he selects on al-jazeera. we understand the differences on the semantics of cultures across the world so no matter what we do to the news and current affairs that matter to you. all. this is al-jazeera. 1800 hours g.m.t. on al-jazeera hello i'm come all santa maria and this is the news hour tens of thousands of people are marching on washington d.c. this friday demanding racial justice and equality in the u.s. exactly 57 years after martin luther king jr declared i have a dream. also in the news the e.u.

increases sanctions pressure on bill rusin warns russia against intervening in support of president bush. and the u.s also threatening sanctions on turkey if no progress is made in the eastern mediterranean dispute with greets flash flooding triggered landslides in afghanistan killing at least $150.00 people it's also a swamp parts of karate in neighboring pakistan. and in school the n.b.a. playoffs will resume on saturday the players have agreed to end a boycott that was aimed at highlighting social injustice. in the afternoon in washington where tens of thousands of people have gathered to a renewed drive for criminal justice reform and racial equality they're calling it another march on washington because it falls on the 57th anniversary of martin

luther king jr i have a dream speech which happened in the same place the u.s. has been gripped by racial protests and breasts since george floyd was killed in police custody in may strong comparisons to the anger in the violence that flared after dr king's assassination in 1968 no person no people are more keenly aware of the risk of disenfranchisement than those who suffered from it there is a need upon the neck of democracy and our nation can only live so long without the action of freedom the streets must be accessed asked by more than rhetoric and more than marching the simple challenge before us is that everyone can cast a ballot and everyone who actually has a conversation with america. we need to have a conversation about your racism about sharp bigotry about your hate

about how you work but showed me an ad neck while we crab for our lads really need a new conversation he's had his share castro she's at the lincoln memorial for the rally tell us about it today heidi not just to an important moment for racial equality but while holding a rally in a time of coronaviruses well social distancing looks like it's going out the window . that's right you see behind me the that you are now so relatively who are standing shoulder to shoulder and organizers what happened asking people to try to get an obviously that's been difficult to make a number out of hand again this morning with 50000 although that number we are now going to take them so none of those are attracted to or the real it when they see as i'm going to go after of american history i'm sorry about that the 7 years ago today when the great songwriters leader mark hertling on our show he's very stunning and. i have. to day it was somehow all on his

father's footsteps i was telling the wire those gathered here that there he is now still home with that i now nearly 6 hours later others are and remains a kind of police now this march and the idea of the law i am proud of the lawyers you know remember somehow i think that a black american green giant in a scene that hated howard and me about what he is officer and during his we are all in that is when the reverend al sharpton the organizer and i asked this march and since then as that pandemic has unfolded and as massive protests have been taking over american streets the problem is. that all of those and really shootings can. happen the latest home grown up like a young man who was shot in the back row in times i won't force officer it was sponsored in front of blake's children who are still alive he's paralyzed from the

waist down and has. like. you. know. let's just try to have let you know. racism against george stinney. racism against jacob lee at wawa if i said the name was odd forgive me. and when dr. and in a few minutes once me seegars wrap up we expect while the protesters have been marching toward the martin luther king memorial that no matter from here if you're trying to recreate these images those iconic moments from the american civil rights movement and as that reverend dr martin luther king said when she talked about him

earlier in our grandfather's vision that was always one of his movement and today is face to looking for genuine equality how does your account star at the march on washington and front of the lincoln memorial there thank you for that to build on something heidi was telling us about there's been an extradition hearing well there was supposed to be an extradition hearing for a 17 year old charged with murder for shootings at a racial equality protest in wisconsin but it's been postponed it was called rittenhouse he was arrested on wednesday a day after 2 people were killed in can i should wisconsin it happened in the press that followed the police shooting of jacob blake who we saw his father speaking there a moment jacob is paralyzed and his father says despite his injuries blake has been handcuffed to his hospital bed. let's ask his attorney patrick selby jr about his co-counsel representing jacob blake and his family thank you for your time patrick

why is he being handcuffed to his bed. well thank you for having me so the. handcuffs in the presence of deputies at bedside in the hospital. had to do with a prior warrant that had been issued by an osha county. without getting into the details and. disputes the underlying facts. with respect to those charges but what i can say is that today while i was there at the hospital speaking with jake up. that warrant has been released and there's going to be further activity on that but for the time being that warrant is released he's no longer handcuffed he no longer has foot restraints and he's no longer being watched over by sheriff deputies but so

just to be clear that is right that that process was expected today just to be clear he is heavily medicated a sedated he is paralyzed and he was handcuffed to a bed what is going on then. absent your and your questions are questions that we've had as well and so there's a legal process and we work through that legal process but you're absolutely right that the underlying policy. did not make any sense it was an ocean county that was enforcing this policy can osha county the same county in which the city of going osha says the same county in which the city that employed this officer is and so why there was not some sort of compassion with respect to the severe injuries that jacob suffered i don't know

he wasn't going anywhere he is paralyzed he is heavily medicated he's in a ton of pain. every day every millimeter he moves is excruciating leaping from so why did you know should county have to enforce their policy i don't know but thankfully we work through the legal process and we think the milwaukee county sheriff's office for expediting this process in relieving mr jacob of the restraints and of the officer watch. is he aware of what's going on of what's what happened to him and what it is again in the united states and how it's all fitting into their everything at the moment the much on washington the republican convention all these things it's all come to a head at once does he does he know what's going on. i don't think he quite understands the depth and breadth of what's going on right now he does have some

awareness i brought some awareness to him when i met with him today. but make no mistake about it. this is a young man a young black man. who himself over the course of his life has felt the inequities that african-americans in this country feel all too frequently with respect to dealings with the police. it's not only him it's other members of his family and the black community generally and so hopefully what we're experiencing now is just yet a further drive for change i thought george floyd. was the movement that came after the george floyd incident. was going to be the watershed moment that's what it felt like so for this particular officer with his gun drawn under these

circumstances and a fire at least 7 shots point blank range into jacob's back when there was literally no momentum no threat no nothing with respect to the officer safety and yet he does this in the wake of what happened to george floyd and so many others i mean the list is way too long and what all of that office if i can just ask you because they often has been put on i think that's a administrative leave while an investigation happens obviously the family can family will be wanting more than that whatever news are you pursuing that. well with respect to the avenues we're pursuing we're we're going to continue to communicate as best we can with can osha both the city in the county as well as the wisconsin department of justice and offer our input. i'm the lawyer for the civil matter so all we can do is communicate and express jacobson the family's wishes but

what i certainly can say is number one administrative leave does that mean this officer may go back on the streets and may go back into these communities are ended with the authority the stowed upon him by the city of can osha to police i don't see how that can be done so i'm not sure why he still has a job why it's still just administrative leave i don't see a path forward for him working again and then with respect to the criminal i think we want to uncover more. as far as all of the factual scenarios but it doesn't take anything more than looking at that video to know that this was not a circumstance where the use of deadly force was anywhere near justified and all we have to do is juxtapose what happened the day after if i'm hearing from the police correctly it's ok for a 17 year old to walk around with

a weapon of death that rifle we also everybody that's been watching the news saw with that young man had and what he used to kill 2 people and yet they're saying because according to the attorney general's report. there was a knife somewhere in the vicinity that there are allowed to use deadly force shooting 7 times into a young black man's back that doesn't make sense and prosy is only explained by racism patrick have a generous co-counsel for like and we thank you for your time to appreciate it. thank you for having me on here is what's coming up for you on this news hour we will find out why the world bank is holding off on its annual business of the it's . how do you look at the big deal and i i made a judgment i should not continue my job as prime minister or the end of an era in

japan of shinzo i resigned as prime minister because of health problems and sport more problems this is for ferrari ahead of the belgian formula 11 pretty. well the european union is edging closer to imposing sanctions on better russian officials the block's foreign ministers have met in germany they've all but agreed on a list of almost 20 high ranking people but some of those a huge states want the inclusion of president alexander lukashenko mccain reports from berlin. for weeks protesters have been on the streets of belarus demonstrating day and night against a government they believe is illegitimate and a president who they believe stole the general election these people hope the outside world is listening in berlin on friday the e.u. aunts and singling out for new sanctions the leaders of the government in minsk

there was a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for their fragile and elections and their rules and for the subsequent crackdown on did exist and go to sanction regime. this is the nation showing individuals. by political level but the b.l.o. russian president who hasn't been sanctioned himself is unmoved alexander lukashenko says if more sanctions come he will cut off transit routes through his country for e.u. goods destined for russia and the baltic states he says he will listen to farmers workers and students collectives but not those on the streets. of violent thugs who roam the streets and shout that they want a dialogue they don't want dialogue and nobody from the authorities will hold any negotiations on the street if there are seen people from the opposition which see

its country is free and independent welcome but while he wants to be seen as ready to listen has put his armed forces in combat ready mode and appeal to russia for help president vladimir putin has said he is prepared to send a police reserve if necessary some people in the west have likened the opposition movement in belarus to those that toppled communism in eastern europe in the late 1980 s. the german chancellor angela merkel lived through those times in berlin which is why she feels an empathy with the protesters in jail or us and believes their grievances should be heard. of the i hope the group that have now courageously taken to the streets the people who have denounced abuses that they will have that degree of freedom which we can take for granted freedom of demonstration freedom of opinion. by bringing in targeted sanctions the e.u. is trying to deliver

a clear message to alexander you can shameka but in return his message is equally clear he is not going anywhere anytime soon dominant cane al-jazeera berlin. corporate is with us from moscow for more on this tell us more about this idea of possible russian support and the chances of it materializing. what we see the. president is quite in baldwin by the support he got from russian president vladimir putin when he struck in sanctions. he said today there is no russian boots on the ground but he won't has it dates to have them in if there is a trip from the western border so from poland and lithuania to beller are so he's trying to convince everybody that there is such threat and that this assistance might be necessary from russia on the other hand we heard about the reserve police start

force so law enforcements that might come only if the situation in russia bill or usher goes out of control more specifically russian president said that if this turns into actually violent riots like burning cars and banks and trying to overtake government buildings hugh was not emphasizing the threat on the western border of a better os but he did say that they're there and they're obliged to and it will on the lives of league ation the collective security treaty and the union state a treaty not the collective security requires external threat that requires a military intervention from on the ballot as from from outside in order to be activated so one should not exclude this possibility but on the other hand the question is what is in there for russia byelorussia is a strategic partners of the country for russia and russia wants to keep it its

under its influence toward to being a good relations and for sure away from any membership of nato or e.u. but it's not looking at it said that it's that important but if this point russia is supporting him they recognized him as a president that he won elections that according to them they say an undisputed leader a so they may. i try to find someone else that will want friendly relations with russia and there is such people in belarus if they intervene militarily these people that want to good relations with russia they might think that i think it's over so the risk is quite big and the russia might resort to this only as the last instance. go through with that view from moscow thank you for that. and now bill a recent freelance journalist on the river of riches there and minsk and says from russia there is an increasing feeling of isolation from belarus as neighbors on the

20th day of fun to look at the process the president has sworn the west he wants a county external pressure when the e.u. sanctions imposed he says he will do the same in return for the bellerose government my do is unclear the economy struggling there are queues. and he's getting hard to be withdraw cash from a.t.m.'s ukraine has also now cut off contact with the governments here so that location can now has only russia to rely on put in has promised to send a reserve police force but look also put in the military into combat ready moats i've been told by one metro driver that he's been called up to the army in the coming days because he protested after the election night after the rest of you have to journalism thursday night it could be much harder for the media to cover future events. because 66th birthday and protesters are planning a new rally for what they call peace and independence there are also fears of

a russian invasion. to welcome mary haas the penya tourney's are now an expert in better russian politics at chatham house in london is joining us from minsk today thank you for your time so the idea of these sanctions going on 20 certain officials but not to the president what do you think it might actually achieve it seems like quite a sort of small step or a gentle 1st step well this actions will not have any significant impact on location and car or she's officials actually this month several protests were killed thousands were tortured repressions to continue every day so when a look at shank upfront and touring the e.u. well it will not influence the decisions because he's not going to the u n u a and she and his officials didn't have any private esas in the so directly speak and the fact that the e.u.

is not introducing serious sanctions against russia is a license for him to continue reserve brushing so why do you think the e.u. has decided to well hold back almost. well it seems that the west is war 8 ball it's russia's position and they also probably the reason that actually the west is not trendy too and knowledge that actually it was drawn in its relations with belarus would be loosening government so i think these are the 2 main points here we talk a lot about the russian influence the russian support for the president but would russia really want to get involved in bellary saying it's probably got enough other things to deal with without going into belarus. yeah yeah i completely agree with you it's actually does make sense for us to significantly help with the shock to

survive because all of the recent protests didn't have any entourages sentiments so how can look at shank right now for putin age would make actually society until russia it also doesn't make my sense for russia trying to be in the police force because it will significantly more some russians relations with the west while actually it looks you know she wasn't very nice with your arshad during the last 23 hour send was accusing the rochelle the time so actually what the whole point for them to intervene definitely graeme and would like to control the situation belarus definitely russia has interests here but actually it does make my sense for them to put all their resources behind the question how would you describe things in belarus right now saying is you're there in minsk what's what i mean when a few weeks now since this all began and things of only escalated there were

journalists arrested yesterday as well what's it like there. well it's it's a difficult time for the country it's a historic time for the country because what we are see right now e.'s. tortures several killings sudden the same protests to continue and many people us feel hopeful bed local changes possible so right now i think it's the time where the mordant political nation about the risk is born and despite all the difficulties that belarus has right now it's still an important time and still many people still think that these here maybe next year will question can will be removed from peace forced because the pena from chatham house really good talking to you appreciate it thank you. thank you very much is another big talking point for those e.u. foreign ministers in berlin and that has been the increasingly tense situation in

the eastern mediterranean are greece which is of course and you member is in a standoff with turkey over competing claims to maritime territory and potential and gas reserves just of a barrel from the e.u. says the bloc could sanction turkey if there is no progress in this crisis 1st you know there now we are listing personalities we can pass to released assets ships we can do. sanctions the participation of activities that we could shoot the illegal in mange everything related with working in this kind of. man. usually to. be in capacities to knowledge. well in a moment cynical surely will tell us how turkey's governments reacted to all of this but 1st the view from greece with john psaropoulos. the sanctions according to

certain leaks that have been made here would include would begin from the energy sector from sanctioning individuals and ships and companies supplying those ships that are involved in the exploration but they could extend massively they could extend to e.u. states to turkey to bank loans being given by e.u. banks to turkish companies and individuals and they could extend to travel restrictions to individuals so the climate at today's informal meeting shows that europe has finally rallied behind greece and cyprus it has largely adopted greek concert period positions to put pressure on turkey to come to the table greece wants negotiations to begin on the basis of international maritime law and should they fail it wants turkey to commit for hand to arbitration at the international court at the hague. i have spoken to some turkish diplomats from the

foreign ministry today basically as one of the turkish diplomat said through. regarding edge of the 4 hour statement this is a legal issue between turkey and greece based on the legal rights of 2 countries on the waters of the agency but the e.u. is putting a political stance towards this legal issue which is basically understandable because they are part of a union european union this is why in a reaction statement from the turkish foreign ministry in a white the e.u. and e.u. member states not to support greece is maximalist amounts against international law under the pretext of union solidarity greece is not an archipelago state it's against international law for greek islands especially because the result of a continental shelf so basically there is no problem about the territorial waters

but turkey and greece are at odds with regard to the continental shelf an exclusive economic zone and the french president zuma near micron's says he's taken a tough stance in the eastern mediterranean because turkey respects actions not words france italy and greece joined cyprus in air and sea military exercises this week france and greece deployed both warplanes and navy ships as part of the drills while cyprus tested its defense system relations between france and turkey have been tested by the clear french support for greece. in the news head what west african leaders agreed on during talks on mollie's future after the coup. also india's police accused of being complicit in the deadly riots earlier this year and sport some good news for these messy fans and it's coming from the manager of the english teams.

what i find in try again across much of the arabian plays the bass and places of cloud just around the southern end of the red sea maybe the op isolated showers just coming in here around the southwest and course this is just the sound of possibility just spinning out of iraq towards kuwait just running down towards that both east and called of saudi arabia not too much to our about highs here in doha around 40 celsius on sat's di similar value as we go one through sunday nothing much else going on really northern parts of iran could catch one or 2 shows and cause we could still see some showers there into the fosse southeast of pakistan along with just around the gulf of aden southern and off the red sea up to the showers that we have around the highlands to cross the central belt of africa shows a course trying to sink their way a little further south was now will see some what's the weather just coming back

towards uganda want to see coastal shell was a possibility just around kenya maybe into the final feast of tanzania want to see shows around the eastern cape lookout kota this the cape town should be about 18 degrees at this time of the year southern cape saying more wet sand at times very windy weather racing through temperatures start to recover as we go on through sunday. i don't mean all of that narrative from most in my career but no concrete you don't like and it's my job to shed light on how and why on counterfeit costs how carving up the oil and gas riches of the east and that is radium could prove to be costly to save millions of jobs lost just perused tries to control the spread of the corona virus. plus the brigadier who wants to run the world trade organization. counting the cost on al-jazeera. singapore is being accused of expanding its

coastline in the dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of. niecy i literally vanish it's a big business smuggling when they go take the sit there in the sand is fair to say this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al-jazeera. ruth. oh. oh. you're on the news here al jazeera and these are the top stories tens of thousands

of people are rallying in washington d.c. for criminal justice reform and racial equality they're calling it another march on washington it falls on the 57th anniversary of martin luther king jr i have a dream speech in the same location u.s. of course gripped by racial protests made. the european union's edging closer to imposing sanctions on going to russian officials which it's linked to electoral fraud and of on a crackdown on protesters foreign ministers have agreed on almost $20000.00 people to sit. in the a used top diplomat says the blocks also considering sanctions against turkey the tensions continue between turkey and greece over competing claims to maritime territory and potential whaling gaston's says. that the german hospital treating russian opposition figure alexina vali says there are some signs of improvement but he remains in a medically induced coma doctors still have the 44 year old on a respirator in intensive care they have said there are indications support the

claims he was poisoned russian authorities though insists there's no evidence of any crime the kremlin critic fell ill on a flight on august 20. the world bank is said to be holding its report on national competitiveness rankings because of concerns some countries are wrongly manipulating their data and says come from a wall street journal report it says china as a beige on the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are among those suspected of data irregularities. the reports become the main international ranking of business environments in different nations governments can improve their standing by doing things like reducing bureaucracy so businesses can start up and and grow more easily so we've got robert scott to talk about this senior international economist at the account policy institute he's in maryland in the u.s. thanks for your time so 1st of all this actual report to tell us a little bit more about it why it comes out and why it's held in such regard this

is used by the world bank both to allocate grants to different countries and is also used by businesses to make investment decisions so it's part of the infrastructure. business environment studies there are other providers of ranking like this. also make similar ratings as well but in this one in particular the governments themselves are running the data well the same time they're also voting on the use of these boards and allocating funds at the world bank the governments are voting members are the core problem right so they go back to the original problem he said is that it's the governments which have to provide their own data so that i guess is quite susceptible to being manipulated. that's right and you know this is the problem it's really you know a great inflation problem in part you know there's incentive always all of them

want to have the highest possible rate in versus some possible and you know for example china was ranked 90 as in the world. 5 years ago and the rooms to that ranking up to 30 or 31st of all 180 members of the world bank and that businesses have been complaining about a decline in the quality of the business environment in china they're claiming that their technology is being stolen by the chinese government and china's forcing. foreign companies to actually transfer tech to local partners and then forcing them to leave to get out of china and so 'd it's hurting the if one companies and obviously that's an indication of a decline in the business flow none of that proved so what can the world bank actually do about this you've pointed out that it's its member countries i mean

it's controlled by its member countries so it will require cooperation from the like solve as this report says china saudi arabia. well i think the economists of the who look at this and and the next was a former chief economist of world bank and paul romer who 1st noticed 2 years ago. number economists said that the whole business of the world bank producing a competitiveness report is prone to corruption is just get out of this business they should stop issuing this report and of course the problem is that the government governments themselves like that report of might be able to use it and so it's going to be hard for the moment to get out of this business once they've got into all that robert scott thanks for joining us today appreciate your expertise on this. west african leaders have agreed that mali's transitional government must be led by a civilian and it must last no longer than 12 months members of the eco us bloc

held a summit on friday to discuss mali's future and whether to lift the sanctions it had suspended mali from its institutions if it shut the borders and stop financial transactions following last week's removal of president abraham who cater the coup leaders released on thursday when interest has been monitoring the story from a budget in nigeria he tells us the regional leaders are really not backing down from their demands. well course is looking at the shape of the shorts transition timetable simply because they believe that the military the military in mali and elsewhere in west africa have no business in being in government rather initially remember they a course asked the new military leaders in mali to return to the barracks and return. to power until they had until when the delegation sent by of course met with in prison he told them that he has no interest in going back to the

presidential palace following months of demonstrations and protests against him so they of course summoned by the way has and that it was a virtual meeting and from all indications in the military leadership in mali released yesterday just to secure or get some concessions from their course leaders that seem to have failed simply because from the statements made by the various heads of state and government 14 of them with the exception of mali it looks like they are keeping sanctions in place one of the key things the military leadership in mali wanted was the lifting of economic sanctions and blockades on the landlocked country today the president of course the chairman of course the president mohamed isa fool in his opening statement said there is no chance that sanctions will be live to sanctions are imposed they are bitter but they are

necessary to force some kind of progress so the sanctions will remain in place but japan's prime minister shinzo abbott has resigned because of poor health the 65 year old has long suffered from the disease of calatinus but he does bow out as the country's longest serving media priyanka gupta has more. a chronic illness that cut short his 1st term in office 13 years ago has come back to force shinzo ave japan's longest serving prime minister to step down this employing out america i would like to sincerely apologize to the people of japan for leaving my post with one year left in my term of office and amid the coronavirus woes while various policies are still in the process of being implemented. 0 7 the foremost of the century should so rb has told me to japan's politics he comes from

an influential political dynasty his grandfather was prime minister and his father foreign minister the conservative politician rose through the ranks of his liberal democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus and agenda. up in the midst of what became known as the nomics was a series of the bishop's reforms aimed at boosting japan struck an economy his vision of a well here stronger japan came with a lifelong mission to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self-defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes

but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now it is a year. that japan has been well governed has been predictably inconsistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia and globally rb strengthen security entry ties with the u.s. making japan one of its closest allies. and despite total disputes he warmed up to regional superpower china and japan's wartime legacy led to renewed friction with south korea causing their worst diplomatic and create dispute for decades. the 2011 earthquake tsunami and fukushima nuclear disaster was

a further test of his leadership another came in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic scuttled his plans to showcase japan on the world stage by hosting the tokyo summer olympics the world's 3rd largest economy already on the slide since $218.00 slumped to a record low abbie's resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability. al-jazeera authorities prime minister scott morrison says he is disappointed by china's decision to ban beef imports from another australian. chinese authorities suspended the firm's permit saying a banned substance was found in some of its products it is the 5th straight an avatar stopped from exporting to china diplomacy between the 2 countries is deteriorated in the past year with china imposing more tariffs or bans on beef and

barley imports china though says this is spent and has nothing to do with relations between the countries. a suspect has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 39 people from vietnam found in the back of a refrigerated truck near london last year with an irish holy ronan hughes also admitted to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration 10 of the victims were teenagers and all were from a poor region of central vietnam or tops the results show they died from a lack of oxygen and overheating as a 2nd suspect as well who also pleaded guilty to manslaughter. corona virus updates now how the wearing of masks is now mandatory across paris after a surge in new cases in the french capital the estimated rate of infection in france has quadrupled over the past month and face coverings are already compulsory outdoors everywhere in some of the cities france has recorded nearly 300000 cases of coronavirus and at least 30000 deaths and opposition groups in india staged

protests against the government's refusal to delay university entrance exams for millions of students but demonstrations happened as india recorded its highest single day rise in cases of 77000 of them india is the world's 3rd worst affected country with nearly 3 and a half 1000000 reported cases nearly half of those with this month alone when the testing was ramped up still in india and amnesty international is accusing delhi police of being complicit in religious violence that broke up back in february this is when 53 people were killed and more than 500 injured during fighting over a controversial citizenship law. as with. peace and alicia dirt on their baby sister lima the 5 month old is the newest member of the confidently she was born just 3 weeks after her father made and his brother were killed in religious violence in delhi in late february. the man's father remembers

when he had to identify his son's body heat. when they showed us the photos our world came crashing down our throats. can't even describe their injuries they were hit so many times. on the head or their throats were slit knife or sword injuries on the head. to a 53 people killed in the last week of february 41 muslims the violence began when hindus supporting the government citizenship amendment act o.c.a. fort hood protesters who said the law discriminated against muslims. amnesty international says in a report that delhi police was complicit in violence against muslims one of the things that they found that the police officer actually either did not intervene in their rights despite being present or intervened only to disproportionately arrest a protest us so there was a differential treatment of

a somebody. amnesty international and lawyers also accused police of falsely implicating muslims in the violence number of examples where muslims have been shot dead and their bread was from sick as examples of. fear or fear delhi police has actually created. delhi police didn't respond to al-jazeera as requests for an interview but the government says amnesty international has an agenda against them the allegations are unfounded completely. people who are. saying that police has. to pick sides to a mistake in britain just missed internationally an official fact finding committee also says police were involved in the rest of the delhi minority's commission said in its $135.00 page finding that not only was the delhi police complicit but its

investigation as floored rights groups are calling for action against the hindu nationalist leaders that threaten violence against protesters before the riots broke out and for an investigation into the delhi police. says he wants justice for his family for his granddaughters who still haven't been told that their father and uncle a dead elizabeth purana al-jazeera you daddy. states along the u.s. gulf coast are bracing for more extreme weather even as the cleanup from laura begins the storm weakened late on thursday but tornadoes and heavy rain are expected across the weekend and laura killed at least 6 people and left hundreds of thousands without power. there are flash floods in afghanistan and pakistan so they've killed at least 200 people and many others are missing after those heavy seasonal rains mohammad has. buildings reduced to

rubble and cars overturned by the force of floodwaters not together to get over that it is a little heavy rains and flooding have swamped 13 provinces in the east and north of afghanistan this week residents living in the mountainous area of parwan recorded by surprise. when. the rain started it but not with the dangerous noise we try to get out of the harm but we're stuck inside floodwater was everywhere. there are fears that many are still trapped under their destroyed homes. we are missing one family member we are searching but look at the destruction. people are trying to recover whatever they can but the flood water and the filth it carries gets everywhere. you go guys are doing is going to show we are going to and i'm going to 6 houses were flooded some have lost family members because of no electricity or those tried to escape in cars but were trapped. families and rescue

workers are searching through the wreckage for survivors at least 150 people were killed by buildings that collapsed some of the injured are being moved to the capital kabul for treatment. for the night it was no joke either authorities are providing coffins to families who have lost loved ones. in the center center or relatives have taken around 75 dead bodies from the hospital because we provided them with coffins there were more did bodies that were not even brought to the. and many people trapped under the rubble. the people here are calling for help afghan president ashraf ghani has promised that emergency aid will arrive soon including ground and air support. heavy rains have also battered pakistan's financial capital. with which water floods the streets many are forced to live in makeshift tents shelters are being set up for the displaced. but could even determine what about bridges were submerged in water we rescued them overnight and

shifted them to a safer place it was a school. in. the region struggles every year with monsoon rains made worse by poor infrastructure as rubble is cleared families actually awaits news about the missing while others prepare for mass burials for him hunted al-jazeera. elbowed funded by the british street artist banksy has rescued 89 refugees and migrants including women and children in the mediterranean the vessel set sail 10 days ago to help people in trouble at sea over the past year more than 5000 people have been rescued mainly by ships operated by charity activist groups rescue crews say they've been turned away from every european port they approach. sports in a moment said after a change in the minds. of return to action in new york and he is with that and the rest of us all to most of us 60.

but just before we get to the spot with our lives and show you some pictures we've just gotten in released by russia showing never before seen images of the largest nuclear explosion on record an extraordinary it was nicknamed the tsar's bomb it was tested in $961.00 over an archipelago in the arctic ocean but radiation levels rose as far away as scandinavia which of course brought international condemnation just some interesting pictures there released as we said recently. by russia ok now

spoke with andy thank you all the n.b.a. playoffs will resume on saturday the place of agree to end the boycott ended highlighting issues of social injustice there have been no games since the milwaukee bucks for a no show for the fixture with the orlando magic on wednesday the players were protesting the shooting of jacob blake a black man who was shot by police in wisconsin on sunday. we have a big platform that we used to you know really make change in this country. you know it starts with you know going to our cities and making changes or starts with charging people start using you know our platform you know talk to people you know our in this country you know creating change when a joint statement from the league and plaza socialisation the following commitments have been made the n.b.a. and its players will form a social justice coalition that will focus on a range of issues including police and criminal justice reform cmon is willing to convert playing arenas in some voting locations for the upcoming us elections will

be advertising spots during games about votes and engagement now basketball writes upon the robinson believes the timing of this process did catch some players by surprise. i think there were a lot of heated discussions that were taking plates for mary lee because they caught many people by surprise with the milwaukee bucks decided not to play their game 5 and a playoff game against their little magic they were like teams that at that cited that they more morning to sit out from play but the bucs counted that their own fame and it seemed to be a lot of discussions about how to make things happen in unison so of course the bulk of the hometown team where the jacob blake shooting took place and the guys decided that's what they wanted to do but i think cooler heads prevail in that situation the bron james of the lakers and colin of the los angeles clippers were

both very upset about just how things were handled was there a point in the thing that really stands out in this 'd situation there's a conversation that took place. with the n.b.a. presidents as well as chris hall who is the president players association along with how corgan are doing dollar and basically they wanted to get the best situation possible that everybody could be happy and there's been a lot of conversation between owners players and more and you know here we are today. well the n.h.l. postseason or will regime on saturday with all of thursdays and fridays games postponed in solidarity with the n.b.a. the plas were halted after the hockey diversity alliance fully requested the league say suspend all action all 3 and i shall games had gone ahead on wednesday despite fixtures being put on hold in of the u.s. lakes now after a change of mind was back in action of the western and southern i've been in new york on wednesday our soccer announcer is pulling out of the events of protest

against racial injustice she writes her of us thought decision when all games were postponed on thursday the family world number one hates intelligence police most is in straight sets to reach the final. yeah i mean for me it's been a little bit shas for i couldn't really sleep last night so i'm really glad i was able to play at a pretty good bible i'm really glad i didn't mentally collapse i was down at 3 in the 2nd i got really tired in the tie break too so i'm really glad i did i'm just did the full manager year can club says there's no chance of his club signing we know messy messy handed in a transfer request to barcelona earlier on this week but also fans are continuing to protest outside the team stadium demanding the club does all that it can to keep the argentinian striker cop says messi salary of more than $100000000.00 a year rules out a move to the premier league champions. who doesn't want to have messi and it's the end but you know chances are so. the numbers are absolutely not for us

we don't even have to stop thinking about it it's all it's all clear no jazz but good play. i'm brazilian defendants yagur silva has completed his move to english side chelsea the 35 year old joining on a free transfer from p.s.g. during his time with the french club we want to join record 7 league titles chelsea will begin their league season on september the 14th for the game against brighton . and red bulls much for stuff and went quickest in the 2nd practice ahead of sunday's belgian grand prix the stop is the only non-necessities driver to have won a grand prix side far this season more problems for ferrari with charles down in 15th and sebastian vettel in 17th spot on the time sheets that get several seasons later and defending world champion lewis hamilton he was 3rd quickest overall. ok but his sorry sport is looking to finish thanks for that and then he's got more

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seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as a skilled migrants now say they're essential to control the virus i received. messages on the scene that we'll you know say i was a nurse back koori what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. dreams dance and entertainment a way for people to rise above the violence around so it's my role to give these girls a different idea that they can leave the wards of this community 3 short films show how performance creates a home and family and gives hope and opportunity. a.j. selects on al-jazeera. i am sequences i have a question to ask these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important to the bottom line tackles the big issues the to shake the

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