tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera October 24, 2020 9:00pm-10:01pm +03
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can we trust. in the 1st of a 5 part series questions the neutrality of digital deductions trust me i'm an algorithm on a jersey you know. 'd this is al-jazeera. it has just gone 800 hours g.m.t. hello i'm come out santa maria welcome to the news hour on al-jazeera from europe to latin america surgeon coronavirus cases they've countries scrambling to contain their numbers also in the news guinea's president alpha condé is confirmed as the winner of sunday's elections that have brought violence and allegations of fraud. refugees and migrants travelling to western europe say they've been subjected to abuse by police in croatia. and violence in force and of coronavirus lockdowns in
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kenya leads to legal action by human rights groups. and we're starting with a coronavirus pandemic where colombia is set to surpass 1000000 infections when it does it will become the 8th country in the world to do so in my european leaders really struggling to figure out how to bring down their soaring infection numbers in a moment we will speak to daniel following the situation in latin america but 1st this report on europe from not in baba. in a small town in the heart of europe they're trying to save a life the intensive care units here in the czech town of key of new bern know is nearly full with covered 19 patients 75 staff at this hospital are off with the
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virus for their colleagues these are worrying times. the staff are doing everything even at the expense of their personal needs and time even on their days off they're working to prevent an italian scenario daily infections in the czech republic have hit a record high of more than 15000 that's despite tight restrictions including limits on people's movement and a ban on gatherings of more than 2 people in poland's daily infections reached a record of nearly 14000 on friday as president andre duda visited the national stadium which is being transformed into a field hospital due to who's 48 is now in quarantine after testing positive for coverage 19 he says he feels fine insisting he and his team followed the safety measures for damaged and separated i would like to apologize to everybody who's had to go into quarantine because they met with me in recent days please believe me if i had had any symptoms of coronavirus all meetings would have been cancelled. on
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saturday police in warsaw used tear gas against protesters angry about new restrictions the country's entered a so-called red zone lockdown with a partial closure of primary schools and restaurants and people above the age of 70 have been asked to stay at home over the border in germany the coronavirus death toll is now more than 10000 the number of covered 900 patients in intensive care has jumped by 2 thirds in a week chancellor merkel has warned that people's actions now will determine what the winter period will be like the isn't. worth when not helpless in facing the virus our actions determine the strength and speed at which it spreads and what's imperative for all of us is to verges contact to meet fewer people. france has now followed spain in passing the most 1000000 covered 19 cases since the pandemic started the capital paris is one of many cities under a nighttime curfew but organizers of
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a new. mission here at the pump you do center visitors can focus on happier themes even for a short while. we know just how joyous metate as painting was he himself was very open about it so it's perfect timing because we need this sort of today. still here and elsewhere the virus threatens to bring back the truly dark days that so many countries went through earlier this year. al-jazeera. so we'll have a little sweep around south america before we speak to done. top left corner of the johns hopkins track and you see the 42000000 global cases but in the top 10 countries in the world you can have brazil with its 5300000. as well just over a 1000000 there colombia as we say is heading towards a 1000000 mexico 880000 just outside the top 10 as well you've got chile with
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half a 1000000 infections as a lot a lot in latin america daniel as i say and. to take us through this what is happening why is it i mean you know we talk about 1st and 2nd waves i wonder if the 1st wave ever really ended in south america. no i think amar was still very much in the 1st wave and don't forget the 1000 pandemic arrived in latin america much later than it did in europe 26 of february was the 1st recorded case in the 1000000000 city of south pole so it's taken a lot longer to get going but once it has unfortunately those numbers been rising of those 42000000 infections around the world that you mentioned 10000000 of those are roughly are in latin america coming up 240-0000 deaths that's nearly a 3rd of the global total as you mentioned many of those in brazil over 5000000 157000 people dead i mean we're seeing many of the same kind of developments here
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as we have seen in europe one of the big differences i think is the economic situation the infrastructure around much of latin america was already much more fragile before the coronavirus pandemic hit here that meant less investment in schools and hospitals so when people did start to get infected and require treatment they simply weren't the resources available to see to the some of those people another. major factor here is that millions of people work in the informal sector and so when the government say you cannot leave your house to go and work to mix with other people they're left with a very grim choice either to stay at home and not make any money to feed their families or go out go to work and risk catching the. 1000 infection a very grim choice that many people here are forced to make and what we have seen allows in europe a growing number of protests around the region people who are fighting against the
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restrictions that governments are trying to put in place they've been out on the streets they're certainly growing here in argentina and when we lose their jobs what happens is we're starting to see more people out on the streets we're seeing growing squatter camps as i say the governments often without the resources to deal with that at the same time the numbers keep going up you mentioned we're about to pass that grim figure of a 1000000 in colombia argentina already going over that figure and then what we are seeing here though numbers are going down here in one of cyrus the government has really has lessened some of the restrictions we're going to have seen a mars bars museums reopening but the numbers are going up out in some of the more populous provinces like call of the santa fe tighter restrictions in those places one of the few bright spots if you can call it that is europe wide with a population of less than $4000000.00 they've had just $53.00 deaths $2700.00
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infections but with the summer season they're approaching the government has announced it's closing all borders to all foreign travel and that means 3 and a half 1000000 visitors they normally have it's a major part of their economy not going to be able to end so they're trying to keep the country's figures down yet their economy likely to take a big blow as a result. coronavirus news in latin america thank you daniel. well i mean e. and azerbaijan are battling on 2 fronts between the 2 nations have over 12000 people affected by the pandemic despite this threat they're still locked in the fiercest fighting since a ceasefire 994 which ended the 1st war of an account to cut about or challenge reports from goddess in armenia. disease and war have been close companion since humans have been around. and this humanity's latest war is
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being accompanied by humanity's latest disease these are the shelters of step on a curtain nagorno-karabakh during the recent bombardment people crammed together. no mosques the perfect environment for covert 19. 65 and papa spotted one people are forced to hide or be in a close space like a bomb shelter we cannot speak about social distancing mosque wearing is the obligation of any human being who have a more dangerous problem in front of you as it's war and we think people's attention shifts and priorities change. the people fleeing the fighting in the going to karabakh are taking the virus with them some 90000 have spread out across armenia near the border in the town of gori at least 60 refugees are living in this requisition school building so on the 1st floor of this kindergarten beyond this door there are 5 families who are quarantining obviously we can't go any further than this but this lady has decided she'd like to speak to us about it can you tell
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us what is happening why are you quarantining behind this to. move on that you know one of us got sick now he's in a stable condition he doesn't have fever the all good i just want our government to stop this war we have disease on one side and war on another. of course it's likely refugees are catching coded 19 from their host communities too and not just bringing it with them the virus is a problem all across this small country with more than $75000.00 cases out of a population of nearly 3000000 armenia is in the worst 20 countries in the world the cases per 1000000 people on the other side of the battle lines azerbaijan is being hit by covert 19 to 7 cities and towns are now under lockdown but according to official figures the problem isn't as severe as armenia's $5000.00 cases per 1000000 of the population compared 225000 in armenia those being displaced by the
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fighting say they're doing their best. oh my goodness yes we're worried about the coronavirus that's why we're doing all the preventive actions to be safe we're wearing the mask washing our hands and doing some of the disinfection neither the fight against covert 19 nor the fight against each other are over yet both will likely kill many more azeris and armenians chalons how does era armenia. police in kenya have been involved in the killing of at least 15 people since the government there imposed a coronavirus curfew in march and that is according to kenya's own independent policing oversight or at least 6 additional deaths are being investigated by the team as well as allegations of shootings robbery and sexual sold all by police officers civil rights groups have now launched a lawsuit against the law enforcement we spoke to go hartson who is the executive director of amnesty international in kenya one of those organizations involved in
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the lawsuit he says due to pressure from human rights groups police brutality is slowly declining but the still a lot of work to do. many cases the violence that was perpetrated was not in response to any form of violence that was being carried out by civilians it really was excessive use of force there number of lessons i think from this period particularly you know which are similar to places like nigeria and america at this point one is that public outrage and policy dialogue does work we have noted that you know the number of killings and police. instance of police brutality have actually gone down 80 percent since july and that's a result really of kenyans demanding better from the police service secondly that you know with leadership at the level of the inspector general of the police and also the minister of interior it is possible for them to come down very quickly and interdict or suspend officers that have just charge their weapons recklessly so
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therefore it's not just civilians and citizens that need to take action it's really the high levels of the law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system that need to see this as one of the biggest threats not just to life but also to the purpose of managing a pandemic which is that you know the purpose of managing a pandemic is to keep people safe and to keep them alive and it doesn't make sense if the police officers are killing more people then you know that the virus itself which was the case actually for a couple of months 13 minutes past the news hour here is what's coming up the power of young people why these voters in the united states could be crucial in deciding the presidential election also this interesting poultry standards in the u.k. what farmers are doing to stop a flood of cheap imports off the brakes and in sports the n.b.a. basketball reveals the financial cost of the coronavirus that's coming up with joe
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a little later. guinea's election commission says president alpha condé did win sunday's poll securing a controversial 3rd term he won with nearly 60 percent of the vote and charlotte better snow reports about basketball. 6 days after guinea voted for the president electoral commission announced president alpha condé would continue on for a 3rd term in office of the. 82 year old pandey one with nearly 60 percent of the voters according to food preliminary tally and though it still requires confirmation by the constitutional court. the announcement follows a week of violence in the capital conakry opposition supporters angry condé could run at all in munch the government how to referendum to change the constitution
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which allowed condé to run past his 2 term limit opponents say he's broken the law to hold on to power con days main rivals allude. declared himself the winner on wednesday electoral commission seated he only won a 3rd of the vote. now it is for all of us to fight to preserve to defend our victory and you know that it is threatened by a condé who had no boaters but had an army of fraudsters they have transformed the boat you expressed into another in favor of alpha condé we must not accept it. the government mobilized the army as opposition supporters flooded the streets. i mean i spoke on day has manpower says 2010 instead of salute. we all the guinea reaches you f.t.g. that's what given wants if you have d.g. is not elected guinea will not be calm. come days decision to run for a 3rd term has sparked repeated protests over the past year and resulted in dozens
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of deaths the government has denied using heavy handed tactics and accused the opposition of causing chaos on friday the internet and international cooling was cut off across getting home again guinea's government faithful to his principle of preserving peace and social tranquility cannot allow this situation to take root we deplore the deaths and valves of their memory. all of them civilians and agents of the security forces. when the final tally has been announced the opposition a determined it will not be the final result they moving to contest the outcome in the constitutional court shallop ballasts al-jazeera. u.s. democratic presidential nominee joe biden is campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania that was why don't trump now really one in 2016 and he'll need to be biden their
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fees to be reelected and to drive in rally in the state's bucks county biden told voters the election could come down to them times are hard unemployment is way out folks are worried about making their next rent or mortgage payment whether their health care will be ripped away in the middle of a pandemic worried about sending their kids to school worried about not sending their kids to school they see folks at the top doing much better on the rest or wondered who is looking out for me as donald trump's presidency donald trump himself cost an early ballots near his private resort in florida went to a voting station in west palm beach and again called into question the legitimacy of mail in ballots without any evidence florida is a crucial battleground state all up more than 48000000 americans have already voted with 10 days to go until the election. it was
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a very secure vote much more secure that when you send in a ballot i could tell you that everything was perfect very strict right by the rules when you send in your ballots could never be like that you could never be secure like that they've done a fantastic you have a great people and. so but it's an honor to be running it's an honor to be in this great area which i know so well will young voters in the u.s. do have the numbers to decide an election but it doesn't really happen very often this year it looks like it to be the same but that's changing according to figures from tufts university which say a large number of young adults this is a $29.00 have been voting early in 3 battleground states compared to 4 years ago here they are florida where donald trump was in 201644000 early votes this year 2 157000 in north carolina it was 25000 in 2016 it's now up above 200000 michigan as well there were only 7 and
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a half 1000 young people voting early last time around this time it's up 145000 it's part of what brings the young voters out is the anger following the police killing of george floyd john hendren looks at that story from minneapolis. when george floyd died beneath a minneapolis police officers need the youth of america filled the streets by the thousands. every 4th november many go a wall ghosting the ballot box i think my one vote is really going to make a big difference in the grand scheme of things and yeah i voted for hillary clinton last time and i felt bad and it didn't make a lick of difference. young voters overwhelmingly lean liberal with 18 to 34 year olds in a recent poll referring democrat joe biden over the republican president donald trump by a whopping $37.00 percentage points but americans over 60 are more than twice. is
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likely to vote to be totally honest i'm not going to be voting for for either candidate. the ongoing protests over alleged police brutality against black americans could change that sending more young voters to the polls i know a lot of people who will be voting for biden a college student at the university of minnesota aden boozing once back bernie sanders but now supports biden here and 28000 we already had the highest voter turnout any large campus in the united states but i think i'll definitely continue after being in the epicenter of the georgia flight protests in the democratic primary sanders was the clear favorite of young voters since the death of george floyd propelled the black lives matters movement and sent thousands of young demonstrators into the streets to demand changes in the way police treat black americans many have made joe biden their standard bearer but there remains an enthusiasm gap you know here and across the u.s. that gap presents a challenge to the democratic party bertie is going to have to bring them on board
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and if you have to push hard to get them to vote so i think that the pro trump young group is more energized right now than the provided group and that age that is apparent in the trump stores that have sprung up around the united states a phenomenon few presidents have inspired the protests more likely to vote for drum yes most definitely he's a change this place around and he's been doing a great job when it comes to young voters support the numbers are clearly with biden but with young trump voters showing more enthusiasm for the president only it really matters is who will show up john hendren and minneapolis his seth flaxman co-founder and c.e.o. of democracy works a new york based organization that campaigns to increase voter turnout who told us the u.s. is seeing a historic surge in youth voting which is part of a bigger trend in political engagement. there's a few things happening one is you're seeing incredible engagement toughs also.
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surveyed how many young voters protested created and protest this summer and 27 percent but they didn't and the margin is huge but we've also seen historically that a lot of people aren't voting and people weren't voting not because they were out that that there's a group like that based on that categorization but there's also much larger group were voting just didn't fit the way we live anymore and we've been able to reach huge numbers of voters through new approaches to engaging them online and so i think with both of these things happening at the same time new approaches for reaching voters online and also mass engagement it's fueling that trying to we started seeing a trend towards using each minute 20000000 so we have in the roots of this surge
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earlier then this past year so i think you know everything in our world right now is. engaging people and politics but it's also not a new trend in 2020 young people have been waking up to politics now for a few years and i think hopefully this year will be the turning point where it'll just become a norm that young people are going to be engaged in their elections as opposed to a surprise refugees and migrants trying to reach western europe say they've been abused by authorities in croatia and danish refugee council is collected testimonials describing whippings beating and sexual abuse and as iran has tried to contact croatian authorities for comment but i found a success the support from the hunting. there are repeated stories of desperate journeys getting even harder danish aid workers have collected nearly a 150 interviews for migrants and refugees he said croatian police beat them this
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migrant from bangladesh shows his scars. that i had that when they caught us they started beating us with sticks and kicking us as if we were animals then they searched us and took away our belongings our mobile phones and money before taking us back to the bosnian border bosnia is used by thousands of people fleeing unrest and war in the middle east central asia and north africa 3 years ago other nations closed their borders and disrupted migration paths through the balkans but upon entering bosnia most migrants walk northwest to the country's long open border with croatia one of the last gateways to northern europe on this journey through croatia many of the migrants report being beaten and stripped naked forced to lay on each other some of them have described it as before said i and a hash tag that the others have described as being forced to live like logs being stacked on each other. their valuables have been taken their personal belongings
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destroyed or burned. in one case in 2 cases sorry we have reports of severe sexual abuse another migrant mohammad from pakistan says croatian police set dogs on him after he crossed the border 2 weeks ago before. the port. dog of baghdad. report today where do people guard the leg are no good going here police. after being beaten in croatia many are sent back to bosnia part of this merger deal with wrong the injuries caused much hematoma covering a large surface of the body indicating severe damage to soft tissue in the area that is likely to incapacitate the injured and prevent them from attempting to cross the coalition border for a longer period from what i know since oct 12th $150.00 such cases have been registered. human rights organizations have long accused croatians police of
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brutality and illegally sending back the migrants and refugees coalition government denies this earlier this week its interior ministry said these allegations were being investigated with the aim to quote remove any doubt about the behavior of croatian police officers the similarities between the accounts are really chilling in that they point to systematic patterns of abuse with consistent descriptions of men in black uniforms and black balaclavas so with their heads hitting. 'd the goal for refugees like muhammad is to reach western or northern europe and apply for asylum for the injured ones they must wait until they are strong enough to start their journey again harding al-jazeera. through this news hour here's what's coming up. we have had enough or we want a democratic and united libya and an end to this bloodshed libyans reacts to the
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signing of a permanent cease fire will be pulled from misrata a city that suffered years of hardship. and it's to find out what pakistan's government's increase the price of medicine and who is being affected the most and sport with joe shall have action from gangs 3 of baseball's world series. oh the weather set fire across the middle a school just sunshine some lovely weather probably the best time of year this actually last the place guys had lots of hazy sunshine comfortable temperatures as well so they were constantly getting up into the low thirty's woman that kuwait may thirty's there for baghdad low thirty's they're still into barrett says a little on the warm side but that's pleasant enough you see that warm sunshine
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iran across the region and a similar picture as we go on into monday not too much to speak of them with light winds that really will feel quite pleasant 30 celsius on monday here in doha so some lovely weather coming through we've got some showers meanwhile in effecting a good parts of central africa as they should do just notice a little clutch of storms it'll just roll to wards the whole of africa towards the mater's you go on through the next to die or to some whites whether they're just around lake victoria around the rift valley pushing across the democratic republic of congo right across into congo some wet weather once again feeding down into northern parts of angola for a time at least further south as generate dry but we have got some of the live showers into eastern parts of south africa or south of could see some showers as we go on through monday the heat continues to the north about 30.
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oh. good news i hear down to 0 on these of the top stories colombia is set to surpass a 1000000 coronavirus infections other nations in latin america are also seeing a surge including brazil mexico improve. poland's president tested positive for corona virus andres is said to be feeling well but in quarantine. and guineas election commission says president alpha condé won sunday's election with nearly 60 percent of the vote but the opposition disputes the result. protests have taken place in london against the government's refusal to pass any laws to stop cheap
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imported meats and other animal products in any new trade deals after brags that that would include u.s. chlorination food items that don't meet the current european standards under simmons went to a farm in the village of dolby this is in england's lincolnshire waltz to assess the damage that unregulated imports could cause. was 52 percent for the country's homes without. andrew middleton has been a farmer 1st 3 decades he's invested more than a $1000000.00 in publicly farming reaching the highest standards of production will be forever. and preserve his home should we really are. now the price of his eggs could be undercut by new trade deals primarily with the united states u.k. may be flooded with cheap imports hundreds livelihood along with livestock farmers all over the u.k. is threat the reason lower food safety and animal welfare standards in the u.s.
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and other countries. and it will be a double whammy for this farmer his fall back a small herd of beef cattle would be up against cheap imports to farmers right across the british countryside are demanding a ban on cheap inferior imports of livestock they want that ban enshrined in new legislation that's passing through parliament but the government is refusing to do that relying on assurances instead. protesters say they don't trust those assurances repeatedly made by the u.k. prime minister what we will do is use our negotiations to persuade our partners to you know if they want to trade freely with us then obviously you have to accept or are pretty sure. ringback to highlight the issue britain's royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals has released a video of secret filming in the us it features of american animal welfare expert
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reasoning that you would chickens in chlorine is because the birds are literally sitting in each other's waste our ringback industrial animal and your system is designed to. be huge and multinational corporations at the expense of animal welfare farmer well being and. we fear that if it's not in legislation then you start to get products in other countries like eggs like chicken like beef which are given. methods of production which are legal here all the different substances like homeowners which are also illegal here that message and others may well have a big effect on consumers is a more welfare and food standards is becoming a major issue in the u.k. i'm drew simmons dolby in the kitchen katherine mcbride is with us now an economist focusing on international trade and agriculture
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a senior fellow at the center for for exit policy are with us on skype from london catherine thank you for your time. i'm wondering 1st of all just as a bit of context as to how much importing already goes on in the u.k. because when i perhaps naively i don't know but i think about food sources in the u.k. it seems like a place which could be if not self-sufficient then certainly you have a lot of it's own stuff. well actually no the u.k. is not self-sufficient in agriculture they import mainly from the e.u. because of the very high tariffs and very small quote it's that the e.u. allows for non e.u. agricultural goods to come in so then what was in the storage area sorry your previous piece was not actually correct the u.k. has laws already that ban chicken that's washing chlorine but intensively found chicken is already here in the u.k.
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only 2 percent of you case chicken and the u.k. supplies most of its own chicken it doesn't imports very much but on the 2 percent is organic we have the same massive chicken shits in the u.k. that they have in the u.s. the only difference is that we don't wash our car because those in chlorinated water but we do have very high levels of camp to live actor so you know any package chicken you buy in the u.k. will tell you to cook it thoroughly and he is one of the the n.h.s. website also explains it's the most common form of food poisoning in the u.k. so we cannot pretend that our chickens are any better treated than they are in the u.s. ok let's broaden out there most of my knowledge of u.k. chickens is perhaps not as high but i would like to know more about the the trade deals the post-bag the trade and the concerns of the farmers that we've seen there
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whatever the import might be the fact that it might be cheaper easier to bring in and can do them out of work. well it will be cheap but because the u.k. is not very large you know texas is 3 times the size of the u.k. the us has 40 times more farmland than the e.u. it in the u.k. does so they just have a condom is of scale there's a lot of people trying to spread disinformation saying that they are substandard produces but that test isn't true you just have to look at a map and compare the sizes of the 2 countries but at the same time the u.s. the u.k. has had free trade with the e.u. for the last 47 years and during that time the irish farmers which are cheaper than the english british farmers and the french farmers also cheaper they have not wiped out u.k. farming it's not as easy as people imagine to build up
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a code of cattle cattle generally just have one calf a time you might get twins it's not quite like pigs where they'll have a litter of 10 pigs so you know it takes a long time to build up and the u.k. does have a very good beef product but that beef is only you fed grass during the summer and then after that they're also fattened with with the same grains they used in the us before they go to market so it's. a lot of this talk is by farmers that they will be run out of business but i think that they feel is a completely misguided right now u.k. farmers cannot supply enough to feed the population of the u k. and you know it so that food will be imported and pretty much any country with a lower currency or lower wages or cheaper farmland will be able to produce some
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things more cheaply than the u.k. if you've got and you think that something isn't really quickly you think the public will be fine with that we've seen protests of people protesting against the idea of coronated chicken or whatever it might be i mean there are movements towards more harm grown foods organic foods and the like so that you think the people will be ok with barriers being those and and cheaper imports coming in. well hopefully yes because the. when you look at the statistics published by different department of agriculture of culture in the u.k. you know only 2 percent of the chicken is ok and it here only 3 percent of the beef is again ik cork is less than 3 and lamb is about the same most lamb in the u.k. is grass fit and it stays outside for most of its life it is not very long
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obviously but in general you know the u.k. might complain about animal welfare but they don't buy the high animal welfare products in the supermarkets it's very shocking that they just the figures just. back out what they farmers are complaining about ok if you look at what it looked buying and they are not buying the high animal welfare product. and it's not being produced and near the department of agriculture can show any farmer who who wants to say differently they can just show them the figures. catherine mcbride's with her perspective on the u.k. trade post brags that nagra culture thank you for your time catherine ok thank you . ethiopia has summoned the u.s. ambassador after president donald trump suggested egypt might blow up its grand
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renaissance dam a forced point $5000000000.00 project is aimed at pulling millions of ethiopians out of poverty but it's been a source of contention with egypt and sudan for years supporters from home involved i want to just gradually you know words of pride after brokering an agreement between sudan and israel to normalize ties but president donald trump's next remarks suggested a new conflict in the mideast africa region it's a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and they'll end up blowing up to their militia there's a loud and clear they'll block that there and they have to do something because they could a saturday should have started long before. as in how do you let it get built and then you see. trump preceded those words with actions he ordered aid for ethiopia to be stopped over its failure to respect a u.s. brokered agreement with egypt and sudan over the ground each open renaissance dam if you began to feel the dams reservoir in july provoking anger in egypt with u.s.
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president a close ally to egypt's of the fatah. he was asked to intervene as a peace broker. but it's open if it appeared at ease with trump's mediation and accused him of favoring egypt trump's latest remarks drew a quick response from each open prime minister and the g.o.p. has summoned my kareena the american ambassador to addis ababa in protest occasional statements of belligerent threats to have ethiopia succumb to unfair terms still abound these threats and affronts to ethiopian sovereignty are misguided unproductive and clear violations of international law ethiopia will not cave into aggressions of any kind these are obviously pretty outrageous comments from from the president and suggest that he's not really in touch with the real. on the ground the idea of conflict just so there's disputes over the nile has always
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been and very far fetched ultimately hugely counterproductive and it could lead to some sort of regional conflagration while tom's comments may have offended each o.p.m. pleased egypt few appear to be taking the threat of conflict or military action seriously it's unclear exactly what his motivation is i think part of it actually is vanity i think he's pretty annoyed that the the open and. withdrew from the talks unilaterally refused to show up to washington for what was meant to be the last round of talks i don't think that there is a serious risk that egypt is going to proceed with any sort of military action on that. they've made pretty clear that that's not what their priority is but thompson statements are likely to push the crisis over itto president dumped back into the spotlight and warn both sides that a failure to reach a solution could be dangerous. i'm dizzy all libyans have spoken of their hope
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and caution after their country's warring sides agreed to a permanent ceasefire the un brokered deal was signed in geneva on friday after months of negotiations between the internationally recognized government in tripoli and its rivals in the east military and armed groups must withdraw from the front lines and foreign fighters have to leave libya within 3 months train has been speaking to people in misrata a city that's dealt with severe hardship since wallach khalifa haftar launched his push for tripoli and i pull last year for libya which has been engulfed in violence for nearly 10 years these past 14 months have only seen the fighting worsen. while the east of the country is under the control of lord lord for the 4 have to and the 2 birthplace house of representatives the west is controlled by the un recognized government of national accord led by prime minister. they are based in the capital tripoli hotter who was supported by russia egypt and the united arab emirates
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launched an offensive on tripoli in april 2019 but was pushed back earlier this year as pro g.n.a.t. forces received support from turkey here in central misrata coffee shop worker are below watch the news of a nationwide cease fire played on the t.v. he's optimistic the agreement will lead to a stable libya. we have had enough we want a democratic and united libya and an end to this bloodshed we have dreams and aspirations and want to live peaceful and happy nice but not everyone is as optimistic. who will guarantee ceasefire we've seen these agreements before and then the fighting continued libyans don't have the power to make these decisions it's the foreign parties who will decide if we will have a ceasefire if they decide to end the fighting maybe then we will have peace in misrata libya's 3rd largest city and a primary source of military power for the internationally recognized government in tripoli according to city officials over $700.00 men from the city have been killed
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in the fighting since world war 2 so they still have to launch his failed military campaign to capture the capital. although many libyans are hopeful that this agreement will lead to a permanent ceasefire and a political solution some are skeptical that warlord. and his foreign backers will actually add here to it for abdullah and many libyans like him there's a sense of hope that things here will get better but the real test lies in the commitments of the agreement well the trainer al-jazeera misrata. polls opened in the 1st round of parliamentary elections in egypt voting is being staggered across parts of the country for several weeks with a total of $568.00 seats up for grabs a party which backs president out the fattah el-sisi it's called nation's 1st and it is expected to win big critics say this election will see prostheses parties grab an even larger majority the outgoing parliament already only had a small opposition bloc. the polls have closed in the seychelles presidential and
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parliamentary elections president danny for a has been in power since 2016 is actually facing voters for the 1st time the opposition's been largely divided leaving many to expect he will win another term observers from 10 african countries are spending 2 weeks in quarantine before monitoring the votes or malcolm webb has more on the story. with more than 70000 voters scattered across dozens of islands seychelles presidential election religious ticked light aircraft and boat to take ballot papers to remote polling stations. it takes 3 days for everyone to vote and nearly everyone does turn out so usually more than 90 percent. president danielle 4 voted in the capital victoria his party has governed the archipelago since independence from british colonial rule 54 years ago 1st as
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a soviet aligned one party state and then winning every election on the remote tea party system what is more important is for us to rebuild the economy after the effects of 19 the economy depends mostly on tourism wealthy foreigners flock to the pristine beaches the few have come since the global pandemic the main opposition party l.d.s. has won a growing share of the vote in past polls he lost the presidency by fewer than 200 votes 5 years ago and then won a slim majority in parliament we think there will be a transition of government for the 1st time since independence and the l.d.s. will form the next government so shell's is one of the most unequal countries in the world hotels and other businesses are owned by a wealthy minority many of european origin many others are descendants of enslaved
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africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist that so many people are in this. because. i don't like. that. everybody and every everyone in. the opposition's free market ideologies of attracted growing support some feel the ruling party's decades old welfare system hasn't helped people. but others loyally stick to its historic socialist ideals many expect a close call between the 2 main parties results are expected sunday malcolm webb al-jazeera for the 2nd time in a month pakistan's drugs regulator has announced an increase in medicine prices this latest one bodes particularly high poor and marginalized communities during the pandemic reports from islamabad. august on has seen several
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bikes and prices of a century drugs for their treatment of high blood pressure heart disease and other important lifesaving drugs that are now costing far more on the open market the prices of course are fluctuating people are complaining that they have to dig deeper into their pockets and pay more for essential drugs now all this is happening after the federal cabinet approved for a spike in the prices saying that it will essentially because of the demand of the pharmaceutical industry which of course said that it was entitled to get an increase in the prices because the cost of production of some of these drugs was far too high and there is a clause with the drug regulatory authority of august and that can allow such an increase if the pharmaceutical companies decide to claim it over the people here
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are not satisfied because pakistan is a poor country and most people can order for essential medicines that of course and also lead to reports that people every day had to reduce their dotage of their medicine and in some cases give up treatment altogether it is going to be important to see where the ball gets on a little bit to come to grips with the shortages of essential lifesaving medicine the government saying as it has made a move essentially to ensure that there is no shortage of drugs in the market big pharma of course is happy because they say the cost of production is high and therefore they have the right to indicate prices that people are complaining that the government is buckling under pressure from the pharmaceutical mafia in creating prices gordon or deaf come at a worse time the country's all pollution parties have already been blaming the government for mismanaging the economy now they will have more ammunition to add today call. sport is coming up on this news hour see why lewis hamilton's in pole
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position to make it a not yet making the oh he's going to make more history maybe in formula one we'll find out later. held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell denied the right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent moved to saying his crime journalism. to demand neutral thinks and boy solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. to say. when covert 901st struck china and began to spread the cost asia. some in the west criticized countermeasures
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a stew hostile or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on a jazzier. for . the. time for your sport but just. thanks very much well let's start with basketball it's being reported by the associated press that the n.b.a. made $1500000000.00 less than expected last season largely because of the current virus pandemic basketball was the 1st major u.s.
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sport to shut down in march it did manage to complete a shortened season inside a bubble at disney in florida but at a cost of $200000000.00 no fans were allowed to watch live and $171.00 regular season games who lost revenue was also hit by china's decision to not show games after a tweet by former houston rockets general mark manage it down or mori in support of protesters in hong kong that's ok lympics has also been hit hard by current virus but organizers are pressing ahead with preparations for next year's delayed games the swimming and diving venue has been officially opened japanese to make star recover care who's making her competitive comeback after being diagnosed with leukemia was the 1st to swim in the pool the aquatic center which cost $523000000.00 was completed in february but it's taken until now to open because of the pandemic the venue can hold 15000 fans but it's not been decided yet if supporters will be allowed in because of virus restrictions. no you don't at the
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final we need to hold the successful games i hope that the world's top swimmers can perform here next year also for me it's encouraging to see miss a key here swimming energetically in a healthy condition. to baseball and the los angeles dodgers have taken the lead in the weald series against the tampa bay rays on friday the dodgers beat the rays $62.00 in game 3 to go to one up pay system reports series. what he's looking to take advantage of the world series was all square after the 1st 2 games. which los angeles were off to a good start. was this 1st inning home run from justin turner was easy livin for the post season that ties the record. the dodgers had one game 183 and were looking dominant here a game they were 5 nothing up in the 4th inning. and then in the top of the 6th
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it was the turn of alston bonds to hit a solo home run to make it 61 was i was. there's a trip to the store of the night for the dodgers was pitcher who could bueller when he struck out randy a rosary it was he's 10th strikeout of a 6 innings he's. been a big game pitcher and really succeeding on the stage there's only a few guys you know currently and throughout history he's in some really elite company and i'm just happy he's wearing dodging you know for him when you're facing a guy like bueller what we saw today there's really no margin of error. and they got us today. in the bottom of the 9th rosa raina his own home but it was too little too late just the final school 62 the dodgers l.a.
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lead the world series 21 for a situation they have not been in since they last won it 8988. p. to stem it al jazeera. forward one world champion lewis hamilton is in pole position as the ames for a record breaking 92nd grand prix when the mercedes driver stashed home in the final few seconds of qualifying for sunday's portuguese gone crazy hitting teammate fro terry caught us to the front of the grid how wilson is looking to eclipse michael schumacher record having already matched his $91.00 grown prevent trees it's also how wilson's 97th career pole to cycling in this era did sally it couldn't be cosa heading into the final stage the 20th stage was won by british writer tailgate in hearts for the team that was not good enough to take the overall lead he is tied on the same time as australian jay hindley in the general classification but it is hindley who leads because of his performances in the time trial stages it means after 20 days of racing they are separated by only
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a few hundredths of a 2nd with one more time trial left on sunday. spanish champions real madrid have taken the honors in the 1st el classico of the season against tribals barcelona $31.00 rail took the lead through federico valverde after just 5 minutes 17 year old and so fatty equalized for basso only 3 minutes later but in the 2nd half sergio ramos and luka moderates scored to secure the win for a while. brazilians have been celebrating the landmark birthday of the national treasure pele the footballer turned 80 on friday and rio's christ the redeemer statue was lit up in yellow and green in tribute a mass was also held in his honor at its base is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in history and the only $123.00 world cups and that's all the sport for now more later thank you joe and that's it for this news hour thank you for joining us maryanne demasi on the team in london now with you in just
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a few minutes time. dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic let's start with some of the all new ground realities of back in the news coverage what's the lay of the land there stripping away the spin a gripping story about presidential corruption it is real reporting is not and your team challenging assumptions and the official line we all decided we need to tell our story we don't want to rely on the authority and its media listening post on out is the right. trust is fundamental to all our relationships we trust banks
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without money talk to us without really personal protection got what happens to trust in a world driven by algorithms as more want to stations are made for us by these complex piece of code the question that comes back is inevitable can we trust algorithms in the 1st of a 5 part series hourly rate question as the neutrality of digital deductions trust me i'm an algorithm on a just 0. if you want to help save the world. a. sneeze into your own. yes protests and other rules continue calling for the resignation of president bush and. some of the women who have become a driving force of the protests. talk to al-jazeera.
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from hospital wards in europe to the streets of colombia coronavirus cases surge governments battle to regain control. and maryam namazie and london watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program trapped by conflict and the coronavirus the people battling to survive twin threats in a go in a car. in game a alpha condi is declared the winner in a controversial presidential election.
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