an alibi and as an african i couldn't be more proud to be part of it. we will not be other way you cannot set foot in this country i will seize your blood prince grades if you try britain targets saudis over the death of jamal khashoggi as it puts human rights abuses in the crosshairs of its 1st unilateral sanctions after brics it. on our intake of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up india now has the world's 3rd highest number of corona virus infections the confirm total now is 700000 but the real number could be far higher. tensions between the u.k.

and china rises the ambassador in london vents his anger at gross interference in hong kong thus. the oscar winning composer ennio morricone best known for his getty western scores dies aged 91. below the united kingdom has set its sights on those involved in the murder of jim . as done veiled its 1st you know natural sanctions since leaving the european union 49 individuals and organizations have been sanctioned under the government's new system to punish human rights offenders russian authorities implicated in the death of lawyer segmented ski have also been targeted so new reports. a long awaited action against abuses of human rights the measures announced by the foreign

secretary committed the u.k. to holding perpetrators of mistreatment to account. this government and this house sends a very clear message on behalf of the british people that those with blood on their hands the thugs of the sports the henchmen of dictators will not be free to whoops into this country to buy property on the king's road king's right to do their christmas shopping in knightsbridge or frankly to siphon dirty money through british banks rather financial institutions the new regime of sanctions targets 49 individuals and organizations from russia saudi arabia me and ma and to north korea designed to encourage better behavior. the sanctions talk at those at the heart of russia's interior ministry such as a leg to chenge call accused of being responsible for the death of said game magnitsky the russian lawyer arrested after alleging that russian officials were involved in large scale tax fraud and who died in prison also sanctioned by those

who were involved in the killing of jamal khashoggi including. qahtani a senior advisors of the crown prince mohammed bin sol mon and the senior official who planned and directed the murder of the saudi journalist using a 15 man team also listed the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing of the rihanna in myanmar. and so when the commander in chief and his deputy with me and my armed forces who are least a humanitarian disaster that killed thousands and left many more displaced and the 2 organizations responsible for forced labor torture and murder in north korea's. the sanctions also signify a change in the u.k. status no longer applies to european union rules it is designed to place human rights front and center of a new bush policy. was very wary and the

opportunity to don't lay the departure of the place this weekend and this was a strong. u.k. is going to stand on and it's going to exercise this right the act is set to be extended to may challenge other countries such as china over the week of detention camps and crackdowns on hong kong protesters the question is will they go far enough to affect a change of behavior so that i able al-jazeera. new york's governor has accused the u.s. president of enabling the virus with his messaging on the pandemic saying he's been making up facts and science our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has the latest from washington d.c. . well. there's a spike in cases all across the united states 40 out of the 50 showing really increased and record breaking in some cases numbers of coronavirus cases and that has certainly got the new york governor or the democratic governor concerned as you point out he says the president is enabling the virus what's he talking about well

the u.s. president over the weekend really trying to downplay these numbers saying that the reason that there is an increase is because there's more testing going on in that 99 percent of the people to get coronavirus will that harmless this is certainly something that the new york governor has pushed back on. the president don't be a coconspirator of covert do one simple thing big knowledge to the american people the covert exists it is a major problem it's going to continue until we admit it. to do our part. well the u.s. president has not been admitting that is a major problem instead in the last hour he's been pushing back against his joe biden the democratic presidential nominee he'll be facing off against in november

in fact he's saying that far more people would have died if joe biden was in the white house pushing back on the criticisms about closing trav close in the united states travelers from china he's also said that deaths are down 39 percent in the united states and again is pushing for the economy to reopen ease been as we see some states starting to close acknowledging they may have open too soon in the case of southern florida we now see jim's closing as well as some dining room still the u.s. president pushing ahead with reopening tweeting and all caps that schools especially should reopen in the fall. india has surged past russia to record the 3rd highest number of corona virus infections in the world almost 700000 cases have been confirmed and the outbreak isn't expected to peak for several more weeks is reversed a decision to reopen the taj mahal after the surge in cases is about purana report from new delhi. it took. 17 years to build the taj mahal in the 17th

century and for those wishing to see the mob a muslim for his wife the wait just got longer on board. we were very excited about coming here my daughter's been frustrated and so were we after sitting at home for weeks so we decided to come here when we heard that it was going to open but now we're disappointed. the indian government open many monuments on monday for the 1st time since march but the taj mahal will remain shut because it's surrounded by areas under quarantine elsewhere in the country few people wanted to venture out given the rising number of corona virus cases delhi's most famous tower the 12th century cook that is usually one of the most popular tourist sites in the country with $8000.00 visitors a day but in the 8 hours since it's reopened only about 50 people have come to visit. with international flight still suspended many who depend on tourism

a worried about how they'll survive really all guides already voted on speaking because cases are not declining they're going up because there will be fear in the psychology of the us. about going to a new place and that is definitely has a negative impact not only in delhi were all over india. the indian government says it's tested $10000000.00 people so far but it still has one of the lowest tested rates per capita in the world reported cases are serious on the true numbers of infections that are probably in the 10s of millions of this point in time for now it's going to keep. continuing to get some of the hundreds of millions of cases and i don't really see a reason for reprieve at this point in time because we really don't have an effective control measure. but the central government unwilling to reimpose a national lockdown because of its economic impact states are implementing their own measures to do it on the podium and carolina has begun

a one week lockdown allowing only essential services kolkata has suspended flights from the 6 worst hit cities for 2 weeks given india's large size and population health experts say different regions will experience a peak in infections at different times elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi the border between australia's 2 most populous states are set to close indefinitely as cases of coronavirus saw on one side of argentina victoria scrambling to bring its infection rate down isolating residents and bringing in more social distancing measures taken to gauge reports from canberra. trapped in their homes unable to leave for any reason 3000 residents in 9 public housing towers in no been will remain inside their flats for at least 5 days and on pre-set into lockdown for. up to the building is willing to dozens of current of hours cases it's very very

challenging but it is far preferable to saying vast numbers of people with on the long health conditions infected with this virus spreading it between each other for many inside english is their 2nd language food and essential items are being delivered and it's 24 hour police surveillance but some of question the fin soup the tough measures only affecting those in the public housing blocks. it's a massive critically what their relationship. with individuals are now confined to the mall about what's what allowed to leave except for very few exceptions and we're not saying no exceptions being exercised this trailer has been relatively successful in suppressing coronavirus but in the past week infections in the state of victoria have soared it recorded 127 new cases on sunday prompting the closure of its border with neighboring state new south wales indefinitely this is the 1st

time in 100 years the border between australia is true most populous states will close several towns straddle the truce sought some residence though it will be given exemptions and permits allowing them to travel across it's a decision that will no doubt be a huge setback for australia's economic recovery as it heads into a recession we have done this based on health advice and especially given the fact that when our nation had those high number of cases back in february and march the vast majority of those cases were the by the ses travelers all the direct contacts what is happening in victoria is very different which is why they actually take this case a serious step astrarium has fared better than many countries during this pandemic with about 8500 cases so far but the melbourne outbreak has concerned many a clear example of how quickly this virus can return and spread nicola gage

0 camera israel is immediately closing all bars nightclubs and gyms prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it's necessary to avoid a wider lockdown in a sow's new cases are being reported every day in a shop rising infection as israel has recorded at least 30000 cases and 332 deaths . i'm going to have scientists say there's now evidence that coded 19 is airborne and want the world health organization to revise its recommendations 239 experts in 32 countries are publishing an open letter to the w.h.o. saying the virus can spread through smaller particles in the air they want the health agency to update its recommendations on how the virus infects people but the w.h.o. says there isn't enough convincing evidence the agency maintains that current 19 spreads primarily through small droplets from the nose or mouth some o'clock is

associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading he says the research brings some don't it shows own guidance guidelines into question. the more people have studied transmission of this coronaviruses code 90 the more evidence they've come up with to suggest that it is spread further than the one meet the world health organization has said all along that people need to stand away from one but in order to to reduce their risk of picking up the infection there is and has been for some time now increasing body of evidence to suggest that up to 70 says he can count be exposed to the virus and that's because it's so in their eyes that that models it is handy at a much finer spirit of the droplets than the large ones the world health organization has been looking at and has been worried about the world health

organization's justification perhaps it's that just because you're exposed to a virus doesn't mean you're exposed to enough of it to cause an infection so the longer reaches of a cough or sneeze with a fly in a puff of cools all responded to drop its carrying virus would be found you may not be exposed to an infectious those 2 enough virus to cause an infection so just because you're exposed to a virus doesn't mean you're exposed to enough of it to enough of it to be infectious. still to come around his era dozens of people are killed after 3 days of floods and mudslides in southern japan. the former partner of billionaire peter paul jeffrey epstein is taken to a new york prison. cloudy

skies across much of new zealand the rain is also on his way because they also a bit of a lot of work its way through tasmania not out across the southeast and is improving picture out across western australia this mass you can see here fairly vigorous storm system came through sunday night monday and actually produced over 50000 lightning strikes within a 100 kilometer radius of perth so it will be improving on tuesday a few showers generally to the south quite a cloudy day a little bit cooler as well to 17 degrees cloudy conditions across the southeast maybe just wanted to showers running up the east coast of new south wales and as a say very wet and all the windy across both on and off new zealand it also cools down on wednesday just 9 celsius christ church in wellington if you will showers again likely in and around sydney and as i say conditions out across the west some are just saying about the say it's cloudy but it should at least be drawing. that across into japan and central china and particular japan has been hit so very hard in the last couple of days look at this is of course is in q sure this is not just caused by the rains the river quba actually burst its banks and just roared through

the town and look at the temporary the devastation that is left behind it even picks up this road where line is move very heavy rains that go through choose a training back into central china and unfortunately not much change as we head into wednesday. yep so oldest muslim undertakers working here is a 7 days a week job that's grown with the community my father purchased a black ambulance mine started to do the funerals in london and the family we saw stopping father and daughter and making business partners the stories we don't often hear told by the people who the gift is such a level of. east and undertakers this is europe on al-jazeera.

or are. there going are mind of the top stories here on jazeera the u.k. has announced sanctions on those involved in the 2800 murders of saudi journalist. a total of $49.00 individuals and organizations have been targeted under the government's new system to punish human rights offenders. new york's governor has accused the us president of enabling the coronavirus with his messaging on a pandemic saying he's been making up facts and science 130000 americans died from carbon 19. india has surged past russia to record the 3rd highest number of grade of arson factions in the world almost 700000 cases have been confirmed and the outbreak isn't expected to peak for several more weeks. trying as ambassador to the

u.k. has lashed out at the british government's offer of potential citizenship to millions of people in hong kong unusual mings says the move amounts to gross interference in china's internal affairs and accuse the u.k. of making irresponsible remarks britain is among dozens of countries to criticize china's decision to pose a harsh new security law in the territory but it has also offered a new home to nearly 3000000 eligible hong kong residents with the prospect of eventual you cases and ship. knows hong kong is no longer under its colonial rule of the hong kong has done and is now. you'll hear has no sovereignty or is diction or rights of the reason obama after and over all over the ok government keeps making you

responsible remarks. through its sole or 6 month or a recall. and you also criticize the u.k. prime minister as you turn on using technology built by the chinese for our way in the country's 5 g. network the ambassador said china was being treated as a hostile country and 1st johnson would have to be but we have to prepare to bear the consequences if we were in hong kong 3 high profile activists who appeared in court charged with organizing an illegal protest the trio included pro-democracy leader joshua one who has denied the charges his political party disbanded last week after china imposed that controversial national security law on the territory sarah clarke was outside the court and says the activists still want international support. 3 arrived at court to appear on charges of inciting taking part and organizing what was deemed an illegal assembly in june last year at the

place headquarters and this was at the beginning of those anti extradition anti-government protests that joshua won and ivan lam they pleaded not guilty to all those charges i discharge pleaded guilty to 2 of them inciting and knowingly taking part of the 3 valid to continue their fight for democracy in hong kong but in light of the introduction of the new national security laws the big knowledge they face an uphill battle and they've called on the international community to help free up us. about our future with a friend of life sentence that also big targeted by beijing but we also encourage the global community to let our voice be heard in the world we still have to let the world to know that now is the congress than before and now is the time for home foremost keep our momentum joshi along with the face of the occupier pro-democracy movement back in 2014 and has long been a target of a political targeted by china and hong kong government he's told the media he expects to be pursued under these new national security laws and could be

extradited to china but he says he want to kowtow to beijing is already had his books removed from government libraries in hong kong but he says he won't be silenced as well. and hong kong court has denied bail to the 1st person charged under the new national security law 23 year old kid is accused of driving his motorcycle into police officers during a protest last week wounding 3 people he was holding a banner that read liberate hong kong revolution of our times a slogan that's now banned by the government for inciting separatism and subversion . at least 44 people have been killed in japan after 3 days of floods and mudslides and half a 1000000 residents have been told to leave the island of q shu as to actual rain inundates the region mcbride reports. a weekend of punishing raw. chains across the southern japanese island of kew shu and this is the result. widescale

flooding and landslides especially along the swollen kumar river which burst its banks as the rains intensified thousands of people were urged to leave their homes but some opted to stay fearing the coronavirus despite assurances from the authorities that they'd be safe one elderly care home was inundated with a number of its residents presumed dead or missing rescue teams have been sent to the area to help look for missing people and to help with the clean up i wish there was someone who can help us says this restaurant owner the government says it's mobilizing all resources to tackle the emergency peers. over 40000 members through the units of the police fire department self defense forces and coast guard are putting all their effort into searching in rescuing deceive people's lives. for japan it's the worst natural disaster since

a typhoon struck last october which killed around 90 people q shoe is used to powerful summer floods and has in place strong defenses against them but for now with more rains forecast those defenses seem to be overwhelmed robert bride al jazeera a white woman who was filmed accusing in a black man of threatening her in new york's central park has been charged with filing a false police report amy cooper was criticized after calling 911 in may claiming to have been threatened by an african-american man christian cooper was birdwatching when he asked her to put her dog on a leash she has since publicly apologized but her frantic phone call was seen as an example of every day racism. a former partner of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has been moved to a jail in brooklyn but a socialite you know in maxwell was arrested and charged in new hampshire on

thursday next what is accused of working with that scene to facilitate a sex trafficking ring and faces up to 35 years in prison gabriel is under has been a shift for us. prosecutors are going to be arguing that she remain in jail as this process as this legal process goes forward this case can be watched very closely because you got to remember also that. prince andrew was linked to her there's a photograph of prince andrew with a young woman more than 15 years ago with elaine maxwell in the photograph that led to all sorts of speculation the woman a young woman in the photograph says that the lane maxwell trafficked her that's something you and maxwell denies prince andrew denies any wrongdoing as well but certainly if this case goes to trial there is going to be a lot at stake already prosecutors said on friday of last week they welcome prince andrew's cooperation in the investigation and it goes as it goes forward so far

they say he has failed to do so. at the dominican republic now a businessman with no government experience has ended 16 years of rule by the center left president elect who has been out there as pledged to improve the economy when i run out of course. the government of the dominican republic east coronavirus restrictions on sunday to encourage people to get out and vote in national elections. the dominican republic is the caribbean nation worst affected by the pandemic special voting schedules were adopted to account for elderly voters considered more at risk during the outbreak when i hope that in this elections the candidate loses is a good looser and the one who select that knows that he was the people who chose not so he can benefit but he nordic to work for the people on. sundays national elections were the 2nd since 1904 to elect a president vice president both chambers of congress and representatives to the

central american parliament to the minister of public is leaving now i'm unique and i have to say that we are witnessing a major shift in the political bodies over into the meaning congress where one party has only needed for the last 24 years their local elations the smarts. in favor of them or their revolutionary body or b r m. presidential candidate luis i.v. now this nominee for the modern revolutionary party was ahead in the polls in the lead up to sunday's elections. having secured more than 50 percent of the vote 52 year old you know that was announced president elect of the dominican republic and lit up a little al-jazeera. an iraq analyst who was a leading expert on iceland other groups has been shot dead in baghdad. may was

repeatedly shot at at close range by a gunman on mexico's outside his. home he died of his wounds in hospital weeks before his killing said he feared he was being targeted by armed groups backed by iran the analyst was in north orange to voice on conflict in the region and advised iraq's government along with the u.s. backed coalition fighting eisel. a ship carrying $180.00 refugees and migrants has docked on the italian island of sicily those onboard the ocean viking were picked up after fleeing libya and attempting the dangerous crossing to europe will now be transferred to an italian ferry where they'll spend 14 days in quarantine the migrant to be on their viking for more than a week the charity had to declare a state of emergency on friday after one migrant tried to hang himself and others threw themselves called. the oscar winning italian film composer ennio morricone has died aged 91 in a career spanning several decades he produced original scores for more than 400

films at oregon bay expected his life. you don't need to be a fan of classic westerns to recognize music composed by any american any. of. his collaboration with director says on so-called spaghetti westerns such as the good the bad and the ugly and a fistful of dollars helped define a cinematic era. i don't describe images with my music when there is an important movie it's key that the music sees what is in sid and what you cannot see. until the 1960 s. film schools were unassuming designed to go almost unnoticed but morricone changed that and unusually for a composer became a star. what more can essentially. mid sixty's almost

exactly. the west soundtrack is it a thanks from the row. the italian composer was on it by hollywood with an oscar for lifetime achievement in 2007 then 9 years later he won the academy award for. best original score for director quentin tarantino's weston the hateful 8 it was a job more coney originally turned down until town teano allowed him to break with the style of music he'd written for westerns in the past. this is something amazing unexpected because really in my type of work you don't think of the positive or negative consequences in general dirani just have ones but sometimes they can also be negative consequences there it is the film doesn't succeed or people don't like the music but this time everything went well thank goodness i'm happy amazed. marconi with

a perfect composer not just in terms of the number of films he worked on but the diversity of genres it's a measure of his success there's some of his schools even more famous than the films he wrote them full. amount of the top stories are now to syria the u.k.'s announced economic sanctions on those involved in the murder of saudi journalists. 49 individuals and organizations have been sanctioned under the government's new system to punish human rights offenders sanction individuals will be barred from entering the u.k. using banks in the country or profiting from the economy those are not on the hands of the folks of despots the henchmen

a dictator would not be free to waltz into this country to buy property on the king's road kings right to do their christmas shopping in knightsbridge or frankly to siphon dirty money through british banks rather financial institutions. new york's governor has accused the u.s. president of enabling the coronavirus with his messaging on the pandemic saying he's been making up facts and science more than 130000 americans have now died from carbon 19 and cases are accelerating in states which move to ease their restrictions andrew cuomo says donald trump must acknowledge the disease as a major problem india has surged past russia to recall the 3rd highest number of corona virus infections in the world almost 700000 cases have been confirmed and the outbreak isn't expected to peak for several more weeks or forties reversed a decision to reopen the taj mahal after a spike in cases in the past few minutes a brazilian media is reporting that the country's president jay above scenario has

been showing coronavirus symptoms he's been tested for the virus with the results expected on tuesday the president has previously been criticized for dismissing the effects of the virus. china's ambassador to the u.k. has warned the british government to stay out of hong kong's affairs all face consequences usual maine says the u.k.'s offer potential citizenship to millions of people in hong kong amounts to gross interference. the former partner of convicted sex offender geoffrey epstein has been moved to a new york city jail which socialite elaine maxwell was arrested and charged in new hampshire thursday black swan is accused of working with epstein to facilitate a sex trafficking ring to stay with us this is europe is coming up next life and. revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al-jazeera.

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