accelerate the spread to the coronavirus from indian cities to its rule hot. the murder trial of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi begins in turkey 20 saudi nationals are being tried in their absence. hello there i'm laura kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up china says it will retaliate if the u.s. orders banks to block business with officials connected to hong kong's new security law. the u.s. president praises better employment figures but plenty of americans are still without jobs and. residents on the remote

island celebrate 100 days without a case of coronavirus. the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi has begun and techie his fiance had giving her testimony she's been vocal over the past 18 months about bringing his killers to justice. at the saudi consulate in istanbul to widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months and in the case to this day his remains have never been found but has more this is the. second 2000. the journalist who wrote for the washington post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his to his fiance

had egypt ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sandys indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in istanbul police say security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul on the day who shows he was killed other video evidence shows them checking into a hotel going to the consulate before returning to the airport and leaving that night you stumble prosecutors accuse former deputy head of saudi general intelligence offered a one sorry and former royal advisor sorrow del qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man who may have moved tribe who frequently traveled with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soma on the show

she's murdered closed widespread revulsion around the world he'd been self-imposed exile for around a year because he was afraid of being arrested if he returned home he formally being close to the saudi royal family but in recent years became a vocal critic of the saudi crown prince some western governments and the cia said they believe muhammad bin solomon ordered the killing the kingdom denies that. last december a saudi called sentenced 5 men today essence free to jail after a long and secretive trial the un's special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions i can as kalama who completed a 6 month investigation into could show his murder said the saudi trial made a mockery of justice none of the guilty officially named last may who showed his sons said they forgave the murderers but rights groups said the pardon had been

forced column and said it was another saudi example of a parity of justice. accuses the saudi government of obstructing the murder investigation the saudis say the istanbul prosecutor didn't comply with requests to share information the saudi crown prince has denied ordering the murder but admitted bearing responsibility is the kingdom's effective leader stand again for aging kings. for shows he's feeling say how teaching is says he hopes the trial will at least shed light on where his body is chance transferred al-jazeera. let's go live now some kosova who's outside the courtroom in istanbul as i'm a trial is underway what's happening there in the courtroom today. while laura the trial is underway as you say and how to judge of martha to fiance is inside the court whole actually the court was hearing her teacher and what we heard from

inside she was explaining how they managed and it was a professional meeting at 1st as a journalist interviewing came and then. the things got 4 men taken here was a very respectful distance spent at these kinds of personal details of 1 her relation with your mouth should she and after the trial. sad teacher and you and reporter agnes cullum are expected to give a press briefing right after that. because what you just spoke to turkish press 2 days ago and she said she is out there justice and she raised the same question that the turkish officials have been raising since the murder his buddies still not out there no one has been able to reach his body this fight the details of the murder from the crime scene have been out especially through turkey for security his office so we are expecting the trial to finish the 1st trial to finish early in

the afternoon i have to remind that this trial is for the 20 suspects how does suspects who have been more with the crime in absentia they are not even if convicted they are to face life sentences however they are not physically present in turkey that's why many believe that. this is a search for justice for jamal despite the suspects are not here in turkey and set about how much attention is this trial attracting inside turkey because it was such a huge event when it happened some 18 months ago. yes laura this was a huge event for turkey especially because the crime was committed on turkish territory despite the saudi consulate is considered as a saudi territory because all the diplomatic. reception all the diplomatic procedures were outlawed were bypassed by the saudi officials how i

have entered tricky to forge a marker should just crime and this increase the tension over this increased over the tension between saw in riyadh and ancora right now all press is here turkish press is syria long with the news agencies foreign media they are all following this story but of course there is a judiciary it process underway and everybody's aware that the trials ongoing that took place in saudi arabia are not going to provide justice at least in the trial here is seeking justice for a journalist who has been. horrifically murdered and everybody is following up the situation along with the government office shows but of course the voices are not as high as 18 months ago ok sentiment many thanks for the update from istanbul speaking to our correspondent jim i'll show you cover the story from istanbul in the early days of the investigation he joins us here on set will this trial bring

justice was very difficult to see because. of what can happen during the iran believes the ultimately the person who is responsible for it is saudi arabia's most powerful man the crown prince mohammed bin sort of man being the one that they believe to have given the order and then those who are more directly involved in it when we heard there in the city the former deputy head of intelligence so we're going to cost danny right hand man of harbin some money these are people who not only turkey has really no way of actually getting their hands on in terms of. making them stand in the courtroom but ultimately they are as far as reports are concerned coming from inside the kingdom still living their lives freely albie it's maybe not as openly in the public so without any. international body being able to execute a judgement on these people and without any saudi cooperation in terms of

delivering justice what turkey is doing here really is more of a symbolic process of a trying to show that it continues to seek justice for a journalist who was killed in you know an apartment manner and one that contravenes all international laws and so forth and be maybe trying to create how to have this some sort of political leverage that it can be used for any other reason because it seems that what it did have in terms of leverage has already been spent i.e. the recordings that it's used over the past 18 months the kind of issues that that course in terms of international. concern so that's really the more of a symbolic procedure of what we're seeing here out of these these hearings because some in this of the past said that texas officials are no longer hinting at the crown prince bandar bin sounds involvement in the way that they were in the early days the investigation the saudis have always insisted that he did not order the killing but what is the conclusion that the rest of the world has come to so we

heard from the house for from the cia we heard from. the un special rapporteur and obviously other unnamed officials in media reports from different western intelligence agencies the way we know how saudi operates particularly on the crown prince mohammed bin solomon. it is very difficult to see how something like this could have happened without at least his knowledge the fact that the recordings have somebody like soda pop bunny who is probably his or was at the time at least one of his closest advisors and somebody was with him constantly the fact the. you had madame out of the head of the hit squad somebody pictured traveling with the crown prince extensively for the months preceding the murders very evident that there is some sort of implication from the crown prince but it goes beyond that to the fact that what we've seen over these 18 months or is that a maybe here in lies the importance of this case is that as it struck dawn it's almost

a return to normal there is in acceptance and a willingness there isn't that much outrage when people see the crown prince and other side your fish holes being welcomed in international events may be a resumption of some sort of a trial like we're seeing here in turkey well maybe you return that kind of stigma as a result of the fact that this murder took place until now nobody has been held accountable ok many thanks for the moment joining us will be 2 again coming out thank you. well still ahead on al-jazeera will begin more on the trial of jamal khashoggi plus yemen's humanitarian crisis deepens as a coronavirus death rates 5 times the global average. why the french prime minister decided to step down from his position.

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the you. are again your work you're watching out there has reminder of our top story this hour the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi has begun in turkey his fiance her teacher is giving her testimony because your g. was murdered and dismembered at the saudi construct in istanbul in october 2018. my brother is a senior fellow at atlantic council's eurasia center he joins us now from istanbul good to have you with us what do you think is going to be the outcome of this trial . you know thank you for having me and laura. i don't want to prejudge what you do

so proceeding is going to be but it seems pretty clear the evidence is really strong in the turkish government had them as your last report indicated leaking the information about the murder of democracy or get back in 2018 have that not happened nobody would know about this so the turkish government feels i think extremely confident that there will be convictions but the outcome is going to be inconclusive in terms of justice because a the suspects are not here in turkey being the person that even the cia believes with moderate to strong competent order to murder the crown prince and solomon isn't isn't being judged and in fact the world have kind of gone back to business as usual with him so now the most consequential outcome might be who knows that there could be interpol red notices issued against those who are convicted and they'll be stuck remaining in saudi arabia the rest of their lives but the tragedy is i think that the world has largely for young about this case and that happening because they're all still close on that for international u.n. investigation do you think this might reinvigorate that. i certainly hope so i've

long called for that and i'm baffled as to why that never happened in the 1st place i mean there opportune has been great she has been very clear in describing how she thinks things on hold and who is culpable but i think at the least there ought to be a un investigation but what i really think needs to happen or should have happened is that the united states should have acted president trump his reaction was predictable but fickle you may recall he issued a statement a few months afterward saying well there ought to be an investigation just as we're saying you know from prince may have known about it maybe he did maybe didn't president trump really part use the whole situation and then i i hope the u.s. congress was going to get involved you know back in november of 2018 just a month after the murder the opposition political party in the u.s. the democrats took over the house of representatives there saying they were going to subpoena and investigations of their own and that never happened there were a couple of declarations by the u.s. senate nothing purpose i think the u.s.

is going to get out there and lead i i don't have much hope that there really will be a u.n. investigation and then the other consequences if someone does if the u.s. is watching this trial i mean i should think the texas asked me hey things they said that's bait trying to keep the issue in the spotlight on day. they are and rightly so and to turkey's credit you know i think a lot of the reason why turkey has kept this in the spotlight is because of genuine moral outrage and also a sense of humiliation that the saudi government would carry this out in its own consulate in turkey and of course there's some geopolitics involved as well i mean turkey and saudi arabia are on opposite sides when it comes to libya right now saudi arabia strongly opposes the muslim brotherhood the turkish government let's say doesn't oppose the muslim brotherhood so there's probably some geopolitics behind this as well but i think turkey is driven largely by moral outrage and is therefore trying to keep this in the spotlight but you've been you've touched on this already and i think to what extent has this issue damage to the crown plaza

crown prince of international reputation in the long term. i don't think much in the long term i mean think back to again late 2018 remember there was that so-called davos in the desert meeting many companies boycotted or they didn't send their top executives they didn't send their c.e.o.'s maybe descent lower level people and then when there was a g. 20 meeting you remember been found one was shot and 5 by all the leaders except for what the markets and who. that's over and it's business as usual even john bolton the former national security advisor president from who released quite an astounding book or was it really said but wrote this about the release he was interviewed last week and he said well the time now the president called for an investigation but then we had $100000000000.00 in arms sales pending and so many geopolitical issues on the table within south lawn so the president kind of let the

issue go and bolton said and i think that was the right thing to do for geopolitical reasons so i think the world is follow that u.s. lead or lack of lead and been found his reputation is going back to normal by comprise a great speech he thanks very much for joining us after my stumble thank you our. now france's prime minister says he and his government are resigning a move that paves the way for a cabinet reshuffle edward phillips says he will handle his affairs until a new cabinet is appointed the move has been widely expected in front of this week felipe was elected as the local mayor of port city in northern france. england is dropping coronavirus travel restrictions for travelers coming from more than 50 countries in the 10th of july passengers arriving from places viewed as low risk will not need to self isolate for 14 days the rule was brought in last month and has been fiercely opposed by the travel industry a full list of exempted countries has not yet been released but it is set to

include germany france spain and italy. the united nations says one in 4 people who contract coronavirus in yemen dies now that's a fatality rate that's 5 times the global average cash strapped agencies have stepped up their response as they also deal with outbreaks of cholera diptheria and other diseases last month the un held an aids conference but donors only offered hoff of what is needed this leaves more than. 558000000000 for. real you're. still there. those who have not. now. china has threatened to retaliate after the u.s. congress approves sanctions against beijing over its new security law in hong kong the bill which still needs to be approved by the president would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials connected to the new legislation said this

u.s. move has grossly interfered in china's internal affairs and seriously violated international law as well as the basic norms governing international relations if the us side is bent on going down the wrong path china will resolutely respond with all necessary counter measures from hong kong sarah clarke has more on china's reaction this is from the foreign affairs committee has been swift to respond it's of these sanctions or move by the united states to interfere in china's internal affairs that's a move by the united states to contain or restrain china's progress and development and that's as national security is a basic prerequisite a precondition for existence and the development of a nation and these laws have widespread support not just in china and hong kong this is obviously a statement from the chinese government and strongly urged washington to pretty much back off and stay out of hong kong and china as a phase that's if the united states continues to go down what it's described as the wrong path then obviously china says it will take the necessary response of

certainly some threats coming from china and a swift response and condemnation of the of china's introduction of the bicycle the national security laws in hong kong. india's prime minister has made an unannounced visit to the border region at the center of a tense dispute with china and render modi was accompanied by defense officials during the trip where he spoke with army members tensions led to violence last month with the killing of 20 indian soldiers during fighting with chinese troops in the remote valley both sides traded blame for the incident but have since sat down for talks and deescalate the situation. chinese foreign ministry spokesman john john says any artificial blocks of bilateral cooperation would harm india's interests and the 2 countries need to work together to achieve peace in the border region. india and china are in communication in negotiations on lowering the temperatures through military and diplomatic channels so no party

should engage in any action that may exclude the tension at this point. recovery efforts in man more under way for a 2nd day after a landslide and a jaded mind 162 people died so far and emergency workers still searching for more bodies a landslide was triggered when a pile of waste collapsed into a lake causing a wave of muddy water disaster in the mineral rich region follows days of heavy rain and a government protesters in mali have held a rally in the capital bamako to mark 100 days since an opposition leader was kidnapped some may say disappeared days before a parliamentary election in march he says family has accused the government of not moving quickly enough to rescue him that his race is a calling for president abraham had to stand down claims of corruption and escalating violence. president donald trump has praised the latest employment data as proof his country is back on track nearly 5000000 americans went back to work in

june but overall only a 3rd at the 22000000 jobs lost during the pandemic of been restored this comes as the u.s. president another daily record in ukraine a virus cases reports. and early morning chance to pat himself on the back u.s. president donald trump told reporters at the point house the economy is surviving the covert 19 pandemic new government statistics say nearly 5000000 people start working again in june is the largest monthly jobs gain in the history of our country today's announcement proves that our economy is roaring back trumps democratic rival for the fight house said the president was celebrating too soon to daisy ford's positive news and i'm thankful for it for real and make no mistake. we're still in deep deep job hole because dollar trump has so badly bungled the response to crown of ours economists say trump's description was not accurate they

say the figure is how many people were turned to their old jobs more than 3 months after the u.s. economy when it's a quarantine one way to think about that is we have a 9 inch knife stuck in our back the knife has been pulled out about story inches that doesn't mean that the economy is now healthy really want to thank him for being a friend to the state of florida but that didn't stop the vice president from visiting florida to praise the governor for his handling of the crisis and the economy i also want to say governor that that we fully support your prudent steps. in in working to slow the spread and the rising cases that are impacting florida today but more than 10000 floridians fell ill on thursday 50000 people nationwide a new one day record and in this state and in others dependent on holiday makers money beaches bars and restaurants are closed get again thanks to

a surge in virus cases this is the livelihood of my father who started with nothing came into this country with nothing and i cannot it just it's too hard to let it go even so the president is adamant to show the world the u.s. crisis is over he heads to mount rushmore in south dakota on friday to set off holiday fireworks a desire to celebrate the u.s. is national day even as the numbers of the sick and the dead keep rising rosalyn jordan al-jazeera. has federal prosecutors are trying to seize more than a 1000000 barrels of gasoline which iran is trying to ship to venezuela a lawsuit alleges the sale was arranged by a businessman in the ties to iran's revolutionary guard alleges profits will support the revolutionary guard corps the u.s. is designated as a terrorist organization iran says such action would be considered piracy. the push for racial just says in the u.s.

is putting renewed pressure on the washington redskins football team to change its name her firm fed ex which pay the team $205000000.00 for stadium naming rights as asked for a name change while sports where company nike has remove the team's merchandise from its site activists say the term redskins is racist and offensive to native americans the team's owner has consistently rejected calls to drop the name chile has one of the highest rates of corona virus infection in the world with more than 280000 cases and nearly 6000 deaths as lockdowns are re-imposed in parts of the country residents in one remote corner celebrating a life returning to normal or latin america as a 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 under way

a ceremony to mark more than $100.00 days without a single piece 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 ask the merrow why they're 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 cornering teens instead curfews secondary school students are the 1st going back to class. is anxious to finally be able to rejoin his classmates. 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 as 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 in 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 cross use infections continue unabated and it's impossible to tell at this point when chile will reach its peak well that's why parents on the mainland are ending their counterparts in chile's most remote province and 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 implant as they had for centuries. another good reason for them to go back to school. you see in human al-jazeera. there without a there are these are our top stories this hour a trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist jamal can. has begun in turkey his fiance. giving her testimony was murdered and dismembered at the saudi consulate in istanbul in october 2018. explains what's unfolding inside the courtroom and. fiance is inside the court actually. the court was hearing her teacher 8 and what we heard from inside she was explaining how they managed and it was a professional meeting at 1st as

a journalist interviewing him and then. things got 4 men take and he was a very respectable distance and at these kinds of personal details. her relation with. china is threatening countermeasures after the u.s. congress approves sanctions against over its new security law in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials behind the new legislation france's prime minister says he and his government are resigning in a move that paves the way for a cabinet reshuffle phillipe says he will handle his affairs until a new cabinet is appointed this week he was elected as the local mayor of support. from. the united nations says one in 4 people who contract coronavirus in yemen. the fatality rate that's 5 times the global average cash strapped aid

agencies have stepped up their response as they also deal with outbreaks of cholera diptheria and other diseases. recovery efforts in man more underway for a 2nd day after a landslide of the jade vine 162 people and then to have died so far as i was triggered when a part of waste collapsed into a lake causing a wave of muddy water. and india's prime minister has made an unannounced visit to the border region at the center of a tense dispute with china he was accompanied by defense officials led to violence last month for the killing of 20 indian soldiers during fighting with chinese troops in the remote valley both sides traded blame for the incident but have since sat down for talks to deescalate the situation. you update not with all the headlines on the back and a half an hour that's often the strain to stay with us. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

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