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economic situation, and demanding freedom. a court in jordan sentence 2 men sitting a member of the world family 15 years in prison for a plot against the monarchy and further lat, downs. and corona virus restrictions are imposed across the stage and tried to contain the rapid spread of the delta barrier. and it's full, it's celebrating their 1st major football title to the 2006 the tino back in rome with the european championship trophy after that when against england. ah okay, let's get going. let's start this news in south africa where at least 6 people have been killed in violent protests, triggered by the jailing of the former president, jacob zoom up. the military has been deployed after days of riots and looting and the provinces of causes and tall and go tang south africa's top course is hearing

an application via zimmer, to review his 15 month jail sentence. he turned himself into the police last week. after being found guilty of failing to appear at a corruption case, let's get the latest from our correspondent for me to mila for me to just take us through what you've been seeing and hearing on the streets that we're in. so we're to so, so of johannesburg, get a move, looting has continued throughout the day, and i think what is quite exceptional is that police football. but given up the, stood back. they did try to fire rubber bullets at the looters. earlier in the day they did try at one point to try and stop what was happening. but as soon as police moved in, there was stoned by the people around this particular mall and immediately retreated . when we had spoken to police officers here, they said, what can we do? and this is exactly why we're seeing the deployment of the military. they haven't

been any soldiers in this particular area yet, but we do understand that the been deployed to areas in johannesburg. but as we stand just, people continue to lose this small. they're leaving look shopping carts for the things throwing various items into cars and, and making their way away from the more we travel to other areas of the way to where they have been fired. sit where there is also looting in other areas. and again, the difficulty experienced by the police is quite extraordinary. they just haven't managed to get a handle on what's happening, not just here in the hotel and in various hot spots hot spots in john as the but also inclusive in natal. and we're starting to get reports of more incidents of violence and looting in one or 2 of the provinces in south africa. why do we think so? me to the security forces or the police? what kind of caught off guard by this?

i think we've lost that sound line to me. the miller will give it one more. go send me to peter and joe here. can you hear me? i'm not able to hear you, but i did hear the beginning of your question around security forces and perhaps why they might be struggling. and this is especially the criticism that has come from south africans why authorities have been late to move into what's happening given that there was this response to jacob zoom as jailing as early as fridays. specifically, input suited to tell the south african president sort of did a trace of africans on sunday night where he was sealing specifically with restrictions around the 19 and the lockdown to the african. now what level for that towards the end of that address? he touched on the violence that spreading in some of these provinces. but there's

been quite a lot of criticism against what he said, given that he's also describe some of the violence as ethnically based. and they are a number of observers have criticized that response by the president. in fact, these jacobs foundation had said it will be approaching the human rights organization or to lodge a complaint about what the president had said. but certainly the government, facing a lot of criticism around its response president poses expected to make an address . in a few i was dealing specifically with the violence that's been seen. and we are getting reports of potentially, at least also they all pulled for potentially a state of emergency in the specific provinces. not that hasn't yet been confirmed, but we are waiting for further word from the president on what happens next and how the government will respond to these ongoing class, ongoing polluting, and the violence that's been seen. how people outside the area is directly affected

by what's going on there for me to reacting to this. i mean, you have to go back live surely, i guess, to the last century, to see protests on this scale on the streets of south africa. don't know. we've lost that sound line that to, for me, the miller life television, these things happened. we will go back to for me to just as soon as we come here on our, to 0. the keep in preferences, blaming outside forces. and us sanctions for provoking the biggest anti government protest in 3 decades. the white house has the government to respect people's rights to demonstrate police cracked down on thousands of people calling for change in the capital habana. they have been similar protests around the country. people are angry at the government's handling of the corona virus pandemic, and the worst economic crisis in decades. low frequency, i mean,

took it on the polio richie read the lack of finance for governance is due to the aggressive policy of blockade and financial persecution by the us being maintained by the government. and we have not been able to maintain and fix the power supply planning ahead. ok, we have 2 reporters covering developments coming to us out of cuba shortly. we'll go to manuel reupload and mexico, but 1st read. lindsey joins us on skype from havana. read. just get us right up to speed. what's going on that? well, so it's so far as far as i know, no protest today at all occurred during the day yesterday. as you mentioned, present disconnect. now you have a talk today he addressed in broad terms. the protest accusing the social media campaign to discredit the government a counter counter, revolutionary minority to provoke a social explosion. he also recognized that dissatisfaction the people and said

a lot of people confuse lacking information. the real, the real disconnect is that a lot of the economic problems that people are, are angry about, and most people are hitting the streets. that's what they're talking about. our economic problems, shortages, a lot of them are caused by the embargo in the blockade. and he pointed to some of those gave specific specifics, talking about the blackouts, talking about the inability, the government to import raw materials, produce medicine in the back and, and it's vaccine and, and also the, a lot of the economic problems, the shortages of food and so on is there a perception there read that as far as the government's handling of all of these different issues is concerned? it was kind of like a perfect storm of the government, not doing the right thing at all with any of these issues. without doubt the,

the people protesting against the government. that's exactly what they express. just saying that's the government's fault. and so on the other hand, there isn't, it's difficult to see what the government could have done differently. i haven't seen a lot of specific critiques of, of, of solutions that they could have employed to address these problems. keep in mind because before cobit hit, cuba was already in a devastating economic crisis brought about by the intensification of us sanctions . under the trump administration. cube has faced an economic war from the united states to the embargo for more than 60 years. trump intensified that and that has not changed under biting. so that was a situation before when it hit it. absolutely just devastated economy. so people are absolutely angry at the, at the government at the same time without doubt the u. s. government is to blame

for a lot of the economic problems in the country. right. thanks very much. ok. that's correspond to the talking to us from hope and let's go live to mexico city and i corresponded that manuel republic many hired a welcome back to the news. is the perception in the region, the white, a region that the government in havana is really in trouble. now, one of the big concerns looking at this from outside the box is the response that the government has had to the protest that we saw over the weekend. what could be characterized as a heavy handed response by security forces against protesters that took to the streets, not only in havana, but in several parts of the country. and it's, it's noteworthy because this is one of the largest social mobilizations that we've seen in cuba in decades, maybe in a generation, at this point, thousands of people take into the streets, what they're protesting. is this not only this backdrop, as we heard moments ago of this resurgence of the corona virus in the country, but a backdrop of worsening economic conditions. people are protesting against food

shortages. people are pros to protesting against the higher prices on basic goods throughout the country. and the response from the government at, at the onset of these protests over the weekend as people were starting to broadcast live was to shut down internet services. and we have seen images of security forces beating protestors on the street. the president of the country, miguel b, as has said that this is, has actually accused the united states of provoking the unrest on the streets saying that us mercenaries are actually responsible for the unrest. but there was a press conference moments ago were the president did address the issue of rolling blackouts. these power outages that have been taking place that really were the spark of these protest saying that steps are being taken to correct this issue to provide maintenance and fix the problem of rolling power outages. but as we saw over the weekend, the protests really have taken a life of their own,

even though things are a lot quieter today. on monday, what we saw over the weekend was people protesting a variety of things. so there is a sense that the government is under a lot of pressure more so probably even than before, the started the pandemic where when the economic crisis was really starting to grab hold of the country relationships between mexico city in washington. not good. the same could be said, i guess of the relationship between the government and havana and the see as well. those comments that we have had today from the mexican leadership. how will they go down in cuba? even though we know that the mexico has generally takes a, a position where the, the stand back, they're less hawkish than other countries in the region. when it comes to foreign policy, we know that the mexican government has been sort of positioning itself with a stronger footing in governments that are being accused of or being seen abusing

human rights. and i think this goes back to the images that we've seen from over the weekend in havana and other parts of cuba with security forces, taking a heavy handed approach to, to, to the protests on the streets. so not only is the government in the cuban government facing a much harder time, a lot of pressure at home. it, it seems to be placing itself in a, in a difficult position where a lot of pressure is coming from governments. not, not only in the region, but across latin american region is a whole many thanks very much man. all right. hello. the talking to life from mexico city. ok, let's take a quick look. now let's dive into what's driven this protest movement. it is the biggest display of public discontent, since at least the american up so uprising in 1994, which resulted in an exodus of people cuba is experiencing as we've been hearing, is worth economic crisis in decades last year the economy contracted by 11 percent now that's partly because of us sanctions imposed by the trumpet ministration. from

november 2017, they target businesses but also prevent people working abroad from sending money home to cuba. in january the island set the restrictions cost it about $20000000000.00 has been made worse by the current of virus pandemic, affecting tourism a bigger and of course with the cuban economy. and there are shortages of medicine beds and doctors to deal with rising numbers. cases of cobit 19 joining us here on the news, john suarez executive director of the center for a free cuba. he joins us from miami, florida. john, welcome to the news. out of all those issues that we've just gone through. we just itemize the big issues, was any one of them a tipping point for the people of cuba? well i think that's the way it's been presented. what's been the tipping point hasn't been the sanctions placed by the u. s. and it was the big sanctions who

replaced was with the western union with fence m x, which is the military was taking a good chunk of money. what cut down on the ability of cuban to send remittances home was over the last 6 months, the cuban government has shut down, travel from different countries, not just the united states, but the dominican republic, the bahamas, mexico, allegedly for coven. but in reality, because over the last 2 years, they've been looking to disappear at the black market and you have cuban mules traveling with food and medicines from these countries to help cubans inside the island. and you have a command and centralized control. communist control by the regime, which lacks a lot of the basic needs cubans need. so we've seen them the last 6 months is drying up of the black market in cuba, which has created a social explosion because people can have aren't getting access to food or medicine. and that is something laid at the feet of the cuban government. typically

typical year 2020, for example. $106000.00 cubans would travel to the island. this pat, so far and 2021 totally been 10000 compared to in 202063000 russian tourists, one to cuba. and thus far in 2021. 52000. okay. time travel from places that have low rates of coven incidents been russia or india. but they still have india, russia and other countries, higher levels with tourism because that tourism goes to the regime to guys where you have somebody like general lopez, guy. yeah. ro, capital son in law who manage 60 percent of the cuban economy. here's the thing john correspondent, nevada was making the point that in real terms, the bite and ministrations attitude and what it's doing with the cuban government and therefore the cuban economy, the same as the trump administration. so we've had this our, it feels like this pretty much radio silence coming out the state department on this big issue. what could the current administration in washington?

what could or should they do to diffuse or take some of the temperature out of what's going on in cuba right now? what they should, what they should do is i think 3 basic things. one, calling the cuban government to allow humanitarian assistance to get into the country. there were humanitarian shipments that tried to get to cuba last year. they actually got to the port and they were seized by the government that wouldn't help tens of thousands of families. the regime is not allowing cubans to help cubans trying to monopolize aid through regime structures and they're doing a terrible job. and that is what's creating this the situation of friction. the 2nd thing is i'd call them the administration to be very explicit. that the violence being visited on cuban protesters is unacceptable. and the regime officials participating in it will be held accountable, especially if they tried to get later on to go to the u. s. or other western countries and possibly having their, their funds frozen to discourage i kind of that kind of abuse and violence. and

finally i think that it's important and lamentably, i didn't hear that from your journalist and amanda. this is not a problem between the united states and cuba, but this is a problem between the cuban dictatorship and the cuban people. the cubans are protesting the government they, they've heard all the propaganda about the cuban embargo that the regime puts out. but they know the reality that what's been going on over the last couple of years has been a systematic offered by the cuban government to shut down all the avenues. the informal avenues that cubans have to get help. cubans are not allowed to invest in their own country. they're not allowed to bring in commercial property, not because of the us embargo, but because of the internal blockade and posed by the cuban government on the cuban people. there are petition circulating on the internet that have been there for a while with tens of thousands of signatures calling for the cuban government to lift the restrictions that they've had for many years and have intensified in recent years on the cuban people. okay, we must leave that junk to get your thoughts talking to you on the news. i jones. what is that in miami? not more still to come here on the news for you, including

a long walk to find something to eat. a warning from the us on the sheer scale of hunger and malnutrition around the world and the race to return home in time. gambia and stock overseas face a tough task to ensure that the voice is heard in the presidential elections. and in the source news, the milwaukee bucks back in contention. so when b n b a finals details coming up i caught in jordan sentence to full a minister and a member of the royal family of 15 years in prison on charges of attempting to destabilize the monarchy. the case shocked jordan and the ruling hashemite family. that's been seen as a beacon of stability and a volatile region for years. now. jamal l sheil reports sentences in the case came after almost 3 months of secret hearings after dro damian state security court.

when, when the spirit moves well regarding the 1st criminal bus and our dollar, the court has sentenced him to temporary imprisonment for a period of 15 years. with regard to the 2nd criminal sharif hassan been zayed, the court has sent it seemed to temporary imprisonment for a period of 15 years. the 2 men found guilty of plotting to sole discord and ultimately undermined the jordanian monarchy by some are the law and show you how some bins aid. i will the lies. a former minister who rose to become the head of jordan's royal court, but he was not a popular figure among many jordanians who for long accused him of corruption and financial embezzlement. i will, the law is also said to be very close to saudi arabia, chrome prince from have been some man and has been described as being an advisor to the saudi royal. his co defendant should he hasn't been said, is a member of jordan's hash. my family, which has ruled the country for a 100 years, the case against the 2 men began in april when they were arrested by security

forces. the following day, a video message from prince comes up, a former air to the throne and half brother of the current king was a leak to the media. he said he'd been placed on the house arrest skeptic. see the case against our latin bins. aid is a smoke screen, and the government is using them escape goats to tarnish prince hamza who has been a scathing critic of how jordan has been run in recent years. but the current king of the lebanon for saying, and his supporters say jordan's been the target of a foreign plot by regional powers to destabilize the monarchy. especially after jordan's rejection of former us president donald trump's deal of the country. and the king's objection to gulf countries normalizing of relations with israel. of course, the political ramifications of this are many the most important one. it's a message to the external actors, as well as the internal actors who may have intentions to destabilize. jordan again that the state is very strong. jordan has been struggling economically for several

years. a grown grace of unemployment and discontent has led to sporadic protest, during which prince hunter's name was sometimes taunted by demonstrators who saw him as a symbol of reform. and although the prince has not been put on trial, some believe monday sentencing is a clear message to governments. critics. it's obvious that they were trying to convince steven. so it's a trial by fcc even. so i think this is to be in game one just to be out of the picture. there was so many, many unions, for instance, what times it to be the region. but now i think i can even next to 0. this has arguably been the most controversial case in jordan for decades, and although a verdict has been issued, the defendants can still appeal. and the other court that's of public opinion is still to give its verdict dramatic shea yal jesse era. with

the highly contagious delta variance is likely causing a rapid rising corona, virus infections across southeast asia. indonesia has been recording more than $35000.00 cases per day, and a new survey has found almost half of the cost population has had cobit $19.00 at some stage, 7 times higher than official figures. thailand has gone into lockdown for 2 weeks with a nighttime curfew in place in bangkok, a slow vaccine rollouts and limited testing as only adding to the challenges and south korea's capital and surrounding areas have been moved to the strictest level of social distancing, clubs and churches are being closed and private gatherings are being limited. robert bright has more from sol, while they're really concerned about one has really alarmed them is the speed with which this 4th wave has really surge. that virtually a we've seen

a doubling of new cases being reported in the last few days. it's been consistently well over a 1000 new cases per day, which is very high for south korean. now, part of it is being blamed on the war transmissible delta barrier, but it also combines, i think, with a general complacency here and from the government and admission that they've got some of their messaging wrong. what's happened is that as we've had the vaccinations rollout, we've got a round, a 30 percent of the population here of now had at least one jeff. and as a way of encouraging more people to get vaccinated, as their numbers come up, the government has been announcing the lifting of restrictions as more people get vaccinated. so if you've had one job that the government says you won't be required to wear a mask in public if you're fully vaccinated, you'll be able to meet in large numbers. not all good news, but it has had the effect of creating the illusion that we are emerging from there . so people haven't been taking the kind of precautions that they normally do. take

that we've seen a large number of clusters arising in the greater sol area and affecting people in their twenties and thirties, who are still largely unvaccinated. that good news is that compared to previous waves, at least we're not seeing the same type of hospitalizations and deaths that we've seen previously. and that's because the people who are more vulnerable, the elderly, etc, are now at by and large, protected by their vaccinations. correspondents, any change now? reports from bangkok on the restrictions imposed in thailand? well, it means that people are being told they have to stay at home unless they work in an essential industry such as food production or medical services. there is the night time curfew between 9 pm and 4 am. and i think the government is really trying to put a block on the, on the data transmissions, which are rising pretty close to about 10000 a day. that's what government minister last week was saying,

they expected it to go up to the problem in thailand corporate in iraq in a hard place. it's trying also to open up. we've seen in the beginning of this month, the opening of the book at handbook, which is an initiative to allow vaccinated tourists to come back into the country, the try and kick stuff the, the part of the economy, just so reliant on tourism. also we can see today in bangkok, people are moving around, they're not staying at home about 50 percent of normal monday mornings traffic was out on the streets today. they also want to get to work they, they feel their lives have been put on hold. i think the opportune, many people feel the opportunity for the government to, to stop this transmission that it tracks. was it back in april. they didn't lock down properly. then i think many people feel that a low, they say this is only going to be 2 weeks. the situation with those rising infections could stretch on for many months to come. took, you know, entered another state of emergency 2 weeks ahead of the olympic games. residents

are expected to watch the events from home with bars and restaurants are not allowed to serve any alcohol around. 2000 infections have been reported per day. the state of emergency, which is the country's 4th during the pandemic, will last until august. the 22nd still to come here only just here and use our italy, save a winning the european football championship of racist abuse hours the aftermath. and in sports, the blind runner is chasing paralympic goal more on that story. later here on the news with andy in about 20 minutes. ah, what it seems odd, but 50 looks like the new norm in q 8 during july. certainly, temperatures in eastern iraq, western iran and q

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the biggest anti government protested decades. he says, washington is responsible for cuba. economic was president joe biden says the un stands were cubans, and.