more sightings of endangered animals due to the limited movement of the human population and the lock downs imposed by the pandemic it's a stark reminder of the impact we have on nature and also shows that there still is a lot more we can do to protect the planet and help the environment recover pollen allergies there are hong kong. this is out there these are the top stories in government have attacked a town in western ethiopia reportedly killing more than 100 people attack happened in the penny shango goonies region and this international says dozens are still unaccounted for the group has claimed responsibility for the u.k. is now facing the threat of to create a virus variant so after detecting another potentially more infectious strain in 2 people who traveled from south africa it's barred all flights from the country after 9 months of negotiations there are signs the e.u. and u.k.

are edging closer to agree on a post breaks it trade deal talks between the 2 sides continued late on wednesday as they try to sort out the final details that imbiber has more from london where the negotiators were face to face in brussels on wednesday and as they continue there were. briefings anonymous briefings by e.u. officials to reporters saying that the talks were in the final stages although it wasn't exactly clear how long it would take for the draft text to be looked at an approved by the political leaders of course boris johnson the prime minister and on the lion the european commission president have actually taken over leadership of the process since monday they've been in constant telephone contact. a new alliance of armed groups in central african republic is calling itself the patriots coalition for change it's threatened to march to the capital ahead of presidential and legislative elections on sunday united nations mission says it's pushing the

rebels back to prevent them from taking control of important supply routes and strategic towns there are reports the armed groups are now in just north of the capital hundreds of migrants have been left with nowhere to sleep after fleeing a camp the caught fire in bosnia thick black smoke poured from tents and leaper camp which is near the croatian border a camp has been strongly criticized by rights groups because of a lack of resources it was due to close down police and united nations officials blame the people who lived for starting the fire thousands of migrants are in bosnia in an effort to reach wealthier countries in europe or europe state with headlines here in nigeria got more news coming up right after the cost by fire. the american people have finally spoke in america as i slid this off balance or become more dangerous the world is looking at us. with the election behind us

will the republican party dump truck the fuel we keep take on us politics and that's the bottom of. my major in finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera look at the world of business and economics this week the pandemic decimates millions of jobs and pushes many into extreme poverty could have green recovery be the solution to saving the global economy. flag of convenience chinese ships and crews but flying the senegalese flag local fishermen say the waters off the coast of being overfished. slaughterhouses are hot spots for covert 19 activist investors say that meat

processing plants could be the cause of the next pandemic. the coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the global economy it's pushed back global efforts to reduce poverty improve livelihoods and health care now understandably nations of poured billions into shoring up health services but the recovery now that lockdowns are being lifted needs to take into consideration all of the global emergency climate change with temperatures hitting 100 degrees fahrenheit in siberia and the arctic circle the challenge couldn't be more dire let's put this into perspective because we can tackle poverty job creation and climate change at the same time to limit rising temperatures to below 1.5 degrees celsius 2.4 true. dollars a year needs to be spent on energy systems around the world until 2035 that's around 2 and a half percent of the world's economy the u.n.

says the money is there because the international monetary fund says that governments of spent 10 trillion dollars in responding to the pandemic but more is needed despite that it's estimated that up to $100000000.00 people have been pushed into extreme poverty the i.m.f. says that further spending should focus on minimizing job losses and preventing a rise in inequality many nations are turning their attention to the recovery the european union as citizens had 750000000000 euros for its recovery fund of which 25 percent is to be used for climate action we have 2 stories for you on poverty and jobs in a green economy at a moment now to serious nicola gage reports on how geo political tensions are putting pressure on the astray and government to invest in renewable energy as it recovers from the pandemic but 1st a story that's familiar in advanced and poorer nations alike up to $12000000.00 mexicans are estimated to dropped out of the workforce due to the pandemic many are

in danger of falling into extreme poverty al-jazeera as john holdren reports now from mexico city. to give voters who are exhausted after a new day search for food. if you want to see how qubits affecting the poorest image they invite you to the 2 roosters family they share. then there's a dozen personas is the last we start at 10 am and come home at midnight just looking for food where we can get milk nappies enough for all of us before the pandemic nicholas had a job as a security guard and once he sold sweets in a market between them they could feed the family were well that's all gone now and she told us when we 1st met her at a soup kitchen that i can but i beat everyone since the start of the pandemic from much we haven't had work and my 2 little ones my mom and my baby depend on me so i

have to deal with it. this donated food is the only reason they're not starving. and all along the country's development agency says the pandemic could tip more than $10000000.00 into extreme poverty and it's already happening we went to 16 soup kitchens across the capital all of them told us that lines of grown men he said they're serving 3 or 4 times more meals than before what we found coming to the soup kitchens is that there's a lot of people here from the informal sector street vendors rubbish collectors market workers people that already for and this is just tip them over the edge. even as the need has increased the number of soup kitchens and cells has phoolan those turning out to feed people like father benito rum braced. up and then more because of the pandemic signal kitchens closed down and so people said to us please don't close to if you do when are we going to go. it's

a salient question politics but told us that the federal government say programs don't really work for those in the informal sector like nancy wilson like id's and calm prove that they've lost their jobs she's grateful for what she does get from charitable soup kitchens. she cleans toilets he wants to try and pay a little but you know. by the end of the day the family's eating the battles won tomorrow they'll join the queues again. john homan how does it make scarcity. inside this workshop in the city of woolen gong large industrial gear boxes are being made and repaired most of for the mining sector but recently the business has turned to renewables also fixing wind turbines it now makes up 10 percent of the company's repair work and that's expected to double in the next 4 years for us we see renewables an important parties trying in here we know it's

growing and we want to be there to support it. colin still making have defined for more than a century but the focus is quickly shifting to cleaner technologies including the potential of building components for wind and solar and making cleanest. but history it doesn't have a national climate or energy policy and union leader. says that slowing investment what we have in this country is a policy vacuum and it's letting down our environment as much as it's letting down our coal miners while the use of renewable energy is rising as surely remains one of the world's biggest exporters of thermal coal and minds of being expanded the coal industry employs about 3000 people here locally and thousands across this trailer some experts believe that using renewable hard. grain steel is the most competitive option in the future to replace the jobs in call as demand for carbon

products. that still some years away but there is huge debate about whether a strategy is post coronavirus economic recovery should be powered by clean technologies that would need government support what it's telling is that comply are all a meaningful role of providing alter employment but i only within a water it is for develop a plan that diversify our situations in a variety of different industries 19 has cuts demand for coal forcing down prices there are also reports that some chinese power plants have been told to stop importing a stroll in coal has tried tensions escalate with a large scale switch to renewables now inevitable pressure is growing for the creation of an energy policy to invest in projects that can protect jobs and the environment and gauge al-jazeera in the. well that's 2 case studies of

what's happening on the ground right now how we deal with that is a challenge that nations are trying to get to grips with and many are exploring green financing as a means to tackle poverty and unemployment but money isn't too much of an issue for rich nations but what about some of the poorer parts of the world delighted to be joined on account of the cost by sound the. executive director of the united nations global compact the world's largest sustainability focused organization sunday you work with what something around 10000 companies around the world many of them in various states of financial health of the moment some are using government bailouts to support jobs but are very in a position given all of that to push ahead with the united nations sustainable development goals which range from poverty reduction to climate change thank you and thank you for inviting me to talk about this really important topic you are right i think the the covert era has has pushed many economists into the state where they do need to rely on government bailouts and this is happening both in the

developed as well as the developing world now you know actually just 2 days ago i did a sort of tour the tablet with all our our members around the local networks you're right over 10000 companies participate in the un global compact and they are various stages of you know of need in terms of economic support i think what is very important is that we do need to really start stimulating economies to be able to allow businesses to build back and build back better of concern really i think is perhaps more the medium of the small enterprise sector has because statistics have shown that globally most of these companies have not been able to to survive through the copa pandemic resulting in job losses and obviously huge income losses as well and so it's a fine balance between to taking innovating around the businesses the chiefs perhaps already did you know working along with other companies to grow but also being open to be able to receive a. nomic stimulus packages in which have always in short shapes that they do come

from from government but how long are governments going to be expected to dip into the pockets and make bailouts loans grants like this that's pretty easy for developed nations to keep doing good but what about developing nations other thing calls from ethiopia's prime minister for $100000000000.00 in economic stimulus from the g 20 or the g 20 has offered a debt holiday i mean that's that's not going to get them very far is it no you're right i mean i think you know this economic recovery program that we need to go through is going to be multi-faceted i think if you look at the other end of the continuum shift away from just the government you know i think banks and finances and credit institutions also need to look at what sort of you know either. you know facilities or more terms they can get especially to small businesses who often really are not part of the largely banked sector or those who can easily access

credit and credit financing you know i think supplies need to look at what the what they can do in terms of allowing some sort of flexibility supply chains also need to be open and flexible so i think you know i agreed there is huge amounts of money that governments probably need to set aside if they're looking at stimulating economies as a whole but i think this this consideration has to trickle down advanced levels of the economy it's really what we're talking about building inclusive business you know right from the ground up and i think you know a match between private sector financing public sector financing and some innovation to really look at what trucks and serves as a truly read it needed right now to drive economies forward i think in all of our countries we've seen a massive resurgence of e-commerce and the opportunities that e-commerce and mobile payments and technology has brought to drive economies forward i think it's also an opportunity for businesses to stop innovate think around what they can. and also

look at the business opportunities that you know for example the sustainable development goals will afford to them you know you could get we've seen a lot of businesses shift production lines and going to perhaps working on health products we've seen lot of businesses shifting to look at more innovations around agriculture and education so i think you know it will take an amount of financing but also there is the opportunity to recreate what business looks like for the future is there a need for a marshall fund for a green recovery globally you know one of the things you know often when we look at cobie we look at the things that haven't gone so well and where there's been destruction perhaps decimation but as we all know i think climates and the the reduced pressure on economic activity has actually provided some big wins for climate and i do think it is time to look at financing that supports proper green growth top inclusive growth green jobs it's a great opportunity to refocus on what we have the global compact as well as within the un a pushing which is really

a tug at 1.5 degrees maximum level of temperature growth you know to really minimize what could be the catastrophic impacts of climate change if we can grow back in a way that really supports mitigation of climate change i think will be a fantastic way to rebuild the economy in the post co of that era the world's already way behind missing its 2030. development goals. are we going to miss that target was there no way we can catch up again so sexy gentle good tears did articulate the clear call to action for the decade of action you know solid action to drive for the s d g's for the next 10 years and i agree code has created some setbacks but on the other hand it's also created a few opportunities for us to refocus on the sustainable development goals as the way forward i think will take concerted action 1st of all you know from governments to it he commits to driving the s. t. g.'s forward and providing an enabling environment. and so both civil society as

well as business to really operate in a way that maximizes the potential and opportunities of the s.d. cheese businesses also need to relook at how incorporating the s.t. g.'s into the business strategies and not their philanthropic strategies but into the core business strategies provides opportunities and then of course in the small and medium sector this lots of opportunist ts to innovate and drive products and services and you know this is really what is at the heart of the work of the un global compact we work with companies around the world to help them integrate the sustainable development goals into that business strategies and drive business benefit as well as societal and development outcomes sun it's been really good to talk to your own country the cost many thanks indeed for being with us thank you thank you very much. china has agreed to defer debt repayments from cash strapped african nations like senegal that have struggled during the pandemic a senegal is more than

a $1000000000.00 in debt to beijing and has awarded deep sea fishing licenses to the chinese government that strong criticism from local fisherman and environmentalist's who say that the waters are already over fished out a serious nicholas hawk reports from dhaka. they're back tired and hungry after weeks at sea high loading their meager catch in west africa's biggest artists in the fishing port deep in the ocean they say are unmarked vessels carrying tons of fish describes it as a stolen treasure a catch she can only dream of. but a little a little bit if you don't much like the ocean isn't like it used to be but i mean there aren't as many fish and there are too many boats in synagogues waters depleting fish stocks. the cynically fishing union accuses the government of favoring chinese vessels instead of protecting local fishermen with the help of senegalese authorities chinese vessels have been allowed to change their flag to

the senate in order to fish the country's territorial waters sooner marrs a vessel that sailed all the way from china to the western coast of africa. we export to china and to the. senegalese company but chinese run so we can ship in senegal has no problem. china relies on senegalese fish to feed its population of 1400000000 people indebted in kastrup senegal need chinese money the most to buy you have no agreement with the chinese government there are some chinese fishing vessels but why aren't you asking me questions about the european vessels why stigmatise the chinese they have their interest and we have ours and they are an important partner to senegal. those billions of dollars to china with the economy stalling because of the current virus outbreak people are going hungry president has been calling for african debt to be canceled in order to deal with what the

u.n. describes as a looming food crisis china agreed to delay debt repayments most of the vision vessels in the port of the car are chinese in this crew is getting ready to sail out at sea out of sight in senegalese territorial waters are deep sea trawlers fishing illegally and destroying the environment. greenpeace describes these chinese fishing vessels as floating factories they are no match defies boat scientists predict that within a decade ocean ecosystems will collapse because of rising temperatures and overfishing despite this threat it seems for now the chinese are here to stay nicholas hawk al-jazeera the car. more than 29000 american meat workers support infected with covert 19 and 238 have died according to the unions the united food

and commercial workers international union has called on the president to do more to protect workers cold damp and overcrowded slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants are the perfect breeding grounds for the virus this isn't just a problem for the united states meat processing plants in europe have been forced to close prompting localized lockdown. ns and china has banned the import of pork from the netherlands now a 20 trillion dollar network of investment funds is warning that the meat industry is at serious risk of creating and spreading a future pandemic fare is also challenging the meat industry to reduce the use of antibiotics to prevent antibiotic resistant superbugs causing the next pandemic last month i caught up with the director of fair maria latini i began by asking as someone who's been fighting and challenging meat producers to change their working practices for some time is the message finally getting through well and i'd actually like to say that the code is knowing the person died of disease that is

that is that upon its right i mean several years ago maybe you or your family had signed flu or bird flu here and i didn't know my kids and so i mean we've been talking to the meat companies now for years right so bird flu slides the number of virus ebola and i now with nick what happened in the coded virus has really created a perfect storm so there's no way these companies that are missing now so want to meet processes need to do in order to avoid the spread of disease what i think need process is know with the lead to frankly and you know now that they've had over 20000 alyssa's invest i think they need to start putting that into practice right and bester 7 gave you. very much on this issue over the past 3 months and so protocols need to be right we need good p.p. of work and we need to try and institute some social distancing i mean if you think

about a slaughter a slaughter line right now you know you have worked side by side elbow to elbow working alliance lottery the animals right so those poor motivation they proper people eat cats and so it's the only plastic separations and probably think they need. daily testing assessment in surveillance and the opportunity to to visit medical staff and the opportunity to also stay at home and think yes if they feel ill or sick or unsure about coming to work all of that is going to cost money of course which is going to impact the the end price of the product who's going to pay for that us the consumer i suppose i mean i think what i've been saying for a while and l. is it you know if something seems too good to be true maybe it is too good to be true and you know when you think about a big mat cost $0.99 i think we need to start reflecting on if that should be the

fair price so i think the entire industry is going to have to absorb some of this cost and you know consumers should be ready to absorb it you know i don't think any consumer doubt piccoli after their understanding of these essential workers on the front line will be willing to pay a few extra cents for their big match in order to not have the lives of workers workers families in communities being at risk just to have their big mac or their chicken nuggets how then to investors and groups like yours challenge the giants of the food industry like buy tyson foods in the u.s. where the family owns all the class b. shares meaning that even if all the other shareholders voted against the family they'd still with yeah i think you know. this time for these companies to stand up and be leaders to be leaders and you know setting out what change and resilience looks like so you know of john tyson the chairman of tyson foods takes out a full page ad in the washington post in the new york times saying the food system

is breaking that's a pretty big statement and i think we'd all want to say ok john your company has then in your family has been in this industry for 70 or 80 years how do you suggest that we change protocols and that we look at this industry and set out a path to resilience for food safety and security so investors have been given a number of issues that we've been speaking about it and i mean report whether it be good for station safety working conditions over use of antibiotics bio security issues in general and i don't think any of those come to surprise to the companies that we're talking to so now i think it's just time for industry companies and investors to work together to set out a path for how we want to see the industry changed or it's been really great to talk to you in cutting the cost many thanks indeed for being with us thanks for having about what you do if inflation source more than 700 percent will some people

would obviously want to protect their money by investing in the stock market that's what happened in zimbabwe but the government has halted trading here is one of the tarsa reports. zimbabwe stock exchange is close to business until further notice staff are on the premises but no trading is allowed the sudden move has less doc brokers and economists juggling to explain to investors what exactly is going on before. contributor brought to the country good faith and i was told of a trend that if we wanted to. protect the money out of the country are already. being kept and the issue nothing but i'm sure. government officials say the suspect more money was being used to buy shares and in that money was moved out of the country sabotaging the economy they say they want to stabilize the local currency

which is just to be devalued since it's reintroduction last year after a decade of dollar a zation so what you saw was a. stand. for she hasn't confirmed that suddenly. there are some you know suspicion of. financial movements. president who succeeded long term ruler robert mugabe in 2017 after a military coup is blaming the private sector opposition groups and some western countries as an economic crisis zimbabwe has struggled to stabilize its global currency since reintroducing it. there's a barbie doll it keeps devaluing inflation is nearly 800 percent the highest rate in a decade that's why investors with cash prefer to avoid their money losing value. economists say suspending most money transactions in a country with

a serious shortage of bank notes is problematic people can slip a utility bills and goods but the number of transactions per day are limited. as shortages of food fuel and cash persist government workers are threatening to strike if they're not paid in american dollars they say there's a barbie doll is devaluing too fast and more and more people and businesses don't want to use it. for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag and see what you can do or you could drop us a line counting the cost of that is our e-mail address as always this plenty more fuel. at al-jazeera dot com slash c.t.c. that takes you straight to our page and there you'll find individual sports links evident. to catch up. but that's it for this edition of counting the cost i'm

adrian finnigan for the whole team here and thanks for being with us the news on al-jazeera is next. on the deserted streets of become figures careers on bicycles delivering food into lockdown most of them here are venezuelan migrants. a mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind receive health insurance for their work and exposing themselves in very few seem to get there may be a bright side people who look down on. migrants now say they're essential to

control the virus i receive messages on the scene that i was and. what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. this new variant is highly concerning because it is yet more transmissible and it appears to have mutated further the strain of corona virus suspected of fueling a spike in cases in south africa has now been detected in the u.k. . along macleod this is out 0 live from doha also coming up time is running out for breaks a trade deal but there are hints of progress. president trump vetoes the annual u.s. defense policy bill stepping up a showdown with congress.