mockery of them is this build identifies used violence as a public health epidemic last year we had 200 murders there were reports of violence when it comes to the youth it stretches far why. are you aware. this is al-jazeera. 1300 hours g.m.t. on come on santa maria here in doha with the news hour from al-jazeera pubs restaurants and hair salons they're reopening across england this saturday is the government for the ease of its coronavirus restrictions. on reach out and certain london so i was coming up all of the latest on perhaps the country's biggest step yet seen easy get out of lockdown that caught me it's super saturday. also coming

up for you in this news hour. angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to face the most sacred memorials donald trump threatening and he rises in protest as during an independence day celebration that showed no sign of any social distancing. at the moment we are left with no any solution kind of emergency situation. and rescue is helping migrants in the mediterranean say some of them are suffering from mental health issues after being denied permission to reach out. and i'm here to say met with the sports formula one's world champion lewis hamilton goes into qualifying quickest in austria as the delayed season finally gets underway. 12 pm in england that's where we're beginning with for the 1st time in more than 3 . 3 months bars restaurants and hair salons are opening their doors across the

country there are concerns of course that this reopening day nicknamed super saturday could lead to reckless behavior or eventually a spike in cases british prime minister bars johnson has urged people to act responsibly england has reported more than 242000 covert 19 infections heading to london now rory chalons is our correspondent in about i've been watching a live shot for a while lower rory it looks busy out there. i mean it's not normality but the. heading in that direction from today if you like to drink there you can go out and get a pint in a pub if you go ahead you can go to the head dresses and getting cut it's a big experiment though and the government knows that. this see is perhaps the biggest step yet so when it comes to people's leisure time and how they spend it

getting the country back moving again but it's riding that very delicate balance isn't it between the rich. inflaming the infections and also trying to save a cripple's economy and chris witty the chief medical officer said that he wants people to be very disciplined extremely disciplined about social distancing when they're out in pubs and restaurants sick etc later but let's be frank so discipline and alcohol consumption are not natural bedfellows so they could yet be infection and outbreaks and a lot of governments hoping that those who could be managed by local lock downs not returning to another national lock down but it's not easy easy for businesses and we can talk now to who is the head of u.k. leisure agency called is international. ross when boris johnson called the lock

down he said he was taking away a british person's ancient inalienable right to go to the pop and buy a drink that's come back again along with other inalienable rights but this is still a weird world isn't it for businesses here he said i think there's a lot of work being done behind the scenes to make these venues cove it's safe to say in the consumer facing parts of the spacing of tables and chairs but also behind the scenes in the kitchens where stuff it's worked and i think we're going to say. menus to begin with but i think the measures which we put in place have been very well pads and have been a lot of approaches talking today and yet the figures that are you seeing suggest you know overall the business is the can open today certainly when you look at pubs and restaurants perhaps only hall of them have chosen to open their doors today so why is that well that's right i think a lot of them they wanted more time to prepare particularly here in london we have a lot of heritage properties which have their own physical challenges social

distancing and also let's not forget that they the ability now to be able to spill out onto the pavement is only recently come into the act hasn't been enough time for businesses to take stuff off to get the old is a and to get the supplies to be able to open think will start to say more businesses trickle open over the next coming weeks but there are going to be brands of businesses that don't ever open again because this has been a very very tough period for for the hospitality industry in the u.k. for the economy as a whole so what are we looking at going over forward over the next few months of course you know it's correct and i think what really has happened is 3 months worth of closure has simply accelerates of the decline of a lot of businesses you've seen in the press of good restaurant runs such as college from him bennies in cafe rouge go into administration the sad reality is 'd that maybe 250 branded restaurants that we know are. we're just not going to reopen

and this is only the start so i think we're going to see a lot more closures particularly in the branded restaurant sector ross thanks very much for joining us there so. thank you very much we'll come back to see the outcome of this is. normality is size come back yeah but it's not quite as we knew it before and i thank you rory worry chalons out in london there as we say looking pretty busy on the end of a lot of lockdown restrictions there on the complete flip side of things spain has now locked down an area that is home to more than 200000 people following a surge in corona virus infections residents in the region or will only be allowed to leave the area for work it's unclear how long it will even last for the government's only recently ended its nationwide state of emergency more with the following events from a london broadcast center in london soaring the team tell us more because this is as i say in complete contrast to what we see in london and a real spike in numbers. that's right kamal you were just mentioning.

the easing of that national lockdown which was very severe but spain is now seen to be doing rather better than some other countries around europe and that's perhaps why there's been this move to shut down this region as you were saying it's a rule region based around a town called leiria sorry later and it's home to 200000 people approximately it is a place where there are a large number of fruit picking properties fruit picking businesses and there have been links to some of the outbreaks to those and surprises but also to care homes on friday the health of ortiz in that area said they were going to impose a lockdown but they did open up a temporary field hospital will now they have told people that from saturday afternoon they can't enter or leave the entire area really keen to get these

figures under control because they saw up to friday a rise in covered cases from 167-2325 this isn't a touristic area but it is in catalonia in the north east of spain where lots of tourists do arrive over summer particularly in the capital of the region barcelona and as we were just talking about in the introduction it's somewhat comes at a time when tourism really easy expected to get into a higher gear now spain already opened up its borders to countries within the free travel area known as showing in as well as to the u.k. travellers on june the 21st but just on friday the u.k. announced its own list of so-called safe countries spain is on that list and the tourism industry in spain really looking forward to british holiday makers arriving

in. something like decent numbers perhaps that vast lies behind this will to really get on top and to be seen to be getting on top of any likely outbreaks. how are other countries dealing with it and i should say specifically these localized outbreaks because that's what we're now looking at instead of the big lockdowns it's what can we do in all the separate smaller areas it is and i think the general desire is to keep it as localized as possible we're just in the last week in the middle and here in england the city of leicester has gone back into lockdown and reclusive schools told people to stay at home and not to make unnecessary journeys just at a time when right now on saturday the rest of the country is being told they can visit pubs and restaurants and the like and go and get a haircut as we're hearing in rory's report so it's very very unwelcome news for people in these areas and there's a debate as to whether it could have been done more quickly now both in britain and

in countries like germany there have been localised outbreaks around meat processing plants differing degrees of rapidity but it does take at least 2 weeks to get on top of these localised outbreaks so it's a really big challenge and just on spade in the 24 hours to friday the death toll so the largest rai's in a fortnight it was 17 deaths will the figures here a much much higher so it just reminds you that we've got a long way to go before we can really say that the pandemic is totally under control now they are with that update from across europe thank you no dame. where we are about 10 past this news and let's have a look at what's coming up why iran is accusing the european union of failing to on the 2015 nuclear deal. israel plans to give a neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem a high tech make over but some say it's just another attempt at illegally grabbing palestinian land and support the washington redskins so they will leave you in

peace or it will be here to explain a little later. it is saturday the 4th of july independence day in the united states but on a day that's typically marked by displays of national unity the country seems more divided than ever july 4th is when americans celebrate their independence from colonial britain so you have large gatherings and parades and fireworks displays all very much standard over the whole weekend this year however many have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and friday the us coincidently recorded more than 52000 new infections which was the most ever seen in one day in one day so. now that hasn't stopped many from venturing out there including the president he held an address at mt rushmore flouting the social distancing recommendation big

crowd there more than 7000 people no signs of any social sensing so look at this report now from rosalynn jordan. donald trump kicked off the long independence day weekend with a trip to mt rushmore but instead of making a claim for national unity at a monument honoring for us president trump attacked protesters who want to take down monuments honoring slave traders and confederate general. angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities many of these people have no idea why they're doing this but some know exactly what they are doing they think the american people are weak and soft and submissive. but know the american people are strong and proud trump's tone was angry he accused anti-racism

protesters of engaging in quote far left fascism and he vowed to not just prosecute statue top lawyers but to also build a new monument on during the people he called true american heroes they want to silence says. but we will not be silenced. except for a reference to health care workers at the start of his speech trump said nothing about the covert $1000.00 pandemic he's already been criticized for bringing together in a tight space $7500.00 spectators with no physical distancing or required face mask keeps public health officials say the event could accelerate the spread of covert 19 states such as florida texas arizona and california are recording thousands of new cases each day and the national death toll it's near

130008 top administration official is urging people to be extra careful they fix feet from others when we can and when we can stay 6 feet from others please i'm begging you where a face covering some florida resident piled into a public hearing to say the government had no right to tell them what to do no matter what you want to believe this is a very political issue it is patriots versus communists i don't care how you feel i will not be wearing a mask i will not go to jail and i won't pay a $500.00 fine that's against the law for you and even threaten us with that since when do i not get to either my body. back at mount rushmore a small group of native americans tried and failed to keep the event from going forward and the fireworks donald trump wanted lit up the sky a rush of explosions mimicking the tense climate in the u.s. on its birthday rosalyn jordan al-jazeera alexandria virginia

a little earlier i spoke to scotland because co-founder of america unfiltered is also a professor of political science and international studies at the university of birmingham he says trump is deliberately using the country's division as a campaign technique. certainly a donald trump statement in front of mt rushmore south dakota there was almost no mention of coronavirus as the death toll is likely to pass 130000 today and as the virus is not decreasing but is actually surging rising in 42 of 50 states there was no mention of the issues that have been raised by the anti-racism the black lives matter marches instead what trump tried to do is to stigmatize those marches justice equality about relations with the police as big leftist fascism and certainly there was nothing there about bringing america together at this very critical time instead he's gone back to his 2016 tactics which is his base

versus america's enemies gambling that he can get a 2nd term by this very aggressive and some might say even hateful politics donald trump does not know. conciliatory he certainly doesn't know i'm sorry donald trump only knows one way forward and that's being aggressive and secondly in 2016 there was very little attention to issues it was really all about spectacle and that spectacle helped trump win the electoral college if not the popular vote so his advisors had a critical decision amidst the pandemic and the black last night of march is back at the end of may they could either have a speech of unity or trump could continue to say we've got extremist we've got enemies we've got radicals who are trying to tear us down. on syria other news on a humanitarian rescue ship in the mediterranean has declared a state of emergency and its crew so they can no longer guarantee the safety of those on board the ocean biking vessel is carrying 180 migrants and refugees it has

repeatedly been denied entry by italian and maltese authorities the age ship says many are in acute mental distress the support from shot at us. volunteers chase after migrants who have jumped from the ship the ocean viking after being stuck on board for a week the 2 men made a disparate attempt to swim to europe the rescue ship has now declared a state of emergency. it says more migrants are threatening to jump commit suicide. we can't accept this people can't jump you can't he creates problems won't solve anything we've been doing this for for 4 and a half years no bringing people always to a safe place but this is the 1st time there's been anything like this because there are a good. market thanks everyone the ocean viking is waiting to be given a port of entry to disembark 180 migrants at risk youth them during 4 operations

and italian and multisection rescue zones on the 25th and 30th of june the migrants head see south italy from libya. in the last week the ship has made 7 requests to italian and multis with dorothy's for a port of entry will have been ignored or denied italy has tightened border controls in response to covered 19 migrants have been told to wear personal protective equipment and then transferred to ferries off the coast to wait out a coronating period 28 migrants who transferred from this rescue ship to a ferry known as the moby zaza tested covered positive 10 days ago risk usa the taking precautions but argued the migrants mental health must take priority it's very unprecedented just because it's the 1st time in more than 4 years of operation

that we reach such a such a level of anxiety and and such a situation and war 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. and some relief for rescue is a few migrants are attempting the sea crossing according to the international organization for migration this time last year 29000 migrants had arrived in europe via the mediterranean sea this year it's fewer than 24000 of that greece italy and spain roughly share the arrivals or their italy has seen a recent surge shallop ballasts al-jazeera you saw frederick pena report director of operations for s.o.s. military the group with a team on board the ocean biking is back with us now on skype from us say for an update frederick i'm just looking at your twitter page as well and a tally a medical team a doctor and a cultural mediator are apparently on board now can you tell us more about.

absolutely come out what happened is that about 24 hours ago the ship the ocean viking has announced her state of emergency appeal for for assistance 24 hours later the only the only assistance we receive for doing that a very grave call that we never used in the past over the 5 years of operation is the proposal of a visit for an assessment from a medical team from italy the steam has been doing an assessment over the last 2 hours to at the moment it just left the ocean biking they've done multiple discussions with the rescue people on board they had a long discussion an extensive discussion with our medical team on board and now i suppose but we are left without so much as information that they are going to to report and the situation remains the same for now more than 8 days on the ocean working so we're waiting for instructions ok i'm interested to go more into the

issue of mental health because quite often in these situations we know that people are physically ill they are week after having make they made these long journeys but mental health is another thing altogether and it's the type of thing which can have disastrous seconds to result in the end. absolutely and this is what we're seeing developing for the last couple of days and let that to that situation on the ocean biking we must remember that many of those people we rescue in the central mediterranean have been enduring the terrible abuses in libya some time for 44 months some for years so they are already people that have for many of them a very big weaknesses and mental health problems and this is something with nazis over the last the last 4 years then imagine that you are pushed into a boat in the middle of the night left drifting for 4 days get rescued by a by a ship with people you don't know which are all wearing the protection equipment

this is extremely from a toys ng and you are left stranded for more than a week without knowing what is going to happen because we have nothing to tell to the people at the moment can you get a mental health expert on board i know that we were talking about a cultural mediator who was on the air and has now left but can you or mr like a psychologist who can come in and just reassure the people he actually i mean this is the job the crew of the mission viking is doing we have a we have a full team of rescuers and we are very well used to that situation because this is actually a situation of mental distress and very big weakness that we've been testifying over and over over the last 4 years we've rescued more than 31000 people the situation is that the mental health expert is not going to do to come down to people i mean the information we have to actually get is involved we have the capacity to discuss in several languages we have that it's always stands but in this case and we have

a large group of individuals which have we chaps psychological distress and they need to be actually taken care of and this can not be done on board a ship this has to be done on land by professional people. frederick i'm glad you could come back and update us on the situation and i'm sure we'll talk to you again sued frederick pena is from s.o.s. meditate on a thank you. a city in protest against a growing insecurity in sudan's central darfur state has now into its 7th day the demonstrators want the head of police and the military to be fired for failing to protect them and their properties most recently 3 farmers near the town were killed by unidentified armed men the prime minister says he will send a delegation to the region to discuss the problem. they have been protests in the philippines against the controversial antiterrorism law signed by the president on friday around 200 activists in manila denounced the legislation as a threat to civil liberties to give security forces sweeping powers and allows for

people to remain in detention without any charge rights group said below could be used to stamp out legitimate dissent. now the european union says iran has triggered a dispute mechanism as part of the 2015 nuclear deal to iran's accusing european powers of failing to live up to their side of the agreement foreign minister zarif sent letters to britain france and germany no specific details though on where the countries fell short of their obligations the deal has been unraveling since the u.s. withdrew 2 years ago iran's also threatening retaliation after a fire at one of its nuclear sites officials suspect it may have been the result of a cyber attack and they say they will respond if that is verified the natanz site is monitored by international nuclear inspectors who said if i didn't threaten any of the nuclear materials there so let's get more with us i beg in teheran so we're calling this a dispute mechanism but. not providing

a lot of detail at the moment. yes this isn't the 1st time that the ringers have complained about. germany france and the u.k. complained about the noncompliance of the european 3 before but this time they did send a letter to d. foreign policy chief joseph complaining about their noncompliance and it comes after foreign minister devolves at the united nations and accused the european countries of noncompliance complacency and not standing up to the pulling of the united states now what seemed full of anger at the ukrainians is a motion that germany france and the u.k. put forward to the international atomic energy agency that called on iran to called on iran to grant access to a number of sites inside iran sites that iran considers the not part of the 2015 nuclear deal across iran is concerned these are military sites however the i.a.e.a.

has questions about these sites and some of the activities that took place there prior to the 2015 nuclear deal being signed saying that iran says that all the nuclear activity is for peaceful means and the i.a.e.a. already has access to all declared nuclear sites including $24.00 seventh's online monitoring but in this letter iran did warn that any interference in the cooperation between the i.a.e.a. and iran could have negative consequences now this dispute mechanism that europeans are talking about allows for 30 days it can be extended if all parties agree before it's referred to the united nations now it's the same dispute mechanism that the e 3 triggered back in january this year but then suspended after they had triggered that so iran not giving many much details but we already know that iran is very frustrated with the europeans and the lack of compliance and essentially finding a way around the unilateral sanctions that the united states imposed on iran after they pulled a 2018. just

a quick word on what happened in the terms one of those nuclear sites is there any clarity on that. well we did hear on thursday that there was an incident at this natanz nuclear site which is an underground site but this fire seems to have taken place some sheds outside iran says that they have investigated but they wouldn't release the details of what happened because of security issues now that's fueled further rumors here inside iran outside of a possible. attack iran a high ranking the iranian official has said that if proven that iran was a victim of a cyber attack that they run does have the ability to respond now this this comes at a time just just a week after another explosion took place east of the front again under suspicious circumstances but we're not getting much clarity from inside iran and we're still waiting for more details of that investigation and what iran believes was

a cause of the fire thank you. with those updates. let's look at the weather with jenny it's july it's summer in europe yeah really isn't it that is what it says on the calendar. something entirely different. look at this come all this just huge amount of cloud in particular across the northwest it would seem fairly more like the or some months really than where should be the middle of the summer and look at this barely see it really kind of move this cat around this is summer in the northwest of england this nearly think a stone circle in the lake district there are plenty of boats on the water slightly windham a bit of course a hole on the shore at the moment being ready getting prepared for hopefully will be an influx of tourists now the weather though probably not really going to help masses we've got more of that very heavy rain throughout the rest of south across much of the north of the u.k. very very strong westerly winds in fact that a wind warnings and rain warnings issued by the u.k. met office for justice but particularly on sunday that is when the next system

really pushes across and look at this very heavy rain across much of scandinavia the time which is a well below the average that you cross into elsewhere it's rather a gray day on sunday but there is some sunshine out there towards the southeast despite the showers but also across much of the southwest overly the time which is you get an idea where the warm weather is they can see straight away it's not across the northwest so really through much of western europe but have a look 1st of all the temperatures in madrid look at this 38 by choose that outside and an average of just 32 in july meanwhile book arrest again times is very nice despite the scottish isles and this and with london show it will least the drawing come on and just not particularly sun your war who would have thought britain in the summer thank you jenny still ahead for you on this news hour we will take you to india there is plenty bang get there over the rising number of deaths in police custody. dying to get treatment ecuador struggles with a growing number of coronavirus cases no bites legend makes his return to rugby in

new zealand people have the details of the latest. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. on the deserted streets of they've become from your figures careers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them here are venezuelan migrants. a mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them receive health insurance for their work and exposing themselves and very few seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as skilled migrants now say they're

essential to control the virus and receive messages on the scene that we are you know as i was a nurse back home what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. in the news here at al-jazeera and these are the top stories bars restaurants hairdressers headdresses they're reopening across england for the 1st time in 3 months british prime minister parts johnson is urging people to act responsibly as coronavirus restrictions on east. spain's locked down an area hunt to more than 200000 people following a surgeon to run a virus infections residents in the sector your region will only be allowed to

leave the area for work and us president donald trump snoozed an independence day address to attack protesters and his critics who threaten to punish those who do face statues of slave traders and colonialist with a lengthy prison sentence. 5 police officers in the indian state of tunnel nodder have been arrested in connection with the deaths of a father and son in custody the 2 had been detained for leaving their shop open minutes longer than allowed under coronavirus lockdown rules and as a visit with her on a report that is causing outrage across the country. these 5 men were in charge of up hold in the law as police officers in india's common not state instead they are being investigated for murder. p.j. and arjun hassan bennett's died after being arrested on june 19th sparking protests police had detained the father and son for keeping their mobile phone shop open just minutes beyond what was allowed under lockdown restrictions. they died in

hospital 4 days later. the case has now become a murder inquiry in which we have arrested one sub-inspector we are conducting further investigations into the involvement of other officers in the case. a female police officer who testified that the men were beaten and sexually assaulted has been given witness protection and. she has been documenting cases like these involving police for the past 30 years. this practice. but also. to. linger on.

a non-governmental groups says 1730 people died either in police custody or. in delhi the son the family is still waiting for a hearing into their nephew's death at a local police station 2 years ago. when he was detained accused of theft and sexual harassment. a day later police told the family he hung himself but 3 other detainees at the station told them. all night. we need justice what's happened to us happened to many others and they don't speak out we've been threatened times the police even came here and offered money to the case but we said no. he wasn't allowed to see his nephew's body human rights groups say india must ratify the convention against torture and implement police reforms to prevent such deaths occurring elizabeth.

health ecuador's capital say hospitals are overwhelmed because of the number of new coronavirus infections sick people are just waiting on the streets for medical help infection rate has increased rapidly down restrictions were. we believe it wallowed was one of the 1st latin american countries to report covert $1000.00 cases the country's economic engine the port city of what was the worst affected with reports of bodies piling up on the streets but while the numbers of infections has come down there it's the capital keep till where the health services are on the verge of collapse doctors and the. people are dying while waiting to be treated in a hospital. people are waiting on the streets in tents people are desperate to get help they're dying while they wait in the ambulance in tents there aren't enough beds applause or ventilators opening up is what got us here. in the past

month the city has allowed some businesses to open up after a strict knock down and that's one of the reasons for a normal 70 percent increase in new coal with 1000 cases may or horror as they're trying to get the health care system ready. we're getting ready to prevent the painful situations we have seen around the world and in our country we are trying to get ready for everything the city has installed street cameras using artificial intelligence to check if people are following social distancing officials hope that knology will help stem the tide of new cases these cameras track the distance between people out on the street and issue audio alerts to warn people of health risks. some 90 percent of citizens use a face mask we don't know if they're being used correctly as we see mails on the streets in many areas social distancing is not practiced by people distancing is not being dumb human rights groups say the use of mass surveillance technology

could violate privacy rights but for now it's saving lives that takes priority doctors say more testing is needed to identify anyone who may have the virus or come into contact with an infected person. while most australian states are preparing to open their borders and further ease restrictions parts of victoria are locking down again due to a surge in covert 900 cases the state capital melbourne recorded 108 new infections on saturday 3000 people living in public housing buildings have been forced into total lockdown as living in other virus hotspots can only leave home to buy food and essential supplies. we were talking about spain will parts of spain going to lock down again also one of its most famous landmarks has opened its doors for the 1st time exclusive access though at this stage to barcelona. that was given to workers on the front lines of the corona virus pandemic residents of the city will

be allowed to visit in the coming weeks and israeli municipal government is planning to turn an industrial neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem into a technology help but opponents say the project is another attempt to illegally solidify israeli control over occupied palestinian land harry force that has the story. for decades if you wanted to fix a tire by where or discount groceries in occupied east jerusalem what he jos has been the place to come but a new israeli project would see this neighborhood a short walk from the old city remade as a hub for tourism and high tech. i don't rents the land on which he operates is garish he and dozens of others have recently been issued eviction notices accusing them of breaking zoning laws instructing them to move out before the end of the year. we have been here for the last 60 years the municipality sent us evacuation orders without negotiating without giving us alternatives or compensation on what

the neighborhood. the west jerusalem municipality government along with israel's interior ministry want to rename what he jos silicon wadi with office space for high tech businesses as well as hotels all part of a more than 600000000 dollar development master plan in the occupied east. but a project on this scale in occupied east jerusalem isn't just an issue of business and investment and jobs it's also an issue of politics and control throughout 53 years of occupation palestinians have been regularly denied building permits had homes demolished while israeli projects have sought to solidify israel's claim to unified city the municipality says the intention with silicon wadi is to improve employment and living standards we would love it if we had investment from the arab community themselves we don't want to take this and own it we want to do it in order for easter some to continue developing the way that it deserves to develop

the municipality says garifuna as will be compensated but a lawyer acting on their behalf says even notices suggest no such thing and that the entire project fails to meet the needs of residents and if you ask people here they'll tell you they want housing before high take the municipalities unfortunately fantasizing outside the palestinian vision it violates the 4th geneva convention to me and see this decision as internationally illegal the occupier has no long term plan and on the plans to manage the daily lives of the people as someone who owns land and businesses here hasn't heard bowie has been in talks about partnering in the project but he'd rather have permits to build apartments it's too big for us what they're asking and we don't want to rule the being invested people and we've been there. it's very important thing was we want to make by lance that elusive balance is at the heart of the issue in occupied east jerusalem the dying need for investment in infrastructure set against the cost of

accepting increasing israeli control our force of al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. greece is launching a major urban renewal project as it tries to revive its economy with tourism at a standstill because of coverage 19 the country is forecast to suffer a europe's deepest recession this year john psaropoulos reports now 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 corona virus the country's 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 the greeks welcomed the news but wonder if they'll be the ones to benefit. this is perhaps 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 job at the development will make my life difficult because salaries a very low for years the helicon project has created winners and losers the original owners of the property expropriated to create the airport fought 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 up. and 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 generate growth rather than fill state coffers hellenic insists everyone will benefit their boy of yours neither rhino 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 jumps out open al-jazeera athens the former partner of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein is

facing up to 35 years in prison for her alleged part in abusing young girls maxwell is accused of playing a critical role recruiting girls as young as 14 years old for epstein's sex trafficking ring everyone is on the has more on her arrest. 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 better all courthouse in manhattan the big question then would become how many of her alleged victims would be willing to testify for 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 out new york.

thousands of people marched in australia in support of the black lives mass movement protesters gathered in brisbane perth and da went to highlight the mistreatment of indigenous people in iran as well despite all thought his agenda protests to be cold off to limit the spread of coronavirus you go to any major sporting event in the u.s. you will likely hear the national anthem but this year in light of the protests against police brutality and systemic racism the national football league will be playing another song as well one that captures the black american experience and explains live to every. one civil rights activist james weldon johnson put pen to paper and wrote these words he knew that the road to equality would be a long one. originally a poem lift every voice and sing was sung for the 1st time 120 years ago he recalls

america's failure to address the issue of slavery somehow managing to strike a hopeful tone for the future acknowledging much work remains to be done. it's commonly known as the black national anthem. protest this year of focusing on police brutality and systemic racism old complaints that are seeing new momentum to address them as part of its efforts the american football league the n.f.l. says it will play the song before the national anthem in all 16 games of its opening weekend september critics are already calling it a marketing stunt for an organization that had banned its players from dealing during the national anthem to protest against these very issues up until last month . read the national football league believe lives matter and collin capper

nick the player who's kneeling protest action and 2016 is now repeated by players and teams around the world he still doesn't have a job there are a lot of conversations to be had about inclusive ety and sports and some solutions are bound to be problematic just as black in f.l. players have felt silenced and exploited native americans have complained for decades about the n.f.l. the washington redskins a team in the u.s. capitol is under pressure to change its name many consider it an offensive racial term. its main corporate sponsor fed ex says the name should change and nike has removed the team's birch and ice from its online store gun laws are very strong is all across the middle because of that money and you know even if we can say well maybe good night you're making this stuff we can also be a little bit cynical of course because maybe there will. be you can just mobilise. based basic preferences. but perhaps because you know your audience will

change you know maybe it's changed for me. was in the past to a new or more international younger audience the use of native american names traditions and rituals produced a caricature as a negative stereotypes it's also systemic thousands of school mascots and sports teams do it including the super bowl winning kansas city chiefs who play the 1st game of the season lift every voice and sing is performed on national television. sports and music play a huge role in any culture and artists and musicians helped define it a new song being added to the lineup is unlikely to change much but it will certainly spark debate enter shikari al-jazeera. stuff or we go to the break have a look at these pictures evidence of a 12000 year old mining operation that's been discovered in underwater caves in mexico researches spent more than 600 hours exploring the caves on the yucatan

peninsula i found ancient digging tools and navigation markers which had been used to mine the mineral red ochre. sport coming up on the news hour and peter will be here with the details of another american team that's decided to review its controversial no. frank assessments tourism but income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is society in depth analysis of the dates global headlines it's time for new policy say on treat the technology disintegrating but it's written in the really deep we all continue inside story on al-jazeera.

al jazeera. we're looking at sports now with data can all thank you so much qualifying is under way in austria for the 1st formula one race of the delayed season lewis hamilton is

aiming to clinch pole position the 6 time world champion posted the fastest times in all 3 practice sessions it's the 1st race since march when the australian grand prix had to be cancelled at the last minute because of a case of coronavirus that one of the team mates formula one has put in strict control since then earlier we spoke to ph sports for me one correspondent for the duncan he says everyone is getting used to a new way of racing during this pandemic. it's been more than $200.00 days since the last action we had back in abu dhabi on the 1st of december and obviously we had the pharaoh's straight ingram free which which never got off the ground you know these these drivers all they know really throughout their life has been been racing and since you go the best policy 7 months without driving has been very safe different difficult for them i suppose in in many ways to day there was a loss to be back on the track obviously it's very strange is it's very unusual circumstances but the teams are operating in bubbles so they're not. interacting with anyone from any of the teams and then when they. it seems they're operating in

many bubbles if say one of them within those bubbles test positive for the virus then reflect for 5 members of the team then they have people on standby you can then be drafted in to replace that small bottle and then effectively the show can go on one publish the results this morning actually to say that more than 4000 people have been tested 4000 traveling personnel have been tested and cried in a positive result so that's a lucy very good news as we go racing in this in this very strange year yet facemask prevalent hand sanitizer everywhere that we know no champagne on sunday so again that we're very strange site concerning something we comes associate with for we want we've got a race is. scheduled to take place in the next 10 weeks i think they're hopeful of getting a full calendar out for this for this opening race but given the circumstances we're. just hasn't been possible for them to say well from the ceviche boss said

earlier this week that if we were unlucky we'll have racism in america or in brazil obviously we've got no monaco grand prix for the 1st time since since the fifty's 8 races in 10 weeks definite concerns and then beyond that which is have to wait and see. meanwhile drivers have been told they can show their support for ending racism any way they choose on the grid ahead of sunday's race the grand prix drivers association has been holding meetings with all 20 drivers on the issue there was hamilton has been a vocal supporter of the black campaign and is driving an all black mercedes this season. nascar has its 1st coronavirus positive driver a 7 time nascar cup series champion jimmie johnson will miss sunday's race in indianapolis after he and his wife both tested positive for cover 19 and use comes weeks after the series restarted its season in may. $31.00 major league baseball players have tested positive for the coronavirus even so plans to start the season

later this month are going ahead all 30 m.l. the teens began training camp on friday and this was the result of the 1st round of testing but while $31.00 players testing positive does not sound good the good news is that the total positive tests represent just a fraction over one percent of all players and staff meanwhile one of the sport's oldest seems announced on friday they would be reviewing the nickname that has been in place since $915.00 and surprisingly the cleveland indians name has caused debates over the years in 2018 cleveland remove the red faced mascot chief wahoo from the game jerseys and caps however it is still present on merchandise on the topic of possible name changing the washington redskins n.f.l. team says it will also review its name in the last couple of days the redskins of come under pressure from sponsors and shareholders as well as activists they say the name is offensive to native americans and racist interestingly in 2016

a washington post poll found 9 out of 10 native americans did not find the redskins name offensive contrasting lee an academic study earlier this year said roughly half of its native american respondents surveyed were offended by the name in a statement released by washington redskins owner dan snyder he said in light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community the washington redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team's name review formalizes the initial discussions the team has been having with the league in recent weeks. for majid of the tally a champion. has escaped serious injury after being hit by a car the 30 year old colombian was on a training ride when he was knocked down by a car overtaking him and the supporting internals team says he on me and leg china's 2 time olympic badminton champion londoners announces retiring the 37 year

old had been planning to compete at the tokyo olympics before this push back because of the coronavirus pandemic but after a decade at the top of his game the 5 time world champion says he's physical fitness and pain no longer allow him to compete with these peers but here someone is making a return to sport in his native new zealand all blacks great dan carter has turned out for his childhood rugby club as he pleased to return to super rugby for the blues once he's up to full fitness the 38 year old who won 2 world cups for the national side had the full 80 minutes for south bridge as they beat opponents west melton. if anyone saw their game today they are probably also myself a little rusty to be honest or not sure about a player. but you know you list lesions and things like that out of a coach as good as good and you just make it work and potentially. that's where we are going later for most faults thank you peter you have paid us back 1500 hours g.m.t. then it's 2 years out it's more support we've got some more news for you right

after this break. we're talking about ivory poachers who have decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always ship the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because that's where you start to search for looking in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method tell us their trade of ivory is to be able or not then we have a place we can focus law enforcement on take those out and perhaps the source of the r.v. from entering the network take note on al-jazeera. these men are survivors of covert 1946 year old is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march and we've been. boarded will be on balance already in november so deep it is a 34 year old driver for kotori family and he tested positive my body is good it

will always small but will you all be health officials say the rate of new infections as the goal here is to conduct a broad serving to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help policy decisions in the future so it would be easy for us to inform the decision making on what to do next the goal now is to increase testing and contact trees that. the government provides free testing and medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. is resistance. in akra people it. grabbing social and political issues by the horns. and time to sing creativity. and protest to challenge and change ideas.

gun a controversial a witness documentary on al-jazeera. pubs restaurants and hair salons they're reopening across england as the government eases its coronavirus restrictions. but we get on canal santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera spain has ordered more than 200000 people to stay at home after a localized spike in coronavirus cases.