has considered various company geo engineering options. but isn't studying other alternatives no less included become a part of himself for example extensively supporting acro ecology and non industrial farming. or taking measures to salvage damaged ecosystems such as wetlands and forests. that live come up with him know what we're talking i want snow that would create jobs and enhance the wellbeing of communities that live in these areas that it's not just a question of absorbing c o 2 i think hardly any of these options have been studied. i understand that there are researchers who may be well intentioned in their line of thinking but only want to understand how the technology works. better in a way but the impact that has on the real world is terrible once again there's an injustice between the victims of global warming in the south and those who have the resources to research it in the new millennium and not. the inertia and inability of societies to act on the causes of global warming or pushing others toward climate control but is ge

officially the common goal of geo engineering technologies is to slow down or even reverse the effects of global war. by deliberately intervening in the climate what it's meant to do is give us to be able to go to the energy. in time to limit the damage. to. our. coal oil gas the global economy is addicted to fossil fuel energy far from slowing down global emissions of carbon dioxide continue to increase to curb the effects of global warming scientists are now looking for ways to remove the excess c o 2 present in the air. yes it ridiculous the carbon cycle which is very active on earth with several reservoirs a huge reservoir in the oceans with the carbon dissolved within the water there's another reservoir on land in vegetation and in saw oil deals and then there's atmospheric c o 2 ever since we started using fossil fuels we've been sending carbon into the atmosphere going to. the oceans biomass and soil do not have the capacity to absorb the excess carbon that has built up in the air since the beginning of the industrial revolution. since $850.00 the c o 2 concentration in the atmo

is targeting our shale sector russia is doing is essential e geo political and geo economic jujitsu or judo or quito you choose the martial art ok the west has traditionally as your other guest referenced utilize the oil price for geo political purposes mid eighty's it was a tactical drop in the energy price to torpedo the soviet union you had it reprise began you know with iran and kind of 7677 to take care of a wayward disobedient shah of iran back then and then just 6 years ago you had a aggressive drop that was court made in the price of oil to affect the books of russia iran venezuela nigeria really kind of nations that have been leaning eastward or leaning certainly away from the washington consensus this time you had enough slack to where russia was reading the tea leaves preparing itself going in despite seeing eye to eye with the saudis on various things over the past few years sensing that this could be a tactical maneuver why again i'm a broken record on this no one within saudi arabia runs saudi arabia saudi arabia takes dictate. from banks within london and new york and th

1970 nick clark al jazeera now facebook has to buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms the investment of more than 5 and a half $1000000000.00 is the biggest in the country's technology sector by a foreign funded the move is a collaboration between facebook and india's richest man mukesh ambani geo has more than 380000000 subscribers facebook says it wants a link what it calls the power of what's up with geo sports business initiative and sports baseball has returned to south korea with closed door practice sessions being televised nationwide the l.g. twins took on the do sun beds and soliah to begin the 2 week run of exhibition games for the 10 teams in the table. the league has also announced the begin the $144.00 game regular season in may to fish. for the 1st time in over 50 years spanish football giants barcelona says it'll sell the title rights to its stadium to raise money for the fight against coronavirus the club is taking offers from companies interested in putting their name to the new camp for a year the money raised will be invested in research pr

facebook already swooping in and spending billions of dollars on that country's telecom giant alliance geo we're going to discuss that all right it's time to boost your views you. tensions are once again rising in the persian gulf after a brief confrontation at sea between the u.s. and iran now that close encounter resulting in president calling for the take down of iranian gunboats quote harassing u.s. warships artie's rachel blevins is following the story she's joining us now from the news room with the details on this rachel well manella president trump is now arming the u.s. navy with a shoot down and destroy order after a close encounter with iran has increased fears of escalation in the persian gulf trump took to twitter wednesday morning writing quote i have instructed the united states navy to shoot down and destroy any and all iranian gunboats if they harass our ships see his warning fall. it was an incident last week in which the us claims a lot of investors from iran's revolutionary guard came within just 10 yards of u.s. navy and coast guard ships in the gulf near kuwait while

camps has been devastating and facebook has to buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms investment of more than $5000000000.00 is the biggest the country's technology sector foreign funded geo has more than 380000000 subscribers on the move is seen as a joining of forces between facebook and india's richest man mukesh ambani those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post stating that so watching. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that have not been a change in the world we live in get a break that does not was a slogan that one of the prime minister boris jokes and counting the cost on al-jazeera. and you know the terrible you know having our objective is to kill a black. yes i mean the 1st now. they call they've taken the right approach another day another politician standing at this neck tatt with. hello i'm richard burton you're watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories t

tough ask yourself if you are doing international diplomacy and geo politics what's the only reason you would do something like that? knowing you have a potentially deadly, human-to-human transmission capable virus. why would you let people travel to another country while restricting travel within? to spread your problems elsewhere? i mean, i'm asking, what reasonable person would come to a conclusion. ppe protecting themselves after they let this virus spread. this is only three. we could go on for days on china's malfeasance. the silencing of doctors we haven't seen some of these chinese doctors again trying to do the right thing for the world and warn them about this plague and what happened? we don't see or hear from them ever again. what do you think happened? they are not on vacation, steve, you know, this is really horrible what china did. it's disgusting on an exponential scale. brian: so a couple things happened as you look at where these flights went to after this epidemic hit china and they are trying to cover it up. but as you say exporting the chinese citizens from wuhan ar

before he was shot dead by police facebook will by almost 10 percent of the indian digital company geo platforms for 5 and a half 1000000000 dollars the biggest foreign investment in india's technology sector geo has more than 380000000 subscribers it operates broadband mobile services online commerce so this deal will allow facebook to partner its whatsapp messaging service with geo as it looks to expand into one of its largest growth markets business also been for the world's largest internet streaming service because of the pandemic. between january and march netflix signed up 16000000 new subscribers double the number it was expecting and its shares have picked up 11 percent. but most industries worldwide are suffering and of course that includes tourism thailand for one is expected to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year and the impact on elephant camps has been devastating owners are running out of money to feed the animals scott hired the reports now from country to bury. the elephants of the tower we can't enjoy their morning river back washing away the dust cooling down from t

sector the biggest small foreign funder geo has more than $380000000.00 subscribers but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera in the stream stage and that's a lot of. talk. we want you all for swirl when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you have been to go build you know the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers about the stories that matter. and you are in the stream at home edition welcome to my dining room table now today we are talking about people with disabilities and the impact that the coronavirus is having on them i have an excellent lineup of guests so i am going to get them to introduce themselves that. i am director of disability rights and human rights watch. good to have you in the stream and. all right. and disability rights. campaign up.

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out of money to feed the animals and facebook to buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms the investment of more than 5 and a half $1000000000.00 in india's technology sector is the biggest for foreign business those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the chrissake statement that's what america. in the history of conflicts between east and west. the mightiest battle between christianity and islam. the holy war in the name of religion. for the 1st time. the story of the crusades. from an arab perspective. love. love. love. the crusades are the epitome of holy war. yet the roots of this 200 year conflict lay not in religion but in the economic condition of medieval europe later little sleep. shae that look at that the less you know. there the in the less no. doubt unless the solution. while the pope was trying to hang on to his historical forat over the people of your. fuselage and then all elements in balboa like elements i get. meanwhile in the east internal divisions had to weaken the previously all powerful islamic empire. so i mean l

which political system which superpower will be best placed to lead our starting point this week is the geo political battle over narratives around covert 90. 3 superpowers are waging an information war over the corona finds the american version of the story with 19 is the war on its chinese in origin the government there failed to act quickly enough and the blame for the pandemic lies sold at china's door i talk about the chinese liars and they made it the truth came from beijing's counter-narrative americans may have planted the virus in will hong no one really knows moscow meanwhile is taking a backseat while allowing its media apparatus to amplify theories including conspiracy theories that pit washington and the west against. sitting in the middle of it all the united nations where the secretary general is playing the un peacekeeping or common enemy. but the enemy is also a growing surge of music from ation. over to. promote science and we also need to promote hope and. the u.n. secretary general is called misinformation surrounding a virus as a global threat and i absolutely agree whe

on nat geo. good night. >>> i'm liz kreutz.l life look like when we finally begin the process of reopening? we spoke to a leading expert about it. >>> i'm wayne freedman in napa county, where like a lot of california, they haven't been playing golf. but tomorrow it resumes. it will be a little different, though. that's coming up. >>> and i'm lyanne melendez. the governor says the shutdown will continue. what's new. but testing will increase. abc7 news news at 6:00 starts now. >> now, your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. >> and good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. governor newsom promised an update today on california's plan to lift shelter in place restrictions. however, it wasn't what people wanted to hear. >> there is no light switch and there is no date in terms of our capacity to provide the kind of clarity that i know so many of you demand and deserve. >> last week he played out six points that will mark our progress, the ability to test for coronavirus, the protection of vu

unveiled the covid-19 board, offering interactive reports that track emerging indicators, rates of geo-mapping tos and theyand address can identify multiple scenarios to look at vulnerable populations like health care workers, the medically fragile there is an interactive map hover over.can as far as demographic information, the individuals that have tested positive, most information will be updated hourly, but the total number of tests will continue to be updated twice per day. new dashboard is accessible through the same web address, but the formatting easier. is the key to the fight and they have worked closely with private labs and local health arpents to and we have well respected relationships with walgreens and walmart to open special collection sites and encourage the symptomatic to you tested the. and prepare them for screening and testing by leveraging the power of telemedicine. since then a gusty university 59lth has collected 200 and screenings with clinicians and referred 1500 symptomatic georgians, or 73%, for covid-19 testing. we have the tests. we have the physicians. we have t

. >> they're called geo fences.i put a geo fence around where i live, i put a geo fence around the sheriff's department. >> reporter: protection he felt he needed after someone targeted law enforcement with those spikes on the road. >> if the vehicle or the gps monitor travels into those locations, you get an alert. >> reporter: in addition detective salm would routinely log in to check on the whereabouts of peter and paul's trucks. on the morning of thanksgiving day, more than four months after the bombing, salm turned on his computer to find the gps tracker on paul moore's truck. >> it had gone dead. we had no signal whatsoever. this is also the type of gps that you could call. you know, just like calling on a cell phone. and wake it up. because they go to sleep when they're not having. and where are you? well, we couldn't get a response from it. >> reporter: the device may have just died or been found, so salm got into his car with his partner, drove to paul's house to see if the truck was there. >> we got to his

it's a very good example because that is and that is an economic trade interest it's not necessarily a geo political one and that's a great deal of american trade is geopolitically driven ok but as quantitatively different you know james one of the things i find very methodically over the last few months is that the american people have rediscovered been told that it's a communist country and conjuring up the cold war again as it is as an enemy but you know most of the pundits on t.v. are stupid and they don't know much about history whatsoever and they even know less about china but during the cold war 2 the west had very little if very very little trading trade with the soviet union and now you've found a legally different reality where we found out how interdependent or even dependent in one direction when it comes to like pharmaceuticals that the united states is dependent so i think you see them in this kind of. very hardcore rhetoric on one side but the reality is that we're hooked at the hip you feel like it or not or if you don't like it the costs are prohibitively high and no one'

fellow with the independent institute and in los angeles we cross to he is an independent economic and geo political analyst as well as a former commodities trader all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciating let's go to los angeles 1st here i said in my introduction i guess probably the most important question there is as we come out of this pandemic and it's all going to be about the economy and it's everything we're going to think about for the next few months if not years is about recovery so infer a very simple question will it be a v a you or in hell go here well we've been in an l. shape depression since the 2008 financial crisis i mean only that true economic data on unemployment inflation g.d.p. and the like have been warped or hidden outright while the fed pumped up the stock market to give the appearance of a genuine economic recovery and. we've been in a structural downturn rather than a typically cyclical recession and those aren't easy to get out of all of us since february is essentially marking to market i

as professor albert mccoy said it was actually kind of geo politically genius to box in china and lynch from got rid of this and then started. feuds with every nation in the asia pacific region australia japan and korea this is like a very serious threat and it gave china so much more credibility it's allowed them to flourish even more and of course it gets in line with this objective of america 1st because i think the united states realizes that their time at the top is done and they have to decide whether they're going to thrash around and try to maintain that in a neoliberal sense or they're going to. go the traditional traditional protectionist route the train would like to go yet at the same time i think he doesn't actually understand how do you how to do that because he said he's doing the classical great power thing so i get around and i think we're seeing the united states is no pun intended and gasping for breath right now and then jim political sense yeah i think that's a good point to me james because i think when so fundamentally missed in the media . is a civilizational cha

he was shot dead by police facebook will by a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant giant geo platforms the 5 and a half $1000000000.00 investment is the biggest foreign investment in india's technology sector she has more than 380000000 subscribers the move is seen as a joining of forces between facebook and india's richest man and bonnie facebook says it wants to link what it calls the power of whatsapp with geos small business initiative. coronaviruses thena been a business boon for the world's largest internet streaming service between january and march netflix signed up 16000000 new subscriber subscribers double the number it was expecting and netflix shares have gained 11 percent. but the pandemic has brought thailand's tourism industry to a halt it is estimated to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions and lock downs and the impact on elephant camps has been devastating where owners are running out of money to feed the animals scott had reports from country nobody. the elephants of the tower we charge can't enjoy their morning river back was

as today the president announced the nih that it was cutting off funding for an american metal and geo has historyngo that and wuhan. it is cutting that also no american taxpayer money goes to the variola g lot -- virology wuhan.who hand -- lab in it cannot be a political investigation. it is time for politics and for blame, but it is a separate endeavor from the scientific which has to come first if we are going to save lives and has to be cooperative. daly is joining us from the wilson institute and taking your question on china's role in the coronavirus. for eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001 in the mountain and pacific time zones. the house of representatives about to come in for its daily session. when it does, we will momentarily pause the segment and pick up again. seconds, before the house comes in, what other international body should be leaning on to gain the information? guest: the world health organization is the most important one, which we have withdrawn funding. right after we withdrew the funding, china stepped in with an additional $30 million. an opportuni

it is on the geo politics of middle east oil, historical perspectives on the current crisis. i want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why we're doing it. this is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings historical perspectives to current issues. the center itself is strictly non-partisan. the purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of historical context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. i want to thank or acknowledge the financial support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. i want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. i want to thank the office of jerry connelly. which has booked the room. i also want to alert you to the fact you have index cards on your chairs. this is for questions. as the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions. we'll collect them. they'll give formal remarks in the first half hour and the secon

services and online commerce the deal allows facebook to partner its whatsapp messaging service with geo as it looks to expand in one of its biggest growth markets india is what's the biggest market with 400000000 users. business has been booming for the world's biggest internet streaming service during the pandemic between january and march netflix says 16000000 new subscribers signed up that's double the number it was expecting almost businesses have been suffering because of the outbreak its shares have gained 11 percent still to come here on the news on the sports news with andy why a pirate t.v. channel could derail the takeover of this english premier league club. has ended so much hate so all the news premier league has been urged. by one of its main broadcast partners the block the saudi arabia let's take over of newcastle united because of piracy that's always been sports says the saudi government allows an illegal channels to steal games and is threatening the financial future of the league saudis sovereign wealth fund is aiming to buy an 80 percent stake in new castle pirate c

geo is an exceptional effort.ia is an important country for us. .t has been a driver of growth india is kind of a critical market. we were fortunate to be able to make an investment like this in a troubled economic environment. we look forward to partnering with geo platforms to help small business connect with people on whatsapp and drive commerce and payments. emily: it sounds like on the call that mark indicated that you would be doing more of this. i'm curious if you can shed any more light on regions or economies in particular that might peak facebook's interest? payment platforms, and whatsapp across the globe, there are certainly opportunities to do that. this was clearly a very special opportunity, and something warranted by by far the largest investment. romaine: we were just listening to the cfo of facebook. let's get a quick check on where we stand here with some of the earnings that had crossed the wire. gilead came in slightly above estimates. the company said they have been spending a lot more, parti

it's a responsible and reliable partner you must be aware that there's a geo political component including a struggle for influence through spinning and the politics of generosity armed with facts we need to defend europe against its attractors the implication was clear don't take chinese help necessarily at face value and watch out for attempts to undermine facts. while china's state media promote a chinese way in dealing with the virus investigative journalists or the nonprofit outlet pro publica reported finding thousands of fake social media accounts pushing pro china narratives and senior figures in beijing have been spreading explosive claims like suggesting the us army brought the virus to china. we've had a foreign ministry spokesman called charlie t.n. who has put out conspiracy theories that the virus was brought to china by u.s. soldiers at the military gains in in china there in the autumn and then he floated to syria that perhaps it was you know caused by talian we've always seen just information from china but we very rarely seen senior chinese foreign ministry spokesman. bas

who has done really great things to bring hundreds of millions of people into the digital world, so geoan exceptional effort. india is a very important country for us. it has been a driver of growth for facebook and whatsapp for many years now. india is a critical market for us in the long term. we were really fortunate to have the balance sheet to be able to make an investment like this in a troubled economic environment, and we look forward to platforms toth geo help small businesses connect whatsapp andle on drive payments through that. that sounded on the call you would be doing more of this. i am curious if you can shed any more light on regions or economies in particular that might peak facebook it's -- peak facebook's interest. >> generally, whatsapp and the power of that platform and doing , ie on the payments front think there are opportunities to do that. this was clearly a very special opportunity and something that warranted by far the largest investment we have ever made. the facebook cfo talking to bloomberg a little earlier on. coming up, we are going to hear from the may

said geo morrow's departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the coronavirus crisis both and now rove has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu that hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves. state governors have brought in social distancing measures dismissed by both the narrow as poison. officials are warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse . and the man at the top faces public anger growing louder by the day. now for more on this as bring in journalist michael fox from florian upal is michael brazil's former justice minister says you're moral it was a popular politician famed for fighting corruption we heard him speak there in our report he was a bit vague there about his motives why did he resign. well it's still not very clear i mean we know why you resigned you resigned because a lot of fired police chief bodysuit relationship now that was also mention in your report now the intricacies of exactly how important was this for why that's what we don't know he mentioned numerous times political interference politic

said geo morrow's departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the coronavirus crisis both scenarios has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu that's now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves. state governors have brought in social distancing measures it's dismissed by both the narrow as poison officials a warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse. and the man at the top faces public anger growing lied to by the day. it's the beginning of ramadan the muslim holy month normally it's a time for the world's one point i 1000000000 muslims to come together in celebration and prayer but this year that's impossible next report takes us to egypt to see how people there a balancing unprecedented breast reductions with religious observance. few people wear masks when shopping for ramadan sweets and hardly anyone keeps a safe distance many gyptian zur still fairly relaxed about the threat of infection from corona virus but it's a very different story when it comes to the devastating economic effects of the pandemic these volunt

if we look at the chinese and south korean apps which are basically based on the geo tracking that most mobile phones have activated this works completely differently it doesn't really try to your general graphical location where you all registered some will send it off into the cloud but what it does is it basically works was bluetooth bluetooth is a kind of media area communication between smartphones and so if you are in the vicinity of someone who also has a smartphone that has little to lose it will register that you've been in contact with that person and only that fact will be sent into as a cloud and it will only be stored there for 2 days so the point is will never register where you are but just whom you had contact with and once you press the button then all the people who have had contact was will be informed by that was the data will be deleted after 2 days so data protection is very very high on this. side but how does this actually help stop the spread of the corona virus. the idea is that if someone has tested positive and he gets a positive test result he's probably sti

said geo moros departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the coronavirus crisis both the naro has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu which now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves. state governors have brought in social distancing measures it's dismissed by both a narrow as poison officials a warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse. and the man at the top faces public anger growing lied to by the day. i mean ited states there have been discussions within the white house about changing the format of president donald trump's coronavirus briefings and could tailing his role in them it comes off to trump held an unusually short briefing on friday and didn't take any questions from reporters the day before that he caused alarm by suggesting people with corona virus may be able to be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant something that alarmed medical officials these since acclaimed his remarks with sarcastic and he wasn't encouraging people to drink bleach. rejoin us president donald trump stayed true to form on

said geo morrow's departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the coronavirus crisis both scenario has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu that's now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves. state governors have brought in social distancing measure that dismissed by both the narrow as poison. officials a warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse. and the man at the top faces public anger growing lied to by the day. and for more on this let's bring in journalist michael fox from the floor and not the less michael the justice minister quit a week after bolton are fired his own health minister it was the public reacting to all this. it's been it's been a crazy time here in brazil and it continues to be i think people are just kind of at their wit's end in a lot of ways particularly because it's all happening in the middle of the pandemic now it's important understand that many on the left however have always seemed justice minister social moral he was the former head of the law a shop though the anti corruption investi