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i've got to stick by them, and that's why i've got to resign the case house. notice the step down after admitting to breaking social guidelines 20 days since the election and no official result will rally rip, peruse capital. ah, we begin in florida when a fire is hampering the search for survivors in the rubble of a building but collapsed on thursday. at least 5 people have now died and 156 others still unaccounted for. fades as hopes fade rather for anyone being found alive, emerged concerns were raised about the building years ago. hi, did joe castro? the bolts from 35 in miami, florida. somewhere deep beneath this rubble of fire is making the near impossible

task of finding survivors even more difficult if you were there the morning after you didn't see it, smouldering like it is now. i mean, the spanish is very, very depth and it obviously is created quite quite an obstacle. the search for life was briefly pause to allow firefighters to dig a protective fire trench. they still don't know what's burning or if the smoke is toxic, yet they press on. the biggest thing here is hope that's what's driving right now. in reality, the likelihood of finding more survivors in the rubble diminishes with each passing hour. the agonized families are waiting in a nearby hotel for news of their loved ones who were likely embed on thursday, when the building collapsed in the middle of the night. you know, i'm concerned about my mom. i wonder if you miss the thing. i wonder if you open up the quality of us or

investigator say it may take months to determine what cause of the collapse. but a recently surfaced engineering report on the building may contain some answers commissioned by the buildings management. 3 years ago, the report found major structural damage to the building, steel and concrete support, and a major error in construction trapping water around the underground garage. multimillion dollar repairs had been scheduled to begin soon. we are obviously very interested in all of the evidence that's coming to light and we're going to be including it in our what happens after the rescue and in the meantime, we're taking action to make sure that other buildings respect the county has announced any immediate government review of all older buildings, the picturesque island on which the seaside residence is sit, is partially ma'am, made, and may be sinking. and now if the sight of devastation,

heidi ho castro al jazeera, sir sighed. florida. johnson and johnson has agreed to pay more than $230000000.00 to settle claims open opioid epidemic, new york state. the drug make it says it will permanently and manufacturing and distribution of the pain killer in the u. s. the company denies wrong doing. it's insisted already stop selling appeal. it's a settlement exempt. johnson and johnson from a major trial on the demick starting in the few days. there are thousands of cases against various parts of the period industry, but overall by one go over and jordan explains it's very expensive. to how people go through the process of kicking their drug addictions. and this is also a complicated, the work of physicians and nurses who are trying to help people who are in chronic pain because there really is no way to predict when someone starts taking one of

these pain medications. whether or not that person is going to become addicted. the overall goal among the local state and federal government here or the united states is that perhaps there will be a settlement worth some $26000000000.00 reached with the various facets of the overboard industry. and that includes the pharmaceutical companies that includes the distributors that includes local pharmacy chains. if they can reach that kind of settlement, then theoretically that money would be available to, among other things, provide ongoing treatment for those who become addicted to the medicines. perhaps put some money into research to find pain medications that aren't as addictive as well as pay the people who are trying to carry out all this work. and of course, pay the lawyers as well. but there's no word yet on if or when that kind of settlement could be reached. there have been negotiations, but again, that has not been concluded. so really,

people who are addicted are really caught in the middle. it's very expensive to go through these treatment programs. and a lot of private insurance companies just don't pay for it now. 70 percent of drago, but as is involved in opioid, the, the prescription all synthetic, the u. s. government declared the public health emergency more than 3 years ago. the p o, a crisis started the late ninety's when doctors began to prescribe them at greater rates and the belief they were not addictive by 2018 around 10000000 americans were misusing the medication. i think some con, get the prescriptions often turn to heroin, which is cheaper and easier to obtain. its use doubled over this period. the u. s. department of health says more than 130 americans die every day from opioid related . overdose is $48000.00 a year. william solomon is the chief executive officer of the accreditation council for medical affairs. he says,

doctors need to be better educated about the dangers of the drugs. they're prescribing. we as a public in the, you know, whether we're in the u. s. or abroad. we need to ask ourselves, what are these pharmaceutical companies have to do differently when it comes to how they communicate information, health care providers. one of the things that the biggest secret that people aren't aware of the public in terms of the pharmaceutical industry is that the people that are out there that are really educating doctors on drugs on devices or not actually sales reps, their medical science liaison, their medical affairs professionals and these individuals have a significant impact on the education of a physician once they've graduated medical school. from our perspective, those individuals should have a credential, they should be certified like any other profession, the form, the industry still, you know, behind on the april when it comes to that, there should be some kind of men on core competencies met to ensure that we're

informing prescriber decision, appropriately, you case health secretary is resigned after breaching social distance and guidelines that hancock had been under intense pressure. after a newspaper obtain video footage of him kissing and embracing a woman in his office. there'll be replaced by former chancellor such a job. it pull, brennan has more. the aim, of course, is to break the link to unusually for a health zachary mat hancock rose to become a household name thanks in large part to the covert pandemic. while he stood out embarrassed johnson's cabinet as a minister influential in setting government policy and broadcasting daily briefings to the nation by some exciting new data. so on it was uniquely embarrassing for hancock to find himself in breach of social distancing rules for conducting an affair with an aide at work. it was also a wider context caught up with him in his resignation letter to prime minister bar

. as johnson, the hancock apologized to his family for putting them through this and said, the last thing i would want is my private life to distract attention from the single minded focus that is leading us out of this crisis. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made but you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them. and that's why i've got to resign. junctions letter of response was full of praise and concluded by predicting that hancock's contribution to public service is far from over. but despite the prime minister's ringing endorsement, the house secretary's handling of the covert pandemic has been criticized by many really dating back to the early stages of the pandemic. allegations of cronyism, health care contracts awarded by his department to close contact off the health secretary. the claims that he lied to the prime minister about a fatal lack of testing in care homes. shortages of personal protective equipment, were blamed on procurement problems, leaving medical cast f at risk in recent weeks. hancock with

a subjective damning testimony by the former senior advisor to johnson dominic selected for i think that the secretary of state health shouldn't be fired for at least 15. 20 things including lying to everybody. multiple occasions in meeting after meeting and in the current room on publicly cummings also revealed whatsapp message sent by bonus johnson last year, calling hancock totally hopeless in the end that it was the charge of hypocrisy. which finally led to his demise poll brennan al jazeera, thousands of anti locked down and climate change protest is held. multiple writers across london demonstrates as gathered outside downing street where they set off flies enchanted. some protesters through tennis balls that the houses of parliament 12 people were arrested across the capital on friday, with police confiscating a number of items related to the protest. supporters of bruise to presidential

contenders of held rival rallies in the capital. socialist federal castillo had claimed victory in this month's election after the official count gave him a narrow lead, but his rival right wing keiko could you move is made unproven allegations of those fraud. she says she lost the current president to call for an investigation. on monday i will go to the presidential palace, i hope to have the opportunity to talk to the president. otherwise, i will personally leave a letter requesting an international investigation. my nana sanchez has the latest from the process in lima. i'm with the marty are marching in the capital divided by police. hi. so they do not clash. now both sides are saying that they are marching and processing to defend the past with the send their vote. it's been more than 20 days. didn't see election, ronald. i'm still electro official,

not name the new president gets the supporter enough is enough. it is signed up. electrical officials name the new president name to see you as a new president because he has more than 44000 both ahead of k go for him already get out there. you know, the look toral officials have to speed up and name professor casteel president because that's what the popular vote has decided at the well in the night. kept putting pressure on the electrical official copy bodies, the borders say they won't accept any result until all voting record confessed that our results this is all a fraud. it can't be fair. how is it possible that the national electoral jury has sold themselves and allowed a terrorist to become president, we want to free and independent country? the well, the fight is a national monitor. have to be free and fair. both sides are convinced that they

hold the truth. the country is deeply polarized. now got the support group, say, electoral official, the name president, now they're threatening hall and national. try still ahead on out just there are journalists from men, ma sheltering, and highland se. nowhere is safe and turkey launches a new canal linking the sea of mama and the black sea environmentalist say it's a risky venture. ah. searing heat is the name of the game for western areas of north america. look at some of these temperatures, kamloops, 41. the average is 26 and we're going to keep this heat going. so it is

particularly dangerous in these areas. we're not many folks have air conditioning. so portland, 43 degrees and we know across the western us there about 13000000 people under heat alerts. i want to talk about the wet weather, the severe weather where we could see it flare up is toward the great lakes the midwest rate down toward the southern plains. the risk of flash flooding is certainly here. and we have seen it in states like missouri, except we're going to central america. and along the pacific coast of mexico were tracking enrique, it's going to throw buckets of rain acapulco manzanillo. and in fact, we'll look for rainfall amounts to be about a 130 millimeters. another area where we have seen a lot of rain is toward the amazon basin. so this is just outside of mon, now's we know, the amazon and its tributaries have reached record levels. and this is what folks are up against in this region. and you know, the forecast on sunday we're still going to see those heavy pulses of rain. and we've got cool air migrating south to north and look at that for one

o fairies on sunday. we may not even get into double digits the on counting the cost of focus on nigeria to recessions and for years growing and security and unemployment, oil companies packing up and leaving even the threat of piracy in the gulf of getting just what nice here you need to do to confront it multiple challenges. counting the cost on al jazeera, we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. and so now you take, it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. oh,

a. welcome back. you're watching out just 0 time to recap, headlines, a fire burning beneath the collapse building and surf side floor that continues to hamper rescue efforts. dampen hope. anyone will be found alive. find bodies have been recovered. 156 people remain on the counted for us. pharmaceutical company, johnson and johnson says it'll stop studying opioid painkillers across the us. of a $230000000.00 sentiment made within the state of neil. both is approved to presidential contenders has held rival rallies in lima. the socialist federal castillo claimed victory in this selection, the official count gave him a narrow lead its rival keiko for you. morning is made unproven allegations of those frauds. palestinian security forces have confronted protesters in the

occupied west bank because anger grows over the death of a prominent critic of the palace indian authority. the banner that's in custody. 3 days the demonstration demands for an international inquiry and the resignation of palestinian president. but that's family says he was dragged from his home on thursday in beaten. he died soon after his arrest. us the united nations in the european union are calling for an investigation. now in lebanon, security forces of open fire on protest is injuring at least 4 people. people had been filming banks and officers of power companies and tripoli inside angers. growing over the government's handling of an economic crisis, which is one of the world's worse than 150 years. the current season free for the widespread shortages of electricity and fuel members of iraq's popular

mobilization forces of held a rally in deanna province. the umbrella organization of paramilitary groups had been blocked from holding previous rally. the group emerged in 2014 to help the iraqi armies fight against isolate. in may, the government arrested the leader of the p. m. f group and bob province before releasing him shortly after, without charge saturdays, riley by the p at mass was controversial as him on con, explains from back that while they're rallying today for a show of force. now who all the peer math is an interesting question. in 2014, there were no grated under facts while by alex itala alley is historically the highest shit, religious authority in iraq. they were a militia, a paramilitary force designed to fight ice, although very successful along with the iraqi, federal police and the iraqi army in that fight against iso. and they still in

parts of iraq undertaking that mission. this was supposed to be the anniversary and they wanted to come out. i want to make a very big show, but it was incredibly controversial. the prime minister of iraq was cut me didn't want them in baghdad, which is where they wanted to mount this parade. in the international zone, you might know that better as the green zone because he thought that would be a display of iranian power within iraq itself. now the, a lot of these paramilitary groups are backed by iran. and in fact, from the pictures we've seen of the parade today, there's been a lot of iranian made weaponry on display with the military groups, including and apparently 2 groups of saying that now they shifting that wolf, i strategies to drones. so we've been seeing a lot of iranian made drones on display as well. so this was incredibly controversial display of power. now fighting between the taliban and africa,

government forces is intensifying as the deadline looms for foreign troops to withdraw. the taliban is released videos showing them in possession of us, made humvees and afghan police mercury equipment. also seizing control of multiple districts. heavy fighting is being reported in the provinces of conduce and on the hard top bar that's taking control of dozens of districts since foreign forces started the final withdrawl in may. what a lot of what is that i feel under we still haven't received any help here today. it was surveying some families, but after a few minutes they left the area in question mark, many women and children were killed. that was fighting a rocket landed for of my family members were displaced from cannibal district due to fighting in may and mar journalists, are facing arrest and torture for simply doing the job. some are escaping to

neighboring thailand, which is traditionally known for sheltering journalists from across the border. but since the military coup, some say they don't feel safe hiding there too, is tiny change from time me and ma border. working from the shadows, part of a new life in excel. this journalist from mamma's hiding and thailand having fled the military regime at home. we can walk here, but like we stay in prison, we can go anywhere. our sheets spent 9 years here after playing a previous military crackdown, then she was able to get legal status. this time she had to cross the border illegally. 10 years ago in thailand, no military government. now military government, that is very different. earlier this month, 3 journalists from the democratic voice of burma for quickly sentenced and reported

. after being arrested in the northern tie city of cheng mind. without the swift intervention of a 3rd nation, they could have been returned to mamma, potentially facing lengthy jail terms. for journalists since i'd mamma, and now faced with little choice and this report, a live stream to the rest. the soldiers fired into his house. 87 journalists have been arrested since the qu, many facing charges under a special section of the penal code for making claims that could damage public tranquillity. even those operating with legal status. a concerns of the generals and thailand could be getting too friendly with their counterparts in men. ma, this really make many people fear of like an arrested arrest and also to the, to book that. so that's why the people who right here and without any documents, they really have to live with low profile. the security has been increased on the long and porous border, but it remains relatively easy to cross thailand has kept

a tight control on its borders since the military coup and man, not only because it's concerned about a flood of refugees coming across, but also because of fears cove 19 could come with him, but the career of ours is unlikely to be the only reason these soldiers are trying to sniff out. dissident journalists have slipped across into thailand. tony ching al jazeera, on the time in my border. turkeys president says they have the foundation stone for a controversial canal that will link the black sea and the sea of mom or a bunch of tie about the one says can our stumble will save the city's future and is expected to complete in 6 years. 45 kilometer long waterway will open up a new trade route. same that reducing traffic and accidents on the boss for straight. she's one of the world is, is shipping lane. cities casala reports from a stumble, connecting to black sea to the mediterranean,

through the mar marsey. the boss for a straight is unique. it has beauty and provides a vital trade for. but as the global traffic grows, so to has the size of the vessels and number of all tankers wanting to use the straight and poses risk to the actual city of his stumble. so 10 years ago turkeys president project a pat john revealed an alternate of global shipping lane, and he called it kamala stumble. it was designed to stand those risks while at the same time generating a significant revenue for the country. he called it his crazy project, which would be based on who's on since 2005, and the real traffic has risen 72 percent in the boss. for us. there is already active public transportation tank as ppos accidents and the narrow, straight pending vessels pollute the sea and cause emissions and the 45 kilometer long canal project also includes the construction of new seaports, bridges,

businesses, taurus, districts and artificial lakes. but since it's inception, there's been a controversy. open planners warn of environmental distraction, cut it in the mom or any of you can all of the rudest new canal, the black sea and the marble waters will get mixed. this will have ecological consequences and in peril and already tenuous water supply and marine life. these 1st islands provide a group livelihood for farmers, but it's feared you zoning fans could put 3 features at risk and that investors from both took candle received are buying up the land to make a quick profit. there are also concerns left to can i will swallow up important waters or wars. the government say the can all project is totally safe and environmentally friendly, but experts are warning of water shortages and 9 meter high. so now me weighs on the mar marriot coast. if there's a strong earthquake in true case, largest city,

and that's a real possibility because that's argument as a former and stop further in back valley. the canal project with claims some of his village. he's not happy if he was either let me just do it. if we want to expand the business building into a bond, but we can't, it's forbidden. what i do is the only job. i know i can only become a not watchman after these places become settlements. but for some, the canal project is being seen as a means of national sovereignty. so my book with some of the these ships waiting when we have the canal, they won't meet here. besides, they'll pay more than it's in my country's interest. the multi $1000000.00 project has exposed another raft into high tell the rise politics of turkey. the government is determined to build a canal, but the opposition says it won't pay anything towards it if they win the next election, seen africa, solar al jazeera stumble. now imagine a technology which can access your thoughts and the likely consequences if used

maliciously. well, now for the 1st time chiles congress is expected to pass a law to protect the privacy of our brains, to say, newman reports manipulating the brain to change your reality with or without your consent matrix worrying that has been pulled over your eyes to blind. you from the true stuff science fiction movies are made out. he's learned. addiction is quickly becoming reality a has an implanted narrow link that reads his brain to induce him to play ping pong with a joystick. because the narrow technology is making it toward re, scientific strives. to help those who can speak or walk soon, also move victims may be able to recover memories. just like nuclear power. it has the potential to be used maliciously. everyone in the was worried about the privacy of the data. this is nothing compared to the privacy of your thoughts. so

technology companies, if they have access to brain data, they may be able to decipher the way we do the mice already on the intention of your, your behavior. we now narrow scientists file justy, the director of the brain project says he has a duty to alert society. he's joined forces with like minded julian, intellectual scientists, and politicians. to inspire the world's 1st narrow right to protection build. it would protect julian's from anyone into meaning their minds without their consent and only for pro life and humane purpose and the brain child to go down to the overseas. the senate's scientific challenge is that the future commission with another can hold him up on to the neurotechnology or the new frontier. they can read what's happening in your brain and what you're thinking. even your sub conscious. that means that our free will is in danger. you are your mind if someone

can manipulate or control your mind or introduce ideas that aren't yours. you've lost your freedom as a human being. an exaggeration professor, use the insists neurotechnology is only one or 2 years away from decoding last thoughts. and probably only another 5 to 10 years for being able to change our thoughts and behavior. remember, with your mind, just like in science fiction, the potential to manipulate political, military and economic systems is huge. neural ethics, lawyer aside, your rambles says it's imperative to declare nero rights and privacy as a fundamental human rights on a global scale, or will it start in chile, but it is a universal obligation. the universal declaration of human rights didn't include it back in 1947 because it wasn't an issue, but now it is. it's normal and if neural scientists are right, there's no time to lose the sea and human al jazeera santiago. with current,

a virus shopping bolivia, as concert halls, the country's national symphony orchestras come up with a safe new venue. the passive vibe were given and from houston to me, from balconies in the past, because just says the gesture is meant to honor colleagues. they've lost to the virus and to help people struggling through the pandemic. the viruses kill more than 16000 people and beyond the nation. and infected 400000. ah, this is al jazeera and these headlines now a fire burning beneath the collapse building and so side, florida is i'm putting up to find survivors. 5 bodies have been recovered. so 456 people remain unaccounted for. it's been day since the building

collapsed and anxious. wait for many families desperate for a miracle. john henry reports from.