bought touch or go explain exactly what they did in ecuador and i know that the c.e.o. or the former c.e.o. said it would be the hell would have to freeze over before they would ever pay the billions that they owe but they really did turn the amazon into held in the. yeah so texaco was the very 1st welcome to true to drill in the amazon for oil it went there and then in the early 1960 s. they found that there was oil and there were during amazon they had it there was a very friendly u.s. friendly friendly government in power at the time and they signed an agreement to exploit and troll for oil there they then spent over almost 2 decades drilling and deliberately dumping toxic drilling waters into the amazon the current the practice of the time in the united states by law and anywhere else. is when you extract drilling waters before you get to the crude you have to put it in storage tanks and then reinjected into the earth because it's got carcinogens other heavy metals and it's destructive to the environment and human health because there was no law at the time this is

you so i have a lot of things i want to talk about let's start with the court case the digits in ecuador want to big court case some years back against chevron who had destroyed their land filled with toxic chemicals refused to ever pay for the cleanup many have died from chevron's intentional negligence they've now spent years running away from ever paying the billions of dollars that they've been ordered to pay and now they've even succeeded in getting the lawyer who won the case for the indigenous even don's ago they have gotten him locked up on house arrest by using a corrupt judge in new york city so i'm wondering is this all as insane as it sounds and being aware does the case stand now. it's more insane than it sounds. because that's that's the surface right and all of the unbelievable dirty tricks corruption lies bribery to mitigation and you could write volumes about the tactics that chevron has used all to try to escape from pain for what he did minute to deliberately doing in the 1st place in the amazon and let's be clear this is a perfect example of environmental racism there

surge in covert 1000 cases this is a new spike in cases leaves hospitals on the brink of collapse in ecuador. you're watching al-jazeera live from london i'm doubting obligato also ahead. of the woods yet a sober message from the u.k. prime minister is prepared to reopen despite the coronavirus still killing more than 100 britons a day. you cannot get away with killing a journalist turkey puts 20 saudis on trial in absentia over the brutal killing of journalist jon mann plus. president macro replaces his popular prime minister with the man who brought out of lockdown. thanks for joining us health experts of the united states say this weekend could be the perfect storm for an explosion in a ready soaring coronavirus infections as the country gears up for independence day in some states where restrictions are being reimposed bars and beaches have been closed and fireworks and parades have been canceled of the u.s. has reported another record rise in corona virus cases on thursday with more than 55000 new infections. that's the largest daily number any country has reported since the outbreak be

dying to get treatment ecuador struggles with a growing number of coronavirus cases. that israel plans to give a neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem a high tech make over but some say it's another attempt at illegally grabbing palestinian land. u.s. president donald trump has threatened to punish those who deface statues by sending them to prison for at least 10 years he made the comments during an independence day address of mount rushmore a famous monument that features the faces of 4 previous american presidents in his speech trump said the people come fading to remove the statues of slave traders and colonialists are an angry mob a number of monuments have been brought down in the wake of anti racism protests in the past month the independence day event went ahead despite warnings from health experts about avoiding large gatherings due to the corona virus pandemic early in my colleague darren jordan spoke with roslyn jordan has been following events from virginia. it was a political call to arms but i would imagine that as people wake up here in the united sta

al-jazeera live from our headquarters here also coming up on the verge of collapse health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in cases of covert 19. you cannot get away with this act killing a journalist and let's not forget that these eases state execution. the murder trial of the journalist jamal shoji has now begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. and the indian prime minister makes an unannounced visit to a border region at the center of a tense disputes with china. let's kick off in the united states where the u.s. president donald trump has left the white house to attend july the 4th celebrations of mount rushmore it's in defiance of health experts recommend nations to avoid large crowds mr trump will watch a fireworks display with thousands of people have learned while concerts to kota mosques will be available but they won't be required the site has not had fireworks since 2009 because of environmental concerns. meanwhile health experts are warning the weekend could be the perfect storm for an explosion in an already soaring corona v

the ecuador minister addressing the encroachment, this fleet's size, aggressiveness against species,o balance of sees piece in the galapagos. white house, national security council today supporting ecuador, tweeting support, the united states stands with the president and our friends and partners in ecuador against any aggression toward their economic and environmental sovereignty. that is what this precisely is, it is an aggression. >>> the attorney general, william barr, yesterday reiterated the fbi's interview of general flynn was nothing less than an effort to entrap him, to entrap him in a lie. barr also confirmed there is an ongoing investigation into the unmasking of general flynn by high-ranking obama officials. the attorney general said u.s. attorney john bash is looking into the nearly 50 times that flynn was unmasked in the two months prior to the trump inauguration. joining us now is the attorney for general michael flynn, sidney powell. she is a former federal prosecutor, best-selling author and recentau victim of the arbir es of truth at twitter. you were suspended for,

down jordan this is not 0 live from doha also coming up on the verge of collapse health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in coated 19 cases. you cannot get away with this act killing a journalist and let's not forget that these is a state exit. the motor trial of john the show has begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. found a desperate response following a desperate journey migrants from the mediterranean threaten suicide off their rescue vessels refused permission to dock. u.s. president donald trump has vowed to punish those who deface statues by sending them to prison for at least 10 years he referred to the people who are campaigning to remove statues of those associated with slave trade and clearly exploitation as a mob a number of statues were brought down in the wake of the anti racism protests last month trump addressed a big crowd at mount rushmore the american independence day celebrations that's despite warnings from health experts about avoiding large gatherings due to the pandemic. angry mobs are trying to tear down statue

dying to get treatment ecuador struggles with a growing number of coronavirus cases. that israel plans to give a neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem high-tech make over but some say that it's another attempt at illegally grabbing palestinian land. us president donald trump has used the independence day address to attack protesters and his critics in a rally at mount rushmore he vowed to punish those who deface statues of slave traders and colonialists he also ignored warnings that the rally could lead to more cases of the coronavirus muslim jordan reports. donald trump kicked off the long independence day weekend with a trip to mount rushmore but instead of making a claim for national unity at a monument honoring for us president trump attacked protesters who want to take down monuments honoring slave traders and confederate general so. angry mobs trying to tear down statues of our founders defaced our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities. many of these people have no idea why they're doing this but some know exactly what they ar

the saudis they are a lawyer from doha also coming up on the verge of collapse health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge and coated 19 cases. you cannot get away with. a joint at least and let's not forget that these is a state execution the murder trial of journalists alpha shockley begins in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants and greece's capital launches europe's biggest urban renewal project in a bid to boost the post i'm demick on. the us president donald trump has vowed to punish those who deface statues by sending them to prison for at least 10 years he referred to the people who are campaigning to remove statues of those associated with the slave trade and colonial exploitation as a mob a number of monuments were brought down in the wake of the anti racism protests last month trump addressed a crowd at mount rushmore to mark american independence day that's despite warnings from health experts about avoiding large gatherings due to the pandemic. angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders defaced our most sacred memoria

to latin america now where ecuador is navy has sounded the alarm over a huge fleet of foreign fishing boats off they go lapis islands chinese fishing trawlers cast their nets every year near the islands which belong to ecuador but this time officials have counted more than 240 ships and say they could hear were apparently damaged the island's unique ecology. the hammerhead shark is one of many endangered species here in the galapagos islands is lives might now be even more at risk. a fleet of nearly 260 fishing vessels mostly chinese has been spotted close to the island's protected zone their presence sparked a debate about how to protect these waters and international maritime law. there is an urgent need to move forward in strengthening the international agreement known as the high seas treaty that will allow us to reach clear agreements on the responsible management of fisheries and international waters in the tsunami. fears of overfishing are not to fight good reason in 2017 authorities seized a chinese vessel in the galapagos marine reserve carrying 300 tons of fish. the delicate

it's being used first in ecuador, where coronavirus has infected more than 55,000 people.tizens use a facemask but we don't know if they're beinig used correctly, and we can see out on the street that in many areas, social distancing is not practised. it's just not being done. lockdown measures have eased across ecuador but there are new outbreaks in parts of quito. translation: we're very concerned with the increase in infections in some suburbs of the capital. in co—ordination with the authorities, there are to be restrictions in the historic centre. unfortunately, that's where there has been an increase. the world health organization says the virus is yet to peak across south america, and one of the biggest fears is widespread complacency. freya cole, bbc news. we're still at a very early stage of knowing what the long term effects may be on those who survive covid—19. a team of specialists based here in london believe it may be causing strokes and other severe neurological damage. medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. paul milray will never be able to go diving a

lockdown measures have eased across ecuador but there are new outbreaks in parts of quito.ned with the increasing infections in some suburbs of the capital. in co—ordination with the authorities, there are two be restrictions in the historic centre. unfortunately, thatis historic centre. unfortunately, that is where there has been an increase. the world health 0rganization says the virus is yet to peak across south america and one of the biggest fears is widespread complacency. we are still at an early stage of knowing the long—term effects of what the effects are of people who survived covid—19. although more than 10 million people around the world are known to have suffered from covid—19, we're still at a very early stage of knowing what the long—term effects of the virus will be on those who survive it. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has the story. paul milray will never be able to go diving again, but he feels fortunate to be alive. covid—19 first attacked his lungs and then caused two massive strokes. the 64—year—old has made an astonishing recovery, which doct

lou: breaking news, ecuador's navy in alert this evening.f 260 chinese fishing ship es is encroaching on the protected waters of the marine reserve around the galapagos islands. let's show you a radar image here if we could, please. this shows the large cluster as you see labels there in the lower left on your screen. those boats 200 miles from the islands, but the protected area extends 188 from those islands, so is they've encroached within 20 miles of the marine reserve. ecuador's former environment minister addressing the chinese encroachment calling its size and aggressiveness against marine species is a big threat to the balance of species in the galapagos. and the white house national security council today tweeting its support of ecuador tweeting: the united states stands with president lenin and our friends and partners against any aggression directed toward their economic and environmental sovereignty x. that is precisely what this is, it is an aggression. >>> the attorney general, william barr, yesterday reiterated the fbi's inter

we'll find out more, live from ecuador. deal has been struck to keep greece within the euro zone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the euro zone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century — nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoin the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge show of their favourite food, pilchers. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... the us

al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up on the verge of collapse health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in cases of covert 19. you cannot get away with this act killing a journalist and let's not forget that these easy state exit you show. the murder trial of journalists jamal khashoggi has begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. also ahead the u.s. sees a shipment of human hair products thought to have come from ethnic minorities held in chinese detention camps. we begin in the united states where the u.s. president donald trump has left the white house to attend july the 4th celebrations at mount rushmore it's in defiance of health experts recommendations to avoid large crowds in a few hours' time mr trump will watch a fireworks display with thousands of people of the south dakota landmark mosques will be available but they're not required the sites has not had fireworks since 2009 because of environmental concerns and. visits is expected to be met by protests health experts meanwhile a warning the weekend could be the

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there was an election in ecuador. marriner lenin became president. he was a great supporter of america still the. government decided to shift. going on foreign policy. decided to have a different nation in connect states to you know was an obstacle for dot from us he started. going to get really sexy oversights not historical as he could see of this . battle stress but the political it was healed but it must be your 2nd. but it's a kind of let me see if to so he said this will be able to persuade us no it is not for them or a no government was to tell us that they had to get rid of him and turned his life into hell. going away loiters the searching businesses and. installing cameras in a very very rich private meetings had to be holding the door would not supplying toilet paper. and every cross supplying clothes. they forgot to bring food. by the. julian was an extremely difficult. it's to really see the toll it took on him. it will stay like i was shocked. cut back to 2011 when his youthful lawyer very. sweet and mike's journey into see. him. after

. >> un niño y su mascota se ganan los corazones de todos en las calles de ecuador.ony no correr riesgos y le pone cubrebocas a su perrito antes de hacer un mandado a la tienda en bicicleta. >> (música). >> qué tal, muy buenas tardes. gracias por acompañarnos. con los 55,000 nuevos casos de covid-19 registrados ayer en estados unidos el país supera de largo los 4,200,000 contagios y se acerca a las 147,000 víctimas mortales. destaca el asesor de seguridad nacional, el más alto cargo el infectarse en la casa blanca. la cadena target se suma a walmart y anuncia que cerrará sus tiendas el día de acción de gracias ya que no es un año para las multitudes. surge la esperanza para una nueva vacuna, en ella trabaja la farmacéutica moderna que empieza una tercera pase en su investigación. lourdes hurtado nos cuenta. >> qué tal. hoy arranca la tercera fase de esta vacuna experimental contra el coronavirus. la empresa moderna con los institutos nacionales de salud estadounidenses incluirán 89 ciudades y más de 30,000 voluntarios que van a participar para probar si esta vacuna g

vicinity of the ecologically sensitive archipelago most of those ships carrying the chinese flag ecuador has been on alert fearing the ships might be there to fish in the marine reserve or china says the vessels are there legally and mean no harm in 2017 a chinese crew was arrested after officials found large numbers of sharks on board well let's not speak to all or have a poll he's a senior oceans campaign at greenpeace usa he joins us now from baltimore all over by my understanding these tour is a sitting in international waters so they technically not doing anything illegal but they're trying to bait wildlife out of that marines are. exactly most of the the animals that the galapagos is famous for the large sharks the whales the sea turtles are highly migratory animals so they don't live just in the reserve but rather they base they cross huge swaths of the ocean within the ranges so they're constantly moving in and out so even having a fleet of this size right at the edge of the reserve is a major threat to this wildlife so on all of this isn't the festive at the says happening right

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after the united states health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse because of new cases there more than 59000 people are infected and over 4600 others have died the government has begun collecting personal data to ensure people are following quarantine rules the u.k. is considering joining the european union's drive to develop an acquire coronavirus vaccines despite formally quitting the block earlier this year the e.u. spending more than $2000000000.00 to finance research into a vaccine. 20 saudi nationals have gone on trial in absentia and to be accused of killing the journalist. the murder which took place inside the saudi concept of an outrage around the world well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera one o one it's such intense watching. al-jazeera . where every bit. as malaysia that's what's to contain the coded 19 barks coulthard she said been carrying out military style operations across the capital while i'm told. in the name of public health and safety they've rounded up illegal foreign workers. when you look at th

or ecuador. >> venezuela. >> the u.s. or venezuela -- >> that, sir, is precisely the point. this concludes the point. thank you, attorney general, for participating. without objection, all members have five legislative days to submit additional materials to the witnesses for the record and for that objection -- and with that -- and without objection, the hearing is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] journal,'s washington taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, colorado republican congressman ken buck going just to talk about his new book and the congressional agenda. carolina democratic congressman james clyburn will talk about the life of senator john and the work of the subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis. on c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. be sure to join the discussion with

catechise in ecuador madame thank you so much for your time thanks. so to iran now the country is carrying out military exercises in the gulf using a mock u.s. aircraft carrier as target practice tehran's navy and their forces are taking part in the drills off the strait of hormuz which is a therof air for about one 3rd of the world's oil as a vague reports. from land and sea it's a show of military strength from iran in the gulf at a time when tensions remain high with the united states just days ago iran said one of its passenger planes was intercepted by u.s. fighter jets as it flew over syria iran's military leaders want to send a strong message to. the strategic purpose of exercises is defensive but at the level of operation and tactic we are widely of pensive. and there's nothing stronger than firing on and boarding a mock aircraft carrier the country that has the most carriers in the world the united states in recent days satellite images have shown the mock vessel being moved from the port city of under a bus it resembles the nimitz class carr

ecuador sweden and the united states collectively have made a mockery out of the institution of political asylum and they have to treat him like he's some super villain and keep him in this maximum security facility where he could die before this extradition hearing is even completed because he's vulnerable as hell that period while he was in the ecuador embassy. yeah he is greatly at risk of catching coven 19 considering he's already not very healthy. and and speaking of that it's an easy segue to another whistleblower who also is in prison and also is fearing covert 19 reality winner she is the one who leaked the documents to the intercept and then was quickly caught and now is imprisoned as well you're been writing about her situation tell us where that stands yet have been covering her because it shows how the trying to administration continue what obama started with his war on whistleblowers and and just for the record there are 3 notable individuals who have been punished under the espionage act or face cases from donald trump and i don't think a lot of people know who these individ

health workers in ecuador's capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse because of the number of new coronavirus cases more than 59000 people are infected and over 4600 have died to reasonable reports. it wallowed was one of the 1st latin american countries to report colvin $1000.00 cases the country's economic engine the port city. was the worst affected with reports of bodies piling up on the streets but while the numbers of infections has come down there it's the capital quito where the health services are on the verge of collapse doctors some. people are dying while waiting to be treated in a hospital. people are waiting on the streets in tents people are desperate to get help they're dying while they wait in the ambulance in tents there aren't enough beds supplies or ventilators opening up is what got us here. in the past month the city has allowed some businesses to open up after a strict lockdown and that's one of the reasons for a normal 70 percent increase in new code with 19 cases mayor says they're trying to get the health care system ready and. we're getting ready

>>eporter: and a new govement 10,0 miles to the west, ecuador, found those chinese intelligence toolse used against its own citizens. former president rafael correa but a national network of surveillance called ecu-911 wite chinesnology and chinese government loans. government says e.c.u.-911's surveillance was built with a backdoor to ecuador's intelligence agency that targeted its political opponents, like retired colonel mario pazmino. a single chinese-produced camer looks rito his living room. >> ( translated ): we were living in an era of government terrorism in which technological tricks are used to curtail people's freedom of expression. they choose chinese companies because china had already developed monitoring system.a their gift iojan horse, designed to control everything in society. >> reporter: a white house official talking to me called this "authoritarianism in a box." what's your response to that? >> wha- what do you want me to say? i think it's also "liberation in a box." i think it's also "city efficient in daily operations in a box." >> reporter: so, can this be use

and to pay for south america's largt dam, ecuador is sellingva 80% of its mosable asset, oil, to chinaa discount. >> these tnsactions aren't ir. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo and the trump administration have aggressively initiative and accheand road program of being corrupt and reducing countries' sovereignty. >> they're showing up with money in brown paper bags. they're putting debt on nations that they can't possibly repay so that they'll ultimately be able to exert political influence. >> reporter: what's your response to that criticism, that the belt road initiative contracts are debt tps and aren't transparent? >> ( translated ): chinese companies won the bidding, and other foreign companies did not win. and the reason is simple: foreign companies and workers are not as hard-working as the chinese. se>> reporter: but don't t chinese companies get advantages not because they're just hard workers, but because they are funded and many of these loans are backed by the chinese state? >> ( translated ): i cannot say it's the chinese government's support. china's financial

we can all remember the images from the city right at the port of ecuador.dia economic engine -- the economic engine of the country where the health care system collapsed, with bodies piling up on the streets. the epicenter right now is in the capital where cases have increased in the past week. from the very beginning, the mayor posted a very strict lockdown in the city to prevent the spread of covid-19. but in the past month, they have started to open up the city, mostly because of the economic consequence that this has in the country. in that month, the amount of infections in the country have increased about 70%. we just talked to the mayor. he told us the city's health care system is about to collapse. we were just talking to a doctor in that city who told us people are dying while they are waiting to be accepted inside a hospital. so, certainly, there's lots of fear about what's coming next in the city. the virus is spreading fast. the government is trying to control it. there was lots of pressure to open up the economy because of the economic situatio

reported a record 55000 new infections on thursday how 3 prison ecuador's capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse because of new coronavirus cases there war than 59000 people are infected and over 4600 others have died the government has begun collecting personal data to ensure people are following quarantine rules british prime minister boris johnson has warned people to act responsibly as coronavirus restrictions are for the. hairdresser's pubs restaurants and other businesses will be reopening their doors in england on saturday. the success of these businesses the livelihoods of those who rely on them but ultimately the economic health of the whole country is dependent on every single one of us acting responsibly we must not let them down looked on only succeeded in controlling the virus because everyone worked together and we will only succeed in reeling if everyone works together again because we're not out of the woods yet the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist german showbizzy has begun in absentia and turkey shows his murder at the saudi consul