virus have been recorded here but covered 19 measures have disrupted trade with the biggest city abidjan so its effects are being felt. i love to live our. lives yes i have 5 children. and it has i mean i become hard to eat because of the coronavirus i want that i don't want this to last corona has to go. but nobody really knows if and when the coronavirus will go this week the international monetary fund warned of what the 2nd wave could mean after seeing the global economy will contract more than expected in 2020. the economic impact is quite significant because our parents and the women who cultivate food crops can no longer get to abidjan. as long as the cost of 19 pandemic continues this part of ivory coast could remain cut off from the country's commercial hub. now is a gem of a story for you a tanzanian mine as life changed in just 24 hours after he found 2 pieces 2 of the biggest ever pieces of rough times a night ever found sunny new lies sold the 2 stars weighing 9 kilos and 5 kilos and 2 the tons of in government for around $3400000.00 tanzanite gems are only found in east afr

some of the other stories are making news around the world flash flooding in ivory coast's main city abidjan has killed 3 people in flooded homes and cars where this is said that water rose $150.00 centimeters inside half an hour the flooding comes just over a week after a deadly mudslide hit the country's economic capital. a british teenagers been jailed for at least 15 years for throwing a 6 year old french boy off the 10th floor of london's tate modern art gallery last year the younger boy now has to use a wheelchair and is still recovering from the assault. of course in moscow has had to down a guilty verdict and the 3 years suspended sentence on the russian film and theater director carol a set a break off he was accused of forming a criminal group an embezzling public funds for a theater project was to sort of break off says the charges are absurd police in scotland say stabbing attack in the said to of glasgow has left 6 people injured including a police officer a woman has died after being shot by police emergency services were called to reports of a disturbance at a hotel housing as

about this with sophie to conic she's the director of the international labor organizations office in abidjan that's a port city in ivory coast sophie africa has the highest number of child victims worldwide and i was quite shocked to learn earlier that non-credible 72000000 children in across africa are in employment why is the number so staggeringly high . indeed 72000000 children across africa and that is one child in 5 age 5 to 17 africa it is very high their reasons are many. this is link of course to poverty and. the story of the boy in central africa republic perfectly illustrates the complexity of the factors that are. creating child labor poverty is the lack of access to education to create you creation in the case of central africa education is free and compulsory on paper but in practice many children out of school the lack of access to social protection again the story of the child in central africa shows that he's an orphan and his mother is sick. there's no health care there's no safety net and the only possibility for the child to start working the lack of warning is a. very we

flash flooding in ivory coast main city abidjan has killed 3 people and flooded homes and cars what does witnesses say that the water rose $150.00 centimeters within half an hour the flooding comes just a week after a deadly mudslide also if the country's economic capital. the british teenager has been jailed for at least 15 years for throwing a 6 year old french boy off the 10th floor of london's tate modern gallery last year the younger boy is now wheelchair bound and still recovering from the assaults . several public housing blocks north of naples was sealed off by the italian army after almost 50 coronavirus cases were reported in the order came after several residents tried to leave their homes to spot lockdown restrictions. well here in germany a string of coronavirus outbreaks that slaughterhouses is leading to renewed scrutiny of the country's meat industry earlier today the country's food minister yulia. met with meat industry officials to discuss the future of livestock farming she said she wants higher prices for make to improve conditions for both workers and animals the mat

flash flooding in ivory coast's main city abidjan has killed 3 people in flooded homes and cars witnesses said the waters rose $150.00 centimeters within half an hour the flooding comes just a week after a deadly mudslide also if the country's economic capital. accord in moscow is handed down a guilty verdict and a 3 year suspended sentence to the russian film and theater director hero sobranie because he was accused of forming a criminal group and embezzling public funds for theater project so a burning pope has called the charges absurd standing by in moscow's de w. correspondent emily show and emily the court suspended the same tense what are the reactions to what seems from this distance quite a surprising outcome. well this trial this case has been going on for 3 years and i think for many people here in moscow and across russia this almost felt like an acquittal at least for the people outside of the courthouse today they reacted really happily people were cheering and clapping but city even your lawyer has said that he will be appealing the case against his defendant after all the

yemen's government and a 7 separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of abidjan that's according to the saudi ambassador to yemen it comes after the southern transitional council seized control of the island of sumatra on saturday a nuclear weapons talks between the united states and russia are currently underway and austria diplomats are discussing the future of their last remaining treaty called new start which expires next year in february. u.s. president donald trump has walked back on earlier comments on venezuela's media saying he would only meet nicolas maduro if he agreed to step down peacefully on sunday trump told a u.s. news website he wouldn't rule out meeting despite the u.s. campaign to oust him palestinian protesters condemning israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank the un's middle east envoy was among several diplomats at that mass rally in jericho july the 1st is when israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to begin the annexation well those are the headlines i will have more news for you here on al-jazeera the inside story

ethiopian highlands may well build come monday was to work coastal showers further west for example in abidjan 3 days of wet. from 2 to 020. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all military action these economic concerns right on fighting i did meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that on their own does their own every generation has a higher purpose. ours is to say how. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. reson donald trump has held this for us reelection rally since the coronavirus crisis began the crowd in tulsa oklahoma was smaller than expected up to critics said the event threatened to spread 191 of new york stock federal prosecutors has agreed to step down after a standoff with the white house jeffrey brenneman had initially refused to resign vowing to continue his corruption investigations into president trump's inner circle and the u.n. right now is government in libya is denouncing egypt's threats of military intervention present updo as warnie gyptian army could be sent in i

people have died in flash flooding that have hit that has hit ivory coast it happened in the main city abidjan several homes were flooded cars were flipped over a streets 200 the rivers across the west african city. state funerals been held for pia couldn't couldn't caesar the former president of burundi thousands gathered in the capital to bid him farewell and it included full military honors parts there are concerns that those social distancing rules were in place despite the threat from covert 19 the 55 year old in currencies or died earlier this month in what the government says. was heart failure. but always opposition candidate lazarus chuck weather has claimed victory in the rerun of last year's presidential election early results are put in ahead of the incumbent peter blute arika votes are still being counted after serious however with reports. human rights activists in malawi are not shit and fighting for electoral justice as votes counted continues to cheat days presidential rerun they say now is the time to be extra vigilant but what is more important is to make sure that. what has

flash floods in ivory coast several homes have been flooded cars were flipped over in the city of abidjan the region has seen 3 times as much rainfall as normal in recent days lebanon central bank is launching an electronic foreign exchange trading platform in a desperate attempt to stabilize the country's exchange rates the lira has lost nearly 70 percent of its value on the black market response to serious anahata reports. licensed exchange shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them are people who need to pay a foreign worker or buy an airline ticket it's a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic trading platform have so far failed they've been trying to fix the price of the. rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so they've been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the euro ha

expected in the commercial capital of ivory coast where flash floods have killed at least 7 people abidjan has seen 3 times its normal rainfall over the past few days causing widespread damage people living in areas at risk of further floods and landslides have been as she leaves their homes the country's in the middle of its rainy season which usually lasts until october. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a bill to make the capitol washington d.c. the nation's 51st state if it passes the republican controlled 'd senate more than 700000 people in the district will finally have the representation other states take for granted but as my kind of reports the bill faces stiff opposition. the last votes on statehood were more than 6 decades ago when alaska and hawaii became the 49 and 50 states friday's historic decision was taken on party lines there being 232 votes in the affirmative $180.00 votes in the negative the district of columbia statehood bill h r $51.00 is plastic without objection motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. so it's a founding of the nation's capital ov

landslide in ivory coast has killed at least 13 people it happened on the outskirts of the main city abidjan dozens of residents including children are missing and feared dead about 20 homes west wiped away as well as a 3 story building in a nearby village. back to the democratic republic of congo a coronavirus survivors say they are being shunned because of the illness there more than 5000 confirmed cases in the d.r. say but their fears many more are hiding their symptoms shallot betis reports. covered 19 checkpoints on the streets of can are in full sun protection may shoes survivors here warry it won't be enough they feed people hiding the symptoms of a fear of being ostracized he says. there's the stigma when you know it's coded your stigmatized my children were nicknamed coded in the neighborhood they're called corona when a child goes out to buy something from the corner store they call my children corona that's the kind of behavior that drives people into hiding. some congolese of survivors believing they could still spread the virus to unit wants the government to combat ignorance an

ivory coast has killed at least 13 people it happened on the outskirts of the country's main city abidjan dozens of residents including children are missing and feared dead. protesters are expected to rally in mali in the coming hours calling for the president to step down it's the latest in a series of demonstrations by opponents of the brain will become well accuse him of corruption and failing to control violence by armed groups nicholas hock reports. for dockery moment of commerce students there is no simple answer to these questions they were 5 years old when armed groups took over in northern mali then president. promised to bring peace nearly a decade later 1000000 mostly children are displaced the violence is spreading to the center of the country edging towards the capital bamako camara says president has failed to bring peace and he must resign. if you're going to let denise. really. want to call is simply wrong things can continue like this revolt spiriting very low and he has to stall making fair for he's a farmer. and. he was among tens of thousands of protesters who surround

coast where at least 7 people have been killed in flooding as been 3 times the normal rainfall in abidjan in the past few days causing widespread damage people living in areas at risk for the flooding and landslides are being or should leave their homes the country's in the middle of its rainy season which usually lasts until october evacuations and rescues are underway in southern china following heavy rain and flooding more than 40000 people have been forced out of shang province alone since tuesday rescuers used a rope to bring 6 people to safety after they were stranded in a flooded river heavy rain is expected to continue until 2 say. israel's prime minister benny gantz has weighed in on a controversial plan to an expanse of the occupied west bank in a facebook post on friday he suggested that any palestinians in future an extent he is may be granted equal rights israel is set to start rolling out its plans on july the 1st 6. as for in a week since a u.s. impose its toughest sanctions yet on syria's president bashar assad and his allies central to those sanctions was evidence that sy

landslide in the ivory coast has killed at least 13 people it happened on the northern outskirts of abidjan many residents are missing and the search is underway for survivors after a slip in the early morning regions had 3 times as much rainfall as normal in recent days. but it is a new president it varies day she media has been sworn in he was declared winner of last month's elections as the ruling party candidate but the opposition alleges that there were voting irregularities he's taking office 2 months early after the sudden death of president jiang currencies or a heart attack last week marking webpage in nairobi and says people are watching to see what the new president may change. everything going to be a was for an end at a ceremony in a football stadium in the capital reason he's being sworn in now is following the sudden death of his predecessor currency who died last week the government said he died from a heart attack although many people believe he actually died from covert 19 own currencies it didn't have any policies to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus indrani with

flash flooding and the ivory coast several homes were flooded cars were flipped over in the city of abidjan the region saw 3 times as much rainfall as normal over recent days. lebanon's central bank is launching an electronic foreign exchange trading platform in a desperate attempt to stabilize the country's exchange rate the lira has lost nearly 70 percent of its value on the black market in recent months the harder reports. licensed exchange shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them or people who need to pay a foreign worker or buy an airline ticket it's a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic trading platform have so far failed they've been trying to fix the price of the. rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so they've been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the euro has

scene in ivory coast where we seem to wrench will rainfall and that has caused flooding just around abidjan there as you can see and we are looking at for the dampest as we go on through the next couple of days also rain showing up there from the 13 highlands shrike through the gulf of guinea across a good parts of west africa i shall as may well even not up a little further north woods towards senegal as we go through the next couple of days on the other side of africa you can see clearer skies just around the horn of africa not too much in the way of any wet weather coming in here over the next day or so that's because we got the southwest monsoon that's that wind drifting across the arabian sea towards india bringing in the it's much needed rain so showers will continue just around that western side of a theo pia as we go through the next couple days just keep your eye on this wet weather just down towards the coast fringes of tanzania that could cause flooding here next week nick thanks very much thank you still ahead here on out is the u.s. investigates a millage plot to assassinate th

landslide in the ivory coast has killed at least 13 people it happened on the northern outskirts of abidjan many residents a missing and the search is underway for survivors after the slip happened in the early morning the region has had 3 times as much rainfall as normal in recent days the british government is reviewing its 2 metre social distancing guideline as the number of coronavirus cases falls the review follows warnings from the hospitality sector that businesses and jobs could be severely affected if the current restrictions remain in place a fokker reports from london. expect rules and regulations if and when british bars and restaurants reopen next month the industry thrives on bringing people together but it's now carefully considering how to keep people apart and the difference between one meter or 2 meter distancing rules could cost british businesses millions in lost profits were there to meet a rule our capacity would be to reduce dramatically and in some instances. would be up to 80 percent of normal trade because they're really small and this location where it's bigger it

coast for at least 7 people have been killed in flooding there's been 3 times the normal rainfall in abidjan in the past few days which he writes white spread damage people living in areas at risk of further flooding and landslides to leave the country is in the middle of its rainy season which usually lasts till about. and speaking of heavy rain plenty over in asia to julie yes there is and again these are seasonal rains as well nic but of course we have been talking about for weeks where the now and the damage continues to be done the satellite shows where we have got a lot of activity going to last and central regions of china and have a look at these pictures because this is actually in particular eastern provinces now nearly 40000 people have up to be evacuated the last few days from 38 different counties because of scenes like this of course eventually they've been able to get the rescue crews in but you can just see yet more rain is going through the rest of sunday you get this heavy downpour particularly working its way towards the east of course the same system which brings the heav

killed at least 13 people the landslide occurred on the northern outskirts of the country's main city abidjanmany residents are missing in the search is on the way for possible survivors it's understood the disaster struck in the early hours of thursday morning. senior military officers from india and china are expected to hold talks after 20 indian soldiers died in a skirmish on the border it comes a day after top diplomats from the 2 countries spoke over the phone and agreed to deescalate the crisis tensions peaked on monday in the girl once valley region in the himalayas with the worst fighting there in decades genoa who. after this incident both sides had communication and coordination via military and diplomatic channels both sides agreed to deal with the serious message caused by this conflict at the valley in a just man or we will jointly observe the consensus made in command level talks and escape the tension as soon as possible in order to safeguard pace entering quality china's top decision making body is considering a draft of hong kong's controversial security bill that has been w