that's. al jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm coming up in the next 60 minutes the corona virus outbreak worsens in the south and west of the u.s. plans to ease lock down restrictions in texas are put on hold. of tons of shareholders approve a $10000000000.00 rescue package that will get the german government a 20 percent stake in the airline. a day off to republican bill was blocked in the senate debate begins in the house of representatives on legislation to reform the

u.s. policing trip advisor has accused the profiting from war crimes and urged to stop advertising listings for sites on occupied palestinian lands. and in sport australia new zealand of won the rights to host the 2023 women's world cup . to join big b. to colombia and avoid world governing body fees. welcome to the news hour we begin in the united states where texas has halted the phased easing of virus restrictions following a sharp rise in infections a record one day rising cases was reported across the country on wednesday almost 37000 cases were confirmed that's the highest number since the start of the pandemic cases had been on

a downward trajectory since late april but they've roared back in recent weeks after restrictions were the resurgence is concentrated largely in the south and west more than 2300000 americans have been infected and about 122000 have died. well florida is one of the states experiencing a significant increase in cases officer easing lockdown restrictions more than 100000 infections have been reported but the state's governor is defending his reopening strategy after gallagher reports from miami. some call this a reckless reopening others a much needed reboot of the economy florida's now shouted its own record with over 5000 new code 1000 cases reported in a single day state officials say increased testing is partly responsible for the alarming surge in a state where over 3000 people have lost their lives since reopening florida's seen younger people infected increased hospital admissions and less social distancing

all of which doctors say shows a dangerous trend it's truly an increase in the percent of. who are becoming infected fires and that serious and it will infect anybody any age any belief system any political. viewpoint whatever the virus doesn't care about any of that it simply wants to get a one. republican governor on dissenters has issued orders on social distancing and reducing occupancy at newly opened businesses but has refused to mandate the use of masks i think we just got to trust people that you know given the opportunity to do it do to do the good things i take it make good decisions i think that that tends to work better then to mandate this mandate that here in miami dade county officials are taking a different approach now requiring masks to be worn in public at all times they say

those rules are 0 tolerance the message here then is one of enforcement and not guidance although there's no talk of a 2nd shutdown other critics accuse the governor of manipulating data to make the case for reopening florida's economy one former employees now bill. own coronavirus website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who manually gone in and changed to just say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's because it did. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the corona virus and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida indio has also seen a record number of new virus infections for

a 2nd consecutive day with almost 17000 reported in just the last 24 hours the country now has over 473000 cases and almost 15000 people have died after contracting the disease the capital new delhi is causing a major concern and authorities will carry out a home screening over the next 2 weeks the government predicts cases in the capital could expand to more than half a 1000000 by late july europe has seen an increase in weekly virus cases for the 1st time in months the world health organization says several countries are experiencing accelerated transmission of the virus which could have dire consequences last week it up so an increase in weekly cases for the 1st time in months 4 weeks i have spoken about it is over the surgeon's as good crease just measures in civil could push across europe these risks has no

become reality. nigeria's corona virus outbreak could purse 5000000 people into poverty as it triggers the worst recession in the country in decades the world bank says the shock of the pandemic and the global oil price crass has been devastating for africa's largest economy nigeria also has the highest number of people living in extreme poverty in the world and has not recovered from another recession in 2016 more than 22000 virus cases and 500 deaths have been reported in nigeria so far. germany is the 2nd largest airline in europe has secured a $10000000000.00 government rescue package the airline had been on the verge of bankruptcy because of the drop in passenger demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic their alliance shareholders voted to back the deal it'll mean the government takes a 20 percent stake so many cane has more from berlin board members of tons say that they 'd have been hemorrhaging

a 1000000 euros an hour during the worst moments of the pandemic that has afflicted the world from their perspective this bailout is the thing that will keep them from bankruptcy they needed to persuade the holders that this was the way forward that the government plan was the way forward the government which will be taking a 20 percent stake in the shares of the company investing almost $10000000000.00 to do that so it's no surprise therefore that the news that 98 percent of the shareholders had endorsed this plan for the government to take that stake was greeted by the man behind it the finance minister the social democrat all of shots . does his per kid despondence to the rescue package it takes a legitimate interest to text that is because that is very important to me this investment must not be to the detriment of the public service the government insists it will prevent a hostile takeover. and will send 2 people to the seats of the supervisory board.

that has also pledged to renew its fleet to make it more efficient and environmentally friendly. the other hurdle they still have to get past was the e.u. itself would this infringe impinge upon the state aid rules that apply across the the institution across the continent the e.u. the european commission has said no it does not which means on the face of it this deal can go forward but other airlines have expressed real issues about some of the elements associated with this deal saying they will try to prevent it but for now at least in germany there is a sigh of relief from ministers and perhaps from lufthansa but they've been able to stave off the immediate threat of bankruptcy. europe's biggest budget airline ryanair will challenge the european commission's approval of bailouts so ryan air has also has also filed a complaint to trust regulators about alleged talks between the towns as italian

units air dollar miti and the 3 other airlines to fix prices the complaint cites a legit price fixing in austria as well so the current virus pandemic continues to hit the airline industry hard and $40.00 major airlines including emirates and british project flyer easy jets have temporarily grounded their entire fleets some borders have reopened recently but the number of people passing through airports has fallen 92 percent on the international air transport association believes airlines this year will lose 84000000000 dollars. australia's largest airline is laying off thousands of its stuff as it tries to survive the pandemic nicholas cage has war. right now qantas is meant to be celebrating its 100th anniversary instead it's dealing with the biggest cross' in its history the australian national airline has fired 6000 stuff and another 15000 workers will stay on leave for months

this crisis is still here very very hard and the impact will be felt for a long time particularly i'm sorry to say the impact on our people. with borders closed and flights grounded quantas says the ongoing collapsing global air travel left it no choice but to cut 20 percent of its workforce it's a huge setback for the aviation industry $100.00 planes will be grounded for at least a year with a stroller as international borders predicted to remain closed for tourists potentially into next year not english just next financial year july next year we may start seeing some international services. on against a 50 percent union groups have strongly criticized the cuts quantas officials hope to save $10000000000.00 over 3 years is a lot for medi restructuring and change the culture because it's

a sea alliance or at java enough to see the opportunities that it will bring that will survive and flourish into the future the losses come after his trial his 2nd largest airline virgin was placed into what's called voluntary administration in april after it failed to repay billions in d.h. and is happening while unemployment levels are rising because of the pandemic qantas's decision is a signal that the pain from this global health crisis won't be over any time soon nicola gage al-jazeera camera. coming up on the al-jazeera news hour what's in a name companies consider changes to a popular products with offensive titles dozens of a few g.'s finally make it ashore in indonesia after a rescue mission launched by a local fisherman. and sport a new international tournaments is planned for qatar as the country steps up its

preparations for the 2022 world cup. but 1st the u.s. house of representatives is debating a sweeping police reform bill brought by the democrats the legislation would reduce legal protections for officers and would make it easier to prosecute police it will also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force on wednesday a republican bill on police reform was rejected democrats say didn't go far enough this follows nationwide protests calling for change after the death of george floyd . exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i can't really and change the course of history since then here if it day americans from every walk of life and corner of the country have been marching protesting and

demanding that this moment of national agony become one of national action today with the george floyd just just in policing at the house is honoring his life and the lives of all killed by police brutality and pledging never again let's get an update from shihab rattansi he's joining us from capitol hill so how far as this bill likely to go she how. this will probably be we've had several hours of speeches we have will have the vote in a few hours time it's expected to pass down party lines that the democrats are in the majority in the house of representatives and then that will be if in fact not only will that be to the house bill but also just generally it would appear for congressional attempts at reforming the police because as you mentioned the senate bill that even get to the full for debate democrats saying it didn't go far enough and it wasn't worth the worth worth debating so we'll have these 2 competing bills which probably won't go go anywhere the senate majority leader said that once this

bill passes the house he has no intention of bringing it to the floor to the floor of the senate and to be almost police reform in the united states was perhaps always going to be more of a mo cool municipal state based state based operation because that's how how the system works here so we're already seeing some of the elements of this house bill which civil rights leaders have welcomed like making it easier to sue the police force banding chokeholds all these criminalizing chokeholds ending no knock warrants for drug cases that is police officers storming people's houses without any notice these changes can be done on a local level i think the national issue here which is quite significant was the national database the registry that the democrats are proposing for the disciplinary records of police officers that's something that would looks more like a congressionally. measure that would have to be done congressionally that is right

now we have such little transparency that when a police officer is disciplined for for but for bad behavior and one police department they can simply move on to another police department and no one seems to be any the wiser for that sort of thing that the congress can lead on it doesn't seem like we're going to lead on police reform there before the before the next election they've made that they've made their symbolic stand for police reform but it's unlikely to go any further now we look to local and state based reform there i got it she have a chance to thank you for that update from capitol hill. more protests have been held in gaza over israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank there were protests in gaza for a 2nd day following the u.n. security council's meeting with saw israel's plan widely condemned the march was organized by the popular front for the liberation of palestine and hamas is saying that any steps by israel to annex parts of the occupied west bank would be considered a declaration of war the comments came from the spokesman of the organization's military wing after hundreds of protesters in gaza called for hamas to reject

israel's plans for an exception in the long haul up there that the below her the top of the israeli plane is the biggest gift to palestinian land indicates the project of the resistance is to remove the occupation from the lens of historic palestine we won't talk much we won't make more statements we same words that are limited and clear which the occupation in those who stand behind it need to understand very well the resistance considers this decision a declaration of war and i'll post a 1000000 people the resistance in this war will be the loyal and trustworthy god in defending ill people in the land and holy shrines to make israel regret bitterly its criminal decision to apply its sovereignty to parts of the will spark. an amnesty international is condemning trip advisor for featuring listings an illegal israeli settlements built on occupied palestinian land the rights group calls the practice shameful and says promoting attractions on occupied land means profiting

from war crimes it's urging trip advisor to remove the listings israel says it will push forward with plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank as early as next week saddam has as is the deputy regional director for the middle east and north africa at amnesty international and i spoke with him a little earlier on. trip advisor has not responded to his that we've sent 2 or 2 actions that we've. requesting they released this time we've collected more than 300000 signatures from from activists and people who care about human rights from all around the world demanding that trip advisor stops. at this very critical time when israel is increasing 2nd effectivity expanding maintain in maintaining and expanding settlements and looking towards grabbing more of palestinian land in the occupied west bank right also we know that

earlier this year the un itself published a database listing more than a 100 companies which include a trip advisor as well as booking dot com an air b.n. b. has anything changed since the publication of these reports. unfortunately not i mean we haven't seen any positive change and it seems like these companies have no shame trip advisor continues to promote settlements and settlement businesses. which mean they continue to promote this possession of palestinians uprooting them from their homes and maintaining the human rights crisis that exists right now in the occupied west bank give an example of. archeological site of for example the city of david in the occupied east jerusalem. these sites are run by settlers they have subtler organizations that are behind them in the case of. the people of socio been living there for decades have been uprooted from their lands and. now

live across the road in makeshift homes made out of. tents basically and. other kind of in a makeshift structures without water without electricity with destruction slated for demolition by the israeli authorities and fleecing constant harassment and violence by the settlers who live in the site trip advisor is promoting trip advisor is making profits trip advisor responded by saying that we understand that this issue is a sensitive matter with cultural and political implications that this thing of our property our business on trip advisor does not represent our endorsement of that establishment and you're saying this time around you have not heard or got a response from trip advisor no we were at the visor 3 times and i think with the response to dodging the question. there is international consensus it is international law these settlements that they are promoting on their website that

they're making profit off of and they're normalizing for tourists and trip advisor 2nd most visited site for tourists coming to israel and palestine so by promoting these illegal entities they're 'd normalizing it so they're dodging the question they are basically making war crimes a tourist destination and they should stop doing that immediately as 1st up. the letters that we've been sending them. well the battle against coronavirus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the united arab emirates the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the countries will work together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u.a.e. doesn't formal diplomatic relations with israel let's get reaction from below he's the editor of arab digest he's joining us from london thanks for your time what is your reaction to this partnership. well my reaction is i'm not surprised. we got to

be in particular has been working a cigarette slate to cultivate relations with the israelis i mean you go back to 2018 that you know tournaments where israeli athletes were allowed to participate in the last year or say look military hardware with 3000000000 to be from the israelis in may of course the hard flew in with cope with 19 no medical medical support for the palestinians but they blew in to tell a be the 1st time that it happened this is all part of really i think wouldn't affect the soft policy approach that. the crown prince of public has been conducting for quite a long time with the israelis so i can't say i'm surprised i think it is covert night gene it's it's quite a it's quite an effective move and the fact that netanyahu announced it takes some

of the heat off of him covert 19 is becoming more of a problem now in israel and certainly it is a threat than it was i and the west bank so you know you look at and you think well both. binyamin netanyahu who is as you just stated looking at this an exaggeration coming up quite an affective maneuver well it's ok ok let's just drill down a little bit here ok for netanyahu he's made it no secret that he wants warmer ties with arab countries so this could be seen as a political win for him but for the u.a.e. what does the u.a.e. get out of this. well i mean that the u.a.e. wants to have closer relations with the israelis that something they've been working on for a long time and this is a way to do it going gosh the secular state but foreign affairs a spoke to an american jew at the american jewish committee last week and he came out in particular against an exaggeration this week netanyahu says well you know

the emirates are helping us out with that with the quote situation so it's a kind of give and take here i think when push comes to show that there are already will allow this an exaggeration to go through the car company things up they want to do business with the israelis the goal was to do business with the israelis and the palestinians are simply caught in this terrible bind between this really major commercial and political pull that the israelis have been very effective in playing and i have to say that the immoralities and particularly that has been very effective in playing it but even though the they the ambassador of the u.a.e. ambassador to washington 2 weeks ago wrote an opinion piece in an israeli newspaper and this is what he said when it comes to the issue of an excess and an excess and will definitely an immediately reverse all of the israeli aspirations for improved security economic and cultural ties with the arab world and the united arab

emirates so now there is this an exception that's looming yet this partnership announced with the u.a.e. what does the u.a.e. do then if israel actually goes ahead with this antics a sense. well you know the them. mr tenet is again a very effective he's the senior arab embassador in washington i think there was a certain amount of posturing there i think it was required on the part of the m.r. audience to to make some noise about the an exaggeration in terms of what this does that yes of course they are audi's will be put in somewhat of an awkward place but no one is stepping up to the plate no one drum the arab region from the arab street is speaking up really on equivocally in support definitively in support of saying no this must not happen and we will not allow it to happen that sort of language is not emerging we're hearing from jordan obviously jordan's in a very difficult situation with this all and it's a shame proposal it threatens that dolla in many ways but by and large the the the

whole direction of travel is to let this man exactly in some form because then you know it may not do a full on exaggeration at this stage but in some form to let this proceed in order to achieve this broader goal that the gulf states particularly want that israel wants and of course they see that as part of the arrangement if you will against their own so so these forces are pulling together for commercial interests for security interests and as i said the palestinians yet again get stuck in a very very unpleasant and difficult place and are at practically abandoned yet again all right below we'll leave it there thank you for joining us from london. pakistan international airlines has grounded a 3rd of its pilots after an investigation found they cheated to get their licenses the fraud came to light after a during rather an investigation into

a plane crash that killed 97 people in may the crash was caused by human error osama bin job or. are different his brother was among the victims in last month's plane crash in pakistan 98 people were killed when a pakistani international airlines flight went down in the southern city of karachi i think holds the airline responsible. for the nigga get on then get more than days of our my for that also died of the shock and grief pakistan in the civil aviation caused this tragedy which was avoidable have the government taken action after all the previous crashes. there have been at least 10 plane crashes in pakistan in the past 17 years preliminary investigations suggest the crash in may was caused by human error investigators found the pilots were discussing the coronavirus pandemic minutes before attempting to land and reportedly ignored instructions by the air traffic controller. the investigation also cast doubts of the pilot training i seem

to do has come under the spotlight after the aviation minister revealed the one in 3 of pakistan's pilots have acquired licenses through fraud are. past 30 out of $860.00 pilots there are $262.00 i senses in the exams are dubious it includes b i and other private airlines some are also employed by international airlines through their job got over 150 pilots have been grounded immediately and inquiries initiated against the rest of the supreme court has asked the civil aviation authority to clarify the situation within 2 weeks of the pilot said they are shocked and are calling for a thorough investigation why were they renewed every year why would they even issue this is a big. on behalf of fox on airline pilots association we do not in the worst we do not accept any dubious method in a painting this license so we definitely then learned. a transparent inquiry into

this and we should we should be informed who these people are and all the people involved whether they are in the civil aviation authority or the individuals involved experts believe corruption within pakistan deviation industry runs much deeper in many cases i've corrupt pilot's license is that i've seen that as being institutional corruption and there's just several disconnections within the system that usually takes investigators go through everything with a fine tooth comb later on find out during his election campaign prime minister in non-con had promised wide ranging reforms and transparency in the running of the national carrier but 2 years on it has been no major changes to combat and demick corruption it's not just the pilot claiming false economic credentials is a much wider issue in pakistan even the minister who revealed the dubious license holders was himself suspended previously for holding a fake diploma in the crash investigation has recommended scrutiny and now this is

of a coup records related to fitness licensing training records and information about crew shuttling and rest periods during the previous month but the families of the victims say they are no closer to justice they are demanding that those responsible for ignoring passenger safety be held accountable for some of the job it how does their. still to come on the al-jazeera news hour a stolen treasure senegalese fishermen criticize the government for giving away deep sea fishing rights with protesters from the street and unemployment soaring lebanon's president warns there is an atmosphere of civil war and sports is the english league title on its way back to liverpool for the 1st time in 30 years and he will be here a little later with that story and more. how

i would still have plenty of heat across much of europe a size of that heat wave breaking as we go through the next couple days thundering down poles i will roll through as you go through the next day or so and that will help those temperatures to not back down as been uncomfortably warm and also humid of course we're hanging on to the showers across the eastern parts of you some of the very heavy as well czech republic slovenia pushing up into parts of poland as we go on through friday i saw so that's a wetter weather the thundershowers which will gradually make their way across the western policy as we go on through friday franzl seeing some heavy downpours too that will make its way further race was the low countries seeing some very heavy showers possibility some localized flooding here say that a guy with a thundery down poles temps just pick back to around $21.00 celsius in london for sas they often still warm humid and thundery over tools east and possibly 30 celsius to redraw the into ukraine and down across southern parts lots of sunshine pretty much everywhere lots of sunshine to across northern parts of africa we have

got the usual showers just stay around the heart of africa rolling off the ethiopian hadas big downpours for a time into southern parts of nigeria maybe into a cameroon as well and those showers drift all the way across much of the west. from young idealist. to revolutionary thing. from political activism to incarceration in part one of a 2 part documentary suv edges you explores the single minded journey. of the 1st leader of an independent bosnia herzegovina. as a bag of. from prisoners to present on jersey. his country's begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few. weeks in front of the neighborhood and

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almost 37000 confirmed cases international airlines continue to be hit hard by the pandemic germany's lufthansa has signed a deal to secure a $10000000000.00 government rescue package australia's qantas is laying off $6000.00. u.s. house of representatives debating a sweeping police reform bill brought by the democrats the legislation would reduce legal protections for officers and make it easier to prosecute police. unilever's renaming its line of skin whitening creams because of growing backlash the fair and lovely products have long been criticized for promoting negative connotations to darker skin the company's branch in india says it's dropping the word fair but it's not abandoning the line altogether branding from several companies has been increasingly criticized in the wake of the black lives matter movements. pseuds is a lawyer and women's rights advocates in new delhi she says changing the name

doesn't address the wider problem. in many ways the product is is a problem and the fact that these products exist but better to eat certain kinds of discrimination in society but the marketing and the branding of the product. can perhaps even be said to have a larger in fact on how fanous and darkness of skin up a seat in society and that's a large source of the discrimination oh so it's not as if it's not as if the packaging or the promotion of the product is irrelevant but i think a lot of it depends not just on even we even if you are addressing just the promotional lawn. just draw changing the name isn't going to help it doesn't for instance make a difference that you change the name. if you are still going to know your advertisement are still going to gust light skinned models or you know the

narrative is still going to be that lighter skinned people are considered more beautiful you know so even in terms of changing just the promotion and branding it has to do much more than changing the name but on president is warning there's a not this fear of civil war in the country michelle han was addressing a national dialogue about the economic crisis but the opposition boycotted the meeting meanwhile protesters are back on the streets fed up with the rising unemployment and widespread poverty reports from beirut. this meeting was supposed to be about national unity but an opposition boycott showed the deep divisions in a country on the verge of financial collapse lebanon's president michel hollande was hoping to resolve a political impasse that has led to violent protests that turned sectarian. i was hoping this gathering will be the beginning of a board national. committee will be formed between. political factions the

legitimate protesters and. a waste of time pro-west opposition described the gathering they believe their onetime partners who belong to the iranian syrian camp want cover as they seek financial assistance from the international community. it's just a photo opportunity and nothing more they want to show a united face we are not obliged to take part. those who lost face in politicians across the divide we're in the streets they have been calling for new leadership to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis the local currency has lost 75 percent of its value on the black market since october. reply to the. government. situation now is much worse the government came to power in february after the previous one resigned after

months of protests little has changed since the government baycol itself in the pan and but it has bowed to pressure from political parties that appointed it it doesn't have support from the arab world and the united states and the west in general says much needed reforms to fix state corruption and waste are needed before it decides to work with the boy. civil society groups have been trying to push out the political class they blame for corruption and running the economy into the ground are now reaching out to the international community the challenges. we have lost almost our relationships we need to take down this whole study sh'ma and. carry out the transparent elections. it hasn't been an easy fight those in power are refusing to cede control but their

invitation to dialogue is seen as an indication that they can't govern alone that of beirut. the 2nd largest ebola outbreak on record as of over after nearly 2 years and more than 2000 deaths the epidemic broke out in the eastern democratic republic of congo and $28.00 seen efforts to tackle the virus were hampered by rebel groups operating near the ugandan border. and an antiviral drug developed to treat a bowl of patients will now be widely available in europe to treat patients with covert 19 european medicines agency has recommended conditionally approving the drug for adults and adolescents over 12 who are also suffering from pneumonia and require oxygen support it's now on track to become the 1st therapy for corona virus on the continent's nearly $100.00 refugees including 30 children have been rescued by fishermen off the indonesian coast it was initially unclear if the group would

be allowed to disembark well locals took matters into their own hands and help the survivors to safety just a washington reports from jakarta. after enduring so much fear finally some kind of facing an uncertain future about whether or not they would be allowed to enter into the asia local people in this community carried the ring of refugees from this boat and into safety. the group had spent weeks possibly months at sea old and young all crammed together and sharing the same trauma local fisherman found them earlier this week in a sinking boat in the waters around the province of. the fisherman had tried to transport the group but their engine failed so they sent others to tow them to shore as they approached the shore on wednesday it was already dark some thora he's had even considered moving back to sea this is a bit of what planning to fix the boat and will then give them all the just didn't

will push them away from intonation territory guarded by the navy the local community and human rights groups disagree. under international law in the least. risky people at risk of serious harm and refusing to risk. traumatised. dangerous waters are going to meet international for years raising their refugees have tried to reach indonesia and malaysia by boat fleeing atrocities in myanmar the intonation government says its policy has always been to work with other countries in the region to stop what it calls unsafe journeys and facilitate the voluntary repatriation offering of refugees the indonesian foreign minister says the government will take steps to stop boat journeys like these. and this unitary and consideration

if there's a match of the sea. and this time we will conquer to work. in that region that is various make enemies in. majors as well as to then. to see journey at trum a country of. just walk that emergency assistance from the government entails is unclear but the community in a is already showing its compassion and willingness to help jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. russians have started casting their ballots in a 7 day vote on sweeping reforms that could clear the way for president vladimir putin to stay in power until 2036 the votes taking place despite concerns over safety during the pandemic and criticism that putin's already been in power it's too long one of the main constituent over forms constitutional reforms rather would

allow him to run for the presidency again in 2024 if reelected putin would serve 2 more consecutive 6 year terms in the kremlin or the president's about a ruse has accused russian and polish forces of meddling in the country's presidential election campaign alexander lukashenko says he wants to raise the issue in direct talks with russian president vladimir putin but the kremlin has denied the allegations faces the strongest challenge in years to hold his hold on power in the august election frustration is mounting over his response to the coronavirus pandemic and the state of the economy. well the korean war broke out 70 years ago it has never officially ended leaving tension between the north and the south a ceremony to mark the anniversary has been held on an air base and sure one near seoul as calls continue for peace robert pride has more.

at a military base outside seoul a service of commemoration the remains of south korean soldiers recovered from battlefield sites in north korea finally being returned for re burial with full military all. come north we do not have any intention to force our system on north korea we pursue peace and intend to live well together before speaking of unification i hope that we can become friendly neighbors 1st. throughout the korean peninsula this is a time of remembrance in seoul the unveiling of a monument in the shape of a traditional moon jar to symbolize the 2 koreas forged together in harmony but when they make a move they make bottom 1st and then up later and then they go through a killing by oh it's like just like a korean war it incorporates children's art from the 22 countries who contributed to the u.n. force that came to the defense of south korea 7 decades on soul is remembering that

sacrifice by distributing masks to surviving veterans to keep them safe during the global pandemic. appreciation for their devotion of veterans under the u.n. flag who came to our rescue when saskia was in crisis 70 years ago recent into korean tensions are a reminder of the war's continuing legacy but improving relations in the last couple of years have resulted in more victims being exist and identified at the day john national cemetery several families finally have closure the remains of south korean soldiers killed in the war a laid to rest after d.n.a. matching with their living relatives they were found in an excavation of a battlefield site on the border separating the 2 koreas leiber ne was a young mother with a baby son when her husband kim jingo was killed just weeks before the war sending

953. you know never should a thing like a korean war ever happen again that's what my mother and i are firmly believed all this time. the flurry of summit diplomacy between south korea and north korea china in the u.s. had led to hopes of a formal peace treaty instead of simply a cease fire that exists now but the breakdown of those talks means. this is another round of bursaries without the official a ride al-jazeera so. the german finance company wire card has collapsed after disclosing a massive financial hole in its books the organization has been under scrutiny since it declared its $2000000000.00 gap in its accounts cards former boss has since been arrested and accused of inflating the company's finances the business has now filed for insolvency and its sudden demise leaves creditors owed around

$4000000000.00 the chinese tech giant weiwei says it's planning to build a 1.2 $1000000000.00 research and development facility in england's a company says it will employ about $400.00 people and focus on the production of optical devices for use in fiber optic communication systems british officials are reviewing how best to securely deploy weiwei equipment in the country's 5 g. networks after granting the chinese firm on a limited role a limited role in january. china has agreed to delay repayments of debts owed by caste strapped african nations such as senegal struggling in the face of coronavirus meanwhile senegal's governments which is more than a $1000000000.00 in debt to beijing has given chinese companies deep sea fishing licenses that's drawn criticism from local fishermen and environmentalists who say the waters are already overfished. reports from jakarta. if.

they're back tired and hungry after weeks at sea when loading their meager catch in west africa's biggest artists in the fishing port deep in the ocean they say are unmarked vessels carrying tons of fish whose modified describes it as a stolen treasure a catch she can only dream of. but they think. they will but if you don't know it's not the ocean isn't like it used to be but i mean there aren't as many fish and there are too many boats and soon agrees waters depleting fish stocks doing. this in a fishing union accuses the government of favoring chinese vessels instead of protecting local fishermen with the help of senegalese authorities chinese vessels have been allowed to change their flag to the senate in order to fish the country's territorial waters soon amar is a vessel that sailed all the way from china to the western coast of africa. where we export to china and to the. setting of his company but chinese run so we can

ship in senegal has no problem china relies on senegalese fish to feed its population of 1400000000 people indebted in cash crops senegal need chinese money the most who have no agreement with the chinese government there are some chinese fishing vessels but why aren't you asking me questions about the european vessels why stigmatise the chinese they have their interest and we have ours and they are an important partner to senegal and it was. a billions of dollars to china with the economy stalling because of the current virus outbreak people are going hungry president has been calling for african debt to be canceled in order to deal with what the u.n. describes as a looming food crisis china agreed to delay debt repayments most of the fishing vessels in the port of the car are chinese and this crew is getting ready to sail out at sea and out of sight in senegalese territorial waters are deep sea

trawlers fishing illegally and destroying the environment. greenpeace describes these chinese fishing vessels as floating factories they are no match to flies boat scientists predict that within a decade ocean ecosystems will collapse because of rising temperatures and overfishing despite this threat it seems for now the chinese are here to stay because hawke al-jazeera the car. the cloud of dust from africa so hard desert that's been choking the caribbean has now reached cuba people in the capital have on a walk to see the city coated in a yellow glow the use of masks is still mandatory in cuba because of the corona virus but the government's urging people with breasts or issues to stay indoors because of the dust it's expected to linger for a day or so before drifting towards the u.s. . we have in just

a moment on the news hour sports news the women's world cup is heading to the southern hemisphere for the 1st time.

following on let's cross over to andy in doha for the sports hi andy. thank you so much darren will liverpool have won the english league title for the 1st time in 30 years it happened in somewhat anticlimactic fashion 2nd place manchester city had to beat chelsea to keep the title race and a long night at c.u. baldwin for chelsea and liverpool became champions of 7 games left in their season

it's the 19th time the club of won the title means little and now the reigning english european and world champions john barnes was part of the polls last title winning team. about 32nd. excitements not that i've gone down because to be honest with you i knew it was going to happen i didn't think it was going to happen tonight so it's great that it happened but i think it was only 'd a matter of time i don't about lee it's not about tonight's stories about the last night games about what this team has done over 18 months as much as 30 years 4 years ago i would not have thought that we did 4 years so 30 years is a long time but if you asked me 4 years ago whether or not they could get it to the next 4 years i would say no it's going to be another 10 years so it's got quicker than i expected. well despite official restrictions on social gatherings being in place to 2 coronavirus many fans have congregated at liverpool's and field stadium

to celebrate a moment the club last experienced in 1990 now when liverpool won the european champions league last season hundreds of thousands of fans officially join the players in a victory parade it's unlikely such an event could happen this year due to covert 90 broadcaster and liverpool funnier i can sense says most supporters will be too upset. i had a fantastic night from 26 december when they went to leicester and beat them and then i went out afterwards and i had a great night because i felt i could watch the league champions i went to walsh on the 23rd of january and it was phenomenal in the grounds and it was brilliant going home afterwards thursday right back into a little pool. and it was it was tremendous you know when home or 34 am you know it's going to work the next day and really it's because of what the world champions so in the same way that you know we've celebrated this most obvious course to make it to know against manchester united so one feels and everyone goes on forever it's the celebration of it's happens in one sense but also you celebrate it more the

months anyway you celebrate it right the way through you celebrate it when it's one when it's lifted the when you celebrate it again when you reconvene i'm just postponing. a joint bid from australia and new zealand has won the rights to host the 2023 women's world cup they beat colombia in a vote held by football's world governing body thief but was around action when the australian national scene out of the decision to be the 1st time the tournaments been hosted in the southern hemisphere brazil and japan are both pulled out of the bidding race due to the financial impact of coronavirus. the future council has already decided that as of 2023 years of the world cup 2023. there will be $32.00 national teams participating instead of $24.00 so it will become even more global and having a much bigger political impact on the development of women's football.

against not one but. 4 malays here are rejoicing we pleased with what we have been given we know there is work to be done but. pledge to the both of them really is that we will leave no stone unturned to produce the best women's work faith also announcing plans to invest $1000000000.00 in women's football over the next 4 years in its final bid reports said australia new zealand how the infrastructure in place there would make for a commercially successful tournament 12 host cities with 7 in australia 5 in new zealand we've been talking to women's football writer samantha lewis about the growing importance of this events. the women's world cup has become the biggest women's football tournament on the planet based on what we saw last year in france over a 1000000000 people from around the world tuned in to watch that competition domestic you issued records were smashed in places like england france italy and brazil

traditional footballing nations that have taken quite a long time to come around to the women's game stadiums all across france are packed out of the 2019 games and we can expect that 2023 will be the same if not bigger than that and that's sort of why recent reports you wait for officials in particular describing the women's world cup as a development tournament are so disappointing the women's world cup has become the pinnacle of the sport it's a tournament that highlights and celebrates the world's greatest athletes and it shouldn't be patronized or dismissed as a means to an end because it is its own and. also revealing details of a new tournament he held in qatar ahead of the 2022 world cup a 2022 team tournament's will be concerted by arab nations from africa and asia and will be played in december next year as part of the country's preparations for the middle east's 1st world cup qatar just officially opened the 3rd of its 8 world cup

stadiums and both the new york and berlin marathons have been cancelled due to covered 19 the new york marathon which is the largest in the world wishing to be held in november would have been the races $56.00 world marathons have now been canceled this year 2 of the pandemic. ok let's get back to daryn in atlanta. and i thank you very much well the eiffel tower it's one of the world's most best known landmarks as again welcoming visitors after its longest closer since the 2nd world war it was shot in march when france imposed that's coronavirus lock down face masks are compulsory except for children and lifts are off limits for now and visitors will have to use stairs instead but those who want to enjoy views of the french capital are from the very top of the one immense have to wait until later this summer. or you could have online to find out more about that story and all the day's other top stories al-jazeera dot com thanks for watching the news hour we're back in a moment. in

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