al-jazeera. every. now and. malaysian police question al jazeera journalists over a documentary highlighting the plight of migrants during the coronavirus lockdown. hello i'm down jordan this isn't a 0 live from doha also coming up. donald trump dismisses a supreme court order saying his tax records can be examined by prosecutors in new york. the united arab emirates is reported to a blocked a deal pushed by the trumpet ministration to end the gulf crisis. and australia

will dramatically reduce the number of people allowed into the country as coronavirus cases rise. several al-jazeera staff have been questioned by police in kuala lumpur about a documentary on malaysia's response to code 19 the programme looked at the experiences of migrant workers during the lockdown and police say they're investigating the report for sedition defamation and violation of the country's communications and multimedia at well in response al-jazeera has released a statement saying it calls on the malaysian authorities to respect media freedom and desist from treating its journalists as criminals al-jazeera has serious concerns about developments that have occurred in malaysia since the broadcast of its one of the nice investigative documentary locked up in malaysia's lockdown broadcast on july 3rd the documentary investigated why the covert dine 1000 pandemic is forcing migrant workers into hiding the government put some arrows of

kuala lumpur with high infection rates under lock down with some people tested and some fingerprinted foreigners without valid documents were arrested malaysian officials and state television have criticised the report al-jazeera as attempts to interview government ministers and officials during the production would declined stuff of experience sustained online harassment since the brawl. cost one east asia pacific current affairs program that's won numerous international awards well as well mohammad khalid is the chief executive and founder of the garment center for health and social policy in kuala lumpur he says the documentary was impartial. when i saw the documentary i thought it was a fair and balanced report and it did highlight some of the issues that we ourselves here on the ground in malaysia especially amongst public health specialists were actually pointing out the documentary didn't criticize it or the government or specifically the ministry of health treatment of migrants with him which i believe to have been compassionate and equal what we did see was

highlighting an issue that we raise which was that the government should have conducted these immigration enforcement raids and having arrested people and placed into detention during a public health emergency so that is what we saw or at least from our perspective what the documentary highlighted as to why the government is responding this way we believe it's just a matter of a distraction from the actual issue on hand. the u.s. supreme court has issued mixed verdicts on demands for donald trump's financial records for now at least the president's tax returns and other documents will remain out of the public i have a chance he has moved. the president from displayed mixed emotions following the 2 judgments on the release of his financial records what the rules were you should be showing more again to make everything back down to the lower court to do so again so for the sake point. you know the point of.

this is political we turned away so that we can know you know if you were so pure which are. just like the model of mr gibbs was a hoax there why do these supreme court rulings weren't even close each one had a $7.00 to $2.00 majority that included trump appointees justices call such an kavanaugh off the court threw out the president's lawyers arguments that their client has immunity from investigation in both cases chief justice john roberts writing that no citizen not even the president is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding so authorities in new york are allowed to secure records from the president's accounting firm through the courts the city's district attorney hailed the decision cyrus vance jr said it's in keeping with the u.s.a.'s founding principles and added the investigation which was delayed for almost a year by this lawsuit will resume guided as always by the ground jury solemn

obligation to follow the law and the facts wherever they may lead but new york's grand jury investigation into potential wrongdoing by trump and the trump organization is held in secret so barring a leak the public will not see the records if and when it receives them investigators are looking into whether an alleged hush money deal with 2 women who claim to have had an affair with trump broke the law congress however could released all charges financial records to the public if house committees were in the right to see them and that may or may not happen now but the house speaker welcomed the. justices are holding of the principle that congress has the right to subpoena the president the supreme court including the president's appointees have declared that he is not above the law. the point the path that the plane court has laid out is one that is clearly achievable by us in the lower court and we will continue to go down that path but the supreme court has enacted

limitations on congress that it will now have to meet in the lower courts among them to prove that any information that is requested would have a direct impact on legislation always hanging over the issue of donald trump's tax records are statements like this dating back to before the 2016 election i'm clean and when i release my financial statements my decision sometime prior to election it will only show one thing that i'm much richer than people even thought yet the president has fought their release ever since so there is some comfort to be had for the president donald trump's arguments regarding presidential immunity did not win but these rulings will not result in the release of donald trump's closely held for now until records before november's elections. washington. but bruce fein is a former u.s. deputy attorney general he says the only way president trump's financial records will enter the public domain now is if they are linked. we know that leaks with regard to presidents have happened for example the knowledge that president nixon

was named as a unindicted coconspirator in the watergate cover up trial was leaked out of the grand jury now whether or not new york has greater scrupulousness in complying with secrecy obligations we don't know but if the grand jury acts as it's supposed to those tax records will still be concealed in the cloister of the grand jury and by november we'll all be still guessing as we are on this program right now a political win for the president not a legal win but most of politics is concerned with politics not law and even though as a matter of principle down the road it may impair some presidents with regard to mr trump and his immediate political future he should be taking a deep breath today and base thankful of the outcome of the cases the united arab emirates is said to be holding up a deal with the gulf states that could end the 3 year long blockade against qatar

that's according to reports by the fox news website particle hain has more now from washington d.c. . we need to sort of take a step back and look at where the spirit being reported the fox news website not on fox news on air we haven't seen it on air yet and again we know that this is a channel that the president likes to watch we have seen no evidence that the president likes to read the website and again it has been picked up by anyone else and we have not been able to independently confirm this but what this article is saying and it doesn't give any sort of indication where the sources are coming from which is slightly unusual but it doesn't name anyone but it says that for the last 2 months somehow if there were secret negotiations between saudi arabia officials from saudi arabia qatar the u.a.e. and the u.s. acting as a mediator now that it 5 would be surprising if true because these are that's a lot of different people at the table and there's been no even whisper that there were negotiations of any kind taking place much less among high ranking officials

from these 4 countries the article says that a potential deal was in their words quote at hand and that the u.a.e. walked away and tried to pressure saudi arabia to do the same thing again they're saying that just for purpose perspective this is not anything we've even heard is on the radar lately from the secretary of defense secretary of state the white much less the white house dealing with a coronavirus pandemic a downturn in the economy falling poll numbers and now the supreme court decision so there's been no indication no signals that this is high up on 0 the priority list or george okapi error as the c.e.o. of gulf state analytics he says the u.a.e. is less likely to change its position than the other countries involved. among the countries blockading qatar it is the u.a.e. that is most rigid in its position against doa whereas the saudis have viewed the alleged qatari threat as more of

a strategic issue for i would be this is really very much about ideology and ultimately this agenda of blockading qatar came from up with dobby and i think out of all of the gulf countries putting pressure on cuts are the u.a.e. will be the last one to decide to ease that pressure so it definitely makes sense that. would use its leverage over riyadh to block any u.s. backed plan aimed at bringing the g.c.c. countries back together the trump administration is seen this arabian feud is a big threat to u.s. interests in the sense that washington would like to have all of the g.c.c. member states united against the islamic republic of iran and this issue has definitely been an irritant for the administration but you know i the defacto ruler

of the u.a.e. crown prince mohammed bin zayed whatever people 'd may think about his policies we can all agree that he's no pushover and he's a very strategic thinker when it comes to dealing with regional international issues. so to come here now which is there including the world health organization heads back to china as it tries to piece together where have the coronavirus came from. paying their respects in ivory coast but many things a sudden death of prime minister could cause political instability more in the times. and that. enough more sure and and it will be fed i think even more for northern amanti some tremendously big thunderstorm with big downdraft on the least side of the mountains we've got the quite strong wind now the monsoon wind clouding things

up in a good part of money including salalah is taken away from the strength of of the shema which is the northerly wind it's not particularly strong the orange sheen the suggest is dust is coming out of iraq temper the really high of baghdad at 50 degrees it's not a record but it's certainly near enough the same is true for western solder of iran and q 8 clearly it's cooler on the coast but still 30 in jerusalem down through the whole of africa to where you see the daily showers build here we've got rain coming on to the coast of kenya probably somalia and daily showers building they're not haphazard is not random they tend to building clumps at the moment all the way from south sudan science was more or less to lake victoria south of that interesting weather just coming into the western cape to cape town and up through maybe exeat actually multiple fronts coming in so it is wet and unpleasantly windy in cape town temperature about 30 degrees for friday the rain doesn't last it goes through to

give you a few showers on saturday. for . 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. if you want to help save the world. isn't a euro. come

back a come out of the top stories here this hour several hours there was to offer up being questioned by police in kuala lumpur about a documentary on malaysia's response to cope with 19 the program looked at the experiences of migrant workers during lockdown. the u.s. supreme court has issued mixed verdicts on the demands for donald trump's financial records the president's tax returns will remain out in the public eye for now but can be examined by prosecutors in new york. and the united arab emirates is said to be holding up a deal with states that could end the 3 year long blockade against cattle that's according to reports by the fox news website now a strain it's cutting the number of citizens it would allow to return from overseas each week by 50 percent since march only citizens and permanent residents have been allowed into the country from monday a maximum of $4000.00 will be able to return each week the prime minister scott morrison says the decision follows a surge of corona virus cases in the state of victoria. at

a time when victoria was able to take flights again then obviously the challenges to the system presently caused by the outbreak in victoria would have subsided and that then of course would mean that the less pressure on the system nationally so until that is under. under control or even beyond that has been under control in victoria ziba to take up those does flights again then will be in a restricted to pass city for the forseeable future after there was no gay joins us live now from said name scott morrison there talking about limitations on a rival's into the country what more is he been saying. yeah this won't be new. orleans currently are the ses because it will be much more difficult for them to return any time soon so the prime minister scott morrison says that by cutting international arrivals in the hall from monday or in the full

1000 citizens will permanent residents will be able to. and that cap will only be lifted when the country does contain the corona virus outbreak currently in the c.c. and that's not looking too good given that on tuesday than the state of victoria recorded and not the record number of infections and all the 388 people in that state have tested positive for corona virus of course right now there are about 5000000 people. down in melbourne and the surrounds it means that they can't leave their phones unless it's essential raisins for some essential work to go to the shops. and all of the stradley is results is in this area need to be focused on containing that out right the pools there are hundreds of police offices defense

force personnel monitoring borders to make sure all of that residents don't cross into all the states and we see the seeding of current virus cases in different areas so it's not looking good right now for those trying to get. those reduced numbers all the elements here is that for the oyster do return home they will now be challenged will be mandatory for day quarantine that they do need to undertake scott morrison says that people have had months to come home and this is necessary for results is to be focussed in other areas since borders were closed. about 350000 people have returned to his star leah but right now it might be a long white for those 2 are the same gauge their life for us in sydney nicholas thank you. 2 more latin american leaders have been infected by code 19 the libya's

interim president jenene un is became the 3rd lead in the region known to have contracted the disease and the head of venezuela's national assembly. has announced he's also tested positive on wednesday brazil's president said he had the virus he previously dismissed it as a little flu. the u.n. secretary general is warning the pandemic will force millions of people in latin america and the caribbean into poverty. $18000000.00 could lose their jobs women black and indigenous communities will be the worst hit. our ports nothing one is ours. 3rd many in latin america to have it caused by the covert $900.00 pandemic has only exacerbated already existing problems in the context of already gaping inequalities i levels of informal labor and fragmented health services the most vulnerable populations and individuals are once again being hit the hardest. to tear this is one in the poverty across the region will rise by 7

percent an increase equivalent to 45000000 people extreme poverty is also expected to increase by 28000000 to 230000000 people and i'd rather see what a massive number i learned on the street with my baby girl 4 months ago at the start of the pandemic you're surviving going to a soup kitchen receiving donations just staying afloat. and there are many more about to join him the u.n. says the number of unemployed people in the region will also rise an increase of 80000000 to 44000000 in just one year i came there. there are people who found themselves in the streets because they've lost their jobs they've never been in that situation before they couldn't pay their rents many of these people have worked their whole lives and feel embarrassed to ask for help. the u.n. policy brief says the worst affected will be women since they're more likely to work in the informal sector indigenous communities and those of african descent

will also be disproportionately hit and the crisis will exacerbate the vulnerability of migrants and refugees the secretary general is suggesting a number of urgent measures he's calling for greater international support and major structural changes in the region where the new quality has become untenable it means developing comprehensive welfare systems of thought accessible to all. it means creating a fair taxation system promoting this of jobs search think environmental sustainability and reinforcing social protection mechanisms are. a huge challenge for the number of deaths and infections continue to rise during this one rodgers iraq one of cyrus the us has registered more than 65000 new cases of corona virus setting another daily record drives infections have been increasing and in every state more than 3100000 cases have been confirmed and over 135000 people have died

a team from the world health organization is due to make its 3rd trip to china to investigate the origins of the corona virus outbreak at 6 months since the 1st infections were documented by the agency and as katrina new reports now from beijing doctors there are now busy treating patients in new clusters. in this laboratory in beijing scientists are racing to develop a vaccine to end the pandemic in china and around the world but about 6 months since the virus 1st spread from the studio on this team warns that a vaccine is at least a year away. in the past we started with a. no we're doing step a.b.c. be at the same time but developing a vaccine in a few months is impossible we have to wait at least until next year for market use that's a best case scenario china's government supports about 20 labs like this one chinese

leaders are working to curb the recent resurgence in infections in herb a province in the capital beijing. the government says more than 11000000 people have been tested since the beginning of june more than 300 factions have been confirmed in the capital in recent weeks the latest outbreak in func thai district is linked to the biggest wholesale food market in the capital there have been new local transmissions in recent days the president's remains worried about how the break started what is the origin of the virus and how the outbreak happened recently in beijing most the residents live in fear because they don't know the real story overall health organization team is due to arrive in china this weekend to investigate the origin of the outbreak the 3rd trip to the country this year the agency was reportedly frustrated by the chinese government's lack of communication with the epidemic 1st came to light china's leaders denied any cover up and are

unlikely to take responsibility for the spread of the pandemic instead 2 $1000000000.00 has been pledged to the w.h.o. and china is also pouring millions to so-called mobs to put. china will solve is a virus problem is money china is happy to use this economic tool rather than taking the responsibility for the pedometer in beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely to start for everyone living here the return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina new al-jazeera beijing. greek police have used tear gas to disperse people protesting against a new bill aiming to regulate street demonstrations crowds have gathered outside the parliament in athens the government says the bill seeks to stop businesses being disrupted and threats to public safety but also hold organizers accountable

for the harm or damage caused by protesters. talks to me as tensions between kosovo and serbia to resume in brussels on sunday the e.u. brokered talks on restoring diplomatic ties stopped in 2018 and cost of a foot high tariffs on goods courts. what started as kosovo's bid for independence from serbia escalated into open conflict. and was brought to an end by nato airstrikes in 1909. soon after hundreds of thousands of course of our albanian refugees poort into neighboring countries telling of massacres both sides were accused of war crimes 6 serbian officials were found guilty and last month the course of those president. was indicted on ball crimes charges. today kosovo is willing to almost invisible the country declared independence in 2008 but

a type of cold war continues with serbia repeatedly blocking kosovo as attempts to join the united nations the european union has spent 9 years trying to normalize relations between the 2 sides with little progress in 2018 talks stalled completely . since then angela merkel and emanuel makkal have led countless efforts to smooth over differences and restart the dialogue recently some success the cost of a removing its 100 percent trade tariffs on serbia but in return pristina wants belgrade to finally recognize its independence if serbia does that it wants membership to the e.u. . i believe that at the end of the mandate of the next government we will complete negotiations for membership with the european union which means that it would be realistic to become a member of the european union in 2026 that is my hope that is my belief.

president trump was hoping to be the new mediator needing a diplomacy win before november's election but president thought she was indicted for war crimes just days before the meeting that she says there is no evidence he broke the law and hinted he believes the timing of the indictment is not a coincidence i don't call it that statement blew up and rendered impossible of very important meeting at the white house thereby giving a strong blow to the opportunity of achieving peace between kosovo and serbia on monday he will face questions from prosecutors in the hague for now the e.u. has wrestled back control of mediation efforts the e.u. and we could be repeating it all the time is very committed to continue our engagement as a facilitator of of the dialogue between great and prishtina but we are not the ones who are dictating who are our interlocutors on sunday the bloc will mediate the 1st high level meeting between the 2 sides since november 28th and perhaps make

progress on one of europe's most intractable disputes charlie and. people in singapore are voting in a general election expected to extend the ruling party's unbroken record the vote comes just weeks after the country emerged from a 2 month lock down the key issues are the government's handling of the health crisis and a struggling economy the c.m. loon took charge in 20041 is expected to continue as prime minister is a strange younger brother has supported the opposition. in ivory coast tributes are being paid to the prime minister who died during a cabinet meeting on wednesday many fear that i'm a do gone could cause political instability reports. a sense of uncertainty of what is to come the front pages of newspapers reflecting the mood of a country in shock a cruel loss reached this front page prime minister coulibaly leaving this stage

headlines another say it's a shock for all ivorians africa has lost one of its best and it's all of africa vets and morning said. it's the nation that has lost a loyal son as if i mean he was in a good place for the upcoming presidential elections now the ruling party will be in turmoil the 61 year old was president alison want to rise chosen successor for october's presidential election i'm going to go on coulibaly suffered a heart attack and collapsed during a cabinet meeting on wednesday with his death becomes a political vacuum with many to take his place and become the ruling party's candidate in a closed door meeting party leaders met scrambling for a solution while the president's spokesman better in defense minister. are among the favorites the 81 year old ouattara could be asked to run for a 3rd term. to go see the last of ahmed. is like starting all over again but we

have to stay strong and leave strong we are very devastated because i'm a do was a man of honor he died in the line of duty so we must be like him and stand strong because there is also the sense of responsibility that requires us to make thousands of ivorians count on president our son or daughter what has until july 28th to decide whether to be a candidate his opponents including former president good o.b.j. also a candidate to the presidency accuses want to failing to address political grievances that led to the 2011 civil war. when former president laurent gbagbo refused to concede defeat 3000 people died and tens of thousands were displaced as politicians fought for power. is fueling a sense of instability months before a much anticipated election which is now getting many ivorians worried nicholas hark al jazeera. more elephants have been found dead in botswana and it's still not

clear what's killing them the national park rescue charity says more than $400.00 have died botswana's government there was only confirmed $281.00 deaths it's been 2 months since the 1st caucuses were spotted the country has the world's largest elephant of elation. time for a quick check of the top stories here several al-jazeera staff of been questioned by police in kuala lumpur about a documentary on malaysia's response to cope with 19 the show looked at the experiences of migrant workers during the lockdown malaysian officials on state television have criticised the report as being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera denies this for us supreme court has issued mixed verdict some demands for donald trump's financial records for now the president's tax returns and other documents will remain out of the public eye but judges ruled that trump's records

can be examined by prosecutors in new york and this is a political witch the likes of which you know she was pure which are so close just like the mall security is a hoax that i want and this is the hoax this is purely political. the federal level and we won very decisively and so they sent it into new york and you know what's going on in new york everyone is leaving to turn out to be all. to do something about the people who are leaving new york that is a political witch or to just continue. the united arab emirates is said to be holding up a deal with gulf states that could end the 3 year long blockade of qatar that's according to reports by the fox news website australia is cutting the number of citizens and permanent residence it would allow to return from overseas each week by 50 percent from monday a maximum of $4000.00 people will be allowed into the country on

a weekly basis to more latin american leaders have been infected by covert 19 bolivia's interim president jenny there's became the thirdly the known to have been infected in the region the head of venezuela's national assembly diosdado cabello earlier announced he'd tested positive and the u.s. is registered more than 65000 new cases of corona virus making it another daily record rise for the country infections have been increasing in the every state more than 3100000 cases have been confirmed over 135000 people have died. police have used tear gas to disperse people are protesting in athens against a new bill aiming to regulate street demonstrations if passed would hold organize the countable to harm or damage caused by protesters those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the bottom line of that's what about that for thousands of years farmers and shepherds have lived to see what their traditional way of life has been for generations. as israel plans an extension into the

occupied west bank. goes to the jordan valley where the illegal settlements have already expanded and asks what the future holds for these palestinian former shepherds of the jordan valley on al jazeera. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question is covering 1000 sparking a revolution in college education let's get to the bottom line. the novel coronavirus is struck america's education system like lightning bolts at tsunami at a massive earthquake combined more and more schools and universities have decided to avoid face to face teaching for the next school year and replace it with online education the shift that started last semester has been huge and it has exposed a lot of weaknesses across the system just this week harvard university announced we'll have know in person classes the entire next year and would know in person classes.