and similarities of cultures across the world. some imaginary corner hand out to 0 bringing the news and current affairs that matter tease. out is the. ethiopia agrees not to stop killing its giant without settling a long running dispute over it with egypt and sudan. alexander robin you watch it i was there alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up. we are all in it together and the only way we're going to end it is by ending it together leading us infectious disease expert makes

a plea particularly to young people as infection search in several states also mexico city's police chief is wounded in an assassination attempt he's blaming on the powerful drug cartel and facebook reacts to pressure from users and businesses to clean up hate speech and fake news. welcome to the program the leaders of egypt and sudan say ethiopia has agreed it won't start filling its new mega dam without the 3 countries reaching an agreement on it they've been unable to resolve the increasingly bitter dispute for years now ethiopia's built the renee's holds dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the river niall's water egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on it and fear that their water supplies we put at risk if you have years as a hydropower dam will produce is essential to economic growth al-jazeera has had

a morgan is in sudan's capital khartoum and says there's still much to resolve. it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union including the correct chair of the african union south african president to remote force us to try to bring the 3 sides together after several rounds of talks feel now what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the one dog is that other 3 sides have agreed that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sides saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects so i'm boulder is a senior advisor at the century inter international investigative and policy team and he says the african union has played an important role in ethiopia's decision.

this is a significant happening and i believe that it's a display of the be fair the policy of the international community to leave to live in organizations the leader on of resolving the. problems and in the case of africa this is that african union this is a meeting that was convinced by the president of the african union. and attended by the 3 countries prime minister home to of the supreme prime minister aleutian president as well as other members of the commission wanted him to do the issue of the commission and therefore is sure that africa is willing to dig this road or of resolving them public tragedy with other militants moment because of the same time this was a really you know increasing tensions in the region it seemed to be suggesting that a group resolve to any solution since the it was in this other

a matter of life or death for the people and the country and therefore are so down on and on about are those who intervened to raise a clique on the spot it's a little bit down and find workable solution if you're here is under a lot of pressure to really of lloyd unilateral solutions they are in agreement that 95 percent of your calls from the set of the problems are sorted out in every university asians and therefore it's all to the issue of filling up the dam over the length of time that is needed so that the floor for there is government useful idiot during that period. the number of new covert 1000 infections in the us a surge to another high for the 3rd day running sensing a worsening situation the government held its 1st credit virus taskforce briefing in 2 months and although vice president mike pence remained upbeat talk infectious disease experts warned there's a serious problem al official reports from washington d.c.

rise in cases after almost 2 months away it's back this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different and faced with a surge in cases across the country the white house coronavirus task force faces a renewed threat we're in a much stronger players the truth is we did slow the spread of the curve recent days have brought a record number of infections 16 states are seeing a rising number of cases and infection rates states like texas which had started to reopen no bringing back old restrictions after a 145 percent rise in cases in just 14 days bars closed restaurants cutting capacity public gatherings limited kristen's mayor calls it a crisis the numbers are jumping exponentially and rising fast and we are quickly moving in the wrong direction arizona has no more cases perhaps population than brazil 88 percent of the state's intensive care beds are full doctors see

a health system on the edge and as positive an experience to try to make for each other at some point there's a tipping point and we're hoping we don't already actually say this is tender waiting to explode but i'm thinking that some of that has already been let and that is concerning the man who has played a major role in the white house response had this warning to young people the thing that you really need to realize that when you do that you are part of a process so if you get infected you will infect someone else who clearly will infect someone else we know that happens because the reproduction element of the virus is not less than one so people are infecting other people. and then ultimately you will infect someone who's vulnerable the task force met at the department of health not here at the white house put it see that shows the president's level of engagement with the crisis no the president also said the virus would start to go away in the warmer weather it hasn't one expert saying this

isn't the 2nd wave it's still the 1st alan fischer our visitor at the white house but the most populous state california is one of those sea infections rise cities like san francisco are scrambling to clamp down again and remind people that the virus is still very active and dangerous we are entering into a weekend where so often it's a case of people let their guard down do not be one of those individuals to new to practice physical distance and social distancing if you are going to break with tradition common sense and you're going to invite your neighbors or friends or extended family members over against the advice and counsel of local health directives where a mask practice physical distance see. brazil's government has counted almost 847000 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to 1000 deaths occur with 19

is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers say they're not equipped to handle the outbreak now this could bring the disease banged up and centers in a so-called boomerang effect overall 54000 people are known to have died in brazil . in every argentine the lockdown restrictions have been extended for point as i reason surrounding regions rules of the 2 are due to end on sunday will now stay in place until at least july the 17th now it's putting more pressure on businesses that are barely scraping by 30 has more from the capital. these are not easy times for float in cod in the us and her husband. they own the sun they beat their restaurant in one of scientists but i mean because 1000 prices marion the says there's just not enough business and the restaurants may have to close for good anymore so that we think we come from one crisis after another and we're tired and are feeling it a lot we don't know what's going to happen so we're trying to go day by day trying

to keep things going by selling takeaway as argentines were used to re adopting but it's not easy by this and they read that is not the only restaurant trying to survive there are over 100000 businesses in argentina they're on the verge of collapse. argentina was already struggling with inflation and recession prior to the pandemic and that's one of the reasons why many small businesses are finding it difficult to remain open this restaurant for example is shutting down the onerous road here that they're closing their business because of acquiring. argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a strict lockdown to prevent the spread of disease it's been over 3 months but a recent spike in cases in hard hit areas that include one aside is has convinced the government to extend it even further but imo i know not everyone agrees with what we're doing but we need to do something to stop the amount of contagions money

to make sure there are enough beds and guarantee that all arjun tines get the attention they deserve for many this is a mistake to extend something that has a konami consequences but the world bank says not alberto fernandez that it's the most severe economic crisis since the 1970 s. it's not only argentina but the whole world that is deteriorating because of the pandemic even though some businesses in the city were allowed to reopen in recent weeks they will now have to close their doors again meanwhile authorities are fighting against lockdown fatigue and enormous economic difficulties that have many arjan times on the edge she. says if the government like in other countries covered part of the economic earnings of retailers like myself we would be at home without the concerns that you have with mounting goals and debt that makes you frustrated and on top of that you have to feed your family. the government is giving away cash handouts to help those in need and is assisting businesses but it's not reaching

everyone a major problem in a crisis that has no end in sight. well even in a country as beset by violence as mexico a brazen assassination attempt has shocked the capitol gunman are said to be connected to a drug cartel stormed an upmarket neighborhood firing on mexico city's police chief omar garcia foolish survived but 2 of his bodyguards were killed when will ripple of reports. this sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the mexican capital in the early hours of friday morning when gunmen wielding high caliber weapons attacked mexico city's police chief. the head of public security in mexico city was wounded and there are other deaths in this attack all of this has to do without a doubt with the work being carried out to guarantee peace and security. authorities have confirmed that at least 2 police officers were killed in the shootout as well as one bystander as that has such

a thing that they demand that makes you go see this justice department has confirmed 12 arrests i feel confident the investigation will yield results to find those responsible for ordering this act of aggression or. at least 6 criminal groups are known to operate within mexico city in a tweet following the attack the city's police chief placed the blame on the new generation cartel the hell is going new generation cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the region it was only recently identified as having a presence within the limits of mexico city. the shootout in the mexican capital is only the latest incident of mass violence in the country. on wednesday 16 people were killed in a gunfight between rival drug gangs in the mexican state of sinaloa on monday 15 were killed following an attack on an indigenous village in the state of la haka. despite the ongoing corona virus outbreak battles over control of drug territory

have not lessened and. mexico city. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. laid to rest mourners but a final thought well to burn to use a former president. the celebrations continue for english football champions liverpool and a coach reveals how he's going after all trophies. but . we got some big and lively storms spring up across parts of the u.s. at the moment central areas account as well lots of cloud here just spilling out of central areas of canada down across the plains to the prairies down across the plains right the way down towards the deep south because some showers to just around the eastern seaboard for times and west of weather moving across the midwest and heading towards the northeast in conus and the heavy showers and

a possibility here temperatures well up 32 celsius in new york 34 therefore d.c. into the mid thirty's across central parts of the u.s. is still touching 42 celsius in félix further north some wet weather there to central and western parts of canada on the coast side here 20 degrees or so $21.00 celsius there for seattle the showers continue over towards the mid atlantic states some wet weather also getting dragged in from the gulf of mexico just notice the winds coming across the gulf of mexico so we're polling that's the hardest out of the caribbean they say we got some showers coming in here so that will help to clear the air at long last has been a really nasty week welcome showers coming in across eastern islands as we go on through saturday showers also a possibility for the greater antilles and then to some wetter weather into central america.

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filling its new mega dime until they can settle the dispute says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy but egypt and sudan fear that water supplies will dwindle. also the number of new covert 19 infections in the u.s. has surged to another high for the 3rd day running of the top infectious diseases expert says there is a serious problem i want people to be more careful about restrictions. on brazil's government is counted almost 47000 infections over the past 24 hours close to 1000 deaths everybody is spreading fast to roll in areas where health workers say they must acquit. a lebanese american businessman who was a key witness in the investigation into the u.s. election interference has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sex convictions george nater brought a 14 year old czech boy to the u.s. 20 years ago for sex he also admitted to possessing child pornography they deserve

is to serve as a liaison between russians and members of donald trump's team formed a large part of robert well as report on the 2016 election. the governor of the u.s. state of colorado has ordered an investigation into the death of the man after his encounter with police. start stop. start by rights that you could you being special. a larger mackay was arrested last august 3 policemen applied a type of neck hold on him before injecting him with a powerful sedative he had a heart attack on the way to hospital and was taken off life support a week later the deaths of black people in custody have sparked massive protests against racism and police brutality now facebook is coming under mounting pressure from a wide ranging advertising boycott the stop hate for profit campaign argues the

company hasn't done enough to combat hate speech coca-cola and unilever are just 2 of several large companies that have announced they're pulling that advertising others include varieties on patagonia and north face in response facebook says expanding its advertising policies to ban ads and make false racist claims. and now facebook has announced that it will fly goal posts from politicians that break its rules including those from u.s. president donald trump is we're going to start labeling content. that we find newsworthy that might otherwise violate our policies there's no newsworthy exemption to content that incites violence or suppresses even if a politician or a government official says it if we determine that content may lead to violence or deprive people of their right to vote we're going to take the content down no matter who says it. james warren is executive editor of news guard assigned which

rates credibility of news information sites joins me now from chicago via skype good of you with us back on the program james it does seem that facebook is rolling back its sort of stance because it's coming under more public pressure to act in the face of what other social platforms are already doing. now the huge public pressure and today it came in the form of a slumbering stock price on wall street well big dutch british along the base so we're good sperm you know you were saying that we're yet advertising joining that list so firms that you had mentioned that said this story didn't get much attention today i think it's perhaps because a lot of folks who follow facebook see it as of very characteristic almost minimalist response to criticisms that you tend to be a problem not a leader in this field though they have a self image as a great defender of the 1st amendment they are the total power in the media field

last year even amid the criticism which is very similar to what you're seeing this week their advertising revenues last year 2001001 of something like 27 percent to nearly $70000000000.00 u.s. dollars so soccer knows that he's the king of the hill and he's the gatekeeper and he has the power and i think that desire to wait out most criticism he gets but what the changes he announced today do as lawyers are pretty small but why budge now because facebook has been quite adamant does as mugs a copernican that they wouldn't have to if they didn't need to change but they have . or will it change a little bit and i think it's a combination of tremendous on happiness among their own employees and their sort of mini staff or both and then the fact that major companies are you know. announcing they're getting their advertising that's sad it remains sort of this

absolutely potent vehicle for the political class and the corporate class around the world and i don't think that's going to change in a partly explains the odd relationship suburbs seem to have a president who if you will notice has been far less harsh on facebook as on the other media platforms it's been revealed that they dined at the white house last year and job has a certain sick political self-interest especially in a campaign year which now and surprisingly finds itself way beyond joe biden to stay on good terms because he knows that facebook ultimately is a tremendously tension the problem vehicle for his political advertising and his attacks against joe biden they do seem to see what the reaction is from the white house as the day progresses for the moment to james warren thanks so much for joining us closer to the. the people of baghdad have been celebrating government raids all on the rainy and backed militia groups at least 14 members of the law

were detained by security forces early on friday several rockets also seems to the u.s. accuses a group of attacking bases in iraq the towels its troops. the value of lebanon's currency the lira hit new lows on friday the country's in the grip of an economic crisis that's left nearly half of its population in poverty but people are increasingly having to sell what they own to pay the bills so the holder has more from beirut. licensed exchange shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them are people who need to pay a foreign worker or buy an airline ticket it's a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic trading platform have so far failed they've been trying to fix the price of them. at

a rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so they've been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the lira has lost at least 75 percent of its value on the black market since october nearly 50 percent in the past month many are hurting in a country that is import dependent. my follow to use it to be $750.00 now it was less than $200.00 lebanon needs fresh dollars but money from abroad has stopped flowing in. many war and the exchange rate instability will continue without foreign assistance a return of confidence in the economy and as long as those $200.00 11 2 and worst financial crisis are in power. discussions with the international monetary fund on a bailout have made no progress the political elite the central bank and the banking sector are still arguing over who is responsible for bankruptcy in this state they're also failing to carry out reforms like fighting corruption

a member of the negotiating team resigned in protest it is the state in all its opera that has resigned from its own responsibilities they have a responsibility to do reforms they have a responsibility to take ownership of the losses in the financial system and to ensure the stability of the financial sector it's desperate times up to 45 percent of a nation of nearly 5000000 people live below the poverty line when. people are selling the gold to pay hospital free situation fees and loans on their homes. all the while the state's foreign currency reserves are being depleted we've better stop printing lebanese found them the way to stop doing that is to do economy could reforms because why are we printing lebanese want because we want to finance government expenditure protesters who have been demanding a new leadership for months are losing hope they held a symbolic funeral for lebanon as their country sinks deeper into crisis. beirut

a state funeral has been held for president. thousands gathered in a stadium to bid him farewell. reports. the body of president. arrived before a solemn crowd in the capital the tega thousands of burned even signatories and diplomats paid their final respects it's a difficult period for the ceremony given the wrists of the pandemic the government has been criticized for not putting enough measures to stop the spread of the disease even here social distancing was not observed few people had masks and there were only a few hand washing points at the gates of the stadium. the cause of his death has been equally controversial the government said you can see said died of a cardiac arrest but many baroudi insane clothing medical workers say the cost could have been cold at 19 but that hasn't been confirmed despite the controversies

those who paid tribute said he was a unifying leader and was among those who brought peace to broonzy by signing a deal in 2005 that saw the end of a civil war right you know when you finished your journey on earth you left us in pain with death in our souls and sorrow but many of the room and human rights campaigners say they will remember him as an autocratic president who led an oppressive government things got worse when he decided to run for a 3rd term in 2015 which his opponents said was against the constitution the political fallout led to violence hundreds of people were killed many more fled from the country and the economy didn't recover over the last 5 years he cracked down on the opposition he made sure of international and local media added very difficult to operate in country and he closed the political space and the country

of any influence from outside augustine to a gay disease who was at the stadium at dawn to pay his respects he survived the civil war the 1990 s. and celebrated when a currencies and other armed groups signed a peace deal and. called it taught us to father and united rival to see and hold to ethnic communities he taught us to build community projects with our own hands he built stadiums and hospitals. the late president was laid to rest on the grounds that have been set aside for a monument to victims of the civil war some mourners who came to bury him say they will remember him for the good he did but many others say he leaves behind a tainted legacy katty a locus of again al-jazeera. says he has his sights on more trophies after they won their 1st english league title in more than 30 years lee wellings reports on how club turned things around for the club. hard working and

effervescent record breaking english champions liverpool are the same that reflect the unique personality of their creator yet can clear. cut became famous for his work up to receive don't win but the path to glory started in minds like so many great managers cop was a modest player spending the ninety's with minds as a defender in the 2nd tier of the german bundesliga but he was always capable of something special. the fans still love him and remain proud that his 1st manager's job was at mines no 419 years ago the cobs president says klopp will always have a special bond with them. he's always said he wants to return to mines whenever that is it's the center of his life he spent time here as a player and more or less at the foundation for his career as a coach the connection is very very close i think you know where in germany other as many liverpool fans as the rock here in minds you. that's. ok i know under

mansion i know there are other teams in england but i watch liverpool because the club. everyone likes him no matter where he is and whenever it comes to mind for him going with him soon you will get. caught up quickly demonstrated his ability to in a fight tactically and minds and within 3 years of his appointment the club promoted to the top level of the bundesliga just as important is his ability to motivate and in power he's playing is a positive and pathetic leader the exception not the rule and he understands that some things are more important than football i don't understand politics for an hour is why me ever base camp and have a bench. but the famous small is never far from more for the fans whose knives he's enhanced his success and trophies in london liverpool has been

a joy to fans of mine still for such as unjust is. always still greeted with clap you can talk with him about everything starting from his dog to his wife to football tactics and to the problems of the world and when we met him at anfield he invited us to come to his office for a match and this was a great experience they will build him a monument close to the beatles in liverpool i'm completely sure about the spirit of your means liverpool football but it was born and reminds in this corner of south west germany. al-jazeera minds. the reminder of our top news stories egypt and sudan's ethiopia has agreed to not start filling its need back at them until they can settle the dispute. the dam on

the blue nile is vital for its economy but egypt and sudan fear their water supplies will when. there was have a morgan is in sudan's capital khartoum says as much to resolve. it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union including you correct chair of the african union south african president asked him of course that to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks. you know what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the one dog is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i will repeat it you heard statements from that site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there is only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects the number of new covert 19 infections in the u.s. a surge to another high for the 3rd day running the top infectious disease expert

says there's a serious problem i want people to be more careful about restrictions brazil's government has counted almost 47000 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to 1000 deaths covert 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers saying they're not equipped the fear is that this could bring the disease back to urban centers and so-called boomerang effect because city's police chief has in it was injured in an attempted assassination but 2 of omar garcia half his bodyguards were killed the series blaming one of mexico's most powerful drug gangs and the lebanese american businessman who was a key witness in the investigation into the u.s. election interference has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sex convictions george nater brought a 14 year old czech boy into the u.s. 20 years ago for sex he's also admitted to possessing child pornography those are the headlines what i want east is next to stay with us. kenyan journalists in the

pursuit of press freedom and justice i have seen take this great situation where someone sick about that hope you can afford pain clue that's investigating government corruption and the national health care system some of the transactions asking nigel the killer. of money that is unexplained to africa uncensored and publish we'll see what's up people don't want to even if it doesn't lead to jaska who's truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. indonesia is home to i use the largest remaining rainforests in the resource companies are paying as little as $5.00 a head to for these ecological paradise through questionable land grams. so that they will but over time it will be genetic when i'm in. indigenous tribes accusing south korean run hard blow jobs of plundering west

papuan for a piece of these $300000000.00 revenue is pure fantasy that's not the kids.