donald trump celebrates u.s. jobs figures but millions remain out of work and the racial gap has widened. promise a rabbit you want your heart is their life my headquarters here and also coming up accused of procuring underage girls for the late convicted paedophile jeffrey abstain a british socialite is arrested and charged in the u.s. . also the u.s. senate voted to ban banks from doing business with chinese officials linked to hong kong's new security law and. hundreds

arrested across europe 1st police crime can encrypted channel network used by organized crime gangs. welcome to the program a day after the u.s. registered its biggest rise in the number of coronavirus cases there's been some positive news for the economy 4800000 people went back to work last month taking the unemployment rate down to 11 point one percent but it still means only 7 and a half 1000000 of the $22000000.00 people who've lost their jobs since the pandemic have returned to the workplace and the gap between unemployment rates for black people and white people white and further in june at 5.3 percent it's the biggest spread since may 2015 and with coronavirus cases now rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the u.s.

the task of getting the economy back up and running is proving ever more challenging. u.s. president will trump was quick to claim victory saying the new employment numbers prove 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 lives 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 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 democratic presidential candidate joe biden says the latest u.s. jobs numbers are far from victory we're still though nearly 15000000 jobs in the pen demick is getting worse not better and don't have to there is americans are

still out of work wondering when or if their job will come back or worried about how to pay the bills in the meantime trump wants to declare his health crisis over another employment. force and he's deadly wrong on both fronts we've already had more than 128000 dead. the number keeps climbing that's a direct consequence of valentines bungle leadership and total mismanagement of this crisis from star let's bring in eric aggression from seattle she's a senior labor economics advisor at cornell university school of industrial and labor relations good to have you with us on the program reopening it may be what everyone wants but as we're seeing the sort of the stop start nature it's sending just is through states across the usa and that's really reflected in the job numbers. yes. the job numbers are there is improvement but the situation is still pretty dire the labor

market is still still has a higher rate than did the worst part of the session what do you make of the figures because it does suggest there is some improvement in employment despite sort of the ongoing layoffs and closures and sort of the reus surgeons of covert $919.00 is this moving target that cannot be fixed at the moment and it's based generating so much uncertainty certainly for business leaders. yes we have in these numbers we see the confluence of some very different influences and some it's not going to be easy to sort them out but it's worth thinking about they are we have a certainly from may to june we have the reopening of many operations in many different states so there were a rebound of all the employment associated with just reopening. however.

this is our last summit that was supported by by policy fiscal policy that's about to expire in july and at the same time we're seeing i think the results of the recession itself beginning to take shape and move through the economy and so we get these positive and these negative influences that affect different industries have different timing. and make it very difficult to to sort out all the effects that it is a time of great turbulence and prevent certain tea in the labor market some economists maybe you agree with them a bit winograd. a senior columnist with the asset manager alliance bernstein a suggested that the unemployment figures will remain in double jeopardy digits for at least 2020 and maybe beyond what's your interpretation of how you see

the unemployment figures and also the u.s. is recovery is it all just dependent on the way that the virus can be controlled or is it always is it also about how international trade develops and improves. so you mentioned 2 huge influences trade and a virus i think those are both really important and i would add at least a 3rd one which is the path of fiscal policy in the us if we know that monetary policy has taken a very strong accommodative stance and that's very important but it's not sufficient what we will need in order to to support a strong recovery is strong fiscal policy support without that i think i fear

that that the the normal recessionary cycle will be quite a difficult one in the months coming coming ahead so i think the best case outlook for us is that the truck the labor market traffic was in april and that we'll see steady improvement from there chase we we might see unemployment rates lower than double digits by the end of the year but without but i don't i'm not sure that that can that that's sustainable 1st of all because of the path of the virus and 2nd more because. i'm not certain that that will get the fiscal stimulus that we need to achieve that it would be interesting to see what does happen when it does change at all i'm sure will love to get your comments on it again in the future eric aggression joining us from seattle thank you very much for your time. you're welcome it's my pleasure and

the form part of will be convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged british socialite to galle maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming young girls who were abused by epstein prosecutors say she played a critical role in finding victims and sometimes participated in the abuse gabriel is on the house more from new york. she has long claimed to have been a friend in business partner of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein but after the f.b.i. arrested maxwell federal prosecutors said her actions with epstein were far more sinister maxwell was among epstein's closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old that's all played a critical role in helping epstein to identify friend and groom minor victims for abuse in some cases maxwell participated in the abuse herself like

epstein miss maxwell chose to blatantly disregard the law and her responsibility as an adult. using whatever means she had at her disposal to laure vulnerable youth into behavior that should never have been exposed and which creates lasting harm the disgraced epstein a wealthy finance or was arrested last year on federal indictment of sexually exploiting and abusing underage women while awaiting trial he was found dead in his new york jail cell it was ruled a suicide epstein's victims have long said that maxwell the daughter of a wealthy british publishing executive helped orchestrate epstein's procurement of underage girls they have said they won't be silent until she faces justice maxwell had been in hiding for nearly a year her arrest now could bring pressure on britain's royal family a photo of prince andrew with a young woman flanked by maxwell in early 2001 sparked allegations of sexual misconduct the young woman who was

a teenager at the time says maxwell trafficked her to andrew for sex he denies the charges but resigned from his royal duties last year on thursday when asked prosecutors said they hoped andrew would cooperate with the investigation something they say so far he has not done we would welcome prince andrew coming in to talk with us we would like to have the benefit of his statement maxwell faces 6 federal charges 2 for conspiracy 2 others for perjury for lying to investigators and 2 more charges for entice ing and transporting under-age women for sex if convicted she faces up to 35 years in prison gabriel's on al-jazeera new york. of course in front of the government responsible for busty sex linked to an epilepsy drug up to 30000 children to doctors prescribe the drug to pick

2 pregnant women now the state has been ordered to compensate the families of children with congenital malformation zz the pharmaceutical giant sanofi which produced the drug and doctors who prescribe it also found responsible. please across europe over us with hundreds of members of crime going south to hacking into an encrypted network more than 750 people were arrested by officers in the u.k. its national crime agency called the operation its biggest ever but hundreds more were detained and millions of dollars weapons and drugs seized in the netherlands france norway and sweden the french and dutch all forty's cracked the encrypted encroachment platform 2 months ago letting them listen in on criminals as they plan drug trafficking arms sales and executions where did all of. this investigation place have managed to read more than 20000000 check messages from

criminals in real time it was stunning to see how easily and unscrupulously the serious crimes were discussed impaired as a result the place of being one step ahead of many criminals in recent weeks so far we've arrested over 100 suspects very serious crimes almost 20000000 euros in cash were seized we confiscated 8000 kilos of cocaine and over 1200 kilos of crystal meth and dozens of firearms 19 synthetic drug labs have been dismantled and we've uncovered multiple brutal kidnappings and racketeering of criminals and even more important we have managed to follow them. this is an amazing time thank you kay policing of the u.k. norful thanks to our partners in the front agency and internationally we have been able to. hit the most senior levels of crime where it hurts getting people arrested seizing that. stopping that distribution in

a way. which we never see. here on al jazeera how a judge in london may have ended the venezuelan president's hopes all for gold rush . investigating the mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants in botswana experts admit. they're still more very heavy rain trouble central and southern areas of china but also there's some very heavy rain on its way towards japan now it's been a shower a few days as you can see here by the crowd securing up just outside tokyo at disneyland and sea world now there could be more rain on the way so you know friday if you're in a queue like that very heavy pushing into western areas of japan central regions of

honshu and again of course it's fun trying to write it back into all central and southern areas of china but to the north as well quite a scattering of showers maybe one into thunderstorms damages not too bad google 28 in beijing will something with a chance of the shots but that rain very heavy again working its way quite quickly through much of japan so 26 the high intake again with some more rain as on across into indonesia was unusual as showers and thunderstorms quite heavy across areas of borneo also some heavy downpours into western areas of java but have a look at this if was captured on surveillance camera it is a very rare job and rhino he was the cooling off in these the mud water is having an ice mud bath he's a very rare thing indeed just one of only 72 that live in the wild now there's more showers and thunderstorms into western as a java sun friday the heavier downpours into northern central areas of borneo and again becoming very widespread throughout much of combo dhea on towards vietnam. for. the legislature to find

a group of young men wrap things up there. when an elite white fraternity build a house next door community spirit is tested to its limits. we were exactly welcomed with open arms into the neighborhood it's hard to just bury the history of hate old south a witness documentary on al-jazeera. heard . but about what's going on with me the whole run a reminder of our top stories almost $5000000.00 people in the u.s.

went back to work in june bringing the unemployment rate down to 11 percent only a 3rd of the 22000000 american jobs lost in the pandemic have been restored. in the forward part of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged maxwell is accused of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused in italy circles that's what faces up to 35 years in prison. and police across europe arrested hundreds of members of crime gangs after hacking into an encrypted network more than 750 people were detained by officers in the u.k. its national crime agency described it as their biggest ever operation. the us congress has unanimously approved sanctions on china over its new security laws in hong kong both the senate and the house of representatives without opposition to the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials behind the new legislation let alone go to president trump for approval china's government has

faced worldwide criticism over the security law which critics say dismantles whole calls special freedoms it is nothing short of an all out effort to negate the rights of the people of hong kong in violation of the agreements made under the one country 2 systems we were concerned about it might be an. exceeds even those harbors the law is a brutal sweeping crackdown against the people of hong kong intended to destroy the freedoms they were promised thanks to you to the committee for holding this hearing was asked the question is this the end of the one country 2 systems. venezuela's president has been refused permission to withdraw gold worth a $1000000000.00 from a bank in london nicolas maduro says the funds would help pay for coronavirus aid but the judge ruled the u.k. only recognizes $1.00 leader and that's rival one sonia kayaker has the story.

the bank of england whose vaults contained $31.00 tons of venezuela's gold president my daughter's government wanted the goal to help pay for vitally needed relief opposition leader why those representatives said the money would only go to repress the venezuelan people who might go. and. buy. or. after winning a contested election more than 2 years ago my daughter had been accused of vote buying and electoral fraud by opposition parties in addition to the political strife and economic crisis sanctions and plummeting oil prices have pushed the oil rich nation to the brink of collapse and on top of all this the coronavirus

pandemic has hit the country's ailing health system which had been neglected for years the fact remains even though the u.k. recognizes why they ought to be the constitutional interim president it is still maintaining full diplomatic relations with the government of nicole last mughal the u.k. has representation at the british embassy in caracas and the class my daughter was appointed ambassador to the u.k. is still here. the court ruled the gold couldn't be released as the u.k. government along with 50 others doesn't recognize my daughter as the legitimate ruler of venezuela while why door has won his 1st step by those lawyers have said they will appeal the decision why those lawyers have said for now they would be directing the bank of england to keep hold of the assets increasing the pressure on my daughter and further exacerbating life for the venezuelans so nick i i go out as era london. a landslide. has killed at least $162.00 workers. as

a pile of ways collapsed into a lake burying miners in a wave of muddy water the disaster in the minority hunter region follows days of heavy rain. 27 people are being killed in an attack in central mali it happened in 3 farming villages in the mopti region the area has been hit by widespread ethnic violence over the past few years and several policemen have been arrested in southern india over the deaths of a father and son the 2 men have been detained for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules in the state of tamil nadu now their family claim the pair were violently beaten while in custody 5 officers have been charged with murder the death sparked outrage across india and a social media campaign calling for justice hundreds of elephants have been found dead in botswana the carcasses were photographed in the uk of on go delta poaching

has been ruled out because their tusks were intact the national park rescue charity says more than 400 have died calling it one of the biggest disasters to affect elephants this century botswana's government has only confirmed $275.00 deaths now in the can is the director of conservation for national park rescue. karen looking for a pandemic of global disease which started in wildlife that has made its way to people we know that cope at night seemed to make its way people into animals well done so in cats in big cats in new york and also in mc. so there's a possibility for zoonotic transfer from elephants back into people but even if it does stay within your relation as botswana has one 3rd of all the elephants on the continent the tension for this having a truly catastrophic impact on the population is very real schools in england are to reopen in september children will be grouped in smaller classes or what are called bubbles teachers have been told to help kids who have gaps in their

knowledge because of the lockdown. on current of i was infection and death rates are very low in both scotland and wales pubs and restaurants reopened in england this weekend well says it's harsh the restrictions will remain in place because they're working lawrence lee reports the border between england and wales the bridge over the river 7 cross it and move to a different country inside the united kingdom and it is genuinely striking how different rules seem to have led to different outcomes because while the infection and death rates in england are refusing to go away in wales there are now close to 0. we have to remember that corona wire is significantly disproportionately affects the elderly and the mortality rate sadly in that age group is higher therefore we do all expect to see cases but i'd like to see we go down to see doc is this ready some by the time the virus was at large in england wales had begun preparing the to

meet a rule which is being dropped in england from this weekend remains in force here it's also been forbidden for months for anyone to travel more than 5 miles from home while london is full of traffic again this is the center of the welsh capital cardiff outside the government offices part of this clearly is about the rules another part acceptance of them and people's behavior in wales and indeed in scotland where the daily death rates is now effectively 0 people seem to be much more willing to abide by the lock down than they were in england that was most visible in the recent heatwave which saw one police of all numbers of people descend on the south coast of england the beautiful beaches of south wales by contrast have seen very little of the kind selina runs a company here which helps rent holiday cottage is the lockdown has almost destroyed her business but she still supports what the government has done she's more worried about english people coming over the summer and breaking the rules in wales ideally if they could put signs over the him fall you know roadworks ahead

but remember we are 2 metres distancing as they drive in into wales anything like that i think to help the visitors understand that we are operating in a different law governments are being judged over their response boris johnson's is not being seen as being on top of things in wales you can hardly find anyone with a bad word to say about their 1st minister it's about messaging you know my message in wales is always about doing this case fully about doing it cautiously about taking one step at a time again never forgetting the coronaviruses hj. and could come back where is the messaging across all border sometimes being led by a sense to which historic say to people it is all over you could do what you like i just don't think that messaging is sensible at all only next week will wales begin to allow english people to cross the border into their country and if things get worse in england it might not sustain and there's nothing boris johnson can do

about it the virus is leading to reputation is being made and being broken largely al-jazeera in south wales the chilly hers one of the world's highest current virus infection rates but there's one part of the country far from the rest that celebrating a return to normal lucy in human has more. this is rapidly better known as easter island famous for its mysterious stone statues called more lives. at one of the polynesian islands for schools and who is underway a ceremony to mark more than $100.00 days without a single case of coronavirus and the way that they're celebrating is not by reopening hotels restaurants or tourism on which the island depends but rather its schools i asked the mayor why we're a little less because returning to class sends a powerful message to our entire society of the return to freedom of being able to

stop being locked up that's the most important thing for a human being it gives us all hope. after months of korean teens and strict curfews secondary school students are the 1st going back to class blue no limo no hurry is anxious to finally be able to rejoin his classmate less than one percent we're excited because it's an opportunity that has been given only to us and we have to know how to take advantage of it because on the constant is you know it's not been possible to return to class because of the pandemic. easter island is in the middle of the pacific ocean it belongs to chile but it's 3500 kilometers from the mainland and here on the mainland schools have been close and sports the 16th and no one can say when if they or anything else will reopen any time soon after 3 and a half months of lock downs and crosses the infections continue unabated a little impossible to tell at this point when chile will reach its peak. that's

why parents on the mainland are ending their counterparts in chile's most remote province but i mean who massing for me it's important to be able to generate positivity in our mental health in order to repel this virus it's important that the children that our young people return to school and not us and when that. easter island still faces a normas challenges 80 percent of the population is out of work because there's no tourism nor will there be for a long time to come but making do with what they have is nothing new for the people on this remote island they say they'll go back to teaching their children to fish in plant as they had for centuries. another good reason for them to go back to school. you see in human al-jazeera. another push for racial justice new u.s. is putting renewed pressure on the washington redskins football team activists say

the term redskins is racist and offensive to native americans on thursday the celtics korea company joy. and calls for the team to change its name to show ripples. the calls for change are getting louder religious groups community organizations even mears and president of called the name used by the american football team in washington racist offensive and outdated. the team says it has no plans to change i don't think they can understand. pain it causes us. the feelings that we have when someone uses that term. i think understanding the historical nature of that term and what it meant. is how the closeness they can try and get but i would hope they could try and understand the name came from bone to use placed on native americans in the 1800s money would only be paid out for the bloodied skins of dead men women and children. across the country in the

wake of georgia boys killing prompted many companies into a rethink of names brands and imagery sports organizations issued statements of support but have been slow to follow words with actions speaking on a sports radio show this week the team's new head coach ron rivera said he wasn't pushing the issue adding i think that's a discussion for another time i think it's all about the moment and the timing this is the stadium where the football team in washington used to play its games there was a statue to the man who brought that into the city but he pulled it down he was a segregationist a man who refused to integrate black players into his team until the last possible moment and critics say by refusing to change the name the team is once again on the wrong side of history and they're willing to say racism against the americans ok and that's really you know the conversation that we're having right now and it's really about the washington team it's sort of cherry picking what kinds of racism

target us. and sort of riding the wave of the moment when. you know this racist and it's racist the team had a twitter blackout recently in support of the ongoing protests the unit insists he's not changing the name never is the word he's used in the past week the national football league condemn racism the national football league has acknowledged there's change in the air and never might come sooner than he thinks alan fischer al-jazeera washington. your chances are of me the whole romney reminder of our top stories almost 5000000 people in the u.s. went back to work in june bringing the unemployment rate down to 11 percent but only a 3rd of the 22000000 american jobs lost in the pandemic have been restored this is not just luck what's happening this is

a lot of talent all of this incredible losers 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 the full partner of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged claimants well it's accused of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused in elite circles mansoul faces up to 35 years in prison. according to friends in the government responsible for birth defects linked to an epilepsy drug up to 30000 children worth acted up to doctors prescribe to the drug depot kind to pregnant women. police across europe over arrested hundreds of members of crime goings after hacking into an encrypted

network more than 750 people were detained by officers in the u.k. french and dutch authorities cracked the encrypted encroachment platform 2 months ago allowing them to listen in on criminals as they plan drug trafficking arms sales and executions the us congress has unanimously approved sanctions on china over its new security laws in hong kong another bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who enact the new legislation. and a landslide to the jade mine in myanmar has killed at least $162.00 workers a pile of waste collapsed into a lake burying miners in a wave of muddy water the disaster in the mineral rich past hunter region follows days of heavy rain those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's inside story do stay with us.

once a cathedral then a mosque now a museum i also fear is at the heart of a legal battle to convert its stumbles emblematic monument back into a mosque but why now what purpose would it and how political is the decision this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm laura it's an ancient monument revered by different ideologies the centuries i associate in turkey one of the world's most contested buildings is creating culture.