from across the globe coronavirus fund demick special coverage on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm coming up in the next 60 minutes americans head into the 4th of july weekend with beaches and bars closed and health experts urging them to rein in their celebrations to stop an even bigger surge in coronavirus case. brazil's president approves a law requiring people to wear masks on streets on public transport but water's a down 1st. out of the woods yet

a sober message from the u.k. prime minister is prepared to reopen despite covert 1000 still killing more than 100 britons a day and. you cannot get away with killing a jewel in the east turkey puts 20 saudis on trial in absentia over the murder of jon. and not have all the sports including. one that will champion lewis hamilton it's quickest in practice ahead of the delayed season opening also. welcome to the news our health experts in the united states say this weekend could be the perfect storm for an explosion and already soaring coronavirus infections as the country gears up for independence day in some states where restrictions are

being reimposed bars on beaches have been closed and fireworks and parades canceled the u.s. reported another record rise in corona virus cases on thursday with more than 55000 new infections that's the largest daily number any country has reported since the outbreak began california texas and florida all posted record new. cases this week arizona says it's running out of intensive care beds in texas says its hospitalizations have risen to a record high well despite this the u.s. presidents will celebrate 4th of july with a trip to mt rushmore defying health experts recommendations to avoid large crowds donald trump is about to set off for south dakota that's where he'll watch a fireworks display with thousands of people at the landmark mosques will be available but they're not required the site has not had fireworks in 2009 because of environmental concerns and tribes visit is expected to be met by protests as well let's bring in jordan she's joining us from just outside washington d.c.

in virginia and as we're reporting rosen americans are told to really scale back the celebrations this year but the president seems to be sending out a very different message. well that's really been the case a sense of the pandemic really took off here in the united states daryn the president just this week has been insisting that states and localities do have the pandemic under control even though public health experts say that is not the case the president is also trying to was send a message that it is safe for people to go about their daily lives including observing the u.s. independence day holiday and certainly any other year having a 3 day weekend with 2 days of celebrations in far woods would be something that many people would look forward to but as you noted the president is getting ready

to head to melt rushmore in the state of south dakota where not only will about 7500 people be able to sit right next to each other and watch him deliver remarks before a 40 minute long fireworks display but they also will not be required to wear any face coverings during the event that has public health experts very concerned that because these people largely are coming from across the united states that they could be transmitting the virus to each other and then returning to their home communities and setting off a new spread of code that 19 year old and you know the facts speak for themselves in the latest numbers we're getting from many states across the united states is they're just simply not good. not good in the state of texas another 7500 cases and the day's not over yet to another 7 hours before a new date starts here on the u.s. east coast in the state of arizona not only do you have another $14.00 to $1500.00

cases but the country of mexico which is on the border with arizona has stopped all cross border crossings in order to try to stem the spread of the disease the caseload is also rising in california in florida in north and south carolina and in georgia the disease is far from being under control and assume that in many local governments have basically banned people from going to restaurants and bars or going to the beach which is the lake shore in their communities again to try to keep people away from each other and try to stop the spread of covert 19 all right don thank you for that update from just outside washington d.c. and let's talk about this with dr richard lamm from the texas tech physicians he's joining us from the city of lubbock thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour sara so states are breaking their own records including in texas where

you are how concerned are you at the trajectory of the virus thank you doreen and i'm concerned because we are averaging about $8000.00 cases per day in texas and as a physician i just checked the numbers and there have been 7362 people currently hospitalized that's 4 times more than there were at the beginning at the end of may right so what are you hearing about hospitals in particular because some reports seem to suggest that some hospitals and cities like houston are now nearing capacity. you are correct where i'm at in lubbock we have capacity for more patients but the bigger cities like dallas houston san antonio austin are approaching their capacity and it is said it i believe in houston at least above 90 percent that's very concerning for such a large important city and the governor of texas has now reversed course and he's

mandating the wearing a mask so if people do so and if people avoid crowds and they don't go out on this 4th of july holiday weekend could that curve be flattened and how long would it take yes i don't know the perfect answer to that but i'll use as an example this mess i've been wearing it ever since march and you're right the governor has said you know all public places all texans should wear that they should listen to that. law or that guidance that is very important my best guess is that if they don't 2 weeks later there will be more cases and 2 weeks after that there will be more hospitalizations but right now we're going to fast the messaging of course as we are saying is that americans should stay home and that is the message from health experts but then the u.s. president seems to be sending out a very different message he is on his way to mount rushmore to celebrate the 4th of

july weekend if the president himself wore a mask and if you avoided crowds and if you didn't attend these events would that make a difference. i believe that it may i'm a physician and not a politician but i think our leaders should set good examples are right and one final thought to see you on the president himself and this is not a political question at all but rather it's about testing because the u.s. president maintains that the reason the cases are going up in the u.s. is because of increased testing is that some thing you agree with. i think we are recognizing more people who have it and we need the capacity for more testing recently all the tests being done in. dallas houston austin have made it very difficult for us to get. the proper materials to do the test here testing is key to the tracy most important quite honestly are these masks all right

so we thank you very much richard lamb for us speaking to us from texas thanks for your time. thank you and now health workers in ecuador is capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse that's because of new coronavirus cases there more than 50 now and 59000 people are infected and over 4600 others have died the government has now begun collecting personal data to ensure people are following quarantine rules and it says the information is crucial to identify anyone who may have the virus or come into contact with an infected person let's bring in terrorism joining us from argentina's capital want to cyrus how concerning is the situation in ecuador. well it is extremely concerning over 60000 people have been confirmed to be infected almost 5000 of them have died and have been confirmed to die of cold 1000 but the thousands of others that were not tested and have the symptoms we can all remember the images from the

city of watch that's right at the ports of the sea shore is old for a while though it's the economic engine of the country where the health care system completely collapsed with bodies piling up on the streets of that city well the epicenter right now it's in the capital keep the worry cases have increased in the past weeks from the very beginning the mayor of key don't post a very strict lockdown in the city to prevent the spread of covert 19 but in the past month they have started to open up the city mostly because of the economic consequences that this has in the country well in that month the amount of infections in the country have increased around 70 percent we just spoke to the mayor of keep the he told us the city's health care system is about to collapse we were just also talking to a doctor in that city who told us that people are dying on a wait while they're waiting to be accepted inside a hospital so subtly there is lots of fear about what's coming next in the city of

quito of the virus is spreading fast the government is trying to control it there was lots of pressure to open up the economy because of the economic situation in the country but certainly opening up has its consequences and tourism over in brazil the country there is approaching one and a half 1000000 cases and we know that the president has signed but he also watered down a lot of people to wear masks in public what's that about. well over 1500000 people infected in brazil over 60000 people have already died the virus spreading to the country's most remote areas and just no precedent so no pass to lower demand and making it mandatory for people to wear face masks that he. vetoed a close off that a new law where he says that in churches schools factorise people are not obliged to wear face masks and this is happening just as some cities in brazil are starting to open up in sao paulo restaurants bars malls are opening up in the city of rio

they've done a deal for example people are allowed to go to the beach to do some exercise they're not out to some bait or remain on the street but restaurants and malls are opening up there was not of tension between governors of those cities and also not initially because they did impose a lockdown in spite that the president was opposing it well they opened up but cases continue to increase we were listening to some experts who are saying that probably they don't. too soon that the cities should remain in lockdown because of the situation in brazil on thursday there were 48000 people infected in the country 1200 people died and that's why the criticism. for his handling of the crisis has been enormous right to terrorism reporting from want to thank you colombians are enjoying their a 2nd of 3 tax free shopping days as the government there tries to stimulate the economy following virus restrictions citizens are being encouraged to venture out

and spend after one of the strictest lockdowns in latin america it's proved to be a popular measure because sales tax in colombia is a whopping 19 percent the government says retail sales jumped fivefold after the 1st tax free holiday on june 19th but critics fear the shopping days could lead to a surge in new infections. well england is dropping coronavirus travel restrictions for travelers coming from 59 countries and 14 british overseas territories from july the 10th passengers arriving from places viewed as low risk will no longer need to self isolate for 14 days the rule was brought in last month and has been fiercely opposed by the travel industry holiday favorites france spain and italy are on the list as is germany but the us china brazil and sweden are nuts and hairdressers pubs restaurants and other businesses will also be reopening their

doors in england on saturday after more than 3 months of walk down but with covered 1000 still claiming the lives of more than 100 people a day in the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has urged people to act responsibly success of these businesses the livelihoods of those who rely on them ultimately the economic health of the whole country is dependent on every single one of us acting responsibly we must not let them down looked on only succeeded in controlling the virus because everyone worked together and we will only succeed in reeling if everyone works together again because we're not out of the woods yet. the reopening is good news for the hospitality sector which has already lost millions because of virus restrictions but as emma

hayward reports from rutland many fear that opening up could invite a new wave of infections the reception desk was originally that for 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 a barber shops now she's booked up 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 it is a war ray it's a worry for the star 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 and then all of a sudden they've got a touch people in parts of the u.k. social distancing rules are being reduced from 2 metres to home all these marks are here us is a nice distance behind the bar britain is one of the country's worst affected by corona virus and some have questioned whether the changes are coming too soon. of

a rise in cases the last few months or so 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 guy i bought this place has had to close and lose 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 opening at the white hart in rutland they've kept busy throughout this crisis making meals to people working in the local hospital. so they're taking no chances they unlike many other balls have the luxury of space so people can socially distance. and with reservations ready lined up 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 will be having in the walls. which are in the stall for all the different measures that are going to be in place i am a bit apprehensive about opening up and all sorts of people coming in that you never met before but i think if we put all the measures in place everybody should be safe somebody relaxing the rules of not down particularly in the sun today 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 he would rutland or south africa has reported its biggest single day rise in corona virus infections with more than $9000.00 new cases the surge comes a few weeks after the country allowed businesses to reopen following a strict 2 month lockdown the government is extending the deployment of $20000.00

soldiers until the end of september to help and force restrictions cases across south africa more than quadrupled in june there are now more than 177000 confirmed infections and almost 3000 people have died. india has also reported yet another single day high of new coronavirus cases in assignats infection rate is still rising almost $21000.00 new cases were confirmed taking the national total to more than 625000 into is expected to overtake russia to become the furred worst hit country after the u.s. and brazil despite raising cases the government has eased many restrictions on monuments including the taj mahal will reopen for tourists next week north korea's leader says his country needs to be on maximum alert so against the coronavirus told officials that complacency could lead to an unimaginable crisis but he also

reiterated the country's claim that it's hasn't had a single case of cope with 19 despite sharing a border with china where the outbreak began how facts parents say a major outbreak there would have severe consequences because of a lack of proper health facilities coming up on the al jazeera news hour redoing a classic athens launches europe's biggest urban renewal project in a bid to boost its post coronavirus economy ethiopia's prime minister says the murder of a popular singer and subsequent unrest was part of a plot to destabilize the country we'll hear what one of basketball's best young players hostis say about the n.b.a.'s return to action. but 1st the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalists has begun in turkey his fiance was among those who testified at the one day hearing but none of

the defendants were there. or at the saudi consulates in istanbul drew widespread condemnation and his remains have never been found so impressive oakley reports from istanbul. inside this courthouse in istanbul persecutors began their case against want to sell the citizens they accuse the men of killing a saudi journalist of aftershocks at the saudi kwan slate here in the city in october 2018 saudi arabia has refused turkey's request to extradite the suspects so the trial is being held without their presence in the courtroom judiciary a style that some countries may not be familiar with it has limitations but the un special rapporteur on this call of art says it's much better than the closed door trial held in saudi arabia late last year we have not moved the killing of jamal khashoggi into a formal setting that the international community can recognize because the

trial in saudi arabia could not be given a credibility and legitimacy it towards helping secret. and key perpetrate toes the balls who commissioned the crimes were not indicted her should just turkish fiance how to judge i guess was the case will offer new clues to the whereabouts of his remains. we trust in turkish justice the process is now our search for justice will continue in turkey as well as everywhere else we can question his murder remains a horrific crime against a journalist if the suspects from saudi arabia are convicted they could face possible life sentences but without they were arrests and their physical presence here they are unlikely to serve any prison time in turkey. called a martyr points out the fact that saudi crown prince mohammed bin so mom has not

been inducted in a previous are for cheer released the un special report or have called for an investigation into green someone suspected in the killing of the one country that as claimed to have the evidence about mohammed bin salmen responsibility easy united states it tease the cia and and so far the process. undertaken by the american congress to get to the bottom of the information as been hampered to a veto by the white house called i want to say is the problem of this trial should not be underestimated but sees more countries the to show support for the legitimacy of the turkish court case. al-jazeera istanbul. same court in istanbul has also jailed 2 of amnesty international turkey's former

leaders on terror charges its former chairman tan or kill it was convicted of membership to a terror organization and sentenced to more than 6 years in prison and former director is a lesser was one of 3 activists sentenced to 2 years and one month there arrested 2017 followed a failed attempt to overthrow president. and was seen as a push to silence critics. i'm mr national has condemned that ruling as a crushing blow for human rights and justice and for justice in turkey it's obvious he will not give up will be an appeal process we will be supporting our friends and colleagues all the way but this is a real eye dog day for the tickets justice to see such. a political charges without any substance whatsoever. you know for people's lives to be taken away in this in this way is a just grace. the philippine president has signed into law a counterterrorism bill that critics say and dangerous civil liberties in may

result in an abuse of power rodriguez a territory opposed to fast track the legislation which he says is needed to fight terrorism the law bypasses normal legal processes and gives a special counsel the right to decide what is terrorism and order arrests without warrants suspects can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days. if you o.p.'s prime minister says the murder of a popular singer and subsequent violence within the country was an attempt to start a civil war had made the comments during an emergency meeting with senior advisers more than 80 people died in protests in response to the killing of the prominent oromo singer a child of an desa he was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the capital addis ababa on monday nights catherine story is following the developments from neighboring kenya and she says that if you look as prime minister issued a very strong warning to what he called the instigators. indeed have a very extensive

a meeting this morning with key government officials including the chief of defense attorney general the federal police commissioner and others and after this came a written statement where he said that this incidents this protest that followed the killing of the musician had child who coordinated and then attempted to create civil unrest he say that the people the people the government give amnesty to and allowed in the country if you remember. if you're peons who are in exile allowed to be have been coming back to the country after a government a message in the last 2 or 3 years so you say some of this people instead of engaging in the government on ways to solve if europeans are facing problems facing if you can peacefully have decided to take up arms he also said that the government is in the process of identifying not just those who committed the crimes at the killing of the musician but also those who are instigating the balance in the last

few days we've been hearing from officials of the ethiopian government and from the prime minister himself saying that there could be some external forces perhaps foreign countries who haven't had a hand in these protests he also said that people who are colluding with the instigators of the violence will be are considered enemies of the if you peon people. the paris appeals court has rejected an effort to reopen the investigation into the assassination of rwanda's former president. died when the plane he was travelling in was shot down in the capital kigali in 1904 the event triggered the 100 day genocide which killed 800000 people responsibility for the attack remains contested but some blame people close to the current president paul kagame me in $28000.00 french prosecutors dropped charges against 9 suspects with ties to me due to a lack of evidence much more to come on the al jazeera news hour including the. president's

my call replaces his popular prime minister with the man who helped bring france out of lockdown. a desperate response following a desperate journey migrants threaten suicide after their rescue vessel is refused permission to dock. and why this former marathon world record holder has got himself into some real trouble details a little later. i know there's still plenty of catty skies and some rain showers across most of the northern areas of europe me one across southern and eastern areas where we are a of showers and thunderstorms the actual mediterranean is mostly fine and dry on the some very nice warm sunshine across the southwest and also across the southeast

but not so in some area look at this the charles bridge people sheltering from some very heavy rain some very heavy downpours meanwhile across into more so than i was a gemini it has been fine and dry as that butterfly will testify through saturday the right the rain showers are back in the fall calls across much of the u.k. some pretty strong winds to come in from the southwest pushing the showers across towards dam up the low countries on through northern germany and also into all southern areas of the scandinavia we've still got some possibly heavier downpours this ill system a just laying across into romania as well through most central and southern hours of its way. across the northwest as we go through sunday the area of low pressure responsible for this rain is working its way quite swiftly on towards no way taking with it some very heavy amounts of rain but still some blustery showers across the northwest and you see fairly cloudy conditions generally across much of you are going to showers on my way towards the southeast but for the next few days in athens it's mostly fine you get the chance a few the shows on sunday but time it isn't fairing too badly and what does stay warm and sunny for the next few days is book arrest 35 on tuesday.

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a politics. an unholy alliance on al-jazeera. the. coloring on the top stories on the object to reduce our some beaches and bars are closed as americans are warned to scale back their independence day celebrations to slow the spread of current virus u.s. health experts say this weekend could be the perfect storm for an explosion in infections. brazil's president has approved but watered down a law that mandates the wearing of mosques in public places an arrow used his veto power to remove elements of the law that require people to wear face coverings in

shops and churches. the british prime minister boris johnson has warned people to act responsibly as restrictions are further eased in england hairdressers pubs restaurants and other businesses will be reopening their doors on saturday. greece is launching what may be europe's biggest urban renewal project in an effort to revive its economy with tourism at a standstill because of $1000.00 the country is forecast to suffer the continent's deepest recession this year john reports from athens. 2 decades after it was shut down athens old airport is roaring back to life an international consortium is plowing $9000000000.00 over 10 years to create a model city in the southern suburbs and $80000.00 jobs it's music to the is of a government that came to power promising growth and now faces europe's deepest

coronavirus related recession of up to 10 percent. but is encouraging is that today when the whole world is facing kind of problems due to coron of virus countries most emblematic investment is finally beginning its not only greece's biggest investment at $620.00 hector's helicon is being billed as europe's biggest urban renewal project one that could increase the size of the national economy by 2 and a half percent with unemployment here at over 14 percent greeks welcome the news but wonder if they'll be the ones to benefit from this that they will be job openings and that will help but my rent will double in fact it's already started going up so even if i find a child with the development will make my life difficult because salaries are very low for years the helicon project has created winners and losers the original owners of the property expropriated to create the airport fort a legal battle to get it back and lost meanwhile luxury homes have sprung up at the

ports fringes as property prices here have risen to the top of the greek market and many people wonder whether the government itself has won or lost this land is valued at over $3000000000.00 it was sold for a 3rd of that amount and only a 3rd of that was paid upfront in cash that's because 6 years ago when the government sold it greece was in the midst of the post 2008 global financial crisis which cost a quarter of its economy and a $1000000.00 jobs the priority at the time was to joe. growth rather been for all state coffers. insists everyone will benefit their warrior neither i nor my voters can afford a lot of what will be on offer but the project isn't just the casino yachting marina and luxury hotel it's a park for everyone you can come down on the metro and wander around with your family the park will surely be welcome as it replaces acres of concrete slab but

after the battering greece's economy has received a nearby playground for the rich may still create resentment john psaropoulos al-jazeera athens french president has replaced his popular prime minister with a little known civil servants it's part of a major government in an attempt to reinvigorate his presidency 2 years before the next election that's asked about the reports from paris shore cast stakes is not a new name in french politics a conservative mayor of a southwestern town he's worked for former rightwing president nicolas sarkozy and was recently put in charge of planning the lifting of france's lockdown nevertheless few people in france had heard of him until he was named prime minister replacing it while felipe like president emmanuel might crawl during a cabinet reshuffle you for. me will mean more than ever to reunite the nation to fight this crisis among us and above all continue the deep reforms that you've

undertaken so that we will emerge stronger and more united but served as prime minister since 2017 when mackerel was elected like our steaks conservative felipe was little known when he took up the position but he soon became one of france's most respected politicians steering the country through the coronavirus crisis with this trademark no nonsense approach. and rather moved in saying this but be good and as we say where i come from let the wind carry. over. thanks ed wofully may have become too popular for emanuel might cause comfort which is why the president may have chosen a prime minister unlikely to overshadow him is a low key politician in no way in a coin's saying the president and the prime minister and i have an efficient collaborator to take charge of the day to day running of of the government it will

feel a piece predecessor as prime minister was more from buy ins type of politician he was recently on the cover of party much magazine and people started seeing him a little bit as an alternative or arrival to him a new record this will not happen with younger sticks caste stakes is appointment will disappoint those that had hoped mark role would choose a woman as his next prime minister or a politician with an environmental plank around to pick wins by the green party in this week's local elections michael says he wants the last 2 years of his presidential term to be a period of renewal he's promised to reinvent himself but his choice of prime minister may fail to convince some that he's serious about change the sasha potluck al-jazeera paris. france has returned the remains of 24 hour jury and resistance fighters killed during its colonization of the north african country their skulls

had spent decades in a french museum before being repatriated on friday they were welcomed by president abdullah measured to boehner who described the dead men as war heroes the coffins will be held at the cultural palace in algiers where the public can pay their respects they will then be buried on sunday as the 58th anniversary of algeria's independence from france. now is see rescue charity has declared a state of emergency on one if its ships the more than 180 migrants and refugees on board are growing increasingly desperate after both malta and italy refuse that permission to dock rescue workers on the ocean viking say many of the people are an acute mental distress and 6 of them have tried to kill themselves they were rescued in 4 different operations in the past week while attempting the dangerous crossing from libya into italy lets us week to frederick pienaar he's the director of

operations for s.o.s. military names which operates that ship the ocean viking he's joining us from our say over in france thanks for your time with us on the news hour as we're reporting you've now announced this data for emergency on board the viking just tell us a little bit more about what led you to make that decision and how unprecedented the situation is. well it's very unprecedented to us because it's the 1st time in more than 4 years of operation that we reach such a such a level of anxiety ana and such a situation and all the station is very simple we've we've rescued people in the central mediterranean in the areas of responsibility of both mountain and italy for some of them this was one week ago already more than one week ago there are no 180 people they've come from libya where this lot they've been drifting at sea for 4 days and now they're left for days in a ship which is 60 meters long without nothing in perspective and. that mental

health he started to to to be extremely extremely worrying that there are i mean we have psychological people which which of psychological disorder that. stretching to suicide themselves so yes the tension is extremely high and this is the reason that led that led to the vessel to declare the state of emergency a couple of hours ago and following that declaration of emergency have you received any help or response at all from maritime authority is because i know over the past week as well you have sent at least 7 requests to italian and authorities from malta. the and today i mean at this hour we haven't received yet any concrete proposal to to find a solution we requested earlier this morning the medical evacuation of gravely these older people which has not been granted so yes we are left in limbo to some extent. i should remind the turf since the 1st rescue more than

a week ago we've been keeping a storage unit in mt very well informed at any step and asked for as maritime law demands asked for for port of safety which was not granted and was refusing to done so at the moment we are left without any solution with the kind of emergency situation on board because it is a situation that we cannot guarantee we can control at any moment i know this might be a difficult question to answer but what do you think will happen next. but next i mean that there are always very clear and the transition at the end of the seas or a clear i mean both seeking assistance needs to be assisted and this is a nontraditional route in the world and yet assisted when did it declare a distress i mean this is what we actually do as a swiss many turning the central med we are actually compensating the lack of a search and rescue system to to respond to the stresses of these boats being between libyan and its elite and just because the assistance of people at sea is

something a principle that we don't want to forget well we expect that no this principle is also apply to our own ship to the ocean working we actually need assistance today we cannot be left in a situation that we might be in a situation to control right over there thank you very much frederick ben arfa speaking to us from us a. well turkey's defense minister has visited war torn libya to discuss military operations between the countries in the 2nd such high profile visit in weeks her car was joined by his military chief for the meeting with the prime minister of the tripoli government which turkey backs the defense minister reiterated turkey's support for the libyan people the un backed government of national accord says it's regained full control of tripoli and its suburbs after a year long offensive by the military strongman 24 have in recent weeks turkish support has helped push have to force us into retreat mom and out there who are headed center probably has more on the turkish visits this top turkish deliberation

that included the defense minister. along with the chief of staff and military commanders who met today with libya's internationally recognized it prime minister of. the chief of staff of libya's chief of staff and also the interior minister. and also libyan military commanders government tripoli says that this visit is trying to look into a future a strategy is to build libya's defense and security capacities it seems to be this is the. creepy war stage that libya's internationally recognized the government is keen to build buy it expertise by turkish hands that's also based on the turkish libyan military security and military agreement that was signed by libya's prime minister faisal raj and due to president.

last november the victory achieved by the government forces over half to the forces in the west of libya regaining recapturing the whole west of libya after one year of heavy fighting that is attributed may lead to military support. russian president vladimir putin has signed in the most sweeping constitutional changes in decades allowing him to stay in power until he's 83 years old russians overwhelmingly supported the change with almost 78 percent voting for a package of reforms which included raising pensions on the minimum wage the changes will take effect from saturday the opposition leader has rejected the result calling the vote an illegitimate attempt to legalize putin's presidency for life rescuers in me and mar have pulled out more bodies from a collapse jade mine in the northern state of kitchen piles of waste collapsed into a lake on thursday bring more than 170 workers florence louis.

rescue and volunteer workers hike up the slopes of a collapsed mine retrieving bodies of those killed in a landslide on thursday the dead are carried away in makeshift stretches tevye 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 bodies there are more bodies to recover we will continue to recover today many of the dead workers from impoverished parts of myanmar who were scavenging the waste left by a mining. despite being one of the most lucrative industries in the country the jade mines of this region in the northern kitchin state are poorly regulated more

than 100 people were killed in the 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 sun suu kyi has expressed her sadness over the accident but has blamed poverty for forcing people to work in myanmar as dangerous jade minds florence. at least 19 seer programs have died after a bus collided with a train in the east of pakistan the train was heading from lahore to karate when it crashed at a crossing local police confirm the dead were all from the same family and that 8

other people were in critical condition. india's prime minister has made an unannounced visit to the border region at the center of a tense dispute with china there and her modi was accompanied by the fence officials during the trip tensions lots of violence last month and 20 indian soldiers were killed during fighting with chinese troops in the remote valley both sides blamed each other for the incident but have since held talks to the escalate the situation. still ahead on the. hydro electric project farmers worried about the rivers they rely on. so desperate to travel there are taking a flight to know where. they could be saying goodbye to barcelona. and sport coming up.

there's been a number of hydro power projects and. dozens of power plants have been built in recent years. as the country tries to reduce its reliance on call for energy but new construction projects are facing protests over their impact on the environment and livelihoods as priyanka gupta explains. this is the need to it's a river. winding to forests villages and farmlands off bosnia and herzegovina. its fresh water carries reach biodiversity and endangered species of fish tomato

and grasping plantations lynette's for. most people here depend on the river for their livelihoods but they see the plant construction of the steam hard to let it plants is trying to cut off the main lifeline of the valley. or did you model there more than 35 to 40 hamlets here and people live there these people live by the streams and by the rivers there isn't a hamlet here that isn't connected to a stream river which is normal if they take the strings in this river will have to leap. for people like i did so leaving is not an option one moment they will never build here i will not give them my property it will not pass over the piece of land that goes from here to the river i'm ready to fight at the price of being defeated. environmental groups say over the last 15 years 106 more plants have been built and 340 more are planned or under construction. protests to see

more pastiche and resource farmers from the land of mali i don't think that all in the knowledge and on those evils where small hydroelectric bostons are great in bosnia life as it used to be no longer exists the beds have completely dried up more than 100 power plants that are operating now there are 200 to 300 kilometers of uva beds in which all life has been carried. a 3 month pause in the construction of new plants has been announced along with a long. to protect the resilience but activists wonder projects to be canceled altogether. but i would tell you that if the objective of the studies that are carried out is that the impacts on the environment of small hydro power plants are minor in the areas where they are built boston has the goals and now is to align to uncool for most of its power but with hundreds of prisoners washing to its towns and villages to hide to lead to conduct street is someone to rise and so is the resistance. of 0. for so get an update on all the sports news with find out

thank you very much daryn will 4 months later than expected the formula one season is officially underway reigning world champion lewis hamilton that was fast as them both practices in austria on friday mercy this it seem are using an all of black card this season in a show of support for the fight against racial injustice the 6 time champion is the only black driver in the sport and says f one needs to confront its lack of diversity. but we have to stay on it that people don't have. the privilege of being out to take a moment out if something we have to stay on top of the industry has to stand top of we all have to come together in our voices in each of us horses are powerful and if we bring them together collectively we can have a huge impact. in march the f one season solved just hours before the 1st practice

session at the australian conclave that race it was cancelled after the mclaren team withdrew and one of their staff members tested positive for corona virus a shortened season has now been organized with no fans allowed to attend the 1st of 2 back to back accomplis in austria starts on sunday. spanish media is reporting that leonardo messi has broken off talks about renewing his contract with barcelona he said 3 year old's current deal spiers next year messi is said to be unhappy about leaks from the club suggesting he was responsible for coach or nest over their day being a fired earlier this year the 6 time battle indulge when there has been at barcelona for his entire korea. always spoke to madrid base a sportswriter for nigel cut us so who says that a very few clubs have a serious chance of prising messi away from the new camp realistically i think it's

should be i don't know that the 1st thing that comes to mind this is why the all known as much as the cd but can you imagine. with juventus you can imagine messi and cristiano ronaldo together. it would be crazy i think that dead or maybe the reunion with the p.s.u. so i think that this is there are 3 realistic clubs that he can go but it we have we still have so so much to go on it's it's one year already so let's see what happens with the election in barcelona this year if the director directors change if they're yours and you present it shall be as the new coach i think massey stays but it all depends in with with the result of the election of former martin world record holder wilson has been handed a 4 year ban for violating anti doping rules its 88 year old kenyan right now was

found to have that missed 3 tests and failed to provide timely information on his whereabouts on the 4th occasion all in 280-2019 kipsang won bronze in the math and at the 2012 london olympics and broke the world record the following year and belin . cricket's world governing body the i.c.c. have suspended the vesta gating claims that india's victory over sri lanka in the 2011 world cup final was fixed jus to a lack of evidence that sri lankan captain kumar a single car was among a number of high profile players and officials questions this week by sri lanka police they too found no proof and suspended the inquiry which had been true triggered by the sports minister of the time who in the recent the t.v. interview claimed troll lanka had sold the final new orleans pelicans a star 0 williamson the says he's looking forward to playing again and supports the

n.b.a.'s decision to resume the season the 19 year old rookie is set to travel to florida next week ahead of the july 30th we saw several high profile players have opted out of the season due to the recent spike in co the 19 cases in the u.s. but williamson believes the n.b.a. will make the players health it's priority a trust n.b.a. . in the bubble we're going to be in a safe environment. in certain situations or. it's crazy man i actually want to go. a lot of presence for sure but i am excited. that you want players have tested positive for corn of ice in major league baseball's 1st round of testing the news so with all 30 teams starting

training at their home ballparks on friday the the lathes and scholten season is scheduled to begin later this month the new york yankees chairman says he expects some fans to be allowed to attend games later and the air. i think i'm generally an optimist about a lot of situations obviously this is a huge undertaking there's a lot of different components and this being one of them we're in this kind of virtual press conference room but i think that we've fought through a lot of these situations and obviously you know stress testing us as we get the players and what's the intake process look like well south korea's season is already in full swing. states a great comeback to beat the visiting q on heroes on friday who took the lead that was the home a from who the game would be decided in the 9th inning to. say . getting the game winning touch on 2 home bases to seal

a thrilling 32 win for the ways. and that's what is full of amanda baggs is airing in london sun i thank you very much for that well before we go let's just bring you the story from taiwan because some people there are so desperate to travel again what they're doing is they're lining up at the airport just for the experience of sitting on a plane $10000.00 people entered a competition for the flights to nowhere only 30 were selected but they were allowed to bring a friend it was designed by the civil aviation administration to teach people about airport procedures from queuing at checkin to security searches and even duty free shopping it was the complete airport experience all except the takeoff and of course there was no lost luggage thanks for watching the news hour back in a moment with more news on al-jazeera.

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