purpose. ours is to stay out of. 0. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching the news hour coming up in the next 60 minutes. prior that our authorities showed the russian people i consider to be. a better russian opposition leader tells al-jazeera people won't forget the violent crackdown as we hear evidence of torture by police russian dissident alexina valmy arrives in germany for treatment tests for poison

are now on the way. the u.s. house of representatives is set to pass protections for the postal service and mail in ballots also. going to german pop concerts and some science tell us about how to get life back on track with coronavirus. of all with your sporting shooting the who has become a defendant manchester united captain harry mcguire charges related to knowledge of the salts on a greek party island. hello welcome to the news hour the exiled leader of opposition has told al jazeera that people of a country will never forgive the police for their violent crackdown on a taken off sky told us that the protests will continue till president alexander

lukashenko steps down more from our interview in a moment but 1st we've been hearing 1st hand evidence of brutal beatings at the hands of the authorities after the disputed election while victims demand justice they have no court to turn to a step vasan reports from minsk. worse than a horror movie that's how to fit family described their ordeal inside a detention center the entire family was detained on august then the evening after protests started against a disputed presidential election police responded with violence and detained nearly 7000 people across belarus. situation and these are guys who are. and. they told us that they have. they have. they can do whatever they want so they have like the highest permission. 16 year old me almost the 1st family member to be detained he was walking with his mother when police grabbed him there

was no protest at a time when christina a marketing analyst and her husband and a doctor went to a police station to look for him and they too were lead taint they were taken to a christina a detention center in minsk where many detainees have said they were tortured. as a stud as devotes a paulist to all the women were forced to completely undress and they were filming us on their phones then we moved to the floor where naked men when the hands behind their backs i could only think about my son's friend who saw her father naked in this position when she turned her head away she was beaten christina who is a diabetic says she lost consciousness after being refused medication she was kept with 34 women for 3 nights in a cell meant to hold 4 people we should look at china mama men were screaming for their mothers there with the sounds of electroshocks sounds of horror sounds of beatings and there were women in our cell who knew their children were among them

and their husbands too it was horrifying it was more horrible than being beaten ourselves we were afraid that they had captured the whole city and they would kill everybody they were shouting at us that they would do that. models outside little attention santa kept shouting their children's names mitterrand was released after 6 hours i have no illusions. of the state just experienced and faced. the worst experience was actually looking for my parents where they were it was terrible and i just found. this people being in power after looking around the country for his parents miron found them after 3 anxious days the discover family and others who have been detained here at this detention center in minsk of us their lawyers to file cases for on lawful the attention of human rights groups don't believe their cases will

ever go to court because bellows has not signed the rome statute there's no international court to turn to either human rights groups are now preparing hundreds of testimonies to be sent to the un committee against torture so they are not protect people from the state the state can do everything with the people we will have more and more political motivated cases and more and more political prisoners but. you know people not like him anymore. that's a reality like many others who were detained and abused after the election to family sass that fear has now been replaced by anger and this anger they say has now united to balance people like never before stop france and al-jazeera minsk. well skier had no political experience until she ran for the presidency a 37 year old stay at home mother and former teacher an interpreter never wanted to be a politician and says she still doesn't in the build up to the election 3 leading opposition

figures were forced into exile or arrested including her husband said to cut off ski lawn a decided to run in his place she joined forces with other campaigns uniting the opposition behind a simple promise to hold free and fair elections within 6 months with no one barred from running tens of thousands of people turned up to ticking off sky's rallies the biggest since the fall of the soviet union proving she had mass support bots on election day the official results which critics say were rigged gave her just 10 percent of the vote she claims she won between 60 and 70 percent she was then detained after trying to register a complaint about the result and later fled to lithuania from where she spoke to my colleague. you know i'm going back to paris i want to go live to beirut they adore my country and i will go there and when i

feel safe. do you not feel safe where you are today no i am see here in the green year but i don't feel safe in. do you fear for your husband who is back in bello rules. sure i do here for my husband and the same is i i'm wondering about all the bill russian people who are there struggling for their rights you're urging your supporters now to step up strike despite intimidation i mean you yourself led by the rules because you didn't feel safe as you've said president look at shankar right now shows no sign of backing down nearly 2 weeks after this election was held he's even vata quassia unrest in the coming days are you not concerned that they could be more violence and more

bloodshed if the movement continues. you know. that violence that our authorities showed the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i call for. authorities not to repeat this mistake because our people the real neeraj in iraq forget and forgive and this to our own president but what about your movement what's your message to the people who are still taking to the streets even if in smaller numbers if the protests turned violent again will you order them to stop. you know i can't or done anything to the russian people it's honestly the wrong decision. well now of course our other top story has been the russian

opposition leader alexina valli being transferred to a hospital in the german capital to receive emergency specialist treatment for suspected poisoning on a valley's evacuation was initially delayed by russian doctors who said he was too sick to be moved from the hospital in the siberian city of all but they then change their position on this late on friday after he was seen by german doctors domenic came reports this is where these journey has brought him berlin's world renowned hospital and the start of treatment his supporters hope will save the life of one of russia's most prominent dissidents he was brought here on board a special flight from siberia the man whose group arranged the journey says now than his condition remains paul consensus among friends on this is basically it's very worrying we're all happy that he's landed safely here in berlin but it doesn't mean anything in itself because his physical condition is still of concern it's

clear that if his original flight hadn't made the emergency landing in arms when it did he would have died staff here have immediate relevant recent experience of treating patients with the sorts of symptoms that alexy now than any has come here with now they get the chance to find out what exactly is in his system and how they go about removing it but how it got there in the 1st place remains unclear now valley's friends and family believe he drank tea that had been poisoned just before he boarded a flight to moscow from thompson they say officials in russia then deliberately delayed his transfer to berlin to allow time for what ever was in his system to degrade making it harder to identify. the authorities at the russian hospital where he was treated deny this. we have come to the conclusion that judging by the fact that there were no poisons found in his blood or other biological materials he has a metabolic disorder lowering of blood sugar levels to be specific due to

a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during takeoff but it was moved but i soon alex in other news well known for his fight against corruption in his country but right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain al-jazeera berlin well michael bostick you is a global affairs analyst and joins me now of a skype from ottawa so vali is finally in the hospital and of course he's having these tests that are being conducted by german doctors how closely is everyone watching for the diagnosis of very closely i mean this what happened does fit a pattern of. intimidating his critics and of course nirvana is the number one critic this sends a very chilling signal yet again that the long arm of the kremlin can anybody

either in russia or outside of pressure and by the way maybe i just i just heard the interview was for atlanta and to me that sounded like someone who is very afraid and very intimidated about coming back to a country which has a very long tentacles of the russian secret service so that in itself also is very chilling. just on the point about novelli even if poisoning diagnosis is confirmed it's very difficult isn't it even with an investigation to figure out who did it particularly as someone like the valley i mean you know he spoke out against all i gots against businessmen against all types of corruptions he corruption he had opponents outside of the kremlin as well. you know so you did it well 1st of all about the opponents outside of the kremlin i think there's also a pattern merriam of vigilantes or people loyal to the kremlin doing acts on their own so that those could have been that but in terms of finding out what exactly

happened i mean i refer you back to the case of viktor yushchenko the former ukrainian president who was poisoned by his own ukrainian security service which has been filtrated by the russians that never really was solved but it took months and months of therapy and up treatment and he still recovering to this day so these are very very horrible things to happen to people who are you know used to being on the front lines and used to being critics now you know mentioning the the interview was set on a ticking off scar and she she has been very vocal really speaking to many different people in the past 24 hours she was saying that she will never forget the violence the arrests the torture that people have suffered since that disputed presidential election but i suppose the fare in the country now is that it might all have been for nothing if president lukashenko continues to take his heels in. yeah and i'm very worried about that because right now for autocrats like you know

their bill of russian president lukashenko and for people like putin the geopolitics if you will are very fertile ground for them and what i mean by that there is a u.s. election coming up there is a u.s. president who is indifferent to autocrats the world is distracted by calls at 19 we have a dysfunctional u.s. congress not some porton to mention because they are the ones who approve more funding and backup sanctions and we have a very very emboldened president putin so for you know. these harsh tactics to be employed and for very little response from the west that's what we can spec just quickly if i can i spoke recently to ambassador bill taylor the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and i asked him what is in mr putin's mind and he said well we don't know but we should be pair prepared for anything and to deter further russian aggression to sanctions toolbox is by no means empty without a care political plan for the opposition will the protests just lose momentum

i don't think so a lot i think the public there are entirely fed up especially with corruption and especially with the government's handling it was a debacle of the 1000 crisis and you know we have to remember that basically the protest movement in hong kong and to certain extent in iran and even in bill are a sorry. kind of leaderless and in this age of social media a people being able to gather almost on the spur of the moment through social media is a very very different playing field a very familiar playing field for these autocrats so that's something they have to deal with these days and they're not very used to it michel prosecutes thank you very much for your time my pleasure. with the news hour live from london will still tell you about thousands of lightning strikes ignite some of the largest wildfires in california history. syrian migrants who were injured in beirut

steadily bought explosion now left to fend for themselves and then later in support england's new cricket starts right now records detail of those details. the u.s. house of representatives is meeting in a rest at a day session to discuss funding for the postal service which has become a key issue in the run up to this year's presidential election the democratic controlled house is set to approve $25000000000.00 of extra funding a blocked changes to the system before november's election representatives cut their holidays short over concerns that cost cutting measures planned by the service's boss a trump dona could slow down the delivery of ballots the postmaster general is saying we're going to we're going to not do any of this until after the election our legislation is not just about the election it's about surprise

surprise mr postmaster general the coronavirus coded 19 which has a big impact on the election as well as 1st and foremost on the health of the american people so this isn't just about until after the election if that can be trusted it's about the length as we say in the bill at the end of january or the end of coronavirus which other takes longer. or shavar townsend joins us live now from capitol hill and i suppose the concern for democrats is that this measure will either be vetoed shihab or just what we've taken up in the republican controlled senate. right there's no indication right now that this is going anywhere this bill is expected to pass right now there's just one last procedural vote underway before the final vote vote on the bill but the house speaker says look this isn't we know that but this is actually in part to try

and build the pressure on the senate to act because it's imperiously true from the post office his own data that there has been enormous slowdown in mail delivery in the united states over the last the last few months and it is pretty astonishing if you think about it that the congress technically is on recess right now but also has to return till september the 15th and when you think of all the emergencies united states currently currently facing so pelosi is sort of saying look on this is to try and build up that pressure on the senate to act because there is a lot of concern around the country about the slowdown in mail which is definitely being felt in delivery of prescription drugs and payments and checks and and so on it is interesting though that you heard nancy pelosi say that this isn't about the election this is about the pandemic this is that you know they're acting at a time when americans need the postal service as as never before because that to sort of sort of things going on right now yes we have donald trump who is taking every opportunity to quite openly say he's trying to trying to the post office his

ability to deal with mail in in balance so that causes a great deal of concern but there's also a longer term issue that's under way here steve newton the treasury secretary the trumpet ministration and so on reports. you know the neo liberals of both democrats and republicans for that matter have long wanted to try and privatized the postal service how do you make a government entity right for privatization you make it as inefficient as possible so that's then you raise prices you cut start few cut sorting abilities you cut the ability for the postal service to deliver. on time mail you make the customers go to fedex or u.p.s. and that's where the you know the great money with a cash cow rather for the postal service right now is and is in business mail and deliveries and stuff like that. so that's under way too so that's what's nancy pelosi seems to be talking about there is is this is ability to do this this attempt by the drug administration to do what wall street is wanted for ages which is either to privatized the u.s.p.s. all make the postal service irrelevant so people go to private enterprise or

anywhere as you say this is a crucial institution in the u.s. that affects many different parts of public life but of course everyone's focused on how these changes could affect the election. right and already we've had the postal service warned almost every state that they may not be able to get ballots to the electorate on time and we should be clear here this isn't because because there are going to be so many mail in ballots were expecting so yeah i mean one of the high end of mail in ballots maybe 80000000 mail in ballots over a couple of weeks basically but then you think about the christmas rush here in the united states the postal service deals with $500000000.00 more letters a day during the christmas period and they're able to process that so it's not about the postal service his inability to deal with more mail in ballots it's directly as a result of the changes this post most of general has instituted on over time and on the ability of letter carriers mail carriers to deliver what is lying right in

front of them or you know right in front of them the irony of this is there's a lot of republican disquiet about this because who really has depended on mail in ballots the most traditionally was people in rural areas it's older people who actually make up a lot of trumps trumps base so there's a lot of disquiet in the republican party about about what is going on and perhaps in move times the republicans would speak up and as we've seen over the last 4 years the republican party is to simply too frightened to challenge challenge donald trump and all troubling well seems to have his own agenda here which is just to discredit the post office as much as possible the mail in ballot system as much as possible which is thought or alleged will give him more leeway on election night when as expected there is no result to begin challenging the entire electoral process almost immediately and not simply wait for all the mail in ballots to be counted all right thank you very much i see with all the latest from capitol hill i

want to take you to political developments around mali now a delegation of west african leaders have been meeting with the ousted president. i jarius former president goodluck jonathan is the one leading a delegation from the economic community of why. african states or eco us who've also met with molly's current military to is a member cato is ousted in a coup on choose day rebel leaders say they plan to appoint a transitional leader but they've not given a timeframe the coup has drawn international condemnation but has been celebrated by opposition supporters in mali there was. a preview of what is up in the name of the political right to work at this. earlier years it was a person already used it was the believe at the end of the form of some 2 thirds with the people and it really. doesn't work that. well i'm a dangerous is following developments from a budget and says that the objectives from the end voice doesn't match up with

those from the kutas. realistically to achieve in what they will achieve in bamako is hard to say however one key thing is the indication that a cause is somehow softening its initial stance and rhetoric about the coup in mali 1st day 2nd day after the coup was executed of course and i want a rough tough measures thing to land blockade of mali. sort of restricting trade and money inflow from member countries into mali as well as other measures that include suspending the country from membership of the organization decision making bodies so right now mild their course also said it wants a swift return of biblical cater to power which of course is becoming more and more difficult to achieve so when goodluck jonathan arrived this morning this afternoon

his statement points to the fact that course realize the situation they're in and both sides has what the other ones 1st of all because it's key to get brian borcherdt kater and members of his cabinet out of out of the military detention and the military want some form of recognition an easing of tough sanctions against them by of course and the international community. violence has erupted in several towns in the ivory coast after the president officially started his bed for a controversial term other son ouattara argues his term limit was reset when a new constitution was adopted in 2016 the protest as an opposition strongholds a full with government supporters accusing latar a violating the limit of 2 presidential terms demonstrators have reportedly burnt and looted shops cheering the violence. well now police have dispersed thousands of protesters who gathered near the israeli prime minister's official residence in

west jerusalem demanding he step down demonstrations against benjamin netanyahu have been taking place for several weeks protest as angry at the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and netanyahu is ongoing trial for corruption the prime minister has denied the allegations. now libya's un recognized government has rejected any kind of talks with the wallace leaf after saying that it will only deal directly with the rival government that he supports comes after the start of a cease fire and alst on friday which was backed by both sides in libya's long running conflict tripoli government repeated calls for negotiations with the rival administration in the eastern city of tobruk off those 14 month military offensive to take tripoli failed in june. well the high council estate a body which advises both of libya's administration says that elections need to be held as soon as possible and then on a. new well we also demand the transitional period come to us within through the

referendum on the constitution is a step towards early presidential and parliamentary elections fair and transparent and expressive of all the libyan people the presidential council is invited to solve people's economic problems starting with electricity roads ports and fuel and above all in the corruption that is to carry the state institutions but we also call for immediate rebuilding of libya's military establishment in modern fashion in the random manifestations and disband all militias outside the regular. on the program. the starter lockdown if you want to and i will she would tell you she counted on them. for god during a pandemic how not down isolation is affecting people living with dementia. in the coven 1000 era health care to groups and sporting organizations are finding ways to work around the virus. and then a bit later the n.b.a.

start chasing his 3rd and be a championship with 3 different teams. how we got more wet time windy weather spilling into northwestern parts of europe because of an area of low pressure still very much in place a blustery showers rattling across the u.k. some cooler air behind this cold fronts here just to the northwest ahead of that still getting up to some decent temperatures getting up to around 35 in bucharest and in belgrade but the temperatures the vienna for warsaw they are going to be falling away as we go on through the next. top of day still some showers there across northwest and possibly down across the low countries and on towards scandinavia temperatures about where they should be for the time of year is a similar picture as we go on into a monday perhaps

a little more cloud around for england and wales perhaps one of 2 heaviest showers in the process the heavier showers will be a little further south than a some heavy downpours there just around the else then that law and of wet weather that's going to continue pushing its way further east with best of the sunshine is into southern parts of the robber few showers there in sioux italy want to show it to the eastern parts of spain heavy showers meanwhile continue across central parts of africa they are still a little further than they should be creeping up into the sun held will see some wet weather there even into new ship with some crowd and right all the way into western parts of africa with big downpours for sierra leone and guinea. after years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being reversed with one of the world's biggest ever conservation projects. they're pretty emblematic of the patagonians out if their plan to fall and their calm like

this one is then you know that the system is coming back and that they feel no threats towards and that's why you're on our rewilding patagonia on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks it from testing not only against a police crackdown but also forgets what they call our great election with details coverage more than 300000 people have lost their jobs because of the death and phyllis journalism from around the world following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material there are plans for mass demonstrations. in.

welcome back a look at the headlines better russian opposition leaders fat on a ticking off skier's told al-jazeera that her country's people will never forgive the police for the crackdown on protesters it's been nearly 2 weeks since demonstrators started rallying against president alexander lukashenko disputed election victory. russian opposition leader alexina valmy is being treated at a german hospital for suspected poisoning he was airlifted overnight from russia after doctors who had initially delayed his act evacuation allowed him to leave and the u.s. house of representatives is preparing to vote on $25000000000.00 in support for the postal service ahead of november's election critics say cost cutting plans would favor president trump by slowing down the to live free of ballots. al the massive explosion in beirut earlier this month killed more than $200.00

people and injured thousands of others it's not just lebanese citizens who were affected hundreds of syrian migrants were also among the victims the u.n. and aid agencies are providing help they haven't been able to reach everyone so you know harder a ports now from beirut. 2 weeks after he was injured and where most of us hasn't eased knocked unconscious from the blast of beirut port he spent a few days in hospital and is now left to deal with his injuries alone the father of 6 is a syrian migrant worker who are among the worst hit being left out of an already struggling system is not hard. for a chick up there's no one to take me someone was supposed to pick me up 5 days ago to scan my hued and i'm very dizzy i can't get up. hundreds of syrians were injured in the explosion many worked and lived near the port there were also 30 percent of the more than 180 people confirmed dead and they

too are among those unaccounted for. the jewish through you when my daughter died would predict from. your stay on the view of my wife broke her buck and she needs legs surgery and cannot move my other daughter or broken bones on her neck. the keno family lived here for 13 years like so many others they had no idea the smoke that was billowing from the port less than a kilometer away would trigger such a devastating explosion that is why the family was outside when it happened. falling debris killed early kino's 16 year old daughter sidra the family has since moved in with the eldest son mahmoud whose home is too small and income too little to care for them in an unwelcoming country. the hospital where my father

was treated demanded money even though the ministry of health said a cup of the cost for all the victims hospital management insisted syrians had to pay we managed to discharge him after a journalist who was at the hospital brought attention to our case. the nearly bankrupt state has been largely absent in relief efforts but even before the blast human rights groups have documented how syrian refugees and migrants are discriminated against the keno family hopes they will receive support from the un which is helping 100000 lebanese and syrians rebuild their homes. i don't know where i will be in the near future i'm at my son's right you know i don't know what is next to the world but. the explosion destroyed neighborhoods devastated lives and people's livelihoods but for those who already live on the margins of society the road to recovery has to start. beirut.

italy has recorded more than a 1000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours the worst state figure since lockdown was lifted in may health officials are blaming people who were tending from holidays many of whom are young and asymptomatic or than $35000.00 people have died in italy one of the epicenter which was an epicenter of europe's outbreak daily infections in spain and france also at the highest in months was in concern that the continent is starting to see might be seeing the start of a 2nd wave. when our lockdowns in order to stay at home during the pandemic have left many people feeling isolated and lonely people suffering from dementia restrictions have deprived them of social contact and mental stimulation which can help delay the symptoms as emma haywood reports now from southern england has brought new challenges for their keris. out simas has robbed linda a former artist of her ability to communicate and walk unaided and of the future

she and her husband john had planned he now does everything for her wellness so looking after the couple's daughter who has down syndrome lockdown meant linda's routine had to change and she's been unable to access the specialist daycare center she used to she doesn't recognize people anymore she doesn't. talk as much as she used to talk she but she does talk he can probably hear in the background it's more mumbling. words that the my kid he sent. the start a lot down if you want to and i will she would tell you she can't do that now. you will too cheerio nation through lack of mixing with people it's hard to know whether linda's cognitive decline is due to a natural progression from out simas or months of social isolation or both but dementia charities say her situation is far from unique and people with dementia

have been disproportionately affected by cope at 19 with official figures showing the disease was the most common main preexisting health condition and deaths involving kobolds between march and june this year in england and wales at the same time visits to relatives living with dementia inside care homes was stopped to try to hope the spread of the virus around 850000 people in the u.k. are living with dementia locked down and social distancing has been particularly challenging for supper as and i carers and few feelings of isolation and loneliness gather up and given all dementia u.k. says calls to its helpline rose sharply during lockdown leslie is a specialist to mention helping families like johns in why all that invisible army and i could care is i think quite often if you know the call often cite even pray tell been i pray look down. and kind of. it can be

quite lonely existence and i think. that. i think some of the you know areas that they've struggled with he's not their needs not being recognised in terms of the level of care that they provide and some of the rest by they have that they've not been able to access linda and her family have faced constant trials since her diagnosis the coronavirus pandemic has led to tens of thousands of deaths the number of those whose lives have been changed and challenged by it though is hard to comprehend and i would. share. now in other news we're following the governor of california as a pail to australia and canada help to fight hundreds of wildfires only 565 burning across the stay off to the number doubled in a single day at least 6 people have been killed and dozens of others injured or but manley has the latest. stunning pictures of what was likely

a terrifying drive through the hennessey area of northern california. these claims are part of a series of wildfires sweeping across the region the largest the state's seen in nearly 2 decades. there too long to 4000 square kilometers torching homes structures and trees a series nearly 12000 lightning strikes this week sparked the fires california's governor says all firefighters those is a being used to mine and i asking for help we now are gage formally with mutual aid from 10 different states we've been on the phone with governors all throughout the united states not just the western states trying to reach out as far as the east coast to see if we can get resources here into the state of california address the stress that we placed on the 12000 plus firefighters that are on the lines as we speak trying to suppress these wildfires all up and down the state of california

firefighters are battling day and night from the air and land in an attempt to limit the destruction as the fire spreads reduces the becoming for gas california has struggled with the largest number of covert 900 cases in the u.s. and the state is known still if it can deployed to tackle the fires and its residents suffering. tens of thousands have been forced to leave the home many are afraid of what you find when they come by tomorrow maybe you know all no more but pretty much arms i'm going to marry lose out. are really were close. there were birds down there 3 days. pollution monitor issued this week the san francisco bay area is have new wood gould people here say. they can't get enough air oxygen and especially with this mosque you have to keep

an eye on the lightning strikes the couth the fires along with the high winds have created the perfect conditions for these flames and with similar weather predicted in the coming days bill might be continued to. lure those men the al-jazeera. well the u.s. gulf coast is also carrying up on usual weather in the week ahead with 2 new tropical storms posing a double threat this is tropical storm laura which formed on friday morning and is currently off puerto rico it's heading northwest at around 30 kilometers per hour some forecasts predict it will grow into a hurricane 2000 colleges west tropical storm marco which appeared late on friday is tracking north off the coast of mexico at 20 kilometers per hour and this is where one projection shows the heading over the next 2 days reaching landfall on the u.s. gulf within hours of each other on monday evening one possible consolation we surely just say it's impossible for the 2 storms to much. our residents

of the city of limpia are protesting after their local lake was turned pople by pollution off of the cerro the good which is divided by a causeway started to become purple back in february the dead bodies of birds and fish also started to be found in the lake foresees of audit the closure of a tannery which uses toxic chemicals to produce lever. now many countries a working out how to get a bit of normality back the despite the continued spread of the current virus and in germany that means a pop concert authorities put on this show in leipsic to try and learn more about how a crowd could transmit the virus around 1500 volunteers were given medical grade faced last disinfectant and tracking gadgets it means scientists can follow their movements and highlight which surfaces would touch most frequently but it's not the 1st time events have been held to to try and find out how they work or how they can

possibly work during the pandemic english cricket held to trial matches last month in front of small invitational crowds of a 1000 in stadiums with a capacity of 25000 changing government guidelines put games back behind closed doors although plans to allow reduced crowd of 23000 to september's kentucky derby that's well short of the usual 150004 the biggest horse race in the united states but that's now been shelved there's been a bit most of success in new zealand where unrestricted crowds averaging 20000 have been attending domestic rugby union matches but even that was put on hold last week because of a spike in cases so not having much luck for on the story i'm joined by oaks on a visit to a global health advisor from university college london global citizenship program how how dangerous is an experiment like this in germany. well it's important to note that all participants were actually tested for the virus before

being allowed to participate and that young people and no one from high risk groups were actually allowed to participate in this study of course all of the safety precautions that were and here too in this study means that we can better understand behaviors of people that are participating in massive that's so i would say that. ensuring that all of the safety precautions do continue a research of this nature is essential. you say it's essential but i mean don't we already know that in large gatherings particularly when it comes to a concept the whole point of part of the fun is that people do get quite close to each other yes however we don't have very many cities look at the nature of these interactions and what type of hygiene interventions can be introduced we have to co-exist with this virus until

a vaccine is developed and we need more evidence based and data to drive the decisions that are made by governments so while there are opportunities for super spreaders to occur at mass gatherings what we need to start to investigate is what type of interventions are most effective in these scenarios but in these scenarios the main i mean already we know that the main form of transmission for the virus is these are spirit trained droplets so and then you know obviously in a concept you know i don't know i mean why have people sweating all over each other and things like that i mean one intervention can can really stop that. yes and i think this study will show us that. we won't be able to return fully to how concerts and other social gatherings used to take place and in this instance people

did wear face masks. at a concert which which of course might make singing a little bit more difficult but in this instance it does show that we have to collect more data to predict the behaviors which we can minimize or optimize the risk involved just saying all together that we can't progress any further will cause too much damage long term i do think that if we conduct studies safely that there's a lot that we can learn from a behavioral perspective that can and sarm individual does decisions and that's how science works we have to be able to test these theories out in a safe and controlled way all right well thank you for sharing your thoughts on this experiment with us on a position to joining us there thank you now artists in mexico have to come up with creative ways to connect with their audiences during the current virus and demick galleries and performance faces almost empty but some have

turned to technology to provide a virtual experience others though have gone back to basics and they're taking their work to the streets. when i 1st my name is. that they are rector of the ghetto theater company yes yes and they noticed that. this project was born from our need to defend the art as an essential to keep it in mexico and the rest of the world. i guess in recent years we have had a fascination for the aesthetics of the us for months and doing this monster confinement we've managed to find how this is a sign could help us face the situation and be able to connect to the audience at a distance and protect it that's why we use the helmets. to keep. getting washed away the performance is something very simple we see 2 human

beings who meet one of them represents the arts and the other one represents the audience. we still believe in the portico idea of the pending human feelings and that the most valuable part of the theater is that synergy between humans heart to heart and. the. time was really and was this is a very tough time but the artists are really going to create inspiring art pieces for the world. to look what i want is the audience to see all artists astronauts as heroes. i recollected right now people are living in fear i am not afraid anymore since i started dreaming about this project and i want to instill discouraged for the people so they all come with me to the streets. and then say ok i'm what just many women have done and that's very painful people have died because they've lost their jobs and that's very painful too so that hurts

me. it was very beautiful that we met again for this performance this is one of those experiences that only theater in arts can give you we meet we split up for a time we need. again i'm happy to see my fellow artists healthy and enthusiastic. at this point. i believe we could find solace in the art and perhaps beautiful answers to these confusing times. yes this post is just. coming out on the news i will have all the latest for snee is creating an outsider and for my county is leading the procession and with just one round to go. meet maria driven by poverty into prostitution and drugs as an early age now as

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for now. marian thank you so much manchester united captain harry mccoy is heading back to england after denying charges over an alleged fight on the greek party island of make an os the world's most expensive defender left court earlier after spending 2 nights in jail but it's not clear what specific charges he's facing prosecutors say the 27 year old and 2 other defendants can be represented by lawyers in a trial on tuesday but was on a family holiday also united were knocked out of the europa league semifinals 6 days ago. striker killian bop a says he's determined to make history by winning france's 1st champions league title in 27 years he's paris and un team is in the final for the 1st time on sunday

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was a pleasure to watch it all incredibly hard shots all around the wicket. and he's a great catch up with so really enjoyed it quite fun and glad that we were able to gather a really good partnership and person strong position in the game but milwaukee bucks of seize the advantage in the n.b.a. eastern conference playoff series against the orlando magic they greek superstar yana sente combo helped himself to 35 points as they won game 312-1107 the top seeded sox now lead to one and 14 point separated the teams on the school board there is no separating all named as james enters and he's marvin williams both were rejected for this nasty incident. meanwhile the defending champion toronto raptors are dominating their susie going to the brooklyn nets fred van vliet produced the highlight of game 3 with this. in the 3rd quarter

the raptors won by 25 points to go 3 nothing up in the series they can now eliminate the nets on sunday. and the boston celtics are also on the verge of progress saying. they are 3 up in the eastern conference series against itself a $76.00 and kemba walker made the scoring with $24.00 points in game 3. in the western conference the l.a. clippers are on top against the dallas mavericks while in it scoring 36 points as he led the clippers to victory by 8 points the top is up 2 games to one game 4 is on sunday. amazing was that 1st very scary acquired. you know you can see the game you know it's. easier in a rush in oh it's hard to go i'm going to make it was incredible tonight is a score and. that's almost a concert told for everybody else the n.h.l. defending champions out the st louis blues with fresh 60 by the vancouver canucks

on friday that meant the canucks took the western conference series 4 games to 2 they now had 3 of the 2nd round of the playoffs where they will face the vegas golden knights. in the eastern conference the top seed philadelphia flyers are in the 2nd round they beat the montreal canadiens 32 in game 6 to wrap up a series the flyers will now play the new york islanders in a series starting on tuesday. with one round to go at the 1st women's golf major of the year the british open saffir popoff is in the lead on saturday the german short of 4 under par $67.00 to move 3 shots clear up of has never won a major her best showing was when she tied for 57th at the 2800 p.g.a. championship in the windy conditions adroitly true in scotland only 2 other players are under par for the 2 minutes. novak djokovic says he doesn't need to repeat his reputation of hosting a tennis exhibition where he and a number of players contracted coronavirus the world number one was heavily

criticised for the adrian in the balcones but it was next to no social distancing in players. and how good you know night club djokovic is in new york for the return of the a.t.p. to the west and is being played at flushing meadows ahead of the u.s. open at the same venue djokovic has decided to play despite this like rafael nadal choosing not to say he's participation is not a p.r. exercise no i don't i don't see it i don't think that i'm going to show a different face because. people know my face mostly from the tennis courts there was also not the deciding factor of why i came to new york 1st of all i miss i miss tennis i miss competition with federer and. not coming to. 2 tournaments every other top players here i did not make my decision because rafa pulled out. fernando alonso has finished his final practice session of sunday's indy 500 the

former f one champion is making his 3rd team to clinching motorsports triple crown having already won the monaco grand prix on the mall 24 hours you could only post the 23rd 4th 5th time on friday in indianapolis though that means he will still 26th on the grid. a tie moto g.p. world champion mark mark is will miss at least the next 2 months of the world championship injured he's right on that last month spanish is not expected to return at least until december we go 3. that's all we'll leave it for now merriman's back to you in london thank you very much peta. that's it for the news hour but i'll be back in a moment with a full lesson a nice for you and of course there's always our website as well al-jazeera dot com where i get comments and analysis as well as live streaming in a couple minutes. and

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