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the earth the earth. 2 people are killed in iraq during renewed protest against corruption unemployment and poor public service. you're watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha fully back to board also coming up china takes control of what was a u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu after its ordered shut down any worsening diplomatic disputes demonstrations in the philippines against president or brega
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a 10 day who says he won't reopen schools until a cold 1916 is available that's. i'm lucien you live in at the police canine school in santiago chile i'll tell you how these dogs may be able to tell you whether or not you're expecting the cold at 90. we begin in iraq where protesters say they're fed up with corruption unemployment and poor public services in anti-government rallies overnight in baghdad at least 2 people were killed there the 1st fatalities during demonstrations since prime minister mustafa qadri was sworn into office iraq has seen months of andreas as it deals with an economic crisis and political instability simona 14 has the latest from baghdad. this is the funeral procession. for one of the protesters who were
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killed in last night's escalation here in federation where thousands of protesters have gathered here. commemorate him and they're marching from the fire square indirect fire out where where the violence took place. right and elation in the protests here which took marjory's the fight in. march this year when iraq was hit by this. and now we can see the government the demonstrators are once again back they are angry at the government for not delivering services electricity the overhang to the government for not making the sweeping changes that they have demanded since october. until who put the prime minister in his position what protection have you provided to the protesters what demands have you implemented for the protesters you didn't provide any solution not the simplest things it's very silly that there's no electricity no clean water you
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didn't do anything for the citizens. the military spokesperson of the prime minister has condemned the violence has promised an investigation here also said the security forces have been ordered to use force only as a last resort but until now the details of what happened last night remain unclear what is certain however is the demonstrators are very angry at the government and they have little confidence that this government could actually bring those responsible to account china has officially closed the u.s. consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu beijing ordered the shutdown on friday after washington demanded china's consulate in houston texas cease operations saying it had been involved in espionage katrina ury for some chengdu. after 35 years of officially building ties between beijing and washington further evidence of a fraying relationship the u.s. consulate in chengdu has officially been shut down chinese government stuff entered
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the consulate shortly after it was vacated on monday morning beijing says the move was provoked by washington which rewards. what china has done conforms to international law the basic norms of international relations and customary diplomatic practices the current situation in china u.s. relations is not what china wants to see and the u.s. is responsible for all of this we once again urge the u.s. to immediately retract its wrong decision and create necessary conditions to bring the bilateral relationship back on track authorities cordoned off the area keeping international media and the public away while official vehicles moved in and out of the compound days before consulate staff gathered their belongings and left. the u.s. consulate general shared this video shortly after confirming the mission's closure we will miss you forever read its last line. the closure of the u.s. consulate here in china
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a wave of nationalism and sentiment over the past few days. in this area and shortly after this building was vacated people came waving chinese saying long live the people's republic of china. being chinese we must keep our dignity america has care. we have to take this counter measure so i suppose close. to where we've been tolerant for a long time we wouldn't do this unless we were cornered we just fought back in the same way the americans did. but others took a different view online social media uses expressed dismay at the escalating tensions beijing says washington is to blame and says that stuff at the u.s. to do consulate were engaged in activities inconsistent with their positions the chinese government has dismissed u.s. accusations that the chinese consulate in texas that closed on friday was used for spying and stealing intellectual property the closure of the 2 consulates is the
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most dramatic diplomatic incident take place between the 2 countries in decades and many fear the damage will be difficult to reverse katrina you al-jazeera to do. the philippines for his intense defended his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic saying it prevented between $1.30 extra infections in his annual state of the nation address rodrigo tatty also highlighted the success of the lockdown but admitted they were slow in rolling out testing the speech comes around 2000 people gathered outside a university in manila to protest against duties policies has been accused of mishandling the response to the pandemic and criticize over a new untied terrorism law let's get an update from jamie linda who's covering those protests in manila for us joins us now live jamila tell us 1st about what president detective had to speed say during his speech what sort of tone did he
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strike and what have been the reactions. well you know foley this is his 5th state of the nation one of his last before he steps down from office in 2022 and as you know state of the nation speeches really are meant as like a report card to the public and also an attempt to bring the president closer to the filipino people but today they saw him as never been more isolated because of the coronavirus pandemic even the press for the 1st time in recent find of a history were not allowed to cover and only a handful of lawmakers were inside the halls of congress now outside the police made it clear to anyone that would be raising placards outside congress will be arrested and so most of the protesters gathered inside the nearby university of the philippines to protest and that's clear though about the boy basically that's a clear sign according to critics that the president has been really out of touch with the current sentiments of the filipino people he himself admitted in his
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speech foley that he's unable to fulfill his election promise of ending crime and corruption within the 1st 3 months of office that's why today in his speech he said he would like to revive that death penalty and by lethal injection he also talked about these power lessness when it comes to standing up to china he said china has weapons the philippines does not have and he himself called himself a noodle when it comes to fight over territories in the south china sea now although this has been quite controversial because it's a speech coming from the president this is one of the rare times when he actually stuck to his script and ad libbed a lot less than usual the president though is now 75 years old to that but grown up virus pandemic broke out fully he hardly appears in public so today's planning was very difficult and as you know we're right outside abs e.b.m. the biggest media network that was shut down a few months ago and protests just ended one of the signs they say that the situation in the philippines is difficult that this fight the promise of the
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situation improving really gripping the glory daryn. in the country or even more descended ordinary people we did see a few protesters behind you just a few minutes ago tell us more about what people are angry about. well what people were hoping for today is to hear a clear call hence who he's defined as to how the government will steer the country through this coronavirus pandemic as you know since the coronavirus pandemic broke out at least $3000000.00 filipinos have already lost their jobs a lot of them overseas filipino workers hender and desperate situation is really persistent in many areas it is already one of the longest most this lockdowns ever implemented globally and yet the government already doesn't have enough money to implement all the other programs in the coming weeks the government himself. basically said today that these just going to submit to congress
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a proper detailed report so what people fail to see basically here is a clear cohesive plan as to how the government will actually steer the country through these very very uncertain times fully thank you for that demeanor linda then live for a say in manila dozens of refugees feared drowned while trying to swim to malaysian shores have been found alive the coast guard says they were hiding in bushes on a small island or have been detained as malaysia does not recognize refugee status more than 700000 during a fled myanmar after a military crackdown and 2017 most are living in camps in bangladesh drawn story is in kuala lumpur and tells us more about the refugees and where they were discovered . $26.00 of them were found hiding in bushes on an island just off long cow we are islands in the north west of peninsular malaysia and they were found late on sunday now in addition to the 26 people who were found there was also
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another man who was rescued by fisherman at sea now authorities say they have detained all $27.00 of them and $28.00 including the man who made it to shore on saturday night now and a senior coast guard official told wanted news agency that these people nearly 30 of them are believed to have been smuggled into the country on a smaller boat and he believe that they likely traveled to malaysia on a bigger ship from bangladesh those ships could carry about hundreds of other writing refugees down these men have now these people have now been detained ng food men women and children they've been detained in addition authorities say they've also arrested 2 other who are suspected of being involved in the trafficking or people smuggling of this group of people into malaysia now malaysia as a country does not recognize refugees so it means that those who make it here don't have any legal status they can't work they can't send their children to school but
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malaysia is still considered a favorite destination a sort of safe haven because it's a muslim majority country and the mainly muslim or hindu feel safe here despite not having any legal status but i was slowly changing and last month malaysian authorities detained nearly $270.00 rohingya riingo refugees they were found to vent at the country their boat was damaged malaysia in the past has sent ringer refugees back out to sea but the sources say they couldn't do so because this boat was damaged and the prime minister has said malaysia is no longer able to accept any more refugees it's already struggling to cope with an economy that's been battered by the pandemic. one person has been killed in more than a dozen others wounded in suicide attacks in northern syria a child died in a bombing in the rebel held area of a frayne while 3 people were wounded and 12 people were hurt in a separate suicide attack on the city of edmond russia and turkey who sides in the
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conflict have been patrolling the area since i ceasefire agreement in march. in yemen demonstrators a rally in the city of loudhailer to denounce the u.s. southern transitional council is anger over the united arab emirates support for separatists in the region the protests was a show of support for the internationally recognized government led by president of drabble months or hadi the transitional council held a rally last week claiming exclusive representation of the south. still ahead on al-jazeera a pandemic out of control latin america now leads the world in the number of covert 1000 infections. and we'll hear from a journalist in the u.s. city of portland on why it's been energizing protests.
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how i once again welcome to another look at the international focus more right i'm afraid into central parts of china lots of cloud on the rise streaming through here stay 3 fronts very much in place that runs across through japan and will make its way across parts of central japan as we go on through shoes die some very heavy rain into honshu northern parts of honshu we're also seeing some heavy rain just pushing up into south korea wet weather there it's in northern parts of china for it simon see that wet weather just not in a little further east was as we go through wednesday and by the way to stay that front will bring some wet weather down into cuba still looking rather tampa times of rain there still a possibility into south korea central china the brain is still in place not quite as heavy but it does still look pretty widespread and it does sink a little further south was as we go on into the middle part of the way widespread
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rainfall across south asia or coast will pick downpours over towards bangladesh pushing up towards nepal and bhutan we are looking at some very heavy rain is the final thesis of india once again the west and saying big downpours possibility of flooding rains here and notice that rain just not just a little further north yet again as we go through wednesday. but. what is the price of luxury. an undercover team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor of chocolates hearts of darkness and counters unpatrolled labor is working in a $100000000000.00 industry well over half of the country's cocoa produces live below the poverty line. on al-jazeera.
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ui . a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour at least 2 people have been killed during protests against corruption in unemployment in iraq's capital baghdad in the 1st death searing demonstration since from mr mustafa alani was sworn in 2 months ago anti-government protesters have rallied in the philippines capital the president has defended his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic in his state of the nation speech would go to ted just as it prevented between one and $3000000.00 extra infections and at least $26.00 warning that refugees fear drowned while trying to swim to malaysian shore south been found alive the coast guard says
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they were hiding in bushes and us more island and every in detained because malaysia doesn't recognize the status of refugees. now from the americas to europe south asia and australia most countries around the world are facing a rise in covert 1000 infections more than 16000000 people have been diagnosed since the pandemic began 4300000 are in latin america which the world health organization has designated a new f.d.a. center all star in brazil mexico and argentina and is on the run kitty is in colombia another latin american country where the rising number of cases is causing concern. according to the paramedic and health organization the pandemic across the region is throwing no signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina piru and to a lesser extent also cheetah were things of eased up
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a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week they've been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this sunday's the number of confirmed cases has gone down to a little over 24000 we'll see what happens in the coming days but the worry there is that even if they brought under control the main hotspots and the 1st hot spots at the beginning of the outbreak new ones have since appeared in particular in the south and center west of the country that had fared much better so a lot of warre there now in countries like colombia where we are in tina the reopening of the economy as many a big big increase in cases so we are in a critical phase of the pandemic right now the same as happened in mexico that has
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seen a resurgence in hospitalizations despite the government thought they had already passed the peak of the pandemic to spain where the catalonia region is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates don't improve within the next 10 days and regional leaders says data from affected areas suggest a situation is spiraling as it did then monch when spain impose its 1st national law down the u.k. has imposed a quarantine on all travelers coming from spain much arrow has more from boston. catalonia has become the hot spot of the so-called 2nd wave of the corona virus outbreak ridesharing over 1000 infections and 80 percent of all these infectious sections are taking place here in barcelona where we are right where we are right now so already has very strict measures different than other regions in spain making the use of massed mandatory asking people living here not to leave their
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homes unless it's necessary avoiding gatherings often people with so how these weakened bars and nightclubs were closed down and how the limitations to doff restrooms having terraces having to close at midnight what we see so far is that the all the new these new infections in the 2nd wave is that the profile of all these people has changed completely from what we saw back in march all these people are junk people that we've seen that are been have been avoiding all the social distancing measures that have been gathering keep gathering together this is what the measures of closing down these these clubs on restaurants have been taken so the situation right now is quite uncertain specially for the holiday makers because of spain realize a 12 percent of spanish economy relies on the tourist sector so how this sector was spiralis for 4 months and they were looking ahead for the summer holidays we already so how these in coming week
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a 20 percent of the rest of ations have been cancelled. protesters have rallied in the u.s. city of portland against racism and police brutality for another night and the situation remains tense as the demonstrations enter their 9th week people are also angry about the presence of federal agency in the city there were earlier reports of fighting on the streets both state and local officials have called for the withdrawal of all federal agencies susan sawyer is a photo journalist covering the portland protests for the new york times she says the arrival of federal agents in the city has we in energized the protest movement but i did not cover any of the. movements prior to. occupation i know no other word to describe it in so it seems to be that they were winning the protest was waning that it didn't this sort of was there is it was
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on a downward trajectory in terms of. the protesters response to the killing of george floyd and and then when the federal troops arrived without warning and without invitation. it seemed to reenergize the movement and it brought in also quite a number of people that were attending the protests and as i talked to some people on the ground about this it seemed that they were saying way because you know we have this crisis and and so you want to keep your risk factor down quite a bit and. but but it really energized the movement create a sense of. in haiti found zones of evangelical christian protesters have joined a monch against a new criminal code they say is immoral many are angry that discrimination on the
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grounds of sexual orientation has been made a criminal offense they say that goes against conservative family values the new code also legalizes abortion and no as the age of consent to 15 is due to come into force in 2 years. now west african leaders are holding a virtual summit as they attempt to end a deepening political crisis in mali the meeting follows serves these talks between presidents from the regional bloc echo us and mollie's government and opposition in bomb a call well let's take a look at some of the reasons behind the unrest in mali tens of thousands of people have been protesting there for 6 weeks demanding president ybor aim boubacar k. to steps down the protests are led by the m 5 movement of opposition activists they accuse president kaita of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security the regional body ecowas sent mediators last week but m 5 has rejected its proposal to form a unity government nicholas haq has more from
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a car in neighboring senegal. so for what the echo us mediators are offering is very much what prison e.b.r.i. mover kate has been saying to protest hers in other words they are suggesting that there should be a government of national unity a constitutional court judges reappointed and discussions held over the parliamentary election results that were contested by the opposition well for the demonstrators that's just not good enough when they want to see is president brought him to a car cater to go they say that the ecowas mediation efforts has mistaken this as an electoral crisis they say it's known electoral crisis it's a crisis of governance of trust for these leadership now today the president in egypt who is the chair of echo off the west african body will be talking and briefing the other presidents on how the mediation efforts have gone on so far we
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know that on the table of discussions of the future of the prime minister boosie say now while the president came to hasn't taken the forefront since the protest movement we haven't seen him talk publicly since the 11th of july when when the commando units were deployed and fired on protesters to to quell the crowd since then. the president of mali has been pretty quiet it's the prime minister and that has taken center stage there'll be a discussion of whether he is fit to continue in his will as prime minister and legitimate to do so that's going to be on the table. cateye has express interest in helsing the l.m. pick and paralympic games as early as 2032 the gulf states olympic committee says had submitted a formal request to join a non-binding dialogue with the game's governing body as whole said several major international events including last year's world athletics championships and will stage a football world cup in 2022 simon chadwick is a professor of the eurasian sports industry he says qatar is well positioned to
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host the olympic games in a post coronavirus world for several years now qatar has been an important event destination for sports and this is very much bound up in country strategy within cats are so having failed in 2022 to attract the. the olympics i think it was inevitable that sooner or later we get another bit coming along and of course you've got to keep in mind that cattle will have the infrastructure in place and we're looking for a legacy from the hosting of the world cup in 2022 what we've always got to consider is these these are going to be olympic games post cove 8 and we already know where 2028 will be we don't know whether some or $22032.00 games will be and given that this is post code with a slightly to be a big emphasis on cost efficiency so using countries using event using venue's that already exists or not to impose a cost pressure and so i think in those terms katz ari's is already ideally placed
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to be able to bid for the whole sing rights it's very much like the world cup in many respects because obviously with the world cup was was positioned to branded as a as the regional tournament it wasn't just for the middle east it was also for north africa as well my view would be if katter is going to bid again it would be a very shrewd and also very appropriate position to have which is this isn't just belong to her it isn't just belong to cats are it belongs to the gulf region to the middle east and possibly to north africa as well. now i new simple and reportedly 95 percent accurate method of detecting carriers of covered 1000 is expected to make its debut in chile police dogs are being trained to identify people who may be infected a lot america's interest in human has a story from santiago. these 4 police dogs a professional sniffers until now specialists in finding missing people drugs or
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explosives but that was the past. today they're training to become bio detectors capable of identifying carriers of 19 even in the earliest stages of the disease. that better than an old photo of a dog sense of smells at least 50 times stronger than humans and investigations under way in the world indicate that they are able to identify particles of covert 19 and contribute affectively to the early detection of the virus. commander a seville says the virus has no smell but that the infection generates metabolic changes to the body that dogs can smell in human sweat these 3 golden retrievers and one labrador would chosen not just because of their noses but also their looks for your cuddly in cute rather than threatening. police say that's important to make people feel at ease when they see them walking with the dogs in train stations
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bus depots airports or other places with large crowds this is coffee in about 6 weeks he will be trained and able to sniff out $200.00 and an hour who could be carriers of culvert 19 and his nose is far more accurate than the normal tests that we're using now to identify coronavirus. the police canine school is working together with specialists to chile's catholic university and the veterinary school of paris. colleagues in france england and finland have been testing and training dogs to identified called 9 teams for months now canines are also known to be able to detect some forms of human cancer for example looking at them and the system is highly or canonical it has a high impact apart from large crowds we're thinking they can be at entrances to schools to contribute to whatever one wants to get back to class and back to normal close to it as soon as possible. that means these dogs may be in high demand.
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though there's not likely to be a shortage of 4 legged pupils these police puppies stole the show and made headlines worldwide when they made their debut at chili's annual military parade 2 years ago if the program proves successful the dogs will soon be joining their older brothers and sisters on the frontline of innovative efforts to reduce the spread of this deadly virus. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera at least 2 people have been killed during protests against corruption and unemployment in iraq's capital baghdad in the 1st desperate demonstration since prime minister mostafa to me was so mean 2 months ago simona 14 has more from baghdad we have seen
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a surge in demonstrations once again take place not just here in baghdad but also in the southern provinces people largely driven by the lack of services poor electricity just as the country is going through an unprecedented heat wave just last week really registered 54 degrees which is the highest temperature ever recorded in a baghdad and this has pushed many people to the streets once again asking for basic thanks to the victory city and services but have also been spurred on by recently adopted on. 30 missions were to really made it difficult for many people to get by on the in the navy lives. one person has been killed and more than a dozen others wounded in suicide attacks in northern syria a child died in a bombing in the rebel held area of a frame while 12 people were hurt in a separate suicide attack in the city of a live on time government protesters have rallied in the philippines capital the
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president has defended his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic in his state of the nation speech very good attack this is it prevented between one and 3000000 extra infections at least 26 working are refugees here drowned while trying to swim to malaysian shores have been found alive the coast guard says they were hiding in bushes on a small island and have been detained because malaysia doesn't recognize the status of refugees a quarter of the world's 16000000 coronavirus cases are now in not in america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina but they are concerns the numbers could be much higher than official figures and spain's catalonia region is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates don't improve within the next 10 days the regional leaders says data from affected areas suggest the situation is spiraling as it did in march you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story.
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it's one of the largest in the world and it's being so barely tested by the worst floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a schools of plates of national pride but what impact of such mega projects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now reconsidering how it manages live as this is inside story.
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and welcome to the program i'm laura cause it's been described as a once in a generation event floods have swamped large parts of.

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