space we've seen the african union have talks on this issue over the weekend and the african union always has the position that there should be african solutions to african problems so basically saying to the security council they should butt out on this issue and i have to say that many members of the security council will agree on this they don't believe some of them that this is an issue of international peace and security and they don't think there's any really obvious simple solution to this other than the 3 countries sitting down face to face and being prepared to make concessions because there is no were all of these countries are going to get what they want it's clearly a very serious issue though for the 3 countries concerned particularly for egypt that relies so much on the waters from the nile and for ethiopia that wants that electricity particularly from this dam and has spent some $5000000000.00 building the dam so want to see very speedy returns james bears i'm sure will be discussed on this later on in the next few hours for the moment thank you let's go live to him

thrown it in making any statement or any action they don't need your holidays and complicated the african union process and finally establishment of committees to reach only couple solutions with what are within one. mr president we strongly believe that the african led process can push forward the 3 parties efforts to reach comprehensive clear and balanced again in light of the significant process is called earlier putting in mind the draft agreement made by sudan during the last ounce of negotiations and was in the 7 point consensus reached by the extraordinary summit of the african union step president in conclusion i don't with reference to the content of the 2 letters by the minister for foreign affairs of sudan which were presenting to the security council one second and 20 force dual respectively i reiterated in the quest of the government that number one who called on the leaders of the 3 countries to demonstrate their political will and commitment by resolving the few remaining issues and blued the agreement number 2 or upon the parties and of the comprehensive draft sudan has submitte

including you correct chair of the african union south african president. to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks. you know what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the. that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects the number of new covered 19 infections in the u.s. has surged to another high for the 3rd day running the top infectious diseases expert says there's a serious problem and we want people to be more careful about restrictions. still government has counted almost 47000 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to a 1000 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers say they're not equipped authorities in argentina have extended lockdown restrictions and when i say it is and surrounding regions into next month d

the president of the african union. and attended by the 3 countries prime minister home to of the supreme prime minister aleutian president as well as other members of the commission wanted him to do the issue of the commission and therefore is sure that africa is willing to dig this road or of resolving them public tragedy with other militants moment because of the same time this was a really you know increasing tensions in the region it seemed to be suggesting that a group resolve to any solution since the it was in this other a matter of life or death for the people and the country and therefore are so down on and on about are those who intervened to raise a clique on the spot it's a little bit down and find workable solution if you're here is under a lot of pressure to really of lloyd unilateral solutions they are in agreement that 95 percent of your calls from the set of the problems are sorted out in every university asians and therefore it's all to the issue of filling up the dam over the length of time that is n

including you correct chair of the african union south african president. to try to bring the 3 sides together after several rounds of talks. for you know what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the 3 sites that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects so remarkable though is senior advisor at the sentry and international investigative and policy team he joins us now from west orange new jersey thanks for your time our correspondent there says so obviously this doesn't mean that it's all a done deal but how significant a development is this ethiopia announcing that it won't fill the reservoir before a deal is done. this is a significant happening and i believe that it's a display of the fan of the policy of international community to leave to leave an organizations their leader on a l

including you correct chair of the african union south african president. to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks. fail now what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the 3 sites how to read that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sites saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects joining us from washington is joseph siegle director of research for the africa center for strategic studies at the national defense university and thank you for your time what is it that actually spot to the change of heart. well i think it's still too early to know all the details but it is a significant change in position on the part of ethiopia they have been getting all along that they have to write it down are planning to start building that day out. immediately that is if you know grounders it's rainy season which is

more difficult and instead of pronouncing itself on this matter the cancer should defer to the african union and inkatha of the 3 countries to return to the proud part of the negotiation are the only musavi to finally and then we kept solution to the remaining parts and the news we also hope of the council would be cautious not to amplify differences and undermine that may lead process the steadman we just heard from our brother minister sugary glaringly shaws that the a you lead to mic kind of them is sitting. a very curious situation the statement cast the serious doubt in this moment to see here marking the 75th anniversary of the united the mission i wish to recall are a moment in history when another temporary leader prime minister spoke before the legal definition to make them more of a look in the end of the card you're telling me i did them and they were moving out of my country she won and that it is us today to be able to moral the legal definition now fortunately did little to have that what it would be a regular civil if you get best quality not a bullet said an international aid

including you correct chair of the african union south african president as the rim of course out to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks. fail now what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i would repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's all remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects the number of new covered 1000 infections in the u.s. has surged to another high for the 3rd day running the country's top infectious diseases expert says there's a serious problem i want to want people to be more careful about restrictions. and . brazil's government has counted almost $47000.00 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to $1000.00 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast to rural areas where health workers say they are not equipped to handle the outbreak the fear is that this could bring the disease back to

including the correct chair of the african union south african president asked him of course us to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks clear now what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i was repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sides saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. the number of new covert 19 infections in the u.s. a surged to another high for the 3rd day running sensing a worsening situation the government held its 1st coronavirus task force briefing in 2 months all over as president like pence remained upbeat the top infectious disease expert warned there is a serious problem as alan fischer reports rise in cases after almost 2 months away it's back this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different and faced with a surge in cases across the country the white house coronavirus task f

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security council before the african union meeting on friday which are produced outcomes that both sides had were positive and that there were hopes that would reach a deal in the coming 2 weeks and that if you would not fill a deal now with those hopes of having if you hold its moves to fill the dam before a deal is reached with that on saturday morning when the prime minister's office said that they will go ahead after 2 weeks regardless of whether it is rigged or not now sedan is quite concerned about the impact of the ground if you've been renaissance them on its water resources specifically on the a greek culture project along the nile the minister of irrigation has repeatedly stated that they're concerned about the safety of the dam and how it will impact the other dams in sudan pacifically risk there is the egypt is obviously also concerned about its fresh water resources and how that would impact its population more than 90 percent of the egyptians rely on the nile for fresh water so lots of concerns from both countries then in egypt today mr putin has said that they want to stic

legally binding agreement on how long it will take to fill the dam and how it will be operated the african union is mediating if europe his government said on saturday the parties could finalized agreement within 2 to 3 weeks so let's take a closer look at the dispute egypt relies on the knoll for more than 90 percent of its water it's facing a water shortage and says the debt could make it worse sudan's caught in the middle it can benefit from cheap electricity and control that stream to prevent flooding but it says if the flow is incorporated its own dams will be overwhelmed egypt and sudan want ethiopia to fill the dams reservoir slowly and then there's disagreement on how much water ethiopia were released during droughts and how the 3 countries will resolve disputes. i. let's bring in our guests and gideon for head of the technical committee of the ethiopian negotiating team in washington d.c. actually calling political writer and researcher on egyptian affairs and in heart tomb a son of one l. tom former sudanese minister of irrigation and former advisor to the sudanese negotiating delegati

he reiterated the african union's rejection of the continuing discriminatory practices against black while ghana's president tweeted this statement, in which he said "the unfortunate incident should inspire change in how america tackles racism. there have also been protests in countries across the continent. this was capetown earlier. people have been placing placards in support of the protest movement. south africa's government has urged us security forces to use maximum restraint. and this was nairobi earlier this week. protesters held signs saying ‘silence is violence‘ and chanted ‘down with impunity, down with police brutality‘ outside the us embasssy. here‘s one of them. we are here to express our solidarity with the american people but to also say that white supremacy is also affecting us. protests across the world. protests stay with us on oustide source, still to come. there will be significant investigation into the disappearance of the young english girl who went missing in portugal 13 years ago. nissan has warned that its plant in sunderland will be unsustainable if the uk

including the current chair of the african union south african president also to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talks . through now what is what will the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other 3 sides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. still ahead on al-jazeera mexico city's police chief survived an assassination attempt to officials believe was behind it all and still seeking justice why activists say u.s. sanctions against the syrian government don't go far enough for. we are now starting to see the heat breaking across western parts of here areas of cloud and family show it's now starting to push in across the northwest through the british isles easing into what western parts of france spain portugal seeing one of 2 shots as well but the show is continuing to central and e

including you correct chair of the african union south african president as the remote force out to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks. fail now what is what will the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis that's according to the u.n. world food program it's has more than $9000000.00 syrians lack adequate food $1400000.00 of them in just the past 6 months food prices have soared by more than 200 percent in less than a year it's partly due to coronavirus lotto measures and according to the un agency around 90 percent of syria's population now lives under the poverty line and humanitarian needs are growing. and millions of children to be pushed to the brink of starvation as coronavirus tears t

including the current chair of the african union south african president. to try to bring the 3 sides together after several rounds of talks. for you know what this is what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the 3 sides have agreed that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sites saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. facebook says it will stop dragging out more posts that break its rules ahead of the u.s. election in november critics of accuse it of failing to act on hate speech fronting a boycott by some of the world's biggest advertisers alexia ryan reports. when the us president suggested protesters against racism and police brutality without and said that when the losing starts the shooting starts to as a put a warning on it saying it glorifies violence facebook did nothing its c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has often argued that the

including the current chair of the african union south african president also to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talks . you know what this is what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the 3 sites that they will resume talks needed on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sites they bet 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects evacuations and rescues are under way in southern china following heavy rain and flooding there more than 40000 people have been forced out of junks the province alone since tuesday rescue is used a rope as you can see to bring 6 people to safety after they were stranded in a front of the river the heavy rain is expected to continue until tuesday. residents in the indian city of that's close to new delhi have been asked to keep their windows shut because of a swarm of desert locusts india is battling its worst infestation in decades farmers in the area are con

including the current chair of the african union south african president also to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talk through now what is what will the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other 3 sides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i will repeat it you heard statements from the 3 sides saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. still ahead on al-jazeera businesses in argentina's capital a bracing for more hot chip after the government extended dominations. station without representation and why america's capital wants to become the nation's 51st state. and. thunderstorms across much of indonesia you can barely see beyond all this cloud there's also some heavy downpours sunny through sunday across much of the philippines central regions areas to the middle seeing some pretty hefty downfalls but also the regathering around the gulf of thailand in fact becoming more

including the current chair of the african union south african president also to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talk through now what is what will the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level so i will repeat it you heard statements from the 3 sites saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. now zimbabwe's government has ordered the suspension of all my bile banking saying it's undermining the economy millions of people the us more about payments which is the most common way to send and receive money shop and pay bills the system has proven valuable for those who don't have access to formal financial systems the country is critically short of cash and many people just don't have bank notes this announcement coincides with the end of the month when most people get paid present amisom and a promise to revive the economy when

the african union is reporting progress in 3 way negotiations to build one of the world's largest stands and says over 90 percent of the issues among egypt ethiopia and sudan have been resolved the a u is trying to broker a deal to end the dispute about the dam which was begun on the blue nile river in ethiopia in 2011 the ethiopian government said it would start filling the reservoir in a few weeks to produce hydroelectric power sudan hopes to benefit from the dam as well but egypt fears it could face massive water shortages. the project has triggered a decades long dispute ethiopia began construction of africa's largest dam 9 years ago it will cost more than $4000000000.00 euros now the grand ethiopian renaissance dam is almost completed and ethiopia hopes to benefit from huge amounts of cheap electricity but egypt insists its water supplies must be protected. for the construction of the dam from the flesh and blood of their own citizens and. it is their own life 90 percent of egypt's water comes from the nile if the renaissance dance reservoirs fill too quickly 30 percent of the count

it's becoming really challenging the law is being done and i would like to mention also that the african union has adopted. a continental action. for the 1st time that the. thank you very much for this thank you. photos sorry zooming in london as the global backlash over police violence and racism in the united states continues british prime minister boris johnson has urged protesters to stay at home claiming that demonstrations have been hijacked by extremists intent on violence that many remain determined to take to the streets. was despite the government's concerns about violence a small anti-racism protest went ahead peacefully in london on friday other hours have been planned for the weekend but some organizers are advising people to stay at home. this is what they fear might happen last weekend some protesters clashed with police in the government district of whitehall. statues in parliament square where defaced including that of winston churchill he may have led britain to victory in world war 2 but like many people of that era he also expressed views on race and imperialism that are no

becoming really challenging so the lot is being done and i would like to mention also that the african union has adopted this comes next election. for the 1st time. thank you very much for this thank you. u.s. president of trump is threatening to send in the military to drive out and he raises borders says have declared a police free zone in the city of seattle america has been gripped by often violent unrest since the death of george floyd who died in police custody in minneapolis last ounce the action in seattle has so far remained peaceful the mayor says it would be unconstitutional and illegal for trump to intervene. that calling it the capitol hill autonomous zone in seattle streets remade into a protest camp. was there has been speeches concepts and film screenings volunteer medics are on hand and restaurants have donated food and a memorial pays tribute to george floyd and other black victims of police brutality this is why the protesters are here. i want my son to see that everybody you know how here cares about his life. and if he inspired evenings together to work my matter on many

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the chairperson of t african european commission reiterated the african union's rejection of the discriminatoryractices against black citizens of the u.s. ghana's president tweeted the incident should inspire change in how america tackles racism. there have been protests across the continent. this was cape town. people placing placards in support of the protest movement. south africa's government has urged protesters to use maximum restraint. charting down with -- they were chanting down with brutality, this was outside the u.s. embassy. >> we are here to express solidarity and to say white supremacists -- affecting us. >> protests across the world. still to come, significant developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the young english girl, madeleine mcgacan, who went missing 13 years ago. nissan has warned its plants in sunderland will be unsustainable if the u.k. fails to agree to a trade deal. the company says the jobs of 6000 will not be safe without tariff-free access to the eu . our business has been talking to nissan. >> without tariff-free access to the eu, this plant

other mechanisms are in place to address these shortages, including work done by the african union. than 8 million diagnostic supplies and 200 million items of personal protective equipment or in the pipeline to be shipped to african countries. reporter: south africa, nigeria, and kabul are now the african countries. they mast -- must act fast on implementing measures and enforcing social distancing. many nations in africa are reopening their economies. with more than half the population having to go out every day to feed their families, locking down entire towns and cities is proving costly. experts say it accounts for less than 3% of global infections for now, but that could change if the countries aren't able to control the spread. the outlook for now is the government, with the nigerian president whirring -- warning it hasn't reached its peak. 10 of its 54 relations -- nations account for infections. the content is lacking behind in testing an early management of cases. health experts say the early estimation the virus could kill up to 3 million africans could still be avoided.

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including you correct chair of the african union south african president as the environment for starts to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks through now what is what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other things besides how to read that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i was repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. but more ahead on the news hour including they say their imprisonment at sea we look at the difficulties facing workers left stranded for months because of a global pandemic. plus the gulf that's really leading the way at the latest p.g.a. tour events still have that support. and has a new prime minister and government ending months of political stalemate the parliament picked me martin for the job is for oil party has formed a coalition government with rivals feet again the greens are also part of the new gov

including the current chair of the african union south african president asked the remote force us to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talks fail now what is the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the dog is that the 3 sides have agreed that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sides saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects but that was the biggest concern the fact that the legal aspects have been under assault and the flag that the all the agreements of 95 percent that they've been talking about is not legally binding so there were concerns that if you would start yelling at them affecting. countries like today and egypt so according to the statement from the prime minister's office here in sadat we know that the restart of the sites will meet during a period of 2 weeks to try to iron out their differences to try to reach a deal and that it will

i would like to mention also the african union has adopted a a continental action plan to address childor and f forced labor. this is the e first time ever te issue of child labor is at that level. >> thank y you verery much.h. sophie: thank you. >> u.s. president donald trump is threatening to send in the military to drive out antiracism protesters who declared a police free zone in the city of seattle. america has been gripped by often violent unrest since the death of george floyd. he died in police custody in minneapolis last month. the action in seattle has so far remained peaceful. the mayor says it would be unconstitutional and illegal for donald trump to intervene. >> they are calling it the capitol hill autonomous zone. seattle streets remade into a protest camp. >> black lives matter! >> there have been speeches, concerts, and film screenings. volunteer medics are on hand, and restaurants have donated food. and a memorial pays tribute to george floyd and other black victims of police brutality. this is why the protesters are here. >> i want my son to see that everybody out her

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this weekend the african union convened fresh talks and many council members believe it's those efforts that should take priority for now although the dispute is becoming angrier one analyst says he believes it's unlikely any of the countries involved will resort to force ultimately especially in the long run the only way egypt to secure those supplies is by cooperation with its upstream neighbors very much including you know if this escalated into any form of conflict it's going to make it much much more difficult for the parties to overcome the remaining obstacles to reaching an agreement on that and it really could set back relations in the long term at the end of the meeting both egypt and ethiopia asked for the floor again disputing the other's position when the diplomats believe the only way to resolve things is for all 3 countries egypt ethiopia and sudan to return to the negotiating table and make concessions in this dispute no one's going to get exactly what they want james 0 at the united nations saudi arabia has been forced to remove a claim posted on a government website tha