let's give us some other news now on colombia's supreme court has confirmed it's over the detention of the former president alvaro uribe it the former leaders accused of witness tampering and fraud or even has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence he's a close ally of current president even do k. allison run petit has the latest now from bogota. it was a unanimous decision on part of the judges the supreme court to comes after and 9 months of closely analyzing a lot of evidence in the form of a phone interception. listening to witness looking at documents conversations between the former president then is a lawyer and a close allies in this is the 1st time in history that a president or a former president of this country as well faced the attention of the judges said in this statement that the reason for the tension is that they have reached the conclusion that there could be the possibility of obstruction of justice taking place so we'll have to face the rest of this trial from his house or one of his farm from what we understand he is in a farm in.

colombia supreme court has ordered the detention of former president. he's accused of witness tampering and fraud he denies the wrongdoing reveals a close ally of president is done to pay argentina has reached a deal with its creditors to restructure some of its debt it follows months of talks that is being hailed as a major step toward stabilizing its economy argentina nearly $320000000000.00. indian administered kashmir is on lockdown to prevent protests of some gathering to mark exactly a year since the region lost its special status a curfew has been imposed many local political leaders have been detention for months india's prime minister narendra modi is overseeing the laying of the thunderation stone for a hindu temple on a controversial religious site in the northern town of idea or a mob destroyed a 16th century mosque in 1009 to 2 after years of legal wrangling the supreme court ruled the site belongs to hindu groups. the johns hopkins university virus trackers now reporting there are more than 700000 deaths globally relating to corona virus b

with the people of lebanon and we will be there to help it looks like a terrible attack colombia's supreme court has confirmed it's ordered the attention of the former president. the former leader is accused of witness tampering and fraud who rebate denies any wrongdoing argentina has reached a deal with its creditors to restructure its debts it follows months of talks and is being hailed as a major step toward stabilizing it struggling economy argentina owes nearly $65000000000.00. saudi arabia has reportedly moved one step closer to nuclear power constructing a uranium yellowcake extraction plant with the help of china that's according to the wall street journal today the facility is said to be close to the tunnel now yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but it would take additional steps to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia to lies building a uranium ore facility but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification those are your headlines up next it's crimea russia's dark secret more news in 30 minutes i'll see that. y

colombia's supreme court has ordered the detention of the former president alvaro uribe, over allegationsch claims but he will now stand trial in october. the supreme court has not said whether he will be jailed or await the court case, under house arrest. virgin atlantic has filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in new york. the long—haul carrier is the second member of the virgin group to file for such protection. virgin australia took a similar step back in april. airlines around the world have been hammered by a drop in air travel during the pandemic. it's a legal manoeuver meant to protect foreign—based companies and their assets from creditors. there's a very good chance you've seen some of president trump's interview with axios. in it he insists the united states is doing an incredible job during the coronavirus pandemic. there've been more than 4.7 million confirmed cases of covid—19 in america. more than 156,000 people have died. the president spoke to journalist jonathan swan for axios on hbo. take a look at some of these charts. i'd love to. we're going to look. let's look

hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera lawyer from doha coming up colombia's supreme court orders former president. to be put under house arrest in a case relating to witness tampering and fruit. argentina takes a major step toward stabilizing its economy by agreeing to restructure a large government debt. also.

colombia's supreme court has placed former president alvaro uribe under house arrest, over allegationsand fraud. he has repeatedly denied such claims but will now stand trial in october. the court reached the decision after concluding there was potential for obstruction ofjustice to take place. the bbc has obtained rare footage from inside china's secretive system of mass incarceration — in the far western region of xianjing. in a self—shot video, a former fashion model — who is from the uighur ethnic group — can be seen handcuffed to a bed. his relatives say he was taken away for what china has called reeducation and that nothing has been heard from him since. up toi million uighurs have been detained in so—called ‘educational training' centres. neither the chinese foreign ministry nor xinjiang authorities have responded to the bbc‘s requests for comment. john sudworth has this report. a few years ago, merden ghappar was a long way from his home in xinjiang, making good money as a fashion model in southern china. but this is him in february. his camera reveals his filthy clothes, and

colombia's supreme court has ordered the detention of the country's former president, alvaro uribe, overolved in witness tampering and fraud. mr uribe has repeatedly denied such claims but will now stand trial in october. the supreme court has not yet said whether the former president will be jailed or await the court case under house arrest. the bbc has obtained rare footage from inside china's secretive system of mass incarceration, in the far western region of xinjiang. in a self—shot video, a formerfashion model, who is from the uighur ethnic group, can be seen handcuffed to a bed. his relatives say he was taken away for what china has called "reeducation" and that nothing has been heard from him since. up toi million uighurs have been detained in so—called "educational training" centres. neither the chinese foreign ministry nor xinjiang authorities have responded to the bbc‘s requests for comment. john sudworth has this report. a few years ago, this man was a long way from his home in xinjiang, making good money as a fashion model in southern china. but this is him in february. his

colombia's supreme court has ordered former president alvaro uribe to be put under house arrest is accused of witness tampering and fraud has repeatedly said he's innocent and question the court's independence he's a close ally of current president event to care for those government ministers have been forced to resign after congress voted to reject the president's cabinet the no confidence vote was held on tuesday after a long session in which representatives criticized the government's handling of the pandemic who is one of the worst hit countries in latin america has nearly 20000 deaths president martin discolor has 3 days to present a new cabinet. the number of people who died from corona virus around the world has now passed 700000 that's being reported as the astray and state of victoria announces 725 new cases night time curfews and restrictions on movement of been imposed in melbourne country's 2nd largest city hundreds of military personnel have been deployed to help enforce isolation orders anyone breaking the rules faces large fines. and let's take you through some of the headli

colombia's supreme court has ordered the detention of former president. of witness tampering and. despite the coronavirus lock down supporters of former president took to their cars waving the national flag of their political hero. after the country supreme court order his detention and charge him of witness tampering and fraud in an investigation linking him to paramilitary groups look. this is not right it's a political judgment where they want to put a president of the republican prison just because we demand a fair trial and we are grateful to our. tuesday's decision shocked promising to further polarize the country over. who remains a senator and the most powerful and divisive politician in the nation the court reached a decision after concluding there was potential for obstruction of justice. the measure restricting rebase freedom is based on a large amount of evidentiary material collected and analyzed by the courts including testimonial evidence to destroy inspections film recordings and telephone interceptions who are yours from any. of the countries savior the president

relationship with the people of lebanon and we will be there to help it looks like a terrible attack colombia supreme court has confirmed it's ordered the detention of the former president alvaro uribe institute with a case in which the former leader is accused of witness tampering and fraud he has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence. saudi arabia has reportedly moved a step closer to having nuclear power constructing a uranium yellowcake extraction plant with the help of china that's according to the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's fun naturally there but would take additional steps and technology to enrich to enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building the uranium facility but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification. in australia victoria has announced another 725 new coronavirus cases that is a nother significant spike despite tough containment measures hundreds of military personnel have been deployed to help enforce isolation orders. from 3 g. also

power plant saudi arabia denies building a uranium officer lity near that town colombia's former president. says the supreme court has ordered his detention is to do with a case in which the former leader is accused of witness tampering and for more news in 30 minutes i'll see that. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. when the fukushima tsunami hit japan is coastline in 2011 it destroyed everything in its path the jewel in the deal more to move. you know the more. jews are going to go to the when you move up the judicial. in the aftermath the forces began building a massive new seawall along 400 kilometers of coastline. it's meant to help protect communities from future waves but some feel that it's putting them in even greater danger water as we talk you know have got.

colombia's former president of our henri base says the supreme court has ordered his detention it's part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud is a mentor of current president even duke a whose right wing party is known for its loyalty to the former leader has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence another $1154.00 people are confirmed to have died of corona virus in the last 24 hours in brazil on 5000000 infections and more than 200000 deaths have now been reported across latin america. stay with us earthrise is coming up next next watching. 15 years ago an explosion ripped through lebanon's capital killing prime minister graphene a hobby and 21 others now the special tribunal for lebanon in the hague will deliver its verdict on august 7th find out what this means for lebanon and for those indicted follow all the developments on a 0. to cope with our growing population we've tripled our exploitation of natural resources in just 14 years as a result of the fast expansion of mining industrial scale farming fishing and other human a

now to some breaking news out of colombia where the supreme court has now in the last hour confirmed it has ordered the detention of the former president . has to do with a case in which the former leader is accused of witness tampering and fraud has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence he is a close ally of the current president even duke a. possible use of course on our developing stories out of the website al jazeera dot com or you can follow us on twitter as well. argentina has reached a deal with its creditors to restructure a large government debt it follows months of talks and is being hailed as a major step toward stabilizing its struggling economy argentina owes nearly $65000000000.00 it defaulted for the 9th time in may making it difficult to access more capital on the international markets successive governments overextended themselves with expensive social programs causing chronic inflation and frequent debt crises the pandemic made reaching a deal even more important argentina's in deep recession its economy is expected to contract by

protests have been held across colombia after the supreme court for the 4th president alvaro uribe under house arrest his supporters have been rallying in their cars across the country's major cities with the detention deepening political divisions that m.p.'s are reports from the capital but what are. they came out in force in the 4 wheeled protest to abide by current restrictions got their only. their stanch supporters of former colombian president. who for them will always be the country savior no matter what. needle and upper class conservatives forever grateful to an ex-president who improved security in a nation battered by a long and bloody civil conflict one go to quote america we disagree with this and just don't remember we couldn't leave the house with the current who gave us freedom. for them the supreme court decision to detain libyan witness tampering and fraud charges this week is an outrage when thousands of former fighters have gone free tanks 282016 peace deal no i don't it's not fair that they keep him like a vile criminal when those guerrilla fighters are sitting in t

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colombia's former president. says the supreme court has ordered his detention is to do with a case in which the former leader is accused of witness tampering and for more news in 30 minutes i'll see that. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. when the fukushima tsunami hit japan's coastline in 2011 it destroyed everything in its path the jewel in the dream to move. you know them all to james england i'm going to want to move up to the judicial. in the armed mob who forces began building a massive new seawall along 400 kilometers of coastline. it's meant to help protect communities from future waves but some feel that it's putting them in even greater danger water as we talk and you know i have got to get him to go put his arm i mean i don't i also hope that i'll get out of this. but a lot of

now protests have been held across colombia after the supreme court put former president of the river on the house arrest his supporters have been rallying in their cars across major cities with a detention day printing press corps divisions. to report from the capital. they came out in force in the 4 wheeled protest to abide by current restrictions got their only. their stanch supporters of former colombian president. who for them will always be the country savior no matter what. needle and upper class conservatives forever grateful to an ex-president who improved security in a nation battered by a long and bloody civil conflict one doctor what america did we disagree with this and just don't remember we couldn't leave the house with it still counts who gave us freedom. for them the supreme court decision to detain libby on witness tampering and fraud charges this week is an outrage and thousands of former good fighters have gone 3 tanks 282016 peace deal you know i read an article it's not fair that they keep him like a vile criminal when those guerrilla fighters are sitting in the

colombia's former president about or even says the supreme court has ordered his detention over alleged witness tampering and fraud. the u.n. says the destruction to schools caused by the pandemic could lead to a generational contest.

to other news now in colombia's former president of our already bases the supremes court has ordered his detention as part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud is a mentor of current president even his right wing party is known for its loyalty to the former leader reid is repeatedly declared his innocence in question the court independence doesn't rank it isn't built up for the background to the case this is the 1st time that a former president has placed a preventive house arrest in the history of colombia and we're not talking about any former president. a decade after the end of his presidency is considered the most powerful politician in the country the man behind the opposition to the hard part p. . 5. and he is currently a senator mccarthy suspended and now after this decision is also the mentor and truly the political party current president. so this is a huge huge year that really divides the country because for many here he is seen as a savior because during his government he was able to successfully fight against terrorism . waging war against the st

and colombia's former president about a rebus says the supremes. court has ordered his detention amid an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud current senator has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence. would be better is a jenison the found a favorite report he joins us via skype from antonius which is just north of beirut as just to go back to the site of the explosion itself and the prime minister suggesting that what was that was that had been there since 2014 do you have any further information about what was being stored there and why no i mean it's very difficult. to know what's being stored in the port of beirut or any buildings in beirut because there's very little inventory. shared with the public and even with the firefighters in lebanon don't even have a clue of what's next or where in the country so you know we were always hanging on by a thread here and an ax and always great to happen. and at the moment it is your impression that they're still looking for potentially people who may have s

for taters out his ear a live from london also coming up colombia's former president president of our own rebate says the supreme court has ordered his detention over alleged witness tampering and fraud. australia deploys the army to victoria state and announces fines as high as $14000.00 to stop people breaking coronavirus isolation orders. and intense speculation over the whereabouts of spain's former king after he announces he's leaving the country. begin with our breaking news out of lebanon where a massive explosion has shaken the capital beirut 50 people have been confirmed dead and the lebanese health ministry says around 2700 people have been injured security officials say the blast happened in an area of the city's port which housed highly explosive material that had been confiscated shock waves were felt for several kilometers a building as within a large radius of the site have been severely damaged by the red cross from.

in colombia, former presidident alvaro uribe has been placed under house ararrest by the colombian supreme court, while an investigation unfolds over allegations of witness tampering and fraud. the accusations are related to crimes committed during colombia's 52 year u.s.-backed war. uribe served as president from 2002 and 2010. his administration was defined by a brutal military campaign against the leftist rebel group, revolutionary armed forces of colombia, or farc. under uribe's reign, right-wing paramilitary groups terrorized communities with impunity, disappearing and murdering thousands of civilians, and falsely claiming they were rebel fighters to boost support for the war and justify u.s. aid sent to colombia. uribe's house arrest marks the first time a colombian president is formalllly detained. in miaiami, florida, a u.s. appeals court has found former bolivian president gonzalo sanchez de lozada and former bolivian defense minister jose carlos sanchez berzain liable for the massacre of at least 64 unarmed indigenous people in 2003. the massacre happened as massive indigenous-led prot

placed under house arrest was supreme court decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering this case is considered an important test of colombia's justice system rebase served as president from 2002 to 2010 book remains an influential figure in the country. it's a e.-s. has battered the u.s. eastern coastline killing a number of people 2 people died when a tornado spawned by that storm destroyed a mobile home park in northern kero north carolina the national hurricane center is warning of more floods to come. and staying in the u.s. the presidential election is just 90 days away now and all the signs are that donald trump is facing a difficult path to reelection he's trailing in opinion surveys and he's been criticized for his handling of the covert pandemic so some republicans are now mulling what was once unthinkable voting for joe biden come november. brian mcgrath has been a republican all his life the military adviser had a career in the navy where he was commander of a destroyer conservative values ours compass but since donald trump took office he no longer recognizes his party he's turned his back on it and launched for

placed under house arrest while the supreme court decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering this case is considered an important test of colombia's judicial system rule your rebate serves as president from 2002 to 2010. india has bolster security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions semi autonomous status while the government stepped jammer questionnaire and his only muslim majority said of its special rights last august narendra modi's government set the move was necessary to better integrate the region and boost its economy but the imposition of derek will cause anger and security restrictions choke the economy and kashmiris face lockdowns communication blackouts and mass detentions while parallel to the anniversary and prime minister modi led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a hindu temple that has been the focus of a bitter decades long dispute between hindus and muslims. oh no this is it stands for an historic triumph for india's hindu nationalist government after a decades long dispute prime minister narendra modi led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hindu temple at the flashpo

placed under house arrest while the supreme court decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering his case is considered an important test of colombia's justice system but hey they served as president from 2002 to 2010 remains an influential figure in colombia. chile and police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations supporting the rights of the country's indigenous people violent clashes have picked up in recent weeks as the most people fight to have their ancestral lands in southern region returned. president donald trump is doubling down on his demands a for the government to get a cut of talks u.s. unit if an american firm buys it trump has threatened to ban to. talk in the u.s. unless the china based social media out is sold to a non chinese buyer he says it's a matter of national security. tropical storm has battered the u.s. is close to killing at least 4 people 2 people died when a tornado created by the storm it destroyed a mobile home park in north carolina the national hurricane center is warning of more floods to come as the storm continues its way north. well staying in the u.s. now where the presidential election i

driving the surge in new cases and fatalities in colombia former president are already has tested positive for coverage 19 just a day after the supreme court ordered he be placed under house arrest has been detained over allegations of witness tampering and fraud which he denies. reports from bogota. the 2nd day of startling news for former president i would just as he prepares to begin home detention amid the witness tampering investigation he announced he tested positive for covert 19 but for many colombians he's undeserving of any sympathy. like jacqueline christie you know who considers him responsible for the death of his brother jaime a decade ago for doris day how the who lost her son the same way there are 2 of thousands of men that were abducted and murdered by soldiers during his administration been declared rebel combatants to boost war statistics and justify us a scandal known as false positives the evidence is that not these the court's decision gave us great joy we know it's not about the false positives yet but we think it's a great step forward we thought it was out of reach i think it will open the way to the continuation

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while supreme court there decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness to this case is considered an important test of the country's traditional system rebase served as colombia's president of 2002 to 2010. chilean police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations supporting the rights of the country's indigenous people violent clashes have picked up in recent weeks as people fight to have their incest for lands and chile's southern region return to that. in italy firefighters and volunteers are spending a 6 day battling forest fires in the eastern region of a bridge so america regional capital. said no one had been evacuated but contingency plans were in place if the blaze freds closer to residential or. it's to india now where prime minister narendra modi is due to lay the foundation stone for a hindu temple that has been at the center of a bitter century old dispute between hindus and muslims the temple will be erected on the side of a demolished mosque. the temple site is heavily guarded at this hour ahead of the inauguration ceremonies coronavirus restrictions mean that the inauguration is likely to be located. the mosque once at that site was torn down

to the martyrs and the injured this is some national commitment by colombia's former president of our own rebase says the supreme court has ordered his detention its part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud . is a mentor of current president even whose right wing party is known for its loyalty to the former leader rebbe has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence. u.s. president donald trump says the coronavirus pandemic is quote under control as much as you can control it that's despite soaring infection rates hospital admissions and deaths across the country at least 155000 people have died from the virus in the u.s. and more than 4700000 earn fecht in u.s. politicians are still negotiating the next emergency aid package those were top stories do stay with us around syria inside story is coming up next by fire. it's a family that has been at the heart of power in sri lanka for years now that aim to strengthen the with us voters go to paul so how crucial is the election this time and why does sri lanka matter this is inside story. hello welcome to the program