nigeria, greens, a serial production event. steve declined with detail coverage that demands the not you've been made. i know many times before now that allowed a death because they say that situation is much worse from around the world. and these external, the 5th person is the government is following due process in the case and that authorities act against violation of law. ah, trying to keep the peace engineer among all nights, curfews and poles following a day old political upheaval. ah, how am i, dina? this is al jazeera life and joe home, also coming out a guilty verdict for moses. i close to the 1st to be charged and the hong kong

strict new national security law. back in touch leaders has no in fact career or communicating again and a bit to improve relations. and a search in corona virus infections in the city of record number daily cases in tokyo, ah, as the world watches on the political crisis in june, as he continues to deepen the president's and post a nationwide nighttime curfew for a month. and the army is on the streets on sunday case. you dismiss the pi minister and put a freeze on parliament's. he should, he, she says he's willing for hands, overpower responsibility, bother, see, whoever the president choose is what i said. also the fact that justice and defense

ministers or a burden man, the begins are coverage. the wible camps from different sides of the political divide have been protesting outside to new jersey as parliament. the man goes spilling over into violence. once again, the country is in turmoil. on sunday, people took the streets and several cities in math anti government protests less than 24 hours later president case said, made a bold decision. he froze parliament and ousted prime minister hitch emma chichi, a dash. i find it surprising how some people are talking about a so called cou, i have followed the constitution, the conditions were met. and among these conditions that were procedural terms and that all of these conditions were respected. i then invited the prime minister that i have dismissed and informed him, then i call the house speaker,

and i told him that i will be resorting to article 80 of the constitution after which i declared the exceptional measures and the presence of permanent danger. and you said, my son is 78, but there was no constitutional court to decide whether the move for legal under article 80 on the street penitence, calling for change. many fed up with the person who cellmates and economy in crisis, high unemployment rates. and the mishandling the pandemic, the in the party, which holds most seats, and parliament has recently pull the brunt of their anger. we have this political crisis. mitch was conscious that we have had international, have 100 people dying every day from corona virus. and then we have also a huge crisis. so you could kind of excuse me because you know,

are exhaustive. they are scared and nobody knows exactly where we are heading. in the political tom or civil rest security force stormed without wines. the offices of al jazeera in tunis, unexposed stuff. what they closed the office without providing any recent, a group of men came in wearing security in civilian clothes. they broke into the office and took the keys and said they were the instructions. a spokesman, the un secretary general gave his reactions were dismayed by the usa reports. and we hope that all reporters, including the ones that al jazeera will be able to go about their work without harassment. and we want to make sure that as we have the situation on the ground in tunisia, that press freedoms are respected. with the fear that if you could slide back into a full revolt, similar to the 2011 jasmine revolution, the

e u. n. a u. s. a calling for com and the un is following the situation closely. bought a decade home from the revolt, the brought democracy to museums defied is direction that country should take a lot of money out of there as well as get more now from mohammed vall, he's coverage. she does. he extensively flores, mohammed's you're in touch with the people in the country. how are you news? he is reacting to yesterday's events. and there are the approving of the action that's being taken. you know, how we can talk about to the, to, to basic views. and that was very clear from yesterday's confrontations between the supporters and the opponents of president. for tenisha is not in one man's opinion about what's going on. and we know that i cited by the measures that you took both the 2 days ago. and yesterday he tried,

according to his opponents to hush the voice of the opposition so much talk about his transgression of the, of the constitution. the fact that he did not consult with the parliament because he said yesterday about he did talk to, to the, to the parliament speaker. but his opponents are still saying that this is unacceptable, and something should be done about it. they might half listen to the voice of reason or, you know, the by not asking their supporters to go into the streets today because i'm going to be to mean a complication with the army. but it's clear that the opponents of by side, those large blocks that were created a part, a huge part of the government. thinking about the next steps. now that the has taken all the measures to prevent them from doing anything at the moment because the army is on his side. and also the part of the population is on his side and the labor unions are on his side. so i mean,

he has very powerful calls to play in front of his in front of his position. but one of the next steps that hammett, i mean, what is the plan? because he's clearly consolidated a large amount of power. there are people who support the action he's taken, but what is the end goal is to try and get a better parliament up and running, or is there no clear end game here? well, i mean, as i said, the, the, the, not the party which has the, the most, you know, the biggest chunk of the, of the, of the, of the game political game before yesterday. now i'm sure they are planning. next move. they have 2 choices. they have to, they can either escalate and there will be confrontations, probably bloodshed, and they, i'm sure they wouldn't want to repeat the scenarios that happened in egypt or in libya or any other country. so probably they are listening to the voice of the

reason they are, you know, what their options and knowing about escalation is not going to be the solution. they could, they could put more pressure, political pressure for dialogue. liquid asked for the restoration of a parliament in 30 days, or even before that, that's going to be probably the line of their, of, of their, of their demands in the next few days. and they're going to try also to mobilize public opinion in light, tuition, and outside the internationally. we have seen that internationally, there was, there is no condemnation of what happened in tunisia yesterday. even the united states, a powerful countries in the, in the world. they have abstained from describing it as a cool. so another has limited choices and they seem to have understood that they have to to, to become about it. and to try to listen to the voice of reason and to see what they can do. to prevent a side from continuing his, his policies without reaching that level of consultation and bloodshed. ok,

mohammed father, thank you very much. indeed. your affection state answer the blinking reserves that she is the president to respect democracy and a phone call. yes. car said to maintain dialogue with old science, and they are a white house press secretary jen. saki struck a similar tone. we are concerned about the developments in tunisia which come as a tunisian authority, as are seeking to stabilize the economy to front a resurgence in the coven 19 pandemic, and improved living standards for all tunisians. we are in touch at the senior level from both the white house and the state department with denise and leaders to learn more about the situation. urge. com and support confusion efforts to move forward in line with democratic principles. hydro castro has more for washington d. c. those developments are under close watched by the us and today and a phone call between us state departments. secretary, antony boynkin and the president of tunisia,

lincoln told sides that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a qu, why, how spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a qu, then you as a to, to need, you could be on the line that totaled $1400000000.00 since the countries revolution and 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. but 1st person's a phase trial under hong kong from national security law has been found guilty of inciting secession and engaging and what's being called terrorism. tony in kids was

prosecuted for writing his motorcycle into a group of police officers last year of the law was introduced by mainland china in 2020, in response to pro democracy protests. it gives the authorities wide ranging powers to crack down on what they call subversive acts. let's get more from adrian brown and he joins rely from hong kong. adrian, this just sort of by talking to the significance of this verdict. well, it's significant because of what is in this 62 page summary. essentially the judge is ruled that the defendant understood that the words on his protest banner acquainted with the idea of independence, the hong kong. in other words, the idea that hong kong should break away from the mainland. the judges rule that he knew exactly what he was doing. any encouraged others to feel the same way. the

judges set the tongue, who is 24 years old. a waiter will be convicted of this offense of sedition and also of terrorism, but he will not be sentenced until thursday, but it's quite possible indeed, very likely. now that he's going to spend the rest of his life behind bars, see the argument that the prosecution put forward during the 15 day trial was that the defendant understood exactly, but the wording on that phantom. and now let's go back to july. the 1st 2020, that's when those images clash. round the world, showing tongue, writing a smoker cycle towards a group of police officers and carrying a banner that said liberate hong kong revolution of our times. now he's been convicted not just of inciting the session, but also of terrorism. terrorism carries that life sentence the session a 5 year term. now, in the past 30 months or so,

how this inside national security law was imposed on hong kong. more than a 120 people have been shocked with violating national security. that means they've all to go. we'll have to go through the court, which means that process could go on for weeks if not years to, to clear the backlog with it says, you know, a very significant day. this was a trial. remember, that happened without a jury. the judges, the 3 judges, were appointed by the chief executive, carrie lamb. and the defendant himself chose not to appear as a witness. so there was a lot about this trial that is very different because, you know, the national security law, remember, runs in parallel with hong kong common law and the national security law on occasions supercede, hong kong, local and adrian that again, given this new national security law is the hearts of this re they and they have managed to get

a successful 1st prosecution here. how do you think be jamie's going to view this this case? well, i think they will be hoping this is now 10 plate for future cases. i think you would have heard from beijing if this guy had been cleared today. i think i would have been very upset with that. but i think they'll be pleased with this sentence. you know, they regard the idea of people calling for independence in a place like hong kong as completely unacceptable. so it means that people who being charged with inciting sedition, who being charged with terrorism will now know in a sense what they'll face when they come to court. ok, adrian brown, that live at night say the high court in hong kong agent. thank you. soul says the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to restore communications channels and improve relations. the agreements follows the exchange of several lessers between

south korean president maintain, and north korean leader kim jong owen. man's office says communications channels between the 2 careers were tested on choose day of my bride has more from sol it has come a as a surprise, north korea quite often uses and it has in the past use the hotline. it's severing and then it's restoration again as a way of showing its displeasure. but said the restoring of it now comes after a year of virtual silence when the relations basically across the dmc, you have been at a standstill. so it is, it is a significant, this line was cut last june when relation soured. and in fact they got so bad that north korea actually and actually destroyed a liaison office that was set up the meant to improve relations. it is also come to a significant date. this is the 68th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that brought fighting in the korean war to an end. it's been marked in north korea

with kim jong and the lead to the visiting a cemetery to his country's war dead. so it seems as though this is meant to coincide with that. and also with the announcement has come the confirmation that although that has been officially, you know, dialogue across the d m. d at the to lead us have been exchanging it seems multiple letters, which apparently has now led to this breakthrough moon j. and the president here in south korea has made restoring relations with the north, really a cornerstone of his administration. he's now into his final year in office and with daily love to get relations back on track. still ahead on, i'll just say we're a cuba, remember fidel castro's revolution. the celebration. so quieter than usual. ah, ah,

it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. slow moving thunderstorms have again been causing trouble. hail can fornia have them enormously causing some damage, but yet more flooding in parts of england. it doesn't look as though it's moving slow. even us 24 hours worth of moving cloud and these sensitive lo give you an idea when you see lots of these toss around. nothings moving very quickly and those tend to enhance was falling out of the sky. so once again, full constitute ac. some pretty big showers in northern italy. the same is true small ones, i think in northern fast or of the british isles, low countries. i'm particularly in scandinavia. now if you're not in this area or around the edge, for example, it's quite hot there warnings of hot heat in parts of italy and in hungary for example, temperatures in the middle to high thirties, quite often. not quite as hot nor as bad as it was, but it's quite pleasant, i think, as it should be. budapest shows more or less maintenance of that level of temperature,

the record, but above the average for the next 3 days. now in addition to the slow moving thunderstorms, persistent rain could well be a problem. once again, we're talking about the southern part of scandinavia, southern baltic states, maybe not necessarily in lithia, near or latvia where the sun is. i but even here the temperatures dropped the twenty's high twenty's, but not the thirty's and the more sponsor, cut on airways joined the debate. do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice. it allows a diverse community and how an array of different story know topic it's of the table. it's such a tough ethical debate where there is obvious discrimination and systematic discrimination of the play. people are thursdays for new boys. the stream where a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. ah,

ah, the me, this is al jazeera, quick reminder of the top stories, this our unity as presidents as impose a nationwide nighttime curfew for a month. and the only is on the streets on sunday, can you just missed the prime minister? put a freeze on parliament. the 1st person to face trial and home comes national security will be found guilty of inciting secession and engaging in terrorism. tony and kit was prosecuted after writing his motorcycle into a group of police officers last year. and so also the leaders of north and south korea has agreed to restore communications channels and improve relations.

agreement follows the exchange of several letters between sir colleen president julian and north korean leader kim jong. cases of corona virus of surge to a record daily high in the host city. lympics has been almost 3000 new infections in japan's capital. tokyo protests have been held against the games with concerns. it could become a super special events. multiple superstar tennis player no mere soccer has been eliminated from the tokyo lympics, with soccer was knock sites in the 3rd rounds of the tennis tournaments against former french open finalists, marquetto vulgar silver of the czech republic lands. richardson joins the snow, lie form tokyo and ve the hosts may have been hoping the sports. i would have been the focus of these olympics. but once again, it's the bone of virus infections that are causing problems is stealing headlines.

that's right, 2848 cases in the metropolitan area today that is the highest on record with bearing in mind, the population of stops area is 38000000 people's on a global context, the relatively low, but nonetheless, worrying. well, the olympic organizes a desperate to do is detached themselves from those figures and say that they're in a separate bubble. and what is happening in the metropolitan area doesn't have anything to do with them. so once again, at the the c briefing every day, they remind people that within the accredited number of people, their authority being 37000 tests to the airport. 240000 screening tests subsequently with very low positivity levels. and the vaccination of within the athletes village is around 85 percent. there's being 4 new positive cases within the athletes village to day. taking it to

a total of $155.00 since the start of july, but inevitably mixed messages here and concerns. and why the public? because the vaccine rates outside of the athletes village quite low, have about 25 percent. number of reasons for that. the government didn't give the vaccines emergency approval as quickly as other countries. that is primarily a legacy of a number of legal cases back in the 19 ninety's where the government was held responsible for a number of side effects from other inoculations. so there is a risk averse culture here so that frustration is amongst the people. many people is that the reason figures have been low up until this point is because of sacrifice is they've made, not because of government policy. and the getting these mixed messages were under a site to the emergency stay at home if you can, but at the same time, let's welcome the world for the olympics. and that translates into into the action we're seeing here. of course, people want to see the hug my fleets doing well and they all by and large doing very well. but at the same sound, they also want the right to question whether or not it was wise to proceed with

these olympics. one of the whole mosley said that the country will have been cheering for is of course, no meal soccer. who now has brought her olympics campaign to a fairy premise. sure. and what will you tell us, andy? well, sports isn't it. it doesn't always the way we want it to. she of course, one of the faces of the games lit the olympic holes in it that opening ceremony. but she has been away from tennis for a couple of months prior to this pick. she took a couple of months of missed the french open, and wimbledon said the mental and physical exertion she was going through a little bit too much. wanted to take a bit of time away from the spotlight. so perhaps not absolutely paid, but nonetheless, a huge disappointment for the japanese public. having said that, by and large, japanese athletes are doing really well. they've won a gold medals so far. the most japan is a one. i was back in 1964. when they want 16 gold medals,

and they're pretty much on track to get past the figure this time around. so again, it's, it's a balancing act. yes, of course we want to face to do well, but we are concerned perhaps that these games are causing a search in front of our cases. a couple of other key metal moments to points out for you. we've been talking about the tropical storm coming in. ty, phone, it was one point we thought it was going to be, it wasn't as bad as, as, as we expect it'll fade. it might have been none. the less the women's trap on this morning was took place in pretty wet and wild conditions, and flora duffy had been muta, one the gold medal, enough of the 1st of a gold medal for her country. and the other story of watching one of the great stories in 2016 rio games was the g and broke the seventy's team when they want their 1st gold medal for the country. they are going well again watch than that comes to be seen g b earlier today. the through to the quarter finals will apply australia later on.

so they'll be going for gold again, some are great stuff, richardson and up of all reaction for as until q. and the thank for lack of government says it's repaid a $1000000000.00 bonds before achieve a deadline. but concerns continue to main over the nation finances and its ability to make major foreign debt payments so long because economy was already struggling before the pandemic that locked in measures and border closures of cause. the vital tourism industry to collapse that's led to a shortage of foreign currency governments and i only has enough to pay for the 1st 3 months over imports as cut back on bringing in some items from abroad. pushing price is higher for consumer goods or payments. the $500000000.00 and $1000000000.00 are due next year. michelle fernandez has more from colombo,

the sheila can government painted a confident picture. they said they have never defaulted on any of the international debt before and they don't intend to start now. this, despite the fact that their foreign reserves had fallen to $4000000000.00, which was just enough to cover up to 3 months of import. now, having paid out one 4th of that amount on that international sovereign bond yesterday, it obviously is in a week position, but they do said the plan that they're going to consolidate the inflows. the income which have so badly been effected 1st by the 29th easter bombings when tourism got it. and then for literally the last one and a half or 2 years by the crow, nevada, spend demik. not emily, see what is key for the government at this stage is not just to look at handout ad bailout, but to get a proper picture to analyze where it's in fluid come up with a clear and realistic picture of where things stand. then to develop

a proper road map of how it will deal with the future. they say that these 2 will effectively build confidence of the international community. they might need to use the good offices of the i m f to be a sort of a broker of trust was the word they use. but she loved her so far. doesn't intend to do that. even for importers, they're feeling the pinch. i mean, i spoke to $140.00 border who said he goes to the bank, he needs to open as the sort of documentation the bank says it has no dollars. so these ongoing issues, the government says it's aware of the problem that there's all going to be tough times ahead, and they need to sort of type that best to deal with the crisis. the united nations says at least $57.00 people have died after a migrant boat capsized of libya. it happens the the city of homes on monday. survivors say 20 women and 2 children are among those who lost their lives. warmer weather has seen an increase in the number of people traveling to europe from libya

and she is one of the most important dates on campus revolutionary calendar is being marked quietly this year against the backdrop of the pandemic and recent math anti government protests. it's the $68.00 anniversary of the cuban revolution . but as the sea and human reports was little to celebrate this year. for the 1st time in 6 decades, there were no national abrasions to mon cubis, most important revolutionary holiday. only posters, a former president, fidel castro, leading to the need for national unity. july 26, march the anniversary of the 1953 attack on the move government to barracks that eventually led to the overthrow of cuba as former by peace, the dictatorship authorities of cancel, the usual member to celebrations, blaming a severe spike in covey. 19 infections and death but this

month, unprecedented anti government protest. also a factor. i will probably try to hold and there are many young people that didn't live through what i lived, who've seen better times. they want to live better, given the propaganda of the enemy. politics has like dots. their reports of hundreds of so called counter revolution, detained and being held in prison throughout the island. over the weekend, the government confirmed the 60 protest years had been sentenced in summary trials accused of inciting public disorder. one of them was artists and yellow troy, yet whose mother rational in spanish shows of her son and a dozen others was sentenced to a one year prison term without a lawyer present. yeah, me hold on that. i'm on a bit of a mesa. my son raised his hand and told the judge that he had the right to an attorney. he had the right to be defended and that he had not been given. the

opportunity was very angry. and then they a meet. he came up to him and i said, please shut up, please shut up. then they put the handcuffs on him. those kind opposition lawyer was now living in canada. says he's trying to silence the voice of defenders. they are trying to eliminate all the facts, all your arguments, that again, a speech or that can be said in no position to the what the government is doing right now. that's why they are trying to maintain lawyers out of the process. meanwhile, sunbridge and cuban american supporting the protesters in cuba. most the july 26 anniversary in front of the white house was on the streets of cuba, capital demonstrations of any kind or conspicuously absent sea and human. i'll just 0 ah,

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