20 years of me continues with good morning groups on how to 0. more protests same ethiopia as a singer whose murder sparked days of violence is laid to rest the news and. macleod base is out there live from doha also coming up again maxwell a close friend of the late accused a sex trafficker geoffrey epstein is arrested in the united states also. the united states economy added almost $5000000.00 jobs president donald trump touts another fall in u.s. unemployment the job market is still well short of regaining huge pandemic losses.

a u.k. court declares venezuela's opposition leader one quite 0 as the interim president in a dispute over the goal. we begin in ethiopia where tensions remain high days after a popular singer and activist was killed by unnamed gunman a child who who was has been buried in his hometown was an icon for his country's biggest ethnic group the aroma is modest but days of protests more than 80 people were killed in the violence now today reports now from nairobi. the funeral for thier pin singer john lewis was held in his native town as under arrest over his death spread from the region where he was seen as a hero. the crowds of almost one not as big as and dissipated

many say they had been turned away by police and easy the funeral procession could turn into another protest. but the single was that in. the couple of the suburb on monday the motive for his killing remains unclear the musician and activist boarded those partitions of ethiopia slug just at the new group the omar his songs focused on the rights of all more people and became. in a series of protests that led to the downfall of the previous prime minister in 2000 he was out and is that we would not have the kind of what nation that we had between 20152018 you know me and you know we used protesting we would not have hired the political change that happened when he brought the current prime minister to power dozens of being killed in protests in or only this is such a loose killing 3 days ago along with others he had recently become critical of

prime minister ahmed to rule the musician had been imprisoned for 5 years when he was 17 for taking part in protests many like him fled into exile fearing persecution but he remained at home encouraging young people to speak out about the plight of with your present largest ethnic group somo have long complained of being sidelined prime minister be himself on or on was released political prisoners allowed greater freedom of speech and lifted a ban on several position groups but many would almost say they continue to be marginalized so far the government's handling of this situation has really exasperated the situation instead of giving people the space to mourn. a b. one last year's nobel peace prize for the 40 brokering an end to a decades long standoff with neighboring eritrea domestic conflicts of proved harder for the prime minister to smooth over the millions of ethiopians have been

forced out of their homes and there now concerns that hostilities in the almost region could lead to bloodshed if current efforts by the prime minister to come under fail then he appears 1st attempt at 3 democracy could be developed before the next elections are held but how about the wall jazeera. well as we heard in mohammed's report the of rome who say they've suffered a long history of being oppressed and marginalized by the central government dating back more than a century plans to expand the capital addis ababa using over a move from london 2015 triggered 3 years of protests and violent repression this eventually forced the ruling party to replace the prime minister without the abbot himself and the roma many now say he's neglecting his own community just like leaders of the past. moving to new york now this is f.b.i. headquarters and getting more on the arrest of glenn maxwell on sex trafficking

charges she was detained in new hampshire in the united states of a pretty socialite and former partner of disgraced but imagine from that scene is just accused of occurring under age girls let's have a listen in to the ongoing press conference maxwell has been taken into custody early this morning in new hampshire and will be presented this afternoon before a magistrate judge in the district of new hampshire. you will recall that the indictment against jeffrey and epstein that we filed in july of 2019 charged with sexual abuse of young girls from 2002 through 2005 this case against clay and that's what is there prequel to the earlier case that we brought against jeffrey epstein as a way just starting in 1994 until at least 1997.

maxwell. at a 1st spot. and fresh off relationship jeffrey. maxwell was among epstein's closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old and that's all played a critical role in helping epstein to identify friend and groom minor of the victims for abuse in some cases maxwell participated in the abuse herself

as a lead maxwell and epstein had a method typically they would were friends of young girls by asking them questions about their lives pretending to be taking an interest in them they would take them to the movies and treat them to shopping trips maxwell would encourage these young girls to accept offers from epstein to pay for their travel and their education making these young victims feel indebted to jeffrey epstein if you're developing a report with victims mats well then trying to normalize sexual abuse with a minor victim through a process known as grooming for example maxwell would discuss sexual topics with the victim and undress in front of the victim or be present for sex acts involving the minor victims and epstein matts was presence as in the adult

woman helped put the victims at ease. as maxwell and epstein intended this grouping process left the minor victims susceptible to sexual abuse that imbues included sexualized massages during which the minor victim was a fully or partially nude the sexualized massages developed into sexual encounters for which maxwell in some instances was present and participated maxwell an obscene work together to entice these minor victims to travel to epstein's residences depicted on the other picked on the other charge at the front of the room his residence in new york city on the upper east side as well as palm beach florida and santa fe new mexico some of the acts of abuse

also took place in maxwell's residence in london england in addition to allegedly enabling and participating in the sexual abuse of young victims maxwell compounded her crimes by repeatedly lying in 2016 when she was questioned under oath and we have charged those lies and to perch recounts. maxwell lied because the truth as alleged was almost unspeakable maxwell in tights to minor girls got them to trust her then delivered them into the trap that she and epstein had set for them she pretended to be a woman they could trust all the while she was setting them up to be sexually abused by epstein and in some cases by maxwell herself today

after many years kohain maxwell finally stands charged for her role in these crimes. these charges we announced today are the latest result of our investigation into epstein and the people around him who facilitated his abuse of minors victims that investigation remains ongoing . my office and the f.b.i. i remain committed to doing all within our ability to bring justice to individuals who enabled facilitated and participated in the acts of abuse. combating the exploitation of children is a priority of our office we are committed to pursuing and prosecuting those who exploit and abuse minors in case and in this case in every case and to that end i

want to say to anyone who is watching or hears about this prosecution if you believe that you are a victim of jeffrey epstein or glenn maxwell or anyone else who helped them regardless of when it occurred or have information about the conduct of alleged in the indictment unsealed today please let us know if you can reach the. 2 or 3 strauss who's the acting u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york on the charges against killing maxwell she said that this case is a prequel to the case against jeffrey dean maxwell was one of it seems close associates she said in the queues of recruiting underage girls and they had a method. to young girls make them feel indebted to and that would lead to acts of abuse let's bring in a gabriel is on the joining us now from new york and gabriel there are the charges being laid out there again it's going to mix well. that's right and you're probably

hearing a big group of relief from the dozens of alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of jeffrey epstein and now according to prosecutors as you just heard. maxwell as well the acting attorney general for the for this acting attorney for the southern district of new york basically just laid out the case and in summary it's this that maxwell was a close personal and professional associate of jeff we have seen for many years and as many victims have alleged for years. prosecutors are now saying she also. recruiting under aged women to have illegal. sexual acts with jeffrey epstein and that not only she recruited these women but according to prosecutors also partook in that illegal activity as well for many years this is something that victims have been saying and now the

case is being laid out here she said the prosecutor saying that it took place and jeffrey epstein's homes in new york in new mexico and florida as well as in maxwell's home in london support to point out that maxwell is pretty a socialite the daughter of a publishing tycoon in the u.k. and this case certainly has international ramifications hard to believe it and then thanks very much to get rid of them by reporting from new york. now the latest job figures in the united states have been released and it appears that things are looking up at least in the short term $4800000.00 positions which i did as states began opening up a u.s. president donald trump was quick to claim the job creation victory and he said the new employment numbers proves the economy is roaring back to life this is not just luck what's happening this is a lot of talent all of this incredible news is the result of historic actions my

administration has taken working with our partners in congress to rescue the u.s. economy from a horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here and they could have stopped it they could have stopped it nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know it well we're going to talk to a white house correspondent can be how it could on this in just a moment but 1st let's have a chris and tsunami's report from new york. dining in a sidewalk cafe a pleasure new yorkers have been denied for months restrictions imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus are gradually being lifted an attempt to bring the stalled the qana me back to life finally yes there's a reason i feel so good to be out here with my family i don't feel good the down i interact with people and not take my takeout to the park only outdoor seating is

allowed however forcing restaurants to adapt their business model jeremy the lot is scott a special permit to allow tables in the street in front of his establishment but he and the public are still trying to figure out how it's going to work its care complete chaos but i give the city credit for a time thing to do something we need something that's the only and only small business for us to survive so far he's been able to bring back less than a quarter of his harvest kitchen staff for going his own salary while trying to keep his 6 restaurants afloat there are some 27000 restaurants in new york city alone the mare here says allowing outdoor dining is a way to help keep some of them afloat while mitigating the impacts of the coronavirus sale not all will be able to maintain news social distancing requirements and still be profitable the writing is on the wall says bar owner peter walsh after 35 years in the business last month he closed what had become a neighborhood institution in new york's washington heights i mean after what's

gone on here are people going to run out and said oh i want to be in a crowded bar right now and people are a customizing to what their own lives and teaching them right now. and people surviving bars and restaurants aren't the only sectors of the economy likely to see a slow recovery as many as 40 percent of jobs that have been lost in the pandemic may never come back says economist nicholas blum and sickly business travel i just a lot of that i don't see coming back are you know maybe dining restaurants maybe you know jim. movie theaters are cruise liners there it's not so much through parts as a lot of basically industries that have. face to face interaction particular in tight spaces he predicts that it will take years for the u.s. economy to fully recover and it will look much different when it does christine salumi al jazeera new york. promised his committee how could live for a white house correspondent kimberly at the stalled economy is it seems coming back

to a law back to life to a degree in donald trump has been quick to jump on the. yes been quick to jump on that and campaign and turn it political in terms of a reelection message essentially warning americans that these are historic numbers numbers only seen in his presidency and if you want to change that will then elect a bad president as he calls referring to his rival joe biden saying that the only thing that would kill this is his reelection or rather his election meaning joe biden what he's saying there and what he's accused his rival of is that joe biden has promised to raise taxes when it comes to corporate america also some high income earners not to be outdone joe biden has just responded saying that the celebration of the sort of spiking of the ball as you put it joe biden says that it's a bit premature for donald trump to be doing that and the reality is tens of millions of americans are still out of work and he's accusing the president of mishandling

the corner virus crisis allowing for that to happen that it should have happened at all he also is pushing back on donald trump's sort of touting of a strong stock market saying that's great for those that can afford stocks but millions of americans and so already we've seen that this has been politicized and we should also point out yeah these are good numbers for the president he's certainly celebrating but the reality is it may not reflect the moment that we're in right now because these numbers were taken based on data from about 2 weeks ago and since then we've seen the cases of coronavirus spiking or can we thanks very much you're going to look at the white house. still ahead here analogies are russia and the taliban congressional leaders demanding on sense into what the president knew about bounties paid for the killing of u.s. soldiers.

but. saved the rains continue to cause problems across central parts of china still a lot of cloud showing up here driving for the race was pushing on towards japan and we are going to see that western weather skirting with the far south and east of japan as we go on through the next couple of days to make the most of any dry weather that you do get here over the next 24 to 48 hours there we go over the next pulse of heavy rain just pushing up paul now my you front that will bring some very heavy rain into q.c. north of that fine in frightful much of south korea that a few showers into north korea maybe a few showers to the northern parts of china the west the weather will continue the central parts of china and also sliding across the southern and eastern parts of japan probably a showers meanwhile across southeast asia the heaviest of which are north of the equator but the still seeing some live the rain over towards civil way see what it

says showers to southern parts of smart to the west the weather is further north pushing up towards india china lobby showers there into cambodia into myanmar through thailand still seeing some very heavy rain into the far north of bangladesh pushing up towards butan some heavy showers too standing their way across a good part of nepal and the heaviest rain for the west advance. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons. in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. every generation has a higher purpose. ours is just stay home.

are you watching our german of our top stories this hour and there are more protests in ethiopia 3 days after populist singer and activist was murdered a child who does so who's been buried in his hometown of both was an icon for the country's biggest ethnic group the oromo. f.b.i. agents in the united states have arrested a close friend of sex offender jeffrey epstein play maxwell is accused by many of many women of recruiting them for epstein and his wealthy friends to rate and use. his president trump says the latest job figures prove the economy is roaring back

to life after taking a hit from the pandemic $4800000.00 positions were added and the unemployment rate is falling as more businesses reopen. the u.s. congressional leaders are meeting with top intelligence officials to seek more information on reports that russia offered the taliban money to kill american soldiers in afghanistan and the directors of u.s. intelligence agencies that are testifying before the gang of 8 so-called gang of 8 which includes chairs of intelligence committees in the congress and in the senate a president denied being briefed on the matter before it's reported by the media last week house speaker nancy pelosi says it sanctions on russia must be imposed immediately let's go straight to way to shepherd towns he joins us from washington d.c. ship tell us more about what's happening. as you mentioned the gang of 8 which is the congressional leadership as well as the chairs and ranking members of the senate and health intelligence committees are meeting with the director of the cia

and the n.s.a. the national security agency to try and get some answers here we should be very clear the virtue separate issues that are being mulled over around washington right now the 1st one is we have this new york times report russia pays taliban bounties to kill u.s. troops 1st question as well is it true i'm certain the more reporting that's been done in d.c. and afghanistan and moscow that we've seen over several days now suggests there really doesn't seem to be a consensus amongst intelligence agencies or many other people as to whether whether this is this is true or not it is clear however that there are certainly as always with u.s. and russia russian issues there are there are there are interests who want particular narratives to be dominant and that's one of the reasons why perhaps there isn't a consensus because you have to verify who is actually telling you these stories and why might they be telling telling you those stories in the 1st place and we do expect certainly from what members of congress have said after previous briefings from intelligence and intelligence agencies that members of congress were getting

that sense today as well because the national security agency director will be testifying is one of the agencies that apparently didn't agree with the other intelligence agencies all these reports of of taliban bounties for one reason or another so that's one question but then the other question is all right so there's no consensus should the president have been briefed was he briefed and should action of being been taken anyway at a very high level of the u.s. the u.s. government and once again we're getting conflicting conflicting reports about all of this the general idea now is that the these allegations were in the president's daily brief although noting the lack of consensus that president trump wasn't verbal he briefed by his cia briefer because because of the law. of consensus according to administration official so it didn't rise to that level then we had the unusual anonymous white house source to say well frankly we just try not to tell trump potential bad news about russia because he doesn't like it so that's

kind of floating around in the but then there's the question of whether he was or wasn't briefed should the administration have been taking action we are now hearing that there were high level meetings about these allegations but should there be should there be immediate sanctions as nancy pelosi is saying if there is no consensus we'll get these sorts of issues will be being discussed it as to how the administration should respond to these sorts of stories which have been around for years it has to be said but but again the answers seem to depend very much on how you how you view president trumpet all right she had thanks very much and she every times reporting that now britain's high court has blocked venezuelan president nicolas maduro central bank from getting access to gold worth about a $1000000000.00 the bank of england where the gold is kept is refusing to release it. saying he has every right to the assets and it will help venezuela with the coronavirus crisis but officials working from india as rival law position need a plan why don't they made a competing claim to the gold and the judges ruled in favor of his saying that

britain and many other countries recognize him as venezuela's president rather than well venezuela has also all the while abandon plans to expel an e.u. ambassador isabel proposal was given 72 hours to leave the country and the order came hours after the place sanctions on 11 government officials but after hours of talks on the phone both sides said it was important to maintain diplomatic relations let's speak not to raise bones covering both these stories from one as there is in terms of 1st of all. why do you think the madeira ministration has reversed track on this. well on june 29th the governmental power in fact he appeared on television and state t.v. and now saying that he was expelling the united the european union ambassador in venezuela after venezuela had imposed sanctions on 11 members of the government of

members of the national assembly what we know right now is that he suspended it and we are just hearing the for india relations minister speaking on television that they did it as a gesture to promote political dialogue between both countries and to reach a political and to to help the country reach some type of an agreement with the opposition in the country what we also know is that there was a phone call that happened between the foreign relations minister. and a high representative of foreign affairs of the european union and that they decided to 6 spend this explosion this has been you know way keeping it among taining tension between the european union and venezuela in the past few days it was expected that the ambassador was going to leave in the next few hours the country that did not happen she remains in venezuela and she's going to be working with the venezuelan government ouattara yes i was just saying on television also is that that they're hoping from some type of jester from the european union many are

saying that this is a way of asking for the european union to suspend sanctions the european union 1st impose sanctions on but it's way back in 2017 accusing the country of not respecting human rights of not promoting democracy when it is hoping that some type of a gesture a will happen will have an impact on this on lifting sanctions but most of the people we have spoken to say that this is highly unlikely right and so they make a gesture from the u.k. high court on this decision to refusing to release a $1000000000.00 worth of gold bullion has there been any reaction from the reader or government on the. well that's correct a u.k. high court voted against venezuela decided not to released over a $1000000000.00 in gold from the venezuelan government to their state the united kingdom have said that if the president of venezuela let's not forget about what's been happening with why the. u.k.

and other countries are saying that he's there to read the legal representatives of the president the real president of venezuela watch out for him minister has says that the high court decision it's absurd that venezuela will appeal this decision that they depriving the country at a crucial time when the country's fighting against them a trying to get resources in its hospitals that are crumbling about it in a very very diffuse orating situation that they need that money right now well apparently it's not going to be given to them that venezuela relies heavily on the international aid that's what they've been using to fight coronavirus in the country so far $54.00 people have died officially many believe that figure is actually much higher because of the conditions in venezuela's hospitals all right reza thanks very much indeed for that update tirzah brother reporting from what it serves as a rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have said they will work together to fight against israel's annexation plans for the occupied west bank fatah

secretary-general jabril rajoub has been speaking in ramallah where he said there's a national consensus against an exception of the comments come a day after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was due to launch a process that's been delayed as high level talks on the issue continue to be held . this is al jazeera and these are the top stories there are more protests in ethiopia 3 days after a popular singer and activist was murdered a child who who's been buried in his hometown of was an icon for the country's biggest ethnic group here at home. u.s. a prosecutors are accusing maxwell of playing a critical role in the jeffrey epstein abuse scandal she's been arrested by the f.b.i. on charges of sex trafficking epstein is reported to have committed suicide while awaiting trial last august in new york. after developing

a report with matts well then try to normalize sexual abuse with a minor victim through a process known as grooming for example that's what we discuss sexual topics with a victim and i'm dressed in front of the victim or be present for sex acts involving a minor victims in epstein. and that's what his presence as an adult woman helped put the victims at ease as maxwell and epstein intended this grooming process left a minor victim susceptible to sexual abuse. us president says the latest job figures prove the economy is roaring back to life after taking it from the coronavirus pandemic 4800000 positions were added in the unemployment rate is falling as more businesses reopen venezuela has abandoned plans to expel the e.u. ambassador isabel hunter prodrome there was and was given 72 hours to leave but

after hours of talks on the phone both sides said it was important to maintain diplomatic relations. rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have said they'll work together to fight against israel's annexation plans for the occupied west bank by the secretary general gibril read juba's been speaking in ramallah where he said there's national consensus against annexation u.s. congressional leaders are meeting with top intelligence officials to seek more information on reports that russia offered the taliban money to kill american soldiers in afghanistan the directors of u.s. intelligence agencies testifying before the gang of 8 which includes chairs of intelligence committees in the congress and in the senate. you know it's like the headlines. right off to the bottom line.