correspondent isaak an arguer isaak how meaningful is the opening of this building today. so it means that africa is really serious about and showing that this free trade area becomes operational next year and so having this facility. organized. stuff coming in and. sharing that they're free trade area becomes a personalize next year so this is very significant for the aim of ensuring that their free trade agreement becomes a reality so this free trade deal which is supposed to come into effect early next year is likely to herald a new era of prosperity for african nations that. yes that is a vision that is the the aim of everyone in africa that's looking at the challenges many economies in africa fees this should be able to push us into a new era in terms of economic boom and of course. africa will have to begin to trade among itself and should i destroy this is very important and this petition is that this should africa into the next area of economic prosperity i think there are already challenges with sub regional trade deals like that of the economic community of west

jonathan isaak became the first nba player did not kneel for the national anthem. he was back by his organisation and members of the league as well. his reason is he's a devout christian and naturally believes that kneeling should be reserved for god and god only. he also wanted to make it clear that he supports black lives matter, he just doesn't want to take the knee. supports black lives matter, he just doesn't want to take the kneem supports black lives matter, he just doesn't want to take the knee. it is a divisive issue with collin capper nick, when he first started doing that, there was lots of opposition to that in the nfl. we saw that again in dallas within the last 2a hours where signs were booed for taking a knee during the national anthem. in america, we know the importance of the national anthem. most sporting organisations, it is customary to stand for the national anthem. of these players were booed by the fans and i think it's the first time we've seen anything like that. it will be interesting to see if this is something that continues and how, as

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really listening to the scientists here is going to be crucial before oh long day magic for jonathan isaak has become the fast basketball player and not to mail sharing the u.s. national anthem since the restart of the n.b.a. i think said he didn't believe in putting on a mailing was the best way of fighting racial injustice the 22 year old who is also an ordained minister says he shows his support for the back lives national reforms through prat. hello there this is al jazeera and these are the headlines thousands of protesters in west jerusalem are calling on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign his frustration over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis as well as netanyahu as criminal corruption charges and the largest protest that israel seen in a decade harry for such has more from west to resign this is now 3 weeks of really large protests we will venture behind them these are seen as the largest scenes of civil unrest that we've seen it israel for nearly a decade and it's a mixture of motivations and groups some of the protests against it years old is co

isaak said he didn't believe in putting on a t. shirt and kneeling it was the best way of fighting racial injustice it went to old who is also an ordained minister says he knows his support for the black lives matter and movement rare. meanwhile the portland trail blazers kept their playoff hopes alive with a win against the memphis grizzlies the sides were locked at $124.00 all forcing the game into overtime t.j. mccollum and led the way as portland that went on to see a 14285 win. it was hamilton who saw him pole position for the 7th time at his home british gone play after messi this dominated qualifying hamilton came back after spending in the 2nd session tonight to be teammates will tell you brought us to the front of the grid the rest of the teams were over a 2nd slower vehicle holcomb bokeh who is only a driving off this is your best test of positive focus on a virus on thursday well let's start from 13th 3 races into the delayed season hamilton leads messy this team medal table just lost 5 points at the top of the champions