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this is gospel central seattle and this is the section where they're holding prisoners on one charge users and do you see here is 120 of them in 3 different sounds on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the good in this is that he was live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. britain's prime minister holds a crisis meeting on covert 90 the u.k. is set to follow other european nations that introduced tougher restrictions on movement. libya's oil wells start to come back on stream some areas of declared safe to production and export. protests in sri lanka's parliament as the president
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seeks to push through a bill that would remove limits on his power and when we receive let's say a dollar only 25 percent of the maximum is would really be used. by inflation aid agencies helping flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by the economic crisis there. and i'm leah harding with all of your sports news michael jordan has entered the world of motor sport the basketball legend has bought his own nascar team and is partnering with the sport's only black driver wallace. we begin this news hour with a warning from the world health organization which says that the corona virus pandemic appears to be accel orating globally despite the number of deaths decreasing here's a look at the global picture focusing on the 5 countries that have seen the most.
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deaths from the virus the u.k. is 5th in the world more than 41000 people have died but it's curve is currently going the wrong way hospital admissions have been doubling every 8 days across the atlantic the u.s. is crossing a milestone almost 200000 americans died since february brazil has the worst outbreak in latin america with more than 137000 deaths around 4000000 people have recovered. india leads the world though in the number of recoveries nearly 4 to half 1000000 so far more than 90000 patients are being released daily that 89000 people have died from the virus that mexico has a 10th of india's population but has seen nearly as many deaths more than 73000 cases this a past 700001 monday as i said the u.k. is witnessing a steep rise in the number of covert 19 infections the restrictions have been put
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into place in several regions the government is advising people to work from home but it says that schools will remain open prime minister boris johnson is holding a cabinet meeting that is due to address parliament later england's chief medical officer says that the risk of 50000 infections a day by mid october the opposition labor party says the government has lost control of the crisis let's go live now to london now to seriously barker is there a knave is the u.k. heading into a 2nd lockdown. well we'll see how complete the new restrictions are going to be but already 13 and a half 1000000 people in the northeast northwest in the midlands a subject to a whole raft of restrictions curfews on nights out bars and restaurants have to close at 10 pm we already know ahead of boris johnson's announcement in parliament later on that that will be
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a much wider measure across the country as well from thursday bars and restaurants will close at 10 pm the owners of those bars will be legally obliged to offer only table service when it comes to other measures we may well see more of a push to encourage the wearing of mosques we may well say and encourage people to work again from home only a couple of weeks ago the government was trying to do exactly the opposite trying to coax people out of their homes back to the center of cities because of the deep economic impact that the lockdown has had on sectors of the economy but the figures are going in the wrong direction the rate of infection is doubling every 7 days according to the chief medical and scientific offices in that briefing on monday but means that by the middle of october if the rate continues at this pace that we could see $50000.00 infections a day a month later in november that translates to $200.00 deaths a day so whatever happens the government needs to tread a delicate balance walk
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a fine tightrope between keeping the infection rates down but trying to avoid. being poverty all raising unemployment that's the concern there are 4 countries and territories making up the united kingdom they all speaking with one voice right now does the government there in the houses of parliament in london speak for the a lot of them. technically yes and no. bit of a bizarro way of dealing with things and they're all devolved governments in northern ireland wells and scotland the 1st ministers of those respective countries were part of the united kingdom. attending this all important cobra meeting this emergency meeting chaired by the prime minister but it's down to those respective individual administrations to decide what they want to do on the ground so we know
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for instance in northern autumn from 6 pm this evening. you will be allowed to go around to other people's houses the exclusion being childcare we know also in wales for particular regions in the south of wales have been added to a list of very tight restrictions there so you can only enter and leave those areas if you have good reason for instance if you need to to go to work and already here in england we've seen different parts of the country subject to the circuit breaker approach where restrictions a snap to it in the hope of richie seeing the infection rate what we're likely to say boris johnson announce is a call a more holistic approach so filling in the gaps already interesting point sati come the mayor of london wasn't invited to this all important cobra meeting he has raised some very big concerns that he feels the capital is only 3 or 4 days away from the kind of spikes seen in the northeast and the northwest the question is
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whether london will cause will develop its own approach to this or whether empowered with central government in working out how to bring the infection rate under control but the warning across the board 'd is a decision needs to be made very very quickly to avoid any kind of surge running out of control they have many thanks indeed down to 0 as made barker reporting live from central london let's speak now to some of the trial dream who's an urgent care doctor for the u.k.'s national health service good to have you with us dr why do you think cases are rising so fast there in the u.k. right now. i think it's a combination of problems and number one i'd say a lot of people in the u.k. at the moment are still not wearing masks as they have been told to do so because it's not strictly law some people are being arrested for not wearing masks and i myself have gone to shopping centers where out of let's say about 10 people one
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will be walking around without a mask now whether they have a genuine reason they're not it's difficult to say but there are a lot of people visiting the not wearing masks so i think that's partly to blame and the other part to blame is the younger youth who are not getting unwell or dying shall we say so they are enjoying themselves partying and making the most of the summer and i think that in combination is spreading the disease a lot wider not quicker than it should have done it's that simple as that if people wore a mask than figures would not be rising as they are. i think the problem with the virus is we have to establish that it's not going to disappear any time soon so we have to learn to adapt to the and live with it so for example when we had to not banish me in february march which a lot of the country and the other people in the world did the rates shot down so obviously people isolating now people are more milling with each other rates are going up and mask is not the best way or the only way of improving it but that is certainly one of the you know best option the have at the moment in trying to
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control the spread of the virus so i think that is definitely one of the most important starting points here at the frontline working in the country's national health service what is it like at the moment where you work. i mean within the last 2 weeks it's picked up significantly and our departments are getting a little busier than we've you know experienced before partly this is to do due to a lot more new coronavirus cases coming in or people have known somebody else who's had coronavirus of the very worked up but also it's a combination of people who've been waiting with other medical problems the last few months and now deciding oh everything's ok let's rush into hospitals and get our treatments done so there's a combination can but there is definitely a lot more of us case it'll suspected cases coming through the door ok i'm going to get you to repeat yourself a little here i'm sorry but i just want to make this absolutely clear for anyone watching right now what do we need to do to protect ourselves from the coronavirus not just there in the u.k. but anywhere in the world. i think the basics from any doctor will be look where
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a mosque 1st of all because if you're coughing or sneezing what do you usually do you put your hand in front to go about so a loss would automatically be protecting others so every always a mosque there's a lot more protection in society the 2nd thing would be make sure you try and distance yourself from somebody else so that if the acts that you do cough or sneeze your bit far away is the chance of you can't see a lot and the 3rd most important thing i would tell everybody is wash your hands 30 seconds so washing hands properly after any contact with anybody else including shopping bags including energy coming to your house if you do these basics the coronavirus is deadly but it's a very stupid virus in the sense that it doesn't fly around for ages you have to catch it directly to do so so if you do these basic think in the very no chance of you catching this doctor we wish you well i hope things get better for you at work we really appreciate the work that you do many thanks indeed for for being lengthy they talk to us on
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a like us not for that. more than $150.00 countries have agreed to participate in the covert 19 global vaccination allocation plan known as kovacs that's nearly 2 thirds of the global population the world health organization says it hopes to develop and distribute $2000000000.00 doses of the vaccine by the end of next year its plan would help rich and poor countries buy and distribute vaccines more fairly the u.s. though is among those that aren't participating having signed their own deals with vaccine makers we're encouraged to see a large number of countries signing up to the kovacs facility but we phase down to in chinese for the act accelerated to work as planned it minds to be funded so far $3000000000.00 u.s. dollars has been invested this has resulted in a very successful startup phase but it's only
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a 10th of the remaining $35000000000.00 needed for scale up and impact. argentina initially did well in its fight against the corona virus but things have worsened in recent months recorded cases of past 630000 as the virus spreads from the capital one of solace to the provinces risible reports. bain tens of care unit in this one a site is hospital has been on the front lines of the fight against 19. as patients here struggle to stay alive doctors and nurses have become their main sources for comfort and support. a nurse tested positive for the virus after recovering he returned to the job he loves. the reality is what we see here is this fight against death we are making an effort so a person can recover but sometimes it's difficult because their bodies are in
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a very bad shape many believe this is a joke an underestimate the virus but this virus kills. a few months ago the hospital was forced to close this unit because of the number of infections among health care workers even argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lockdown the virus has continued to spread but the quarantine was crucial to allow the health ministry to get ready for the workers who are here in the intensive care unit next public hospital in websites and what we're being told is that they build this wall for example in the past month among other things to protect the health care workers. this is the hospital when a site is named after the wife of former president juan put on since march the hospital has increased its i.c.u. beds from 4 to 24. only runs the hospital and says the pandemic shows the importance of the public health care system when it comes to saving lives. ok so.
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we have a profound sense of what public health means. we have policies that promotes the right to health and that makes us proud there are more vaccines there are more supplies with hard more people there is a pandemic that is killing health workers destroying families we have the time to prepare and that's crucial. argentina has been a lockdown for 6 months but the government has been slowly opening up some sectors of the economy in an effort to save jobs despite an infection rate that remains high in greater want to scientists the situation is different in other parts of the country reports indicate that colvin $1000.00 is spreading to provinces that a few months ago had 0 cases in the city of iran in northern argentina hospitals are also under strain. she said i mean at the moment i'll tell you the truth this is hell stay at home get bored toy yourself out enjoy your children paint do whatever you can stay at home 10 seconds out on the street is like having
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a loaded gun to your chest it's preferable to bore yourself out at home than to come here and cry out god don't take me or to cry out for oxygen. early on argentina successfully managed to contain the spread of covert $1000.00 now authorities are hoping the health care system will be stable enough to cope with the uncertainty in the months ahead that is how. this is the news hour from our series still to come on the program. anger in colombia's capital as a march against police brutality turns violent plus. i'm just to washington in indonesia where locals are coming together to protect this coastal area by replanting thousands of mango. and sport ibraheem of each compares himself to benjamin button secret italian football season in style.
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libya's national oil corporation says that it's restarting some production of exports libyan war khalifa haftar imposed a blockade on oil facilities since january but announced an end to it on friday the same whole company says there are no longer any fighters or foreign mercenaries in arica in the east and bring in the center of the country so production can resume its waiting for safety decisions on the remaining oil ports let's go live now to tripoli out of serious my horde of the one that can tell us more well what explain the significance of this for us. well it is significant the decision made by the n.o.c. remember that these 2 oil ports which is close to the egyptian borders and east of
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the country and. within the oil christians these top ports are under the control of have to bust and she says that only these 2 ports are safe safe means that there are no foreign mercenaries there are no weapons deployed and those ports however the other oil ports the major oil ports in libya like the city. like rustler north and the christian. these will remain under force couldn't order. unless and until the foreign medicine reason including the russian. military individuals and crew have to the mysteries. with their weapons from the area i was there as mark would had there reporting live from tripoli open many thanks indeed
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a draft bill that would amend the sri lankan constitution to give the president extra powers has been put before parliament if passed it will allow president by rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him for immunity against prosecution it's said to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the role of parliament but often as reports from colombo. in the building behind me this along can parliament is where it's all happening at a when the justice minister. table that draft with the 1st reading he did it to howls of protest by the opposition obviously the amendment seeks a kind of cruel back all the sweeping powers the executive president lost in the last amendment of the constitution brought by the previous government now this is once again creates an all powerful presidency and that is an issue that many quarters have expressed concern with talks about the removal of any monitoring any
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checks and balances against the executive president he's able to sack the parliament after a year he's able to make a point to high offices very sensitive offices the chief justice the heads of. the heads of independent commission which was the fruit of sort of the previous government and the constitutional amendment these are things that are concerning a lot of people particularly the fact that these changes the president essentially can run the whole show himself the prime minister and the cabinet become sort of bystanders he does not need to seek their approval or sanction he can go on with the business of government and this is what is creating concern bike yourself a sort of out of the truth is a political analyst and executive director of the center for policy alternatives he joins us now live from colombo is this amendment going to pass do you think so.
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well the government has a 2 thirds majority in parliament the question is as to whether the petitions that may well be filed in the supreme court. is anything it does succeed that means that the government the most will have to go to random in the country at the latch on balance i would say that the government does have majority but that are set rumblings within the 2 thirds majority that are certain aspects of this amendment which people within their own majority are concerned about and so at the very least it's incumbent to make it difficult for the government to get this through me and they mean whether subsea it's an attempt to power grab though is this well if sensitive it is trying to claw back as your correspondent said i mean all of the
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checks and balances that took place on the exercise of executive power and authority have been got critical by this amendment it is horrendous the autocratic authoritarian amendment and each is a tremendous or inverse to the gains that we have made as far as parliament democracy is concerned how do people feel about the way i mean they voted the government in the vote of the president on the prime minister and the power out of people in general feel about what they're trying to do but i think for the vast majority of people it's not in the sewage hole because there's a difficulty in getting their heads around constitutional amendments but there is a significant minority i think who understands the sort of gravity off that and that this could well claim the winning goal of government which is a single a majority populist authoritarian government with a large dose of militarization thrown in as well so how dangerous is this to think
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this this moment the only well you know. extremely dangerous it is a fundamental threat to democracy in syria ok really good to talk to so many thanks indeed for being with us and. thank you aid agencies in sudan a warning of a shortfall in funding because of an economic and konami crisis record high flooding as left tens of thousands of people homeless and now many are struggling to buy enough food for their families to syria's mom it out oh it's amazing some of the most affected in the capital khartoum the facade of family hard hopes things would get better for them after that immovable of saddam's longtime leader a little bushy of. but a year and a half later prices of basic goods are still sorting an officer who is disabled and makes falafel or being cake to support our family is finding it hard to make ends
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meet. she added of course this life is very hard prices are increasing by the day and some days we eat some days we don't. a week ago the sudanese government declared a state of economy convergence the move followed a sharp decline by the sudanese pound against the dollar since then inflation has risen to a record 167 percent with prices of essential commodities like bread and sugar rising to more than double long queues for bread are visible almost everywhere. if we are forced to wait in queues for more than 3 hours at a time to buy bread just 10 pieces of bread the elderly who can't stand for long are really suffering we're all separate the inflation has also affected the provision of aid to tens of thousands of people displaced by the week's long flooding in 17 of sudan's 18 states aid agencies say they're forced to deal with a huge shortfall in funding actually it has been quite catastrophic if i may.
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when we receive let's say a dollar only $0.25 of that maximum is what we are able to use because of the inflation last july inflation was at 144 percent in august was almost 167 percent so that means our ability to buy things is only 25 percent sudan's transitional government blames the decline of the currency on what it calls a systematic operation to vandalize the economy by those opposing it well in the guy one have it in for has been we will crack down heavily on those trying to manipulate the markets we won't be united in doing this as a government we will also introduce regulations for import and export of comment yet some people are blaming the government itself for the crisis. raise the minimum wage from $5.00 to $60.00 that is the largest pay rise in the country's history but broken with more resources over its own the government opted to fund the increment by printing more money so i think that done on
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a path to follow economic decline u.s. secretary of state mike pompei old recently have raised hopes of but the economic prospects here when he announced the possible remove all of saddam from its role of state sponsors of terrorism perhaps even before the us elections in november that would allow saddam to shed its but i est is a truck to foreign investors and once again access to credit from institutions like the i.m.f. and world bank but diplomats say that's hinged on saddam 1st normalizing relations with israel a bitter pill it may be forced to swallow to ease its own domestic problems without the well just hold saddam. was have a morgan joins us now live from khartoum you've been traveling around some of these flood affected areas in the country meeting people what have they been telling you about what they're going through not only as a result of the floods but with the economic crisis to.
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well adrian 1st of all let's remember that the country was under lockdown due to the. virus pandemic so most of the businesses have halted old working for only specific hours so that already caused an economic crisis for many people on top of that a lot of people rely on their day to day labor and with the lockdown that was imposed on her tomb a lot of them lost their businesses many people rely on again buildings on constructions day the neighbors telling you on the roads that was restricted because of the curfew and the lockdown so many of them had to the brunt of the inflation and the rough economy now coupled with the floods where a lot of people lost farmland that was a little bit too much for people to handle now with been speaking to people who are affected and they say that they don't know what's going to happen next because they haven't heard from the government about plans to assist them financially now the government has already declared a state of emergency because of the inflation and because of the devaluation of its
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own currency and let's take a look at this devaluation just last year around april but it was worth $55.00 to the dollar but that was at the official rate something that is not really used much here on the part of the market the black market it was 17 pounds to the dollar today it's going to $250.00 pounds of dollars so that's a huge discrepancy more than 3 times what it used to be and for a lot of people even those who have had salary increment over the past few months the inflation is still too much so people are staying on top of the floods that they had to face over the past few weeks and the losses that they had to incur because of the floods yet to see a government response to this new comic crisis especially those who have lost farms now 8 are going is ation the extent of the damage will be felt for months and we would not know the real damage the real economic cost until we see the flood voting to recede and until people start counting their losses zeros have a bogan reporting live from courtroom people very interested. let's get
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a weather forecast jenny's got. a tropical storm tropical storm dolphin yes there's just so many storms out there a gym but this one is in the office pacific so she exactly where it is on the satellite is this must say that we just put the symbol on and you can see it very clearly it's a fairly catty picture anyway but as you can see it is on its way towards japan already the waves of course of picking up the rain beginning to push in and as i say you can say a lot of time generally across the whole area so as you continue through wednesday this is when the storm is going to get so much closer the rain of course is going to be torrential the winds of this storm they're not really going to fluctuate much or increase very much in the next 48 hours they're strong enough sustained at 90 kilometers an ass of course gusting have not gusting to about hurrican force strength at about 120 kilometers an hour it's moving at quite a good pace 15 kilometers an hour it's always better when storms move quickly particularly as they come on shore less time to deposit those heavy amounts of rain but the waves a very big with this storm already 5 and a half meters and of course the rain when it does come down and accumulates we
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could be seeing a lot over the next few days now is expected to make landfall in the eastern sections of honshu as we go through thursday probably sort of 9 10 o'clock in the morning local time so north about time to make landfall it will be daylight and then as we go through friday it moves even quicker through northern sections of honshu and in fact it does then dissipate is no longer a tropical storm but of course it will continue to produce the heavy amounts of rain this is where the bulk of the rain will for you can see here through much of central eastern home she and it could be a lot of rain though 300 millimeters so age and of course that amount of rain could well lead to some flooding absolutely jenny many thanks indeed. still to come here all the news out. for actions today are warning that should be heard worldwide the u.s. goes it alone and imposing new sanctions on iran despite objections from friends and foes. and support for typing control the scene in cycling as french police investigate one of the main teams in the tour de france.
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as the struggle for resources intensifies some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. on a. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figured here in doha with a new sound from a 0 of the headlines the u.k.'s prime minister has been holding a cabinet meeting as the country sees a steep rise in the number of corona virus cases boris johnson is due to address parliament in the coming hours that is the world health organization has warned of the pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide. libya's national oil corporation
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says that it's restarting some production and exports will of before have to impose a blockade on oil facilities since january but announced an end to it on friday. but a draft bill that would amend the sri lankan constitution to give the president extra powers has been put before parliament if passed it will allow the president's budget by rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution. palestine is ending its presidency of the arab league's current session in protest against arab countries that have normalized relations with israel the u.a.e. and bahrain have recently signed u.s. mediated deals for full diplomatic ties al-jazeera is neda abraham reports from ramallah. well the foreign minister maliki said that was some arab states used their silver and dried as what he called an excuse to normalize relations with israel he said that the arab league has
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a shared responsibility in these normalization deals with israel nor namely because these arab states did not discuss that decision with the arab league nor did the arab league adopt a resolution that was submitted by the palestinians to condemn normalization he said that palestinians do not want to be presiding over a session of the arab states are rushing to normalize relations with israel he was asked if that is a pretty lewd or an introduction for palestinians to be leaving the arab league he stressed that this is not what palestinians are looking for but they want the arab league to be true to really be true to its previous resolutions let's not forget that the arab league is the place where the arab peace initiative was born it was it did he did time and time again and it says that denormalization
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between arab states and israel will only happen after israel and its occupation of palestinian and arab lands and that should have been the reason or really that the incentive for israel to end since it to end its occupation because at the end of the day it would be normalizing relations between with more than $52.00 at up an islamic state. the u.s. has set the stage for a showdown at the u.n. general assembly this week slapping additional sanctions on iran representative at the u.n. dismissed the move as an act of desperation president donald trump is expected to use his speech later on tuesday to send a strong message to iran is administration declared on its own that sanctions eased on to the 2050 nuclear deal have been reimposed but nearly all u.n. security council members reject that the new sanctions may leave target those involved in iran's defense sector. just imagine what iran would do therefore able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that
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happen the president's executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u.n. arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u.n. sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the year a ministry of defense and armed forces logistics and iran's defense industries organization and its director as tension increases between iran and the united states that all calls for unity at the united nations the annual general debate gets underway in just a few hours but a special ceremony on monday marked 75 years since the organization was formed in his address french president emmanuel mccraw said that global rivalries are undermining the un's purpose. syphilis. our shared home is in disarray this is a reflection of the state of the world the foundations are crumbling the walls are being chipped away at this and it times on by those who built them to booze they
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were viewed as being unassailable being breached wards of any chemical weapons use mr tensions are currently being used with impunity rights hard one being trampled upon and international system as a hostage of rivalries and is being weakened in its ability to prosecute for these abuses and those sentiments were echoed by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov middle still it was easily lead the world is tired of dividing lines dividing states into them and us the world requires increasing multilateral assistance and cooperation in other words the aims that were laid down 75 years ago when the u.n. was founded a more timely than ever we also must restate our commitment to the u.n. charter and the norms of international law and our system from our diplomatic editor james spader's. this was a major set piece of a in 75 years of the united nations
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a glitzy video speeches by the secretary general and for leaders around the world now the pride of place as the host nation the 1st speech was reserved for president donald trump he didn't submit a speech and because his secretary of state might pompei o and his ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft were in washington for that event on iran sanctions instead it was left to a state department official relatively low level the acting deputy ambassador to the u.n. to give the u.s. address the 75th anniversary of the u.n. is the right time to ask questions about the institution strengths and weaknesses review and learn from its failures and celebrate its accomplishments it seems pretty certain that on choose day president donald trump will be making an address to take to address to the u.n. general assembly and people will be focusing on his comments on iran and on snapback germany has urged the u.k.
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to stop playing games when it comes to briggs that the comments were made ahead of a meeting of e.u. ministers in brussels the e.u. use chief briggs at negotiator will be briefing the group on the progress that's been made in the latest round of briggs talks on that but let's go live now to newry a border town that sees a lot of cross border trade between northern ireland and the irish republic al-jazeera is lawrence lee is there for us chief negotiator by a what is he likely to be saying to those e.u. ministers lawrence. well i think he's probably trying to get them all to agree before a fully you leaders meeting soon that the e.u. is still going to persist with its threats it's a legal action against the u.k. through the european courts remember the backdrop to this is that the european union is absolutely astounded at the sudden revelation from the british side of a set that they were prepared even in fairy to break international law to undermine
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that there with the current withdrawal agreement that the chance that signed up to and so the e.u. has put the u.k. on notice that if by the end of this month in just 8 days time the u.k. doesn't withdraw that threats then the e.u. will effectively sue them through through the european courts and the other deadline of course ager's as apart from this is the october summits at which point both sides say that needs to be a deal but it's looking vanishingly less likely that that will happen and of course they are the people who are right at the front line of the sharp end of all this are the businesses and people and towns right on the ball at the irish border between the north and the self because they had all thought that they would all agreement push the trade border into the irish sea and that therefore there would be no return to our board across the island it's all and the fact the british government suggesting that it might undermine the withdrawal agreement puts that hard border straight back on the table so let's talk to qana patterson history in the near enterprise agency and the chamber of commerce as well. what was your
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action to come to germany when when when suddenly the british government announced that it might undermine the withdrawal agreements and it said plainly we might break international law what people here say about that. shock and not like him we thought we had fixed we thought it was fixed and the argument had been understood the arguments were made by all parties and especially the british government and the fact that boris johnson himself had gone into the election with says they haven't ready dave. why we didn't know how this was going to be worked out in practice and that was a concern as we neared that battling this was all supposed to be in place by the force of china rate next year nevertheless in terms of the big picture we assume that brilliance unship between the year in the u.k. government was a good one i'm a wood framed a retard of the us and the business is big and small that you represent and tries all the council to do you think they have any idea at the moment how to proceed when it comes to organizing things like their tax and tariff arrangements from the
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1st of january no. they're like businesses across the world are struggling with the pandemic trying to stay a viable keep their doors open keep people employed they were already struggling and so was a local administration worrying how i would there is taxes i'm paying for public services i'm not bragg's it's back in the mix that are so compressed here you know it at. this brick starring new systems on the hard binary we're out of outs to baby will be there from the force that john kerry i mean we're talking 34 months away of the one thing that neither side will say is what they will do if there is no deal by the 1st of january but clearly somebody has got tool going to these things like tariffs and making sure that goods coming in from the e.u. met going to the u.k. match their standards and in the u.k. not on him back in match that he stand it's. going to organize a lease checks and where are they going to be don't you know and you know it's all
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. some and in terms of they were called fight osama 3 checks on home. actually. products you know that's a big spectrum up. products very very specific amounts already been agreed on in fact as in part of the internal market so infrastructure will be there those checks will take place a snow will department of agriculture officials will tell you about that work. how many products would need checked that was a question whereby if there was an agreement things went well it would be a small relatively small number of products and if there's a break to go with bodily then we're not just talking about food products fighting sound with 3 issues we're talking about products right across the spectrum just just a point to make that there were all of the draw agreement that with services for example you know big issue for the study of loam but also here in northern ireland
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because many service companies are trading on an all ireland b.s.s. that was for next year call it thank you very much there is a lot of concern not just in the european union but inside the conservative party about all this is well to reason may. try to make it happen she said that it is unconscionable for the prime minister in the 3rd party leader to try to break his national law and so the government of the u.k. has got still a big fight on his hands to try to persuade itself and anybody else that was proposing is a very good idea but i was there as long as lead reporting live from new read in northern ireland lawrence many thanks. bill russo and russia have started joint military drills on baylor russian soil around $1000.00 russian soldiers are taking passed last week exercises were held in russia moscow is backing president alexander lukashenko is facing mass protests against his rule. a critic of chinese president xi jinping has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption ran
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jang is an influential former property executive he was the chairman of a state of real estate group that has been critical of the government's response to the corona virus outbreak one hour from al-jazeera is katrina you in beijing. according to a beijing court renders child has been found guilty of taking bribes and embezzling public funds to the tune of $2900000.00 now they say that he did this while he worked as the chairman of a state owned company inquiry on which is a rather large real estate company which he headed for 21 years and according to the beijing court wron has voluntarily confessed to all these crimes and he warned be appealing this verdict so he will be spending the next 18 years in prison for this many believe that despite this charge in fact the main thing that did get him into hot water with the chinese communist party was his outspoken comments so much so that he was north here in china as the big candidate and unlike other dissidents
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criticize the policy from the inside he was always a chinese communist member a very widely respected businessman and supporters they criticize apology because he wanted it to improve its governance and he was known as a very popular commentator on way well which is like time his facebook he had more than 35000000 followers but in 2016 his account was actually suspended because he criticized president xi jinping has called for the chinese media to be more aligned with the called in his party and he received a sort of rap on the knuckles and a warning but he continued to be outspoken and he run a very popular elite book club where you promoted independent thinking. demonstrations against police brutality in colombia of once again violent officers 5 tear gas to disperse crowds and has been building off the death of a man in custody in bogota 11 days to syria's manuel ruppel oh reports. another round of protests in colombia's capital. on monday security forces deployed
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tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered at. the plaza the demonstrators say it's the police that they're protesting against and. we're marching against police brutality because it's necessary to reform columbus police it is militarized police that are not trained to respond to street protests and treat social processes like criminals i'm. the unrest follows the death of 44 year old have yet or news on september 9th. wrote a video showing or the news being beaten and repeatedly taste by police went viral on colombian social media. or done his pleas for help set off several nights of protest were another 13 civilians were killed after police opened fire on demonstrators. hundreds more were injured in at least 2 other major cities.
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since then tries to reform colombia's police forces have only grown public policy experts say the recent unrest is rooted in the country's history of armed internal conflict. colombia's been defined as a country at war whether it be a war of secession a drug war a war on terror or all of the tools of the state or in the function of that war the result of this is that citizens who protest or who do not agree with the public order treats criminals delinquents terrorists. while the officers involved in the death of javier or dawn years have been arrested colombia's president even duke and has drawn criticism for downplaying the allegations. of systemic abuse by the country's security forces joe now i'm glad that the institutions functions that they have arrested those who have dishonored their uniforms but also that our security forces continue to be brave and always defend the national interests because we can't let the institution be stigmatized we have
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to individualize those responsible and make an example of them critics of the colombian president say the country's problems go far beyond police abuse pointing to a recent uptick in violence nationwide. there have been at least 17 massacres recorded in the last 2 months alone and attacks from paramilitary groups are becoming more frequent. the recent protests highlight the concern many share that the violence of decades past is returning to colombia. others worry it's a situation that's growing beyond the government's ability to control. al-jazeera. still to come here on the news out the stanley cup final is locked in a tie live will have all the action coming up in spring training.
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for the. well i get into these as coastlines a home to more langrune forests than anywhere else they protect lands from erosion and absorb carbon emissions that is jessica washington reports now from east. governments promising to do more to protect the. thousands of trees boarded this coastal region but this is more than just a visual spectacle. these mangroves help protect the land from erosion and the livelihoods of the community. not our own god. if there was no mangrove forests the language a road that would be very bad for our livelihoods without the forest there are
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fewer fish and crabs i care about the forest because it's for the future of my children and grandchildren suba says many of the mangroves in this area would damaged in the ninety's by water pollution and erosion as the forests depleted there were fewer fish to catch and the community struggled now he coordinates the area's mangrove revitalization efforts nurturing the seedlings and replanting them when they're ready. people now understand the importance of the mangrove forests they wouldn't dare to cut even one tree. with more than 50000 kilometers of coastline across thousands of islands around a quarter of the world's mangroves are found across this vast archipelago but across the country many mangroves have been cut down to make way for farms and tourist resorts indonesia has more mangroves than anywhere else in the world and scientists say preserving them is one of the cheapest and most efficient ways of
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reducing emissions research shows the soil beneath mangroves can store more carbon hector than rain forests. indonesia's government has pledged to restore $65000.00 hectares of mangrove forests this year. you've got balls apart from natural causes the biggest cause of damage to mangroves comes from people who don't understand how to protect them for example how to start a problem farm without damaging the mangroves. government data shows more than half of engineers just mangroves are damaged by. there are many locations where we cannot replant because the environment is already too damaged. scientists welcome the plan to revitalize the coastal forests but say more action is needed. before space and. already. here.
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in. these forests are not just beautiful but vital something this coastal community knows firsthand just how washington al-jazeera indonesia. time to support his leo thank you so much adrian let's start with basketball legend michael jordan who's entering the world of motor sports he just bought his own nascar team and his partnering with the sports only black driver bubba wallace he bought the team alongside his friend and current nascar driver denny hamlin hamlin is a says season ticket holder at the n.b.a.'s charlotte hornets a franchise also owned by jordan michael jordan is now only the 2nd black owner in nascar earlier this year he pledged $100000000.00 for initiatives combat in racial injustice in the u.s. no team name or card number has been announced yet but it's expected to include the
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number 23 after jordan's famous chicago bulls jersey now in a statement jordan said that historically nascar has struggled with diversity the timing seemed perfect as the sport is evolving and embracing social change in addition to the recent donations i've made to combat systematic racism i see this as a chance to educate a new audience and open more opportunities for black people in racing jordan's team will have one driver and that job goes to bubba wallace this summer he led nascar's fight against racial injustice in the wake of the death of george floyd he successfully campaigned for the sport to ban the confederate flag from races and also competed in a car with the black lives matter paint scheme at a race back in june. well the tour de france team r k a sam 6 says they are the team that is being investigated for doping in french prosecutors say that 2 people in custody are part of the entourage of the main writer who has not been named but we know the team's lead writer during the tour
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was the colombian sorry can tana who's finished as tour runner up twice. veteran football star a brit hume of which has likened to himself to benjamin button after leading ac milan to victory in their opening game of the italian season the striker turns 39 next week but agreed to extend his deal at milan for another year and you can see why they are keen to keep him he scored both of their goals in a 2 mill win over below nya 1000 fans were allowed inside the stadium to watch the game. gareth bale says he wants to help tottenham win trophies after finalizing his return to the club he's back on loan from real madrid yeah such a special club to me. it's where i made my name and one amazing club a maze of fans and yeah just incredible to be back and hopefully now i can. get so much fitness and get underway and really help the team and hopefully win trophies i
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always thought when when i did leave that one day i would i would love to come back and the opportunity you know is a reason and i feel like it's a good face a good time for me. i'm hungry i'm motivated i want to do well for the team and yeah come let's get started. to n.h.l. ice hockey and the fight for the stanley cup title is level at one game each plane inside a bio secure bubble in edmonton the tampa bay lightning were a game down in the final series against the dallas stars but they raced out of the blocks in game 2 scoring 3 quick goals in the 1st period dallas fought back to get 2 goals but it was not enough the series all square with game 3 coming up on wednesday. the n.b.a. playoffs are also in full swing and later on tuesday the l.a. lakers will attempt to go 3 up in their western conference final against the denver nuggets that's after this buzzer beater by anthony davis giving them to nothing.
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meanwhile things are a bit tight over in the eastern conference finals the boston celtics were 2 games down against the miami heat but fought back in the last one to make it 21 on wednesday in boston say they can do it again. i hate losing more than i think i would want to go through the same way so for us to be expressed there it's a good. time for us. you know that it's for the most part trying to just. cheer. there's a difference to you you have to bring a different type of energy. let's finish with a game winning moment of the los angeles angels he had a home run with all 3 bases loaded which is known in the trade as a grand slam that helped the angels beat the texas rangers 5. that's it for me had to back over to adrian they have anything to do you think it will be back to a place you're just
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a couple of moments see again. the world's biggest economy was put on hold. deregulating industries of old delivered new growth for a president who promised greatness again. but the coronavirus pandemic has seen resurgence replaced with a recession as the world eagerly watches on to see out either presidential candidate might revive the flagship u.s. economy. details coverage of the u.s. elections on al-jazeera deported from the u.k.
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best a profit of a $1.00 up to the last drop on al-jazeera. the british prime minister holds a crisis meeting on 19 the u.k. is set to follow other european nations and introduce tougher restrictions on movement. again i'm peter watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters here and also coming up libya's oil wells start to come back on stream as some areas are declared safe for production and export. because parliament as the president seeks to push through.

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