping an eye on the region for us from one of the areas jury that clearly a lot of tension about how things are being handled in brazil what's the w.h.o. saying about the situation. well the world health organization to announce that in the past 24 hours 54000 people have been infected with corona virus in brazil this brings up the figure to over 1000000 people that have been infected in the country over 50000 people have lost their lives we also know that the virus has 3 child least 82 municipalities in the country this tells us that it has reached to some of brazil's most remote areas in the amazon rain forest where indigenous communities are also being infected and have been denounced saying that they are afraid of extinction so definitely is a very complicated situations some groups in the country and doctors are warning

that the figure could be much higher of what it's actually being reported because of lack of testing in fact would the latest figures are being reported by a consortium of journalism journalists that do not trust the official figures because there's been an attempt by the government in the facts to control the if the numbers that are being released to the public so certainly there's a big chaos in brazil right now there is not only the coronavirus pandemic but also a political crisis an economic crisis a precedent that has called for all of virus living through all that has been seen in public without wearing a mask how getting some of his supporters of poll signal lockdowns a man that has been fighting with the supreme court for as different different issues but mostly has been confronting the supreme court his followers protesting outside the supreme court and he's also we clashed with powerful governors

governors from the very beginning ones in to impose a lot downs in cities. but now there's an ada and that have been pressured to start opening up the economy subtly the situation is grim at moments when brazil should be locking down and trying to a prevent the spread of coronavirus well some of brazil's major cities are opening up and there's lots of worries or where this is going to lead to and theories around the region as well as several other countries in latin america are also seeing a rapid increase in infections. well 711 america right now is the epicenter of corona virus a worldwide we're seeing a rapid increase of infections mostly in countries that did not implement a lockdown from the very beginning like brazil like mexico where 20000 people have lost their lives she live for example how to rectify the amount of people that have died because many of those that died had film terms that have not been testing at

that numbers have been brought up to around 7000 people that have died of corona virus we've seen that in countries like you are why para why and even argentina they have managed to control if compared to those countries argentina for example was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose told logged on security forces on the ground controlling people to stay at home and argentina's press send out about the 5 men this is right now evaluating where to extend a base in lockdown that has been ongoing for 3 months this is had an enormous impact on argentina's economy and certainly there's lots of pressure for the government to start opening up but still the president did say that if the situation continues to increase as it has been in this past few days there he won't hesitate to extend the lockdown so suddenly this loss of worry about what will happen in latin america when this demick is over the world bank is saying that there's going to be a 6 percent contraction in the economy so certainly we're going to see lots of

inequality poverty and probably hunger to reason birthday keep an eye on the region for us from going to areas thank you very much theresa all the head of the world health organization is warning well it is against politicizing the pandemic saying it's undermining efforts to combat the coronavirus he says the lack of global leadership is more alarming than the virus itself. the greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself it's the lack of global solidarity and global leadership we cannot defeat this pandemic with a divided world the moral is in desperate need of national unity and global solidarity the politicize asian of the pandemic has exacerbated it ultimately the problem ik i shown that we are humanity one humanity and none of us are safe

until all of us are safe. now a top disease expert in china is expecting a big drop in corona virus infections in the capital by the end of the week there have been more than 230 cases in beijing since a new outbreak at the beginning of the month just mine were reported on monday officials have put several neighborhoods into lockdown and ordered tests on high risk groups such as restaurant workers and foot food korea's own china has also suspended poultry imports from a factory in the u.s. state of arkansas where hundreds of employees tested positive for the corona virus and it's the latest in a growing number of outbreaks at meat processing plants around the world more than a 1000 cases have been confirmed to slaughter house in germany where about 6000 staff have been ordered into quarantine in the u.k. a meat processing site is owned by a major supermarket chain has also temporarily shops after one $150.00 people fell ill with 19 and

a plant in southern brazil run by the world's biggest meat producer j.b.s. has reported a cost of $400.00 infections a factor it still operating after a failed legal bed to suspend production well simon clark is an associate professor and cellular microbiology at the university of reading he says there are a few possible reasons as to why the virus has been so common in meat factories well this is something else or it isn't out there i have to look out properly it seems that the food processing plants presumably because they're typically refrigerated nature. are going to be thoughtful current virus infections now incumbent. local health authorities to check and see whether there is a problem which is going to affect their product obviously if it does that has big implications. you have to make sure that proper hygiene proper procedures are in place in the factory and quite simply the authorities know how to take ray

samples of food to see where they. to take it to take a very seriously simple as that there's a possibility with anything yes fruit and vegetables and the vegetables you often cook although it's not all of them and thin and you peel things as well so talk vegetables are not going to be. much threat to anybody and i don't really very few people eat roommate she said it's often cooked so. you know cooking and peeling things were for the significant protections stuff. well there are also now warnings that the rates that cover $1000.00 a spread ng in germany is rising above containment levels the current virus reproduction rate measures the spread of infection robert cock institute says last week one infected person was transmitting the virus to fewer than 2 other people now that number is closer to 3 german health officials say it needs to stay below one to successfully combat the virus. well let's bring you some breaking news now

and yemen's government and a southern separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of abuja that's according to a tweet from the saudi ambassador to yemen the southern transitional council has also agreed to peace talks with the government on sunday the southern transitional council the s.t.c. seized full control of the island of sumatra will be across that story for you here on al-jazeera well there is plenty more ahead on this news hour including preparing a message for south korea the north's plan to fight millions of leaflets across the border in the biggest ever propaganda campaign. venezuela's legal battle to access gold reserves in the u.k. moves to britain's high course. and in sport despite being banned the confederate flag still makes an appearance at the laces to moscow most a racing event in the u.s. .

a japanese local authority has approved a measure changing the status of a disputed island chain that's also claimed by china and taiwan beijing has called to the move illegal and invalid the island chain known as sin cuckoo in japan india and china are controlled by japan but also claimed by both beijing and taiwan as i was saying japan's administration dates back to 972 when the islands were returned after 27 years of u.s. control they are uninhabited but they're all certainly a potential oil and gas reserves rich fishing grounds and important shipping lanes and as asian brown reports the move by japan looks set to deepen tensions with china. at the southern tip of the japanese archipelago a cluster of uninhabited islands now on the frontline of what may be a new flashpoint they lie close to significant oil and gas deposits strategic shipping routes and lucrative fishing grounds to japan. they are the cuckoo islands

china calls them the dar use but for 50 years they've been administered and controlled by tokyo taiwan also claims ownership china's government had warned japan against changing the status of the islands and is now reportedly deployed coast guard vessels to the area as it has done many times before you found worse or it's a serious purgation against china's territorial thought and at a japanese site possibility in the name it's illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island blog china we formally aborts that 11 more made happen inside china has large foreign representations with their diplomatic status and a 3rd of the right to for there to react to. the rising tensions in the east china sea come as china's military continues to assert its maritime claims in the nearby south china sea and while its soldiers are involved in another sovereignty dispute

with india it was also covered with here is they are all going to india and china will serve the japanese government that the chinese are all a lot of bits of article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent and he japanese protests in many chinese cities after japan's government brought 3 of the islands from their private owners and although monday's renaming decision was taken by a municipal council it could still inflame passions once more what makes the waters of the east china sea so potentially turbulent is the high profile of another military this warship evidence of a 60 year old treaty which obligates the united states to defend japan if it's a tight it's a treaty that's yet to be seriously tested adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong speaking of tensions north korea is being added to call off plans to launch

thousands of balloons into the south in the biggest ever psychological campaign against its neighbor it follows a week of rapidly deteriorating relations between the 2 koreas and so rob as the story. north korea says it has 12000000 propaganda leaflets printed and 3000 balloons ready to carry them south across the border depicting south korean president moon jay in pyongyang says they represent the wrath and anger of the north korean people up we do not have any intention to reconsider or change our plan at a time when north south relations have already broken down last week north korea demolished a joint liaison office on its side of the demilitarized zone in the surest sign yet of relations unraveling. the office was opened after a successful summit in 2018 which also agreed to stop provocative propaganda moves

by either side. north korea has accused the south of breaking that agreement by allowing defectors who make calls human scum to float propaganda balloons into north korean territory despite having freedom of speech guaranteed in the south the government here has tried to curtail these provocative acts. one defective group that had threatened to float bottles filled with rice and propaganda messages into north korean waters has been prevented from doing so with this appeal from the south john boehner and you were the south korean government has already announced it starts regarding the leaflet campaign the government is blocking efforts to send anti north korea leaflets and commodities we urge north korea to stop their plan to distribute and the south korea propaganda leaflets that will only worsen into korean relations. but another defective group says it will launch

a batch of propaganda balloons to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war later this week threatening to increase tensions even further robert pride al-jazeera seoul. now dozens of migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean sea after their boat was reported to be in distress the italian charity mediterranea saving human says 67 people were taken to what salo in sicily and then transferred to a quarantine center most of the migrants were men from africa and bangladesh well the coronavirus lockdown has been extended once again in greece's overcrowded migrant camps despite slowly lifting other restrictions around the country the great migration ministry says the confinement measures which were imposed 3 months ago will now be in place until july 5th they have a no known deaths linked to covert $1000.00 in the camps and only a few dozen cases have been reported rights groups are concerned the ongoing restrictions are affecting the rights of migrants. now major nuclear talks between

the united states and russia underway right now in austria they're discussing the future of the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the 2 countries the new start treaty expires in february of next year while several treaties between the u.s. and russia have already been scrapped these include ones on overflights an intermediate range nuclear forces the last one left this one the new strategic arms reduction treaty treatment came into force in 2011 it limits both sides to $1550.00 deployed nuclear warheads and can be extended for 5 years if both sides agree but donald trump wants china to join the agreement saying it's unfair that beijing has no restrictions or china has shown no interest in joining and has declined to join the talks despite this one of the u.s. negotiators has accused beijing of being a no show posting this picture from the meeting in vienna and chose an empty place reserved for the chinese delegation china's foreign ministry has responded calling

is an odd scene while a chinese diplomat label that performance arts while we can speak to will sachin he is the nuclear security project lead at the civilian research and development foundation global he joins us now on skype from portland maine will i see the americans of entry seeing these photographs of these talks but given the fact that china is a much smaller nuclear player than the u.s. and russia by some well some levels of magnitude just how relevant all day to trying to manage global nuclear stockpiles. thanks for having me on so as you pointed out china in the nuclear weapons game is really small fry compared to the united states and russia the united states and russia both have about 5000 nuclear weapons apiece and the arsenal of china is about $300.00 so orders of magnitude smaller now the thing about new start that is very relevant in part to

remember here is that new start limits each side the united states and russia to $1550.00 nuclear weapons strategic deployed nuclear weapons apiece now china doesn't have anywhere near that many so it's kind of unclear to me what china joining new start means does that mean that the united states and russia are willing to reduce their arsenal sizes to $300.00 to reach parity with china or that they're willing to allow china to go up to $1550.00 nuclear weapons something which would be incredibly expensive and take a lot of time for the chinese to do so these are answers that the trump administration has failed to answer your side really don't see this being a practical measure at all what we know what the u.s. thinks about beijing what's moscow's approach. moscow's approach is that they can't really do anything i don't think that i've not heard anyone from the russian side insisting that china joined a lot of experts in the nuclear policy community kind of see this as almost

a poison pill by the trump administration they don't want to extend the arms control treaty just because they see it as about a treaty restricting the power of the united states to do what it wants regardless of its impacts on world security and global strategic stability. i think this is a convenient excuse and i don't think it actually means anything for the reasons that i just laid out will be what's the i.m.f. tracie the other new treaty between the u.s. and russia disintegrate that actually change anything on the ground in terms of proliferation. in terms of proliferation i would say no not yet it has the potential to do what it did was introduce uncertainty into the strategic stability that was created by the united states and russia in 1987 that's when the i never treaty went into effect so what that treaty did was essentially remove an entire class of short medium range weaponry from the european theater now what is

particularly dangerous about short and medium range nuclear weapons is that their flight time is very short so they could be fired by the united states on european territory or by russia on russian territory and not only take them about 1015 minutes to hit their targets which is not enough warning time for the other side to be able to detect it and then reacts by the limited by reducing those same going down to strategic weapons that are in the united states and russia that time went up to about 30 minutes which created a level of certainty you could see what the other person was doing and then fired your weapons in response thereby creating a deterrent that hey if you attack me i'll attack you i'll be able to rather than the short range missiles which created a scenario where essentially a surprise attack that could decapitate yeah there are adversaries arsenal was a very realistic op possibility we'll just returning to the new stock talks i

wonder do you expect anything tat to come out of them then and if not is there the possibility that a different administration in the white house could revive discussions before the treaty expires in february. so yes it is possible that a new administration can reverse whatever happens and signs of the treaty so let's say by ministration you know takes office in january if there is time for them just sensually extend new star as you alluded to there is a mechanism built into new start that essentially allows them to extend the agreement for 5 years by the stroke of a pen it could be done overnight or however much time it takes for a carrier to exchange letters between moscow and washington d.c. now in terms of how hopeful i am about these 2 day negotiations that just started in vienna i'm not particularly hopeful like i said i think the trumpet ministration is looking for an excuse to allow the treaty to expire and really it depends on

how much they stick to this insistence that china joining the treaty if this is left as purely a russian and u.s. bilateral agreement i think there is hope because it makes a lot of sense for both sides but if the united states continues to exist insists on this poison pill i quite frankly think all hope is lost well there and from the civilian reset and development foundation bible speak to us from maine great to get your insights well thanks for joining us thank you well in russia prosecutors as a calling for a 6 year prison sentence for a theatre and film director accused of embezzlement in a case that critics say is politically motivated carol thera bennett is charged with creating an organized criminal grape and taking more than $1800000.00 in state funding from the fans a project but critics say he's being punished for his work but to lampoon to the role of chats and space in russian society. last i had

a few on al-jazeera united in the face of oppression demonstrators and levanon say their freedom of speech is under threat and sport into milan make an impressive return to action an increased top plate and he will be here with that story. hello there remains halls and dr coles across much of the middle east and the arabian peninsula meanwhile all across areas it's a one or 2 shows again of the last few days and they will develop as we go through choose a 28 is a high anchor and you could have even a thunderstorm without 28 be fairly pretty nice in beirut we have this. not too high different story across into iraq 45 celsius in baghdad the winds are strong and in fact they will follow way southward so also kicking up some sand and some

dust of the next couple of days 47 curation on wednesday with those strong winds the winds not quite as a strong down into cattle on the high and around 40 degrees celsius meanwhile down in southern africa the usual thunderstorms 3 will central regions but also for the next couple of days the rains back in the forecast particularly to coastal areas of mozambique pushing up to the north and some very heavy downpours likely into coastal areas over towns near that rain will work its way further to the north and east as we go through wednesday that does mean more showers across into kenya and eventually pushing up into somalia as well but all the while we've got click conditions across much of a south africa temper just beginning to come back up 16 degrees in johannesburg 19 in cape town but a very warm day importer lizbeth with a high of 26. frank assessments tourism but come streaming dead in the water what's been the result is

encouraging a lot more significantly and in-depth analysis of the day's flow boy headlines inside story on al-jazeera. july on al-jazeera in a controversial move israel is expected to unacceptable settlements in the occupied west bank how will the world react in a not so sweet a story chocolate heart of darkness expose the continued use of child labor on cocoa plantations president putin will try to stay in power beyond his final term with an attempt at changing russia's constitution mady has sample has to special series of interviews been asked tackling the big issues about time marking the 25th anniversary of the biggest war crime on european soil since world war 2 will witness a ceremony paying respect to the victims of the settlements genocide. july on al-jazeera.

let's remind you of our top stories this hour daily coronavirus cases in the united states have surged to levels last seen in early may as states continue to reopen meanwhile new york city has ease restrictions reopening offices restaurants and hair salons. yemen's government and southern separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of that's according to a tweet from the saudi ambassador to yemen that's after the 7 transitional council seized full control of the island of sumatra on saturday. and u.s. and russian diplomats are meeting in vienna for talks on the future of the last remaining nuclear arms treaty the new start treaty caps the number of nuclear

warheads each side is allowed to deploy but it's also set to expire next year. now donald trump has reversed earlier comments on venezuela's leader saying he'd only meets nicolas maduro if he agreed to step down peacefully on sunday trump said he would not rule out missing despite the u.s. campaign to oust him well alan fischer now joins me from washington d.c. alan is this genuinely a bit of a change of heart here what's precipitated it. well don't trump said in this interview that. ended the u.s. policy they have been supportive of one guide or one of the 1st countries to recognize him as the president of venezuela we've heard from vice president mike pence in all secular state might be very strongly supporting one why do you remember recently the department of justice. issued an indictment against president maduro accusing him of not core terrorism and described him in that indictment as

the former president of venezuela no by suggesting that he would meet him that obviously incensed a lot of people particularly in south florida that's where a large part of the venezuelan expatriate community sits florida is a key state so it also comes after the john bolton book which is due to be published tomorrow and that john bolton said that donald trump often described as strong and why do is weak and wasn't sure whether they had made the right call about supporting why and why do so by suggesting in an interview that you would meet madrid or that just inflamed passions in all of these places i'm sure there were a number of phone calls to the white house over the weekend saying what are you thinking about and that would probably explain why the president donald trump is no saying he would only meet mcdougal if he was leaving office we know of course that that is

unlikely would do it or doesn't seem keen to leave office any time soon but donald trump definitely laying down a marker here and there is no doubt following on from john bolton's book that he makes decisions that are based on winning him reelection this was in influence by those and so florida who said look you could lose a lot of votes here and as we know florida is a swing state a few 1000 votes here and there could actually sway a very tight presidential election on cardinal allen fashion there for us in washington d.c. thank you very much. staying with venezuela high court judges in the u.k. are hearing the madeira government's bid to force the bank of england to release almost $2000000000.00 worth of its gold the bank has held on to $31.00 tons of venezuelan bullion for the past 2 years because of british and u.s. sanctions before we can speak to some negotiate in london for us so now what arguments will the court likely be hearing today. well for start you've had

the opening statements from the legal representative of my daughter's board serving the central bank of venezuela and now what he put out in his opening arguments to the court was that the u.k. unequivocally recognizes venezuela's dürer government that's his argument and that of course comes all the way back you have to unpack it from back when the 2018 elections took place and the british reaction to that as well as that of the other 50 or so countries who recognized though as the constitutional interim leader of venezuela now at the time we if you remember of course the you had the opposition parties which abstained from from that particular election because of the vote rigging that was alleged to have taken place during that time as well the foreign secretary at the time jeremy hunt then put forward

the ukase a recognition as for why though to be the interim leader of that but in court today the legal representative of my daughter's board of the p.c.b. said that even though there had been this proclamation had been made by the u.k. government the u.k. still continued to deal with venezuela it continued to have what it said full normal reciprocal diplomatic relations with that in mind as well they're also allegations that even though there are there was a statement that was made where it recognized white though it did not unrecognized maduro to be the president of venezuela which is going to be obviously the fundamental crux of their legal argument as well as that and of course this comes a time when the the. legal statements are also trying to push the u.k.

into the bank of england rather as being playing a sort of stalemate on this at a time when there is a pandemic hitting a country which was already suffering a humanitarian crisis beforehand the stars yeah it's an egg or there for us in london watching court proceedings thanks very much sanya now a syrian doctor living in germany has been arrested for alleged crimes against humanity has been identified as n. and is accused of torture at a prison in syria and 2011 dominic cain has more from. the offenses that this individual is suspected of having committed relate to the period of time in the 1st year of the syrian civil war specifically to the last few days of october the start of november 2011 when this individual was working as a doctor at a hospital in the city of homs people have come forward here in germany to say that

the individual concerned mistreated maltreated and indeed tortured in their words an inmate at the prison at that time prosecutors here are using the testimony of 2 of the witnesses who spoke to them to proceed against this individual who was taken into custody on friday this individual has been working as a doctor in germany since coming here in 2015 what makes this case interesting is that in acting against this individual the german authorities are using the principle of universal jurisdiction which governs certain serious offenses crimes against humanity war crimes that sort of thing in this case as i said the witnesses say that the offenses that this doctor carried out in 2011 were tantamount to torture and it's on that basis that the german authorities are proceeding against him. human rights groups are warning that freedom of expression in lebanon is under

threat they say defamation laws are increasingly being used to silence critics of the leadership xenophobia has more from beirut. it was a symbolic protest against laws that make it illegal to criticize politicians dozens gathered outside the justice palace in lebanon's capital after a wave of arrests that began with the birth of a movement against the establishment since october at least 100 activists have been detained what happened since the 70 that we're told were it was a very big oppression campaign. designed to suppress freedom of expression in london on this country has escalated recently they have been gathering outside police stations whenever an activist or protesters held at times they violently clash with security forces and more often than not it's their campaign that secures a release among them michelle who was taken in for posting a video online criticizing president bashar and leadership. people are committing

suicide dying from hunger and deprived from their money in banks instead of searching for those who talk bad about you ask why they are doing. lebanese law criminalizes different nation against public officials with certainties of up to 2 years for insulting the presidency but rights groups say these laws are big used by the powerful against their critics their ratings at which. increased by more than 300 percent as the government as allegations of corruption began to surface and become our permanent and public discourse we have started to use wanted to crack down on the public to say protests against the political class accused of driving lebanon's economy to the ground recently turned into riots authorities are promising a tougher a response. when it comes to vandalism and planned to take what they called

preemptive operations to prevent further violence this is raising concern among those demanding accountability and the change of leadership this is part of. the police day they are trying to implement even the prime minister said this is not a good option. which is by the good terms that can be suppressed by army force those in power are being accused of creating an atmosphere of fear while they may have intimidated some of their opponents others say they refuse to be saddam's 700. now the remains of some of the many victims of the us invasion of panama 31 years ago have been experienced relatives are hoping the 1000 bodies can be identified as part of a government investigation into how they were killed and thought hundreds perhaps thousands were killed and dumped in mass graves reports. enjoyed and has symmetry in panama city

a government forensics team digs up 19 bodies their work is meticulous and detailed . the unidentified bodies were dumped in a mass grave during the invasion by u.s. troops in 1989 later they were laid to rest in this cemetery. but hundreds of victims' families haven't been able to rest since knowing their relatives were missing when again more calls a humble we've been working hard for 30 years making every effort to find in a piece because we know the pain of having a family member missing perhaps not everyone has the opportunity to know the whereabouts of their loved ones but we're doing everything we can. relatives wanting hosier have campaigned for years to have every person killed an invasion found and identified. it's 31 years since the u.s. sent 27000 troops by and. and and see. relations between the countries deteriorated

as u.s. president george h.w. bush accused panamanian leader general manual of drug trafficking money laundering and election rigging. noriega surrendered and spent the rest of his life in custody in the us france and eventually back home in panama under house arrest panama's government says at least 500 panamanians were killed during the invasion but human rights groups say the true total is in the thousands prompting the previous government to establish a commission to investigate primary work and this is that it's necessary for the current government to continue financing the investigation for at least another year and to not use the pandemic as an excuse not to that would be a big mistake and a repeat of what our government has been doing for 30 years i deliberately attempt to hide the real figures of how many people actually died and who they are we need to know the true effect of a deed as dramatic as this invasion. the legacy of the 6 week

invasion is still felt today with the panamanians calling on the government to declare the invasion day on december the 20th as national day of mourning so high that al-jazeera. now donald trump says the decision to remove a statue of one of his predecessors is ridiculous president theodore roosevelt's monument has been shifted from the american museum of natural history in new york the city's mayor approved its removal for explicitly depicting black and indigenous people as subjugated and racially and feria it's the latest actually with links to slavery to go following the outcry against the police killing of george floyd last month. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports a 2nd tennis player tests positive on the coronavirus following a controversial series of events in the balkans.

the all . that's not looking good for the last remaining tropical rain forests in southern mexico more than 90 percent of the luck and on a jungle has been cut down to make way for farming as manner of how to reports from chapel state more forest is being lost every year despite conservation efforts. this is the moment is a solace jungle reserve 3312 square kilometers of unspoiled tropical rainforest. is where they were so this ecosystem is very bio dad was it's home to need

a hall full of bird species in mexico and one 3rd of all mammals and butterflies stews but the losses been immense more than 90 percent of the ecosystem we had has been lost and we don't know for a better sense of how much of the forest has been destroyed we plodded a flight path to survey the jungle near mexico's border with guatemala. here human development has moved right to the edge of the forest and in many cases settlements are clearly visible far beyond the limits of the reserves evidence of illegal exploitation of natural resources is also clear as day settlements like these are referred to as invasions by the indigenous like and on a minor whose presence here dates back hundreds of years and look at it in the park they're there and they're trying to steal the land away the law comes on people do not agree with the normalization of this invasion the government should intervene and relocate them. the moment this is who is reserve is the heart of the luck and on a rain forest the largest in north america it represents the most important regulator

of the climate in this region. if the world were travelling along the loch and doing remember one of the most important waterways in this part of mexico scientists refer to this entire region as one big water factory 30 percent of all surface fresh water found in mexico is produced by the like and don't rain forest. the like and don't hold any measurable wealth of natural resources for species like the scarlet macaw survival depends on the watchful eye of conservationists. one of the biggest threats rare animals face is from the illegal wildlife trade and. in the past there was a large population of mccollum's extending across several mexican states but due to the destruction of the ecosystem this is now the last wild population found in the uk and in jungle. in 2018 the mexican government launched an initiative aimed at reducing deforestation by providing economic incentives for people who live near

the edge of the jungle but for many here likely god what these are simply more money to be made raising cattle in which people have said that i should plant hardwood trees but i asked them how long would i have to wait for the tree to see in my children disco i feel more secure with my castle and if i need money tomorrow i just sell a cow. like other threatened ecosystems in mexico and across the planet the future of this diminishing wilderness depends on the battle between the efforts of conservationists and the forces of development. is a soulless biosphere reserve. well it is now time for us forces here that thank you so much the stars here will a 2nd leading tennis player has tested positive for corona virus following a controversial series of events in the balkans the major it's always organized by novak djokovic is the latest player to confirm he's got the virus grigor dimitrov has also tested positive djokovic organize the torments in serbia and croatia

necrosha had ease lock down measures before the most recent event many players didn't have to observe strict social distancing rules djokovic she's asian descent the world number one will be tested soon now in a statement courage said hi everyone i wanted to inform you that i have tested positive for coverage 90 i want to make sure anyone who's been in concert with me during the last few days gets tested i'm really sorry for any harm i may have caused i'm feeling well and don't have any symptoms. now nascar has launched an investigation after a noose was found in that same carriage of bubble wallace the only black driver in the us racing series the news was found on sunday before the race in alabama was cancelled due to poor weather nascar's pledge to do everything possible to find out who was responsible just 2 weeks ago wallace successfully campaigned to get the confederate flag banned from all racing venues the move came amid a global protest against the death of george floyd in police custody but wallace wrote on his twitter page today's despicable acts of racism and hatred leaves me

incredibly saddened and serves as a painful reminder of how much further we have to go as a society this will not break me i will not give in nor will i back down the confederate flag with a banner define that nascar was also flying above the racetrack flags were also being sold outside the venue in protest against the baron well earlier on we spoke to the u.s. sports broadcaster michael colson he believes nascar is attempting to move beyond its traditional fan base. nascar is a particularly southern centric sport stock car racing in the states has always been biggest in the states of the former confederacy and there has been a feeling for many years that the confederate flag as a symbol of rebellion or of history or whatever is out of place in general american society and i think you get a good idea of what it truly stands for by the idea that someone would leave

a noose in his in his team seemed erasure on his car symbol of lynching symbol of the years of jim crow in the united states and violence toward black men you know ever since the slaves were freed in 865 nascar attendance and t.v. viewership has been falling somewhat in the past few years and it's hard to determine whether that's a result of just lessened interest in their core area or whether it's that by expanding into the rest of the united states and they're trying really hard to spread stock car racing into other areas of america whether that still looted the product somewhat or creates a lack of interest over all by banning the confederate flag they're saying that we're moving to a position that is acceptable through the whole united states oh manchester city needs a big bunny lights runs a feather the light levels push to secure the premier league title 2nd place city

trial of a poll by 23 points city's manager expects next season's hostler rice to be a lot closer just going as. we saw the last video. united make a step for what it was going to read or. a lot of injured players that the. experience might as a. the 4 were held to a goalless draw by everton in their 1st game back of city drop points against burnley liverpool can take the title with a win against crystal palace on wednesday and other estimated. pre-season hired weeks or released 2 games in 3 days or that's why we have to begin with. before we have problems to try to get you know it will be as brown would have gone top of spain's league they now lead barcelona on

goal difference after winning on sunday they paid real sociedad say want sit around moss and karim benzema getting the goals in that case. you know we have not achieved anything yet we still have 8 games to play we only got 3 wins that's 9 points but we know it's going to be complicated until the end of the season because there are many good teams in the league. and in some have made a winning return to action in syria following the league's coronavirus hiatus and they are beating some doria to a one on sunday thanks to goals from only lukaku and the turmoil seen as. interest title challenge have faltered before the season was suspended. this win however tight is their grip on said place they are 6 points behind the latest events. ok more sport from a throughout the day but that is how it is looking for stars right thanks so much andy well that's it for me in a star this news out but don't go away i'll be back here in just

a few minutes with more of the day's news day stay with us on i was there. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president george washington said if you want peace prepare for the coming war on china talked one on

a just. after . kenyan journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice i hope of seeing very discreet situations where someone seeks but they cannot afford being clean and investigating government corruption and the national health care system for some of their transactions with united because. of money that is unexplained to africa on some sets and publish will see that some people don't want to publish even if it doesn't work the oscar truth is

it anyway on al-jazeera. be the hero of world news. washington. new york city reopens restaurants and offices but coronavirus banks elsewhere push daily infections in the u.s. to levels last seen nearly 2 months ago. and i get the attain the says al-jazeera live from out while headquarters here and also coming up. anger in brazil as cover 1000 deaths 625-0001 the wild west of day some new infections prompting a warning. the greatest threat we face now is more the point of suit so there's

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