story like this and points for pretty intense if it can forge narratives already right through the listening post gives you the full picture. a setback for the millions displaced in syria the united nations manages to keep only one border crossing open to bring in a. full on down jordan the saudis iran live from doha also coming up as anger grows against his government marlys president makes major concessions to the opposition who are demanding he steps down. another record day in the u.s. 66 and a half 1000 new coronavirus cases are reported as president trump wears a mask in public for the 1st time. in poland as

a presidential runoff that could shake up the country's politics and affect ties with its neighbors. millions of syria's displaced people will now have only one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the un security council russia backed by china had been pushing to shut down one of 2 border crossings that was still open our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u.n. headquarters in new york a security council resolution on delivery of aid into syria is finally passed the result of the voting is as follows 12 votes in favor. no votes against. and 3 abstentions but this was not what

13 out of 15 council members wanted only one border crossing bubble how one can now be used to deliver aid off to china and russia use their veto power in recent days to block other options so this resolution is not what the united states and a majority of the council fought for and it is certainly far short of what the syrian people need and discern russia's deputy ambassador was competent that the hypocrisy and double standards so far western colleagues at the ins unprecedented tice you were in the negotiations they were ready to jeopardise growth by the mechanism but to delete messages on unilateral sanctions and increasing growth crossland deliveries that received this reply that if dimitrius concerned about hypocrisy he probably should not use the words that human or tonight humanitarian aid should not be politicized because that is exactly what

russia has done throughout this process and shamefully continues to do the bab al salam crossing the no clothes also a lifeline for about half a 1000000 children in the area according to unicef a fact seized upon by germany's ambassador these 500000 children will wake up tomorrow morning. and we'll realize that we have let them down our germany and belgium have been in charge of trying to negotiate ambassador said he was aware his chinese and russian colleagues were taking instructions from their capitals but he had this message for those in charge tell them that the german ambassador asked are those people who gave the instructions to give instructions to cut out the 8 of 500000 children if they are ready to look into the mirror tomorrow in nearly a decade of conflict in syria repeatedly starvation has been used as a weapon of war and increasingly humanitarian aid has been politicized what we've

seen here in the last week may well be another episode in the international community's response to the syrian crisis that history will judge badly james pays al-jazeera at the united nations but vanessa jackson is a u.n. representative then head of office for care international she says thousands of syrians will now be deprived of the much needed aid. and the people that are in this area in northern aleppo it's one of the highest concentrations of displaced people it's over 60 percent so these are the people that have been displaced multiple times over the course of the last 9 years and they are overwhelmingly women and children so these are the very people that the u.n. was set up with the and we at this stage we do not have any aid convoys coming from damascus to this region there isn't the go shii sion underway to stop

that. but the closure by the council affected today means that we could be looking at least 6 months before any of base come boys actually make it up into this region because of all the bureaucracy and red type that's required to get all the permissions for the in geos to make those deliveries and i think that is is the worrying part that we cannot expect the other crossing the one that remains open to be a substitute for the cause in order to get from that crossing into northern aleppo you have to cross a front line and although we have a fragile cease fire in effect now we don't know what the situation will baby in awake in a month in 6 months. mali's president abraham because kay turns promising to form a national unity government by next week there hasn't been

a government since elections in march and april and kate has dissolved the constitutional court as a 1st step towards pacifying the opposition mali has seen its worst civil unrest in years with several people killed during protests calling for the president's resignation people are angry at his failure to stop a long running conflict economic woes and perceived government corruption says on a wing is an associate professor paid for college and a molly specialist she says a widening wealth gap is what's making people angry these are tough times these are tough times in part because of coal good but really there's an insecurity that's exists throughout the entire country so the destabilization in the north that's moved to the central part of the country means enormous hit on the economy the lack of tourism the lack of of aid to be able to get to certain regions and if you look at these pictures there's a lot of youth out there that are really frustrated that there are simply no jobs

there feel like they've reached a dead end there the schools are closed there are you know there's also the airstrikes with respect to the schools and the universities and therefore what is there for the youth in this in this country and and that's part of why these folks are out there demanding some real change and i think part of it with the economy is that it's it's the contrast between a quite wealthy political elite and the mass. of the country the greater population which really house very little opportunity. the united states has reported another all time daily high for new infections of covered 19 more than 66500 cases were confirmed on saturday meanwhile president from past visited a hospital where he publicly wore a mosque for the 1st time since the start of the outbreak to go hand reports now from maryland. this is the image then many health experts have been hoping and

waiting for the u.s. president sending a message to his supporters that it's ok to wear a mask for many not doing so is a kind of political statement but before leaving for a visit to this military hospital he sent a different message with his words when you're a hospital especially at that particular setting where you're going to do a lot of older people that in some cases just got off the operating table i think it's a great degree where they got together to get better but i do believe they have a kind of. far from the universal endorsement that might make and supporters change their habits in many of the state hardest hit masks are not mandatory and the numbers of people being tested for and dying from the corona virus are climbing quickly in florida another day of record cases but despite the figures disney world reopened there with restrictions on smaller crowds masks are mandated inside the

park but not in this state and the republican governor is not promising any changes soon we really believe that you know those in that 65 enough age group are at the increased risk and we're continuing to advise them to talk to limit close contact outside the home and to avoid crowds armys with as much as possible in another hard hit state louisiana the democratic governor has closed bars and mandated mess so it's become clear to me especially ash after the numbers that we saw yesterday that our current restrictions are not enough. the appeal that we've been making to the people of louisiana to do better abiding by those restrictions and doing better by complying with our mitigation measures just have not produced the results that we had hoped for and the the results that we need pretty much across the board the experts all agree the easiest the cheapest way to make sure the virus doesn't

spread out of control to make sure hospitals like the one behind me don't become overwhelmed just to wear a mask but once again the u.s. president is sending a message to his followers with his words that they don't necessarily need to follow the advice of the experts pedicle him al-jazeera maryland or dr might have on this from the university of arizona she says president trumps mosque wearing is a welcome relief i think it that is exactly what he should be doing he should be doing more of it not just in the hospital he should actually be doing it so that people who are diehard fans of his are able to model that behavior when it comes down to the same thing as men we are trying to get our children to learn a new habit it's not by us telling them it is by us our being the bigger than our kids learn it i think it goes down to life in general if we want people to bear a mass we have to model that behavior not just talk about it and that's what i

think trump should be doing not just talking about it but actually modeling the behavior so that the people who truly are his truth supporters would actually do that and we won't have the kind of we have seen the billionaire philanthropist bill gates says treatments for the virus must be fairly distributed early this month the u.s. came under fire for buying up almost all of the world's supply of rendez of it the only drug license to treat covered 19. if we just let drugs and vaccines go to the highest bidders instead of to the people in the places where they're most needed we'll have a longer more and just deadlier pandemic we need leaders to make these hard decisions about distributing based on equity not just on market driven factors puerto ricans are demanding the removal of old symbols commemorating colonialism protesters wearing indigenous clothes demanded a statue of christopher columbus be taken down along with the memorials to other

colonizes they want to rename city squares and streets in the u.s. territory puerto rico is one of many places witnessing movements to disown their colonial past. we were already a free and sovereign nation with the government our own culture and religion at one point they were interrupted by colonialism we recognize that history but we don't have to continue on pricing the idea that our colonisers have to be elevated and israel there are no statues of hitler because of the genocides we have stitches and want ponce de leon and christopher columbus and that does not make any scene we are requesting them to be removed. time for a short break here and i'll just say when we come back a community in indonesia comes together to support bringing the refugees they rescued late last month. find out why historic buildings in iraq's capital are under threat and what's being done to save more of those stickers.

hello there the usual hot and dry conditions throughout much of the middle east to the know if you can see it a scattering of clouds through eastern areas of turkey and for a couple of days now there's been quite a few showers that they will continue to stay in the forecast on sunday working away through eastern turkey across georgia and eventually on towards the south that there were chemicals in fairly strong winds you see some slight blurring of the sand and the dust and temperatures just look at this baghdad q.a. they just fluctuate really in the low to high forty's and even a 50 celsius as we head off into monday the winds as a fairly strong through the interior still be some blowing sand and dust and feeling quite humid as well 42 is the high in doha on monday now down into southern africa plenty of rain 3 more central areas and also of course is in a fairly strong storm system country the fos out that is clearing out of the way on sunday plenty of rain showers coastal areas a mozambique all the way through tanzania kenya up into somalia and then you'll

notice just sitting here out towards the west of cape town is the next storm system and that really does begin to push in on monday again some very strong winds particular in coastal areas some rough seas and some heavy amounts of rain just 15 degrees is a high temperature in cape town but warmer and drier ahead of that system imported is about a 22. short films of hope. and inspiration a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects.

welcome back who could remind of our top stories here this hour millions of displaced syrians will now have only one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass of the u.n. security council. president abraham says he will form a national unity government by next week it's an attempt to cool unrest after several people were killed during protests calling for his resignation. and the united states calls it another day the high for new infections of cope with 19 more than 66 and a half 1000 cases confirmed on saturday it comes as president trump is publicly

want to ask for the 1st time. the governments are struggling to contain the virus as a sweeps through latin america in bolivia a new wave of infections is threatening to overwhelm the already fragile health care system several politicians including interim president genuinely as tested positive is also struggling its government has imposed severe confinement measures in one province to stop a jump in infections doctors are calling on authorities to impose a nationwide lockdown as the virus spreads to the most remote areas. a community in indonesia is banding together to support a group or bring the refugees that rescued people are not a problem to safety late last month but now they're trying to connect unaccompanied children with their families just to washington reports now from jakarta. after experiencing prolonged horror and fear these were younger boys and girls might now be able to enjoy their childhood his children are taking part in

a true my healing exercise safe in the indonesian province of they were at sea for months out of playing violence and poverty. and although indonesian authorities did not give them permission to disembark local people help them ashore like we thought we would talk from hunger and thirst but the indonesian people help us and i am so grateful oh and tears are also helping the adults deal with their trauma of life in rocky state and in refugee camps in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of mainly muslim have fled since the military crackdown began 3 years ago unable to work in bangladesh this group left to make the dangerous journey to southeast asia. with food and everything but the pain in my heart is that my family doesn't know anything if i am alive or not community groups are providing food and water as the un's refugee agency registers people never said we have not needed to spend money

from the government because n.g.o.s and the public have been helping so much among the group 25 unaccompanied children and teenagers aged between 5 and 70 local n.g.o.s in the tray are working with the young people to reconnect them with their families the indonesian government says it's working with local authorities and community volunteers to meet the needs of the remaining a refugee. some told out to 0 they never intended to reach into the asia. so the money my only hope. my husband may lose you now i'm relying on the decision of the indonesian government i hope they will do their best for us despite the warm welcome these were hanging don't know what will happen to them next or whether they'll be allowed to go jessica washington al jazeera to. work on a gas pipeline in nigeria worth nearly $3000000000.00 it's designed to make use of a resource that's going to waste and address reports now from the budget. after 15

years of delay nigeria's international gas pipeline is finally and the way the almost $3000000000.00 project with a capacity to deliver 2200000000 cubic feet of natural gas is designed to feed electricity generated power stations and reactivate dormant industries in nigeria. the head of the national petroleum corporation says the project will increase domestic consumption and export of gas an indication that nigeria is increasingly shifting its focus to natural gas after more than 60 years of dependence on oil. and never. cross the country and also particularly in areas where opportunities didn't exist and by extension also to create opportunity for employment for you. when you develop more for growth of your local economies you

also have bigger market because as we go forward. utilization of diminishing across the globe of the new 600 kilometer pipeline will link up with the existing network to deliver gastineau generous neighbors and nigerian gas is eventually planned to reach europe through the 4400 kilometer trance pipeline nigeria produces 2000000 barrels of crude oil a day on average and is nigeria's biggest source of revenue. but the oil price of war an unprecedented slump in demand because of the coronavirus has seen a sharp fall in government income analysts say nigeria has failed to make as much money as issued from its oil reserves but basically the net benefit per barrel of oil exports that was actually reduced so regardless of what you produce if your cost of production is not optimal it's not good business industrial production in africa's biggest economy has fallen drastically mainly due to partial

to use the country currently produces less than $5000.00 megawatts of electricity despite having the walled 9 largest natural gas reserves of $230.00 trillion cubic feet the government holds. one channel access gas kind of being played by all companies to generate electricity. pipelines in nigeria have repeatedly been attacked over the years the bombings have reduced as has oil theft but it's good any resumption of attacks on the energy infrastructure could derail nigeria's dream of a gas rich future. al-jazeera which are at least 5 people have been killed during a scene in a church in south africa police say a gunman stormed the building of a leadership dispute and took hostages 3 factions have been fighting for control of the church on the outskirts of johannesburg following the death of its leader 4 years ago may the miller was at the scene and so letter. over 40 people have been

a risk to you and they have been a shooting and then a hostage situation at the church just behind us just out of johannesburg it seems that there was a factional battle of these 3 factions of this church with their members with a least 3000000 members across southern africa so it back till really was about leadership of the church since the previous leader passed away in about 2016 at the time of his death it seems that he had left behind in a state of at least $26000000.00 so i wonder standing at this point is much of the tensions around leadership of the church is related to income of the church membership of the church and its results of in a hostage situation that so at least $200.00 people who look on the premises kept in the church while these factions vassals it out at least 5 people were killed and

in fact all of them were killed in a vehicle just outside of the church and it seems that they were burned up burnt to death it's not quite certain given what the police have said so far but their bodies were found in those burned yoko and we also know one other person who's been killed and all of the people really there are also members of the police the national the pre-install as well as the metropolitan police which really is quite bizarre given agree it didn't all go violently in apple's church during the course of the day. people in poland are about to vote in a presidential election runoff that could shake up its politics and affect relations with its neighbors the office is largely ceremonial but the president can veto parliamentary legislation so again i get reports this is a stark choice for voters in poland one which will shape its identity in europe and the rest of the world over the reason this is the ink. but crowd pleaser and trade

with poland's president since 2015 an independent who has the support of the ruling law and justice party is seen as the stall wall of the government's message of nationalism and conservatism his backing of only traditional families and opposition to gay marriage adoption has put about all those with poles and others in the e.u. who fear he's taking them backwards but his populist agenda has won over many voters i think. he is a good candidate because he's a tried and true man for 5 years we know what he has done and who years and i think you will be the same as in the previous term of office. under total movie that andrea do what he says he tries to carry out even if not everything can be realized at a given time he says he'll do it and he does it i trust him as a politician and that's the president i want my andrea do to win the opposition

believe they have everything to hope for and ruffle trust of ski the male of warsaw is regarded by many as liberal tolerant outward looking and being more closely aligned with the rest of the european union and independent of the judiciary. it's ask you when this is a change it's happening here will be he will not he's not a part of the current government he's not part of the current ruling party so the situation itself having just a parliament ruled by the this party by the rule of law and justice party and the president from the other side of the political spectrum will bring a sense of dialogue into this country again but lack of consensus and unity among poles was so polarized about how they want poland to be seen has been demonstrated by this election if you look at the votes of those who are in the retirement age they overwhelmingly vote for under and these but if you look at the youngest voters very mostly vote for my. politicians so it seems that in the next years justice

will have or would needs to change for politics because otherwise we would lose support this is being seen as one of the most important elections since the fall of communism in 1989 the result of which is likely to see poland loosen or tighten its ties with its neighbors. that is struggling to hang on to its architectural heritage after decades of conflict neglect and commercial pressure the iraqi capital had around $5000.00 traditional buildings in 1904 but only a quarter have survived some of the fault in reports on the banks of the river tigris one can still get a taste of what baghdad looked like a century ago yellow brick buildings wooden balconies culture shield and ornamental arches were once common features of baghdadi homes but after years of war and neglect many traditional houses have been destroyed and those left are in dire need

of restoration. i said our family has lived here for generations. his grandfather used to build. but the craft has almost died out along with the architectural features that once defined by the dad. show as they will be will be made there's no use run invading it's fragile inside in the expertise needed to restore it the way our grandfathers used to no longer exists the owners say it's also more expensive to renovate than build a new house from scratch and so modern structures are gradually replacing old ones unlike other countries where buildings of historic value are usually owned by the government more than 90 percent of all traditional houses in baghdad are in the hands of private individuals who have few incentives to preserve them in addition regulations to protect the properties are often not enforced. any construction in the old neighborhood must be approved here in the minister polities heritage

department. the lead engineer says it's difficult to force private owners to abide by her department's guidelines. person comes to us and wants to destroy the old heyse we say no because the building is of significant headed so what does he do he leaves the walked on for a week and it collapses from the inside another man sets his on fire and says it was an electrical fire. a bus has come to submit his request for a building permit in the car the me i'm able to hurt his is a new building but because the plot is located near a heritage site the facade must contain certain characteristics to preserve the area's historic look. they inform me that there are small issues so i have to change parts of the designs that i can get certification but few builders appear to go through the tedious process which can take months to complete we visit the thais

plot in the media and find it abutted by modern buildings many exceeding the maximum or 4 floors allowed here. in most of the street there is no her to building i'm the only one who's building a traditional house that resembles the old ca to me or baghdad. real estate is a lucrative business here every year millions of pilgrims flock to the shrine of them the 7th of the 12 venerated by shia muslims their visits have fuel demand for hotel accommodation but the heritage department at baghdad minister pelleted told al jazeera that all of them are illegal. why don't they build in the kind succumbs issues affect and that's it he continues heritage experts say what is needed to preserve baghdad's old houses is sustainable investment coupled with strong law enforcement but with iraq's government distracted by other priorities including a deepening fiscal crisis the capital's architectural heritage is addressed

disappearing simona fulton al jazeera back at. now a church organization is appealing to turkey to reverse its decision to turn their fear back into a mosque the world council of churches sent a letter to president richard typer one saying the move will create division the nascar world heritage site has been a museum since 1934 it was built 1500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral and later converted to a mosque and then a museum. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera millions of displaced syrians will now have only one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the u.n. security council are diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. . this is the position that russia backed by china wanted and they have now got it

there were some other things that russia and china wanted and that's why in the end in the vote they abstained didn't vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted some language condemning the sanctions on syria particularly the sanctions by the u.s. and they said at the time of economic hardship in syria it was not the time to pursue those sanctions that language didn't get in to get into the final version of the resolution although russia wanted it in there and that's why russia and china abstained mali's president abraham boubacar says he will form a national unity government by next week it's an attempt to reduce unrest after several people were killed during protests calling for his resignation. the united states has reported another daily haifaa new infections of cope with 19 more than 66500 cases were confirmed on saturday it came as president trump publicly wore a mask for the 1st time during a visit to

a hospital. and governments are struggling to contain the virus as a sweep through latin america in bolivia a new wave of infections is threatening to overwhelm its already fragile health care system several politicians including interim president janeen on the is on the health minister have tested positive panama is also struggling its government has imposed severe measures in one province to stop a jump in infections. puerto ricans are demanding the removal of all symbols commemorating colonialism protesters wearing indigenous clothes demanded a statue of christopher columbus be taken down they also want to rename city squares and streets in the u.s. territory because one of many places what is in movements to disown their colonial past those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no

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