the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 rai

the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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

the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union including the correct chair of the african union south african president asked the remote force us to try to bring the 3 sides together after several rounds of talk feel now what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the one dog is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i would repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sides saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there is only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects soon baldo is a senior adviser at the century an international investigative and policy team he says the african union has played an important role in ethiopia his decision. this is a significant happening and i believe that it's a display of the be fair the policy of the international community to leave to live in organizations the leader on of resolving the. problems and in the case of africa this is that african union this is a meeting that was convinced by the president of the afri

prime minister's office today egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 th

the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 c

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the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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

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the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 infest

the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 ami

sense than we do now to listen to the south african ambassador to the un jerry gene and that is because south africa is currently chair of the assembly of the african union and the african union is also mediating a crucial role in trying to find some kind of agreement between the 3 nations involved let's listen to the south african ambassador where the last few weeks you can solicit received letters from each of the 3 countries dealing detail in the perspective on the ground if you can the message that. what is no doubt hear from the lead. and the interests of this is not that the narrative it is an extremely important results for the african continent specifically for the 3 countries it's a pia as the region of the. suit and where the queen who really is of the way and blue nile takes place and egypt where the nile flew in a bit you didn't see. that many. countries let's round it to the nile basin mr president there even is not only a source of development but survival for the riparian states and this is shared not sort of is all this is illusion that the corporation or his utilization that was the russian will get it is you know i'm going for almost a

the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union including you correct chair of the african union south african president asked the remarks also to try to bring this response together after several rounds of talks. failed so now what this is what the statement that was released by the prime minister also by 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 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 of the world health organization says an ebola outbreak in eastern democratic republic of congo is no longer an international public health measures more than $2200.00 people have died since it was detected 2 years ago focus now shifts to another outbreak in the northwest region as well as containing the spread of course of corona virus. more heavy rain is expected in the commercial capital of ivory coast for at least 7 people have been killed in flooding there's been 3

the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union 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 agai

of sudan if you're going to egypt as well as other members of the african union 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

accept the invitation of his activist the president and sarah ramaphosa of south africa to have an extraordinary african union bureau of the assembly of the heads of state and government meeting on june 26th 2020 to deliberate on this matter. the obviously purpose of this meeting was to ensure that an agreement on the gird is reached expeditiously as such it was agreed that enters governmental technical negotiations will be held with a view to achieving this goal within 2 weeks moreover you are in this meeting if you have not committed not to take any unilateral measures by commencing the filling of the jered before an agreement is reached this commitment can only be interpreted as an unequivocal undertaking to ensure that the killing of the girl is executed in accordance with the rules agreed upon between the 3 right variance. and the other understanding or interpretation of this commitment which reflects the lack of political will to reach an agreement on the gird and reveal an underlying intention to impose an unacceptable set accompli on downstream states and enforce the unilateral will of an upstream sta

african union. more than 8 million diagnostic supplies and 200 million items of personal protective equipment or in the pipeline to be shipped to african countries. reporter: southica, 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. >> there is an estimation where, particularly based on the worst-case, having transmission without appropriate measure. since the beginning, one of the that the move

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union army owes them. other african-americans in the south buy guns on the marketplace that's flooded with firearms that hadeen produced for the war but once the war ended had not the same necessity. and racist organizations like the kkk, formed right after the civil war, specifically with the goal of gun control, with getting the guns away from african-americans. as long as the freed men had guns they would be able to fight back and so they took to gathering in big groups, going out at night in costume and disguise, large numbers, the reason they were in large numbers because the african-americans had guns and they wanted to out number the african-americans. african-americans at that time refused to give up their guns and fought to keep their firearms. also sort of sharing charlton heston's view from my cold, dead hands. unfortunately for some they found their guns were taken from cold, dead hands. >> your book flashes forward 100 years from that to the turmoil of the 1960s and makes to me a surprising connection between the black panthers and the rise of a modern gun rights movement. can you explain that

african american studies facility excuse me south guilty funding for the african american resource center or creation of an african american studies associate degree and physical space for the black student union. well also happening today, the oakland education association members are planning a rally and car caravan and supported the george floyd resolution to eliminate oakland schools. police department, the rally will feature speak speakers and live art its schedule started 04:00pm. it will in with the car caravan to a second location that will be announced later. >>and happening tomorrow in the south bay mosquito control treatment schedule for santa clara and the northern end of the mineta san jose international airport. now this after santa clara county vector control district confirmed west nile virus positive tests an adult mosquitoes that were collected around the city about 10% of the affected area is rez residential. the rest is largely industrial. now this treatment will take place tomorrow begins at 10 in the morning and is scheduled to last about 3 hours it will be centered in the area of scott boulevard and walsh avenue. you remember that mountain lion that was captured near ora

including work done by the african union and mullen 8000000 diagnostic supplies and 200000000 my terms of protective equipment in the pipeline to be shifts a program countries south africa algeria and kenya and all the continent supports the global health body ones countries must last on implementing strong measures and in forcing social distancing but already many nations in africa are really opening the 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 african-american for less than 3 percent of the global infractions for now but that could change of countries are able to control the spread the outlook for now is warning for governments with nigeria's president warning that the violence in west africa in particular hasn't reached its peak 10 of africa's 54 nations account for 75 percent of 206000 infections a quarter i and south africa are low. but the continent is like him behind in testing and early management of cases health experts say the earliest mission that the virus could kill up to 3000000 africans could still be avoided this is. particularl

african american studies of south guilty funding the african american resource center. a creation of an african american studies associate degree and says oh cool space for the black student union. well also happening today, the oakland education association members are planning a rally and car caravan in support of the george floyd resolution to eliminate oakland school police department. now the rally will feature speakers and also live art it starts at 4 o'clock this afternoon. it will end with a car caravan to a second location that will be allowed to announce later. >>also happening tomorrow this time in the south a mosquito control treatment is scheduled for santa clara and the northern end of the mineta san jose international airport. all of this after santa clara county's vet row control district confirmed west nile virus, positive tests and adult mosquitoes. that were collected around the city about 10% of the affected area is residential with the rest being largely industrial this treatment will take place tomorrow beginning at 10 in the morning it will last about 3 hours. and it will be centered in the area of scott boulevard and walsh avenue. well that mountain lion

south african reserve bank. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the european union has expressed grave concerns over the hong kong national security business. let us get back to the head of the eu office to hong kong and macau. ambassador, thank you for sticking around. what are you hearing from european businesses right now working in hong kong? have 1600 european companies in hong kong. it is more than the number we have in japan or the u.s. and it is getting close to the number of companies we have in mainland china. our companies are here because they are enjoying a different system. a system which provides rule of law, which protects basic rights and freedoms. they do not have censorship of the internet. you have facebook. you have freedom of expression. is value of hong kong definitely the one country, two systems. wait mood.re in a some of them were already affected by the economic slowdown and the recession in the last month. we do not see any immediate movement. but medium to long-term, the companies will have to review strategies. things inn impression hong kong are moving. isthe security legislation being worked on. wha

in 1865 when union soldiers told the enslaved in galveston, texas, the civil war was over, and they were free. it's a celebration of freedom then and today. well, in the south bay, the african-american community service agency switched to a virtual festival to keep the holiday alive. the executive director says the festival aims to empower the black community. >> when we discussed whether or not we would council because of the pandemic, i said we live in silicon valley. we can be innovative and we did. we created the virtual juneteenth. we had workshops and empowerment sessions regarding housing and training and developing our young people to feel empowered. >> he says state and local leaders need to educate younger generations about juneteenth to better understand the freedom that comes with the lesson. tonight, two big stars marking this year's juneteenth celebrations. ♪ alicia keys and john legend will square off in a piano showdown you can watch on their instagram channel tonight. legend is set to release his album "bigger love" today, too. good day to get outside and do some dancing, right? you can really work up a sweat. >> yeah, that's right. it's going to be sunny.

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south until 2.5 years after the effective date. african-american slaves couldn't read. it was against the law for them to be able to read, so i don't think they knew about it. the union troops arrived in galveston on june 18, 1865. there were 2000 union soldiers. some of the slaves, once they heard they were free, were jubilant. others were depressed because they have never been on their own. they didn't have a place to go. they didn't have any money to purchase anything. so a lot of the slaves stayed at first baptist church, which was established in 1840. we are at ashton villa, the first brick mansion constructed on galveston island. it was constructed in 1859. this place also served as the residence for the confederate army, then later joe garden granger's residence when he arrived on june 18, 1865. we have been having a celebration here at ashton villa for 36 years. it coincided with the state of texas holiday for juneteenth. -- holiday was enacted by an african-american representative of houston, texas. he remembered as a kid, growing up, the celebration of juneteenth, so he introduced a law making that a paid holiday. there were only eight african-american legi