the focus is on the up here because. we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus and special coverage. on the 1st day of the trial over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the un special rapporteur sends a strong message to the world about extrajudicial killings you cannot get away with killing at least and let's not forget that these easiest state execution. hello again i'm come all santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera france has a new prime minister known for helping lift the country's coronavirus lockdown drills were place and phillipe. and also england outlines its plans to lift its 4

teen day quarantine for visitors for more than 50 countries. the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi has wrapped up for the day the trial is being held in istanbul but the accused men there meaning justice will be limited at best. widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings here today urged the international community to not let the case out of its side. i call on them to ensure that in the last next session in november that they are far greater international presence so that we continue to deliver that message to

saudi arabia and to the rest of the world that you cannot get away with his killing a joy in the least and let's not forget that these is a state exec you shouldn't of course we are focusing on individual sport this is a state executive this is why the presence of other states of other members of the international community is important to this day remains have never been found child struck the text on the back now at how all these events unfold this is the last moment jamal who shows he was seen alive it's october the 2nd 2018 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 turkish fiance had egypt ching has waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sound is indicted for murder or

to be tried in their absence in a court in istanbul police a 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 of mcgillis sciri a former royal advisor sorrow though qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent. the 18 other defendants include this man and they have moved tribe who frequently traveled with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soma on the show she's murdered caused widespread revulsion around the world he'd been in 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 in ones 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 he shows his sons said they forgave the murderers rights groups said the pardon had been forced on said it was another saudi example of a parody of justice turkey 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 fiance had teaching is says she hopes the trial will at least shed light on where his body is telling strength of al-jazeera. here's the team to discuss this mike hanna in washington will be with you shortly because i had some words for the us a little bit earlier today but 1st. in istanbul you were there the court how did it happen today not only a trial that's been long awaited but one that had to happen and the covert 19 restrictions well yes exactly that was actually a limitation for press but finally the prosecutor decided to take some of the journalists inside so we were able to follow up the process closely one thing that agnes color mark pointed out today was the absence of the international press and

presence including the reprise entities of other foreign countries along with representatives from the u.n. and the u.s. that's why she said that the u.s. should be more involved in this case because the united states is the only party that can prove evidence that mammoth in some on the saudi crown prince was involved with democracy g.'s and murder of this column or it pointed out that a mammoth in some on was not indicted but i spoke to some legal experts here and some will after her speech and they told me that legally if the proof security are not able to find any concrete evidence despite the despite the if information that they have gathered it is impossible to in that someone in a fire like this that's why she made a call for the u.s. but she pointed out that the there she pointed out the trial and have sent here

is in a way different confer to many countries but this is the 1st time that is the case got formal and this is the 1st time that it is transparent then everybody has an access has access to the testimonies of the witnesses which transparency during the court trial in saudi arabia was that possible. ok so that's an impulse in istanbul and now mike hanna in washington d.c. might as sin and was referring to the kalama did have words for the u.s. today. is this case still active in the u.s. does it still have traction given everything else that's been going on. indeed years congress is still making representation is to get the full classified information about exactly what the intelligence summaries within the us are about this particular case now where it was says that the director of national intelligence sent

a classified annex to congress to it was and classified document which basically said you cannot release this classified information now several members of congress have said that that classified information included intelligence information that the crown prince of saudi arabia was directly implicated in the killing however now congress sent a letter back to the director of national intelligence demanding that it be allowed to make this classified information public one democrat senators going so far as to invoke legislation to force of director of national intelligence to reveal this particular material so it's still very much on the radar of congress interesting thank you for that mike hanna in washington d.c. . on to other news and libyan government forces have unearthed bodies from another mass grave in a former stronghold of the warlord after 5 bodies have been found at this latest

site yet to be identified and the search continues for more graves government forces say they found more than $200.00 bodies in. and in areas south of tripoli the un's expresses horror over the discoveries and has called for an investigation . meanwhile top turkish officials are in libya to discuss ongoing military cooperation with the un recognized government among those in the delegation is turkey's defense minister and army chief of stuff turkey backs the tripoli based government in the fight against khalifa haftar in recent weeks turkish supporters helped push his forces back the french president emanuel micron's named a new prime minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle aimed at reviving the country's post quarantine economy junk sex as a senior civil servant and local man has been chosen to replace edward philip who stepped down early on friday. orchestrated the coronavirus reopening strategy for fronts. in paris with more on the new prime minister. this was expected

present my calls talked for some time about how he was going to reshuffle his ministers and perhaps the prime minister what we now know that we will that we do i should say have a new prime minister here in france jocasta eggs and even though the reshuffle was expected what wasn't expected was new french prime minister mainly because so few people here in falls have actually heard of him so to talk a bit more about this i'm joined by pierre haski a veteran political commentator here in france pm i mean it's a name that until today most people have never heard of definitely many people i've never heard even his name but he's a rare type of political and because he's on one side is a top technocrat and everybody's praising is efficiency as a technocrat he was in charge recently of the and of the look down in france after the pandemic so these are huge responsibilities and on the other side he's

a grassroots politician he's the mayor of a small town in southwestern france it was reelected in the last minute super elections with 2 thirds of the vote in the 1st round so he has this combination of efficiency and being close to at least people in a small town we are in the middle here of course in france of an economic crisis the coronavirus pandemic so the government will indeed be very busy ahead and we're still waiting here in france to find out what other ministers i have been appointed . in the news the head said warning from the united nations that beijing's new security law for hong kong could be used to punish activists and curb internet freedoms. these monthly hey asses and i stated the timeline day barbara and they're prepared for an easing of restrictions in england but some still say it's too soon.

but. still some very heavy rain pushing out of the central parts of china a lot of cloud here the same still rise they're going to continue just pumping their way out across east china sea some heavy showers heavy showers there running into a good parts of japan i suspect the west the weather's going to be across southern and eastern parts of japan as we go through saturday still plenty of showers around as we go on into sunday as you can see that wetter weather continues to drive its way over similar areas so we are likely to see some flooding here as we go through the next couple of days all the way back into central china to the north of that is looking rather sorry actually 29 celsius in the shadows for beijing not too many showers further south hong kong around 32 degrees while humid. here mates and sherry across southeast asia as it should be plenty of a heat of the day downpours burring up as well but it's backed they will drive down

into java we have some rather wet weather recently just around that in the process of easing off but no sign of the rains easing off across south asia mobic downpours there across india west again seeing some very very heavy rain we'll see some wet weather once again pushing your across the go into the northeast of india into myanmar and plenty of heavy showers to for much of bangladesh. short films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects.

this is al jazeera these are the top stories this hour the 1st day of testimony is wrapped up in the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi being tried in turkey or in their absence was murdered and dismembered at the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago. libyan government forces have unearthed bodies from another mass graves in a former stronghold of warlord and they found after 5 bodies have been found at the latest size government forces say they found $200.00 bodies and in an area south of tripoli. and the french president emanuel micron has named a senior civil servant and local mayor as the new prime minister john key aspects

replaces edward philip who stepped down early on friday as part of a cabinet reshuffle. england's dropping coronavirus travel restrictions for people coming in from more than 50 countries in july 10 passengers arriving from places viewed as low risk will no longer need to self isolate for 14 days that was a rule brought in last month and is fiercely opposed by the travel industry a full list of the exempt countries hasn't been released but it is believed to include germany france spain and italy or a challenge has more from london on how the restrictions are set to loosen things. what the u.k. said was that anyone coming back from overseas would have to self quarantine for 2 weeks there were howls of protest from the travel industry over this saying this year's nonsensical it would make that much different to infection rates and that she would financially finish them off after the hit they'd already taken from coronavirus so for the last 2 weeks the government's been saying

a new system is coming. they were talking about something called bridges reciprocal arrangements with other countries and what we're expecting today is not quite that what we're going to get is a kind of traffic lights system with a list of 5060 countries where people coming from those countries would no longer have to self quarantine on their return we know that france and italy and germany and spain are going to be on that list we know that new zealand is going to be on that list but where this different differs from the air bridges system is that on some of these countries people going to them so people arriving in new zealand would still actually have to quarantine when they get to new zealand because of the perceived risk of coronavirus in the u.k. people coming into news even from the u.k. obviously are a big name that people are watching out for the united states that is going to be

on the red list so brits would still have to self quarantine coming back from the united states greece is still in the red list as well and on top of that england will be taking another step towards normality on saturday with hairdressers cafes and pubs reopening their doors good news for the hospitality sector of course which is already lost millions due to the lockdown and as emma haywood reports from rutland there are still fears that opening up could invite a new wave of infections. they were such and ask was originally there that come to the front of the shop caroline's preparing the sign on for her 1st clients in 3 months lockdown meant she couldn't open any of our barber shops now she's booked but it's hardly business as usual under new rules stylists will have to wear visors and aprons and customers will be kept apart from one another as much as possible caroline's determined to keep her customers and staff safe is a while ray is

a worry for the start of i think the customers are going to be quite safe because we're going to clean everything down but i think probably a bit more worry for the staff coming back when they've been self isolating or you know how but now and then all of a sudden they've got a touch people got their hair you know is that extra worry for us relay in parts of the u.k. social distancing rules are being reduced from 2 meters to one these marks the hair says and i stick with time barbara britain is one of the country's worst affected by corona virus and some have questioned whether the changes are coming too soon prompting of a rise in cases. the last few months though have been a rocky ride for business with thousands of jobs lost a no way of knowing what's to come usually at this time of year people will be going through the gates bought this place has had to close the news most of its staff and it's thought it won't be able to fully reopen until early next year. many hotels pubs and restaurants are reopening at the old white hot in rutland they've

kept busy throughout this crisis making meals for people working in the local hospital. so they're taking no chances unlike many other balls have the luxury of space so people can socially distance. and with reservations ready lined up for the weekend the chef is prepping the kitchen all customers will be required to leave their name and contact details just in case there's any outbreak of corona virus and they need to be traced and it will be different we're going to have social distancing we'll be having in doles. all the different measures that are going to be in place i am a bit apprehensive about. people coming in that you never met before but i think if we put all the measures in place everybody should be safe some believe relaxing the rules of lockdown particularly on

a saturday could send infections soaring of course opening up the hospitality industry will boost the economy only in the coming weeks so we know the full impact of the changes to the u.k. economy and the health of the nation and i would. unicef and 2 health organizations have struck a deal to buy an inexpensive steroid to treat critically ill coronavirus patients in poor countries british researchers found methods and significantly reduced mortality among those worst affected by the virus the cheap and widely available steroids known for its anti inflammatory affects up to 4 and a half 1000000 people will have access to this russia's president vladimir putin has signed in the most sweeping constitutional changes in decades allowing him to stay in power until he is 83 years old russians overwhelmingly supported the change with almost 78 percent of those who voted in favor the changes will take effect on saturday opposition leader alexei navalny has rejected the present though calling

the vote an illegitimate attempt to legalize putin's presidency for life india's prime minister has made an unannounced visit to the border region at the center of a tense dispute with china and russia 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. both sides traded blame for the incident but have since sat down for talks to deescalate the situation whatever. the world is made of their minds that against expansionism today the world is dedicated to development and is welcoming the open competitiveness of development. we have increased expenditure on the development of border infrastructure but 3 times in the country through this border area development in the construction of roads and bridges at the border areas as also been sped up. in the philippines president to territory has signed into law

a contentious counterterrorism measures that critics say could in dangerous civil liberties result in an abuse of power there totally says the legislation is needed to fight modern day terrorism under the law police cannot bypass the court system and arrest suspects without a warrant and they can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days critics fear he will use it against his opponents the german chancellor angela merkel is worried that hong kong's autonomy will be eroded by the new security law imposed by beijing the united nations is also concerned there a fear is this will lead to activists being persecuted the u.n. pointed to one particular provision of the law which includes court collusion with a foreign country or with external elements as concern that could be used to restrict civil society and to target activists or beijing's new security law also applies online which of course has got a lot of people worried about their personal information and their actions online

internet firms are now required to comply with police requests to delete data or to help with an investigation officers no longer have to get a court order to access people's information the law also gives police the power to search devices like smart phones for evidence they deemed to be a government offense last month local media reported people have been deleting their social media profiles and raising their whatsapp messages ahead of this law taking effect we're going to talk to 18 wives about this founder of the ethical journalism network which campaigns for good governance and journalism and also issues surrounding internet freedoms i must admit as we looked at this security law would mostly focused on what the police powers would be on the streets to break up protests for examples example what we just talked about online actually seems almost more insidious. i mean i think that's right if this law is implemented in the way that is being suggested then it will compromise people's freedom of people to people's ability to communicate with one another and it will

have a really chilling effect on the democracy in hong kong also it will it will threaten the credibility of hong kong as an economic hub for asia and the global economy and rob it seems to me it would be folly on the part of the chinese authorities because their one country 2 systems policy depends very much on hong kong being recognised as an economic hub of the problem around the world and if there is interference with the internet in any way that begins to undermine the credibility of hong kong as a business center then i think it will damage chinese interests as a whole you know i think they need to think very carefully about this attempt to corral and control information particularly the internet on a on a sort of more every day level and correct me if i'm wrong but you're you know you

facebook's and google's and twitter that's fine you can use that in hong kong but a lot of that is restricted if not banned entirely in mainland china that would be a huge thing is and i think that if if those all go ahead. no that's absolutely right i mean. everyone we know china has a parallel system of social networks like way bill for example which is corresponds with twitter outside china and china shakes to restrict google and facebook and twitter in hong kong as i say this will completely undermine the credibility of the one country 2 systems policy which china depends upon in order to invigorated only column e. and 2 and to continue the progress that it's made over the last 2 decades so i think tempting to control the internet in such a one i would not only be bad for good communications and democracy in hong kong in

the longer term it really seriously damage china's economic prospects which is why i think therefore they need to think very very carefully before they get into the business of just moving from the beijing administrative area control of information to the same sorts of control that i think will do permanent damage i'm just wondering how things like this can be. opposed or challenge to because i always some come back to the idea that no matter what you think of what beijing wants to do with hong kong it is still the overall role there in the end. look that's true and there's no gallagher all what's going on here is is a political is a political policy change and it's a political strategy but we must always remember that actually even inside china itself now are many people working in it in the field of journalism even in communications in in the academic world we for example have done lots of work in

there with the chinese counterparts the communications university in beijing university one joe university and where we have met many not just students but many academics many people at a local level who are very keen to have as much as possible so in fact in fact you know insight china that there is a yearning for more space more toronto to be more voices so it's happening is a political strategy which he's seeking to dampen or not not just in hong kong but also across china itself really interesting stuff and i'm glad we could talk to you about it i don't why i thank you thank you rescue is it me and maher have pulled out more bodies from a collapsed jade mine in the northern state of catchin piles of waste had collapsed into a lake on thursday burying more than 160 workers can official say they expect that

death toll to rise more from florence that. rescue had volunteer workers hike up the slopes of a collapsed jade mine retrieving bodies of those killed in a landslide on thursday. the dead are carried away in makeshift stretches but heavy rain is hampering recovery efforts the bodies are laid out for relatives to identify some are to overcome by grief to even speak. a local official says he expects the death toll to rise. more than 50 injured we've recovered $162.00 bodies there are more bodies to recover we will continue to recover today many of the dead were workers from impoverished parts of myanmar who were scavenging the waste left by a mining firm despite being one of the most lucrative industries in the country the jade mines of this region in the northern catchin state are poorly regulated more

than 100 people were killed in a 2015 mine collapse and at least 50 died in another landslide last year rights group global witness says the trade is worth billions of dollars a year father of the official value of $750000000.00 it says the money is used to fund conflict between the military and armed ethnic groups and has accused the government of failing to regulate mining practices myanma leader aung san suu kyi has expressed her sadness over the accident but has blamed poverty for forcing people to work in myanmar dangerous jade minds florence louis. paris appeals court has dismissed a bid to reopen the investigation into a plane crash that triggered rwanda's genocide in 1994 which ended up killing 800000 people president juvenal. excuse me. died when his plane was shot

down in kigali in 1904 responsibility for the attack remains contested but some blame the current president. and 2018 french prosecutors dropped charges against 9 suspects with ties to. due to a lack of evidence. half past the hour on al jazeera these are the headlines the 1st day of testimony has wrapped up in the trial of 20. accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi but they're being tried in turkey in their absence was murdered and dismembered at the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago the un special rapporteur said more countries like the u.k. and canada need to be present for these proceedings i call on them to ensure that the last next session in november that they are far greater international presence so that we continue to deliver that message to saudi arabia and to the

rest of the world that you cannot get away with killing a journalist and let's not forget these is a state exit. of course we are focusing on the individual spread this is a state executive this is why the presence of other state of other members of the international community is important. now the headlines libyan government forces have unearthed bodies from another mass grave in a former stronghold of the warlord how they found hafter 5 bodies and found out the latest signs government forces say all up they found more than 200 bodies into her and in an area south of the capital tripoli the french president emanuel micron has named a senior civil servant and local mayor as the new prime minister juncker sticks replaces edward phillipe who stepped down earlier on friday as part of a cabinet reshuffle ethiopia's prime minister says the 3 days of violence in the

country was an attempt to start a civil war but that it's been prevented comments follow the unrest which was prompted by the death of ethiopian activist and his touch other than this he was shot dead by unidentified gunman in the capital addis ababa on monday and england is dropping its coronavirus travel restrictions for people coming in from more than 50 different countries from the 10th of july passengers arriving from places which are deemed to be low risk will no longer have to self isolates for the 14 day period that was a rule brought in last month which has been fiercely opposed by the travel industry . that's been off today thanks for your company kim's got your next news in about half an hour. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

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