to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a pessimistic president told friends dramatic change of message on masks and coronavirus. also a steroid with a lifesaving boost the drug being tested in britain that's being hailed as a breakthrough treatment the cave of 19 patients. hello the korean peninsula in for a soaking now i think the seasonal rains of change their orientation a little bit of proper circulation developing in that line which takes you across the yellow sea towards both north and south korea the orange scent is just some intense slow moving heavy rain it's still part of a system that links back across the yangtze where it's now dry in the forecast as it back towards sichuan where the next bit will stuff develop this however unfolds so you've got still rain in the korean peninsula spreading across towards the south of japan and probably just touching shanghai for a brief while as well. still he would of course you get scattered thunderstorms in little clumps is one obvious on

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital harry force at al-jazeera television or he said as a professor of international law and hebrew university he says netanyahu is likely to remain the prime minister even though he's unpopular. it's affected his base and i was the quote. members and voters are disappointed in its handling of the economic crisis and looming corruption 12 courses is a fact. one must bear in mind he has at the moment there is no alternative leader and he knows this now about this deep sixed dissatisfaction with the plan you know hold but nobody wants to go to elections and within his party those know is up to the toad who could take over. so although he's highly unpopular the moment we like you to suit up and you how do you know this but sometimes it's a never volunteer to let the 1st term of you in a hot one and then that be when he comes becomes a prime minister so they also don't want to vote but there. is no log or trust between them. and you know but they both have an interest in keeping present coalition going so i think we're likely to

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television david carroll has the director of the democracy program at the carter center he explains how some countries are using the pandemic to curtail democratic freedoms. this is a situation that's happening all around the world in many different countries settings where a globe that has been struggling with having good elections and good democratic processes. for the last 10 years anyway now is confronted with the situation of the pandemic so that there are easy excuses for governments and other actors who are not really interested necessarily and ensuring the core freedoms now have extra excuses and if they're not following. clear scientific evidence to base their policy decisions on their there's many ways for them to try to evade keeping democracy on track in elections on time but i would say that the main things are on theme of expression and freedom of assembly and then possibly shifting. electoral timelines for postponing elections and keep processes connected to elections again we see

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television probably sables a professor of international law at hebrew university joining us live from west who saw them by skype thank you very much indeed for joining us on all jazeera as harry mentioned there of course benjamin netanyahu no stranger to protests but what's different about this one the difference is that it's affected his base in other words it could members a boater's are disappointed it is handling of the economic crisis and a looming collapse in cloud of course so it is a well i well i must bear in mind he has at the moment there is no alternative leader and he knows this now because there's deep dissatisfaction with the thought you know hold but nobody wants to go to elections and within his party there is no . leader who could take over. so though he's highly unpopular the moment we're likely to see nothing you know do you know this point one thing that i was reading was that the nature of the protests of change in terms of the people who are taking part in them that way an

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television. ethiopia says heavy rains have begun filling parts of its controversial dam on the blue nile which will start generating power next year the government says the dam is crucial for its economic growth but egypt and sedan both live downstream and they fear it could reduce their access to water mom involved reports from the source of the blue nile in northern ethiopia. it's called the water tower of africa that's because each open mountains are the 1st african highland to be drenched by the annual rains from the indian ocean. even after several drought sits streams rivers and lakes is one of the world's largest and the main source of the blue nile in the past joe pretty didn't seem to need all the water it has lifestyles here were simple large bodies of water where even here. where always you see our where the water is. water is if you go to the. marsh if you go to if you go to the lake some didn't get it wrong. in the history of. most of. our our tradition preferred the highly living i

retaliate against chinese mission in the us continue al-jazeera television. australia has added to the arguments over the south china sea saying china has no legal claims to the area canberra made the declaration to the united nations bringing it further into line with washington the us has long opposed beijing's claims but avoided calling them illegal up until last week china claims about 90 percent of the south china sea including ownership of the spratly islands which is disputed by the philippines yet nom and others the scarboro shoulders claimed by china in the philippines that disagreement escalated 8 years ago when the philippines navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing boats a singapore and man has pleaded guilty in the u.s. to working for china's intelligence agency and 4 chinese scientists are under arrest because of suspected ties to the chinese military the last to be detained tango in is expected in court on monday diplomats in the chinese consulate in san francisco are accused of harboring a u.s. immigrations as all 4 lied on their visa appl

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television. u.s. president ronald trump has warned that the corona virus outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better it's a mark departure from the optimistic picture he's projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many of the u.s. states mike hanna has more from washington d.c. in the past president himself as america's cheerleader making rosy predictions about the course of the pandemic that were often at odds with the facts but this was a more subdued president than on previous occasions it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is and a complete reversal on the use of mosques something that in the 1st few months of the pandemic the president often derided at one stage even expressing support for anti mosque protests in a number of states this too it seems a thing of the past i have no problem with the masks i view it this way anything that potentially can help and that certainly can potent

al jazeera. >> i showed him a video that had aired on al jazeera television, and he pointed to himself as if he said, i'm the one who shot that video. >> amanda vividly remembers that video and adam that day. >> adam was now manning this and setting the stage for this video. i would say there was a great deal of excitement among all of them that they were going to be doing this little video and, you know, in their mind because it was getting attention and money. >> in mauritius, investigators accomplished two things. they had identified adam as the kidnapper and got him to admit his crimes. but after all that work, it still wasn't enough to arrest adam. maherishen law prohibited a.k. from recording the confession. so you have no video or audio of what he's saying? >> no. correct. >> investigators wanted to have the strongest evidence they could against adam in order to prosecute him under canadian law. you're leaving mauritius with a success, but you need more. >> yeah, we do. >> how did you feel when you left here? >> conflicted. >> you're leaving him, watching him go back to somalia. >> yeah.

al-jazeera. television is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up as corona virus cases rise in 40 out of the 50 us states president trump celebrates the news that unemployment fell as businesses reopened in june. the british socialite accused of procuring underage girls for the late geoffrey epstein is arrested and charged in the u.s. . tensions still high in ethiopia as a popular singer his murder triggered deadly protests is laid to rest. and why experts are baffled by the deaths of hundreds of elephants in botswana. and i'm santa how much now have all the sport including the french open organizes a concert and fans will be allowed to attend this year's delayed tournament which starts in september. curran of our space is an hour rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the u.s. as the country's outbreak threatens to spiral out of control florida alone has reported more than 10000 cases in the last 24 hours and the texas governor has just made it mandatory to wear masks in public this a day after

al-jazeera . television is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up as coronavirus cases rise in 40 out of the 50 us states president trump celebrates the news that unemployment fell as businesses reopened in june. the british socialite accused of procuring underage girls for the late geoffrey epstein is arrested and charged in the u.s. . tensions still high in ethiopia as a popular singer is murder triggered deadly protests is laid to rest. and why experts are baffled by the deaths of hundreds of elephants in botswana. and i'm santa how much now have all the sport including french open organizers are concerned their fans will be allowed to attend this year's delayed tournament which starts in september. curran of our space is an hour rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the u.s. as the country's outbreak threatens to spiral out of control florida alone has reported more than 10000 cases in the last 24 hours and the texas governor has just made it mandatory to wear masks in public this a day after

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television. more ahead on the news hour including a steroids with a knife saving bullets the drug being tested in britain that's being hailed as a breakthrough treatment over $1000.00 patients bus up and away it's the end of an era for one of australia's aviation long serving us and stoss from small towns green joined forces to launch a new women's football team in los angeles. u.s. president donald trump has warned of a corona virus outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better as some mocs departure from the optimistic picture is projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many u.s. states by can every for some washington. in the past president cost him self as america's cheerleader making rosy predictions about the course of the pandemic that were often at odds with the facts but this was a more subdued president than on previous occasions it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is and a com

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television. and 5 we are just hearing from israel that lawmakers there actually did pass that and did give the government power so post corn a virus restrictions across the country with limited parliamentary oversight and as we were mentioning that does create some fears for the country's them a critic health but the knesset did just pass that. now qatar airways is seeking billions of dollars in compensation from 4 arab countries for blocking it from their airspace the airline argues the air blockade breaches aviation conventions or such a pari reports. qatar airways wants $5000000000.00 in compensation from egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates they imposed a land sea and air blockade in 2017 banning qatari planes from their airspace the blockade in countries cut diplomatic ties with qatar accusing it of maintaining close ties with iran and supporting terrorism. qatar denies all charges and efforts to resolve the crisis have failed. before the blockade this was the route cutte

to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television zimbabwe's government has imposed a nighttime curfew and tightened other measures to tackle rising crime virus infections but the opposition says the new steps are linked to antigovernment protests planned for next week her metacity has more from harare. after 2 nights in police custody freelance journalist hopeless in gone and opposition leader jacob got over me arrive at the magistrates court to apply for bail they were arrested on monday and the keys of inciting people to protest over the economy and corruption in zimbabwe has been pretty good for putting out the pull up to the story but the case was adjourned until wednesday they are spending another night in jail there's no question that this is. cause there is no law that. plans. their own states you can protest section 59 is rated citizens rights to their own states and pretty soon. the government to meet said to know of their expectations. lawyers say police have raided the homes of the 2 main looking for evidence the oppositi

fighting to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital force at al-jazeera television. david carroll is the director of the democracy program at the not for profit non-governmental organization the carter center joins me now from swanny in tennessee have i financed correctly david good to have you with us on the program you've obviously set out a very interesting report which delves into the way that governments in all thora tease have been using the pandemic to stifle dissent organize gathering and the like and we've seen certainly in israel over the past few months that they're all thought words he said wanted to really to monitor their nationals and their public around the country in terms of covert 19 that was what they said nannie disagreed with them and that that debate still continues in israel but it's an example of what other countries and other groups of people are facing what have you found out. yes this is a situation that's happening all around the world in many different countries settings where you know a globe that has been struggling with having good e

al-jazeera. the. following on the top stories here on al-jazeera protesters demanding the resignation of mali's president occupied the headquarters of state television and force that off the air attempts have also been made to enter the national assembly . russia and china have again vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to keep 2 humanitarian border crossings into syria open the un says millions of civilians in the northwest of the country depend on the 8. and president early one says the 1st prayers will be held in istanbul's i associate in 2 weeks time after a court decided it could open as a mosque the move has been criticised by unesco and the greek government. a group of al jazeera journalists have been questioned by police in malaysia over a documentary on migrant workers the authorities say they want to one documentary focusing on people being locked up during the pandemic could have broken sedition laws al-jazeera says it has serious concerns about developments and media freedom in malaysia bernard smith has more. the broadcasting of this video of handcuffed and documented migrants being loaded into police vans in kuala lumpur seems to

al-jazeera staff of been questioned by police in kuala lumpur about a documentary on malaysia's response to cope with 19 the show looked at the experiences of migrant workers during the lockdown malaysian officials on state television have criticised the report as being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera denies this for us supreme court has issued mixed verdict some demands for donald trump's financial records for now the president's tax returns and other documents will remain out of the public eye but judges ruled that trump's records can be examined by prosecutors in new york and this is a political witch the likes of which you know she was pure which are so close just like the mall security is a hoax that i want and this is the hoax this is purely political. the federal level and we won very decisively and so they sent it into new york and you know what's going on in new york everyone is leaving to turn out to be all. to do something about the people who are leaving new york that is a political witch or to just continue. the united arab emirates is said to be holding up a deal with gulf states that could end the 3 year long blockade of qatar that's according to reports by the fox news website australia

victory in itself providing some light at the end of a very dark tunnel david stokes al-jazeera chinese state televisionhas taken the english premier league off the air amid growing tensions between china and britain c.c.t.v. holds the rights of the premier league after striking a deal worth more than 700000000 dollars last year for the match between champions liverpool and chelsea wasn't aired on wednesday and c.c.t.v. programme showed you will no longer includes the fine run of games this weekend for more of those we spoke to simon chadwick a professor of that you regime in sport at the emily on business school. all we know about chinese is that china uses sports for political purposes and very often those political purposes a link to economic industrial commercial matters and so now as we as we've seen for example through the n.b.a. double down more a story. the n.b.a. still is struggling a still it effectively doesn't have a t.v. presence in china following on from the daryl morey incident of the end of last year so 'd be under no illusions although this is simply premier league games being currentl

foreigners without valid documents were arrested malaysian officials and state television have criticised the report al-jazeera as attempts to. interviewed government ministers and officials during production would declined stock of experience of staying online harassment since the broadcast want east as an asia pacific coming to things programme that has won numerous international awards let's bring in again from the institute for democracy and economic affairs in kuala lumpur. so what's your response to what you see happening to these al-jazeera journalists in kuala lumpur i mean is this being seen as a brutal crackdown on press freedoms and free speech by the authorities hi yes i do think that this is part of a larger effort by the authorities to clamp down on freedom of expression. in general. a book with but recently for allegedly having a cover that is offensive and insulting a prominent activist who was closely with refugees to recently with being questioned just like the dentist are right now for a post that she made on facebook you know that exposed some of the ill treatment that some refugees and mig

al-jazeera staffa been questioned by police in kuala lumpur about a documentary on malaysia's response to covered 19 the show looked at the experiences of migrant workers during the lockdown relation officials and state television have criticized the report as being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera denies this. the u.s. supreme court has issued mixed verdicts on demands for donald trump's financial records for now the president's tax returns and other documents will remain out of the public eye but judges ruled that trump's records can be examined by prosecutors in new york. this is a political witch the likes of which you know you never hear you or your which are so close just like the more investigations of folks that i want and this is no hoax this is purely political i win in the federal level and we won very decisively and so they sent it into new york and you know what's going on in new york everyone is leaving turn out to be a hell hole. to do something about the people who even new york is a political witch i just can't give you the united arab emirates is said to be holding up a deal with gold states that could end the 3 year long blockade of qatar that's according to reports by the fox news

foreigners without valid documents were arrested malaysian officials and state television have criticized the report al-jazeera as attempts to interview government ministers and officials during production were declined stoffel experience sustained online harassment since the broadcast one of one east is an asia pacific talent to pass program that has won numerous international awards listening to muhammad in kuala lumpur he's the chief executive and founder of the guardian center for health and social policy as well on a stand you have seen the al-jazeera documentary what do you make of its content and why do you think it's offended the malaysian authorities so much because al-jazeera did ask them to respond but they declined well when i saw the documentary i thought it was a fair and balanced report and it did highlight some of the issues that we ourselves here on the ground in malaysia especially amongst public health specialists were actually pointing out the documentary didn't criticize at all the government or specifically the ministry of health treatment of migrants we've caught 19 which i believe to ha

al-jazeera staffa been questioned by police in kuala lumpur about a documentary on malaysia's response to covered 19 the program looked at the experiences of migrant workers during the lockdown malaysian officials on state television have criticized the report as being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera denies this. is the chief executive and founder of the garland center for health and social policy all of them for he says the documentary was impartial . when i saw the documentary i thought it was a fair and balanced report and it did highly.

al-jazeera santiago. for millions of people television and streaming services have been an important to scape from the stressand boredom sometimes of virus lock downs but the pandemic has stopped the entertainment industry in its tracks with many films and programs force that the late releases thousands of actors and film crews have found themselves out of work while director is trying to find alternative ways to continue production reynolds has more now from los angeles. veteran actor re-approved so has had a long career on stage in movies and television including the acclaimed series the sopranos and i know my old man could be a tough nut to crack and i want to know he says with the pandemic work has dried up it's basically nonexistent 19 put in a broad and 2 movie making which is uniquely unsuited to social distancing the nature of filming and such and such an intimate thing and you have the wardrobe people addressing you have hair people you have makeup people you have sound guys wiring you everybody and then there are the scenes that you play with another rock there where you're always in close proximit

valid documents were arrested elation officials the state television criticized the reporters being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera as attempts to interview government ministers and officials during the production work declined on staff of experience sustained online harassment since the broadcast one of one east is an asia pacific current affairs program it's one numerous international awards. human rights watch is calling on the malaysian government to stop treating criticism as a crime it's also calling on the authorities to repeal laws being used to limit speech in the statement the deputy director for asia said malaysia's katter nasional government is increasingly responding to public criticism by carrying out abusive investigations on species charges prime minister madine essene should recognise that everyone has a right to criticize their government without fear of investigation or prosecution through on some other news now from around the world to more latin american politicians have been infected by covert 19 but libya's interim president janine as was diagnosed and is now in quarantine the head of venezu

al-jazeera examines one man's extraordinary battle for justice in ghana at this time. this is al jazeera i'm typing obligato with a check on your world headlines one person has been killed in mali state television channel has gone off air after hundreds of anti-government protesters occupied its headquarters there demanding the resignation of president to break off accusing him of failing to solve the security and economic problems thousands of people are rallying outside government buildings in the capital bamako after protest leaders rejected the president's proposed reforms they've now called for a massive all disobedience campaign and won't stop until kaita steps down. and it started earlier today when crowds started throwing stones at the national assembly and then tried to set alight looters came in and started stealing elements inside the parliament building meanwhile another group a crowd swelled to the national television and caught the signal remember during those where 2 days ago the president had broadcast his message to the protesters into the nation calling for dialogue saying that he would organize a national unity government russia and china have again vetoed a u.n. security cou

the marshall -- national television station is taken off area and al jazeera journalists are questionedy police over the investigation of the treatment of migrant workers in malaysia. >> and i'll have all the sports, including -- quickest in practice. ahead of the formula one grand pro in austria. >> welcome to the newshour, a lifeline to millions of syrians is at risk of being shutdown. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security resolution to keep two pathways open from turkey for aid deliveries. a company in belgian wanted to keep the passages open. the mandate for the badr crosses expires on friday and the country is voting on a proposal. as supplies and food for millions hang in the balance. let's look at why the counsel remains divided. 2.8 million people in syria's ebel held area depend on those pines for aid. but the u.s. says 1.3 million people depend on the other crossing. let's get an update from james. he's joining us from the united nations to talk us through where things stand right now and when we can see a vote on that rival russian proposal. >> we're going to have that

al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al-jazeera. chaos in mali's capitals protesters storm key buildings the national television station has also been taken off air. the alternate is there a live from london i'm dead navigate also ahead millions of lives in the balance as russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution that would have extended cross border aid into syria. celebrations in turkey concern an up.

this is al jazeera i'm tearing up with a check on your world headlines one person has been killed in mali state television channel has gone off air after hundreds of anti-government protesters occupied its headquarters there demanding the resignation of president. they're accusing him of failing to solve these security and economic problems thousands of people are rallying outside government buildings in the capital bamako after protest leaders rejected the president's proposed reforms they've now called for a massive oil disobedience campaign and won't stop until it steps down. and it started earlier to.

you're watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories you came television's report says is evidence russia has tried to meddle in british elections it says this credible information the kremlin tried to influence the 20 $4000.00 audition dependents referendum but the authors say it's hard to prove interference in the 2016 breck's it vote the kremlin has denied involvement e.u. nations have agreed on a multi-billion dollar coronavirus recovery package after the last night of talks and intense negotiations and the majority of the deal is being offered is grants to hardest hit member states. other news now in germany's foreign minister says egypt's decision to send troops abroad for potential military intervention in libya could escalate the conflict egyptian president abdel fatah has previously pledged support to forces loyal to william of 2 warlords highly for half talk that stiff shipley's government and its turkish allies attacked the city of to assert the areas controlled by have tossed forces and is a gateway to libya's oil rich region miley's opposition has call

valid documents were arrested malaysian officials and state television have criticised the reporters being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera is attempts to interview government ministers and officials during production a word declined staff have experienced sustained online harassment since the broadcast one o one east is an asia pacific current affairs program that's one numerous international awards. malaysia's top policeman spoke to the media in the last hour he dismissed questions over the journalist being treated unfairly was asked whether the staff were free to go. this. week in yemen but at the moment. is there a need for them to leave the country yet you won't be. we were checked with the 81st. date you will decide you know meant a few days if. there's any case then it would be a charge but i don't think so the reason why we defused that the what i call been fair. game whatever it is to be free to be fair i'm not going to intimidate them and i'm not going to allow anyone to harm or to cause harm or to instigate the hum down peace peace b. b. b. b. b. b. b. professional body. we still allow them. access to the best

al-jazeera. the in. the in the in. here watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories a you came television's reportsays is evidence russia has tried to meddle in british elections it says it's credible information the kremlin try to influence the $24.00 team scottish independence referendum by the office saying it's hard to prove interference in the $26.00 vote russia has denied any claims of interference a unit actions have agreed a multi-billion dollar coronavirus recovery package after a fortnight of talks and intense negotiations the majority of the deal is being offered as grants to artists its member states and u.s. secretary of state mike i'm pale and british prime minister of course chancellor and have met in london where they discussed the situation in iran and the middle east peace process they did hold a joint news conference in about an hour issues surrounding china and the pandemic are expected to dominate as both increase pressure on beijing. prominent pakistani journalist critical of the country's military has gone missing in islamabad police say my 2 live john was last seen outside

valid documents were arrested malaysian officials and state television have criticised the report is being inaccurate misleading and unfair al-jazeera as attempts to interview government ministers and officials during the production were declined staff have experienced sustained online harassment since the broadcast one of one east is an asia pacific current affairs program that is one numerous international awards for the asia's top policeman is speaking to the media he's dismissed questions over the journalist being treated unfairly he says the attorney general is yet to decide whether charges will be laid to feel that the core belief. to be free will be i'm not going to intimidate them i'm not going to allow anyone to harm to cause harm or to if they get the harm done please b b b b b b be professional about it. we still allow them. access to the best lawyers or whatever it is the agent is sacked the other way. speak to us from in kuala lumpur he's the chief executive and founder of the galen center for health and social studies good to have you with us you as someone who follows the health and social situation there perhaps you

roads attacked the parliament and stormed the premises of the state television channel which has now gone off air. a group of al jazeera journalists have been questioned by police in malaysia over a documentary on migrant workers they all 40 say they want to one east documentary focusing on people being locked up during the pandemic could have broken sedition laws al-jazeera says it has serious concerns about developments in media freedom in malaysia bernard smith has more. the broadcasting of this video of handcuffed and documented migrants being loaded into police vans in kuala lumpur seems to have hit a raw nerve with malaysia's government several officials have accused al-jazeera of trying to tarnish malaysia's image one i want to east investigates why so many foreigners of being locked up in malaysia's lockdown. on friday the police called in the 101 east production team for questioning police say they're investigating the documentary for sedition defamation and violation of the communications of multimedia law the police are expected to file their report to the attorney general. we do not want to judge them but t

television history 17000 hours that's akin to swelled record. watching al-jazeera reminded now of our top stories for the 5th consecutive day more than a 1000 americans have died of coronavirus us is reported more than 68000 new infections in just one day florida california and texas are among the worst hit states from maryland jocasta. there are many hotspots concentrated in the american south we're also seeing rising numbers in california in louisiana and in texas the border region of taxes and particularly feeling the effects of being an under resource an impoverished region to begin with with hospitals there now they're going for resources to help you know the military has moved in some help there as well as refrigerated morgues to be parked behind hospitals so very grim figures and images that we're seeing from around the country . the u.k. is re imposing a 14 day quarantine on travelers returning from spain factions have tripled there in the past 2 weeks with catalonia emerging as a you hotspots. north korea has placed the city of cairo song on the lockdown a

stories on al-jazeera egypt says it seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it started to feel the arrest of one of africa's largest dam on the blue nile ethiopian state television reports on wednesday that the filling of the grand renaissance dam had begun the age of 10 saddam had requested it not be filled until an agreement was reached a fear inducing water downstream humans with the rebels say 24 civilians including women and children have been killed in a saudi iraqi airstrike it's being reported that a wedding was taking place in the al as an area in the northwest at the time. and u.s. secretary of state michael bell says the u.s. will impose visa restorations on chinese technology companies including while way is also reiterated support for countries that believe china is violating territorial rights in the south china sea. to libya now as prisoners of war have been swaps the internationally recognized government of national court and forces loyal to warlord i need to have tar each exchange 8 prisoners in misrata at least latest video showed one of the tripoli government fighters celebrating at home with his family. has more from libya's capital. it seems

to chaos in mali's capital as protesters stormed the buildings the national television station is taken off air. and al-jazeera journalists are questioned by police over their investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in malaysia. and i'm santa how much now have all the sport including red bulls and max their stop analysts quickest in practice ahead of this sunday's formula one in austria. welcome to the news hour a lifeline to millions of syrians living in a sliver of land in the country's northwest is at risk of being shut down russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to keep 2 border crossings from turkey open for a vital a delivery 13 other members backed the proposal by germany and belgium which wanted to keep the passengers open now the mandate for the border crossings expires on friday and the council is now voting on a rival russian proposal as food medicine and basic supplies for millions of people hang in the balance let's look at why the security council remains divided so the u.n. and humanitarian groups say to. point 8000000 people in syria's rebel held north west

al jazeera and. in around 2 hours from now u.s. president donald trump will resume his daily televised coronavirus briefings from the white house it will be the 1st time he's done so since april the u.s. is the worst affected country in the world with well over 3800000 cases the crisis has left 140000 people dead and triggered mass unemployment the white house press secretary said the president himself has tested several times a day the president is the most tested man in america he says more than anyone multiple times a day and we believe that he's acting appropriately. federal prosecutors in the us have charged 2 chinese men with hacking hundreds of companies including firms researching the coronavirus they say the men targeted informational drugs most recently trying to steal cancer research it's a measure that was part of a multi-year cyber espionage campaign also targeting weapons designs dissidents and chinese opposition figures well this comes days after russian hackers were accused of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research a chinese made vaccine against cuba 19 is being child in brazil the testing program was launche

al jazeera. president donald trump has admitted the covid-19 outbreak in the u.s. will probably get worse before it gets better. the first televisedoronavirus briefing since april. he said americans should be wearing masks, when they cannot socially distance. the u.k. government has been accused of avoiding looking into interference in the dish -- the brexit referendum. a day after egypt's parliament approved -- this will only escalate the conflict. >> egypt's president has long been a supporter of the warlord, who has failed to take control of the capital, tripoli, after a military campaign. his forces have had to retreat towards the eastern stronghold. shortly after that happened, they announced a political initiative, but it failed to get international traction. consideringportedly military intervention. egypt's parliament unanimously approved sending forces on combat missions abroad, but people in the northwestern libyan city say they do not want more foreign fighters in libya. we refuse to become a place of proxy wars. in the end, we are brothers and brothers can fight and make up, but if the egyptians intervene, they will re

minimum for the display encouraging people to watch at home and television those are the headlines and back with more news here on al-jazeera in half an hour's time next on al-jazeera is after an early how lions do stay with us. morning prayers at one of the most influential monasteries and called me and. this is a country where the majority are devoted buddhists. for centuries the religion has been at the heart of the nation's very identity. while the pillars of buddhist teachings are loving compassion and peace is a very different variation to the philosophy being told at the mob out tom on a street in insane township. these monks are connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the systematic persecution and genocide overhang of muslims in iraq and states. our unprecedented access to them about how monastery and cedars offers a glimpse into how their ultra nationalist agenda is becoming the blueprint for the political structure of the country. is the joining the forces between monks and generals threatening mars young and fragile democracy. 2 putting the some of the films we. are all in. we can do the. li

still waiting for help gabriel's sandow al-jazeera new york schools in south africa will be closed for 4 weeks the president's already oppose or said in a televised address to the nation that it was important schools did not become sites of virus transmission the country's corona virus infections are rising at one of the fastest rates in the world it has the 5th highest number of infections globally the coronavirus storm has indeed arrived as we said it would with the provinces of the is that ok pouting and wiser do not experiencing at a rapid rise in infections even as the country braces for the difficult weeks ahead it is significant that more than half of those people who we know to have been infected have now recovered well scientists in south africa say the number of people who have died from $1000.00 could be much higher than reported after finding a spike in deaths from natural causes researches found about $17000.00 extra deaths and say likely to be linked to the pandemic that includes those suspected of having corona virus but who weren't tested before dying and others who were unable to seek treatment because hospitals are overwhelmed s

friday thousands occupy parliament in the state television building demanding the president's resignation. yesterday to the headlines up next as al jazeera world looking at the palestinian shepherds who are protecting their land from is really an exception that's coming up thanks for watching but i. plane the airplane. to. plague. leg length. the great rift valley stretching from mozambique in south east africa to syria in the middle east. the west point of the great rift valley is here in the jordan valley. home to the world's oldest city jericho established over 10000 years ago. farmers and shepherds have worked on this land for thousands of years. in more recent times israel's continued occupation of the west bank since 1967 is threatening the existence of the people of this region. israel restricts palestinian development through the use of military orders which often means destruction of property and livelihoods it's also encouraged the spread of settlements across the occupied west bank regarded illegal under inter. national mall for over 5 decades. this is the story of palestinians to their right to get on home to beat the man tha

al-jazeera. from. london's gatwick airport has more on that decision and the reaction from space. the foreign secretary dominic robb has been on the television in the last few hours insisting that his government always plans to react to changing data as it easy out of lock down he pointed out that the data came out on friday from spain which showed that there were more than $900.00 new covered cases in 24 hours he said that it was clear that there were outbreaks across mainland spain in his words and so it's been necessary to tell people returning from space including from the valley area highlands and from the canary islands that they have to isolate for 2 weeks will the spanish foreign minister i don't check on file it has now said that spain is safe for tourists and the government is trying to persuade the british government to exempt those islands from the new ruling because the infection rates are much much lower there than they are here in the u.k. it's possible that they're actually on a par nationally in spain with britain but still it's clear that spain does have some problems in fact there are almost 300 small outbreaks the biggest

television history 17000 hours that's according to the guinness world records. to have a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.k.'s reimposing a 14 day quarantine on travelers returning from spain infections of crippled in the past 2 weeks with catalonia emerging as a new hot spot. for us is recorded more than a 1000 coronavirus deaths for the 4th consecutive day florida california and texas are among the worst states it. has more now from maryland there are many hotspots concentrated in the american south we're also seeing rising numbers in california and louisiana and in texas the border region of taxes and particularly feeling the effects of being an under resource an impoverished region to begin with with hospitals there now they're going for resources to help you know the military has moved in some help there as well as refrigerated morgues to be parked behind hospitals so very grim figures and images that we're seeing from around the country security forces are on high alert in the u.s. city of portland demonstrators have rallied every night for 8 weeks demanding racial equality and police reforms

and still ahead on al-jazeera a naval poor finally get to celebrate their 1st english premier league title in. its. much chinese state televisionhas taken the english premier league off the air amid growing tensions between china and britain c.c.t.v. holds the rights to the premier league after striking a deal with more than $700000000.00 last year that the match between champions liverpool and chelsea was not 8 on wednesday and c.c.t.v. program said will no longer includes the final round of games this weekend this would be the 1st time china has fallen outs with the premier league last year they withdrew an arsenal game from their share duels of the arsenal player mesut ozil criticised the country's treatment of weaken muslims china also shunned n.b.a. basketball last year after one of the team managers daryl morey tweeted in support of pro-democracy protests in hong kong a route that cost the n.b.a. millions of dollars in its most valuable market outside the u.s. for more on this we spoke to simon chadwick a professor of eurasian sports at the emily on business school. all we know about chinese is the chinese uses sports for

al-jazeera in doha with our top news stories egypt says it's seeking clarification from ethiopia or whether it started to fill the reservoir of africa's largest dam on the blue nile ethiopian state television reported on wednesday that the filling of the ground renee sounds damn had begun egypt and sudan had requested it not to be filled until agreement is reached well said on sons to gain from the project which will reduce flooding and provide access to cheap electricity but it's feared those benefits could be outweighed by the negative impact of the morgan reports not from sudan's like new bia.

al-jazeera. another lesson american politician has been quarantined compounding the crisis with coronavirus across the region but as well as oil minister tarik al assad me confirmed his infection just days after a televised meeting with president nicolas maduro and the head of the national constituent assembly is also in isolation the outbreak is worsening across the region and the u.n. is warning of unprecedented economic damage to mexico city and our correspondent there many welcome back to the program so the numbers there unpack them for us it seems to be getting worse not just by the week but by the day as well certainly so and latin america is bearing some of the worst of the burden globally that the region this week surpassed 3000000 confirmed cases we're seeing some of the worst infection numbers coming out of brazil peru as well as surprisingly chile given that it was expected to be an outlier at the beginning of this pandemic it's been an especially difficult week for brazil as it's very close to approaching 70000 confirmed deaths in the country and of course more regional leaders falling ill with coronavirus take a look. over with few exceptions the coronavirus pandemic in latin america is wors

al-jazeera. iran's revolutionary guard claims to have fired ballistic missiles from on the ground for the 1st time state television broadcast footage appearing to show the missiles being fired on tuesday the video also shows other types of projectiles striking a mock u.s. aircraft carrier in the gulf near the strait of hormuz the u.s. military says the north has were irresponsible the 2 countries have been a state of heightened tensions after the u.s. killing of a senior iranian general in iraq in january. separatists in the south of yemen have abandoned their declaration of self rule is being seen as a key move toward unity between the government and they southern transitional council against the hooty rebels the un's yemen envoy says the end of fighting between the allies is an important step towards peace so high that it has this report. to show the unity in yemen southern coastal city of these tribal leaders mostly from fresno. hometown of have a message they won't allow the u.a.e. back southern transitional council to monopolize power in the region that's despite the group of southern separatists announcing o

al-jazeera. or mine to the top stories here on ars era president donald trump has admitted that the covert 19 outbreak in the u.s. will probably get worse before it gets better but his 1st televised coronavirus briefing since april you also said americans should wear masks when they can't socially distance. u.k. government has been accused of actively avoiding looking into evidence of russian interferes in the breaks that referendum. germany has become the latest country to urge egypt not to get militarily involved in libya's conflict it comes a day after egypt's parliament approved deployments abroad but as malik china reports people in the city of misrata say this will only escalate the conflict. egypt's president absence at the has c.c.'s has long been a supporter of leaving a warlord khalifa haftar who has failed to take control of the capital tripoli after a 14 month military campaign with the egyptian support. his forces have to retreat back towards their eastern shore and hold shortly after that happen in june sisi announced a so-called cairo declaration a political initiative for talks between libya's warring sides but it failed to get international traction he is now rep

al-jazeera in doha with our top news stories egypt says it's seeking clarification from ethiopia on whether it started to fill the reservoir of africa's largest dam on the blue nile ethiopians state television reported on wednesday that the filling of the ground renee sounds damn had begun egypt and sudan had requested it not to be filled until and agreement is reached well said on sons to gain from the project which will reduce flooding and provide access to cheap electricity but it's feared those benefits could be outweighed by the negative impact of a morgan reports not from sudan's new bia. pulling of the dam is of great concern to both sadam and egypt because the dams capacity alone is twice the size or rather the capacity of the blue nile which contributes more than 80 percent of the nile was the sudan has repeatedly expressed concern over the impact of the dam and its safety on sudanese dams and water resources it says that it's worried about the safety of the operations of the ground if you bring his own family specially because if you have yet to provide any guarantees it's also worried about the impact it will have on water bodies downstream now one of those places where we will s