tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera July 8, 2020 1:00pm-2:01pm +03
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insults at the haitians because a few of them had been confirmed to be carrying grown up iris now they tell us that they feel even more discriminated and vulnerable than ever. hello there i missed this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes. we hope we find. interest. in. despair at the united nations after russia and china vote to restrict much needed aid deliveries to syria. anger and serbia's
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capital as a lock down as brought back to its deadliest day of the pandemic. well he mocked the use of mosques and pushed an anti malaria treatment now brazil's president is quarantined with the corona virus. and the question of identity kashmiri muslims worry they'll be reduced to a minority as new delhi allows outsiders to settle in the disputed region. and sporting event is lose the game and their rivals lose control of a player sent off for biting is italy's top 2 teams suffer a surprise defeat. not aid agencies and rights groups are criticizing china and russia's veto of the un security council resolution risk. a deliveries to syria amnesty international is
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calling the move despicable and dangerous the proposal would have extended across border humanitarian aid to 3000000 syrians for a year to get at jane's base reports from the u.n. in new york. earlier this year the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft visited one of the border crossings used to bring much needed aid into syria accompanied by the un's top humanitarian official mark she was shown the bubble how a crossing considered a vital lifeline for the people in the last main opposition enclave in the province of idlib. speaking on a facebook live link up with the young syrian ambassador craft appealed to the other members of the security council to renew permission to deliver aid across the border we must ensure that the syrian people get life saving food and medicine and this is just a basic need this is a result this is between life and death actually not stress the importance of this
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week's vote on across borders. this wasn't the only appeal to the un security council in the hours before the vote a u.n. commission of inquiry has released its latest report on human rights abuses in syria giving a damning assessment of what it describes as acts amounting to war crimes the chairman of the commission added this the very least the security council can do now is to renew the stream from the cross border and cross line operations pandemics no no borders nor should we need those please when tunnel. the result of the voting is as follows 13 go out in favor 2 votes against no abstentions. the draft resolution has not been adopted or into the negative thoughts of 2 permanent member of members of the council both
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russia and china use their veto power was seeing a repeat of what happened 6 months ago until that point the un had for border crossings authorized for a delivery after using its veto in december russia managed to get that reduced to 2 crossings with the clock ticking until the existing authorizations run out on friday having used its veto once again russia is now likely to push for just one approved check point greatly reducing the amount of aid that can be delivered to opposition areas james broke out just era at the united nations well that decision to veto cross border aid deliveries couldn't have come at a more critical time for syria more than 11000000 syrians need emergency aid just to survive which comes largely from the u.n. the country's economy education sanitation protection services and health care are
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all crumbling under the pressures of conflict u.n. officials have made a pleas of countries to help end the crisis by investing money manpower and political promises $5.00 and a half $1000000000.00 has been promised for humanitarian support this year well let's now speak tomorrow in kabul and he is the head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies and he joins us now on skype via here in doha marwan given its involvement in the region can you talk us through what russia's game plan is here. well i think the national says they intervene militarily in syria in support of the 2015 they have been using civilians in fact as a bombing chip within the national community in order to to get concessions but it's got a concession if you remember in 20152016 the russians are deliberately bombing civilians in order to push bismuth thousands more syrians as if he is towards europe in order to force the european union to change its position on the syrian
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conflict so i think if this is not a stranger to do it from the russians actually when they use that he door now yes that yesterday or over the last few hours actually in order to do that in many. many american isms which have been named plays for the boston 6 years i think in this general cajun that i shan't is offering actually to because you know i mean the united states has just. approved. and their fans have got furious because of that on that i think once again they are playing as i said to use civilians in order to have this bottle and ship with that americans about depleted on this season. well now given what's happened at the u.n. security council do you think the border will actually be closed on friday. well i think the russians as far as i know they are presenting because they are in
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a very difficult was a shock right now because the russians have been almost like used by everybody including by international organizations just such as amnesty international actually of showing very limited consideration doors that mean. this if it had been either been bent on an across the border delivery put on the international organizations so i think the russians right now would be using would be trying actually to present their own profit there on the got as it usually in order to reduce the number of the border crossing from 2 into one because as as your report has mentioned it did last january actually they managed to do was done a number of those. and then it ready from 4 to actually 2 to. i mean one that the one that when the cross got there with jordan was close to the gaza border with what they got was a closed last journey what he and the only remaining now where the 2 supporters
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would be with good p.r. now the russians are trying to bring the 2 into $1.00 and to $1.00 hand it eventually they are trying to close it because i believe i mean next time it will try to close the last 11 because i think they are trying to force an international community to deal with the syrian regime and the russians have been doing their best over the boss actually i mean this is the end of the big military operations in syria to force as many countries as possible to deal with the city of the regime and they want to do. it with language with with with the lost legitimacy. over the past few days because of this of this conflict. that i had a policy analysis at the arab center for us at some policy studies thank you feel entitled for joining us here on out of the. well now years of war have devastated the health system with aid agencies saying any 50 percent of their facilities are out of service dosage of ari has more now on how volunteer doctors at
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a small clinic in rebel held are doing what they can to treat the sick and the injured. this is what dr adnan does every day working for free in this nonprofit makeshift clinic in altoona he's one of 7 doctors in the clinic which is located in syria's last remaining rebel held province of it look like many of his patients dr hawley was forced from his home within his own country. possibly. most of the people here are without a source of income they can't afford to eat or any medical treatment before i came here i worked at home a hospital but it was bombed so we came to this area to lend a helping hand with whatever resources are available. this entire clinic is run by volunteers and medicine is handed out free of charge. it's small space providing
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a big service doctors see between 30 to 40 patients a day. so you know they're really doing a great service for the people here mainly because we're all out of work too now we're being treated by specialists and offered free medicine we are grateful to them. because doesn't have that i've been sick for 13 years they often meet all the necessary tests in medicine for free i can't even afford a loaf of bread and i have 4 often children have been displaced to this area since march they are doing their best to help i'm very grateful to them. there are many factions both domestic and foreign involved in syria's civil war which is now into its 10th year. the united nations says nearly 400000 syrians have been killed so far and millions forced to seek safety. both the syrian government and the opposition are receiving support militarily and diplomatically from foreign
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countries leading the conflict to often be described as a proxy war adding to the already dire health care crisis the value of the syrian currency continues to fall while prices in shops have more than tripled recently even though the conflict in many other areas has come to an end syrians in the country's last rebel stronghold province of it lib continue to suffer door such a bari al-jazeera. to the coronavirus pandemic and serbia's decision to re-impose restrictions has sparked angry protests in the capital belgrade demonstrators accuse president alexander of reopening the economy too early for political gain he has now announced a weekend curfew after the country reported its west day of the pandemic where 13 deaths alexia brian reports. protesters and police
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battle on the streets around serbia's parliament was hounds tied to storm the building some briefly managing to get inside before being pushed back was they're angry at president aleksander and his decision to reimpose coronavirus restrictions i some chanted calling him a thing. i was sure the others demanded his resignation our government is trying for the 2nd time. put the cyclone. to impose current theory. for each day it is only a serious possibility because they made all the mistakes i the mistake they say was lifting what was one of europe's strictest lockdowns that israel did not prepare to prepare nor should we be we gathered here to protest because our
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president lifted the state of emergency because of the election and now he wants to impose it again. critics say the president lifted restrictions so he could hold parliamentary elections last month has passed one an overwhelming victory not clubs were back in action it was a tennis tournament shops were open and 25000 fans packed a belgrade stadium for the country's most popular football that the decision slammed by an epidemiologist as an enormous totally unjustified risk the. president now says the situation in belgrade is critical after. we made lots of mistakes we've probably relaxed too much everyone thought it was all over so. the situation in belgrade is alarming and it's serious in 4 more cities in serbia but belgrade is really in a critical situation the capital's hospitals are almost full so the military has been building temporary facilities gatherings of more than 5 people and now banned
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and only a curfew this weekend before they and the anger against burchett's means the crowds are unlikely to stay at home the next year brian al jazeera all corona virus infections are soaring in central asia former soviet states are now suffering a 2nd wave of cases since lockdown restrictions were eased 2 months ago victoria gate and the reports. hospitals in the kurdistan capital bishkek are overwhelmed with patients suspected of having the coronavirus those diagnosed with pneumonia but have not yet been tested for covert 19 q to be admitted by them with what must quickly oh my what as far as i have seen whomever you call whomever you ask about absolutely everyone is sometimes i think to myself i wonder is there anyone who isn't and people are panicking now since look down measures were relaxed in may
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more than 8000 people are reported to have tested positive but doctors say the true number of infections is higher a lack of testing and poor quality tests are 2 reasons why k. that 19 isn't being diagnosed isn't counted as a cause of death. some of. the most difficult period since the pandemic began is right now maybe the last week or 2 when the number of infections increased sharply we've seen an increase in the number of cases of community acquired pneumonia even in patients who have a negative test result of covert 19. despite the increasing cases the government says it's not considering a 2nd look down it's also admitted that pandemic related aid received from international donors was used to pay the salaries of state employees rather than to strengthen the health system. kazakstan the richest of the 5 central asian states has also seen hospitals overwhelmed with kovac 19 patients it's reintroduced some
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of the look down measures 1st imposed in march. the lock down is needed but i don't know how much it will help us now i don't know what we need more locked down or saving jobs anyway i think it should help if it lasts at least 2 weeks so that people stop having posses a neighboring country though continues to insist it's virus free the usually secretive turkmenistan welcomed a 10 day world health organization mission on monday which will examine its response to the pandemic victoria gate and be there. now china's government has opened its new office in hong kong to enforce its new national security law their police blocked roads for the inauguration ceremony and the convention hotel will be a base for chinese intelligence agents police can now conduct searches without a warrant stop suspects from leaving the city and intercept online communications critics say the new the new legislation strips hong kong of its freedoms and its
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independence but we also heard the new law in hong kong fixes a loophole in china's national security preventing curbing and punishing 4 types of acts against national security it is a turning point to stop the violence and chaos in hong kong there's no hope that stability will be restored and the freedom and rights of hong kong residents will be better protected. and the hong kong's government has banned the unofficial anthem often sung by pro-democracy protesters. the education secretary kevin young said that schools should stop students from singing glory to hong kong or any other songs containing strong political messages and teachers have been warned to stop human chains as a form of peaceful protest against government policies. well china's governments now won't be joining talks with russia and the united states labeling them
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a hoax and a game which beijing refuses to play the americans and russians have agreed to discussions because their only remaining treaty expires next year donald trump want to china included in a future treaty china's military is developing missile technology to counter the u.s. deployment in asia. you. have you read. the more. than the. whole the whole. time trying to be the. human rights watch says the bodies of at least $118.00 men have been found in mass graves in bikinis faster
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they were discovered near the northern town of juba the government is investigating claims that its forces carried out the killings government troops have been battling a surge in attacks by armed groups in the region the violence has forced more than 700000 people from their homes since the beginning of last year. well there's plenty more ahead on this news hour including. aware of landmines in libya how turkish troops are diffusing the traps planted by retreating fighting. on the defensive mexico's president is accused of being a sellout as he prepares to meet donald trump at the white house. underscores north america's biggest football league heads into uncertain times for it will be here with a story. that dozens of returning homeowners in tripoli have been killed or maimed by land mines
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left behind by forces loyal to world khalifa haftar after he failed to capture the city turkish troops on now helping the libyan allies to clear the bombs planted in houses around the capital mark trainor reports the bombed out homes and scorched military machinery near homes on the outskirts of tripoli show how devastating the 14th month battle for the capital was having failed to claim their prize warlords leave or have to his forces have been forced to retreat from western libya towards their strongholds in the oil rich east before leaving they planted land mines and booby traps returning home owners have fallen victim to them. jinnie officials say at least 27 civilians have been killed and 70 wounded. it's a familiar job for the head of the mine clearing team in tripoli brigadier meant by you spent months clearing sered after the city was liberated from mysore he says
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eisel targeted genie forces in sirte while russian mercenaries from the wagner group along with have to forces laid landmines and other weapons to kill indiscriminately but as unwelcome in. residential homes and streets children's toys along with play areas were booby trapped this proves that it is residents who are targeted by these landmines when they return to their homes when the land mine is planted in a toy who is the target it is to kill children and residents of. landmines are banned by most countries but their sheer number here and the sophisticated manner in which they were planted led the tripoli government to request help from the turkish allies turkish bomb disposal experts are helping clear the hidden menace left behind by have to his forces months after being forced to escape the fighting while busiek me and his family were shocked when they saw the state of their home when they returned he doubts he will be able to afford to repair his home any time
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soon and shows us where a land mine was recently cleared well before we'll have that sort of it's going to take a lot to fix it too much i don't know when we'll be able to return i don't know what to say may god give us patience. while some residents have been able to reach or for most their return can't happen until they're given the all clear in this law dina names are neighborhoods he added threats of explosives is in addition to the severe destruction of homes here now trainer al jazeera southern tripoli now the taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station in southern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the building in kandahar province 3 policemen were killed and 14 others including civilians were injured. now a lebanese businessman who's accused of financing hezbollah has returned home after 3 years in a u.s. jail custom tragedian had been sentenced to 5 years in prison but was released due
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to poor health and the risks of contracting coded 19 in prison in a honda is in beirut with this update. the court saying that he was released on compassionate grounds that he was facing health risks the risk of contracting corona virus while in prison he is a man who was accused by the united states of being a global terrorist since 2007 for allegedly funding hezbollah hezbollah of course being a lebanese a group that has an armed wing it has a political party and it controls political power along with its allies in cabinet and government so his release is quite significant but we have to make it very very clear that. denies any links with the group and the group hezbollah has not made any comment about the man but a few weeks ago in fact in march a lebanese american was suddenly and unexpectedly released from
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a lebanese jail he was convicted of torturing and killing lebanese inmates in a jail that was run by an israeli militia during israel's occupation of southern lebanon in the eighty's and the ninety's he was airlifted from the u.s. embassy compound out of lebanon at the time lebanese officials said that they had nothing to do with this they were shocked by the court decision to release him even hezbollah said that they had nothing to do with his release but many many will say that the courts would not have dared release. without the support of the political power the authority to use holding political power in 11 on. tens of thousands of people and john the an indian administered kashmir being granted residency raising concerns it may alter the demographics of what was once india's only muslim majority stage that changed last august when new delhi revoked the region's autonomy allowing outsiders to settle there that move has drawn comparisons with
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the occupied west bank has out india correspondent elizabeth pronto. sharing sweets to celebrate their new status the butty family as some of the newest residents of jammu and indian administered kashmir aid despite living there all their lives their parents were brought from punjab in the 1950 s. to work as street sweepers but they haven't been eligible for residency until now. these they've got double had more than they were we thank mr modi we have this piece of paper in our hands because of him now our children have received residency terry they can progress in their lives life. in march prime minister that in the government why did the criteria for residency in the disputed region saying the change would grant equality and dignity to all now anyone who's lived in the region for 15 years or studied for 7 those registered as migrants and children of government workers who've served in kashmir are allowed to buy land and apply for government jobs more than 30000 domiciled certificates have been issued since the
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law was implemented 2 months ago most of them in hindu majority jumble. people are satisfied because there are fewer procedures to follow when they had to become a resident before there was a lot of documents required they had to have them verified by the administrators it was a very long procedure. while it's now easier for non-cash midis to become residents many others are afraid that the government will make it more difficult for them to prove their status i belong to does and you asked me to say that my identity basically depends on a piece of paper that your own people. something wrong with that the new domicile law was announced 88 months after the government revoked the region's autonomy that had protected it from demographic changes the idea is that it would want to change the demography here in german kashmir and create pressure on the society so that at
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some point of time into society doesn't give up they would completely transform the demography of this place to that maybe muslims who are demanding freedom from india would come in minority the organization of islamic cooperation which represents 57 nations had almost 2000000000 muslims as among other critics of the changes saying they are part of the hindu nationalist government's plans to drown dissent and at a time when protests they have been banned for needy a year elizabeth pradhan al jazeera you daddy. or we can speak to premier he is an author he wrote kashmir in 1947 the origins of a dispute and he is also a former editor at the hindustan times he joins us now on skype from go at thank you for being with us prince i do want to start with the demographics how much of an impact is this going to have on the makeup of jammu and kashmir. in terms of numbers not very large but it's not
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a bridge of one of the in back to the door there's been booed for the future and that is what is were english ladies no i want to add one more thing there is an entirely different civilization problem between kashmir valley and jungle it is so far and this could interest as it should just go where already certain you know people have been said to log what leader someone just said with a lot of communities but the question is. if it's recently where it's a very very calm very combative very distant infectivity the very delightful. very. very. big for the readers or i could see that it's really it's a delightful community but they are very distinct from the rest of the people who are linda and that is where the problem is going to. why say that this you know also allows for the land ownership to what implications does that have could that
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make land an affordable for others who want to buy the locals. a hidden problem would be that the result of what the government has done is going to be independent r.t. different i was there as a journalist in 1990 when the the insurrection there 1st began and i therefore witnessed the grabbing of a of the in those from there i also brought this to about 17000 but it they called them. in those living in india and in the live in the b.b.c. the 1st people who would be really threatened by this would mean these people they're living in the villages they're completely defenseless and the people around who are who are angry enough to want to do something not discriminate between them and the new the new settlers are coming in secondly the settlers who come in bilby be duggan's by the by the extreme. militants kurd the mere fact that
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they have been coming in and this belief has completely gotten english british. media the groups that would be ground 0 are we making them desperate and they will attack people and maybe it is that expectation. is that after the 1st shot getting state place they would be reprisals and the place would just go up. and i didn't want to think of what the future would be this is one of the most incendiary and. dangerous things that anyone could have done all of india is separate it is it is we have about something like 30 or 50 or 60000000 languages at least 30 major cities community in there of number of millions tens of millions of them which have known independence and the beat separate indie
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literature ringback music for the last 2500 years or longer and in media spin to everywhere and just. because you should lead a smaller is beautiful and a bit of coverage that land because that mean that they should they should be single treated differently but that's exactly what's happening you know friend you say that this is incendiary and very briefly i do want to ask about the timing of this this was announced a week into the countrywide lockdown at a time when the economy protests is this part of the strategy and. i don't think so i think that a lot of it just goes on. and in the 1st week of the law there was no business there was no real disenchantment with what the government was doing but lockdown had not feared there was a general relief that expect a ship mr moore there said that intrigued me would be able to bring the virus under control who and people were prepared to give them a chance they were you have to be who are skeptical to go in with what the average
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people including me people aggressive with who he was would be proof but in fact be exact opposite happened there had not happened in the 1st week putting this will just. made at a time when because of the law and in egypt for progress made it was unlikely to me don't have already created the conditions in which these big guru anyone who went home and particularly in a limited window it educated me couldn't be with it beauty shop during. prime chunk of that a former editor at the hindustan times great to get your insights so here on out of there thanks for joining us. i could have said something more more more more hopeful than that thank you. well it is now time for the weather and his jenny i see japan and china still under a huge amount of rain it really is i mean the situation if anything is actually
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getting worse of course it's actually affecting other areas so exactly what we're talking about is all about is the frontal system is a seasonal rains it has of course been impacting q she really dramatically also the central areas of china so if we start 1st of all across with japan now not for the last 24 hours it has been areas of honshu where we have seen the very heavy amounts of rain gifu prefecture over 200000 people have actually been evacuated because of the floodwater you can see is a go through thursday the rains are still in the forecast but not as heavy however back into q 2 that is more very heavy rain actually on its way that have been over 100 monthlies so far across japan and in fact i mentioned if you prefecture for time 5000 people were actually cut off because of these months lies ahead just obviously cuts across some of the main highways not conditional i can see about across the korean peninsula national fact as we go into friday we're going to see some very heavy rain all coming from the same system that will really impact here as well but meanwhile the rains will continue across into q 2 in the next 5 days we
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could have more than $400.00 millimeters of rain again and so this is why we're going to continue to watch this whole area so very closely there will be more flooding indeed that the more flooding across central areas of japan and china now we're actually talking about a province on we across india john she this is where these pictures are coming from unfortunate to say the rains are going to continue across this region as we go through the next few days the ministers of just can see more and more pictures like this but coming from different parts of both china and also japan thanks very much for that i'll take chinese still ahead here on al-jazeera new heights we'll be live at the international airport of nigeria's capital as domestic flights resume for the 1st time since march. a resurgence of the pandemic in several u.s. states and there's resistance to the president's push for schools to reopen sooner . and child returned to the sport as granted virus restrictions lifted and also.
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the secret mass graves in our lives discovered at an institution run by catholic nun. and mission shock 2 it's called. people in power investigates a scandal but destroyed families cost thousands of lives and still raises profound questions about the taz between the catholic church and the irish thinks. arlen's mother and babies come. on. the latest news as it breaks this crowd of hundreds of people didn't come with invitations they came to pay their respects to george floyd with details coverage the government needs to vallance the needs of the economy with a trace of the virus returning. from around the world organized crime is now
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beginning to try to play the role of. getting a way forward to win over the loyalty of people in desperate. the and. hello again and that's remind you of our top stories this hour russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that would have extended across border humanitarian aid to $3000000.00 syrians for a year the operation which is only authorized until friday brings in surprise from turkey without interference from the syrian government. thousands of protesters have attempted to best into sirte serbia's parliament angry over the reimposition of tough coronavirus president alexander richards puts back
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a weekend curfew that teen deaths the country's west a yes. and tens of thousands of people in john wooden indian administered kashmir being granted residency after the government changed the criteria but there are concerns that could alter the demographics of what was once india's only muslim majority states. now nigeria has resumed domestic flights for the 1st time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed back in late march the main airports in a bridge and lagos reopened on wednesday while others will reopen over the next week they have been nearly 30000 cases of covert 1000 confirmed in the country at least 660 people have died well let's cross over to numb the international air force and a bridge away on that interest is standing for us ahmed how's it looking there pretty busy. pretty busy restaurants here between the cultural center of the turn to to the arrangement people are pretty
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cool shows we drove her to leave like you sort of the numbers are great international airport right now. but you see when people arrive with their luggage the bags are slightly ties just behind the camera and then they make their way here through the slightly for my queue here then there temperatures will be taken all over the air and then the proceed to the check in counters from where they go undergo the procedures of boarding and eventually some robots have been deployed inside the airport as well to guide people and check additional temperatures so as to alert the authorities here whether someone is sick or not however this is coming at a time when nigerians what really really fed up for the airports to reopen the reopening of their ports also comes amid increasing cases of copied 1000 across nigeria right now would have nearly 30000 cases across the country based on the tests conducted by the center for disease control and a lot of effort according to
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a vision of forces have been put in place to ensure the necessary purport of course are followed by passengers and airlines so that the flights will resume i remember very well a few weeks ago the presidential committee uncovered 19 said it has given the airlines additional time to reorganize and make sure that all existing protocols that were rolled out by the committee are followed before the airports are closed right here with me is the director general of the nigeria civil aviation authority captain who talked to us about those protocols we're talking about what has been done so far for the airports to resume operations and i thank you very much thank you for having me yes on the protocols of the nigerian civil of a show for it you are a glitter body you got to walk the end of my shoes when these transportation systems and then joe was shut down to prevent the spread of the covert 19 pandemic
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across the nation we developed quite a few number of documents what do we shared with the industry not just the. once the airport approaches to accomplish that everything and the documents we develop we share what comes out of those documents what are those records ok we have 2 sets of. they took one house 2 parts the technical parts that's here well that is true if you go to perfection see the mission security on all those then on the other hand we have the public health protocols which was put in place to mitigate i mean the mice the spread of. the corrida virus to the transportation system so when we say that these protocols have been met by the allies how many airlines are we talking about approaching between a buddha and lagos at the moment at the moment i think for today it's just been we have about 4 lends me to the flight schedule and they've been
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a part and so far so good as you can see it's been going on smoothly now in that in terms of other airports in nigeria how many what about the remaining airports when are they to open ok. we are going to open and to be able to monitor and control the situation and 3 days down with spread 5 more airports to a point not a way where you can you and me together that's 4 airports now in addition to that the 4 forces will be running the domestic oppressions as a test guy that would guide the authorities as to when the international flights will resume in this country so far according to our line an additional 4 to see nigeria but it has started good and they only hope that the prosecutors will be organized and respect the protocols put in place on that interest that at the main international airport in a basic keeping an eye on things for us thank you ali. now the president he repeatedly downplayed the coronavirus is in quarantine at his own home and brazil
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after testing positive and i am also naro has canceled a shuttle for the next few days but so incest sees and good health he is one of nearly 1700000 people infected in brazil the 2nd west affected country in the wild are latin america at a center senior reports. few world leaders have defied a cold in 1000 like brazil's jade. for months the president tempted fate and turned to doctors he scorned calls to respect social distancing he seemed to relish defying even his own advisors always pressing the flesh and rarely using a face mask many members of his cabinet had become infected even his wife's grandmother some joked he'd made a pact with the devil until what was probably the inevitable that happened but would 1st serve you acutely my fear the worst. everybody knew that sooner or later current of our sort of reach an important part of population
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a lot of people like me for example if i would not have done the test i would not know about a result that was positive yes it was positive. so far bosso not has admitted to having a feeder and body aches but continues to brush off the severity of an illness he once described as a little true even taking off his face mask after testing positive. for the bureaucratic you both talk so you can see my face who wants to see my face i'm fine calm thank god peace frank that i was there prayed for me were supporting me i'm fine frank god. it's not just balsam not his health but his political reputation that's at stake he's waged war against lockdowns saying they're more harmful than the illness. he's clashed with governors who ordered businesses closed and the supreme court which recently felt compelled to order the president to wear a fail. mask or pay a steep fine thank you for taking his cue from donald trump also not who has
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threatened to withdraw from the w.h.o. and has ordered the brazil's health system distribute the anti-malaria drug docs a chloroquine despite warnings that it's not safe or proven to be effective thing treating coronavirus he's in fact using it now himself. nevertheless wishes he while i'm a speedy and full recovery from from this disease or leaders around the world have of have had similar experiences and i think it brings home for us all the the reality of this virus that will likely depend on how president not affairs on whether he'll become seriously ill as was a british prime minister boris johnson or whether he'll be back at work in a week or 2 telling everyone i told him so. all this despite the more than 65000 brazilians who've lost their lives so far to the so-called little. you see in
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human al-jazeera. well corona virus cases continue to climb in the united states the number of dead has now passed 130000 and infections are surging in states that purse to reopen early but president all trump continues to downplay the resurgence of the pandemic and insists he wants schools to reopen in the new school yeah i can reports from washington d.c. . texas is one of the 1st states to use its mitigating measures responding to pressure from president trump in mid april who insisted he wanted states to open up to restart the economy. now with stealing with a massive increase in infections joining florida and reporting more than 10000 cases in a day a figure matched only by new york state in the early stages of the pandemic in the next weeks we're probably going there being what new york was 2 months ago i think
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that's what's going to happen trying to ingraham has been an i.c.u. nurse for 17 years last week she went from caring for patients to becoming a patient herself after testing positive i really at one point in time asked god to take me the pain was ridiculous. it was simply i mean in my mind i couldn't breathe think i didn't have to be proud of ventilator the republican governor who ordered the early opening of texas is now dialing back and reimposing mitigating measures including the wearing off masks we wore not have to shut it down if everyone will follow this very simple rule and that is just get a mascot this wear it make sure that you don't get covered 18 and you don't give it to anybody else. but the u.s. president continues to be mosque lists and even as the case
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a search is now putting pressure on governors to open schools for the new year at the end of august what we want to do is we want to get our schools open we want to get them open quickly beautifully in the fall and the as you know this is a disease it's a horrible disease but young people do extraordinarily well the reaction from teaches was furious that is so callous and him so callous when we do it wrong. people die little people can get sick you have asthma you've got bad allergies and you're 6 years old you could die if we do this ron there was anger too among many in congress which was officially notified that president trump is pulling the united states out of the world health organization the notice period is 12 months so the u.s.
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will actually only leave the w.h.o. interlined next year between then and now is an election and presidential candidate joe biden says one of his 1st acts as president will be to reverse the decision effectively it will be up to the voters to decide mike hanna al-jazeera washington . well mexican president under us manolo it has a door is set to meet with the u.s. president later on wednesday it's amusing that's officially about trade but the summit in washington is already provoking a mixture of anger and by weldment money or power explains why the political mexican president under this man. is meeting with u.s. president donald trump this week at the invitation of the white house but what would normally be a standard meeting between 2 world leaders has stirred criticisms but. by simply there is an election season underway in the united states and the mexican
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president's visit could be misinterpreted but also over the years president trump has expressed many offensive things toward mexico and mexicans this is why many people have a deep distrust and reject the way president trump has treated us. president trump is not very well liked in mexico and much of that has to do with his past rhetoric regarding the mexican people when mexico sends its people there not sending their best they're bringing drugs they're bringing crime they're rapists and mexico. well pay for the war. one point i don't have that attitude soured further in 2019 when president trump threatened mexico with export tariffs unless mexico agreed to carry out a strict militarized immigration enforcement policy since the start of his administration 19 months ago mexican president under disciplinary lopez obrador has sought to avoid a political conflict with president trump opting instead for
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a relationship built on pragmatism for a way that the visit scheduled for wednesday is the 1st time the 2 presidents will meet in person does visit out of the division we can talk about baseball we can talk about a lot of things everything without confrontation because it's a political meeting and that you are out by about critics of lopez obrador to say the mexican president is making a mistake by sitting down with trump who many in mexico regard as racist and anti mexican a recent poll however found that while few mexicans are fans of trump a majority favor lopez over the meeting with the u.s. president with many hoping the trip will help improve a bad economy. going on in mexico there are many who do not look kindly at our president attending this meeting but there are those who understand the weight of the economic agenda and recognizes the economy's the result of political negotiations between leaders there's not such a thing as friendships between countries and geopolitically their own interests.
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the president lopez of another order says the focus of his u.s. visit is to mark the launch of the us mexico canada trade agreement or u.s. m.c.a. a replacement to nafta that mexico's president has said will generate jobs and help reactivate the mexican economy went up mexico city. while still ahead here on al-jazeera and sports a while champion snowboarder has dials at the age of $32.00 after a fishing accident charleville here with the story.
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it is now time for sports and his far it sounds you i thank you so much lads you know how to play are sent off for biting as our hopes of winning the italian league took another hit faint title chances were kept alive thanks to a shock defeat for leaders you than to us and the richardson reports. some all time greats on the pitch for this game but it was french international andrine robbia who grabbed the initiative for its holland league leaders you ventas a stunning individual goal giving you very the lead against ac milan early in the 2nd was. christiane or an elder scored in his 5th straight game to make it to know if i looked on course to move 10 points clear of the top of the table but milan and just about to lurch and see what action a penalty from latin abraham of which got them back into the game before strikes from front to see. and rafi completed the turnaround 3 goals
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coming within 5 minutes. and see robert added a full to secure the victory milan moved up to 5th. first defeat since february the result would have had great to significance had 2nd placed all at sea and not lost a leg at sea one last with an ugly footnote a red card for that series patrice after he gets let chase. on the arm last year try you very my 7 points on the richardson al-jazeera. major league soccer is set to return later this wednesday the new york red bulls play on sunday while orlando city vs enter miami will watch the restart in a few hours time the game between nashville and the chicago fire is off after 5 national players tested positive for chronic by those protocols are there for a reason and as long as you continue to stress the importance of it and put the responsibility on individuals in those individuals abide by i think your increase your chances of creating the safest environment possible and so there's
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a matter of how many people you know if you're able to maintain your distance knew where your mask in the testing is all there to make sure that you can contain situations and i think you always put yourself in a position to to feel safe. now it's not just professional sport that's making a tentative return to action after the coronavirus lockdown child amputees in gaza are taking to the football pitch once again joanna gash rosco reports. after months of being locked inside it's good to be out playing football again with your friends especially for these boys and girls who are just a small number of the 1600 amputees among girls is 2000000 people with just 72 current virus infections and one death the palestinian territory recently allowed sports clubs and gyms to reopen and on cheese day the players returned to training . the children participate in them pretty football days suffered
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the same consequences of everybody else but there's a big change in our lives all of a sudden we cannot get close to our relatives friends say and shaking we need to know what i'm asking they're confined places. and this participation in sport that they can muster that they can be good at. it is very important for the for the men talking about well do they go back to their normal lives as it was created leader of the largest possible extent of course are the club was founded just 2 years ago by the international committee for the red cross or i.c.r.c. and has adult players as well as children some have lost limbs after being injured in protests along the gaza israel border others through work accidents cancer or birth defects all benefit from having a place to come and play the sport they love. alone in the animal cloning my discs
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and i don't know no one cares about us but when we resume training we feel like there is someone who cares old like to think them all for the encouragement this project to help you to those in loop me to discover my skills when i started the 3 ning i felt like i got back my amputated leg and. out on the pitch it's tough to get back after the coronavirus break it's been a testing few months but these children are used to a challenge and happy to be back playing the sport they love joining al-jazeera. time world champion snowboarder alex poland drowned on wednesday while spearfishing and his how country senior wearing red on his way to the world title in 2011 the 32 year old was australia's flag bearer at the 2014 winter olympics in receive treatment at the scene on queensland's gold coast but can be revived ok and that is
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all your sport for now back to you thanks so much 5 ball that's a different meaning starting today for this news outlet can't be in the chair with more news and just on mine. frank assessments tourism but income stream is dead in the water what's been the result seen perching go up quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in israeli society in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines it's time for new policy say on the street they cannot all be seen to grady but he's threatening this the leading
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people with all continues inside story on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where after a few. for thousands of years farmers and shepherds have lived to see but their traditional way of life has been under threat for generations. as israel plans an exception into the occupied west bank al-jazeera world goes to the jordan valley where illegal settlements have already expanded and asks what the future holds for these palestinian farmers
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shepherds of the jordan valley on a. plate important for all protecting it would. ringback face. gang. we hope we can find unity each rest of the syrian people in despair in the united nations after russia and china vote to restrict much needed aid deliveries to syria. but i'm glad this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. here in serbia's capital of the lockdown is a broad.
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