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if we're going to adapt climate break down this street on out is the. uninterrupted discussions. of wiping the net and the crackdown on hong kong activists china orders the arrest of 6 pro-democracy protesters in exile. i am not matheson this is all it is there a live from doha also coming up. with. donald trump threatens to use his presidential powers to ban a popular video up in the u.s.
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because of security concerns. mexico agrees a multi-billion dollar deal for international assistance as it records the world's 3rd highest coronavirus death toll. and a bankrupt flood on struggling to keep its children from going hungry. hong kong police say they want the arrests of 6 pro-democracy activists and living in exile as china steps up in force winds of its new national security law they include former u.k. consular workers simon chiang who says he was tortured by chinese authorities for information about hong kong anti-government protests also on the wanted list as prominent opposition figure nathan law he fled to london out of fear of persecution under the new legislation police haven't commented but it will be the 1st time the law has been used to target activists outside hong kong samuel chub is
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a us citizen and he's one of the activists wanted by hong kong police it told al-jazeera that china's government is acting like a dictatorship and wants to stamp out all forms of opposition. i think that i was outrage and really not surprised but this is such an outlandish claim that somehow they have jurisdiction an american citizen lobbying an american government is just completely out of line i think i'm not the only person who's out ritually up spoken to a number of congressional offices and i as i said from the very beginning when the law what if they're going to come after me they must love marched down to capitol hill and the rest speaker pelosi said senator rubio said everybody in the white house because they too have been under the small articles you know that it is using to charge people like me. a session and colluding with foreign powers and that i
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think is what they're both not understanding is that they're creating really a perception of how desperate and house they are global international influence and pressure i think that this is what dictators do one day know that they have lost the hearts and minds of their people they go out and disqualify opposition leaders they issue or and address before decisions and they delay any sort of democratic practices and process and elections because they want to saw what is in the production and i think that they might be able to lead us for a year but all of that are really doing is growing their movement and reinforcing the commitment all of us have that will once again be a free city one day ok let's go to do go ball and in hong kong and divvy it it's
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only been about a month since this legislation came into effect and the authorities are really in forcing this very quickly on a day. that's right rob hong kong is a very different place from what it was about a month ago but let me put this in context for you a year ago hong kong was in the throes of protests hundreds of thousands of people had taken to the streets there was daily anti government action people felt like they could say anything against a communist party or are the government they could say anything about hong kong now those very actions could easily get you arrested and in fact people have been arrested for shouting certain slogans partit pertaining to the independence or secession of hong kong on top of that we have seen a number of their arrests of pro-democracy activists people being disqualified from elections it's a very different hong kong from the hong kong i know i mean i grew up in hong kong
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on a personal note i have never felt this kind of insecurity and anxiety ever in all my years in this city on top of that hong kong is changing culturally too books are being taken off shelves people are self censoring libraries are removing anything that can be deemed sensitive and as a journalist my job is getting a lot harder people are afraid to give interviews they're worried that what they will say may not may cross a certain line as this law is seen as rather vague and on top of that as an international media company there's a question if they say something with they be colluding with foreign forces so there are so many questions and so much insecurity over the situation here in hong kong now in the whole environment has changed so rapidly. that's the situation of course inside hong kong with relation to this law and the implementation of it this is the 1st time this law is being used to target people outside the country and that's significant isn't that. that's very significant but
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analysts say this is a very strategic move by beijing basically beijing is trying to drum up grassroots support they're recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and one of the main nationalistic areas of support is tightening its grip over hong kong so it's sending a very clear message that it has control over hong kong people no matter where they are and on top of that it's sending a message to the international community one of the main tenets of this national security law was that it had no borders no matter where you are who you are where they are from hong kong or not you could break this law and this is beijing exercising that so by reaching out and showing how long its reach could be it's sending another message to those countries like the u.s. u.k. australia and canada that had condemned the implementation of this national security law but have even cut ties with china are threatened sanctions as such
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saying that we can still do whatever we want even on your jurisdiction also extradition treaties have been suspended with the u.s. and the u.k. now with hong kong hong kong had its own agreements with many other countries in the latest germany to has suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong and as a note to asylum seekers last year had sought political asylum in germany so what the rest of the international community is saying that we support hong kong people but china on the other hand is saying that regardless of that we still will control hong kong people as you said to be a very different times for hong kong. hong kong thank you very much indeed. donald trump is vowing to use his presidential powers to ban the chinese own social media platform to talk from the u.s. as early as saturday the u.s. government's worry data collected through the app could end up in the hands of china's government earlier it was reported trump was considering forcing took talks
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parent company to sell off its u.s. operations microsoft was said to be in talks to acquire it. we're looking at a tech stock we may be bending down we may be doing some other things. but a lot of things so we'll see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to. in afridi's chief technology correspondent and u.s. news website she says the ups connection to the government in beijing is murky. there is a concern that the 2 companies are very tightly tied even though the app is very separate they have to talk for outside of china and then a separate app inside i know they rely on similar technology so i think there is a large question of how divorced these 2 companies can be these issues have all become very jumbled security privacy national security it's very hard to separate at the moment certainly there are concerns that tick tock would either send data to
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china or give american users info they have said obviously that they're going to keep all that data outside of china that no tick-tock users data goes to china. you know it's all about trust at this point and trust is pretty low pretty well on both sides of the u.s. china dispute you know in the u.s. i think it's very unclear what a ban would look like and what it would mean you know it's very hard to ban something that's popular among the youth it's just you know if your parents tell you not to do something it makes you want to do it more. but you know we'll see we'll see i think before we see a band i think we might see fresher as we appears to be coming out today to celtic talk and you know that may well happen there is an investigation underway by the u.s. treasury department syfy is to look and see whether a 2017 deal that paved the way for tick-tock could be reversed 3 people including
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a teenage boy have been charged for the huge twitter the targeted high profile users the to provide accounts belonging to former u.s. president barack obama and tesla boss in a musk before tweeting out a fake bitcoin deal a trip to come and see scam it raised more than $100000.00 in a day. tens of thousands of people in russia's far eastern city of cut off protesting against the arrest of a popular governor surrogate for gold was deposed after being accused of ordering 2 contract killings and an attempted murder 15 years ago that supporters say it's a political move aimed at getting rid of an independent politician his election in 2018 was seen as a vote against the kremlin and president vladimir putin. the killing of a black actor in portugal has triggered anti racism protests a white man in his eighties has been charged with murder or reports. demanding justice for bruno candy an african portuguese actor and father of 3 the
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39 year old was killed in a busy lisbon street on sunday protesters say it was racially motivated so was i guess we're here working paying taxes and we cannot live in peace why are they always killing black people why. police say can they were shot 4 times in broad daylight a white man in his eighty's has been charged with his murder. can his family say the accused shattered racist slurs and threaten to kill condé 3 days earlier. we really wants justice because there is no solution is there you can't kill a person like an animal. anti-racism protests triggered by the police killing of george floyd in the united states have swept. and in portugal there are parallel grievances and the police brutality. at 28
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a report by the right script council of europe accused portuguese police of multiple cases of racist violence and last year 8 officers were found guilty of kidnapping and beating young people from a predominantly black list were neighborhood in the dark with more serious globally portugal remains from the authorities to day to day a racist country which is to actually resist these demonstrations contribute to make portugal better and more just. campaign was originally from guinea-bissau now parliamentarians there passed a mission condemning what they see as a racially motivated murder and will send a delegation to portugal to see cancers barbara and al-jazeera. still ahead an old a 0 by health care professionals in brazil won the president's challenge with coins against humanity. and zimbabwe sends in the military to enforce a ban on anti-government protests doesn't see
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a rounded up full story coming up. hello there all very hoarse and mostly dry weather throughout much of the middle east that we have seen over the last few days quite a few shots some often in thunderstorms across western sections aside in of course again down into western areas of yemen now that is more of this is a go through south and in fact at times the rain could be very heavy indeed and so we could have more flooding in santa as we have seen already this week you'll notice this area here the sand in the dust being picked up those winds coming from the north across the interior of iraq and it will some edges have actually reached the low fifty's in the last few days 47 maybe 45 in baghdad and then by sunday no real change in the temperatures meanwhile in doha 43 degrees the winds changing direction it'll feel very humid and look at all this sand and so it could be
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a fairly unpleasant day on a sunday then down into southern africa more showers and thunderstorms through central areas in the next couple of days quite a few shots along coastal areas mozambique up through tanzania kenya even as far north as somalia but it should be mostly fine and dry across south africa want to see showers in madagascar suffered a bit of a repeat really on sunday but a very warm day in port elizabeth sunny skies the winds are coming from the interior from the north so that's why it's so very warm the change direction on monday it's fine and dry cooler and then scattered showers on tuesday. every war makes a devastating impact of musicologists earthrise explores some of the efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important samples the we have to make sure there are surviving to the refugees striving to co-exist with nature ok so what's going on
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there there simulating what happens when an elephant comes life up to conflict on al-jazeera. they were going to 0 mind of our top stories this hour police are reportedly seeking the arrest of 6 pro-democracy activists living in exile as china steps up in force made of its new national security law it will be the 1st time police have targeted activists outside the territory under the law. i don't trump is vying to use his presidential powers to ban the chinese own social media platform to talk from the u.s. as early as saturday is also signaled that he doesn't support an american takeover
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of talks u.s. operations in libya reports that microsoft is in talks to buy out. international aid agencies say a rising number of lebanese families are losing their income and sinking into poverty save the children says half a 1000000 children are hungry and that's just in beirut it's urging the government to help the vulnerable is in a heart of reports from beirut. in this middle class neighborhood in the heart of the lebanese capital stories of poverty are everywhere households have been pushed into desperation i'm a liberal him like so many other families is a victim of the rapidly imploding economy she says it has been hard on her 11 year old son hamza who's had to adapt to a new lifestyle. of them. we're borrowing money to feed our children for 5 months short on house rent my husband isn't working a family will die from hunger if the situation continues. children are already
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hungry more than half a 1000000 of them in the greater beirut area according to the charity save the children poverty is a real thing some children currently now go to bed hungry the negative coping mechanisms for the time being are able to kind of fill some of these gaps but on the long run if there's no. acro 11 and sustainable solution there will be death. already half the country lives in poverty here in the northern city of tripoli families struggle with soaring food prices due to the local currency losing 80 percent of its value. children are being deprived from buying what they want people are under so much oppression of. decades of corruption and mismanagement are blamed for running the economy into the ground and political leaders don't seem to have a solution. non-governmental organizations say $80000.00 people have lost their
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jobs in recent months bringing the total number of unemployed to $430000.00 or 32 percent of the workforce many warn up to $1000000.00 out of the $5000000.00 lebanese population could be jobless by the end of the year the world food program says 2 thirds of households in lebanon have lost their income and some have started to sell whatever they can to survive about. to buy food and water. many people are in debt and depend on charity but those who were able to help now need help themselves yes there are normal lives being lost as an typical natural disaster or a typical war but lebanese people that live in lebanon.
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they all fall and go off the cliff so you have wives. aid agencies are already calling it a humanitarian crisis as lives continue to be destroyed by lebanon's financial meltdown. beirut. mexico has overtaken the u.k. as the country with the world's 3rd highest coronavirus death toll more than 46 and a half 1000 by of apollo has more from mexico city. but mexico is a country in desperate need covert 9000 has killed more than 46000 of its citizens so on friday president under this manuel lopez obrador signed an agreement with the united nations for international assistance the $6800000000.00 deal will cover a wide range of medicines medical equipment and future back scenes from global suppliers is to see me this means we are going to obtain all the medicine from
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countries across the world good quality medicine at low prices and without corruption. officials also announced the creation of a new government agency tasked with the distribution of those medicines as the health crisis continues to worsen nationwide the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in mexico is here in the country's capital where lockdown restrictions have been lifted and many non essential services have been allowed to reopen. many now fear worsening contagion will force local officials to announce new law down measures in the days to come because he wanted them because they have it's important for it to be now and if we don't change the trend than there could be exponential growth that would take us 2 up taiba with hospitalizations that's a greater than what we had in june. mexico has now overtaken britain as the nation with the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world just behind brazil and the united states. mexican health officials have stepped up covert 900 testing efforts
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as even federal authorities admit the real infection statistics and death tolls are likely much higher than what's being reported. up a low al-jazeera mexico city. around 200 nicaraguan migrants stranded at a border city in costa rica have received freak over 1000 tests they've been stuck for nearly 2 weeks the nicaraguan government has refused to let them return without proof of a negative test drawing condemnation from rights groups. brazil's president is being taken to court over his handling of the corona virus pandemic monica yant reports from rio de janeiro. these nurses may not have been able to prevent covert 19 from claiming so many lives in brazil but they're stopping the traffic in rio de janeiro to let people know why they're losing the fight and even some of their own 500 frontline health workers have died and 170000 have been infected
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and they blame the government. that's why he joined a coalition of trade unions representing 1000000 health care professionals to take president also nat'l to the international criminal court they accuse him of genocide and crimes against humanity for downplaying the virus and ignoring their rights to basic safety measures you know my. health care workers have to find their own means to get tested that's absurd if we don't know where sick will be spreading the disease to all those who are treating including prisoners indigenous people brazil is facing the largest health care crisis in its history unemployment is soaring and the president is that odds with the supreme court and congress despite that a recent poll suggests that if elections were held today also not a would defeat all potential opponents. one reason is the government's emergency
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aid during the pandemic although it's a temporary measure that's reduced through poverty lowest level in 40 years political scientist. says the $120.00 monthly handouts are benefiting half of brazil's population and are helping will so now to win the support of the poor if only for a while and that's something interesting because they were not part. of our presidents much more a middle class politician speaks to the poor but even so the cost of the big scheme urgency. it's very hard for the country so the government's not going to be able to keep it for a long time perhaps into the end of the year but not for 2021 for health care workers like libya sitting back and watching the tide turn against nadal is not enough they insist on taking him to the international criminal court even though
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the admit the chances of his prosecution remain low monica and not give sera rio de janeiro. and estimated $30000000.00 people are unemployed in the u.s. and they could be facing new hardship a $600.00 a week benefits is about to end attempts to agree on a new federal relief fund stalled brunell's reports. amid the worst economic collapse in decades millions of americans are struggling just to eat we're seeing 223000 up to 7000 families come through in a 3 or 4 hour period emergency relief payments of 6 $100.00 a week have kept millions of unemployed people in the us financially afloat for months a moratorium on a vixens has kept millions of renters from becoming homeless that would really help with iran now those federal supports are about to run out and congress is unable to
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act the democratic controlled house passed a 3 trillion dollar relief bill in may it includes extending the $600.00 a week unemployment benefit 3600000000 dollars for election security and additional food aid for the hungry it would also provide $200000000000.00 to renters and money for schools and testing as well as a trillion dollars to support state and local governments but the republican controlled senate waited till this week to offer a pared down package one 3rd the size of the democratic controlled house proposal among the crucial differences republicans want to provide blanket protection for businesses from lawsuits brought by employees who contract at 19 in the workplace the senate bill gives nothing to struggling states and cities and the republicans
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say the $600.00 a week unemployment payment is too generous they argue essentially that work shy americans would prefer to sit back and get government payouts. rather than seek jobs the republicans would slash payments to $200.00 a week so far the 2 sides have been unable to negotiate effectively and predictably they're blaming each other white house chief of staff mark meadows the democrats believe that they have all the cards on their side and they're willing to play those cards at the expense of those that are hurting the democratic house leader nancy pelosi fired back we put forth what we think is urgently needed by the american people because we recognize the gravity of the situation they don't despite the urgency of the situation there is no compromise in sight and while the democratic house remains in session the republican senate took off on
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a 3 day weekend rob reynolds al-jazeera the leader of a south korean church has been arrested accused of concealing and under reporting coronavirus cases prosecutors say lehman he of the church of jesus hampered the government's anti virus response the 88 year old denies the accusations saying he cooperated with the health department more than a 3rd of south korea's infections have been linked to the church a 2 week state of emergency has been declared in japan's or kanawa region after a spike in corona virus cases a record 71 new infections were reported on friday american troops stationed in the southern islands and make up a majority of the cases a problem and author and an opposition spokeswoman are among dozens of arrested in zimbabwe after police put a stop to anti-government protests all about him on the reports. protests have been planned across the board but these scenes were not what opposition groups had hoped
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for in the capital had out a lot shots in abandoned streets after the government declared the protest illegal a few people tried to defy the ban but were quickly stopped by police and soldiers we have seen in the past 2 days the army the police being deployed into made bones and even today these areas get brain matter for these seeds eventually create different messages that the government has been passing out in the past week their . intended purpose because a lot of people there had to stay home and you know one day to go. opposition party transform zimbabwe called for the protests and what but by many other groups which blame president a missing man in god for failing economy and corruption he warned that security forces would be on high alert to appropriately respond the ruling zanu p.f.
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also threatened to expel the u.s. ambassador accusing him of funding protest organizers had taken control from president robert mugabe and the 27000 coup promising to kickstart a failing economy but the opposition say he's done this way to fix it and a kid some of using similar tactics to mugabe to qualification including arresting and the ducting opponents. internationally acclaimed zimbabwean author city done made her stand but was quickly pounded into a police line. and opposition spokeswoman pod same a hairy filmed as police approached right police are coming at us and be armed. right at the start fronting towards us the protest band does have support has just started to demonstrate it. this it is late to do it but it was a she was looking forward to saturday. and though it could just be more specific.
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but hospitals are struggling with the lack of resources to fight coronavirus inflation is that more than 700 percent and the world food program has grown that needy 2 thirds of zimbabweans who through need food aid approved has been may be in place but the anger at the status symbol boy isn't likely to have the money and desire. and this is i'll just say that these are the top stories punk called police are reportedly seeking the arrest of 6 pro-democracy activists living in exile as china steps up in force one of its new national security law it will be the 1st time police have targeted activists outside the territory under the law samuel chu as a us citizen and one of the wanted activists i'm not the only person who's out
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ritually up spoken to a number of congressional offices and i as i said from the very beginning when the law was if they're going to come after me they must love marched down to capitol hill and the rest. senator rubio's and everybody in the white house because they too have been under the law and article you know that it is using to charge people like me. secession and colluding with foreign powers and that i think is what they're both not understanding is that they're creating really a perception of how desperate and house garrett they are local international influence and crusher. donald trump is vowing to use his presidential powers to ban the chinese own social media platform to talk from the u.s. as early as saturday is signaled he didn't support an american takeover of the company amid reports microsoft is in talks to buy its u.s.
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operations 3 people including a teenage boy have been charged for the huge twitter hack that targeted high profile users they took over the cannes belonging to former u.s. president barack obama and tesla boss in on musk before tweeting out a fake bitcoin deal the crypto currency scam raised more than $100000.00 in a day tens of thousands of people in russia's far eastern city of cut off protesting against the arrest of a popular governor surrogate for the girl was deposed after being accused of ordering 2 contract killings and an attempted murder 15 years ago his election in 2018 was seen as a vote against the kremlin and president vladimir putin mexico's overtaken the u.k. as the country with the world's 3rd highest coronavirus death toll the health ministry says the tally is more than $46.00 and a half 1000 those are the headlines the news continues here on after rise good buy . a career reporting to the well doing it here
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