talking about. the only witnesses who can help bring about justice. 0 tolerance human rights campaigners in libya investigating since the 2000. and speakable crime on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian figure and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes sends a team of health experts to hong kong as the city battles a 3rd wave of covert 19. multiple bombs target a prison in eastern afghanistan several people have been killed dozens injured in the attack. but attempts to trample on democracy israel's prime minister hits out

against massive protests demanding his resignation. they're on their way back to planet earth the astronauts launched by space x. are set to return home with the 1st u.s. splash down in 45 years. with all the sporting clothing playing formula one. in the wind the bridge is called matic style. people around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions that as the number of infections grows rapidly and governments struggle to contain the spread of the virus globally the number of confirmed cases is edging ever closer to 18000000 many countries once thought to have been in control. the outbreak of seeing

a surge in infections it hong kong for example hospitals are reaching their capacity as it battles a so-called 3rd wave now health workers from mainland china have been sent in to help but as dear to pollen reports now their arrival is causing concern. hundreds of beds ready for patients a whole next to the international airport once used for exhibitions and conventions now converted to a hospital hong kong is facing its 3rd and worst wave of corona virus with daily new infections in the triple digits the government says hospitals are reaching capacity testing centers are overwhelmed and so health workers and experts from mainland china have stepped in to help their woman compartments we understand the feelings of residents in one cong so we were deploying medical teams to support them 7 medics from a 60 strong team are the 1st to arrive from neighboring guangdong province they

will be based at the makeshift hospital at the asia world expo at the height of the outbreak in mainland china experts built temporary hospitals from the ground up in record time to treat thousands of patients it is that expertise the hong kong government says it is drawing on but many are also questioning why the city would need external help given it had managed to swiftly and successfully contain previous outbreaks critics say the public were not consulted and the decision to bring mainland experts bypass the legislative council some activists have voiced concern that this is just another way for beijing to interfere in hong kong's affairs. the government's plan to offer free testing for all of the people in the territory has also raised suspicion with some in social media alleging this could be a way for beijing to access people's d.n.a. samples for surveillance purposes but many of hong kong's health professionals have

welcomed the extra help from power mongers our staff has almost been working around the clock and it's good to hear that the central government will dispatch professionals to share our workload and more mainland assistance is on the way 6 experts from move on the city where the virus 1st surfaced last year will help build the coronavirus facility from scratch to compliment the asia world expo site this is the 1st time mainland officials have assisted in hong kong's battle to control the current virus outbreak while it may have divided opinion with the territory under its strictest and most restrictive social distancing measures yet many years say they are united in their determination to overcome the latest outbreak they've got pollen are just their own hong kong. the philippines capital manila and surrounding provinces are returning to a strict a lockdown for 2 weeks from midnight on tuesday it follows a shop rise in infections taking the nationwide total to more than 100001 saturday

groups representing medical workers called for tighter controls warning that the health system is a risk of collapse. in the u.k. media reports suggest the prime minister boris johnson is planning to drastically slow plans to ease coronavirus restrictions johnson is believed to be working on a plan to avoid a 2nd nationwide lockdown the economy has been opening up over the last month but new restrictions were imposed in northern areas on friday after a spike in infections al-jazeera show the whole report style from central london. hopes that the worst of the coded 1000 crisis may be behind the u.k. this autumn appear to be fading infection rates are rising for the 1st time since may not to the heights of a pandemic in april but nevertheless going up and the government has warned it may have to go further than the localised restrictions in place to control local spikes where they happen there are reports that the prime minister boris johnson has commissioned a plan for a london wide lockdown including restrictions on movement in and out of the

n 25 ring road asking people over the age of 50 who may help vulnerable conditions the virus to shelter at home and with schools due to return in just a few weeks' time in september scientists are warning that any further reopening of the economy may mean other parts of the economy have got to shut again to maintain balance and the finger is being pointed at the hospitality industry will take a look at where i am now in soho in the heart of london a normally vibrant buzzing entertainment district full of londoners locals tourists the bars restaurants and pubs that have been allowed to reopen their doors have the tables and chairs spilling out across the pavement and onto the road desperate for custom but there are no tourists around a lot of londoners aren't venturing out all that much and the reports suggest that the price of getting children back into the classrooms may well be that some of these businesses have to shut their doors again and business owners are warning

they have survived one lock down many will not survive a 2nd. in belgium the number of corona virus infections a surged over the past month around half of all new cases are in antwerp a my time curfew has been imposed on the port city and social distancing rules are in place while serious are hiller muhammad reports. com on the streets of one of the biggest port cities in europe with people enjoying shops and restaurants but and is facing a crisis it's reported the highest number of new covert 19 cases in belgium authorities have imposed a lockdown wearing a mask in public is now compulsory and limits have been put on the number of people who can meet up i'm really disappointed when i see people in the streets or not wearing their mosque they ask if you see even a lot of people they just don't do that so i don't see them for the 1st time since world war 2

a nighttime curfew has been enforced to reduce crowd numbers nearly 2000000 people have to stay indoors from 11 30 pm to 6 am the bar owners say it may affect their businesses for the long term. entrepreneurs have the opportunity to continue working so it's more of a social lockdown than an economic one but the tighten measures in and will make it difficult for us to make profit. daily infections in belgium have risen by 77 percent over the past week and that's putting many people on edge salling because. personally i understand images that said they were in some forced. because i could see 1st hand that they couldn't keep their behavior in line people like to do is they place and trips governor blames the surge on relaxed rules and people engaging more in leisure activities she urges people to avoid coming to the city.

belief vigilante stuff needs please don't leave town to party somewhere else or the other way around we advise people against coming to the antwerp area it's in the interest of your own health and the health of all those who are. in. but despite calls to limit travel many people are going to other parts of the country like the seaside town of austin and to enjoy what they can of the summer holidays. more than 66000 people have been infected in belgium and nearly 10000 died the rise a new cases is across all age groups while the government says it wants to avoid a full lockdown in antwerp many experts say imposing tougher measures a fast may be the only way to counter the outbreak really mohammed al jazeera and latin america the outbreak shows no sign of easing the number of coronavirus across the region has doubled in just over a month to more than 200000 mexico has overtaken the u.k.

to record the 3rd highest number of fatalities after the us brazil others from reporting record numbers of infections in recent days. alone reports from mexico city. testing is being increased but we know that the number is likely much higher than what's being reported now on saturday mexico reported the high is a new daily record for new contagion with 9556 new cases and a lot of this you know boils down to leadership is what we're hearing from health policy experts what we're hearing from people day to day there's a lot of criticism over the handling by the federal government a lot of criticism of mexico's president and the dismissal of his over those who for over a month now has been consistently repeating that the worst is over that the that that the worst of the pandemic in the worst of the economic impact is over but what we're seeing in terms of that statistics paints a completely different picture. many parts of the country including here in mexico

city began reopening on july 1st many people many non essential services are now open people out on the streets not a lot of people wearing masks there is nothing mandatory in terms of containment strategy so the sense that we're getting from public health experts is that it's almost inevitable for a return to a lockdown given the a recent spike in contagion here in mexico iran has reported its highest to any number of corona virus infections in nearly a month more than 2600 people tested positive authorities a warning but most provinces have been hit by a resurgence in cases iran has been dealing with one of the world's top breaks in the middle east india's interior minister ahmed shah is in hospital after testing positive for covert 19 shah is a close aide to prime minister narendra modi has to power but has been leading india's pandemic response the country has more than 1700000 confirmed cases.

in australia a state of disaster has been declared in the state of victoria after a rise in cases there of cover 19671 new infections were confirmed on sunday that's nearly 300 more on saturday a nighttime curfew is being introduced and people must stay within 5 kilometers of the homes the tory a is the epicenter of a straight is outbreak of includes the 2nd biggest city melbourne from 6 pm tonight i'm declaring a state of disaster across victoria this will be in addition to the state of emergency that has operated throughout this means that police and others have additional powers we can suspend. various acts of the parliament we can make sure that we get the job done and there's no question about the enforceability and the why in which new rules will operate dr sun just on annika is a physician of associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases at

a study in national university in canberra he says the lockdown hasn't yet had an impact on virus numbers. we certainly haven't seen a drop in that date case numbers now you could also argue that with a place like blue hat which had a really extensive lockdown it took 4 weeks to really see a drop in cases it's only been about 3 weeks here in victoria on stage 3 restrictions and probably just under 2 weeks with mandatory man squarely in melbourne but they have been a large rise in that a number of cases and i think there were concerns that things work coming under control so they have to do something more extensive throughout the world we've seen that complacency and i think that key has become an issue with code as that outbreak has dragged on and on australia has been no exception i guess

a poignant example will be that a few days ago authorities knocked on the doors of people who had been diagnosed with heart of it not query probably being diagnosed of it and they were meant to be self isolating and about a quarter of those doors that were knocked on did not have those people there so despite having kind of we don't we're not at that house and that is our great concert this is the news hour for mountains there are still to come on the program rounded up and thrown in jail the united nations joins cause for the release of human rights activists in india. he's been called europe's last dictator but in a week's time i like the sound a little schenkel face his biggest political challenge in 25 years. and makes a big call for the bodies president on the criminal investigation the details coming up in schools.

an attack is under way at a prison in afghanistan several people are dead and at least $24.00 other supine injured 3 bombs. it outside the compound in jalalabad according to a member of the provincial council the number of prisoners escaped from the facility security forces are locked in a gun battle with armed men inside the jail but i'll worry is a freelance journalist joining us now live via skype from kabul good to have you with us again below what's the latest you're hearing the fighting is still going on it's very furious fighting we're being told there have been at least 8 explosion i . think we've lost the connection to work but i'll manage to escape now but what we'll do is we'll move on we'll try and come back to you in a 2nd because the. back sorry can we just stop the answer again because you broke up so tell us again what's the latest. at least it explosions

of taken place as the fighting started the afghan special forces are fighting the attackers in several different directions i was able to speak to and mate in the political blog who said a number of inmates are wounded several security towers are being controlled by the militants it's still not clear how they got so much weapons and ammunitions into the heart of. the city but few days ago the afghan intelligence service announced that they have killed the head of intelligence for the islamic state so it seems like it's a revenge attack by that group we often heard from the americans from the afghan government that they have defeated the islamic state in that part of the country but clearly the group is extremely resilient they're able to strike such complex attacks after many many years of operations against them is actually a very bad news for afghanistan and slight embarrassment for its international law

is as well so the taliban and not involved in this attack at all this supposed to be observing a cease fire for aid right. the taliban have said that this attack has got nothing to do with them but yesterday address and i was speaking to afghan officials who said in the 1st 2 days of the during the ceasefire there are at least 11 attacks in 6 provinces in 6 districts killing 9 soldiers wounding 14 others and 20 afghan civilians were either wounded or killed but this is a very clear reduction and what you would have in terms of casualties and fatalities every day so for the people of afghanistan until this attack took place this was the ied where families could really celebrate some of them could really heal their wounds you know you have family members who couldn't go to the graves of their loved ones who couldn't go to congress and the relatives and weddings such as the everyday situation here in afghanistan but now this attack clearly also

indicates that the country's security situation remains extremely volatile and there will be challenges ahead of afghanistan even if there's a ceasefire what what the taliban because you've got the islamic state you've got foreign fighters i accompanied afghanistan's national security adviser on the lam or have recently to this province and during one meeting the assessment given by all the officials was that islamic state tremendous threat in this place that there were explosives there are foreign fighters so the reality on the on the battlefield reality is actually one where there are extreme dangers for the people of afghanistan for the security forces in the militants have lived among locals it ran they have interim marriages they've lived for a long time so many local communities and villages they actually protect them even if it cost them their lives. the nominee thanks to some worry

in kabul. libya's u.n. recognized government says that 9 russian planes carrying weapons a raise of arrived support will khalifa haftar these groups have been backing off and his campaign to capture tripoli the u.s. recently accused russia of using must maries to deliver supplies to have to us forces the u.n. representative in libya is warning against foreign intervention saying that the conflict is in danger of becoming a proxy war for regional power. up to what had reports now from tripoli. it is estimated that about $1200.00 russian mercenaries from the wagner group are now fighting and deploying get. with forces loyal to the warlord have to in many parts of libya and central libya specially in and around the oil industry nations in the old across an area in central libya on the coast and in southern

libya the n.o.c. the national oil corporation is blaming get the russian sponsored wagner's military and digitals for blockading the oil and stopping the oil production which is the backbone of libya's national income now the spokesman of the city of joy for a military operation that's. pro-government a military counter offensive says that. russian made. cargo planes including aleutian planes landed in central and eastern libya over the past 24 hours 5 of them landed in sit in the b. airport about 20 kilometers south of the strategic coastal city of senate and also in a military base of the city it the planes according to the government sources

carried weapons and ammunition meanwhile 4. military or cargo planes carrying it mercenaries landed in burma and in the eastern city of. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the protesters demanding his resignation are anna kists who are trampling on democracy throughout the summer thousands of israeli demonstrators have called for him to step down but we canceled the largest protests and dates they say netanyahu has failed to handle the coronavirus pandemic and shouldn't be in office while on trial for corruption rallies have been mostly peaceful but there have been some scuffles with police the prime minister blamed the media for inciting violence. years of. these wild and unfit it looks like every day you clued in the day before yesterday there were calls to move at the prime minister and his family the media is ignoring it and covering it up in the politicians. meanwhile netanyahu son the idea has been banned

from tweeting about the protest leaders and israeli court ordered him to delete tweets sharing personal addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers invited his followers to troll them and even to gather outside the target said they received threats after the troops were posted over the weekend. is a journalist based in tel aviv and an adjunct fellow at the washington institute for near east policy he says that contrary to netanyahu is claims the majority of protesters are not far left activists. you are dreaming on the whole left leaning but on the whole really reasonable it normally is really who won and in their own democracy. was elected by a common internal democratic system here i'm your 2 or 3 months ago at new unity government and going further i think you know it's not as if the numbers here are

over long. but not alone which remember that 9 years ago there was another protest movement in israel that got about 500000 is really common street and in the new leaders no prime minister. what the demonstration will likely do in arguing at the moment is having an impact on the overall political. was done economic didn't help in terms of the krona crisis the. dysfunctional unity government only 2 and a half months old and on top of the demonstrations on the street clashes relatively close clashes the clashes on the left and i feed into a largest and larger narrative that neon. security forces in mexico captured a powerful drug leda blamed for a fueling a surge in violence in the central state of going to hospital shows

a antonio yes it's also known as el mundo was one of the country's most wanted criminals his drug gang has been engaged in a bloody tough wall with the rival cartel the rest to see it as a win for president andres manuel lopez obrador has failed to fulfill his promise to bring down record levels of violence. next sunday baylor will be voting for a new president few people are expecting anyone to beat the incumbent alexander lukashenko who has ruled for more than 25 years and is labeled by many as europe's last dictator but as the dean barber reports now one woman is mounting a manger major challenge. here. yeah well she's only $37.00 and she's not a politician that's for atlanta hopes that in a week's time she'll be president have been a rule. on thursday she drew tens of thousands of people to a rally in minsk the biggest protest the country's ever seen. the former teacher

announced she'd stand off to her husband sergei a well known blogger was arrested in may he's been charged with plotting mass disturbances says here he winning at being able to call the election commission didn't accept gays documents iran instead of him not because i need palla open because i'm the politician and want to become president and all of the country must know i ran to support my husband supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned i was just following my hot. she's challenging president alexander lukashenko who's been in power since 1904 and he's seeking his 6th term there's been an upsurge in protests against him fueled by the poor state of the economy and look at his handling of the covered 1000 pandemic. he originally downplayed the virus and refused to stop sporting events here he says there are no viruses here do you see any flying around. but belarus with

a population of 9500000 has registered nearly 70000 infections and more than 500 deaths in recent weeks hundreds of opposition activists journalists and bloggers have reportedly been arrested among them 2 men who are considered the president's major challenges victoria arrested on suspicion of money laundering and valarie cept carla. a former ambassador to the united states now said callias wife seen here with the rico's campaign manager is backing svetlana to kind of scios it like it is just a simple to spend lana's husband has been held as a hostage as well as her children who she was forced to take out of belarus my situation is similar my husband had to flee the country because they framed up a criminal case against him and my children were being followed by the security said this is so i had to send him away from belarus just. a week ago belarus arrested more than 30 men they accuse of being russian mercenaries russia says they worked for

a private security company and were on the way to turkey but investigators in belarus suggest they were working with opposition figures including sergei to cannot escape and his wife has dismissed the accusation and says she's afraid attempts to tie her family to alleged foreign cultures could lead to violence ahead of next sunday's vote al-jazeera. we'll get a weather update thanks to our sara then it's a scene spreading across the u.s. the unemployed in queues everywhere waiting for free food so that they can feed their families. the digital era is here to stay even some communities are choosing plain old cash over technology we'll tell you why. i did sports and we'll hear from a tennis player who's been taking a shot a world cup a one novak djokovic. hello

there the usual hot and dry picture throughout much of the middle east meanwhile across the far west as out in across into the southwest of yemen we have seen a we'll see yet more rain in the fall call some of those downpours could be heavy at times and again they could continue to add to some of the localized flooding but the winds are picking up again for the interior of iraq to get that sand and blowing it quite a long way a very hazy day on monday warm day as well so 150 degrees 44 is the high end 43 and she's are feeling quite humid as well with those strong winds and also cools . make you feel fairly unpleasant if you want still lingering in the far west of yemen and then down into southern africa some heavy downpours across those central areas but most to kiss guys across madagascar sunny for the last few hours so if you just clipping east and coastal areas and then plenty of scattered showers ready from central mozambique with the cloud all the way up through tanzania those shots

continue through kenya and on into somalia not about day monday across into south africa war one important thing that it really cools off as we head through tuesday some showers pushing in the winds are quite strong along those coastal areas and then for portland both the next few days it stays 30 unsettled and little bit cool with temperatures in the mid teens. i'm counting the cost the wealth of banks prime minister. built on the backs of slaves how much does britain know in preparation how the pandemic could wipe out latin america's social and economic gains plus why missing. counting the cost just. where there is water there is life but finding it that australia's arid desert is a skill few still possess they took us to a small wet spot in the desert and this was this is

a very important place they've been telling us about for the last 5 days. and. against all ageing population is posturing on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback on a. we understand the different cities on the same cultures across the world so no matter what we. kind of for that matter to. get adrian for to get here. from al-jazeera it's good to have you with us the headline specialists from mainland china have been deployed in hong kong to help

contain a resurgence of the corona virus the territory is expanding testing and making it free for its 7 and a half 1000000 residents. an attack is under way at a prison in afghanistan several casualties have been reported 3 bombs exploded outside the compound in jalalabad according to a member of the provincial council. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described protesters calling for his resignation anna kists thousands joined the largest demonstration in west jerusalem in a decade they say that yahoo shouldn't be in office while facing corruption charges . u.s. politicians will be to get on monday as they try to negotiate an aid deal for those affected by the pandemic but while they go back and forth tens of millions of unemployed americans are facing an uncertain period since april an extra $600.00 weekly payment has been a vital lifeline for families struggling with the economic effects of the pandemic

on friday democrats and republicans fail to reach agreement whether to allow the benefit program to continue republicans want to reduce funding but are divided over how far to go while democrats want to negotiate additional benefits. nearly 32000000 americans are receiving unemployment benefits right now about 6000000 they using food stamps to feed themselves and their families make is c.e.o. of world central kitchen a nonprofit organization that provides food assistance to people in need he joins us now live via skype from washington good to have you with us nate how many people in the u.s. right now the richest nation on earth are in need of food assistance. thanks for having me adrian we're in a real crisis right now in this country according to the brookings institute about 14000000 american children are going under each week and according to u.s.

census numbers about 30000000 americans say they are not getting enough food so it's a it's a big challenge that's in front of us right now and what is will the central kitchen doing to help right now. so we're a nonprofit organization we've been working now for almost 5 months sense this pandemic started here in the united states and before that in japan supporting the cruise ship that was quarantined in yokohama here in the united states we've served about 25000000 fresh meals now over the past 4 months and you know it is we're not seeing a lot of signs of things getting better there was some optimism at the end of june but as cases have surged and the businesses have 3 closed again we're seeing longer lines families waiting for hours to get a per pair meal or a box of food to take home so we're trying to do our best and as

a nonprofit now we have you know we gone through about $130000000.00 that we've been able to raise from private donations that's all gone to food across our country but the reality is that you know nonprofits like ours and the food banks are really struggling to meet the need right now as we said u.s. politicians are going to meet again on monday trying to negotiate some sort of a deal to those affected what. does your organization want congress of the white house to do. there's a number of things that need to be done urgently that we are supporting and and trying to to do our part to help raise awareness and education i think for sure we need to prioritize funding for meals for schools it's clear that schools are not going to reopen across the country in the fall and for so many families this is where kids get their meals and so we need to make sure those schools are properly funded and supported school kitchens are able to activate and

prepare meals i think we also need to enable our federal emergency management agency so this is the agency that goes in after hurricanes wildfires and provides meals you know it's been a bit of a confusion for them because this is not your traditional natural disaster but the reality is our country is facing a crisis and fema right now has a lot of money to respond to disasters and we need to get those funds unlocked to pay for meals for families and especially for children right now we also need is for existing programs that are working really well like snap food stamps that you mentioned you know snap is not very much money for families unfortunately and we need to expand that we need to make sure that all families are eligible so there are a lot of programs on the table some of these have already passed the house in what was called the heroes act and now it's just a matter of our leadership coming together to come up with hopefully a compromise that will put food front and center but unfortunately we haven't seen

that's the case right now so we're going to keep putting pressure it really is a critical time for our government to step in you know the other thing that i want to mention which is really critical is that you know these funds to families whether they're in the form of snap or in the form of the unemployment checks that many families were receiving you know this is not money that was being put into a bank account and saved up or you know spent in a later day this money was was really just a pass through going directly back into our local. i mean people were buying food if people were paying their rent and it keeps the system going and so you know really these these support mechanisms should not be seen as stimulus or welfare for families that should be seen as a way to keep our economy from collapsing during this really critical moment right now regards to you we wish you well many thanks indeed for the c.e.o. of world central kitchen electronic banking the digital economy about

now the coronavirus means an increasingly cashless society the notes and coins in our pockets of being rapidly replaced by contactless bank cards a mobile phone payment spots in the u.k. not everyone is comfortable with technology who brought in reports from essex where many want to stick to just 2 traditional pounds and pence. coins and notes have been the foundation of trade for centuries and the weekly market in the town of rochford is as traditional as they come and my own opinion is i think we will get to a stage where we've got fascists you know with oh we don't buy so it's what you know i don't think we can get to that. but while a decade ago 6 in 10 transactions involve cash today it's less than 3 in 10 and falling rapidly. j. mack butchers can cope with cash card and electronic. but many customers still strongly prefer cash. to give you

a list as long as your arm is low as they always use cash that i won't use anything else i need to have that cash in my bag every day handouts exactly because at the end of the day. i don't not using a car if i might be spending 3 pounds. in 2019 the access to cash review warned that a cashless society would leave 8000000 people in britain struggling to cope and poverty was an even bigger factor than being elderly if you are less than 10000 a year you are. more likely to be dependent on your national if you are in over 30 yet and not because actually can actually still win the best ways but you think eboni of the dinner of the week you got 59 think you can hear that all the time. with significant numbers of elderly and disabled and low income residents rochford was an ideal candidate as an access to cash pilot scheme one idea under

consideration here is to set up a local finance hub offering bank services without being tied to any specific bank brand the community it's taking ownership of this problem and providing solutions for each other we would use the hub as an outlet for those services rochford slow. last remaining bank branch closed in 2017 the post office often struggles to cope the lack of access to cash was being a drain on the town's economy and then came coronavirus but the height of the pandemic here in the u.k. a.t.m. usage collapsed by 65 percent it's only just now recovered to 40 percent down and the estimate is that 5 years of cash decline has been accelerated in the past 5 months what we need is everything in place to allow the recovery to be as smooth as possible and access that cash is a part of that ratchford is keen to learn the lesson of sweden where a rapid switch away from accepting cash payment led to irreversible damage to the

cash infrastructure the warning from sweden don't sleep walk into the same point of no return paul brennan al-jazeera rochford in essex the united nations has joined calls for the release of human rights activists in india some are being held in prison on the anti terrorism laws while they await trial the government denies accusations that the charges a politically motivated al-jazeera as elizabeth broderick has been speaking to some of the prisoners families we know about a lot of ordinary still around here it's been 2 years since some of india's most recognizable rights activists were rounded up and taken away by police they were accused of instigating violence during the march by disadvantaged hindus in my state where one person was killed 80 year old poet and prominent human rights lawyer so the battered watch among the detained there rest fled to nationwide protests by their supporters most of the 11 accused and yet to be formally charged

. in delhi so the ballad watches dogs have my share every 3 letter from her mother sent from jail in mumbai what does this. this is not fair. and it's not a joke this is how to live this is my life and there's really. a. human rights lawyer has worked with so the bout of the watch for 10 years she says only one of the 11 accused was at the watch because right from the beginning it was a really politically motivated case as far as a criminal case goes there is no evidence it is really that. political it was taught that these people need to be punished for the what they're doing all of them are very well known that human rights activists. what about a stranger to presidents haven't previously spent 10 years in jail for inciting communist revolution but he has never been found guilty his family according for

his immediate release after the contract to the coronavirus and prison. life. critics say the government is using anti-terrorism legislation which allows detention without charge or trial. human rights watch as among many groups are asking the government why it hasn't investigated the alleged role of head of the nationalists in the violence that rolland bought of watch are in jail for even though a fact finding mission found hendren were responsible. the government insists there's no political interference in the case because that his asian is the biggest we going to protect and he does. a little bit. you know democracy because people are seeing something. it was

a 1000 people who said i'll give it all the more. of the watch is waiting for her mother's next bail hearing she's been joined by the united nations and european parliament who are calling for the release of human rights defenders elizabeth al-jazeera you daddy. philadelphia's penn museum is widely renowned for its ancient artifacts from the middle east africa and central america now in a modern twist as it reopens on the strict coronavirus restrictions it has to all guides displaced by violence from countries like syria as kristen salumi explains the move is during international attention. thank you so much for coming as a tour guide in philadelphia's penn museum you'd expect mena sardar to know ancient middle eastern history but so revealing is how personally she takes her subject matter like this 4000 year old wedding headdress from the tomb of the mesopotamian queen a personal favorite this is my it's me with a very very special occasion my wedding day i wore approximately 2 pounds of gold

that gives nearby for like. other queen and probably for one day mina is from damascus syria a refugee employed as part of the museum's global guides program which gives recent immigrants an opportunity to work in the u.s. and stay in touch with their roots and nino fled civil war with her husband and 5 children and arrived in philadelphia just 3 years ago dealing with artifacts from my home from the middle east i'm connected to my culture. or why door open to me to share my culture the initiative involves intensive training in history and storytelling the guides come not only from the middle east but also africa and central america and are encouraged to read their own experiences into the tour museum officials say it's popular among visitors one of the things people told us is they've been coming to the museum specifically to hear

from these guides which in many ways makes a lot of sense all of the kind of historical context from it and the game you can get from wikipedia all right but you can't get anywhere else as the personal stories about what's going on in the world today in the lives of the people who are from there at least a dozen museums from around the world are now looking to set up their own global guide programs bringing modern relevance to these ancient artifacts christian salumi al-jazeera. we'll show you some live pictures now this is off the coast of florida. space travel taking another historic step 2 american astronauts returning to earth in the space x. caps you'll meet a cello is a former united states astronaut and international space station commander he joins us now live via skype from houston leroy the chutes are open it looks like they're making a safe return to earth a historic moment yes indeed it does and i salvage your future earlier looks like

it's you in the manger out so looks like everything is going as rangi the drugs getting away there are coming to the mains looks like who are mains looks like they're open and it's looking very very very good obviously that the actual return to earth in the final point will be different here in that this is a splash down the 1st time in a very long time but how will that reentry have differed would it have diff would it to felt any different as an astronauts to the soyuz reentering or a reentry of will the space shuttle. well the reentry on a capsule is very different than the ranch or even the space shuttle but the dragon spacecraft being a capsule should be similar to a so usually in that event similarly parachute deploys a little bit but i would expect it to also be. the the dragon spacecraft.

if we're so used lands on the right and so it's quite different than this although as far as impact wise it doesn't make too much of a difference and so the difference of course is that you're the water once you land then you're going to be tossed around by the waves and things like that depending on the sea state and that could of course make you a little bit seasick so i didn't have to contend with that but these guys may have to be ok the 1st splash down leroy in 45 years or so the 1st commercial vehicle with astronauts on board that have to be recovered from the ocean in a very long time yes absolutely at the last time we had a capsule splashed down one of the apollo sleep test projects and a capsule splashed down carrying the american astronaut as an astronaut i much prefer landing out when frankly hitting the ground or hitting the water if the speed is pretty good about you know you're coming down and some are around 8 meters

per 2nd even to the parachute. is the problem with landing in water the additional issue i should say the possibility that the capsule could take on water and sink and so then now you have the risk of drowning after you've survived all this spaceflight and everything else so that's not going to happen i'm sure a fear but it is an additional risk that goes through your mind these guys are not out of danger yet that will stay with it when splash down and less than a minute away now liver oil. if all goes well what is the significance of this moment for for human spaceflight as. well there he did you feel because this is the 1st movie where a commercial company has launched nasa astronauts commercially into orbit to the space station and now are we covering them commercially as well and so this is the 1st time that nasa has contracted for the services and it's definitely

a milestone later on hopefully not too much in the future of boeing will also get a chance to fly their commercial spacecraft but nasa astronaut this is heralding in a new era so this is very exciting because this allows space station operations another aspect of space station operations to be done commercially allowing asked to use this research to restart its resources to try to get to the moon and eventually on to mars ok the capsule hit the water and it hits the water at an angle the chutes now have drifted off into the sea and we can see a recovery vehicle heading pretty quickly a speedboat towards the the capsule and then we'll have to warm the astronauts i suppose who are removed from. that that's right so i guess the splash that has occurred the chute just trying to where yes they're supposed to so they don't and dragging the capsule around it in the hopefully not under water and that capsule appears to be floating just fine but

a recovery bessel is on the way and yeah after even just a short space shuttle mission of one or 2 which are pretty wildly at 1st so i would expect the guys to be a little unsteady but what i wanted to in the city i wanted to ask you what it actually felt a little bit up there for 2 months in 0 g. microgravity what does it feel like when you when you get back to one g. . well it feels similar whether you've been up there one or 2 weeks or $66.00 and a half months as i was except that if you're up want to be feelings are a little more intense and they last longer so you feel very very dizzy when you stand up and that can be provocative and make you feel a masochist you feel lightheaded you know your body is not used to gravity anymore like i said even after a couple of weeks in space now your body recovers much more quickly with a short exposure to station space environment the microgravity after 6 and a half months it takes a much longer period of time to recover ok. this is

a pretty exciting government as a former astronaut and how do you feel about this do you do you you wish us to learn the game here. well you know what i mean i had a wonderful flying career 15 year flying career at nasa and for missions i helped to build the space station doing spacewalks in both american and russian suits as the commander of the station that flew were 3 shuttles and and the so yes i can hardly complain i mean i might be jealous of the astronauts eventually get to go back to the moon because that was a childhood dream of mine but as far as orbital flight because i've had plenty there for me even after having left the agency over a little over 14 years ago and it started eating a big meal i'm still kind of full but i would love a chance to go to the moon in the future while you have a neighbor it's been really really good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us here talking us through that today my pleasure thank you. time for sport. i cause i'm still looking at the pictures i was raising shows. with f one lewis

hamilton has won the british call as the 7 time the reigning world champion has turned to sell the scent the win however ended up being a fall from routine as to how malik reports. this year's british grand prix provided more drama than anyone could have realistically expected the race began pretty smoothly with lewis hamilton looking for a 3rd win in a row starting from the front with his mercedes teammate valtteri bottas alongside him the calm however didn't last long a safety car was needed after haas driver kevin magnussen crashed out on the 1st night. it was called upon again soon after this time falling down the kid yet spinning off on lap 12 but the real drama unfolded much later on in the race with 3 laps left but asked who was in 2nd suffered a puncture the incident totally ruining the finn state causing him to finish

outside the points in 11 it open the door for max to stop and to move behind hamilton who had dominated dust however seeing what had happened to potus the red bull driver pitted for fresh rubbers that stop however might have cost him the win with hamilton following his teammate by getting a puncture on the final lap in the end the bridge managed to hang on to claim a 7th victory at his home grand prix ahead of a stop and with ferrari's chiles look look taking. and i was definitely like in the mouth kind of feeling because i wasn't quite sure if if it gone down until i hit the brakes and obviously you could see the tire was falling off the the rim and then just driving it trying to keep the speed up without you know because sometimes it will take off and break the wing and all these different things oh my god i was just praying to try and get around the need to. when. this was the 1st of back to back races at silverstone the reigning world champion will be hoping

for a much smoother ride next time out so he'll malik al-jazeera. if i say it's president jan inventin or should not be forced from power despite currently being under criminal investigation on thursday a case in switzerland was opened against him since you know of a secret meeting he had with the country's attorney general michael over who had been leading a probe into football corruption over himself offer to resign last month having been found to have lied about his meetings with them if the 4 year old rejects the claims australia has nick areas has pulled out of the us open which is due to start behind closed doors at the end of this month curious says that he has a safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic in a social media post he pointedly criticized world number one novak djokovic checked for organizing a series of exhibit events in june for players including djokovic tested positive

folk over 1000 at that time tennis players you have to act in the interests of each other and work to go you can't be dancing on tables when you bring your way around your or trying to make a quick buck forcing an exhibition dance just so selfish think of the other people for god what is farce is about. the national hockey league has made its return more than 4 months after the season was suspended because of the pandemic games are being played in the 2 canadian cities of toronto and edmonton for a small ripples. change. we came to the. hockey is back by it looks a lot different ladies and gentlemen these were much has changed since the n.h.l. is last game in march before the league resumed in edmonton players showed their support for the black lives matter movement racism is

a manmade creation and all it does is deteriorate from our collective prosperity. racism is everywhere. we evolve and promise to stand up for justice and fight for what is right. the edmonton oilers and chicago blackhawks losing to the words of minnesota wild player matt duma sort of protest against racial injustice that's been echoed throughout the sporting world. the n.h.l. has brought $24.00 teams to canada to finish the season in 2 halves cities no games are being played in the u.s. players will be tested frequently and isolated from their families by subject to the right can the teams have gone straight into playoff action. in toronto the carolina hurricanes are one game up in their series against the new york rangers big effort for us 1st period and that's playoff hockey was

a great period and then special teams took over. and then hang on for game one so that's that's a good way to start we're just getting started though so thanks for all the support and see the more. fun no fans are allowed in the venue's the target for the players remains the same. yet to reach the stanley cup finals which in this year will start at the end of september far is smile al-jazeera. the heroes have extended their winning streak by beating the samsung lines fall to south korea's top baseball league both sides were locked out to all in the 8th inning but the shell hole would stall for the heroes with 2 r.b.i. double in the 9th so this is the heroes 6 straight when they now move within the 4 games old k.b. only does the n.c. dynamos. and that's it for me adrian let me that is it time for

us here in doha to pass the baton to a colleague colleagues in london baria will be here to talk to each of the day's top stories just a few moments i'll see you again thanks for watching by foot. oh geez there are we this is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that at travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on which is 0 i care about how the u.s.

engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security this is very much a political impasse here's the paul flick how do we illustrate it are we telling a good story will people get what we're trying to think here in their living outside and make hip towns this is not the way any family wants to raise their children we're willing to get into taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feels that you were there rewind returns with a new series. and updates on the past amount to sanest documentaries one thing never. rewind continues we. buy with compelling the onion yahoo the onion the sweet it's the heart. of the city we were holding on by their fingernails to the 2 state solution today it is still barely possible on al-jazeera 15 years ago an explosion ripped through lebanon's

capital killing prime minister graffiti and 21 of those now the special tribunal for lebanon in the hague will deliver its verdict. august 7th find out what this means for lebanon and for those in doubt to follow all the developments. hong kong faces a resurgence in corona virus cases as a team from mainland china arrives to carry out widespread testing. why maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program a president comes under attack in eastern afghanistan several people are killed and dozens more injured. a political novice versus

a 5 term leader the english teacher with plans to bring down the president to reduce.