extrapolate that across the country and the spread of coronavirus it appears only to. the. 0. hello again i'm a star and this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes. raising the stakes in bellerose thousands of factory workers join the protesters demanding a new election despite a call from the president to get back to work. oh. denouncing a deal described as a stab in the back palestinians protest against an agreement between the u.a.e. and israel. new zealand extends the lockdown and its largest city as it tries to

work out how the coronavirus made a comeback there. and as research has race to find a vaccine for private 19 we are if safety could be an early casualty. i'm going to guess rosco with sports as the rapid rise of german football team i'll be delighted to see continues just 11 years after being formed they reached the semifinals of the european champions league look in more detail as to what's behind their success . belarus as president has called for people to get back to work the interior minister has also apologized for the treatment of demonstrations but the crowds are right now back out on the streets of minsk in their thousands for a 6th day of protests over the presidential election and workers from some of the biggest state run in fact. walked off the job the action comes hours after hundreds

of people arrested over the past few days were suddenly released from prison president alexander appeared on state t.v. a few hours later but made little reference to the protests his foreign minister has said that bella reese is ready for a constructive dialogue on the disputed election but opposition politicians but on attack on sky is also asking supporters to join mass demonstrations this weekend. we need to stop the violence on the streets of by the russian cities i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful mass events in each town on the 15th and 16th of august and the e.u. foreign ministers are meeting very soon with some calling for sanctions against belarus well let's not speak to our correspondent step fastener who is speaking to us on the phone from minsk step we are saying oh sorry seeing her invasion step we

are seeing these crowds emerging again on the streets today have any of the government concessions that we've seen made a difference at all. oh no the protests are still ongoing as you can hear and see and it's a bit of a different mood now it's very festive for police has not intervened for the last 48 hours or so. particularly also because there have been simply outnumbered by the crowds that have been spread around not only the capital but also around the country not only here on the streets people are protesting but also at at least 26 factories large factories so state companies nuclear power plants tractor factories truck factories that matter here as been striking our musicians it's a very widespread movement right now so just show that the government has made to

release at least a 1000 detainees so far not help and when you when circularly tensions center earlier there are still lots of relatives who are still waiting to hear from their loved ones who are still inside. but the people who have come out have told absolute horror stories about the torture that has been going on inside as you can see in a report. of torture and abuse inside cramped detention centers due to the lack of space detainees who are often forced to lie on top of each other young women say they were forced to undress they were beaten and threatened with rape. the violent police crackdown on mainly peaceful protesters has left deep scars on many belorussians it has also angered many of president alex on the locals shankar's former supporters the call for him to step down has resonated around. the detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there

was a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got to taint even if you just came out of a shop to see what's going on you got detained. i was pushed into a police truck they told me either you go with us for 15 days or we beat your legs and let you go the fact that i'm here now it's clear what i chose. to call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around belarus after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the street and growing anger about the thousands detained and excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you know. when. my son is a student at the law department he's not an alcoholic more a drug addict i don't want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country

it's very can the 21st century if they don't stop or we'll burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. if you think. you got. around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections former servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what government troops have done to their own people serving police officer fled the country after he recorded a statement saying he won't follow what he calls criminal orders to use violence and. the longer. european and u.s. ambassadors in minsk laid flowers have to square one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protest and truly all those who have exercised this right while the protests are swelling police have stayed

away many belorussians have overcome their fears for teams of national not as diverse as we want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end it. will stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country more and more joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems so confused. why look might have been able to silence ban of russians for many years this time they're going to have to stone him for 23 times to them. dramatic scenes detention centers but i can report now that old son you saw earlier ilya has been released overnight with light injuries but serious enough to be brought to the hospital the genie is definitely out of the bottle here in belarus where this is going to lead to nobody knows but the kind of

sky has just released another statement saying she is ready to discuss a transitional government as she calls it with the authorities she sat based on the figures study opposition has they have won with 60 to 70 percent of the vote but so far has not offered any dialogue with the opposition so meanwhile pressure will definitely still go up on him steadfast and now with all the latest from belarus as capital minsk thank you very much that well that situation in belarus is one of the topics that's being discussed at the e.u. foreign ministers meeting for more on that we can now speak to me of baka who is in london for us there has already been open talk of sanctions here. we're waiting to see exactly how long it could be before any kind of punitive measures are leveled against minsk by the european union it could be a few weeks despite the fact that the orthorexic symbol of research released

thousands of protesters who were. basically captured off the streets of jerusalem in the last few days despite the fact also a leading official in butler russo's issued a rare apology talk of sanctions are looming against the authorities are sort of on the lam the president of the european commission has called for those sanctions to be introduced immediately we know that austria and germany are also backing immediate sanctions and at least 9 other countries are discussing drawing up a blank list of names within the country who may well face possible asset freezes or travel bans to the e.u. the czech republic poland latvia lithuania estonia and denmark are also calling for officials responsible for giving alexander look at shango this result 80 percent of the vote for them to be slapped with peanuts of measures as well but according to

the austrian foreign minister who's been speaking a little earlier in the day he doesn't think that any of this will happen today it could be several weeks as i mentioned if that is the case that still pretty quick for the e.u. need to stay with me because those even foreign ministers will also be addressing a standoff between greece and turkey now both of those countries claim waters in the eastern mediterranean greece says i'm correct has started searching for oil and gas and its water has now switzerland has offered to mediate the conflict to try to diffuse some of those tensions charlie and reports. beneath these waters in the eastern mediterranean lies a growing source of conflict on monday turkish warships entered territory that both greece and turkey claim as their own escorting a ship carrying out seismic surveys on the sea bed searching for oil and gas on wednesday greece's prime minister issued a stark warning. in response to turkey's deployment of its

fleet we have also put our armed forces on alert i'm confident that all greeks have the same absolute trust in the capabilities of our armed forces as i do at the same time though we remain in absolute political and operational readiness we are also mobilizing our diplomacy notifying our friendly nations and alerting our allies and partners we are not alone in this effort one of those analyze is france who sent in 2 fighter jets and this naval warship to sail alongside greek forces but turkey is plowing ahead with plans to issue gas exploration and drilling licenses in the disputed region within weeks this shows the exclusive economic zone to greece turkey and cyprus as defined by the united nations it accords greece 71 percent of the aegean sea and turkey 8.8 percent but this is how turkey redraws the same map

claiming much of greece's waters as its own and this is the area where turkey has started looking for oil within itself to find waters but that infringes on greece's maritime territory according to the e.u. and the un. turkey did postpone exploration last month following a truce brokered by germany but when athens signed a new maritime deal with egypt last week ankara vowed to defend its interests are looking to resume putin in haakon that gives him is your greece attitude in the aegean and the mediterranean is malicious we don't have to zines on anyone's rights but we won't let any country take away our rights e.u. foreign ministers are hoping to resolve the standoff through dialogue at the emergency summit greece stated that it is ready to sit on the table and discuss with delegate and all relevant parties in the region as long as all the meat dairy presence in the region is withdrawn you cannot. diplomatic discussions where you

mabel baseless branding exam their very small geographic. although the 2 sides seem on a collision course they say they share a desire for dialogue and diplomacy. out of their. money this was the entire reason this imagine see meeting was called is there a realistic hope of a kind of resolution today. what we heard there in charlie angelus report there is an appetite for dialogue and appetite for discussion but it's looking very much like a gunship diplomacy at the moment given how much military hardware is currently present in the region of course the french have sent navy vessels including a frigate they said 2 fighter jets as well to cyprus turkey obviously has naval vessels warships in the region protecting its survey ship the greek military on high alert is one of the being reports in the greek media of greek submarines

actually being scramble to the region to keep a close eye on what turkey is up to adding to all of that we've heard from the greek foreign minister met traverse earlier this morning he's accused. from solve 'd stirring up the situation those accuse the e.u. of pampering greece by immediately coming to greece's a come what may. on top of the there is as a suggested an appetite for for talks the indication coming from turkey is that switzerland may well play the role of mediator we wait to see what e.u. foreign ministers say later whether they are even discussing the possibility of punitive measures against turkey or indeed whether they will accept the possibility of a diplomatic solution to this very soon neve bar there across that e.u. meeting for us from london thanks very much and well we can now also speak to lawrence brennan he is a retired u.s. navy captain and an expert on international maritime law at fordham law school and

he joins us now via skype from new york lawrence this appears to be a very complex legal situation in both sides laying claim to overlapping areas what's the basis for those claims. the basis is the 1982 u.n. law of the sea convention and interesting way the right to exclusive economic zones is a product of the convention and is understood to be in giving states certain sovereign rights but not sovereignty and may not extend those beyond 200 nautical miles from the end of the territorial sea there's some confusion as to the exact line but it creates rights in economic sources for coastal states or nearby coastal states and of course as you say there are many overlapping conflicting sources turkey's not a party and has rejected the law of the sea convention so the basis of its claim for

an easy easy right is questionable it doesn't recognize a law many nations most of the nations involved are of the signatories or parties to the law of the sea convention and have the right to go forward there's no single forum that forces people to do what is right it's not like civil or criminal law where 2 parties disagree they can bring their dispute to a judge who will encourage them to resolve it or will force them to resolve it we've seen this problem in asia between the people's republic of china and the philippines arbitration award in favor the philippines ignored essentially but talked about by the people's republic of china. as well over a posting that just over a week ago creased at the stale with age it says set up the maritimes oh and how is that affected things here. it's probably a bit of an overreach it's it's hard when you have the. customary international law

or. or a treaty of a multinational treaty to have 2 nations for example the way turkey and libya as well as greece and egypt have decided to carve up warriors and rights that affect more than those 2 nations if it were simply a boundary line as occurs often between adjacent states say the united states and it or if symbol for foreign ministers in diplomats to sit down and say ok this is where the line is going to big now but when you affect rights of multiple states and only 2 or 3 parties talk about it it's not a global resolution and. oh yes greece and turkey on nato allies but we have now also seen fronts joining and grace and naval activity and that area could all of this be divisive a nation would you think. oh it's a terrible problem again for nato it's not the 1st time in greece have had disputes and we know the cyprus story which is part of the discussions that we need to

address here but the nato ministers need to work together a particularly under article 5 to prevent disputes rising as forces gather together there's always the inevitable possibility however remote that there can be an accidental. act of violence or loss and the closer the ships get together the close of the airplanes get together the higher the probability these are professionals they're well trained well managed well led well disciplined forces but that doesn't mean something can't go wrong and the the historic story we all know in the u.s. navy is during the cuban quarantine in the cuban missile crisis 1962 there was almost an inevitable accident involving u.s. and soviet forces which would have changed the results to a much more horrible ending than what crew shifted president kennedy to go she did november $1062.00. and we'll be watching this situation attack in case very closely

indeed here on out of there thank you for being with us and our unspent on an international maritime you know access 22 in 5 thank you for and thank you for inviting me. well there's plenty more ahead for you this news hour including we visit a hospital in beirut so badly damaged and last week's explosion it's still not operational . class why the treatment of so-called comfort when then during world war 2 is still a thorny issue south korea and japan. and the williams sisters go head to head in preparation for the u.s. open joe will tell you just who came out on top. turkey as president is also threatening to suspend ties with the united arab emirates he's angry about a deal between israel and the u.a.e. to normalize relations u.s. president on all trying to help to broker that deal as poss of that agreement

israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory palestinians say it's a betrayal to their cause alan fischer reports from washington. it was perhaps unusual that the president of the united states would announce a treaty between 2 other countries but that's what happened in new york law office . truly historic moment the president said talks over the past year that brought what will be new in as the abraham a court to be signed by the united arab emirates and israel at the white house in the coming weeks this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east i do cite the u.s. ambassador to israel and his son in law a senior adviser terry cush know his middle east peace plan was released in january but he played a key role in this new a court i would like to say to the people of the region muslims jews christians that this does give hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to

a future with a conflict there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential and this will benefit you and this will also benefit people here in america as. of the accord israel will suspend but not cancel plans to annex part of the occupied west bank speaking to al-jazeera mustafa barghouti said if there was a peace deal it should have been with the palestinians this. is nothing but a stab in the back of the palestinian. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had earlier cheered the coronavirus task force meeting of his government but left abruptly telling those present you'll soon find out why but while speaking in jerusalem he will be aware he may leak political support domestically for shelving an existing plants. little additional interim president trump put the an exaggeration into his peace plan those who criticize me

should know i said time and again that an exaggeration only be made in accordance with the united states without that it is worthless and it will damage the settlements so there have been discussions of various levels between the u.a.e. and israel for years it seems now each was preparing the ground for this announcement from the official twitter account of the u.a.e. leader mohammed bin ziad a simple statement during a call with president trump and prime minister netanyahu an agreement was reached to stop further is really an exception of palestinian territories the u.a.e. and israel also agree to cooperation and setting your roadmap towards establishing a bilateral relationship the idea is that both leaders will visit the white house in coming weeks to sign the deal with donald trump center stage he obviously believes that this will help in the run up to the presidential election in november but rarely are american elections this cited by events abroad particularly during a public health and financial crisis. at the white house all

palestinians and occupied east jerusalem have been protesting that agreement they gathered in the courtyard of the oxen mosque after friday prayers as you can see some of them trampled on pictures of abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin ziad and the emirates the flag well we can now speak to our correspondent harry force and he joins us live from west jerusalem harry friday prayers of often become a flashpoint for protests can you give us a sense of the mood there today. yes well i think this was a major protest but it was an expression of anger and repudiation of the u.s. part in carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the minutes you would hear to at least publicly if not in the background policy having a resolution in the israeli palestinian conflict well as ation with other arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was

a smaller protest as well in hebron in the south of the occupied west bank but the the real pushback against it has as i was reporting come from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal. a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u.a.e. should never have gone along with this. perspective what they're saying is that they have acted in a way which is rescued me occupied west bank from threat of imminent an extension of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel that seem very differently of course in ramallah which is where the policy leadership is headquartered they see this is israel gaining something very dominant valuable merely from not having done anything not having sacrificed any land not having given any major concessions it's all to the palestinians and harry from the

israeli side netanyahu is calculus here tell you very much based on domestic issues too has it been received in israel. yes it's been received broadly very warmly through most of the israeli political spectrum it has been supported by the opposition leader pete it's been supported by his partners in this pretty fractious coalition who only found out benny gantz the prime minister and the defense minister gabi ashkenazi want to start and he found out very shortly before it was announced this was all happening in the background the people who'd been opposed to it been crying betrayal on the israeli side of the right wing settlers who say that netanyahu sold them down the river by promising an exaggeration and then giving it up now he says obviously that he hasn't given it up that it's still on the table however it would be very difficult to maintain that kind of language in that kind of tone if you also wants to have the u.a.e. continue to cooperate i mean it's it's hard to see are the u.a.e. would shine up to

a lot of things if i was to bang me on extension drum quite so and as you said he requires us corporations to carry it out and there's no sign that the us is interested in isolation while they're trying to come to me in this deal herefore sit there live from leicester iceland with all the latest thank you harry on attending to the coronavirus pandemic and new zealand has extended a lockdown and it's a larger city as all authorities try to contain in new outbreak that restrictions in oakland keeping non-essential workers at home have been extended by 12 days the rest of the country will be on a lower level for that same period of testing and contact tracing up both being ramped up to 30 cases were detected this week investigators are trying to find out how the virus rematch after more than 3 months with no end in locally transmitted infections. in keeping with our precautionary approach and new zealand's philosophy of going had in going. today cabinet has agreed to

maintain our current see things for an additional 12 days bringing us to a full 2 weeks in total all michael baker is a professor of public health at the university of the tabor and a member of the advisory group for the government's covert response he says investigators are looking into several possible sources for this outbreak the outbreak occurred in the community which is obviously a red flag if you don't know the source the most likely source of course is people in one of the managed team facilities and we still have thousands of new zealanders coming back to the country and some of them are infected there how in these facilities for 14 days quarantine and tasted and there's a reasonable chance that the virus escaped from there were some creatures biosecurity and started this outbreak we have to look for alternative sources that

may be coming from a seaport or could be coming from a flight crew for example who have somehow avoided the usual cautions i mean this is one of the challenges of elimination as a strategy is with very well in tombs of health we've got the lowest code mortality in the o.e.c.d. and the economy has just been very well and i think part of the elimination approach is you have to manage our brands and the government is pursuing this outbreak control theory aggressively just as we did we need eliminated the pindi a mic in match which took and 2 months to get rid of the virus so this is part of the elimination approach and we hope to be back on track again in a few weeks. well across the tasman a scathing report has criticised health officials in a strain for their role in allowing infected passengers to get off a cruise ship in sydney and march $120.00 of the 2700 passengers with sick when

they left the really princess helping to spread $1000.00 across the country and beyond a public inquiry says inexcusable mistakes were made including the failure to get prompt test results and became a strain is the single biggest source of infection with 20 deaths directly linked to the ship. it is now time for the weather and jenny it seems the heat in europe's now been replaced with rain yes i mean it's still quite warm but not as hot as it was but yes of course it never just cools down and is nice and sunny is it we will find so as you go rain showers i can show you on the satellite we have got some good case skies as well really through much of southern europe across the med certainly through the eastern end but you can see quite a lot of cloud as been spilling in across the central areas and the northwest in the last few hours that is say it's nice and warm sunny across areas of italy as the animals in this finding so the zookeepers do all they can to cool them down all sorts of cold treats they go to a watermelon that they freeze for the mic cats and that is just to put it out they

have to find and then there is a hippopotamus in the stalls here like so much as basking in the cold now it has been very thunder cross much of the u.k. this was actually on thursday this is day one of the test match between pakistan and england it rain throughout a lot of the day and it's slightly delayed the start of play today but you can see why this is croydon across into the southeast of england there has been as a say some pretty strong showers and also some thunderstorms it's been hell reported as well in areas of france and you can see as we go through the rest of friday just how widespread that rain is but really to the east of there is woman fine and once that rain moves further east it does tend to clear away across areas in the southwest so much is all still on the warm side just not as hot as they were very unsettled in london for the next few days and thunderstorms that are warnings in place across all of the u.k. from the met office for those thunderstorms thundering conditions in paris let's send on some sunshine there it is if you want warm sunshine the stalls here you head to spain to spain and finally so much jenny well still ahead here on

al-jazeera. why the u.s. postal service is at the center of a roué over the presidential election in november. and we find out why some black americans are seeking peace by moving to west africa. and support we've got n.b.a. basketball action including a 3 pointer for me and i'm off the court blind. yeah that's coming up but joe and i am. in 2008 al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. we return to see how the students and the scheme of helping change the face of india. super 30 announces iraq. it began as a dream holiday been turned into

a public health disaster one o one east investigates how a cruise ship became the source of one of a strain is largest coded 19 outbreaks on al-jazeera. all jews here with every. one who knew. the room. and again i missed home let's remind you of our top stories here the salah

a crowds are back on the streets of belarus for a 6th day and out of protests over the disputed presidential election and a violent police crackdown you're watching live pictures now from the capital many square people have taken to the streets again a meeting of even foreign ministers is also about to get under way with some according to sanctions on the government. palestinians have also been protesting against him and morality deals with israel to normalize relations demonstrators gathered in the courtyard of the out x. a mosque in occupied east jerusalem they say the agreement is a betrayal of their calls. and new zealand has extended a lockdown an all clear and for 12 days as health officials try to contain a new corona virus outbreak investigators are trying to find out just how the virus reemerged after more than 3 months with no locally transmitted infections. well now beirut's hospitals are struggling to cope following the damage from last week's devastating port explosion that 3 major hospitals and health of the clinics and the

lebanese capital are still not functioning they've in the city with a major shortage of hospital beds and smith reports from new life to near death in the blink of an eye on. this is the maternity unit of some george's hospital in beirut was the shock wave from the port explosion hit we flew directly in london over here. on the 9th floor omar 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy when i woke up when i open my eyes and he looked at u.t. at 1st i he was screaming his heart out. had been recording the 1st explosion on his phone i don't. i'm here don't be afraid omar says. get out i'm scared that's your. beauty still had his tubes stuck with him in and his entire cycle was still running at that point the very next thing i wanted to do

was just put some shoes on because there's debris everywhere there's glass shards everywhere i could feel them in my feet and i was looking at u.d.c. it and he was barefoot as well and was standing on glass there were a dozen children with their families up here at the time of the explosion unfortunately one of the parents died 2 parents in the very critical case of the i.c.u. and all 'd this was seen by the patients you can imagine how tough it is for the patients they have cancer they are afraid from the explosion and from the noise and they see their parents or dying or in the very particular case dr newman has 110 child cancer patients with his unit damaged he's been driving across lebanon trying to find space in other facilities 3 beirut hospitals are out of action and around another $25.00 health facilities are not functional according to the world health organization there's also been a surge in corona virus and that's

a particular risk for child cancer patients with compromised immune a-t. lebanon's hospitals were in a crisis before the explosion and economic collapse and a shortage of dollars has left them without cash to buy foreign medicines and pay stuff and to this day it's been very difficult we try to hold it together in front of our kids but i mean even they come and speak to us about it it's everywhere everybody's talking about it's on t.v. it's everywhere so as much as we can try to shield them from this horrible nightmare that happened we still get our own time where we are very very. i mean it's very painful. yuri has been found a place in a different hospital to continue his chemotherapy he's getting close to the end of his treatment his prognosis is very good the cuts on his head from the explosion will soon heal bernard smith al-jazeera beirut. and afghanistan has started releasing 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for

a long delayed talks with the armed groups 80 of them were freed on thursday the release of the so-called hard core prisoners was approved last weekend by afghanistan's grand assembly or loya jirga and seen as the final hurdle to launching negotiations. you know there is and then. i was detained here for kidnapping and served almost 8 years of my prison sentence i call on my leaders in the president to embrace a permanent cease fire in stop the bloodshed so that we all have peaceful lives the lives of our youth have been miserable due to war and the future looks bleak to them study and make a good life. south korea's president one day and has vowed to highlight the plight of the country's last surviving women who were forced to work in japanese brothels during world war 2 as recorded remarks were part of a ceremony held in the city of china on the 3rd year now the memorials been held to remember the victims who are known by their captors as comfort when the issue continues to be

a thorny one between south korea and japan rather pride has more from the korean capital seoul. the location of the japanese embassy in seoul is also the site of a permanent protest against japan's wartime atrocities protesters accuse the japanese of still not properly atoning for the treatment of so-called comfort women taken from career to work in imperial army brothels during world war 2 other sporadic protests here a picture my eyes the troubled relations between the 2 neighbors such as this campaign to boycott japanese goods that followed a long running court battle to force japanese companies to compensate the korean victims of wartime forced labor. day this goes against international norms in that case we have no choice but to respond so we should handle this to avoid that happening through. japan did respond imposing trade restrictions that damage

south korea's high tech manufacturing despite appeals from seoul we don't win and we hope the japanese government would more actively and sincerely respond to our ongoing efforts to resolve this issue through diplomatic channels. this is deep rooted and it was a t. has even affected my handling of the coronavirus with japan accused of imposing unnecessarily harsh restrictions on south korean travelers while clearly hurting both countries neither seems able to hold back from taking a strike when national pride is at stake the latest sparked this monument to the comfort women built in a botanic garden with a man bowing in apology bearing an uncanny resemblance to japan's prime minister shinzo are they. people say it is but this artwork doesn't refer to it all if that person used then that would be good despite japan's insistence that wartime

grievances were settled years ago many south koreans say they're still waiting for that japanese apology robert bright al-jazeera sold well now returning to the coronavirus pandemic in poland has gone into recession for the 1st time since the end of communism the economy shrank by nearly 9 percent in the 2nd quarter following coronavirus lockdowns last and nearly 30 years of economic crisis but the slump is expected to be less severe than an e.u. member states poland is also bracing for a possible 2nd wave of $1000.00 infections. well france has now declared paris and the area around the city of los a as red zones with a high corona virus infection risk bad to create gives authorities the power to impose neural structures on the millions of people who live there and follows a shop increase in the number of new haven 1000 cases over the past 2 weeks that's also prompted the u.k.'s to require travelers now coming from france to quarantine for 14 days people who are in france or indeed holland or on to other places that

were announcing the c evening who were added to the core in seamless people can stay and finish your holiday but you have to be aware you will have to quarantine after that and that is mandates free afraid because we do need to protect the low rates we've managed to establish in this country and that does apply u.k. wide so all 4 parts of the united kingdom scotland northern ireland wales and england moving on this together this evening well now one coronavirus that scene in development in the u.k. is being lined up for latin america mexico and argentina will mass produce that for the entire region as john heilemann reports. were mexico calling it a landmark vaccine deal not just for them but for latin america the 2 countries have agreed to produce hundreds of millions of doses for the region of the highly regarded astra zeneca vaccine zone biopsied university scientists. and they say

it will be free for all much concern and so without profit elsewhere in latin america during the pandemic. this is truly something exceptional will help us a great deal to maintain hope to put an end to uncertainty. the hope is that it means this poor region when have to wait in line behind wealthier nations for a potential lifesaver to the whole for the end of a corner will be able to access the vaccine thanks to this deal between 6 and 12 months earlier than if there were no such agreement. the governments are doing it together with mexican carlos slim once the world's richest man this is his son. but if you put up with carlos slim tom day she will participate with the available resources together with the governments of the countries to initiate the process of production of 150000000 doses with the possibility of increasing to 250000000.

but this is not a sure thing yet the vaccine still has to finish based 3 of clinical trials and if it does the production will only get going next year nor a short term solution then but still a bit of good news for latin america the region is the worst hit by climate in the world let's go along for 3rd choice there are many of the countries struggling in the current. mess because government's been criticized for their management of the pandemic and reluctance to put money into the economic recovery now it is ready to invest in a vaccine that it believes could be the light at the end of the tunnel john heilemann al-jazeera mexico city. now the us president has acknowledged depriving the national mail service of money the goal to make it harder to process than expected surge of postal ballots for this year's election donald trump has claimed without offering evidence that post all those ing will be subject to widespread for . reports. the u.s. postal service is in many ways a backbone for the u.s.

economy and it's in trying to trouble. democrats want to add funding for to be able to process melon ballots in november but the president is resisting and now he's giving a rather explicit explanation they're not going to do. a deal that's good for the american people therefore they're not going to get the 3500000000 therefore they can't do. the universal. mail in vote it's very simple he's admitting his real intention is to stop mail and voting on the same day that the u.s. supreme court issued a ruling making it easier to vote by mail something that an unprecedented 75 percent of americans will be able to do for the 1st time because of the coronavirus pandemic democrats say he's trying to steal the election the president is afraid of the american people he's been afraid for a while he knows that on the legit it be hard for him to win so he wants to put

obstacles up participation military in the u.s. has slowed considerably in the last few months and that is a big concern because in 30 states ballots that arrive after election day are simply thrown away many experts blame the slower delivery times on changes put in place by the new postmaster general lewis to joy he's a trump loyalist and donor who has reportedly fired or reassigned $23.00 top executives well instituting new rules restricting overtime and hiring he says ballots will be delivered on time it's not clear if that will be the case but he's also under fire because he has a multimillion dollar stake in a company that has huge contracts with the post office that he now runs he's denied any wrongdoing at exhibitions have been clear that this is a kneejerk conflict and that would never have been allowed in any prior administration did you absolutely should have didn't asked it of his acts. but this is a fight with broader implications not just for the november election but for tens of

millions of americans struggling and waiting for congress to agree to a new relief package democrats say they won't vote for one the doesn't protect the post office the president says he won't sign one that does and now we know why at a calling al-jazeera. still ahead have all this boss and a former f one champion suffer as a setback the head of the indy 500. calls a. business leaders his goal to buy no prospal.

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welcome back now black americans are being invited to migrate to west african countries ghana and senegal are encouraging them to settle explore and invest under-class have met some in dhaka who say they wanted to leave racism and division behind in the u.s. and i know a certain look you know snow i know what the person is thinking of go back to africa like the black guy just walked in the insult african-americans julissa georgia cops really heard a colleague they moved to senegal's capital deckard to find an escape from the racial tensions in the divisive politics at home in america people i'll go back to africa why are we so afraid to leave america you don't got to always look to the corner all the time like there's like a sense of like i don't know welcoming feels really worn you know just like everyone looks at you and they're like you look like me so maybe this is home maybe this is the man where we come in pairs us and we make it just like what america was

it's the year return an invite from west african countries like senegal in ghana to americans of african descent to settle in invest in the continent senegal's government says hundreds of american families have settled in the country thanks to the scheme should face maybe due to the specific situation in the u.s. so i want them all up about that. but i think people feel they don't need to be divisive and they can come and find common ground where everybody can celebrate you know you know its culture. the cities replacing street names in. statues of french colonial figures with african personalities while politicians argue over whose likeness should replace them it seems young people have already made up their minds repeating these are legal in senegal and while they're normally used to depict muslim religious figures look at this one it's called black excellence you can find a stokely carmichael harriet tubman nina simone tammi smith even george florida

african-americans that have affected the history of not just the united states but africa as well and so not only can you find them on the streets they're also taught in schools as part of the history curriculum. it's this that prompted 17 year old miriam's family to move from atlanta so that she could attend one of the african-american schools of the city where pups really teaches arts and representation like learning about columbus in the us and learning about columbus here it was completely different by giving us a kind of praised him a bit in there like he discovered in america all these great things and when i came over here my history teacher said terrible this man was and this was new to me i was like oh oh no here. in settling in west africa they have found a new home discovered a side of themselves they had not seen before too often overlooked. the car. well it is now time for sports in history mr thank you the rapid rise of german

football club the lights that continues the team formed in 2009 have now reached the semifinals of the european champions league they beat spanish side atletico madrid 21 with a late winner from american player tyler adams leipzig who are backed by the austrian energy drink company red bull will now face french club paris and for a place in the final 33 year old coach julian edelman is the youngest to reach the last 4 of the champions league. as a don we didn't used to when i smoked just as a strict we've not won anything but it goes without saying that we want to reach the final it's normal that when you get to one round you want to reach the next one that's in every footballer so you want to get to the final as well that's absolutely clear and when we get there we can continue talking but right now we have a big hurdle in front of us well we spoke to german football journalist chris williams he explained how red bull has been able to circumvent ownership rules in germany

which is designed to keep clubs largely in control of the fans. if you look at clubs like bruce utah and those around about 154000 members and each one of those members has a vote in right when it comes to situations on the clip themselves only 49 percent and the 50 plus one is left in the in the hands of its members not leipzig do you have members of the tick that box but they have 17 members and they're all high profile members of our profile employees of redbull so if you or i want to become a member of the like we can't at the moment unless we are significant backers and belong to a rental company so they have circumvented the law which is not gone down well at all with the traditional fan groups across germany in all tiers of football however their maximum spend is only $26000000.00 pounds and if you compare that to much a city or p.s.g. or even some of the more traditional sites in europe you want to call them that past lonely events as liverpool etc that's certainly nowhere near the level they've

spent but when they were formed in 2009 and they came through the lower tiers they did pay a lot more in wages and when they got into the 2nd bonus leaders like honestly gotten a book painted for the financial fair play model which they do now so they haven't bought their way as sort of very well the. invested in use infrastructures to a degree of state benefits them if they've got local kids played football they've been heavily backed by red bull and they've got all the power that comes with all the facilities in austria and all the sports in the moxon facilities that come with it. german champions by munich faced bosler in today's quarterfinal both of them a 5 time champions league winners and form up by and play are 2 of the dow has added spice by dismissing talk of the german club being favorites. of idea of who i know the people of the play is what's been seed what is not what the players think it's clear that they are very confident but i will not face an understated

team they will face barcelona based team in the world now to get a football transfer news from the english premier league also have signed winger willian on a free transfer from the london rivals chelsea the 32 year old brazilian has signed a 3 year deal and has been a managerial change in women's international football netherlands coach sorry no big men will take over from phil neville as england coach next year under leadership the dutch of won the european championship and reached the world cup final last year they will be by the us schools around the world as different approaches to playing in the current virus pandemic in the u.s. some like the n.b.a. are in the pool while others like the n.f.l.'s dallas cowboys say they'll play in front of fans as early as the autumn the cowboys will follow guidelines set by texas public health a field officials which allow only 50 percent capacity of their stadium but owner jerry jones says it's important for fans and for the country. i can easily see how

expert center of the people would be for is just not worth the. effort riyadh's whatever that's going to go on i believe it is the n.f.l. can be a siding. when i say exciting it can be an inspirational part of how we address coal we're not only in the my remainder of this year but as we go into 21 but more affluent prepared to take the risk several top tennis players have pulled out of next month's us open and that offending women's champion bianca andrusco has added herself to the list the 2900 winner has struggled with her fitness all gear says the pandemic has prevented her from properly preparing for the competition the canadian joins reigning men's champion rafael nadal in skipping the grand slam that news will bode well for 23 time grand slam champion serena williams she was beaten by andrea school in last year's final and she's been

warming up in her 1st official tournament in more than 5 months in kentucky serena was up against this to venus williams in the 2nd round of the lexington open it was their 31st professional meeting in a rivalry that stretches back 22 games she battled back from a set down to beat her oldest sister 366-3642 reach the quarter finals. former f one champion fernando alonso suffered a setback to his hopes of winning the indy $500.00 responded crashed in the final hour of thursday's practice session alongside is making his 3rd attempt at winning the final leg of my school's triple crown having already won the monaco grand prix in a mall 24 hour. in the n.b.a. bubble damian lillard was the star of the show for the portland trailblazers he's called 42 points as they edge past the brooklyn nets of the one point victory means point and will now face the memphis grizzlies in a mini series to decide the final scene in the western conference. to cricket and

australia have confirmed they will top england in september to play $31.00 day internationals and 3 t 20 s. it will be played inside a by a secure environment like the current test series between england and pakistan india have taken a couple of wickets on day 2 of the 2nd test pakistan are 172 to 7 well some of the world's best cyclists are warming up for the tour de france later this month defending champion again but mao is among several former winners competing at the crew tarion to deafen 8 in the french alps but the 2nd stage was hard on the riders backs as well as their legs as a massive hail storm hit the peloton some might as had to abandon their bikes and take cover shortly before those chaotic scenes one of the favorites for the tour de france primos rutledge managed to cross the finish line 1st and leave the race and to stage the. all right that is all his fault for now in his back to the stars here thanks so much to bad as it for me for this news hour but don't go away i will be back in the chat in just a moment with more of the day's news to stay with us here on out of there.

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the local population. secret sardinia people in power on al-jazeera. was raising the stakes that only thousands of factory workers join the protesters demanding a new election despite a call from the president to get back to work. hello again and that says al jazeera live from also coming up was the denouncing a deal described as a stab in the back palestinians protest against an agreement between the u.a.e. and is read the.