one expert says it's about much more than just density it's about how all this was put together and how it's run. hello again i'm the star and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. with. china's new powers aquash hong kong descent and national security law has just come into force. the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert warns the number of daily new coronavirus cases could rise 210-0000 of immediate action is not take. nothing in the

briefing that we've just received led me to believe it is a hoax democrats press the white house on just how much donald trump knew about allegations that russia paid taliban fighters to kill u.s. soldiers. and protests in ethiopia after a popular singer and government critic shot at. and in school the africa cup of nations has been postponed by 12 months due to the coronavirus the continent's biggest sporting event will now kick off in cameroon in 2022. now china is imposing a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control and promised a one country 2 systems policy it's been signed by chinese president xi jinping and is now in force critics say the legislation erodes hong kong's freedoms adrian

brown reports. it normally takes a year for china's parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the country's most powerful political body the standing committee of the national people's congress in hong kong china supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. a contentious measure that spits it he divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imposing legal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox that it will have no race respectively fact her critics here say the new law now threatens to stifle even small displays of dissent like this one in a local shopping mall on tuesday china is causing passing

a law without without even asking. police i'm not going to be proper procedures the laws passing had an immediate political impact democracy activists joshua wang announced he was resigning from the political party he helped found before the party itself was dissolved also desponding 2 other smaller political groups that advocated independence. for hong kong this is the most dramatic development since its return from british to chinese rule since then china's had thousands of troops garrisoned in the city now its secret agents will be able to legally operate here as well a body to gather intelligence will also be set up the timing of this new law is no coincidence wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china police have sealed off the area around a convention center where locals and mainland dignitaries commemorate the event

each year before the handover china promised that hong kong's freedoms including an independent legal system would continue for 50 more years to many people here now it seems that promise has been broken in july the 1st is traditionally a symbolic day marked by a large march but police have denied an application for another this year citing the coronavirus and the potential for violence several groups though are vowing to test the ban adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. well let's take a closer look at some of the main elements of this legislation china will set up a national security agency in hong kong and it will not be supervised by the local government the agency will have jurisdiction over what the law describes a serious cases trials involving national security secrets cannot be conducted behind closed doors and the maximum sentence is life imprisonment

a local government will also set up a national security committee chaired by the chief executive and decisions made by that body cannot be challenged in local courts when lawson lee is the founding chairman of the united democrats which then became the democratic party of hong kong he was also the face of the democracy movement before the handover back in 1907 he explains how hong kong's power is being roses. my party will stay on and i will stay in hong kong of course we realize that the prospects of being put into prison would be very high but the prestige of this law what this piece of legislation in fact for me means one. is that when the british government returned hong kong to the people's republic of china 23 years ago it was on the promise of dumb show the then paramount head of china that hong kong will be run by hong kong people with

a high degree of autonomy which means that apart from defense and foreign affairs we the people of hong kong will be masters of our own house in terms of the executive power educate power and judicial power now that a person who does not everything is. the state of hong kong people born in hong kong is now the communist party bordering on instead of being enjoyed a high degree of autonomy now the communist party will be ruling with comprehensive power of control now this is what this war is all about that they are now actually defining the new position. which is just another chinese city we have no degree of economy and go after this this is a problem they have complete control of even our courts this is what they would do

not with every case but this code has already there in relation to some small number of cases china may actually decide now america's leading government expert on infectious diseases is warning the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much west if people don't follow health recommendations dr anthony found she has been testifying at the u.s. senate. it is going to be very disturbing i will guarantee you that because when you have an outbreak in one part of the country even though in other parts of the country they're doing well they are vulnerable i made that point very clearly we are now having 40 plus 1000 new cases a day i would not be surprised if we go up to $100000.00 a day if this does not turn around haul for more now let's cross live to mike hanna who is in washington d.c. for us mike i do feel like i ask you the same question my stays these days cases in the u.s. continuing to rise everyone still warning that the west is yet to come. indeed

yes well that was says dr fox you put a very disturbing analysis in terms of where this is going he was mentioning there the u.s. is recording some 40000 new cases that they present dr g. predicting the possibility of this rising to 100000 now dr park she was giving evidence before the health committee of the senate and this came at a time when 16 states have reversed their reopening procedures among them incidentally of the 1st 3 who dropped mitigating measures at the urging of president trump texas and arizona and florida they were the 1st to open they are now completely reversing the process as cases begin to spike in each of those states another very disturbing figure is in 7 states that rate of hospitalisation has increased by 25 percent in the past week now what this indicates is that not

only are the cases continuing to spike but the severe ety of the infection is continuing to have an impact in those 7 states as well a large number of those people between the age of 18 and 35 who in initial hit up the virus would largely ruled out of being the most worst hit victims so certainly a very bleak reading and very bleak representation by a doctor in the senate indeed mike hanna there for us in washington d.c. thank you for that update. now congressional democrats say don't trump must have been at least aware of the allegation that russia paid bounties to taliban fighters to killed u.s. forces in afghanistan after attending a white house briefing now trump has repeatedly denied he was not informed but a series of media reports over the past few days citing intelligence sources of question that claim the latest report from the new york times alleges that trump

received a written briefing in february democrats are calling for a full account from the intelligence community the president called this a hoax publicly nothing in the briefing that we have just received led me to believe it is a hoax there may be 2 different judgments as to the level of credibility but there was no assertion that the information we had was a hoax well let's not speak to our white house correspondent candy halkett committee i see these intelligence sources are insisting that this information was included in the president's i believe daily written briefing as far back as late february what implications might that have. well has enormous implications for this president because once again there is this lingering question about what the president knew when he knew it and why if these allegations are true he is not going to indicate that he would do something to hold russia accountable these are

some of the questions that are being raised by top democrats and we should point out in the last hour by the presumptive democratic presidential nominee joe biden the fact is he said that the idea that donald trump didn't know is a dereliction of duty he says if he was briefed and did nothing this is also a dereliction of duty if any of these are remotely true then this president should be declared unfit to continue to run for president of the united states so some very strong words from the opponent facing off in the november election with donald trump in fact the joe biden also said that he may ask the white house for a classified briefing something that he would be entitled to as the democratic presidential nominee he says so far the white house has not offered that but democrats are particularly angry as you point out they are demanding that they get an intelligence briefing that isn't from the white house perspective what does that mean they want to hear from the director of national intelligence they want to hear

from the cia director there gravely concerned that there has not been further action taken in the form of potential sanctions in fact their chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff even suggesting that this idea or notion that russia should be included among the g 7 making at the g 8 that this is not something that should happen that russia should not be a part of what he called the civilized nations so there is a lot of anger there is a demand for a wider intelligence briefing one that we should point out the white house has so far not offered insisting that the president was not aware of this the president also saying that but now we know according to 2 anonymous intelligence sources they say that the president was briefed in late february that also. he was included in this information it was included for the president a daily intelligence briefing and in fact they were so concerned about how serious this was that it was disseminated to the broader intelligence community as far as back as may it came to just moving beyond party politics here how damaging is this

for the president within his own party with the republicans. well this is certainly an issue when it comes to russia that many republicans and conservatives feel is case closed they would argue that this is an attempt in an election year to try and generate. headlines they will point to the russian investigators in that embroiled the president's 1st 2 years in office saying that there was no collusion found between the 2016 campaign and russia when it comes to donald trump this is something that a special prosecutor robert muller looked into and found that there was no collusion this is something that he in fact had it off to come members of congress to look into they had that opportunity and of course that led to the impeachment of the u.s. president which ultimately he was not removed from office because that involved the senate which is controlled by republicans so it really comes down to the hands of

the voters in november and right now as we've been covering for the last 4 years this is divided country those that support donald trump continue to do so those that are opposed seem to stay the same so in terms of this latest scandal if you will having or having an impact on the president it seems many americans minds are already made up white house correspondent candy how they're outside the white house for us thank you very much candy. now plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including the u.s. address the u.n. to extend an arms embargo against iran but others and the security council voice their opposition. and police used tear gas to break up protesters demanding quicker reform from sudan's transitional government and in sports course they make a big move in the race to win the portuguese league title son that will be here with that story.

well there are reports of deaths in ethiopia and protests after a popular singer known for his politically themed songs was shot dead thousands of fans followed her child who dresses cost get to protest his killing the police are investigating what happened to the musician who's known for songs about the rights of the aroma of people and the rumor ethiopia's largest ethnic group but they've often complained about discrimination last week criticized ethiopia's leadership well that was in an interview to a media network that's owned by prominent government critic joe mohamed he's now been reportedly arrested muhammad's t.v. station says he was detained after his bodyguards faced off with federal police local media say his security team had refused orders to decide a baba but the spokesman for the federal police denies that mohammed was detained the prime minister is calling for calm all right now we can speak to saddam

a lemma she's the editor in chief of the at a standard and she joins us now via skype from frankfurt there are clearly some complex dynamics at play here and i want to start with the chinese legacy he was an aroma icon can you give us a sense of where he sat within both ethiopia's political and cultural scene. thanks for having me. yes he is and i can he's he's loved across not only by respect but also all the other people of europe that he has he leaves behind a legacy and embodied him and just be a remote people struggle for equality and justice and that in that country he came to prominence during that protest which you know that you've been covering for years protests by the river which i should be in the current prime minister to so his position now because i jolly well as the mellow dick part of this trip

when you know when people were out and district being being shot at being killed he you know he comforted the or people with his song was a song of revolution with his song or 5. and with this song what resistance to the system that really or crest the people it led into the streets so he leaves behind a legacy of a man that as i see it in my my tutor he's the indices to shouldn't of the conscious if there were more people so it's very easy he's a figure larger than life and and it's very difficult for for everyone to comprehend but not only for the oral but across the board as well because he's also a singer for romantic songs he's not just the resistance singer so it's a it's a big legacy that he leaves behind today as you say so many of his songs were about the marginalization of the aroma people and they were used in protest of previous regimes now i mean the current prime minister idea that is around the himself but

he's also facing some political tensions of his own can you talk us through some of the dynamics here. well you know i mean initially there has been a lot of excitement you know. the prime minister has a wide range of acceptance by everyone. that has been you know depleting as we go by 2 years down the line a lot of critics are rising against the prime minister the way he handled the transition the way he. was not willing to discuss with opposition to have a genuine dialogue as many were calling for it but you know the icing on the cake came when he as many referred to and constitutionally had the parliament and the upper house approved extension of his time in office because of current and that was raising a lot of anger a lot of frustration among a lot because people wanted him to have

a dialogue with the opposition was. the you know civil society organizations instead of just having a parliament that is a 100 percent concurrent by his own party rubber stamp an extension of power in the office so this was raising a lot of eyebrows not only a movie room but also either saying that people don't know how long this is going to last because the parliament is now going to tell us when the coverage is going to be over what it's safe for if you've been peeper to have an election so these coming from the prime minister who say that you know he would love help the country transition into a democratic system but we have many saw it as a return to authoritarianism so her journal had an interview last week in which she you know directly criticized the way the prime minister was handling there in 4 but also he was he's outspoken usual sort of in this interview you know challenging the status quo challenging the structural you know historical hedging warning in that

country which has been doing it for use in years so he has been challenging for example the legacy of minutely. 2nd in which many other if you're going to passionate and speak about he spoke about you know that he in fact it's a it's a matter of when and not if before these people go after the militants started to in her 97 this year we start to succumb him down and the rest of the world so he spoke very creepy about the established structure and hedge more new york the cultural domination in that country which he feels very passionate about so it was a very animated interview that had these europeans talk about it since he had given it and there's been a lot of you know online animosity as in politics is turning into that kind of polarizing issue since then you're just walking that interview that he received constant jest threats and i did some districts of i did so he say that in that

interview as well so many things are open for interpretation as we speak now when we would have to wait and see if the police is going to average you know an investigation into that killing show and we'll be bringing you all the details of that investigation here on out as they are there from the at a standard thank you very much for joining us here on out of there thanks for having me thousands of people have also rallied in sudan they're accusing the transitional government of taking too long to introduce reforms. as you can see security forces in the capital used tear gas to break up the crowds now some want economic and political change while others are still calling for justice for those killed during protests last year and also supporters of former president omar al bashir are holding rival rallies our correspondent have a morgan is in khartoum and she said the call to protest drew crowds across the country. people coming out and taking to the streets ahead of the scheduled time of 1 pm local time which is around 11 g.

people have taken to the streets 2 or 3 hours before that and that is not just in khartoum we've seen people in the western parts of the country such as central and western pondar for we've seen people in the southern part of the country the north and the eastern part so it is indeed a nationwide movement just like the the sudanese for of professional association has called for as well as the resistance committees the bodies that are basically in every neighborhood calling for those protesters or revolutionaries as they're termed to put pressure on the government to achieve the goals of the revolution and the clauses of the of the power sharing agreement which include appointment of civilian governors and forming a legislative transitional transitional legislative council so huge turnout tens of thousands across the country just like people have been organizing for the past few days seen the arrest of the acting head of the former ruling party abraham one dude who's also the former minister for foreign affairs during bush years there he was arrested last night with security forces accusing him of planning to sabotage and

vandalize today's marches now we've seen security ramping up 2 days before today's protests we've seen bridges that connect the 3 parts of the states as hot of term sudan and undermanned being blocked nobody's allowed to access we've seen heavy military presence around the roads leading up to the army headquarters to try to prevent protesters from getting to to the headquarters to start to to stage is that in just like the one that was staged when former president i'm going to she was overthrown now u.s. secretary of state mike compare has addressed the u.n. security council via a virtual session on nuclear nonproliferation and he urged the security council to extend an arms embargo on iran which expires in october. arms embargo on the world. this go to church bar on october 8th. or 4 months. warman's this chamber has a choice stand for international peace and security you know lucius grounders

intended the arms that were go on the islamic republic run expire betray us mission and its finest ideals we've all pledged to our all and then in response iran's foreign minister mohammed javert zarif said efforts to replace international law with us will has effectively just jeopardized international peace he also said ending the un arms embargo is an inseparable pos of the new idea the united states has carried out and i have spelled them out in the footnote numerous facts of on digression against iran and its neighbors invaded our neighbors tree times in the last 3 decades milked the region of its resources to destabilizing on states systematically supported terrorists and provided material support for crimes against humanity in yemen the people of our region had enough of the

malign u.s. presence and demand it's turning nation well that's not the heart of america at edge amesbury is who is at u.n. headquarters in new york james there's plenty to unpack at the u.s. is threatening to try to force a so-called snap back of u.n. sanctions on iran if it doesn't get this extension of the arms embargo that it wants talk us through the diplomatic calculus here on both sides. well remember that the iran nuclear deal is still with us against the odds it's coming up to its 5th birthday in a couple weeks time now it's 2 years ago the u.s. finally pulled out after saying for a long time it's going to and many thought that the arms deal then sort of the nuclear deal then would collapse but it's still there it's under some tension because iran certainly is not fully complying it's not compliant by the reduction in enrichment supposed to be there it's enriching at a higher level but certainly nowhere near

a weapons grade level at this stage and so. so the worry i think for many not for the u.s. is that the next stage will be something that finally kills off the iran nuclear deal because what the u.s. is saying is that if this arms embargo isn't extended it and this is a an embargo has actually been in place since 2007 when the u.s. is going to trigger in the iran nuclear deal one of the key provisions which is called snap back now under snap back one of the permanent members of the u.n. security council effectively can trigger all the international sanctions that were on iran back on iran and the u.s. is saying if you don't extend this arms embargo then we're going to do that and i can tell you the arms embargo does not look like it will be extended because china and russia also a permanent members of the security council say no way that it will arms embargo is going to be lifted so we're seeing a showdown in the security council it's coming up in the next few months by october

and the interesting thing about this is the showdown will be just a few weeks before the u.s. election so you might say well even if they do snap back won't iran be tolerant and think well we're going to go to a few more weeks and maybe trump won't be in office i can tell you that's not the position of iranian officials they are telling me that if there is snap back then that's it the end of the deal and if a new president called joe biden wants to renegotiate a deal he has to start from scratch james bay if there are diplomatic as the outside u.n. headquarters in new york thank you very much james well let's dig into this i don't know with hillary mann leverett she's a former white house senior official and also co-author of going to terror on why america must accept the islamic republic of iran and he joins us live from vienna in virginia via skype hello you were once a u.s. negotiator who dealt with terror and i believe how both sides wanted to play with here. well in fact i was a mid-level u.s.

official in the bush administration charged with negotiating with iranian officials over afghanistan after $911.00 and i had negotiated with not then foreign minister. who is now the foreign minister so i am not on history speaking with him a negotiating with him going back 20 years i think i know both sides pretty well i would say 1st on the american side this is a very deliberate attempt secretary of state is deliberately setting the stage to ignite it released a political confrontation with tara over the iran nuclear deal for 2 reasons one is secretary pompei o and his advisers really want to destroy the iran nuclear deal even for a reelected president trying to then begin what he keeps saying he wants a bigger better deal with chara or to leave an incoming president biden with absolutely nothing to negotiate with with iran so those are the 2 problems with

which secretary of state on peo is is aiming to really destroy the iran nuclear deal before the end of even the 1st term of the troubles in n.c. or the truck presidents you got together and from the iranian side i mean they threatened potential retaliation on a number of different fronts what are they hoping to achieve here. well there are a few things i think at 1st as in the personality of foreign minister job every here is maybe one of the foremost international legal scholars of our era and i say that coming from the united states a country that is not friendly with iran but i have seen foreign ministers a very close for the past 20 years so i know his background music eugene international law from an american university and usefully state and the american interpretation of international law and i think he believes very firmly unlike perhaps of others in the iranian political system he believes very firmly that the international legal system as built in part by the united states can serve the

islamic republic of iran if the islamic republic of iran is dealt with as an equal and full member of that international legal system so i think he is trying perhaps futilely by trying very very hard to preserve what is left of the international legal system that trump is trying to weaken that zarif is trying to preserve that and preserve a place for the islamic republic of iran in existence in perhaps a post from a post from world given the high stakes consequences of all this where are the europeans on this now and despite their efforts is the j c p o effectively dead. well it's certainly on its last legs and that is really the seeds of that were solid in the j.c. if you know it it's up that gave the united states or any p 5 permanent member permanent 5 member of the security council the absolute power to destroy the g.c.

if you no way with this kind of reverse resolution snapback procedure so the u.s. can certainly do so other countries may not may not find it legitimate but this is particularly a problem for the europeans and for some countries perhaps like japan who really value the international legal principles and in fact have in many of their domestic legal constructs. a principle that they have to adopt the resolutions of the end of the security council into their own domestic laws so this really puts the screws on part of my friends but europeans because they are obligated by their own principles to adopt u.n. security council resolutions into their own law even if perhaps they are illegitimately pursued by what they might call a hyper power in the united states so it really does leave the europeans struggling to find some sort of common ground and that importantly is what foreign minister

zarif was also more worrying about he said there is no common ground and that was specifically a rebuke a polite line but a rebuke to the europeans who are trying to find some way maybe to extend the arms embargo i know there are 3 months to get them through as they hope and pray for a post trump american political order where they can address this and you henry mann leverett a former white house senior official really great can you insights on al-jazeera thanks for joining us henry thank you for having. i know that you're watching al-jazeera and let's remind you about top stories this hour china's president has signed a new security law for hong kong which many fear will end its freedom and independence but it all has come into force on the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the handover from british colonial rule when china pledged one country 2 systems.

america's leading government experts on infectious diseases is warning the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much west if people don't follow the health recommendations a quarter of all recorded 1000 infections and deaths in the wild are in the united states. and there are reports of deaths in ethiopia amid protests popular singer known for his political theme songs. demonstrations against his killing have spread across the country with prime minister calling for calm. now the king of belgium has for the 1st time in the country's history expressed what he calls his deepest regrets the current role and africa can fully acknowledge that acts of violence and cruelty were committed and that they were still being felt in what is now democratic republic of congo his message was sent to president kennedy on the 60th anniversary of independence and takes a look at significant. parts for cope with 19 belgium's king philip would be in the

democratic republic of congo he's apologized he can't be in the capital kinshasa for the marking the 60th anniversary of independence and he's become the 1st reigning belgian model to express regret for the country's colonial past in a letter to fed ex chief security the president of the d r c king philip conveys his deepest regrets for the acts of violence and cruelty of the suffering and humiliation inflicted on congo there was no apology from him or from belgium's prime minister sophie vilma's seen here in brussels unveiling a plaque commemorating the d.l.c. 60th anniversary stressed the importance of recognizing the suffering caused by colonialism i want to believe that those are the. belgians shares a common history with congo in 2020 we must be able to look quickly city and discernment at this shared past the past marked by inequality and violence towards the congolese king leopold the 2nd an ancestor of belgium's current king ruled over

parts of congo from $885.00 to $98.00 with a private army he secured vast personal wealth in slaving the population and exploiting their rich natural resources experts believe he was responsible for the deaths of 10000000 congolese people his reign was eventually judge so cruel by fellow european leaders that he handed over the vast territory to the belgian states which ruled it as a colony until 961 legacy of that role is the thousands of people who suffered like these 5 women did known as mitty's or bi racial they were kidnapped 2 or 3945. 150 when they were very young and placed in catholic institutions they've now filed a lawsuit for crimes against humanity targeting the belgian state. this year here there is no consideration there is nothing nothing we were dumped like that after they broke in our entire life we had no childhood there's nothing what do we have to give to our children here another legacy is

a campaign for belgium to fully confront its past atrocities as anti racism protests spread worldwide recently statues of figures including leopold the 2nd were toppled or splashed with red paint this one in game 2 is one of just a few that have been removed officially but campaigners say a long overdue reckoning is on the way. for african diaspora all the belgian. congo is all regions all congolese people living in that particular space. far away to challenge that never to leave about causation and also challenge the rest of the experience in belgium. can felipe's lettuces the goons of the past to quote rekindled by the discrimination all too present in our society belgium's national parliament has already set up a truth and reconciliation commission on the country's colonial history for many it's a small step in the right direction nadine barber al-jazeera. well let's go to tracy

bieber tansey actually is a political scientist an activist who focuses on gender and race and she joins us on skype from brussels tracy i note that this letter wrote have deep regret but it stopped short of a full apology is it enough. no actually it's not enough but we are happy because it is a step in the right direction now he's saying that he has deep regrets we need an apology and we need my permission so i will do next steps will come after this letter that. you mentioned reparations there what would you like to see by way of reparations are we talking about money or something more in kind. well i think we will have in belgium a parliamentary commission that will discuss that and i think it should be discussed in the parliamentary commission and they are going to decide what the reparation will be but of course for me to abuse frank financial reparation is important but the financial reparation will never take away the suffering of the millions of congress during these years so all these years of colonization so yes

financial regulation is a good a good step but it's not enough for all the suffering well as you say they are seeing many other countries in the region are still grappling with that legacy of colonialism colonialism what do you think needs to be done to address that more concretely on the ground at home well in belgium we have a lack of education like when we go to school we don't see colonialism not every school teaches it and i think this is the 1st step talking about it stuck in about it with a new generation and understand colonial history because we education without education people cannot understand the impact of the quantity of these and today on the racism also that black people face i want to ask you about what life is like in the sea because we're still looking now at huge levels of inequality especially between the poor and the elite in such a resource rich country do you feel that belgium or anyone in

a european government has a role to play in trying to even that out and how might that happen. i believe that the congolese needs to sort it out i think we can work together for a better future for congo but i believe now it's time for the congolese to dig their responsibilities and work on their countries well we know that a part of what is happening today in congo is also linked with the colonialism and we still here believe in a miracle in your states in congo so we don't have to forget that but at the end of the day it's the committees themselves that have to take but we're back and rebuild their countries and the committees in congo but also as the congolese of the diaspora well speaking of that i asked present a dam was reporting there in that story a number of the statues of king abdullah have been torn down or vandalized in the last few weeks and in various places around the world how do you feel about that well i'm happy i don't well i don't think that well the 2nd should be of any streets i'm happy that while not happy that they are being torn down but some

consul some cities are like removing them it's been a long discussion i think i've been busy with these called until such a start date years now but this is symbolic symbolic the most important is to attack the structural racism against black people that is to colonialism that is the most important thing for me and for a lot of congolese and black people in general. tend to their political scientist speaking to us from brussels thank you for joining us great venue in the side here on out of there thank you now leaders from the g. 5 say hell countries and french president emanuel meeting in mauritania to discuss just how to reduce attacks in the region the g. 5 said health force includes militaries from mali chad became a faster and mauritania in recent months armed rebels linked to al-qaeda and i still have strengthened their positions across the sahara mccrone has called for an end to political instability and expressed solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic well our correspondent now joins me from senegal capital dhaka

nic this is become such an urgent issue what's likely to actually come out of this meeting. well what the countries the militaries in the region want is more support from european partners more funding to fund their military and the at the start of this summit as you mentioned in your intro micro said that there were some victories made by the french military their presence in mali they've changed their strategy in the last 6 months they were before deployed in northern mali now and they've deployed in the border areas with brick enough and mali instead of using heavy battalions they're using a more lighter weight presence but for a more long term presence and of course those victories those as mentioned by my co have been overshadowed by a u.n. report that really points of fingers at there are supporting troops from the

hellion armies from the share mali and brick enough so accused of killing those that they're meant to protect over 200 people according to amnesty over 200 cases according to amnesty international of instances where soldiers are killing civilians instead of protecting them in that specific area meanwhile there's also been allegations of corruption up to $100000000.00 missing in state coffers meant for the defense forces in need share and add to that people on the streets in the capital of bomb like oh we've seen in the last couple of years months weeks sorry unprecedented protest tens of thousands of people coming out on the streets of their capital pointing unless the finger to the foreign troops that are present there but to their leadership and wanting to see a different type of leadership that really are protecting are trying to protect the population there that are being attacked and with attacks coming closer and closer

to the capitals especially in bamako. speaking to us from senegal its capital dhaka having a list of elements was thanking us. now the european union has banned pakistan's national airline for at least 6 months because of safety concerns the e.u. is a safety agency acted after pakistan's aviation minister reveals that a 3rd of airline pilots have full flying licenses and the minister blamed human error for the pakistani international airlines crash and karate which killed $97.00 people last month and another development vietnam has grounded all pakistani pilots working for its airlines well now the european union is lifting border restrictions for travelers from more than a dozen countries but americans remain excluded and that's because the u.s. is the world's coronavirus hotspot step fasten is that amsterdam's usually busy schiphol international airport she says it's been much li empty for the last 4

months and people are not expecting a rush of travelers straight away. these 14 countries are very diverse we have poor guy on the on the list serbia is on the list of candidates on the list but very absent from this list are the united states russia and brazil which are very important and big countries and especially americans millions of americans travel to the european union after year so they will be missed here. in council has said that they use a criteria looking at the number of infections per 100000 citizens in the country that's their criteria they say they have fused and it's around 16 infections per 100000 people in a country that's not the united states which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesn't have it under control but again it doesn't mean that there's going to be

a huge influx of tourists now and of course it's a very economic important factor to have tourism back on track and this is the summer season is starting now and a lot of business here and in the netherlands but also we are very much relying on it and with this policy the e.u. is now showing some kind of unity because they haven't shown any unity during this whole covert 900 pound damage from the start every country has done its own thing it has had its own policy with border internal borders also being close now been gradually lifted us while so it is important to have a common policy a common border policy as they. call because the internal borders are all open and people can travel freely so there is a huge risk that if one country does about a thing as the other that of course the pandemic here in europe could start again. well in the u.k. the city of leicester has also been locked down almost 1000 new cases were reported

there over 2 weeks non-essential shops are shut and most schools will close on thursday the rest of england though is preparing to further loosen restrictions and reopen pubs and restaurants this weekend of britain's prime minister says people can't continue to be prisoners of the coronavirus crisis 1st johnson has outlined his vision for rebuilding the economy and he says recovery will focus on attracting investment not more austerity we must work fast because we've already seen the vertiginous drop in g.d.p. and we know that people are worried now about their jobs and their businesses and we're waiting as if between the flash of lightning and the thunder clap with our hearts in our mouths for the full economic reverberations to appear

and now writ researches are warning of a potential new pandemic virus among pigs in china the study outlines a new strain of h one n one or swine flu that has become more infectious to humans it found that pig farm workers at higher levels in their blood the authors are calling for and systematic monitoring of the virus now mexican prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 46 officials who are working in the state of guerrero when a group of students disappeared there and 2014 they're accused of organized crime and abducting 43 trainee teachers who were attending a protest in the town of equality and initial government report concluded the students were killed by a gang that mistook them for members of a rival group that reports been described by independent best occasions as deeply flawed. a journalist accused of spying and instigating protests in iran 3 years ago has been sentenced to death. rana chalo

a channel on the popular messaging out telegram he was the platform to post videos and information about protests in the country where i was arrested and 29000 after returning from paris where he lived in exile. still ahead for you on al-jazeera and sport the next edition of african football's biggest tournament has been postponed details and just a matter. no

it is not i'm just bored and his family thank you very much just as you were the africa cup of nations has been postponed by 12 months due to coronavirus the

continent's biggest sporting event it will not kick off in cameroon in january 2022 the confederation of african football made the announcement after a video conference meeting qualifies for the term until were due to finish and september but for now all international football on the continent is suspended for the cup of nations that was due to kick off in cameroon next january but 4 of the 6 rounds of qualify are yet to happen determined is crucial to the finances of african football the $21000.00 dormant in egypt generated the revenue of more than $80000000.00 the women's africa cup of nations which it was jus to happen later this year has been cancelled more positively at club level a women's champions league is to start in 2021 or we've been talking to african football writer my head in the hay about the complexities of organizing international games in the continent while the pandemic is ongoing. yeah i mean

you're talking about a massive continent of more than 1000000000 people in 50 countries and each of them are dealing with this chronic virus very very differently see how it goes it ranges from you know your tanzania's your group these. are a little more lax about the virus and maybe i don't have as strict measures to a country like where i am in all shares and alterio where the president said we're not going to open up any of our borders and so the virus is going to go on so international travel is not only very very expensive due to the core infrastructure but. the way that it's countries handling things is very different and because it's such a large area of space you can sound like you can bring all the national teams together and said you know a contact area and play some sort of chinamen tend to get runs through the qualifying matches so it the logistics of that are extremely extremely difficult and very very pricey as well but the africa cup of nations is the flagship trying to mentor for the confederation that can football for the continent in general but

at the same time i think everybody understands the dangers of this virus and it's i think unfair to expect a country like cameroon that is set to host this tournaments to really put everything on its back and try to push through trying if they're not ready to deal with the virus and if they haven't sort of eradicate it by some their own territory because they're going to be welcoming a lot of different people from a lot of different parts world. well the head of the english premier league it richard masters says his organization isn't facing political pressure to approve the saudi a back to takeover of newcastle united saudi arabia's public investment fund will it take him george a stake in the club if the deal is approved earlier this month the world trade organization ruled that the country helped break international piracy laws and allowing a saudi base channel to illegally stream premier league games must as a has been taking questions from the u.k. politicians about the recent restart of the dick i cannot comment in

terms of timing. on any particular take but in a perfect world takeovers would happen. clearly in a night in a timely fashion sometimes things get complicated porto have made a big move in the race to the win and the portuguese tight or the paso you know fair one nil on monday night to move 6 points clear of benfica at the top of the table. defend itself with that goal the game in china has been a loss to know that tomorrow is their 2nd straight defeat the top 2 have 5 games left in this season's. sell round so that will lead to england next week in the 1st test against the west indies that with top level cricket making its return after a near 4 month break or stokes is standing in for joe root hole be absent due to

the expected birth of his 2nd child it will be the 1st time so the side effects test begins on july the 8th in southampton and will happen behind closed doors. n.b.a. player dan jordan and spencer to india of the brooklyn nets say they have both tested positive for corner virus in news comes as a leap prepares it's too soon to 2020 season next month the news within disney world in orlando florida teams have already been arriving at their ahead of the july 30th restart i was very child like i said i've been trying to think positive bobby just think about ways you soapbox while staying safe you know. maybe video games maybe doso means watching a song marquardt shoot so sure this. is going to be

a challenge and i think that's what makes it is going to make it on for me. now major league baseball gets underway in just over 3 weeks with its season delayed because of the coronavirus action is in full swing however in south korea there was a thrilling end to the l.g. twins' match against casey was on tuesday with the scores level 3 all at the bottom of the 11th chunky smashed a walk off homer still a dramatic win for the twins it was the 1st home run for the 26 year old in his 4th k.b. old season. and that's it for me in a special thanks so much santa. well one of a strain is at best loved animals will become extinct in fact he is in a state unless action is taken to protect them and piece a koalas in new south wales are being wiped out because the eucalyptus trees that they depend on for food are being cut down. be hasn't. they are one of the 2

animals australia is most famous for but unlike kangaroos koala numbers are falling fast a year long parliamentary inquiry delivered this dial warning without urgent government hunter venture in the koala will become extinct in new south wales before 2050 this is extremely concerning of course to everybody who cares about koalas and from what we heard during the inquiry of course that's pretty much everybody in new south wales and across the world koalas are found naturally in the wild in 4 of australia's 6 states new south wales queensland victoria and south australia 8 years ago there were $36000.00 koalas in new south wales that total fell to less than half that 15000 as eucalyptus trees and the leaves they eat were

cut down to make way for farming and development and this is unprecedented bushfires killed a further 4000 of the slow moving marsupials which couldn't escape scientists describe the situation as an ecological disaster you might be able to spot one or 2 koalas but the red reality uses those populations are becoming on viable and that's why it's so critical and that's why the 25th time from now needs to be put in place because they cannot survive at these lower numbers and we have more fires it's just going to get worse. the report by the state government of new south wales makes 42 recommendations to increase the koala population but that's the same governments a campaign is that allowed even encourage the destruction of koala habitat by relaxing laws controlling the amount of land farmers can clear of trees victoria gates and be algis they are well that is it for me in a start here tafe at this news hour but i will hand you ever to barbara starr and london will have much more of the dailies the day his nearest to stay with us here

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