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leader. is detained at the ukrainian border a day off toshi was reportedly snatched off the streets by masked men. india and china accuse each of those armies of firing shots and violating agreements in a disputed himalayan border region plus. i'm. in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river and i'll be telling you about the impact of the floods and the government response. and i'm leah harding with all the day's sports serena williams books her place in the u.s. open quarterfinals as she moves closer to a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. many have called it genocide now 2 soldiers from me and mom may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case. to the international criminal court there are reports that 2 men are in the

hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of muslim human rights group of $45.00 rights says it's been taped confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the me and my army in the lengthy videos the men admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction of raping give villages the rights group says they've also named other soldiers and senior commanders involved in the crimes let's cross over to the hague where step vasant is live for us step we're getting reports that the 2 men are in they are at least in the care of the international criminal court there in the hague somewhere what more do we know about where they are and what's happening. yes exactly we are hearing reports that they might have a right here on monday especially the court denies that they are and custody which is probably the case is that there is

a witness protection program here at the prosecutor's office the prosecutor's office i have to explain in the pendent from the court so so far there hasn't been any rest well and against these 2 individuals from me on my the i.c.c. the international criminal court has significant protection program for witnesses so if they are here it's very likely that the court has helped them get the feed travel to the netherlands and also provide them with assistance so during their stay here but the prosecutor's office says they current confirm any of this information while this investigation is still ongoing and they also urge everyone not to speculate because you have to understand this is a very sensitive case it's a crime against humanity across what happened in myanmar has been described as genocide and this. would be the 2 1st testimonies from people within the military from me on my to come out so there is of course

a lot of concern for the safety of these 2 people did to form a soldier so to court and the prosecutor's office is not confirming if there are actually here in the hague right now so bring us up to date with what we know about where the case is at the moment. well the case was stuck for quite a long time to investigation because it's not a signatory to the road statute which is the basis of this international criminal court but they have found a way out of this last year the court has ruled that they have jurisdiction they found a way because bangladesh is a signatory to the rome statute and part of the crimes that happened in myanmar were happening in bangladesh as well for example deportations there were lots of forced deportations hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority in the world forcefully the 14th so that so the crossing of the border is

a fact that the court now from status and the fact that this happened in a country that has signed the rome statute so that's why did case now has been speeding up since last november the 4th of investigation to continue and if they have to form a military man we don't know exactly their their their position but if they are they they say they were involved they have. given a very detailed account of what they did and also who was with them also the high ranking officers then of course this would be an enormous boost for this investigation don't starve us and bring us up to date from the hague i want to bring in mohammad june because he's been covering the rangar crisis extensively he's joining me now one of the things that we have to remember about all of this is that we actually just don't know very much there are going to be a lot of questions about who these men are and whether or not they are actually from me on and so on. you're absolutely right rob and right now we have

a lot more questions than we do answers of course fortify rights is saying that in these videos these 2 soldiers confess to crimes of rape of burning villages and that they name a senior commanders that they go up the chain of the tatmadaw with me and more military those who were present when this crackdown was going on which started august 25th 2017 in iraq kind state against. ethnic minority but it's really going to be interesting to find out where exactly these soldiers are in that chain how high they are up the chain i mean if this is verified and if the information that these soldiers are providing is credible this is potentially huge this could be something that really acts as a catalyst when it comes to potentially bringing charges of genocide against me and more in the international criminal court we must remember there is

a case at the international court of justice that has been brought by the gambia and now canada and the netherlands have joined that case against me and more charging me and more with with genocide and there have been provisional measures ordered by the court by the i.c.j. in that case you know asking me and mars government to make sure that evidence is preserved and also asking well demanding rather man mars government to give them reports every 6 months or so as to what is going on in iraq and state but at the i.c.c. where there was a preliminary investigation and then last november it became an official investigation by the prosecutor's office this is really something that could change as far as what is going on there and how they approach a potential case against me and more at the i.c.c. mohammed as we were talking about earlier the fact that you have covered this case means you you have a lot of contacts among the rohingya and bangladesh and elsewhere. in your

estimation rob how great is the risk do you think that there might be some sort of reprisal against working here who are still in me and more as a result of this this is something that is always on the minds really foremost in the minds of rohingya refugees who are in bangladesh they are constantly worried about what is going on with their relatives back in iraq and say because there still are hundreds of thousands of rolling in iraq kind state and in fact you had the u.n. officials and many rights organizations who have said in the past that they are concerned that there is an ongoing genocide being perpetrated by me and more as a military against the rohingya in iraq i say that means they believe that this genocide didn't just happen in 2017 in iraq and say they believe it is happening even today and so rohingya refugees that you speak with in the camps are always concerned about what might happen about the reprisals that their relatives my face

about the fact that they don't hear very often from their relatives because there has been an internet shutdown for quite some time in iraq kind state so yes they are concerned and this is something that they're going to be worried about when and if they speak to the media about these developments because it's something that they carry with them because of the trauma that they faced when they were in iraq and stayed and because of the trauma they fear that their relatives are still facing in iraq and state thank you very much. and tony is the executive director of legal action worldwide know she was a man that bangladesh a u.n. investigator at the height of the crisis and she's joining us live from amman in jordan by skype thank you very much indeed for giving us your time you saw the end result of the refugees who are making their way to bangladesh as we mentioned at the height of this crisis in your a summation if these allegations turn out to be true this evidence turns out to be verified how significant is this. thank you what will this is an astounding 10 of

events and sent to me when i was a u.n. investigators on the borders of bangladesh and as the hundreds of thousands are going that would across the border we never thought that we would be in this situation the stories that i knew seemed to resonate with what we have seen from the test in these these cheap woman me and my soldiers that they were all dupes to kill indiscriminately they were ordered to rape to gang rape crucially to sexual prominence and since that time i now represent hundreds of bringing some of them a song that that it is that these 2 people and their mass soldiers have talked about and i talked to them earlier today in the camps to to gauge their reaction to this and what they said tools in relief relief that. what has happened finally and mission from the me and mommy but it will say that tends to anger and to sorrento and thinking about their loved ones and or save the

russian get that still remain. as we were just talking about to mohamed john jim our correspondent there one of the key elements of this at the moment is how little we know about these men and the fight that one would assume that their stories have at least being checked attempted to be checked out and verified and so on is it an indication of how confident the international criminal court feels about that evidence that we believe these men who have been transported to the hague. well probably it's hard to comment on facts and as we've had that the i.c.c. will make no comment as to whether they have them in custody but what do we know well we've seen that their story says that to be credible and reparative now indeed that also resonates from statements i have taken as a lawyer representing. they took they come from the trunk and the other villages

and been mentioned in their reports of the mask of the killing and also indeed it stated about clear orders $98.00 was so important to senior military commanders and whilst they may be very no in the ranks i think that will come forward and that has been shown to be a chain of command and also let's just reflect back this mountains national court of justice case what we had on the 10th of december and he left it to some but last year or so a defending the me and the school that actions and there was no admissions that this is really an important moment space for the regime but i think the international justice and we see that the international community as i hope will be supporting this and we've seen that transit and netherlands now joining as an intervention to the ice sheet case and that's trickled of the moral support i think

will the rain get as we notice a crowded space in the out is what is happening to hear their voices neck cries for justice help me with an explanation here because if i understand it correctly the international court of justice has is bringing a case which is essentially broadly aimed towards me and ma but the i.c.c. has the capacity to bring out and against individuals which may mean if i understand it correctly that some of those senior members of the military and possibly further up in the chain whom these men have identified may be individually targeted with prosecutions is that accurate we may see this going further up the chain. you're absolutely right let's put it simply based on actual court of justice state to state campus it's me and any decision will be against the state itself it is not a criminal prosecution against individuals the international criminal court be investigating and prosecuting individuals and now if we look at the cost of war

really the i.c.c. was actually the best speeches never down so just that most recently in that prosecutions they had gone to see a commander is this the vehicle up to that and of course that many of the more numerous sanctions against similarly mean modern military attorney a movie is executive director of legal action worldwide we appreciate your time and thank you very much indeed but the russian president alexander lukashenko says he won't to step down despite a rising tide of protests against his leadership but speaking to russian media on tuesday he did not rule out holding an early presidential election because shankar claimed victory in a disputed election last month which is opponents say was rigged since then mass protests are being held across the country despite threats by security forces but the action is illegal and belorussian opposition candidates for atlanta to kind of

scalia says president alexander look or sound got no longer has the legitimacy to engage in diplomatic affairs she's told members of the council of europe that any treaties signed with look or sanka wouldn't be upheld by future governments my country my nation my people now need help. need international pressure on this regime on this one and you need to know this firstly clean in on to our being need some actions on individuals who issue and exit your screen now or this violates international norms and human rights. but the russian state t.v. says a prominent opposition activist missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine witnesses say they saw money and calista call being snatched off a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in

a van on monday say the media are denying those reports for months journalists on the device which is in minsk was more on monday a calista call this disappearance. we know mostly from either state media will from other sources because her lawyer still hasn't got any summations during the last 24 hours we've seen this morning the video with one of her team member who was explaining then that he has chosen to become tricked now we know there are 2 of them back now in ukraine and maria kolesnikov i couldn't leave the country because she simply tore off her passport so she couldn't last into ukraine because of the incident so basically it proves once again that seized the park wasn't wasn't wilensky city will to leave the country should that's couple of days to go to me that she will be staying here till the end feels of a great and today what we saw once again proves that the recent authorities just

try to keep out of the country the main opposition figures they would not leave. even if they don't they defaulted but still they are very well known here people respect them average i talk to them on the street during the process so this incident rules again that the bulletin board will continue the russian now one journalist editor for one of the main media outlets she was the rock and there are 1 sources that bachmann and basically. the last sunday we see that the repression has gone back and they will continue in the next hours and the next day. 30 more ahead on the news hour including the u.k. he's making a call for realism ahead of the next round of talks so is there still time to agree on a post bragg's it trade deal plus back home to

a syrian journalist returned from china after being caught in a diplomatic standoff and in sports with lay up the press of defense by the l.a. clippers this player only used one finger to stop a basket. india and china accusing each other soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along their disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of actual control as it's known in the western region on monday and opened fire and its soldiers took what it called countermeasures but india's military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area between a u. has more on the reaction from beijing. now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things

between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years that had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball the longest disputed area both sides unable to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now in our farms have not been news that things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides did and these 20 indian soldiers will last china says that it's conducting negotiations and dialogues with the indian side there have been talks at different levels for the past few weeks including very high level talks in moscow between both the defense ministers from both countries just last friday but it seems that those talks have been very limited in terms of what progress they have been able to make and india also says that china has captured 5

indian civilians and china's foreign ministry when asked about this said they didn't have any information saying simply that they were continuing dialogue with india that they wanted peace but china's foreign ministry has predictably laid the blame for escalating tensions completely with the indian side. elizabeth put on them is in new delhi and she says the indian army maintains it did not go across the line of actual control. they are saying that it was the chinese army that tried to close in on one of india's positions and when they were dissuaded by their own troops that they fired a few rounds in the air they're also saying that despite grave provocation that indian troops exercised great restraint that they are committed to disengagement to deescalation and that china continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate and they're also saying that the latest statement by the chinese army about the firing that's an attempt to mislead. and the international audience now

this happened just 3 days after that meeting between the 2 countries defense ministers at the shanghai cooperation organization summit it was the highest level . between the 2 countries since the current standoff began. and we also had both sides saying that the other agreed to deescalate the situation after that but we have had so many rounds of talks at different levels. and each time they maintain that they are committed to disengaging and get we've had more incidents including the most serious between the 2 countries in june when those 20 indian soldiers and a number of chinese soldiers were killed we do have a meeting between the foreign ministers of the 2 countries coming up again coming up rather again at that shanghai cooperation organization summit on thursday. and journalists have returned home from china after

a tense diplomatic standoff which left them feeling a rest chinese police had demanded interviews with the man and initially barred them from leaving but reporters one from the state broadcaster a.b.c. and the other from the financial review refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while their safe departure was negotiated it comes after the arrest of another australian journalist and chong lady who works for china's state owned channel. but that is the very way you are out. there. in. the country if you're only one rule of law. yeah this is a whirlwind kind of. got to be going to be. like astronomers the president of australia's media here in the media entertainment and arts alliance and he says china is using journalists as diplomatic bargaining chips we're very glad that the

2 of them are back home and safe because in china they're clearly not safe and this is a very disturbing pattern we've seen. chung they is in custody not a number reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a uni and german who's in john has been sober for 18 months facing it's been charges so unfortunately this looks like a pattern that the chinese government is using journalists as just tools in a diplomatic guide you hear very little about what happens after the journalists are detained we know that that has received consular assistance but that's that's about it and this appears to be a pattern of intimidation by the chinese authorities to try to get the story of china told in the way it wants and i mean it also appears to be a bit of chip to tap tied in with trade disputes china's long struggle with the

united states maybe a stranger is seen as as a pawn or a patsy for the united states it's very unclear what's going on and it's very disappointing because china does not have a civil society where freedom of the press exists so. it's disturbing that it's being rolled out against weston and other journalists you know a diplomatic game that is very dangerous members and other journalists to cover china the u.k. chief brags that negotiator has called for realism from the e.u. ahead of another round of trade talks on tuesday there was a frost says there's still time for the 2 sides to reach a post brags that trade deal after prime minister abbas johnson made up top of the 15th the deadline to strike an agreement let's get more on this long sleep in westminster there didn't seem to be a great deal of hope that met any agreement could be reached in these talks are we seeing any signs of positivity atoll lawrence. no and if anything

it's going from bad to worse it's all very well saying that the british are saying the still time but what they appear to be doing at the moment is trying to rewrite the rules very very late in the process remember when this story came out late on sunday nights that the u.k. side might be thinking of remaking on parts of the withdrawal agreement from the european union the boris johnson signed it is all about trade basically which is pretty boring frankly but very important at the same time he put the trade border down the irish sea between the island of ireland and the u.k. mainland to protect the integrity of the island of ireland and the peace process so the border didn't have to be in the middle of all and everybody thought well that's job done that's ok now because the 2 sides count agree on things like state aid and fishing and all this kind of stuff and the bickering endlessly about states it's now emerged that the governments of this country might want to rein in

a gun parts of the withdrawal agreement to the absolute consternation of the european union because it's a breach of international law say the europeans so the talks start this afternoon michel barnier is there in the room with david frost's in france explaining what's going on meanwhile in the house of commons while these new sets of rules are being outlined to the europeans a load of very wary conservative m.p.'s say well hang on if we break this international law then what does that say about our reputation as a trustworthy partner with other countries going forward one senior conservative asin or not and secretary because it's all about northern ireland is this is it or is this not a breach of international law the line sector stands up and says yes it is a breach of international law in quote a very limited and specific way. it's frankly is pretty unbelievable that at this point in the process the u.k. side is basically saying it is prepared to break international law to try to force the europeans into some sort of compromise on only its own red lines and plainly it

does a number of things it is potential to cause and yet another instance of the conservative party it could lead to a very acrimonious no direct sieves and an awful relationship between the u.k. and the european union because the shadow over the u.k. is reputation to the rest of the world as being a trustworthy part that and on top of that it also brings back in supply the status of the border inside the un and the violence and there's a great deal of people inside islands who are going to be very worried that what it might mean about the potential for border going up splitting the un in the violent yet again into so it's a very very high stakes controversial stuff this from the british side you know really doesn't sound very positive atoll does a long sleeve reporting to us outside the house of commons in london lawrence thank you very much. severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan a days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency officials say 100 people have been killed while more than 100000 homes are damaged fighting this year has far exceeded record set in the

1940 s. cause in the nile to rise to levels not seen in a century but the u.n. is warning the situation may get worse with more heavy rain expected until the end of the month about morgan's in khartoum where she says many people are demanding more assistance from the government. we're here in the southern parts of sudan's capital hard to me and the residents here tell me that up until nearly 2 weeks ago these areas including about 2 to 3 kilometers away all of it was dry land but as you can see right now there's not a speck of dry land inside they say that the nile river has overflowed its banks and when into the neighborhoods damaging houses filling homes that are concrete destroying homes that are partially concrete and that are weak forcing people to get displaced now according to sudan's government at least 100 people have died as a result of the flooding over the past month and more than half

a 1000000 people have been displaced people who have been affected by these floods which is the highest in more than a century say that the government response has been weak and the government says that they are trying their level best but some things were out of control the liver to see them in the hole where using sandbags to block the areas that are being swarmed however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach record highs even bridges were flooded residents in affected areas have been evacuated and warnings were sent to those exposed now while the government says that they have tried to respond with some preventive measures but people are saying that they're now looking into the neighborhood resistance committees come and seize that have been active during sudan's revolution mobilizing people and who are now working on the response plan forward for those affected they've been trying to mobilize food donations via social media by going through neighborhoods to try to get people to come together to help those who have been affected by the floods people are saying the people who are affected are

saying that they want to see more government response they say that they're demanding medications they're demanding shelter they're demanding food they're demanding clean water and they're concerned about the long term impacts of the floods they're worried that they won't be able to rebuild the destruction that has been caused by the floods especially in the country in the midst of an economic crisis and they say that the government needs to respond more and show its presence more so that they know that when the water south receding they can go back to their lives and they can start rebuilding with help from the government rather than being left out in the open with their future unknown. whatever the weather here is rob mccallum was talking about floods in sudan you're going to be talking about fires in the united states but there is a connection there is a link it's the changing climate in both aspects is more in the most victims of lots more heat therefore driving more fires is actually a simple link if you think about it just doesn't make sense necessarily there was a heatwave which is dire dulling a little bit through all of california and towards arizona nevada places like this

over the weekend we broke records yesterday's highest was in the north of california $44.00 the record surprised all this of course is just meant there's been nothing to help the firefighters fight these fires evinces numberous advisories and one has not even to the heart of it yet this is just the start of it however i'd like to promise could use in our current although there's obviously a cold front coming south which means colder air a big change that tends to enhance the contrast in temperatures contrasting temperatures drive the with so you get a wind santa ana will tend to make the fires were things worse in southern california but we have to lead up as it is for now and talk about this pool of cold though she's running down through the rockies towards the panhandle of texas denver maybe shows a change in the weather the best of all it was 33 yesterday one today it's just started snowing by the way just the door and it will slowly rise to maybe about average by friday and where it's not snowing and that will be the rockies

eventually further south will see flooding rain probably in the panhandle of texas rob rob thanks very much indeed. still ahead on our desire a not so black and white wildfire fair housing activists in the u.s. say president trump is clinging to an outdated vision of america's suburbs plus still in a mood to party packing the beaches in brazil to mark independence day despite the devastating toll of covered 19 and the woman's world number one tennis player will not be playing at the french open find out why with lip and support. global pandemic. family comes 1st. for every american health care has never been more important. because the new disease does not favor republicans over

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you're watching al-jazeera remind of our top stories this hour 2 men who say they deserted from the me and ma army reportedly given confessions detailing mass killings and the destruction of rohingya villages they're now said to be in the hague and could help the international criminal court. but a russian president alexander lukashenko says he won't step down but he's not ruling out holding early elections because shankar claimed victory in the disputed vote last month which is opponents say was rigged. severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a state of emergency officials say about 100 people have been killed more than 100000 homes were damaged.

donald trump is being accused of playing politics for suggesting a coronavirus vaccine could be ready by next month just ahead of the u.s. presidential election the pandemic is front and center in the minds of voters and precautionary measures have also seen a more subdued start to the election campaign compared to 2016 as was ill in jordan are reports. crowds flags thumbs up for a victory the scene on labor day 2016 for both donald trump and hillary clinton as they end their running mate started the general election campaign fast forward to 2020 where president trump convened what he called a press conference at the white house in reality the 2nd campaign event here in as many weeks trump said his administration will be the one to end the cold 1000 pandemic not that of a potential president joe biden years this could have taken 2 or 3 years and

instead it's going to be going to be done in a very short period of time could even have it. during the month of october trump's comments came after by campaigning in pennsylvania accused him of letting politics not science guide efforts to develop a covert $900.00 vaccine. one of the problems. i would probably. think there are 3 or if you have really good. luck. going on the mining public. for biden and trump's running mates labor day campaigning was more traditional both mike pence and kamel harris reaching out to blue collar voters in wisconsin in lacrosse pants talked up trump's trade policies as good food workers and attacked hours for voting against that meantime harris was across the state in milwaukee where she met with the family of jacob blake

a black man shot and paralyzed by a white police officer blake is the latest symbol of troubled race relations in the u.s. during trump's tenure there kind of the family and they've endured and they do it with that they may be great and now they're carrying the weight of a lot of places on their shelves with $56.00 days until election day joe biden is polling ahead of donald trump anywhere from $4.00 to $11.00 points but there's also a u.s. political tradition known as the october surprise that's a major event that could persuade voters to choose one candidate over the other based on how he responds to a major crisis in real time trouble suggesting that could come in the form of a coronavirus vaccine but is a potent argues that the search for a cure should not be the tool of political expediency rosalyn shortened al-jazeera . or despite the president's suggestions the chief executives of 9 drug companies

have promised not to rush through trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines and a joint statement. they've pledged to only seek approval after proper clinical trials so proving the drugs are safe for a white house correspondent kimberly hawkins is joining us live now from washington d.c. i did very brief look through the list and these are some big names home significant is this. it's actually unprecedented from what we're hearing from industry officials in terms of these c.e.o.'s coming out saying look we're not going to heed to political pressure this vaccine once it is fully developed fully tested well then only hit the market now other words it's science not politics that will dictate what the u.s. president continues to project optimism he will be traveling to north carolina and florida today in the last 24 hours as he held that press conference here at the white house he did continue to say that perhaps this could be ready by the end of

october and that is of course the timing that would be significant for him because he wants to try to get this out before the november 3rd election but the c.e.o. is making it very clear that they will not commit to a political timeline now one of the reasons they don't want to commit to a timeline is that the human trials are still underway and this involves tens of thousands of people and there has been some difficulty we understand of getting enough people to test the vaccine so the other big question of this is when this does come out who will get it when there are all kinds of things to work out the president has taken into account now seizing upon all of this is the president's rival democratic presidential nominee joe biden not only has he released a new ad contrast to his approach to a presidency with donald trump's saying this would be a fresh start versus donald trump's darkness but he also released a statement saying that donald trump when it comes to the vaccine refuses to listen

to experts 2 and scientists so well the c.e.o.'s have come out urging the presidential candidates not to make this political it's clear that both men are doing just that and it's complete whole good talking to some from their wives on some washington d.c. committee thank you so much. well donald trump has replaced an obama era role that sought to end racial segregation in american housing the president says that this will give local governments more freedom from federal regulations but as heidi jocasta reports from maryland the move is also part of trump's campaign strategy tying race to the safety of suburban communities. it's a beautiful day in this washington suburb of silver spring maryland and the election is less than 2 months away that means over picnics the discussion is sometimes politics and i think that we need a change in the united states we need. a new leader it's very important for us to

take it seriously we're going to make that difference into my neighborhood like these are critical in picking who is president suburbs contain yearly half of all u.s. voters and in 2016 they delivered a narrow victory to donald trump but this here he is struggling to keep those votes reach 911 i'm sorry that there is no one here to answer you want to call with polls showing trump trailing joe biden in the suburbs the trump campaign has aired ads like these playing to what the campaign believes to be the fears of white suburbanites will save our cities and our server observe the future of crime and corruption and economic collapse that puppet joe biden would actually show america but american suburbs are going through a dramatic transformation suburbs are now home to more immigrants and more african-americans no longer the white enclaves of tribes thinking he wrongly

assumes that black people and other people local are are not already integral members of suburban communities and also rightly assume that white people in suburban communities are racists who want to keep everyone out. the trump continues to attack democrats and their housing. policies hassling and obama a rule that force cities to report on housing discrimination in their local communities new orleans had made strides under the obama rule says fair housing advocate delfin at martin she says trump will likely lose votes by demonizing minorities he's not really concerned about our vote he again trying to appease and tap into the minds of those who are already falling it remains to be seen whether trump's racially charged campaign strategy works to sway those few who remain undecided. castro al-jazeera silver spring maryland. solomon greens

a senior fellow at the research to action lobby the metropolitan housing and communities policy center at the urban institute he's joining us on skype from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for being with us on al-jazeera the obama era documentation was called affirmatively furthering fair housing the new rule from the trumpet ministration is preserving community and neighborhoods choice what do you think the title of the trump administration's legislation tells us about its intentions. yeah well what's interesting is the affirmatively further inter housing. title from the original law comes from the fair housing act itself and essentially says that in order to receive federal funding local communities have to take affirmative steps to on wind this stubborn patterns of segregation that we've seen in this country and that have led to structural disadvantage and so the language well

a little bit complicated comes from the parent housing act itself and consistently 'd over the years and the courts have recognized this need not just to end discrimination discrimination explicit discrimination but also to take those positive proactive steps to lift the barriers to the title is a bit the new title is a bit of a misnomer because the original did not prescribe any particular policy outcome what it did is it asking any ease to gauge in a row boss planning process take a look at. the top to the community residents and come up with play at least make sure that everybody had access to opportunity that communities for an exclusive interview rate down those exclusionary barriers so i think it is the the the

content and the name. new rule which essentially of this street say if it's a teacher or why are men is simply aimed at going after fears of the integration which are really outdated in unfounded in today's world the root of republicanism or something and one of its key tenants is to do centralize control that to give states greater control and greater autonomy the president says this is going to do exactly that it's going to free governments from federal regulations how do you see this working out in practice doesn't that seem like a legitimate thing to do to give local governments greater control over their own housing policies. yes of the trip administration has actually done 2 things neither of which actually give local governments more control the 1st is that they were averse to this. requirement the essentially said all you need to do now to qualify for federal funding is certify they were furtively further in fair housing the

previous structure didn't limit local control it gave data and it gave a process to local governments to be able to do better and it also provided support to those local governments to look at the data and come out with better plans so again there is no. policy that local governments had to adopt and frankly over the years we've seen that local governments without taking a hard look for example at the resuming policy is often going to engage in exclusionary behavior and to require them to take a look at those policies figure out how they can do better strikes the right balance between local control and making sure we have an economy in a society that really works for everyone the 2nd was more recently the troubled ministration if it's rated another fair housing act however acquirement which was

the different impact we're all in this simply meant that when challenging a public policy or a lending decision it's not just intent that matters or whether race or another up protective group is mentioned in the policy it also matters the fact that policy has on people of color or people with disabilities women and so again it didn't actually restrict local choice it actually just required keeping a look at policies that result in discrimination really good to get your thoughts in the solomon green funk you very much indeed for being with us. it's my pleasure thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera golf's world number one is firmly in the money lee is going to have the details on the sports. business later it's just to buy the brass pot.

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brazil has marked its independence day without the pomp and ceremony of its annual military parade because of the coronavirus pandemic but that hasn't stopped brazilians from celebrating despite the country dealing with one of the world's worst kovan 1000 i breaks want to of has more from rio de janeiro. a toast to independence in rio de janeiro overlooking a crowded beach. you could be mistaken for thinking brazilians are celebrating not just their freedom from portugal but from the coven 1000 pandemic as well with no social distancing and barely any masks. president jalal so narrow

himself didn't use one during the short independence day ceremony in the country's capital but he did cancel the usual military parade a stark reminder the brazil is 3rd on the list of most infected countries with almost 127000 dead back in rio his supporters made up for the lack of festivities with a rally on cup a cup on a beach it's like the president downplays the virus he says it's a pretext to silence bolts on matters voters. masks a muzzle stor shot but still a lift is to vientiane to subdue the brazilian people but we will continue defending bolsa narrow against congress and the supreme court who don't comply with his wishes as they should. not everybody out of the credit reporting presents very much cannot go back to procure the right order to her at the border they want ok.

but as it says constitutional monarchies work better than republics and brazil once an empire already has a near to the throne and. anything is better than communism we've already been through 13 years of leftist governments. 3 recent posts they both so not a would defeat his opponents of presidential elections were held today but many who voted for him are disappointed with his family so legit involvement in corruption scandals and the president's lack of response to the virus and what they need people call for q with a lot of voters for both scenario because i was sick of the corruption scandals but he is irresponsible and has done everything one must not to in a pandemic setting about example he is unbalanced. she says the government's handouts during the pandemic have helped boost bosso not his popularity the

president has just reduced by half the emergency aid of $115.00 a month which has benefited millions of brazil's poor but he also promised to keep paying it until the end of the year after november's municipal elections. al-jazeera rio de janeiro it's time for the sports here's a thank you rob serena williams is still on track for a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title on monday the american made her way into the u.s. open quarterfinals on home turf peter stennett reports just 2 weeks ago serena williams was beaten by greece's maria sakari at the western and southern open in the u.s. open 4th round the 2 would meet again and just like a fortnight ago williams won the 1st 6 before losing the 2nd but any fears of a repeat of the previous meeting was soon put to paid the american coming out on top 6367 and 63 despite no fans in the stadium to support her.

williams will be joined in the next round by victoria as a rink and tsvetana pironkova it's the 1st time 3 players who are members have made it into the quarter finals of the same grand slam only 3 members have won a slam in 50 years of the open era kim clijsters even goolagong and margaret court . everything in mothering yes it's helped me. obviously you become a different person you don't focus on yourself that much anymore like your focus is primary on your child and i guess that's a good thing i don't identify myself on a tennis court as a mother i still identify myself as a tennis player and me being in the quarterfinals is i didn't get there by being a parent i got there but tennis. on the men's side 2nd seed domini

team showed why he is a genuine contender for the title with 876-6161 win over canada's felix seem so to you with novak djokovic out and wrap around the bell and roger federer absent they would be a new male grand slam singles champion for the 1st time since 2014 when they're just always tried to focus on my next match and my focus or my concentration it's the same it doesn't matter if one of the big 3 members or if somebody else. last year's runner up daniel medvedev will be hoping to go one better than he did in 2019 the russian is also through to the quarter finals after defeating american francis to your foe 6461 and 6 love in just over 90 minutes. it also means the weight since 2003 for an american male grand slam singles champion goes on peter stammered al-jazeera. one player not in new york for the

u.s. open as women's world number one ashley barty she decided to sit this one out because of coronavirus concerns and the australian has now announced she will not play at the french open later this month either party is the defending champion at roland garros she says she's still concerned about the health risks of traveling due to the pandemic on monday it was announced that a limited number of fans would be allowed to attend the tour de france continues but the race director has tested positive for corona virus along with staff members of 4 teams christiane that proved dawn and the force staff dropped out of the race bubble ahead of stage 10 freedom had contact with the french prime minister who's now also isolating the rules say that any team with 2 or more positive tests within 7 days of each other would have to drop out of the race which means a nervous wait for the 4 teams including that of defending champion. the next round

of tests is on monday elsewhere in france another footballer has tested positive for cope with 19. was on international duty with france but will now miss tuesday's game against croatia he joins a long list of p.s.g. players to get hit by the virus including the world's most expensive player neymar . the l.a. clippers have taken a 21 lead in the western conference semifinal they were up against the denver nuggets. lead with a double double just 2 more assists and that would have turned into a triple double and quite leonard remained a central figure for the clippers he delivered $23.00 points and 14 rebounds for a double double of his own for one of his most impressive blocks he only used one finger there it is just his middle finger clippers one in this 11132187. the game came down to one of the 2 teams who's going to play some difference. and 2

or 3 have quarters you know basically score and in the last 6 minutes it was our d. that i thought that played like why i was amazed i did nose would one think i thought he just blocked it but it was impressive and even though it came from. so it was a heck of a ploy and it was a day to remember for sure for golf's world number one dustin johnson on monday at the tour championships in atlanta georgia johnson carded a final round 68 to finish $21.00 under par for the tournament that meant a 3 shot victory but it also means that he is the winner of the fed ex cup and with it believe it or not the recipient of 15 $1000000.00 in prize money johnson is the 1st world number $1.00 to win the fed ex cup since tiger woods it it and 2009. impressive indeed well that's it for me was sports back over to rob there thanks very much indeed and that's it for me rob matheson for this new year at news are

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