heavy rain there into our console them for making its way towards the eastern seaboard. this is al-jazeera. however i'm hala mohit seen it with the al-jazeera news our we're coming to you live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes you can measure passed. the slaughter and the chance to speak. in a 1st for new zealand the white supremacists who shot dead 51 muslim worshipers gets life in prison without parole. hits the u.s. gulf coast leaving tens of thousands without power we'll have the latest in the

weather. we need 4 more years of president john old truck. hear stories president mike pence makes his case for president trump's reelection look ahead see what we're expecting on the final mights of people public and national convention. and they use justice commissioner considers taking legal action against cypresses efforts to sell citizenship a special report from al jazeera investigative units non-fan how much now have all the sport sports teams across the united states boycott matches as they protest against racial injustice following the police shooting of a take a break. well our top story this hour a step toward closure for relatives of the victims of the worst mass shooting in

new zealand's history the gunman. who killed 51 muslim worshipers last year was sentenced to life in prison without parole present terence's the self-confessed points a premises who was responsible for attacks on 2 mosques in christchurch when he has this reports attached after a harrowing emotional 4 days in the high court in christchurch just as cameron manda delivered brenton terence sentence on each of the $31.00 child murder charges one of the $31.00. was sentenced to life in prison. you serious citizens who are pro terror and showed little emotion even when being told he would spend the rest of his life in prison outside the court there was relief and gratitude that the convicted murderer and terrorist had been given a sentence never before handed down a new zealand but it was mixed with the realisation that the pain will go on. no

punishment. will bring our loved ones back. we respect our justice system and then using a muslim community. no most of them as well was told to go there again is to the court was told terrance actions after he entered the 2 mosques on march the 15th last year were premeditated and calculated he had studied the layout of the buildings and when they would be busy and in interviews with police expressed disappointment that he hadn't killed more worshippers has. been hot chicks through arms. it was brutal and beyond. your actions in human. week the sentence brought in into 4 days of statements by survivors and family members of those killed at least 90 statements were given some of them expressing anger some offering forgiveness all of them emotional the prime

minister spoke soon after and expressed his support for them and the sentence the trauma of much 15 is not easily healed but today i hope is the last we we have any cause to hear or acid the name of the terrorists behind it has deserves to be a life time of complete and utter silence. the sentencing of brinton terrine closes a chapter in one of new zealand's darkest days and means no one has to relive the events in a parole hearing but for the relatives of the 51 people whose lives he took away and those he injured trying to recover will be a long difficult process wayne hey al jazeera. well earlier we spoke to his the mayor of christ church and she had a message of healing and unity for the people of her city. i was relieved when i

heard that that was the result i know they many of us standing alongside our muslim communities i'm who have been so tragically affected by the events of march 5th day were late when they hit they seem to was without parole it had to be life but to make it without parole means that nobody ever has to thank about fronting up to a parole board and and having to argue for that the man sections couldn't anyway lay to anything less than the age i believe that the community has changed and changed on march 4th jane and we saw it and the response from the whole community you know the tribute wall that developed over the days that followed which really did indicate an outpouring of grief and compassion and love and the end of the one that really sticks in my mind was the call to prayer one week later

standing and south hadley park opposite now in the war most we're just thousands of crushed resistance to quietly and silently to seen the strong message to the muslim community that we're here we've got your back and their sense of togetherness the spirit of togetherness that has brought our i believe will will see us through and that is what we must continue to demonstrate to all of our communities in the in their diversity as a city saying that this is a place that there is no no place for height analysis but i just want to pay tribute to the courage of every single one of those people who stood up and court and made a statement. that victims that they are courageous individuals who deserve our respect they were. technophiles and i just my heart goes out to each and

every one of them and i thank them for what they have been repeat to do for s.s.a. and we will continue to work to get that make sure that this as a city where everyone has a long and donald trump says federal troops are being sent to assist the national guard following a fortnight's of black lives massive protests in can osha around a 1000 guards are in the city in wisconsin where police shot and paralyzed black american jacob blake on sunday well during protests on choose day 2 people were shot dead police are questioning a 17 year old suspect more now from john hendren can osha. hundreds of law enforcement agents at all levels are descending on the small city of can osha where local police have struggled to quell escalating violence. the ramping up of law enforcement follows a fatal fight between protesters and

a teenager who fired an assault weapon on demonstrators killing 2 and wounding one . using video from the scene sheriff's deputies arrested 17 year old kyle rittenhouse the man you hear and i was going to blame it on everybody else it was not clear whether rittenhouse was among the armed militia members who verbal e clashed with protesters after days of looting arson in violent clashes this city has responded with a new curfew we're not going to put up with what we saw monday night we're not going to is that mean we're going to stop it all. it comes on numbers that come we're not to be able to stop it all but we're going to be assertive in helping to protect the city at the notion that. the governor has called in a broad array of law enforcement from across the state of wisconsin the region and the federal government governor tony has called in 500 more military troops from

the national guard to join hundreds of local police and sheriff's deputies in riot gear president trump offered up federal troops saying today i will be sending federal law enforcement and the national guard to canoe she was constant to restore law and order that federal contribution could be sizable a law enforcement source tells me that 60 f.b.i. officers and an untold number of federal swat officers are coming from chicago alone adding to a force that has increased dramatically in recent days. the demonstrations began on sunday after police fired several shots into the back of jacob blake. a black man left paralyzed from the shooting his 3 sons witnessed from inside the car where he was struck wisconsin attorney general just call says the investigation into that shooting shows police were trying to arrest jacob blake following a complaint from his girlfriend that he had trespassed in her home and call name the officer involved. mr blake walked around his vehicle open the driver's side

door and lean forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer rust and. fired his service weapon 7 times call says blake admitted to officers that he had a knife later found on the driver's side floorboard of his car the video did not show him threatening officers. as protests continued past the new curfew demonstrators seemed undeterred that a massive influx of police planned to shut them down john hendren 0 can no show wisconsin. he has basketball stars have joined the protests the n.b.a. postponed all of wednesday's playoff games suffered at the wisconsin based milwaukee bucks boy cos it's their match against the orlando magic and rest of the team 6 fold since. well it's not just the n.b.a. other athletes are also boy causing events and we'll bring you more on that later

in sports meanwhile there is plenty more soul to come on this news hour including a live update from the situation in belarus where the president's has again lashed out at the west. and find out why one of the biggest names in tennis has pulled ice or tournaments ahead it's the u.s. open. barack and laura is battering the southern united states with forecasters warning of unserviceable storm surges it's been downgraded from a category 4 to a category 2 hurricane but still has top wind speeds of almost 180 kilometers per hour tens of thousands of people are without power and the governor of louisiana is worried some cool so residents issued with the fact have ignored them let's go live

now to see n.b.c.'s jay green who is in lake charles louisiana you have been reporting from lake charles as this hurricane made landfall it's an extremely powerful storm are things starting to come down there are you getting a sense of the devastation that's been left in his wake. yes thankfully we are getting a bit of a break the wind has died down the rain has stopped for now we'll continue to see a bit of that spinning rain and some wind for the next hour or so as the storm finally cleared all the way out of this area but later look at the record that last night bertha storm makes landfall about 03035 miles to the south in cameron and then moved in and of course that didn't and as it did it wreaked havoc here we know that flooding is an issue and will continue to be the water is still building hundreds of thousands are without power not only in this area but that power is

going to be lost as this storm continues to push to the north and in a bunch really off to the east it's still going to be a powerful storm at that time as well look we know there are significant damages to buildings here we don't have a good handle on all of that because when still too wrong for teams to really get out at this point power lines are down flooding in pockets for this city are just 2 and 10 but again if things are really up in the next hour or so we'll get a much better idea of the event of the damage here. ok great that thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest from lake charles let's get a sense now of where that storm is going to move to you know desire is just everson folks is where those efforts in the worst of the damage seems to have passed by parts of louisiana but it's still a powerful storm is that it is still a very powerful storm how yes it has been downgraded obviously made landfall as a cat before storm winds around 240 kilometers per hour as means

a now been much done little further than we just say in the $160.00 clubs is probably this still a category 2 you can take a look at the satellite pictures see the position of the storm clearly see the eye of the storm that just up towards the south coast of louisiana just under the eye on central america there we're going to lose that eye as we move the picture on those. it makes its way inland center of the storm is now inland and it is still causing major problems here we could still see another 302450 millimeters of rain over the next 24 to 48 hours for some that will chiefly be across louisiana pushing up into arkansas we are still concerned about the storm surge jay was saying that it's not quite as bad as we at 1st feared but we're not out of the woods just yet you can see how wide how broad a with the the storm doesn't compass it all the way from northeastern mexico right the way across towards the florida panhandle so that's the scope for we're going to

still see some strong winds still dragging that air up from the gulf of mexico pushing up towards the deep south as we go on through the coming hours we are going to see the system continue making its way further north which you can see the winds there down to around 160 kilometers per hour and fall and it will bring that very heavy rain up across arkansas as we go on through the next 24 hours and gradually make its way towards eastern seaboard hala thanks very much indeed everett's there were of course be keeping an eye on that but for now let's turn to europe and germany's foreign minister has called for an end to military drills in the eastern mediterranean as the e.u. tries to pull greece and turkey back from the brink of conflict heikal mass was speaking ahead of a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers in berlin which is focusing on ways to defuse tensions now both countries have been holding military exercises near a patch of water that they both claim. we will see how things

develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do everything possible to avoid military confrontation. well let's get more from dominic amy's life or as embury len i don't like her hearing some concern there from the german foreign minister but has there been any actual progress made in these meetings that the foreign ministers when it comes to reducing these tensions in the eastern mediterranean. the problem here is that the turkish government does not have representation at these meetings the country is not part of the e.u. therefore doesn't have access to meetings such as these whereas paradoxically the other side of the equation in this stoking of tension the greeks and to a certain extent the cypriots were clearly they are members of nato they are here they are able to to advance their particular cause in so far as these meetings are

concerned another person who is speaking in a very important element in this whole debate personally speaking several hours ago now is the secretary general of nato un striking back he matters and his organization matters because the e.u. doesn't have a military role doesn't have its own military forces in the way that nato does and of course nato is an organization which both the greeks and the turks are member states off and so when mr shorten speaks you know that he is speaking as somebody who is in touch with both sides and he was basically calling on both sides to exercise restraint is what he had to say we are all concerned about the situation in the east on mediterranean i welcome your efforts to find a constructive way forward i'm in constant contact with the greece and turkey my message is that the situation must be resolved in

a spirit of sort of that it is in line with international law dialogue and the escalation are in everybody's interest. well that's certainly one concern for the e.u. foreign ministers you have been missing but there's lots on that agenda other pressing concern one might argue is the situation over in belo roost on the doorstep of the foreign minister's been saying in that regards. the foreign ministers also as you say very clearly signposting their views about to be honest remember that the e.u. has already held a special digital meeting of all the leaders the heads of state heads of government on the belarus situation and expressed their their feeling that there should be free and fair elections that there should be a transition from the local government to a different government and we know that both has to start not from nato but also on

the americal you spoke of several hours ago were saying that they're very concerned about the way things have developed there and they are looking for a way out of the situation but also stressing that neither you nor anyone else for that matter was building up troops building up forces on the borders of the other as that's something which the government of mr lucas shanker has accused nato of doing in recent days so there's very clearly a feeling here they're trying to resolve these issues peacefully where possible from their point of view that of course be at a risk is not part of the e.u. so it doesn't have represent representation here either one last thing in so far as the turks are concerned you asked me about the military drills and that sort of thing it's worth making the point that the turkish government has announced that it will be extending current military drills that have been taking place in the mediterranean just off their coast off the mediterranean coast close to northern

cyprus that's the part of cyprus which is turkish not the republic of cyprus the cyprus the greek cypriot area and they've also sent that the ship that they have been having in their waters which is looking to 2 to survey the area for the petrochemical finds well that's going to stay longer so from the e.u. perspective progress of a kind but both in regard with belarus and with the turks neither of those governments is at this meeting so there's only so much progress the e.u. can really make in the absence of those governments ok dominic can that bring us all the very latest from berlin thank you very much indeed. well the president of belarus is accusing western countries of waging a diplomatic war to explore its instability there russia's xander looking asked for help to create a reserve police force for the repute in says russian police will only be sent to

bellerose if the situation spins out of control protesters and a growing number of striking workers are demanding political change because she is accused of rigging his reelection earlier this month let's get more on this now from alexandra story out of it who's life is in moscow and we're just hearing that there's a possibility that a russian police presence could be deployed in balad bruce what more can you tell us about this. well yes exactly what we suspected russian president vladimir putin today confirmed that that he did form reserve police force which will act in the bell or atia only in case things go out of control there will be more specific you will he said that if extreme elements there make chaos if they start burning cars banks or try to take over or

fishel buildings now that russian reserve costs wars will go to bell are shot will be deployed there will act then he said that russia is obliged to do that according to the collective security treaty and the union state between russia and belarus interesting enough he did not quote external threats which for instance collective security treaty presumes as a reason to protect one of the member states but he said external elements so something within the belarus itself he also said that the people on the streets should be taken into account but at the same time it seems that it is not a coordination council of of those ition that should be taken into account because he said that the constitutional court of belarus deemed unconstitutional and he said that he hopes that this russian military presence or police presence won't be necessary that stings are so far going peacefully but at the same same time he

accused west of trying to influence which direction the situation in belarus goes say that is unacceptable from russian perspective from the words of russian president that russia is they are the most objective country in this situation but what we heard with this is that russia has a concrete intentions of doing something about the situation if it goes out of control ok alexander stay with us because there is another story come. out of moscow that would like to hear from you all we understand that russia's top prosecutor has said there's no indication of any crime involving opposition leader alexy phone lee he's been in a coma for a week after collapsing on a flights in russia talks is at the berlin hospital where he's been treated say that his medical examination suggests he was poisoned now most schools demanding to see those medical files insisting that diagnosis isn't conclusive so alexandra my

question is to you if the kremlin thinks that no crime has been committed with regard to. what exactly are they suggested happened. well what they're actually saying is that nobody knows what happened to him they're saying since there is no proof that their doctors found no toxins that one cannot claim that he was poisoned then one they say cannot claim that he was eventually poisoned then such things shouldn't be said without concrete proof so what they are saying is that no one knows what happened to him and until we know we cannot have a criminal investigation what they have at this moment than they had that from the they one is actually sort of fact finding appropriate which is like 3 investigation things where they spoke with a person out of the cafe where he had

a t. they retraced his steps back claiming they found nothing and at the same time the same general prosecutor's office is asking germany to hand over proofs and documents that would support to the preliminary diagnosis of intoxication with inhibitors of nest arise what they're also saying is that the low levels of this as it were found by the russian doctors but they found nothing that would say that he was poisoned or did he was invention of the poison so they're keeping with this line that nobody knows let's not jump to the conclusion and we're not going to have a criminal case opened because there is no proof there was any foul play no proof means no kramer alexander stefanovic good for joining us from moscow thank you very much indeed. for the european justice commissioner says he'll consider legal actions a stop sign from selling citizenship he was reacting to

a week of reports from al jazeera investigative units the cyprus papers reveal that dozens of criminals and high level political figures have bought so-called golden passports deputy this has this report. the european parliament has repeatedly demanded an end to schemes where one country can sell passports which open up access to the rest of the european union in an exclusive interview with al jazeera the arab injustice commission has said the time had come for legal action i have had many contacts with. the minister of interior. letter to the government and now we are analyzing its need of interviews and. all the problem was amiss that the cyprus papers leak reveals the scale of passports sold to wealthy foreigners including criminals and officials considered high risk of being corrupt the european commission should put cyprus before the european court of justice the

passport scheme of cyprus is a risk to security in europe you should earn your passport and your citizenship by integrating into society and not because you have a lot of money at a press conference yesterday this is how the cypriot interior minister branded the cyprus papers you have to go and you are just you know what houses here is doing is not investigative journalism but rather propaganda against cyprus but this scheme has always been controversial even among cypriot politicians the way the scheme was implemented the last few years. yes on a procedural final out basis. for which the public of cyprus. in the pretty near the critics the only thing that will satisfy them is the phasing out of the scheme is that. it's the best way of course. he also wants the

cypriot parliament to take its own measures a new law to strip passports from criminals has just been passed i will be sure it was also the we thought the nationality well we have to we have evidence of a real problem. to all that. i've seen you know with all so you will have the reaction of. the rebel side but it's also with us the justice side has investigated so far the government says they've identified about 30 individuals he's no longer be considered fit to citizenship the evidence of the cyprus papers suggest there are many more deborah davis al-jazeera london now if you want to find out more about the cyprus paper series you can head to our website al-jazeera dot com forward slash cyprus papers revealed and explore more

detail exactly who has been buying european union passports to cyprus and where they come from. a coup leaders in mali say they've released i said presidency for him booker cater from dissension and allowed him to go home but he resigned after soldiers seized him from his residence last week that followed months of mass protests against corruption and attacks by armed groups the west african organization ecowas says urge the immediate return of civilian rule but coup leaders want the next election to be held in 3 years amid interests has been monitoring the situation from a bridge in one area and he joins us now ahmed what more can you tell us about this well it. was released. in his home in savannah cotto now and what

a lot of people are talking about is that probably this is more like. an act of goodwill on the part of the military leadership in mali to appease the economic community of west african states to be flexible and of course leaved most importantly the sanctions imposed on money in the aftermath of the cool on 18th of august 2020 remember cause wanted immediate restoration of democratic rule in mali specifically asking the brain will compute to be returned to power when he told a delegation of course that he's not willing to go back to the presidency then it was open for discussions between their course delegation and the military leadership initially and cause one to a minimum of 6 to 9 months of the transition period and a month some of 12 months a strange ition the military leadership in in in mali said this is not

a question to be decided by them but the whole of mali now will tomorrow friday and leadership of the economic community of west african states will meet. video conferencing and that is when they will take a decision as to what to go or what to do with mali and when so we're waiting to see what will be the reaction of the course leaders tomorrow we are indeed waiting to see and of course supposititious you'll be across that for us thank you very much indeed amity just joining us that from a boojum. still to come on al-jazeera more bad news for indians runs the country battles covert 19 and there's a right to over university entrance exams. plus in sports this canadian tennis stars looking gets ahead of the u.s. open all the details later but some of. the big. jump into the street

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the. this is al jazeera a reminder of the headlines this hour the gunman a new zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole self-confessed white supremacist brandon tyrants killed 51 muslim worshippers in march last year. hurricane laura is battering the southern united states with forecasters warning of on the survival storm surges it has weakened so but still packing to wind speeds of almost 160 kilometers per hour and tens of thousands of people without power. and bellary says president is accusing

the west of waging a diplomatic war to exploit instability there russia says alexander lukashenko has asked for help to create a reserve police force but moscow says it will only do that if things in belarus spin out of control. the u.s. president still trump is set to address the party faithful as the republican national convention gears up for its final nights wednesday sessions all vice president mike pence praise trump's record on the economy and law and order a white house correspondent kimberly hauck it says more from washington d.c. . it was a night heavy with symbolism as the vice president delivered his keynote speech at historic for a camry in baltimore the inspiration for the u.s. national anthem or. but

mike pence stood with veterans in a display of patriotism the imagery a condemnation of athletes who neal during the song the star-spangled banner pets and president donald trump have denounced athletes many of them black who kneel in protest over police brutality the american people know we don't have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with her african-american neighbors . truck joined his vice president standing in support of law enforcement as protests and riots continue following the latest police shooting of a black man in the u.s. state of wisconsin pence denounced calls by some democrats to define the police you won't be safe in joe biden's as the head of the coronavirus task force has defended the u.s. response to cope with 19 even as more than 180000 americans are now dead joe

biden said that no miracle is coming but when joe doesn't seem to understand is that america is a nation of miracles. just like the 1st 2 nights of the republican national convention wednesdays lined up again included members of the trump family advocating for his reelection this time daughter in law laura trump spoke directly to women who could help decide the 2020 vote defund the police in the rallying cry for the new radical democrat party joe biden will not do what it takes to maintain order to keep our children safe in our neighborhoods and in their schools the appeal to female voters was also reflected on the white house lit purple and gold to mark the 100th anniversary of a woman's right to vote. but the convention didn't focus solely on domestic safety

but also trumps foreign policy as well his former acting director of national intelligence defended trump's america 1st approach the d.c. crowd thinks when they call donald trump a nationalist and they're insulting him as if the american president isn't supposed to base foreign policy on america's national interests thursday will be the final night of the convention would president trample officially accept his party's nomination for right here at the white house democrats plan to counter his message democratic vice presidential nominee color harris will speak prior to trump what she says are his failures to contain code that night. kimberly helped get al jazeera the white house let's get more now from alan fischer he's live no 4 is in washington d.c. and we heard a lot. about law and order and standing up to roy it says and losers referencing

the canoe ship but has there been any recognition that the r. and c. of just white people have been protesting or indeed the 2 people who were shot say it's a process by unarmed 17 year old. well if you're talking about law and order you're not talking about $100.00 american he said you're not talking about an unemployment rate of somewhere in the region of 10.5 percent so we want to talk about law and order because we believe that that is an important thing to do you know i'm just going to start. right here where we go sorry about that 6 6 so if you're talking about law and order you are not talking about the corporate crisis and the issues that that creates and also they believe that that could draw in wavering voters people who might want to give joe biden a vote but quite sure about donald trump so if they make it that they are scared in their own homes they might then go with the law and order president but you're absolutely right while they've talked about the need for law and order and mike

pence did that extensively in the speech on tuesday and on wednesday he did not mention george floyd or the protests that that created the fact that his killing was seen as a tipping point in racial ations here in the united states and didn't at all mention blake's name which of course is the man who was short and sparked the latest violence in wisconsin and so while they see there for law and order the closest we've got is as my parents said you can stand for law and order and stand with your your black neighbors but there are many people think that the republican party needs to do a lot more when it comes to addressing issues of social justice where that was what we were hearing from day 3 of the r n c as well as the immortal line making america great again again what can we expect on the final day of this convention this is of course when the president will be taking center stage. of course not the tried to take center stage

for 2 of the last 3 days as well this is a big night for donald trump this is the speech that he hopes will propel him towards a lead in the poor's and also towards another 4 years in the white house so it is important you remember the speech 4 years ago and he really painted a picture of a very dark america how things were so awful that he alone could fix it while he's had 4 years and he's in this position no where he's got to present a slightly rude sea air picture you remember that ronald reagan talked about the shining city on the hill donald trump has got to soar to reach for that rhetoric and paint a picture of how things will improve rather than just say look under the democrats things are going to be really awful and i'm doing a good job the question will always come back to are you better off than you were 4 years ago and many americans simply aren't because of the corporate crisis and of course the corporate crisis has killed almost 180000 people here in the united

states so rather than just say that they're working on vaccines and he hopes for good news soon he's got to give an idea of a plan to get through this process he's not helped by the fact that this morning as he wakes up ready to prepare that speech he'll open the newspapers and see that more than 100 people who were aligned with john mccain you remember him former republican candidate former senator someone who didn't go on terribly well with donald trump well more than 100 of its staff have endorsed joe biden they say that while there's a lot in the democratic program that they can't accept that they don't particularly like the thing this is a matter for the future of the country and they believe that joe biden will be a better president for america than the content come but donald trump so he's got that he's going to face a lot of big supporters they like him in fact many people love him there was one quote i read someone saying they would crawl over broken glass to vote. donald

trump but he can't just appeal to the base in this speech he's got to appeal to those voters who will make a difference come november ok well we'll be watching to find out what that speech entails for now though alan fischer in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for that preview. sandy in the where they've reported a new daily record of more than 75 size and schools with 1000 francs since in the past 24 hours and students in the world's 3rd worst affected country are angry at the government has decided to allow some university entrance exams to go ahead despite slow worsening outbreak elizabeth purana reports from the city of. india has recorded yet and not the highest single day by the cases until more than 2 weeks now and it is cases than any other country in the world made before this week hillo there are no longer strict a lot of places in most of the country when you leave the relatively static ties

world of central delhi as we have there's no real social. costs the 2nd reason is and it has increased testing and so it detecting cases of testing around 1000000 people a day now dellys chief minister has said that the capital region is going to double the number of tests it's conducting from 20240008 day off to delhi recorded its single highest day rise in 14 days he said that he would be to double the test and isolate people with the virus in the state of west bengal there was a complete halt in place west bengal is doing something that no other state strict lockdown for 2 days every week and police officers are out on the roads that checking bags to make sure that people are only going out with essential services so the chief minister of west bengal has been one of the most local and regional leaders yet the decision to hold meet university entrance exams for engineering and medical school in the fish she of september. janet around to the

police to register and many are expected to take shots today in an online edition. and of these exams but many street and hit him. then. so just why are these exams becoming such a big issue in india well they'll decide the future careers of millions of indians as they try to gain entry into medical and engineering colleges the students say they're worried about catching covert 19 by sitting for these tests we also worry that their results could be affected by wearing gloves and masks in an already stressful situation thousands of students took part in a virtual hunger strike this week after the supreme court rejected an appeal to delay the exams well their plight is no guessing international attention with climates and youth activists criticism burke among those appealing to india's prime

minister to push the exams back let's get more know from her g. she's a historian and former professor of history at jawaharlal nehru university she joins us on skype from new delhi good to have you with us on the news our countries worldwide are struggling with this study lemma whether to go ahead with exam and open schools or keep students away from schools and they have been arguing that the damage done by keeping universities and school shots is worse in the long term than the medical impact of coverts such as why are you so opposed to having these exams going ahead and having these schools and universities open. no i don't agree i think that damage that is being done is a when we shut down industries may be shut down all business activity all the economic activity that was shut down without giving due or to reach

a sudden lockdown was imposed i don't think the damage is done by shutting down the educational institutions because that was absolutely necessary in educational institutions children and young people. in you know very crabbed conditions often very inadequate. and it's a very very risky you just products for children to that those kinds of conditions and i think this insistence on going to rule with the exact is something that is extremely dangerous and i'm sorry to say but the government seem to be now a christie do show out of time it's become now look political issue it's become polarized between that be dippy right and states and the far opposition drive all the opposition ministers are up in arms and it's a it's it's very sorry because it's activia human issue it's not

a political issue and it should be looked at that just saying we have making adequate arrangement is not enough but the what i say all. that but but what is the alternative because we've just seen a record number of covert infections being noted in india the pandemic is getting worse i mean do you want children to stay off school until the pandemics on the controls the kids ultimately end up losing more than a year's worth of schooling. they read the pattern and nick has to be brought more under control before children can be arsed to go back to school because you must understand all to the conditions in india in most of the country apart from maybe sound you know elite schools they would not be able to provide the conditions necessary in order to even follow the protocol insulates just not possible i was just going to say that with these exams that are we're going to be headed some 2

and a half 1000000 students live involved in managing many of them to give the example to be travelling a few 100 kilometers from there will be coming from villages and small towns to big cities they don't know what is and guesthouses working where are they going to stay they would have to be accompanied by their guardian so it toward exporting something like minimal 5000000 people to resist that is the transport of a live bullet in many places to the buses that are not running the country into regular i'm not running people do not go on private transport halabi expecting this people to come in fact there was somewhat of that going to be young bolus from small appliances because they are the ones whose parents will say in any case good education is not such a big deal it doesn't matter but we're not going to take you all the way to give this exam ok so i think there have been even eat issues here which have come up and

the government needs to be sympathetic and listen to what people are saying ok it's a very tricky situation indeed thank you so much for sharing your concerns with those that. joining us from new delhi thank you very much indeed. in brazil environmental researchers are warning that small crime far as in the amazon rain forest could worsen the coronavirus death toll more than 10000 farmers have been recorded this month alone at least 2000 resiliency at hospital treatment for respect. during similar farce last year we already know of the accelerated destruction yet it's the world's longest reports it's pushing it towards a point where you might no longer be able to recover and stuff working until carbon sink we know negated by a change in the last hour or so has on al-jazeera details on what was a big day of protests across us sports sano will be here with you after this very

short break. business leaders is by no brass pot.

business leaders is by no brass pot. it's time for the sport here santa thank you very much i have a wave of boycotts and protests against racial injustice swept across the sport in the united states on wednesday follows a police shooting of whiskey and resident jacob blake's how malik pours a fox did not come out the stars of the n.b.a. he said they'd use their platforms to promote the fight against racial injustice

and they've delivered on that promise back into the law on wednesday teams boycotted crunch postseason matches in protest following the police shooting of wisconsin resident jacob blake and it was wisconsin's very own team the milwaukee bucks that led the way by not taking to the court for their game against orlando we're expected to play for. you next in the pool to other counties we hold ourselves to their standing in this moment we remain the same from lawmakers force and. we're calling for justice for jailbreaking. there are also reports that both the lakers and the clippers have voted to boycott the rest of the season the biggest on the game making his views very clear on twitter. n.b.a. franchises we're joined by teams in the u.s. is top women's basketball division who also refused to play one matches in major league soccer were postponed due to play boycotts 3 major league baseball games are also called off for the summer but some players on teams that did play made their

feelings very clear. you know. kind one of their moves with. the black lives matter slogan has been highly visible across the u.s. border in recent months and it's clear that some are willing to walk away from a shot at glory to help win the fight against racial injustice to hell malik al jazeera all we've been speaking to is for legal affairs analyst exhibitor pope who believes the boycotts on wednesday were enough. we saw a summer of protests after the death of george florida the end of for a minneapolis police officers and the biggest round of protests this nation ever seen and we saw the players that they were for not that in gay players were really

considering playing at all before the balls and you have players get in the bubble where in v.a. players are staging their their playoff games right now and they had a chance to keep together and have solidarity to be able to make decisions to be able to make a difference for change this comes or years to the day that september for example quarter upwards where back choleric our nick who came public with his decision to kneel to the so that it's a world and so is significant day people will always remember august 26th for the day the sports world stop after the shooting of j play there is incredible pressure there is of injustice there is racism there is often here an ism at stake in violence across the world and the world looks to united states of america when united states of america was embarrassed after be after the after john lewis the

protests were shown across the world being holes in beaten on the pedestal bridge arching selma this nation distance decided to act and move towards the voting rights act and so we've seen this before but the erica had be embarrassed on the world stage and have the world turned around to shine a light at the country a supposed to be a shining light on the hill to be able to make the changes of the world has participated in that. well 2 time grand slam champion has announced that she won't be playing in the west in the southern open semifinal in protest of the shooting of jacob lake several hours days at a time and to announce that it was causing play for a day or soccer booked her place and the last off to beating and to contest it of is tonja the former world number one is building up to the u.s. open to stars on monday in the menstrual world number one novak djokovic continued his impressive 2021 as he reached the semifinals in a fairly easy match the serbian germany's

a young 36361 in just over an hour of it is one win away from equal rough on adults record haul of 35 masters titles or who will be joined in the last 4 by miller so the canadian came back from a set down and saved the match point to defeat the crown of a chip to take it for 67675. the n.h.l. stanley cup playoffs continued on wednesday with 2 games colorado came out on top in a 10 goal 3 legace dallas and now just trail in the western conference semifinals $21.00 yaverland survive a dramatic final period in which 6 goals were scored in as the score the crucial goal to put them ahead on route 264 when. the tampa bay lightning are looking good in their eastern conference a 2nd round series against boston on wednesday they hammered the bruins 71 to take a 21 seat heat. i just saw united the saw poll of poll but has been left

out of france a squad of 4 their upcoming u.f.o. nations league matches after testing positive for corona virus chelsea have also reported that 4 of their players that have been infected and that further 4 are in quarantine blues 1st team were tested at the end of last week upon returning to pre-season training as a stipulated by the e.p.l. ahead of the new season chelsea kick off their campaign against bright england september 14th. opening batsman and jason why has pulled out of england's t 20 squad for this series against pakistan he'll miss the 3 matches against the former t 20 world champions juta side strain for the series which starts on friday was meant to be a warm up for the this year's a t 20 world cup which has been postponed due to the global pandemic. that's it for me hyla thank you very much indeed sam i will that wraps up this new search to see

whether something back with you on the other side of this break. i'm steve clemons i have a question to ask these days it's hard to filter out the noise track of what's really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaking the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on just the wrong. services has been in turmoil like police cars are not dead and gone are black time you're. trying to make a political hole in my city where you are a state representative back in 9091 to me it was all our game one of the guys without a gun and my brother was killed my hood don't look no dear friend any other good out here deal michael brown was kill me i saw my son in 15 years and i felt like

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