this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes there is an aussie little bullet at the moment and then it might never be a grim morning from the world health organization is countries across the world announce renewed restrictions to hold a surge in corona virus infections. at

least 300 inmates of escape some 36 people were killed in an isolated on a high security prison in afghanistan. antigovernment protests show no sign of letting up in mali demonstrators are demanding the president step down plus. i'm rob mcbride in and on south korea the country's cultural hot line as it celebrates its world heritage traditions. and in sports after almost 5 months tennis is making its official return on the palermo open is the 1st tour event to take place since the coronavirus lockdown. we begin this hour with a stark warning from the world health organization as the rush to find a corona virus vaccine intensifies while the w

h o's applauding the efforts of more than $140.00 research teams around the world it says that people should not pin their hopes on the discovery of an effective vaccine. we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection however there is no silver bullet at the moment and then might never be for now stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of public health and disease control testing isolating and treating patients and tracy and quarantining their contacts do it on inform empowered and listen to communities do it all for individuals it's about keeping physical distance wearing a mask cleaning hands regularly and coughing safely away from others do eat

all well that call for global solidarity came with an extra warning for countries with high transmission rates including brazil and india the world health organization saying that they face a long battle to find a way out of the pandemic while felicita is a professor of epidemiology and medicine and the director of the global health initiative at columbia university's melman school of public health she joins us now live via skype from new york thanks for being with us what are we to make of the director general as a surgeon that there is no silver bullet is he pouring cold water on the idea than an effective vaccine will be found anytime soon. i think the warning from the director general is is a wise move at this point in time as down as think we want to do is to have people who need complacent let go of all the preventive measures that they need to be practicing in the hope of having a vaccine than the why this would be

a big mistake what we need to do is to continue to lead double our efforts to do what needs to be done now rather then let go of those measures and hope for a vaccine in the future so what happens if we find that there is no vaccine that offers at least long term immunity will the changes that we've seen in society this year behave for good i think that's a scenario that we have to keep in mind that's a possibility i do hold that the current efforts towards a finding a vaccine is safe and effective vaccines will be a fruit and i didn't any of us are in public health encouraged by the early findings of some of the studies and hope that these will be contrasted with larger studies and that hopefully we'll have a safe and effective vaccine at some point in the future by the end of this year or sometime next year i think if we don't find an effective vaccine then unfortunately this will mean that we again we have to stick with what we know works and hope that

weekend through global solidarity and commitment by every single individual that we can actually dampen the spread of this virus yes from a public health perspective of our will our health care care systems need to change if we find alternately and this is being very pessimistic here but if we find that there is no vaccine. well i think trust of our we need to i would pick an optimistic stand and i would say even if we find an effective and safe eckstein and this does not mean that everyone will get the vaccine immediately and we have to start planning today our public health systems have to start planning now for the availability of such a vaccine so we can prepare communities we can prepare people so that they are willing to get the vaccine because it does not help to have an effective and safe exit sitting or shall we have to get to that scene to the largest numbers of people

around the world as quickly as possible and at some point whether there's a vaccine or not will we achieve herd immunity as far as this this disease is concerned that doesn't look like flu just continuing to have uncontrolled infection spread of infection that we will reach the levels that are necessary at university immunity meaning protection of the population we know that we need to achieve at least 60 percent 70 percent of people to have evidence of protective antibodies in order to achieve herd immunity and we are nowhere close to that anywhere in the world so our hope for achieving bird immunity is linked to our hope in getting a safe and effective vaccine and getting as many people as possible around the world to be willing to take their vaccine it's always good to talk here many thanks indeed for being with us into the u.k.

as government says that it's rolling out tests for the corona virus that can provide a result within 90 minutes millions of these are to be sent to hospitals care homes and the bara freeze as early as next week some health experts that have voiced concern over how reliable these new tests will be but britain's health minister says that swift testing could help to make the country safe. these technologies which deliver these rapid turnaround tests will mean that we can expand testing capacity further and into settings where for instance in schools we have currently we have survey testing so we have some testing that would be able to be expanded but also looking at looking across the community where we want to test people who don't have symptoms to find out where the virus is al-jazeera so you're going to go joins us now live from outside thomas' hospital in london so you tell us more about these these new rapid 19 tests.

allegedly have some $5800000.00 test should d.n.a. based tests which are going to begin to be rolled out by next week and this will be working in tandem with the $450000.00 so nasal swab and for tests that a target being carried out at the point of this of course is to ramp up that testing and to get ahead of that before the seasonal flu kicks in and of course at the moment this summer in the northern hemisphere it is high tourism season we are seeing spikes occurring in certain countries in certain regions of countries throughout europe as well which is raising alarm bells and of course what a lot of governments so worried about and the u.k. government is worried about is trying to get ahead of this of any of this by having an affective testing regime put in now bows who are behind the testing say that

controls have already been put in place so they can avoid issues such as false negatives but with that in mind it's going to be absolutely crucial to have. an absolutely accurate tracing system as well so as to isolate those who have been affected in order to kind of. quell any surges that could occur because of course there is still no vaccine on the horizon just ahead and even that it's very unclear as to how long a potential vaccine could last therefore the crux of this will really be. the public health authorities to try and say and and protect the public from any further searches as much as possible agent a lot of people there in the u.k. take their summer vacations in portugal but not of course this year new figures though from portugal a painting a really bleak picture for the country's tourism industry.

absolutely and portugal not the only country that's been incredibly hard but really it was one of the countries that was on the no go list for u.k. tourists to go over their backs are of some consternation to the portuguese government as well who said that there should not been any reason why portugal should have been put on that list but if you compare figures from last year there's been a 96 percent decline of tourists coming into the country nominally from the u.k. from germany and from neighboring spain as well now when you consider that portugal's g.d.p. felt 15 percent tourism accounts for about 15 percent of its g.d.p. it's enormously important and this really has been quite catastrophic for its own economy now the government had said that it would have to recoup that in 2020 but

realistically it is going to be some years before the tourism industry will get back to levels as it was before the pandemic hit al-jazeera sort of going to go reporting live from central london something many thanks drew. the financial security of millions of americans is hanging in the balance as politicians debates for the relief for the unemployed for about 3 months a $600.00 weekly payment has been a lifeline for people who've lost their jobs democrats and republicans of so far failed to agree on how the program should continue to expire on friday let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly how could a committee where things stand today that as far as these negotiations are concerned. yeah things are still at an impasse the only thing that is encouraging is the 2 sides are still talking as they did over the weekend we understand those negotiations continue on capitol hill starting at 17 g.m.t. it'll be the house speaker nancy pelosi along with the top democrat in the senate

chuck schumer and from the republican side here at the white house we know that the chief of staff mark meadows had about as well as the treasury secretary steve minutia now in the midst of all of this given the fact that we know the 2 sides are very far apart we the earliest we're hearing that is that there may be votes on there to potential legislation at the end of this week even early next week is that this white house is exploring huma lateral action to try and bring about the short term result of these payments these $600.00 a week pay it now the republican side propose doing this is a short term deal until the bigger issues could be worked out the democrats are holding out for doing it all at once in $1.00 massive package and that seems to be the sticking point so now we know that the president is suggesting that he may take you to unilateral action not just to get these $600.00 we payments going but also potentially to move forward the what expired on friday of the moratorium on the

vixens that has a lot of americans nervous in fact millions of americans who found themselves suddenly out of work as a result of the shutdowns caused by covert 19 and with want just over 3 months now until election day what does the president have to say about all of this. he continues to look at this is a personal attack he's attacked the media and social media this morning twitter specifically he's also once again said that the reason there are such high infections of covert 19 in the united states is because there's more testing and then he followed up one of those tweets and there were a series of them saying open the schools that did not sit well with some of the parents 2 in this country who now have tweeted so much about this that the president's son barron is trending in the united states the suggestion being if you're so keen on opening the school send your kid back to a public school and most americans don't want to do that well the president sign

goes totally private school so this is a real point of contention but as you point out election day is about 3 months away now the president wants to get these schools open to get the economy going but that's not what most parents want in the u.s. right now a white house correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington can believe many things china's economy appears to have rebounded sharply after that historic contraction due to the corona virus outbreak but many people are still unemployed job seekers support encouraged to become street vendors to spur the country's economic growth well just as katrina you reports now from chengdu. who don't makes a living selling sunflowers to pedestrians in time to city in china's southwest before takeoff 1000 outbreak he worked as a security guard. my company for a lot of people because of the epidemic at 1st they just to lower my salary but eventually they said they could in the employ me anymore that's why i'm doing this

for us and once is. more than 20000000 chinese workers are estimated to have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. like food on many have taken up informal streets selling to make ends meet. street markets are now putting up across cities and towns with many vendors selling their own handmade goods lee lay decided to organize this market after losing his job as a hairdresser he says street vending is for many the only way to generate income but sales aren't easy to come by not up with them so the fact is not many sellers can make good money some new sellers losing money it all depends on the products and experience the official data suggests strong recovery for china's economic growth the emergence of legions of street sellers nationwide paints a bleak picture the chinese government says unemployment is at 6 percent but other estimates put it at closer to 20 chinese premier league

a child last month encourage the development of the so-called street stall economy to help china's economic growth get back on track but these vendors on to welcome everywhere. some local governments have banned unlicensed street vendors calling the stalls backward and unhygenic chinese state media says the burgeoning street economy is only a temporary solution and one not suitable for so-called 1st tier cities like shanghai and beijing but food dogs says he prefers this work to his old job but which are not going to work as a security guard again there the salary was too low and this job gives me more freedom if you want hard enough you can make more money and very happy. that's one bright spot at least for this new worker katrina al-jazeera. the philippines has reported more than $3200.00 new coronavirus infections pushing it close to of

the taking indonesia as the worst hit country in southeast asia tough restrictions are already being reimposed in and around manila after infections jump to more than 100000 to serious trouble alan duncan reports over health care workers are only take care of patients at this chest call with a clear message thousands of filipino health workers are appealing to the government to impose tighter controls saying the country is losing the fight against the coronavirus. they're going to pull you know hold the line we're much stronger or health care workers should not be heard the burden of the saving lives in today's youth mr understand just you just well they really are poor or to move mice. more than 5000 new infections were recorded on sunday the largest single day increase since the 1st case was recorded months ago the number of recorded

cases is now over 100000 the 2nd highest number of coronavirus infections in southeast asia after indonesia. the philippines government has already implemented one of the most stringent lockdowns in the world more than 50000000 people were forced to stay at home in the entire region of luzon for more than 2 months it began easing restrictions in march hoping to soften the impact of the country's economy now in one of its worst periods of recession in recent years millions of filipinos have lost their jobs since the pandemic broke out. i fully understand why your health workers would like to ask for such a timeout period they have been in front lines for months and are exhausted next time you can ask for an audience don't shout and ask for revolution if you want the revolution do it no let's kill all those with go with. that means met some of the

lead some nearby provinces will face further measures not a lockdown at least for now critics say all of the months long so it's all locked down how slow down corona virus infections it was also a missed opportunity they see the government be able to conduct widespread tests there would that we have seen hotspots early on the government so also start to react says its priorities in the coming months the country has long struggled with an adequate resources and health experts are warning that this pandemic may bring the public health system closer to collapse. here with the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program lebanon's foreign minister resigns slamming the government for failing the country. the 6 week period is absolutely critical victoria's premier announces more destruction is a strain is the 2nd most populous state grapples with the coronavirus cases. headed

for there's a new name of the top of golf's world rankings so i will be here with that the rest of the day's sport a little later. afghan security forces are currently engaged in a gun battle with armed men in jalalabad there are reports that rockets have been fired towards the city's airport we know at least one of the attackers has been killed it comes a day after an attack on a prison the afghan forces have now retaken control of that facility eisel claimed responsibility for storming the high security prison 46 people were killed including 10 of the attackers officials say that more than $300.00 prisoners escaped security forces arrived after several explosions outside the prison the fighters linked to iceland afghanistan have claimed responsibility for many recent

attacks. one of the worst so far this year was the suicide bombing which killed $32.00 mourners at a funeral for a police commander in may the united nations' latest estimate is that i saw has around 2200 fighters in afghanistan while i saw is in territorial retreats with its leadership to pleated the un says that it remains capable of carrying out high profile attacks in various parts of the country the un recorded 17 i saw a tax during the 1st 6 months of this year which caused civilian casualties kate clark is the co-director of the afghanistan analysts network a policy research think tank she says this year the situation in afghanistan has become more complex the war is actually becoming more difficult to read and we had the agreement between the united states and the taliban right at the end of february which the on the back of that the u.s. withdrew thousands of its troops it said that the taliban had also agreed to

a reduction fine if the taliban said no absolutely not we've only agreed not to attack u.s. forces and not to attack him in major cities in bases now sits in the taliban of really been probing to see how much violence they can get away with without drawing the u.s. military back into the war and we know that both the taliban and the government have been under claiming attacks whereas before they would probably be exaggerating what they were doing on the battlefield now they're then they're not claiming so many so it's actually quite difficult to read who is responsible for what anymore and we've also had an a surge an unclaimed attacks or attacks that are difficult to pin down. video conferencing talks are underway to try to break the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric dam in ethiopia the ethiopian government says that the

$5000000000.00 project will boost the economy but sudan and egypt downstream on the river nile worried about reduced water supplies antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of mali as capital demanding the resignation of president abraham cater the opposition stopped the rallies for eat at least 14 people have died during demonstrations over the past few weeks these opposition is accused of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption the regional bloc echo was a been leading mediation efforts it's given both sides a deadline that expires on thursday to implement its proposals including the formation of a unity government let's go live to one neighboring cycle of zeros nicholas hawke is following developments from the white people back on the streets today. well that's simply because the mediation in their words has failed and the steps

that have been taken by the government are simply not enough and so far what the president has done is named a few new cabinet ministers 6 of them there's still the same new prime minister who was in charge the judges of the constitutional court refused to resign and so have the $31.00 ruling party members of parliament when there are seats in contested elections earlier this year well they also refused to resign and that was part of the ecowas recommendation that they that they resign of that new elections are held so they're not meeting their end of the bargain meanwhile the opposition say they don't want any of that they just want president to leave power they say that he's in breach of article 37 of the constitution because he set out commandos trained to fight armed groups in the north of the country against unarmed protesters earlier in july add to that the mix of corruption impunity money and soldiers accused

according to un investigation. of extrajudicial killing on mali ins instead of protecting them and bad governments all of that means that they are still back on the streets and right now they're trying to slow down traffic in the capital bamako there's trying to close down streets not just in the capital but in other regions of the country and while this is happening over the weekend we've seen multiplication of attacks 7000000 soldiers were killed in the north bush by what is believed as as an al qaeda affiliate jump in subtle islam well mostly mean we saw a graphic video from affiliate portraying the head of. the group here are we be heading a local. official by the border of mauritania so that's just adding fuel to the

fire and so and adding to this crisis that we're seeing in mali adrian because many thanks i was it was nicholas hawk reporting live from. we're going to weather update next here on the news hour then back in business zimbabwe's stock exchange reopens giving some hope for the economy as revival. signs of change in north macedonia we'll look at the cafe that's helping to inspire positive action for people with disabilities. and in sports the phoenix suns stay alive in the hunt for a basketball player spot on action from the n.b.a. a little later. we got the winds picking up across a good part of the middle east over the next couple days to lift the dust and sand

to watch out for that's a side hot and dry pretty much sums it up as per usual we have still got some lively showers down into the southern end of the red sea western areas of yemen we've had major showers here for the past few weeks actually now it was a southwest to saudi arabia as well but come a little further north and east you see the winds picking up as i said so there will be that lift it doesn't sound coming out of iraq through kuwait down across the gulf states over the coming days we are going to see a little more in the way of dusty conditions coming through here 46 celsius here in doha similar temperatures there for back that's a not as hot as it has been a recently also nothing kuwait's very close to 50 degrees celsius and similar conditions as we go on into way to stay showers will continue into western yemen and beyond those showers drifting across the other side of the red sea of course and some think down poles actually making their way across a good part of ethiopia over the next day i was there into chad over towards west

africa the showers up around the sun hello little further north than might otherwise be but said he then nevertheless southern parts of west africa on the other hand it was a little drier than the flight. but . kidnappings and murders in crimea says russia's forced an extension of the black sea finnish. i don't understand why the speed now. scores of crimean to toss have been arrested and tortured and killed. most believe by russian security forces. crimea russia's dark secret on al-jazeera. breaks everybody on this planet matters such as ours when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told here human

development has moved right to the edge of the forest with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports job it is a disease can affect anyone any age al-jazeera has teens on the ground this is the main business lobby money or the person to bring a new movie or 20 documentaries and life needs. hello again adrian forget here in doha with the news from al-jazeera the headline says the world health organization has warned that they may there may never be a silver bullet for corona virus in the form of a perfect vaccine it's urging nations to rigorously enforced preventative measures such as wearing

a mask wearing and testing. tougher restrictions are being imposed in and around manila after reported infections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000 from tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave home. the afghan security forces have retaken a prison in jalalabad after armed men attacked the facility at least $46.00 people were killed including 10 gunmen $300.00 prisoners escaped in the assault. destroyed in state of victoria has ordered large parts of its economy to close as it battles a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections it follows the introduction of a nike curfew and more restrictions on people's movements in melbourne i was there as nicholas gage reports from sydney. the heart of no been eerily empty and quiet as a 6 week citywide overnight curfew begins its new a 5000000 residents work to

a new normal and further restrictions the victorian state government has ordered more parts of the economy to shut down including in retail manufacturing and construction most are never thought that i would be telling people not to go to work that is what we have to do in order to stop the spread of this wadley infectious virus on sunday the movement of people with further touch and with residents not allowed to move further than 5 kilometers away from their homes say this is a little set up with schools again closed and millions stuck indoors many people including kate moulton are again juggling work isolation and home schooling. but it definitely this time around we feel like it's really looked down regional victoria is also facing partial lockdown though not as strict as melbourne

some say the new measures will trigger thousands of job losses and stand downs statewide it is hard to businesses now that it got through 6 weeks and then work out how they ran. out some businesses. financial grants will be available for businesses forced to close as well as workers who have exhausted sick leave what we're dealing with here is i disaster. and we need to respond on the bice's of the why we provide support in the midst of disaster while border closures have largely kept the virus within the state of victoria there are clusters emerging within new south wales in particular sydney and the federal government has warned the economic fallout will be nationwide victoria makes up about a quarter of the national economy and with coated 19 cases remaining in the triple digits direly many are wondering if it's realistic that numbers can be driven down in 6 weeks gauge al-jazeera sydney dr barrett is

a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school in the u.k. he says that lockdowns not the only on stopping the virus. what we have learned is that this infection is still generating cases we've got to be careful the virus has not gone away and really the public health message is don't drop your guard you can get infected don't get infected don't in fact others this is very important and if every single person took infection control precautions we would have less drastic restrictions or lock downs as we refer to it the 2nd lockdown will have to be very prolonged and and and that makes it difficult because we cannot have a very prolonged lockdown and this is why i'm very concerned that if you have a lockdown and then you have a premature lifting of the lockdown you undo the pain the cost and the expenses

of the initial lock down very very quickly therefore speed is always of the essence and early speed allows you to regain control whereas later on it's much harder so if you start from a high level it's almost impossible to regain control and if you act fast act early act far hard like new zealand did you can then reduce your number of cases and regain control so this is the game of chess that we have to apply and we have to play it with the science which is act fast act act hard and you regain control act slowly act reluctantly and you find it very difficult to maintain and regain control south korea acted very fast and very efficiently with regards to its testing and tracing and as a result of a super effort they released an army of people

a large number of people to test and trace they were able to remove people from circulation i think lockdowns are a cost measure there is a more precise measure is to test and contact trace extensively. trading has resumed on zimbabwe's stock exchange after a month long suspension in order to try to stabilize the country's currency zimbabweans are currently suffering 800 percent inflation and their worst financial crisis in more than a decade it's been worsened by coronavirus lockdown restrictions and police have arrested activists who are demanding the fall of the ruling zanu p.f. party in connection with corruption allegations. reports from harare. government officials say from companies and from individuals who are using more money platforms to buy shares even sell their shares and move their money out of a country which is fueling the black market and causing foreign currency shortages

after one investigations companies are now allowed to trade except for 3 old neutral p.p.c. and feed co but it's still under investigation they're also saying that the reason why they introduced the weekly auction system is because if you try and make sure that the rate of the us dollar and the dollar is determined on a weekly basis a thing this what hope stabilize the economy and also stabilize the black market as a while so a lot of people are now wondering is this going to work ordinary zimbabweans are saying they re not seeing much difference they saying that the salaries and they savings are being eroded by high inflation which is nearly 800 percent they complain when the going to market the products on the shelf from zimbabwe so that other countries but they're just too expensive to buy the government introduced a cushioning allowance for civil servants and pensioners but because of logistical issues some people have been able to access that money and for the vulnerable people in a new area where they are struggling to feed themselves there's

a long drought for example saying the money the government promised them still hasn't come. lebanon's foreign minister has resigned saying the country is at risk of turning into a failed state. is the 1st to step down since the start of the growing economic crisis which has pushed lebanon to the brink of bankruptcy it's been replaced by the presidential advisor. of 0 reports from beirut. the foreign minister's resignation is being seen as a blow to prime minister has given his government he's been trying really to gain credibility and legitimacy at home and abroad since taking office in january but he has largely failed to do so the prime minister made many many promises like to fight corruption to fix the economic situation nothing has changed in fact the situation is only getting worse and now criticism from within his own government the foreign minister saying that lebanon is becoming

a failed state he's accusing those in power of not having a vision and saying that they are not carrying out the 4 reforms that are needed to be able to be eligible for much needed international financial assistance in fact talks with the international monetary fund to bailout the economy are now on hold and the statistics really are staggering more and more people are losing jobs businesses are closing in fact to an aid agency recently said that 500000 children are growing hungry just in the beirut area alone so the situation is worsening the foreign minister saying that the government has done nothing and really raising the alarm saying that the sink the ship is sinking and if it is not saved everyone will drown in a clear reference that the government itself and those who hold power who are starving want to mentation power they too will drown if no solution is found let's

hear now from patrick patrick madine who is president of the lebanese institute from atsic market studies he explains how lebanon ended up in its economic crisis. i the live in his government have been spending money endlessly for the last 20 or 30 maybe 30 years and this is money alone and not where they were going to get it from the menus banks which ultimately means that they were blowing in from the lebanese population those depositors' and the fact right so they have been have been mounting are we've got to be using a very high level one i guess debt to g.d.p. doubles in the word and alone and had no means to pay that back because the money that they borrowed was mostly spent on useless projects and with a lot of corruption suspicions that go around those projects and so the business money has been wasted government cannot pay it back and that's why we currently

have a government the federal government actually announced that they will stop being back there that the time they figured out what to do and here we are in one of the largest economic recession that the country has ever seen i mean even the war crime was not the end of the mission unemployment is massive companies are closing down people are unable to withdraw their life savings from the bank because basically there was a this money has been spent by the government long time ago and it's not available and more so people lost their jobs they lost their income they also lost their life savings and at the same time lebanon is suffering from a hybrid inflation so they don't have money and prices are are increasing in a very crazy way and that's the situation. the masses describe overnight israeli airstrikes in gaza as a dangerous escalation the israeli military says that it targeted several sites

after a rocket was initially fired from gaza it's the 1st such exchange in nearly a month. this ready army says that it's killed for fighters in the occupied golan heights it's released this video which it says shows them planting explosives along the border fence the military described them as a terrorist squad it says the syrian regime is ultimately responsible the video though can't be verified no group has claimed any such attack al-jazeera as harry forces in west jerusalem says that investigation is now under way. i mean to base that in the account from the israeli military they say that what took place was this group of what they call terrorists coming into israeli controlled territory in the southern occupied golan heights they said they were trying to plant explosives at an unmanned israeli military outpost there they were tracked as they did so and they were fired upon by troops on the ground and from the as similar tenuously and

all 4 of them were killed what we don't know and what the israeli military says they are investigating as to whether there is any link between this whether it's an isolated incident or is connected to the already heightened security situation in israel's north israel has been reinforcing its troops along the border with lebanon and in the occupied golan heights in anticipation of a potential hezbollah attack thought to be likely to come from lebanese territory that softer as well off lighter was killed in an air strike inside syria last month has a long standing promise to retaliate to any of its fighters being killed inside syrian territory and to be there was an incident weeks ago on monday when israel fired upon and it says drove back a group of would be infiltrators into its controlled territory in the disputed shabat farms area as well a sudden there was no attack carried out in that instance so the israeli military

is saying that there is currently no known connection between what took place overnight but it is investigating the situation well the latest paying tribute to the nobel laureates northern irish political leader john hewson has died at the age of 83 following a long illness he was a leading figure in the violence peace process as the harding looks back on his life. born in london derry in 1937 during the great depression john hume was regarded as one of the greatest heroes in northern ireland he joined the civil rights movement in 1968 and fought against discrimination by the protestant majority in the region in areas including housing and education from the start of his 30 year career he championed peace especially as violence intensified between irish nationalists and pro british forces from the 1960 s. to ninety's and what became known as the troubles in 1970 he co-founded the social

democratic and labor party or s d l p and in 1979 hume was elected to the european and british parliaments and also became s.d.l. p. leader in the late 1980 s. he was described as the man who kept hope alive during the fighting between catholic and protestant paramilitary groups world leaders supported his efforts towards a peace agreement i think that there has to be strong hard work to fully implementing agreement in all its aspects because once the institutions are in place then the real healing process will take place as the representatives of all check there are people start working together in 1908 the former teacher gained international attention after receiving the nobel peace prize for spearheading the good friday peace agreement putting an end to the fighting in northern ireland much earlier i hope that the future will be dominated by normal politics the violence is definitely

a thing of the past that we will have really normal politics. he held his post as leader of the s.t.l. p until 2001 when he stepped down because of poor health human died in a nursing home in the same city where he was born he was 83. just ahead. in sports we'll hear from the players competing in the 1st official tennis event in almost 5 months.

again the 1st sign language cafe in north macedonia has opened its doors in the capital scope it's hoped that the business venture will inspire thousands of other people with disabilities in the country who struggle to get to walk and rely heavily on the states to help al-jazeera scalawag reports. martin and red mill a long wanted to start their own business and after meeting others like them with hearing in speech impediments while traveling abroad they came up with an idea a cafe that welcomes and caters to such people along with other customers yes. during my time abroad i saw many ideas and then that many different people have started their own businesses this gave us an idea to do the same. they received a state grant to help them and after months of preparation were about to open the cafe in march but then the coronavirus pandemic broke out noting that the hardest thing was finding an interpreter that was the most difficult as time went by we

thought we were going to make it the bank requires you to have an account but the law on the when some changes which was a shock for us we somehow managed to find an interpreter but the problem was how to pay him martin and i were struggling to make our own living we could not paid interpretation services but the pair overcame the challenges and hope their success can be an example to others customers can use a digital menu to make orders and also learn sign language they and government officials hope they can help change people's attitudes to those with disabilities and show others they don't need state aid to start their own business. when the aim is to amend the law in this regard so this is many people with disabilities as possible can join the open market rather than the particular one we have to raise awareness and consider people with disabilities as equal to all of the workers in the country for now sign language is only used for ordering beverages but the

couple intends to supplement that offer very soon with food car or leg al-jazeera. time for sports his saddle thank you very much adrian. lossing almost 5 months so this is making its official return their open is the 1st event it to take place since the corn a biased meltdown and it isn't reports. the palermo open is normally a low key event but this year it has global significance it marks the official return of professional tennis after coronavirus forced the suspension of both the men's and women's tools in march. strict health protocols are in place one unnamed player did test positive for kobe 19 with competitors being tested regularly before and after their arrival in italy and while limited numbers of spectators all being allowed in players can have just one member of the support team with them inside

the venue i mean it feels pretty safe we have a mark mask on i'm relieved or. told room i mean it's pretty safe to be in the room to take it take away some food to get some room service but also coaching will be different. but i mean it's up to the players also to figure out. thanks time to kind of just 3 figure out everything you need to do so i'm going to her i think it's necessary i think we all need to do something that makes us makes us feel safe not all players are as keen to travel at this time wimbledon champion simona halep decided not to make the trip to poland and world number one ashley barty made an early decision to pull out of the u.s. open the year's 2nd grand slam tournament is due to start at the end of this month behind closed doors. her competitor at nick curiosus also withdrawn from the event

due to health concerns and even those who are committed to playing in new york except the risks are involved. i was thinking maybe of maybe trying to travel somewhere before hand to get and some hot weather training but then it's like that and you're increasing your rescue potentially you know catching a virus which then means. she can train or travel for a couple of it doesn't. like playing a grand slam and. the global nature of the tennis calendar and its players has traditionally been a strength right now it looks to be sweetness and the richardson al-jazeera though is representing football's governing body thursday the criminal investigation into its president john ensign tino is unfair and grotesque case has been opened against infantino in switzerland over secret meetings he had with the country's attorney general michael well there had been leading a probe into football corruption both men have denied any wrongdoing you go to

see the most senior law officer in the country to offer cooperation for the purposes of criminal investigation and then you end up being the subject of a criminal investigation yourself there is something kind of absurd about this and then people start trying to draw parallels with blatter and all the rest of it has got nothing to do with it so if there is something criminal suggesting criminal behavior we would really like to know. minnesota wild matt dumba says that he plans to raise his fists during the playing of both the u.s. and canadian national anthems for the rest of the n.h.l. season. and.

was the only player to make the gesture ahead of the wild game against the vancouver canucks an edmonton on sunday it comes a day after he became the school's 1st player to kneel in protest against police brutality and racism. it colorado avalanche clinched a thrilling when over reigning stanley cup champions the sent louis blues nazeem that is a buzzer beater with 110th of a 2nd left on the clock lifted colorado to $21.00 win. in the n.b.a. the phoenix suns came back to stun the playoff bound of dallas mavericks the suns trailed for most of the 1st half but dominated the quarter cameron and johnson had 19 points and 12 rebounds to help phoenix 217 to 115 when this is that a 2nd straight loss in florida but they still managed to clinch a playoff spot. the brooklyn nets beat the washington wizards to move

7 games ahead of them in the eastern conference close and then on the playoff spot the. top scored with 4 the net with 34 points leading them 218210. america's justin thomas has claimed that high a toll on golf wald number one spot thomas won his 13th to a title at the center with invitational in memphis hill now be among the favorites to win the opening major of the the u.s. p.g.a. championship which tees off on thursday thomas is back on top of the rankings for the 1st time since 2018 and i feel like i'm a more complete of a golfer now than i was than. i just may have been i've been working hard i really have been i i feel like i've been point better than my results since we came back

from the corn gene and i just know that if i keep myself there i feel like i'm going to get it done eventually and hopefully more often than not. then you know kanga won the 1st women's tournament it to be held in the u.s. since the koran of lock down the american sinister on 7 under the ends in a club in ohio. by a single strike. and that's no small thing we'll have more for you later on but for now it's back to sort of many thanks indeed now millions of people in south korea are fighting holiday destinations closer to home this year because the pandemic is the able to book international trips and that's good news for organizers of a cultural festival in the southeastern city of and on from where the bride reports . the opening event for a festival celebrating the essence of korean culture this one area can boast more

unesco world heritage sites than any other part of the country for many hundreds of years it's been renowned as a center for buddhist and confucian learning and the home of korean ability it's exemplified by the village of half way meaning literally surrounded by water with every home lovingly preserved. this area is a place where asian values not just korean are deeply ingrained in flori buddhism from india and confusion you find that they are perfectly used to be with underlying values of local folk culture and it's part of a national effort to promote korean culture the rich cultural heritage of this area makes it famous throughout south korea but relatively unvisited the organizers of this festival are hoping to change that making the most out of a pandemic that means people have no choice but to seek out iconic treasures on

their own doorstep tell young up and go a little heavier but normally go abroad but this year inevitably we had to take our vacation at home. it's very peaceful and rely. saying it was a good decision to come at the end of. the main temple building here is beautiful it's absolutely worthy of being a world heritage site. a region that believes it has a unique set of spiritual values that world heritage status will help it promote internationally. the global pandemic has come as a big shock but never least we shouldn't suspend culture activities it's our duty as a society to carry on. tapping into a rich cultural tradition as a source of comfort in uncertain times but bridal just iraq and going south korea there's plenty more video like that along with the latest news comment and analysis

at our website take a look and i'm sure it'll come that's it from the news but i'll be back to update you on the day's top stories in just a few moments see it. on the deserted streets of they've become familiar figures carriers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them here are venezuelan migrants. a mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them receive health insurance for their work in exposing themselves and very few

seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as a skilled migrants now say they're essential to control the virus. i received messages on me saying that we are you know as i was a nurse back what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others of haiti brought into existence by a slave rebellion. yet right with slavery. for fans of the 2010 adequate forced into domestic were. deprived of an education and dropped off a child to. child slaves part of slavery a 21st century evil. on al-jazeera. an image can change the way we see the world if we're not seeing this week we'll be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he

created the moment for a follow up or to any it can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story but this thread and the talking points are pretty identical it can forge narratives all right through the listening post gives you the full picture 'd. there isn't all silver bullet at the moment and there might never be a grim warning from the world health organization as countries bring back restrictions in order to hold a surge in corona virus infections. but i guess i'm adrian for the give and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up.