inside story on al jazeera. am keeping law and order is a primary function of any state. on protecting the people became police brutality a domestic incident became a global law crime. in a country torn apart by racial inequality. can americans find a leader to unite to. follow the key issues of the us elections. on al-jazeera. to to her to to. among the top stories. the world health organization says the official death toll

from coronaviruses likely to be underestimated suggesting the global figure could already be over 1w3x3w infections recorded worldwide. president donald trump has dismissed a report by the new york times which claims he's paid hardly any income tax in the past 15 years trump responded on twitter calling the article fake news and said he's paid many millions of dollars in tax. and fighting between azerbaijan and armenia has continued for a 2nd day the threatening to read night a decade old conflict disputed nagorno-karabakh region the international community is calling for an immediate cease fire and a negotiated settlement. world leaders from 64 countries across 5 continents have pledged to reverse the loss of the world's biodiversity by 2030 readers pledge for nature comes ahead of a major u.n. environment summit later this week the e.u.

britain and canada are among countries which are committed to measures including clamping down on marine pollution and deforestation they've also agreed to put the protection of the natural environment at the heart of their coronavirus response plans but the project has it been signed by some of the world's environmental offenders raising questions over its effectiveness absentees include the leaders of brazil and indonesia hotspots for deforestation as well as the world's top 2 emitters of greenhouse gases the u.s. and china govern edwards is the global coordinator for the new deal for nature and people at the world wildlife fund he joins us over skype from london thanks very much for being with us so what do you make of the potential effectiveness of this pledge. i think this is a landmark moment for nature a few years ago we had the harris climate accord which really set the direction for what will need to do to avert dangerous climate change in the next few months we have the same opportunity to negotiate a special treaty for nature

a special occasion a nature which will be implemented over the next decade the pledge just signed by more than 60 world leaders and counting will set the direction for it will step to the idea that nature can be recovered by that we're going to decade we can reverse nature lost and see more nature also did well so i think this is a seminal moment so the set the stage in my writing the new binding targets but those will come later as i write exactly at this s. a direction that sets the tone for the negotiations come under the un convention on biological diversity which needs to points 10 year action plan in place it will be agreed in coming china in 2021 so what do you think the key areas are the to focus on initially and then what would be the priority in terms of setting those binding targets. a number of areas for example looking at the protected areas network globally we need to expand it so the recovers 30 percent of the world's forests and

oceans and other ecosystems and is managed for the benefit of people the community is printed in is people we also need to look at the unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade and really it's to stamp that out there are links between it and global pandemics we really need to go on top of that tree thirdly we still need to look at the agricultural system and the way we produce and consume food nobody should have to abide theory that is linked to de forestation. in for another part of the world and everybody should be able to benefit from local sustainable agriculture as well now earlier this month the u.n. said it well it failed to meet a single target to slow the loss of the natural world for the 2nd consecutive decade how confident are you that we went back in the same position that they make the pledges and then actually nothing happens. so the world is waking up now like never before new research just and last year shows that a 1000000 species face extinction don't get up yes unresearched so the living

planet report shows it would last about 2 thirds of key while our populations since $970.00 more a whole lot leaders are recognizing that if we don't get on top of the loss of biodiversity it is not only a threat to nature and the beautiful species that we care about it is also a threat to humanity as well and whether that's to help with the rest of the looming threat of potential future pandemics just as we have with code 19 as well and so people are waking up on the positive side because connell doom and gloom an awful lot of jobs can be created in a nature positive economy one report recently estimated about 395000000 new jobs can be created as well so you can actually help lift us out of the impending current financial crisis that has been triggered through the current can and to make as well so there are opportunities here there are challenges and there is a very different tone that we're hearing from leaders there are stepping up sort of

signs pleasure having to know you that the china u.s. and brazil for example haven't signed up and that they're pretty major sort of the i the political involved in the 1st asian. this is a solid triplex so it's an about a quarter of the world's economies have signed up so far and about a 3rd of the world's countries so this is just the start of a process we fully expect more countries to sign up and all parties to the convention on biodiversity so therefore agree a national plan and the next 3 months it starts with a more progressive countries route that want to lead and show examples of why this can be beneficial to society now but we fully expect us to put line up as many many did after the paris common accord as well we need a similar agreement on a chance you have to do with climate change and nature 2 sides of the same crime we have the planet climate change we need the. government which thank you very much indeed for talking to us thank you thanks mark. the european union has joined the

french president to urge lebanon to form a unity government in order to release much needed support from the international monetary fund. says he's ashamed of the country's political factions his failure to put aside their differences led to the resignation of the prime minister designate on saturday but as in a how to report from beirut. is beginning to wane. it was a month ago when. there was an opportunity. it was here where she met french president. who visited neighborhoods damaged by the devastating explosion at port. of the oceans her anger frustration and a little bit of hope. it's all together. before i had. better. stay and i made it clear. here it's the youth who are making the change and hopefully it's not for the

kids. for us. accused of betrayal for failing to form a nonpartisan government to deal with the deep economic crisis. because the french who betrayed them. in. what you see. lebanon is in desperate need of financial assistance to rebuild what was damaged by the poor. the collapsing economy france and other international powers have refused to provide aid. are made those who want. to bring about change to protest action that is why many were pinning their hopes on the international community but they've been. giving. them another 6 weeks to implement france's road map. whose house was destroyed in

the port explosion believes a new deadline won't change much and the ruling class accused of decades of corruption give up power she says. he gave them another chance i agree but they won't be able to do that they don't want to rescue the country they want to rob the country but i have hope in michael he made us feel like human beings and citizens of a nation the international community did step in to provide much needed assistance to the port blast victims but in the absence of a political solution there is concern lebanon's parties are tied to foreign countries in particular the united states and iran their power struggle is played out here everybody's stepping up. from both sides. saw. what i am asking from this big old leggett nation. france accused leaders of holding the country and its people hostage many such as.

hundreds of refugees have been allowed to leave the greek island of lesbos and heading to the mainland off to being granted asylum they were all residents of the morea come before it was destroyed by fire earlier this month $12000.00 refugees and migrants were left without shelter. and those needing medical attention are among the 1st to be transferred to the mainland stephanie the latest from. this is the moment they have been waiting for for incredibly long time the ferry now with around 700 people on board families people classified as vulnerable being taken off the island on their way to athens with official asylum status they've had an incredibly long wait here in the. difficult conditions of course following an incredibly lengthy and dangerous journey that they made to get here to greece this is the dream this is the dream. to get off the island and then what we understand

from the ministry of migration is that they will be taken to athens they will be housed in hotels and then at some point in the future they will be moving on to other european countries we've watched them arrive here getting off. the buses with their lives really their lives packed into plastic bags getting on that ferry that we weren't allowed to talk to any of them but we could sense people waving particular when the ferry started to move waving singing a lot of smiles i think certainly clear to say an incredibly happy day for those onboard. the french president is expected to meet the russian opposition to settle on a ticket on tuesday is in the lithuanian capital where he's been holding talks with president. the 2 leaders have agreed to push the european union to decide on sanctions against belarus later this week the e.u. has been effectively paralyzed on the issue after cyprus blocked plans to impose

penalties over alleged election fraud and human rights abuses. but it was just last summer. we have to do everything so the sanctions are discussed agreed and confirmed as the next you leaders summit and then at the meeting foreign ministers this is extremely important in order to perform as the regional leader without leaving a vacuum of power and without leaving bella ruse to face alexander lukashenko. serotonergic in our sky has been living in exile in lithuania since last month's disputed presidential election she says e.u. leaders could help mediate a national dialogue in belarus biller us needs. help in the room instead in dialogue between the nation and our authorities and have been into these mediators now and maybe mr mccraw along side

with other countries with the leaders of other contras can. be there or this mediators in starting off for the. turkish prosecutors have named 6 more saudi nationals as suspects in the killing of journalist. 20 saudi nationals are already on trial in istanbul editions suspects are not in turkey and are being tried in their absence earlier this month a saudi court jailed 8 people from up to 20 years ashaji was a prominent critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 now invalid has more from istanbul. according to the announcement by the general prosecutor 2 of these individuals were of fish souls in the in the saudi consulate one of them was even serving as deputy counsel and they are accused of participating in the preparation and execution of

the murder of. on october to 2 years ago the 4 others saudi nationals accused of arriving. here in turkey in istanbul on october 10th october 11th and their mission according to the accusation was to participate in the in the in getting rid of the evidence there is a lot of criticism both here in turkey and in the west to the way saudi arabia handled the whole file and the way the trial went on in saudi arabia amnesty international described it as a whitewash the u.n. which has conducted an investigation and came to the conclusion that there was a premeditated murder against. described the trial and the sentences as a mockery so the debate is still going on particularly here in turkey turkey is insisting that there is more to tell the world about this trial and that it should not be put

to a close. the ride sharing app has been given the green light to continue operating in london for another 18 months a u.k. court says the company has made several improvements and is now fit and proper described despite what it described as historical failings london's transport authority denied to enter its license in 2019 because of safety and security breaches some 3 and a half 1000000 passengers and 40000 drivers use the about half in the british capital jonah hall is in london and says uber is keen to point out that it has changed. transport for london the body that regulates and oversees public transport in the capital denied. a license back in november last year for the 2nd time in fact citing safety concerns specifically a glitch on the company's app that has allowed a number of drivers to falsify their identity by putting up fake photographs that lead to allegedly thousands of basically unlicensed and therefore uninsured rides

putting obviously passenger safety at risk had always denied the extent of the problem but not necessarily that the problem had existed they admitted during the 4 day hearing hear a number of serious quote serious and alarming failings putting crashes at risk but said that they've worked hard to address regulators concerns we've made a number of recent improvements that go well beyond. what other operators done well beyond some of the concerns raised by t f l so that would include hybrid real time id which means that drivers now when they go on the air take a selfie and we validate therefore that they are who they say they are electronically in the background and also pass recognition where we are using technology to ensure that no mask no ride policy is enforced and every driver in london on every train in the end the judge here the westminster magistrates court essentially concurred saying that we may not have a perfect safety record but that it has seen an improving picture with extent.

measures implemented to reduce incidence therefore finding that it was indeed fit and proper to have a license for private here in london now one of the parties to the case against the licensed taxi drivers association that's the body that regulates all the famous london black taxis said that essentially those admissions by the company were the company trying to pull the wool over the courts our eyes by giving the impression that the problem had entirely gone away but it said it was too big to regulate effectively but too big to fail. and wildlife in northern while far apart in northern california's wine country has quadrupled in size burning homes and vineyards and forcing thousands to evacuate 800 firefighters have been struggling to control the blaze in napa valley north of san francisco $84.00 and a half 1000 hectares of land a burning and firefighters say none of it is contained california suffering from

some of its worst ever wildfires with $26.00 people killed since they began last month. indonesia's government is close to completing a national mapping project which it says will help seoul disputes over land ownership but indigenous communities say they've been excluded from the process and fear losing their homes jessica washington reports from the capital jakarta in indonesia's west timor people have been left to pick up the pieces of their demolished community you know that sadly this is what's left of my home after the local government tore it down i don't have a house anymore now i have to live under a tree. and organise the local government they did their. firing tear gas and tearing down their houses only a few bill went up and. they offered to relocate us but they immediately tore down our houses before the replacement houses were even ready. since then they've been

living in tents the local government says the land has huge potential and needs to be developed for agriculture now and then but that doesn't mean they've got the lancets if it is a state document we told them take the local government to court let the court decide who the rightful owner is disputes like this are common across indonesia corporations local governments and indigenous communities are often at odds over who owns what land it's a problem the government says it wants to resolve its. policy song it is to solve the problem of land over land prices we're dealing with problems that occurred in the past like comics. for almost 10 years indonesia's government has been working on a complete database of maps to help minimize overlapping land disputes now the government says the project is almost complete but indigenous communities say they've been excluded from the process activists say the mapping process has been

opaque and closed off. the state considers these indigenous people is living on land which doesn't belong to them and with its power tries to stop their efforts to fight for their land. and local leader of the indigenous kennebunk munity was arrested accused of stealing chainsaws being used to cut down trees in the forests . he says the government always sides with corporations who he accuses of encroaching on their land and he's skeptical that the government has any real intention to protect indigenous communities. and when it comes to relations with the vestas indigenous people are always the ones left defeated he says they like many indigenous communities all over indonesia will never stop fighting to protect their land just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. still to come on al-jazeera we'll tell you what happened when the e.p.l. champions face the f.a. cup holders that's coming up in sport.

or. a little. bizarre now a sport and so on all champions live for have continued their past that exalts the english premier league season they've beats and also a 31 at home. andrew robertson and just sight getting the goals the win moves made a poor level 9 points with the leaders less the city. and the draw for the 1st 2 quarter finals of the asian champions league has been made in cats are lost will face an early saudi while persepolis of iran will take on that is that the team

packed a course both last 8 games will be played in doha wednesday with the semifinal coming up on saturday now on to tennis where serena williams is off and running at the french open earlier she advanced to the 2nd round in paris despite being taken to a tie break in the 1st set serena went on to beat her u.s. trip christiane in straight sets 6 feet is looking to win of course roland garros things will spread and she's also aiming to finally capture a record equalling $24.00 grand slam title. of the clay and i started playing like like it to be honest so opening the court in moving and sliding in. i do think her level dropped a little bit in the beginning of the 1st. i took advantage of the. earlier 7th seed . beat france's a c.

and the and straight sets 2 time wimbledon champion has never got the on the semifinalists at roland garros. rafael nadal is booked to spots in the men's 2nd round the 12 time champion as little trouble beating a go go to show most of the roofs in straight sets in dollars come into the tournament having skipped the u.s. open he did however reach the quarter finals of this month's italian open. the things that they can improve yes but it's a positive start tomorrow i have another day to practice and after tomorrow again on court so happy for that even if the conditions of course and is not about is a real thing the conditions are not die deal ones i will fight for my for my goals every single moment u.s. open champ pinned dominic team also advance of

a straight sets winner from aren't just chill it's team he's been beaten finalist in the last 2 french open says the cold conditions are not bothering him. i was very happy with the way our plates from the beginning to the end basically and conditions. i'm used to them or i know how to play in those kind of conditions obviously because in austria we have many days like there. now let's move on to the miami heat who will take on the l.a. lakers for this season's championship heats us through to the finals for the 1st time in 6 years off to beating the boston celtics in the same conference finals and the riches and has the latest in this report. i this is the team charged with the task of stopping le bron james in the los angeles lakers from winning the n.b.a. championship the miami heat's have won the eastern conference finals the full 2 series victory over the boston celtics this group. more than anything they just

love to compete we're so grateful for this opportunity in this bubble this group would have done it in an empty jam with nobody watching just tossed out fallout. and i just love the fact that this group is so pure than they enjoy each other's success it's especially good to be in the farm out of bio had blamed himself for the team's defeat in game 5 this time out he scored a career high 32 points and 14 rebounds as the heat secured the series with a 125 to 113 when dr stone was she began underdogs all like everybody else here got a chip on his shoulder from songs so much. is a toss old enough finals you know we were not backing down from anybody and that's what i like about the soon to be popular show he said carry on but i was the 1st time the heat's of reached the final since 2014 on vote occasion le bron james was part of the miami team and since $33.00. i was thinking what

a fulfillment should i be if you want to win you're going to have to go through. at the end of the day what it normally comes down to and. that's what we're going to focus on no i was you can't it's probably going to end because you have so many . really good players around here but you're going to get the same test over and over again. and all. the efforts. gets through breast coupons toughest exam starts with game one of the finals on wednesday. and the richardson l.g. 0. well that's all the sports for me for now but it's all hands about snowden in london thank you very much indeed and a quick when you can catch up anytime with our website just that is 0 dot com. throughout the day that's it from in our entire 1st news out of the back in a moment with an awful roundup of the day's news thanks for watching.

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