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mix in there includes designer skylines and way of life we also need to keep pace and adapt it's easy to assume that cities are fertile ground for spreading viruses and diseases millions living working at commuting in such tight conditions but one expert says it's about much more than just density it's about how all this was put together and how it's run. 'd sri european nations threaten sanctions against foreign governments of repeated violations of a u.n. arms embargo in libya. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up 25000000 people infected millions more at risk iran's president warns his country's find with coronavirus is far from over the not dayshift show of strength drug
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cartel fighters flex their muscles as the mexican president it's down. and the u.s. congress loses a man described as its conscience john lewis the civil rights hero shared a dream with martin luther king dies at the age of 80. 3 e.u. nations are threaten to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate a united nations arms embargo on libya a u.n. resolution calling for the embargo to be enforced was passed in february but it has been routinely flouted the leaders of france germany and italy say we urge all foreign actors to end their increasing interference and to fully respect the arms of bargo established by the united nations security council we are ready to
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consider the possible use of sanctions should breaches to the embargo at sea on land or in the air continue. meanwhile investigators from the international criminal court are in libya's capital tripoli to examine whether forces loyal to warlord. have committed war crimes the 3 member team is expected to visit mass graves found in that who now which is 60 kilometers southeast of tripoli last month the i.c.c. team says it's received credible information regarding 11 mass graves containing men women and children. well it's 9 years since the u.n. security council unanimous. slieve referred reports of atrocities in libya to the i.c.c. granting judges jurisdiction to investigate possible war crimes and crimes against humanity the investigation into half that and his forces included allegations of massacres kidnappings torture and mass burials also under the scanner alleged war
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crimes such as the bombardment of civilian areas as well as the targeting of hospitals and medical workers during have tars 14 month siege of tripoli the i.c.c. is also investigating reports of booby traps and improvised bombs planted in homes by have tars fighters as they've retreated from the capital's suburbs but more the better way it is in tripoli with more on the investigation. the government so far seems to be reluctant in revealing the details about the team's. details exactly but we know from sources with the government of national accord nearly $225.00 bodies have been recovered from the mass graves around the city of horner and also loss of the secret notorious prisons as you know that we reported that in the past few weeks about the secret prisons where half the opponents
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including civilians in women were told and murdered and voted in the mass graves that's according to eyewitnesses government officials and local officials from the city of warner along with medical sources now the team is also due to visit several areas in southern typically to check the areas where a land mines were planted in civilian areas specially those if you like ns are neighborhood insular dean and also in the vicinity of the old inactive international airport these areas were like near to or at betel field during the military campaign civilian areas had. planned mines were planted by helped us forces namely by the russian mercenaries from the bag group and they killed dozens of innocent civilians who were impatient to return home immediately after the end of the fighting. meanwhile the internationally recognized government forces of moved closer to the city of syria the gateway to libya's main oil terminals the
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government of national accord says it is planning to recapture the area from the eastern based libyan national army witnesses engine a forces say about $200.00 vehicles moved east towards from misrata along the mediterranean coast towards the town of to where the genie is recently recaptured most of the territory held by the l n a in northwest syria ending warlord have terrorist 14 month campaign to take the capital tripoli for the 2nd day in a row the world health organization has reported a record single day jump in global corona virus infections in the past 24 hour reporting period worldwide infections rose by nearly 260000 the biggest thing creases were in the united states brazil india and south africa and the w.h.o. also reported more than 7300 new deaths that's the biggest daily increase since
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maine tends iran's president has son rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the iranian population have been infected with the coronavirus in a televised speech on saturday he said another 35000000 are at risk of infection iran has officially reported about 271000 cases but one his office says is much higher figures a based on research estimates by the health ministry for the restrictions are being forced in the capital tehran and elsewhere after a surge in new cases the virus has killed almost $14000.00 the radiance same bus drivers in tehran with more on president rouhani statement. hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the
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hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months he was clarification from the secretary of the science committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number really that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those repeatable that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he also made the point of illustrating the actual figures of infection and death that iran compiles that it then sends out to the world official confirmed figures those come from people who are hospitalized and are tested positive in swab tests for the covert 19 coronavirus now what we see here the
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figure that mr rouhani is talking about perhaps a better word than infection is it's the total number of people that have been exposed in the country to the coronavirus now whether he misspoke or whether this was president hassan rouhani trying to fire a warning flare to illustrate iranians it remains a serious problem that they have to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously the point that the president made today either way is that iran has been and remains the worst affected country in the middle east. is an associate professor in cellular and molecular sciences at northumbria university he says the accuracy of antibody tests can be questionable. we've known from the 1st few weeks when people started porting the availability of antibody tests about these are not necessarily precise enough to be able to tell apart the 4 common flu coronaviruses from the
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covered 19 virus and as a result of that having not seen what exactly the techniques used in iran are accomplished in the comment on whether or not about 25000000 is an overestimation a lot but based on what we've seen in the rest of the world. we have a prevalence of that this is of no more than 5 percent of the population being exposed i would hazard that this number is perhaps a little bit exaggerated a bit not necessarily an overestimation there have been protests in tel aviv over these really government's handling of the pandemic israel of reimposed restrictions after a surge in cases last week that was strangers are also rallying against the economic situation with some demanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu resignation heavenly force that has more now from west jerusalem or separate protests have taken place. there are 2 simultaneous sizable protests going on
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one here in west jerusalem close to the prime minister's residence where we are hearing reports of water cannon being used again of a large number of streets around the residence being sealed off in order to keep protesters away and as you say this other major protest intellivision there been small protests throughout the country there are those who are protesting as part of a long term campaign against benjamin netanyahu on the grounds of wanting to get rid of a prime minister who's also facing trial on the trial in 3 corruption cases but the numbers have been very much buttressed and swollen by people who are protesting against the economic fallout of the pandemic the protests in tel aviv. largely or at least they've been talked about as protesters from the communities of small business owners of restaurant owners because they feel that they are unduly bearing the burden of the shutdowns that have been taking place as you say the
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restrictions imposed last week further restrictions imposed just a couple of days ago including beaches to be closed from next week all non-essential shops and morals to be shut down during weekends gatherings restricted to 10 indoors and 20 in open spaces but they also plan to shut down all restaurants from 5 pm on friday there was a revolt from restaurant owners who said they'd already bought all of the perishable goods for this weekend the government reversed itself on that because it was afraid apparently of the kind of street protests and public disorder that could have resulted from from that. eve leaders have ended their 2nd day of negotiations over a coronavirus economic recovery fund without agreement a compromise has been offered by the president of the european council to try to break the deadlock shows michelle has had to revise the amount paid out in grants the countries needing help to bounce back from lockdowns the talks will resume on
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sunday. the u.n. secretary general antonio good pettish has said that the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the world to breaking point exposing deep divisions in societies across the globe he made the comments during a speech marking nelson mandela international day our diplomatic editor james bass spoke to him earlier. in your speech secretary-general you describe a world out of balance you say we are at breaking point it is an idealistic speech but you are a realist how do you achieve the things that you want to achieve now my believe is that people. now aware of the enormous fragility of our world of our economies and of our societies for she with the addition to a microscopic virus that our sport that has put us on our knees for as you know the nation to climate change visualisation to lawlessness in the cyber space for deliberation to the new risks of nuclear proliferation again and my hope is that
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people will understand that when recovering when taking profits or the opportunity that of course after the coffee we need to restart when recovering people will be aware of the need to address the fragility that have caused the chaos that we have in today's world with the government and that requires fighting inequalities that require active climate action that requires international cooperation on the digital space that requires a in the end much stronger unity and solidarity in the way international relations are conceived well it's not obvious that we are going to win this battle we see also nationalists we see populist we see people trying to use the covey of. racism and xenophobia to the 5 but my feeling is that if one looks at the world populace are not doing well fighting the culverts and i hope people will understand
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that only by international cooperation and only by a very strong sense of sony that it it will be able to not only overcome the car with but to build a system that addresses the fragility is there to cover those the most rated. still to come on back to school or maybe not the national argument that's dividing the u.s. when should children return to the classroom. and fire damages another famous french church this time it's thought of being deliberate. hello there's some better weather conditions across the eastern side of new south wales the area of low pressure bringing those strong winds that has worked his way across the tasman sea but look at this all this cloud across the north island of
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new zealand not only that but it brought some heavy rain with it and this is northland the fall northern tip of new zealand and there was some torrential rain coming down with this system as well as some very strong winds in fact the met office in new zealand has said this is a war and in a 500 year event people were evacuated from their homes emergency shelters set up the still some showers in the forecast some windy conditions as well but really it's across the southeast australia across the torah down across into tasmania that's where the strong winds and the rain will badal clear it's way east was as we go through monday heading then though to the south island of new zealand but all while it's fine and dry out across western australia 18 celsius in perth and still fine in sydney with a high of 80 and up into the northeast of asia not a fine picture hippa take you through central and eastern areas of china lots of cloud as you can see some more heavy rain through eastern areas of japan on sunday and the very heavy rain working its way quite rapidly across much of the korean peninsula trading right the way down towards sichuan and this of course will continue to resume very heavy amounts of rain which again could lead to flooding
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but as karen dry up to the north. what is the relationship between culture religion and a deeply divided city everything here is overshadowed by politics even the most basic of things food in 2008 al-jazeera traveled to jerusalem to see a food could cross deep lines of division jewish history in a crucial it together and we cook together we can show the people that they love history. rewind street food jerusalem on al-jazeera. the and the the you.
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come back here is a reminder of our top stories france germany and italy have threatened to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate the united nations arms embargo on libya investigators from the international criminal court are in the b s capital tripoli to examine whether forces loyal to warlord telephone have tied have committed war crimes and iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of iran's population have now been infected with the coronavirus 35000000 more either face. mexican government officials are analyzing a video showing dozens of gunmen and armored vehicles apparently belonging to a powerful drug cartel the videos released coincided with president lopez obrador his visit to 3 states where the cartel has a stronghold john heilemann reports from mexico city. these are it's can
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government forces instead this video appears to show someone else is on crack. and men show they're saying the alias of the mess you'll also get a savant is the leader of the highly skilled new generation cotto. they were the video hasn't been authenticated but it showed up online just as the president and this man were lopez obrador was touring the group's heartland and it seemed to send a straight food message this video showed the overwhelming. cartels have a taxi which we could call vital law. why a lot being is using violence against the state against government forces to push for their agenda which often means getting the government back off from going off to their assets them busting their drugs and arrest him or less actually only on
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such a day our phones will do russell mit's crew security minister tweeted this there's no criminal group with the power to successfully challenge federal security forces and definitely not with this obviously staged video. but this cartels never been scared of attacking authorities about 3 weeks ago its crew city's police chief was shot up and blamed the group for the attempted hit. this late to show of force increases pressure on the government struggling to deal with gang warfare and record violence john heilemann al-jazeera mexico city. u.s. president donald trump has tweeted to say that he's saddened by the death of a civil rights hero john lewis flags have been lowered to half staff in the capitol in honor of the late congressman several u.s. politicians including former president barack obama have paid tribute to louis the 18 year old was the last survivor of the big 6 civil rights pioneers in america how
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does your pastor looks back at his life and legacy we cannot give up the can i give out. we cannot give you. john lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 when i was growing up i a subtle signs that said white men colored men white women colored women white the son of black sharecroppers lewis devoured books as a child the words of dr martin luther king jr spoke to him loudest seem like he was saying to me john lewis you too can do something and i would ask my mother asked my father my grandparents my great grandparents why segregation why racial discrimination it was the best way to is don't get in a way don't get in trouble but trouble would find him many times as a student leader in nashville tennessee lewis was beaten for peacefully protesting
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segregation at restaurants and on buses in selma alabama police cracked his skull as he led the 600 marchers across a bridge and can't afford to montgomery but i don't think that i know what he was at age 23 lewis was the youngest leader of the march on washington 2 years later president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act into law protecting black americans from discrimination at the polls the act would foreshadow lewis's own political career he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives in 1986 his consistent defense of human rights during his decades of service earning him the title the conscience of congress john r. lewis has dedicated in 2011 who has received the medal of freedom from barack obama the nation's 1st black president a moment lewis called amazing and unbelievable and in 2016 he was honored at the
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opening of the national museum of african-american history the museum lewis had proposed nearly 30 years prior but even then the statesman's work was not done louis continued to champion liberal causes like universe. health care and the rights of undocumented immigrants will not be. remembered as both fiercely partisan toward his democratic party and fiercely independent lewis's legacy is his bravery in the face of perceived injustice have this abiding faith that the things that us all right so good so necessary if you're willing to die for you not a fair. protesters in a northern french town have been marching to remember a young black man who died in police custody 4 years ago. was arrested on his
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birthday after running away from officers who approached him for an id check but i was later he was the clear that nobody has been convicted over the death and several autopsies have contradicted each other that the reports. in the paris suburb of paris saw thousands marched for justice for adam a troy a young frenchman of mali and heritage who died in police custody in 2016 police say he died of natural causes his family say officers caused his death for 4 years his sister as a has campaigned for the truth i never thought we'd still be here after 4 years that i'd still be demanding truth and justice for 4 years we've suffered relentless pressure but it's made us into soldiers the black lives matter movement of protests against george floyd's death in the us have propelled atomised case back into the
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spotlight in france and made asser a figurehead for those fighting against racial injustice and police brutality to. make my little brother's name a symbol to tell the world that our brothers have the right to live and that they have the right to help build this world and build frantz and their own lives people walk through streets knew where adam lived and where he died were not a matter or i was arrested he was taken to this police station when his family came to find out what had happened it was several hours before police officers told them that he was dead france has a history of abusive arrests this week 3 police officers were charged for manslaughter in connection with the death of a delivery joy for in paris in january citric was of algerian origin his family says often. does held him down while he cried out that he couldn't breathe the charges are rare in france where police are often accused of acting with impunity
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police violence is something we experience all the time in our neighborhoods even if not directly ourselves we witness it all the time we've seen the similarities between george floyd and adam of its police violence infamy this is our moment to find it. in the march was organized on the 4th anniversary of adam is death a young life lost in circumstances that are still to be clarified until they are you sister and her supporters won't give up will forget. al-jazeera passau from. opposition leaders in mali say international mediation efforts to solve the political crisis are a total failure of proposals by a delegation from the west african bloc eco waltz include president evo haim remaining in power protesters accuse him of abusing his power and insists he must quit. in the democratic republic of congo at least 43 people have been killed in
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fighting between on the groups and the south kivu province that's according to a civil society coordinator at least 40 others disappeared when members of the armed group known as. attack to the village of key people. the new school year is approaching in the u.s. and the debate is raging over whether students should be allowed to go back to the classroom experts parents and politicians are split over a return to face to face lessons or virtual learning brand olds reports from los angeles. los angeles parent brenda del hero is helping her 10 year old daughter emma with school lessons online it's been kind of stressful just because i own i feel like with that more where i feel like with that more work here than art school emma's mother says virtual learning is not ideal but she's
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against sending her daughter back to class the risk outweigh everything i can't of by tat risk my kids getting sick or possibly getting somebody else or their teachers or vice versa on friday california governor gavin newsom laid out detailed guidelines for school reopening including mandatory mask wearing schools in counties with low numbers of coded cases and downward trends may reopen otherwise the school doors must remain closed schools that don't meet this requirement they must begin the school year this fall the distance learning school reopening has become a national political issue president donald trump says democrats are scheming to make him look bad and i think it's going to be good for them politically so they keep the schools closed no way so we're very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools back in may house democrats
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approved 90000000000 dollars to support schools reopening safely but the republican senate has not approved that measure you know but when you make it about politics than just people trying to. score points and get elected i mean that's what i really think it is a disservice to how the credibly important this issue is the conservative dominated school board in orange county california recently voted to allow schools to fully reopen without masks or social distancing it's time to get these doors open and get these babies but the school board has no power to order schools to reopen that's a decision made by local school districts and so far the county's largest districts say they'll opt for virtual learning los angeles and san diego schools will also use distance learning for students brenda del hero has a message for trouble my kids are not getting pics i am not going to send my kid to school to see if they're going to get coated and to see if they're going to survive
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an agonizing dilemma for parents teachers and kids now weaponized for political purposes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. an arson investigation is underway after a fire at a cathedral in western france the fire began on saturday morning in the 600 year old building in the city of gnome the hearting has more. the cathedral of st peter and st paul and not in flames more than 100 firefighters were deployed on saturday morning hours later thick plumes of smoke were still rising from the building president emanuel called the church a gothic jewel. you see the fire started in 3 spots i can confirm to you i saw it with my own eyes inside the cathedral the prosecutor spoke a while ago saying that an investigation was going to be opened i think it subjectively too soon to come up with conclusions having spoken to the teams who
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were on site there reporting a certain number of analyses. just 15 months ago the fire came close to destroying the dam cathedral in paris fire report. suggest not cathedral wasn't nearly as badly damaged. the fire came as a surprise given concrete beams were used to replace wooden temporaries destroyed in a previous fire partly as a precaution against another believes we are hardy in algeria. now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera 3 e.u. nations and put out a joint statement calling for an end to overseas interference in libya france germany and italy have threatened to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate a un on xah vargo meanwhile investigators from the international criminal court are
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in libya's capital tripoli to examine whether forces loyal to warlord had for half that have committed war crimes the 3 member team is expected to visit mass graves found in total now 60 kilometers southeast of tripoli last month's iran's president hassan rouhani says $25000000.00 people more than a quarter of the population have been infected with corona virus iran has officially reported about 271000 cases but one is office says his much higher figures are based on research estimates by the health ministry. has no call to get home or have one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 20 $5000000.00 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days it is possible that $30.00 to $35000000.00 citizens are at risk
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to be infected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who would be hospitalized will double it is possible that the virus will continue until march. mexican government officials are analyzing a video showing thousands of gunmen and armored vehicles apparently belonging to a powerful drug cartel the videos release coincides with president obama those visit to 3 states where the cartel has a stronghold. and flags have been lowered to half staff in washington d.c. in all manner of the civil rights hero john lewis who has died at the age of 80 several u.s. politicians including former president barack obama have paid tribute to the late congressman lewis who was the last survivor of the big 6 civil rights pioneers in america that's it rewind this next i'll see you tomorrow but i.
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