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protests in the u.s. so the lack of charges for police involved brianna tameness death. 5 and a half weeks after molly's last president was forced to give up power by his own military and you leaders being sworn in a ceremony is taking place in the capital bamako veteran soldier and former defense minister will be installed will serve as president for up to 18 months until nationwide elections alongside him as vice president will be a c. me going to the man who led the coup against it with him to neighboring west african states to decide later on friday whether to lift sanctions imposed on mali after the coup. coup is the latest event in 8 years of upheaval in mali in 2012 armed groups took control of the north and declared islamic law before being

defeated by french and african troops calculator was sworn in as president a year later but he was accused of corruption of mishandling the economy and of failing to improve security and the last straw came in april when the courts overturned some results in disputed parliamentary elections in favor of cases party and that led to months of opposition protests ok let's go live to mechanic who is following developments from senegal as capital dhaka and what more do we know about this man been sworn into office. well yes by and is going to be the man that will be. in moments to come in front of what is an exceptional audience in exceptional circumstances no not the usual heads of states foreign heads of states dignitary present for this ceremony because the is sanctions in place that no one could travel in

a side from the president of getting the south that's president there exceptional also because not only is a president being sworn in but also a vice president that's not in the constitution of mali and that person will be you know as i was the year of the the military. and the new president of this transition well he's a retired. soldier retired officer of the military part of the same division of the military. we heard that he was approached quite early on by the military to take that position the reputation of this man. of being a man of integrity cheese he was trained in the former soviet union and then in the 1990 s. he was then and this system to or advisor to the president at a time when he abruptly resigned over corruption allegations then again in 2014 he

became the 1st defense minister. again he resigned after the president suggested that armed groups that the army were fighting would integrate to the mahdi army himself so he's seen as the man that that beats corruption that straight forward that's all of this and that has the integrity and that's key to rebuild the trust between the people and its political leadership because it's under. that traditions impose a lot of the will this be enough for them to do so. well that's what the the military want to see as soon as possible this is an landlocked country and like countries like senegal 60 percent of its exports go to to mali so there's the sea i mean half of the population are dependent on humanitarian assistance we have more than a 1000000 people displaced because of the ongoing fighting and violence in the

north in the center of the country just yesterday troops were ambushed in the region of moti and this region of fact is where there's been the most killings and violence not just in mali but in the entire region we know that there are groups like al qaeda affiliate jemaah islamiyah loosely meaning active there as well as the sonic state in the greater really stepping in and the challenge for this new leadership is try to bring back the state in those areas and bring back the state authority. in those areas also key to key challenge for the new president president age 70 is to represent the aspiration of a very young population most of them are or are under the age of $25.00 and for the last 2 years teachers have not been paid with that means is that schools have not been open universities have not been functioning not only that the health sector

has been greatly underfunded in favor of the security sector so people in mali want to see their schools the hospitals the state function again and there's also this this 50 seeing politicians taking to power and abusing this power and we've seen that with president who's been accused of corruption of. placing his family in power now. have also arrested about 18 top politicians including the former prime minister boosie say the west african heads of states that want to see these people freed as soon as possible and return to civilian rule as soon as possible nic thanks very much indeed for that update and the reporting from dakar in senegal. to some developing news 4 people have been injured in a stabbing attack comparison taking place in the past hour took place near the former offices of the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo let's cross straight away

to natasha butler who can tell us more about what's happening here in fashion you know when i was there 'd is more than 50 local time here in paris police say that i'm 'd an armed with a butcher's knife attacks for people outside the full of this is the charlie hebdo newspaper and if you remember that was the scene of an attack of 5 years ago that left 12 people dead now according to police 'd the 4 people who attacked 2. graves state they have been rushed to hospital the area of course after the attack was cordoned off schools in crashes were shots the interior minister i'm surprised minister broke off the engagement they basically in this morning they rushed to a meeting to a crisis meeting to discuss the situation we heard from an eyewitness who talks about hearing screams coming from the street rushed to the window and he said that

he saw a woman with a terrible wounds in a head so you can imagine this is really a disturbing time to rent a scene taking place in central paris now police have also reported that they have actually arrested a suspect not far from the scene or an attack developing news from paris is say thanks very much indeed for the update button press. north korea's leader kim jong un has issued a rare apology to the south for the shooting of a government worker suspected defected to the north disappeared from a south korean fisheries patrol boat on monday right has more now from the capital . quite a surprising development it is not very often that north korea admits to making mistakes like this rarer still that they would then go and issue one appears to be a very sincere apology according to the presidential office here in south korea this apology has come personally from kim jong un saying how sorry he is to have

disappointed moon j.n. the president of south korea talking about this unsavory case and putting in place measures to prevent a similar occurrence and the north says that it has apparently carried out its own investigation and has pretty much confirmed the details of what we know happened that apparently this was a south korean citizen on a some sort of floating object that came across to the northern side of this maritime border he was intercepted by this patrol boat and that north korean border guards fired a total of 10 rounds 10 shots at this individual it then says that that the crew of this boat then set fire to the flow take floating material that this fortunate individual had come across on as a preventative measure it seems against covert 19 now south korean officials as we know have said that the north koreans actually set fire to this man's body so there

seems to be some dispute over that but at least this does seem to be a recognition that this did take place north korea is apologizing for it and it does seem to be a concerted effort by north korea to try to keep the door open to better relations at some point in the future well mr ritchie is a career specialist with the university of foreign studies in seoul and he says both sides are likely waiting until after the u.s. elections to resume talks. an apology from north korea is rare and i think that the fact that we got wednesday indicates that north korea like the narrative was perhaps getting out of control a little bit and so they needed to step in and catch up with the story you know one of the problems of course was indeed that is rising in south korea because of this and north korea doesn't usually have a problem putting south korean leaders in the difficult to the generation. before it is somewhere north korea would want to reenter to go she asians with the u.s.

and south korea and i think that the pressure that the indian administration was coming under domestically because of this issue was severe enough that are north korea were at least that reason and perhaps some other reasons as well felt like they needed to come in a given apology to give moon some breathing room on this behind the optics of course you know there's still plenty going on you know that there is the exchange of letters and we know that there are other ways that saw them going on communicate that you don't make it to public light but indeed you both sides both the ministers and employing and you have incentives to keep the discussions they have going on below the surface under wraps and indeed one of the major reasons for that is simply that until the election in washington shakes out we won't know who the next president is going to be and that means that you know room for negotiation both from the john side and from seoul is relatively limited. i mean out of states coast to coast protests have been held to demand justice for brianna taylor the african

american was shot and killed by police side her home in louisville in kentucky in march from los angeles to new york demonstrators all demanding the arrest and prosecution of all 3 officers involved a grand jury decided on wednesday not to follow any charges against them in louisville protesters to fight a curfew which is being extended through the weekend the national guard has been sent in to keep the peace so over the recipe made during protests so far john hunter. reports now from louisville. in louisville the price of protest can be high. it ends at the city jail where those with a window can look down on ground 0 of the demonstration where they were arrested there's a horrible when they come out. those we talk to say it's a small price to pay for demanding justice for briana taylor and the other black

americans who suffered and died at the hands of police was it worth it yes yeah like. everyone we go to jail and off to the side brianna to go the lawyer for brianna taylor's family tells al jazeera that while those protesters are paying a price the officers who gunned down in her home are not the only charges 3 counts of wanton endangerment against one officer for firing into the neighboring apartment of a white family in that justice route of tayla family certainly doesn't think it's just as the people marching in protest and all across america certainly doesn't think is justice. what happened here has resonated across the u.s. parking protests from portland to colorado to chicago and washington d.c. most were passionate but peaceful but in louisville police charged one protester lorenzo johnson with assault and wanton endangerment for allegedly shooting 2 police officers both now recovering at the briana taylor memorial people still come

to leave flowers in the street they chant her name but so far no one has paid for firing the shots that killed her and protesters here say they will continue demonstrating until someone does. ben crump says briana taylor story is part of a crisis in civil rights in the united states over 401 years we have been doing a whiff of systematic racism and oprah shouldn't. see the police killing us and history as see the system killing us inside the court rooms so all the people who are march and i say to them that we have to change this moment into. hundreds here demonstrating in brianna's name. seemed to be following his advice john hendren al-jazeera louisville kentucky. still ahead here now to 0 coronavirus cases rise in sweden we look at whether the

country's unusual pandemic model is really sustainable. and we'll examine why the u.n. special general assembly meeting is back to business you'll. hello there were caring conditions eventually across areas of japan has some very heavy downpours lots of trout has been stream into the last year as system coming in to the west and also just a really clearing away the remnants of what was that tropical storm dolphin but have a look at some of these totals this in chicago $364.00 millimeters in 24 hours this sort of rain is enough to produce some localized flooding and then further to the north and home show 257 millimeters that as i say it is eventually caring pushing 3

and all the honchos to go through saturday on towards a wet day certainly into a supporter of feeling cold as well as 15 degrees celsius and then really away from the it is most of his guys southern as a china that so we can see the rain over the next couple days some very heavy downpours at times and unfortunately those showers come back in across the western and central areas of honshu but staying fine and dry across the korean peninsula and a fairly warm dale sunday $25.00 in seoul and ascended 25 across into beijing and then down tools and of course have had some very heavy rains here for the last few days as things beginning to improve across the west central states out tools that's where the heavy rain will be these waynes funneling those rains up tools bangladesh of the next couple of days very heavy rains across the northeast finally beginning to clear away from the pool. but. water an essential resource for all humankind across europe

pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission would be very very glad to pose was proud as asian on anybody because they only killed. those people who see everything as something to invest the profit of they want all up to the last drop on al-jazeera. we're going to be all watching al-jazeera remind of our top stories this. interim president is being sworn in following last month's military coup a trained soldier will serve until the nationwide elections are held 1st african

states calling for swift for turn to civilian rule. north korea's leader has issued a rare apology for the killing of a suspected south korean defector south accuses soldiers of an atrocious act of brutality for shooting the civil servants in the sea near the disputed border. before people have been injured in a stabbing attack in paris that took place near the former officers of the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo police have arrested one person. all right let's stay in france the government there has warned it's in a race against time to stop the spread of the krona virus as reported a daily record of 16000 new infections protesters in march must say he condemns government leaders in paris for ordering bars and restaurants to close for 2 weeks restrictions are also being imposed in other cities as hospitals struggle to cope with increasing numbers of covert 900 patients while madrid's regional government in spain has extended a partial lockdown of the capital a more than

a 1000000 people have been living under the lockdown fractions of surging in madrid people in the affected areas can only leave their homes for work for school or medical reasons. and sweden its people to limit social gatherings to avoid a 2nd wave of covert 19 a spike in cases there has prompted health officials to ask the public to avoid private parties crowded places and to work from home schools and restaurants remain open plans to lift a 50 person limit on gatherings have been perspire and poor he says a closer look now at whether sweden's model is sustainable. 6 months after sweden triggered its coronavirus response stockholm in the autumn doesn't look too different from stockholm in the spring while other countries go in and out of lockdown the swedes have stayed open throughout the pandemic but a large decline in covert 19 cases came to an end this week with 533 reported on

thursday the highest daily number since early july then. the caution that existed in the spring has more and more been replaced by hugs parties and everyday life that for many seems to be a return to normal. from one of the world's highest covert 19 writes in the summer sweden says drop below countries that imposed lock downs like france the u.k. and spain they have been just a handful of recommendations under strict ins in place and despite this week's new cases the government says it isn't planning to get harsher just yet schools have stayed open since march and mosques are arrest site even during rush hour. this has become very common in most of the world but in sweden virtually no one wears a mask the health agency doesn't recommend them saying it can make people more careless about social distancing. individual responsibility and sustainability are

the pillars of the swedish model although they shy away from admitting herd immunity as a major target for most decisions the government defers to the health agencies chief epidemiology just understand you know. it's a 2nd count the number of cases time when you stay in a long term regulation place or when you go in and out of the plans main program registering was for the homophobic you know own time care facilities it was the devastation of elderly care homes that was behind most of the country's nearly 6000 deaths to date critics now say it wasn't just the lack of a lockdown that was the problem the government together with authorities was asking us doctors to palliative really plan to give and states treatment to otherwise healthy people with risk factors to give them more freedom. instead of oxygen because we don't have oxygen in care homes thousands of elderly have died

without oxygen that could have been otherwise saved. the care home watchdog has since reported that mistakes were made as sweden recorded more deaths than its 3 nordic neighbors combined but now denmark a short drive over the bridge from allah has overtaken sweden's infection rate with the government in copenhagen bringing in new restrictions last week it's true we've seen a couple of weeks worth of cases in sweden have been going down while they've been increasing and. but we also see that testing much more than in sweden i think they're just saying that they're not ok and. sweden may have flattened the curve considerably since the dark days of the spring and summer but the surge of cases in some parts of the country suggest it's still far too early to know if the swedish model is working poor riess al-jazeera stock. a chinese pharmaceutical company says its coronavirus vaccine could be ready by

early next year the vaccine is being developed by side of back and it's on its 3rd and final round of human testing if it passes clinical trials so novak says its factories can produce hundreds of millions of doses by march. republican party leaders in the united states all distinction themselves from donald trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses november's election to trump again questioned the fairness of postal votes and the republicans joined democrats and reassuring voters of an orderly transition as all white house correspondent can be hawk. the peaceful transfer of power between presidents is a time honored tradition dating back to america's founding but it's one donald trump refuses to endorse should he lose the november election you have to see what happens. on thursday citing fears of widespread ballot fraud and vote rigging the

u.s. president again cast doubt on whether he'll accept the results of the november poll we want to make sure the election is honest but i'm not sure that it can be i don't i don't know that it can be with this whole situation unsolicited ballots. his press secretary says trump will accept the results but with conditions the president will exact except the results of a free and fair election. how exactly the white house defines free and fair or is not clear casting grave uncertainty over the integrity of the vote trump is particularly concerned with mail in balloting which states are offering so voters don't have to travel to the polls during the coronavirus pandemic top republican and democrat leaders in congress on thursday tried to reassure voters on twitter mitch mcconnell the republican leader in the senate wrote there will be an orderly transition just as there has been every 4 years since 792 democrat house

speaker nancy pelosi went further criticizing trump's failure to commit to a peaceful transition you are not in saudi arabia you are in the united states of america it is a democracy. so why don't you just. try for a moment to honor your oath of office but the white house is pushing back on criticism of the president's controversial remarks arguing trump's 2016 presidential rival hillary clinton last month made similar comments joe biden should not concede under any circumstances because i think this is going to drag out and eventually i do believe he will win if we don't give in and if we are as focused and relentless as the other side is the controversy has

added uncertainty and underscored fears that it could be weeks before the results of the november 3rd presidential election are no can really help get al-jazeera the white house. a massive have agreed to hold the 1st palestinian elections in 14 years the rival groups want to form a united opposition against deals that israel has signed with bahrain in the u.a.e. to normalize relations palestinian groups accuse the arab neighbors of betrayal the elections are due to be held within 6 months in a. head that is. restoring our national unity is a strategic and dialogue is the only course to take elections and the democratic process are the only means a clear cut agreement has been reached at elections on proportional representation basis are the most conceivable course to take with a timeframe no later than 6 months. a challenging cleanup effort is underway in australia to dispose of 350 well called the rescues are being forced to euthanize

some of the survivors from one of the world's worst stranding close to 500 pilot whales beach in tasmania rescue groups managed to free nearly 100. new york is usually a very busy place at this time of year with delegations attending the un general assembly but the meeting is being held for actually of course because of the pandemic and that's bad news for struggling businesses as kristen salumi now reports. from the general assembly hall to the streets of new york $193.00 member states typically bring their entourages and their wallets to the united nations for the annual debate this year there's little foot traffic empty hotel rooms and no wait for a table at local restaurants although if you want a table it will have to be outside. business that keats one block away from the un is a fraction of what it was last year thanks to the corona virus so it's actually

a un body that's our identity where un during the day karaoke at night into our dining still isn't allowed here and most of the un's 15000 employees still aren't coming into the office to work in years past we have a lot of people we'd have people come as early for breakfast we have people come for lunch and this year there's no point tracking the restaurant next door another longtime u.n. haunt has already gone out of business one thing local businesses and residents don't miss is the gridlock traffic or the heavy police and security presence in the streets but with that inconvenience came a whole lot of un customers year round the city's diplomatic corps with $193.00 permanent missions consulates and trade commission's help support countless local businesses a study commissioned by the city of new york in 2016 found that the international organization attracts some 300000 visitors annually and some $56000000.00.

in terms of posts to the u.n. general assembly this 1st. you know it's going to. you know extremely hard economically but right now the most important thing is that new yorkers are seeing that we are reopening in a cautious way still it's a sad day and not just for new york but also the u.n. an organization that was established to bring people and nations together but we're missing the informal diplomacy we're missing. you know the side bar charts the politicize the discussions during launches which are critical part of what happens here at the united nations general assembly not to mention a critical part of the local economy kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations. the pandemic has forced rio de janeiro to delay its world famous carnival for the 1st time in 100 years your labor float. trite tens of thousands of tourists to the city every year but organizers say they can't ensure the safety of the crowds still

has the 3rd highest number infections worldwide. so this is out there these are the top stories and molly's interim president is being sworn in following last month's military coup veteran a soldier will serve until nationwide elections are held west african states are calling for a swift return to civilian rule because hikers following this from cynical the reputation. of being a man of integrity. he was trained in the former soviet union and then in the 1990 s. he was then and assistant or advisor to the president at a time when he abruptly resigned over corruption allegations then again in 2014 he became the 1st defense minister. again he resigned after the

president suggested that armed groups that the minute the malian army were fighting would enter great the mahdi army himself so he's seen as the man that that beats corruption that straight forward that's on this for people who've been injured in a stabbing attack in paris this took place near the former offices of the said terrible newspaper. police have arrested one person. north korea's leader has issued a rare apology for the killing of a suspected south korean defector the south accuses soldiers of an atrocious act of brutality for shooting the civil servant in the sea near the disputed border large crowds have defied a curfew for the 2nd night in the city of louisville in kentucky they're protesting against a decision not to charge of police officers for the death of young black health workers going to taylor and they've been protesting the french city musée over government measures to limit the spread of coronavirus bars and restaurants are

closing for 2 weeks the government has warned it's in a race against time to stop the spread of the virus it's reported a daily record of $16000.00 unified actions. have agreed to hold the 1st palestinian elections in 14 years of the rival groups want to form a united opposition deals israel has signed on bahrain in the u.a.e. to normalize relations elections due to be held within 6 months. with the headlines here and on syria got more news coming up right after the bottom line. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is the united nations still the go to place for the world to solve its

problems let's get to the bottom line. the biggest intergovernmental organization in the world just turned 75 years old this year it was created by the big powers to prevent another world war and in that mission it's generally succeeded but how's it doing on the other missions like securing peace and delivering health and humanitarian relief with regional war is raging with refugees and migration at an all time high and a global pandemic on top what a mess my guest today is mark lowe cox the point man for humanitarian relief at the united nations and u.n. speak he is the.