storytelling around the biggest issues. have to do you should do it again. u.s. president donald trump flies to mount rushmore to mark independence day as americans are told to scale back celebrations to avoid an even bigger surgeon coronavirus. hello and welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up on the verge of collapse health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in cases of covert 19. you cannot get away with this act killing

a journalist and let's not forget that these easy state exit you show. the murder trial of journalists jamal khashoggi has begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. also ahead the u.s. sees a shipment of human hair products thought to have come from ethnic minorities held in chinese detention camps. we begin in the united states where the u.s. president donald trump has left the white house to attend july the 4th celebrations at mount rushmore it's in defiance of health experts recommendations to avoid large crowds in a few hours' time mr trump will watch a fireworks display with thousands of people of the south dakota landmark mosques will be available but they're not required the sites has not had fireworks since 2009 because of environmental concerns and. visits is expected to be met by

protests health experts meanwhile a warning the weekend could be the perfect storm for an explosion in already soaring infections with coronavirus in some states where restrictions are being reimposed bars and beaches have been closed and firework parades canceled the u.s. reported another record rise in corona virus cases with more than 53000 new infections and i speak to our correspondent roselyn jordan who's just outside washington d.c. and alexandria virginia. so social distancing will they do it. it's impossible to do it at the event at mount rushmore a folding chair some $7500.00 chairs have been tied together they say for public safety reasons if for example people needed to be evacuated very quickly they would then run into the chairs and get hurt by falling on

a chair well it's impossible then physically distance you're literally going to be sitting shoulder to shoulder with the people who are also attending this event also the fact that the mask wearing is optional that is also a real concern according to health experts they say that people could be carrying the virus and not know what they could spread it to other people and because the people who are coming to this event are coming from all over the u.s. the fear according to his health experts is that they could then take the virus back to their home communities and exacerbate the spread this is a situation where even the local officials say well this is an outdoor event we think the chances of transmission baby going down we have seen now that we are in the middle of the summer here in the united states that being in close proximity is much more of a factor in the transmission of covert 19 that whether or not it's hot outside

whether it's $35.00 degrees celsius or is 0 degrees celsius what do you think we'll hear from mr trump. well there are now a report suggesting that the president is going to talk about the need to preserve monuments and that's going after ugh no other major issue here in the united states the matter of race relations there has been as part of the anti racism movement an effort to dismantle or remove monuments that author those people who have stood up for the institution of slavery for those who fought for the u.s. confederacy the number of states that wanted to find slavery as a legal construct and as part of their economy this is an attempt according to with these reports that the president is going to say that these activists are wrong that they are trying to erase history but the countervailing argument peter is that

it is insulting to the american ideal to have monuments to people who want to enslave others ok. we'll leave it there correspondent reporting live from alexandria. brazil has more than one and a half 1000000 cases of coronavirus it is the 2nd worst affected country in the world after the united states but despite calls to increase personal protection measures the president has watered down on more requiring the wearing of mosques in public places the far right leader used his veto power to remove the obligation for people to wear masks and stop shops and churches balsa narrow claims it is unconstitutional. health workers in the ecuadorian capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse because of new coronavirus cases there are more than 59000 people are infected and over 4600 others have died the government has begun collecting personal data to ensure people are following quarantine rules it says the information is crucial to identify anyone who may have the virus or come into

contact with an infected person there is a bird joins us live now from argentina's capital point as ira's so series a brazil feels like it goes from bad to worse. well it's a dramatic situation in brazil over 1500000 people infected 100 people dying every day the virus spreading to the country's most remote areas in the amazon rain forest where indigenous communities are dreading extinction and just now president i want to point out or passed a law approved a law that would make facemask mandatory as you just explained though he removed it he vetoed a clause where it says that it's mental we church is in schools in factories also he told one of the 3 offices where it says that the state is responsible for providing facemask to groups that are vulnerable in the country that cannot afford

the mask and all of this is happening just as the country main cities have started to open up in religion neda for example people are now allowed to go to the beach for exercise only they're not allowed to some day for it to remain on the beach restaurants and shopping malls have started to open up in the city of so pablo something similar let's not forget of how we got here even from the very beginning the governors of rio and sao paolo imposed a lockdown by which they were severely criticized by a president that it was so not on then they started opening once again on thursday brazil reported 48000 infections in one's day doctors are saying that it was a mistake to start opening up the economy to worry because the spread in a way deters the possibility of preventing the spread of the virus and this is what's causing in a way for criticism against president when i don't to reaming at high about his handling of the pandemic in brazil. something of

a 2 point. system release of steam. well i mean it's important to know away well it was one of the 1st countries in latin america to be affected by coal vade 19 it now has around 60000 people infected around 4700 have been confirmed deaths because of cold 1000 but there thousands of others especially and the city of wires that kill that died and they had similar symptoms to cope with 19 but to were not tested we can easily remembers the 1st images coming out of war jackie with the bodies piling up on the streets where the funeral services completely collapsed hospitals completely collapse well now it seems that that's happening in the capital keep the earlier today i spoke with the mayor of key to where he said that he was extremely warned about the situation in the country from the very back in may it was already imposed a very severe lockdown in some of the main cities in the capital but in may they

started in june sorry they started opening up and that's what sparked it away an increase of around 70 percent in the capital keep others with lots of pressure mostly because of the economy ecuador is a poor country is struggling with an economic situation with the possibility of default on its already in debt and there's with knots of pressure to open up because i mean well that's what happened and in a way that's what cost the increase in cases in the capital to keep the. the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing the journalist has now started in turkey his fiance was among those who testified at the one day hearing which will resume in november none of the defendants of their shelters murder at the consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation. inside this courthouse in istanbul persecutors began their case against want to sell the

citizens they accuse the men of killing a saudi journalist to market at the saudi consulate 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 u.n. special report or agnes color might say is 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 to those that the world who commissioned the crimes were not indicted

just turkish fiance how to judging his hopes the case will offer new clues to the whereabouts of his remains. we trust in turkish justice the process has now begun our search for justice will continue in turkey as well as everywhere else we can question because 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 arrest and their physical presence here they are unlikely to serve any prison time intricate color. points out the fact that saudi crown prince mohammed bin so mom has not been inducted in a previous report she released the u.n. special report or have called for an investigation into britain someone suspected cruel in the killing of the one country that has claimed to have the evidence about more amid been salmen responsibility easy united states

a tease. i am and so far the process. undertaken by the american congress to get to the bottom of the information as been hampered to. by the white house call i want to say is the power of this trial should not be underestimated but sees more countries need to show support for the legitimacy of the turkish court case. al-jazeera istanbul. the skulls of 24 algerian resistance fighters who were killed by the french touring colonization have been returned to the north african country president born gave the war heroes an official welcome with a 21 gun salute soldiers brought the coffins out of military planes and carried them to a funeral marching band the remains have been treated as waterproof used by french colonial officers at the time and stored in

a museum in paris they'll now be on display in. libyan government forces say they've another mass grave in an area that used to be controlled by the warlords after 5 bodies have been found earlier forces backing the u.n. recognize governments that they discovered the remains of more than 200 people into huna south of tripoli the u.n. has expressed its quote horror and now wants an investigation. and russia is reopening its embassy in libya although its head will be based in neighboring tunisia the announcement was made during talks in moscow the foreign minister sergei lavrov at the speaker of the disputed parliament based in to brooke. he's aligned with mr lavrov emphasize he wants a ceasefire. ok still to come for you here on this half hour of world news from al jazeera england outlines plans to lift its 14 day quarantine to this is just for more than 50 countries. and find out why france has dropped an investigation into the start to the genocide in rwanda.

hello there quite a scattering of showers and thunderstorms across much of the united states you can see the yellow flashes indicating where the have indeed been funnel storms quite a line across the southeast but also a very noticeable line of showers working their way across the northern and central plains down through saturday it's a rather unsettled day there's some heavy spells of rain working their way through central canada pushing down into north dakota and also across the south for you a rash of showers and thunderstorms locals it is july the 4th day of offensive fireworks set off out across the west is still fairly windy and certainly dry weather the course the real out there is a different matter now through sunday the rain really gathering around the gulf of mexico particularly along these coastal areas on into florida we could see some heavy downpours that the system just as watching it could develop into something in

the coming days we can see across northern sections again quite a rush of showers and thunderstorms but the main story really the next few days will be the heat it really is developing and if you say where all this red is that is where these temperatures forecast to be above the average really for the next few days meanwhile down into central america in the caribbean the usual showers heaviest rain of course through florida those shots pushing into the hama's across into cuba some heaviest spells as we go through saturday through much of the yucatan peninsula and still the heavy rains across into nicaragua on the way down to panama. donald the president's son donald trump jr was promised a damaging information about hillary clinton or an obligation to seek an investigation see the troops did the trump campaign committee with russia did you at any time of the urge the former f.b.i. director james call me in any way shape or form to close sort of batten down the

investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question bottle field washington on al-jazeera. i've. come back here watching al jazeera live from doha your top stories this hour president all trump will attend an independence day celebration of money rushmore in a few hours isn't defiance of health experts recommendations to avoid big crowds masks will be available but they are not required. medical staff in the wood or in capital to say hospitals are on the verge of collapse more than 59000 people are infected and over 4600 others have died across the country. 20 saudi nationals have

gone on trial and are sent here in turkey accused of killing the journalist jamal the murder which took place inside the saudi consulate provoked outrage worldwide. the french president emanuel mccraw appointed a relatively unknown figure as his new prime minister john kass tax was previously a senior civil servant who coordinated the exits from the coronavirus lock down the government reshuffle is seen as an attempt to reinvigorates michael's presidency in the last 2 years of his term the trash bottle as that from paris. shaka stakes is not a new name in french politics a conservative mayor of a southwestern town he's worked for former rightwing president nicholas 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 wafa leap by president emmanuel my craw during a cabinet reshuffle for the. me were only 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 phillipe and served as prime minister since 2017 when mackerel was elected like our steaks conservative phillipe 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 his trademark no nonsense approach. and rather moved in saying this but good and as we say where i come from let the wind carry. they've all. thank you ok at 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 immature mccoy's saying i'm 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 if his predecessor as prime minister was more from by and type of politician he was recently on the cover of party match 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 cast x.'s appointment will disappoint those that had hoped mark crawl would choose a woman as his next prime minister or a politician with an environmental plank ground to pick wins by the green party in this week's local elections mike ross 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 its national

partner al-jazeera paris. england is dropping coronavirus travel restrictions for people coming from dozens of nations from july the 10th people arriving from 59 countries and 14 british overseas territories will no longer have to be into quarantine for 2 weeks holiday favorites france and spain and italy are on the list but the u.s. and china are not or a challenge explains from london. it's a much rarer site than it used to be travelers arriving in the u.k. from abroad the covert pandemic reduced foreign tourism here to a trickle don't leave the country unless absolutely necessary was the advice to britons and since early june arrivals from abroad have been required to self isolate for 2 weeks but from next friday coming from some countries at least will no longer mean quarantine which has gone down well at london's gatwick airport yeah i think it's a great thing coming because people will be the start of being stuck at home you

know a place to go to somewhere where freedom to grow where as i want to see her from us or to take some rest are very very confusing we know anything not worn. which is soften some so happy with for now you know it's great that is being lifted it's a really good the 59 countries list has some notable exceptions you where you said it's too risky as are russia brazil and india china isn't on it either go home kong is and sweden which controversially didn't lock itself down is also missing plus some countries on the list like new zealand have their own core unseen rules for arrivals. when the u.k. quarantine was brought in a month ago the travel industry howled coming so late in the crisis it would be nonsensical and pointless they said and it would kick an already crippled industry the measures were in cheesed at a time when our european neighbors at much lower numbers now rates the weight it so

all it was doing was actually acting as an economic barrier to recovery in the channel and. but scotland and wales won't be pressured into following england's lead and say they want more time to analyze the lists legal and health implications and when so much is at stake as it is right now we can all lower sales to be dragged along in the week or of another government to be quite frank about it shambolic decision making process boris johnson is playing down the rift by impression of the of of the way we've been working as a u.k. is that we generally speaking we we are following very very similar paths. if it's slightly different speeds but for now lifting quarantine is in england only measure rory chalons al-jazeera london. well the u.k.

is considering joining the european union drive to develop an acquire coronavirus bank seems despite formally quitting the bloc earlier this year the e.u. is spending more than $2000000000.00 to finance research into a vaccine as it tries to avoid falling behind the u.s. or china britain is due to complete his separation from the e.u. on january the 1st after the current transitional period comes to an end. unicef and 2 health organizations have made a deal to buy a steroid to treat critically ill qubit 19 patients in poor countries british researchers found that method significantly reduced mortality rates among those worst affected by cope with 19 the cheap and widely available drug is known for its anti inflammatory effects up to 4 and a half 1000000 people will have access to it. south africa has reported its biggest single day rise in virus infections with more than $9000.00 new cases now the search comes a few weeks after the country allow businesses to reopen following

a strict 2 month locked on the government's is extending the deployment of $20000.00 soldiers until the end of september to help enforce restrictions cases across south africa more than quadrupled in the month of june there are now more than 177000 confirmed infections and almost 3000 people have died. india has reported yet another single day high of cases of cope with 19 almost $21000.00 have been confirmed that takes the national total to more than 625000 despite rising infections the government has eased many restrictions and monuments including the taj mahal will reopen to tourists as of next week. the paris appeals court has dismissed a bid to reopen an investigation into a plane crash that triggered rwanda's 1994 genocide that killed 800000 people the president. died when his plane was shot down in kigali in 1994 responsibility

for the attack does remain contested but some blame those close to the current president paul kagame e. in 20 teen french prosecutors dropped charges against 9 suspects with ties to the army because of a lack of evidence. lewis who is a political analyst and president of the african information club he says the decision is an opportunity for diplomatic relations to begin moving forward. decision that he's following work french diplomacy and is looking the way the relationship should be. under the enemy lazing this. was the and the thing is then i know my cronies following that we praying to make good relationships between rundown friends because then they where. in that before iran the authorities. first of them will not commend the decision really do we not going because they were expecting something like that issue of. it

if you have to have the evidence in the because after the crash of. the plane all the evidence says that who have been used have disappeared though a belgian and there were french there are military's and there were also randomly military but no one knows what happened that way supposed to have been sent to the un but what i can see consenting to relationships again we trend is. trying its best now to have the best relationships with. us customs of c.s. almost 12 tons of human hair products exported from china which are believed to be taken from muslim weekers another detained minorities now these products were shipped from china's far west as an giang region where big camps are being set up it's believed more than a 1000000 people are held and subjected to forced labor and abuse china denies this

insisting the facilities are used to provide the cation all training julie millsap is the communications director of the campaign for we go she says companies that sell these hand products should bear some responsibility. i think that unfortunately a lot of people are not aware of these connections and hopefully that will continue to change as this information continues to come out but even most recently a few months ago amazon purchased 10000000 u.s. dollars in equipment which they claimed was to help with temperature monitoring in their warehouses in the united states but they purchased that equipment from a company that's already blacklisted by the u.s. government as they're part of the ones that supply the equipment to maintain this police state in the region so they do have an enormous responsibility and we hope that the more and more consumers as they become aware of these atrocities looking to need to hold these companies accountable if unfortunately they are not willing to take the proper steps of their own accord i think that a lot of the things that have happened in the last few months in terms of the

pandemic and the global bullying type of diplo diplomatic tactics we see china taking is just they're going to wait the international community up to a reality that has existed within china for a long time now unfortunately they do seem to be coming in bold and that they don't feel the need to defend these atrocities they can justify them and not face consequences the former partner of the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein is facing up to 35 years in prison for her alleged part in abusing young girls feel a mex well is accused of playing a critical role recruiting goals as young as 14 years old i've seen sex trafficking ring leaders gabriel elizondo has more now about a rest. there were rumors she was hiding out in paris or maybe her home in london and alleged sighting of her in los angeles in the in the lane maxwell was living in this raleigh and secluded home in new hampshire there is no cell phone service along the one kilometer long wooden road that leads to the home authorities said

she paid cash for it under an assumed name to hide her whereabouts we've been discreetly keeping tabs on maxwells whereabouts as we work this investigation and more recently we learned should slithered away to a gorgeous property in new hampshire continuing to live a life of privilege while her victims live with the trauma inflicted upon them years ago neighbors in the town of bradford population 1500 say they were shocked when believe. of all places were in the middle of nowhere assuming maxwell fights these charges and the case goes to a trial it would happen here at this federal courthouse in manhattan the big question ben would become how many of her alleged victims would be willing to testify 4 years doesn't this of alleged victims of jeffrey epstein the now deceased sex offender have said maxwell long time associate of epstein played a central role in recruiting and trafficking girls into sex until

a trial prosecutors will fight to keep maxwell behind bars they say she's a flight risk in possession of 3 passports and access to millions of dollars in more than 12 banks that she's linked to but the mystery of her whereabouts now solved with her arrest in a place she certainly did not want to be found gabriel is on. new york. ok let's recap our top story so far today president trump will attend shortly on independence day celebration at mt rushmore it's in defiance of health experts recommendations to avoid large crowds there's to be a fireworks display with thousands of people at the landmark in south dakota mosques will be available but they're not required as more because the people who

are coming to this the better coming from all over the u.s. the fear according to health experts is that they can then take the virus back to their home communities and exacerbate the spread this is a situation where even the local officials say well this is an outdoor event we think the chances of transmission baby going down. now that we are in the middle of the summer here in the united states that being in close proximity is much more of a factor in the transmission of covert 19 there whether or not it's hot outside. brazil has more than one and a half 1000000 cases of corona virus it is the 2nd worst affected country in the world after the united states but despite calls to increase personal protection measures the president has watered the law requiring the wearing of mosques in public places the far right leader did use his veto power to remove the obligation of people to wear mosques in shops and churches. medical staff in ecuador's capital

quito say hospitals are on the verge of collapse more than 59000 people are infected more than 4600 others have died cross the country 20 saudi nationals have gone on trial in absentia in turkey accused of killing the journalist. the murder which took place inside the consulate provoked outrage around the world. iranian foreign minister job is a refill sent a letter to the e.u. expressing his concerns over the implementation of the 2050 nuclear deal sorry slessor warns that any interference in the relationship between iran and the international atomic energy agency would be contrary to provisions of the agreement those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera to witness war lies and hashtags another news bulletin for you in 30 minutes but a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

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