on the outskirts of the indonesian capital this is where jakarta's rubbish ends up a mountain of garbage that never shrinks and there's always more on the way for those who live here it's a danger to their health but for many it's also their livelihood as coppa 19 forced many in this densely populated city to stay inside and order groceries and meals on line. and her husband were among those sorting through the mess they've worked here for more than 30 he is happy to be back up mostly because of course on our fires there's more plastic now we find a lot of water bottles plastic cups i mean what waste management is a major problem for jakarta with its population of more than 10000000 landfills are overflowing and the city's rivers are among the most polluted in the world local authorities say it's time to change. single use plastic bags of plastic in general is a serious problem for jakarta and the majority of waste in temporary landfills and your call to this plastic. starting this month all single use plastic bags are then did markets grocery stores and malls most of the city's plastic

at global witness and the author of this report in sao paolo we have multimedia journalists and in jakarta we have why you put on a he's a campaign manager at the indonesian forum for environment welcome to you all i want to begin london with you chris madden 212 people it's a big number of people that have been killed a record number as you've pointed out but can you just explain to me when what do we mean when we mean environmentalist we're not really talking about scientists or activists who are tying themselves to trees we're talking people within the local community who are just fighting and defending their rights to farm their land to go about their business and they're being put under pressure by big business is that right. that's absolutely right yes so we need to find land and environmental defenders as anyone who takes the stand for their own land rights or rights to have a safe and healthy environment and do so in a peaceful manner and as you said these are people often a community level coming against you know large scale industry whether that's mining and logging or actual lar

at global witness and the author of this report in sao paolo we have multimedia journalists and in jakarta we have why you put on a he's a campaign manager at the indonesian forum for environment welcome to you all i want to begin london with you chris mann 212 people it's a big number of people that have been killed a record number as you've pointed out but can you just explain to me when what do we mean when we mean environmentalist we're not really talking about scientists or activists who are tying themselves to trees we're talking people within the local community who are just fighting and defending their rights to farm their land to go about their business and they're being put under pressure by big business is that right. that's absolutely right yes so we need to find land and environmental defenders as anyone who takes a stand for their own land rights or rights to have a safe and healthy environment and do so in a peaceful manner and as you said there is a people often a community level coming against you know large scale industry whether that's mining logging or actual large scal

single use plastic bags of plastic in general is a serious problem for jakarta and the majority of waste in temporary landfills and your culture is plastic starting this month all single use plastic bags of then did markets grocery stores and malls most of the city's plastic waste comes from markets such as this one and sellers say the ban will make their jobs more challenging the sound of the. it's difficult should we wrap our product with banana leaves it's impossible if the wrapping paper it's costly plastic is cheaper but if it's banned i don't know what else i can do. but environmental activists say the change has been a long time in the making and banning plastic bags is just one small part of improving waste management here we've. asked for years specifically. this is been a hard time coming and. quite excited that it's happening on the 1st day of the new policy local government inspectors visited shops in indonesia's largest shopping mall explaining the rules to store managers many have already embraced the new policies rejecting plastic in favor of reusable options and plastic a

dropped as the government deals with the coronavirus pandemic as jessica washington reports from jakarta experts say vulnerable children are facing even bigger risks. in the city of deployed. this is where children can come together to play thing and to be safe it's a place that children who would otherwise spend all day on the street. is a volunteer at the shelter she spent her youth on the streets and she knows firsthand how perpetrators of sexual abuse target these children. living on the streets or sleeping in front of shops is a nice but if someone suddenly offered you access to an apartment facilities who would refuse there's no concept of social distancing here but these children through. food and a safe place to rest are more pressing concerns than covert 19 the volunteers who run the show to say sexual predators use accommodation and food to target children . and. street children are very much at risk of sexual violence that's why we have to be patient embrace them and protect them but in many parts of the country children have been left to fend for themselves this is just one o

of these restrictions that will be brought in injakarta. restrictions that will be brought in in jakartaon today because is a very muslim holiday at the end of the pilgrimage period. people have not been going to it and it is a time when communities come together and family come together and donate food to the poor. a big mass prayer. very strong guidelines on that. no mass religious festivities are to post a take place in red zones, and the capitaljakarta place in red zones, and the capital jakarta with the population of over 20 million isa population of over 20 million is a clear red zone all across there. i'm the authorities there, my lightest letter to there, my lightest letter to the regional authorities to decide their own penalties and they are imposing fines for people who don't wear a mask in public or do not practice social distancing. the way that things are done in indonesia, this is fairly erratic, not exactly a police state come a very big population. for all of these guidelines and restrictions, the president is not accepting is the idea of another like them. his entire fo

french national who was arrested late last month accused of abusing more than $300.00 children in jakarta the accused committed suicide in his jail cell most of his victims were children on the street he lured them to hotels by pretending to be a photographer. before the corona virus outbreak the number of cases of abuse of children was already high the situation's only got worse now because there are more opportunities for the abuse to happen. despite this legislators have dropped a sexual violence eradication bill from their agenda and that it's not that we don't think the bill is important it's just a technical consideration we're finishing a bill about handling covert 19 we don't have time to finish the other bills activists say combating sexual abuse should be a priority and laws need to be strengthened rather if they refuse to discuss the bill it means they fail to understand the need for protection for women and children against sexual violence. life has always been dangerous for children on the streets but the pandemic has highlighted just how vulnerable they are just in washingto

this is where jakarta is rubbish and up a mountain of garbage that never shrinks and there's always more on the way for those who live here it's a danger to their health but for many it's also their livelihood as coppa 19 forced many in this densely populated city to stay inside and order groceries and meals on line. and her husband were among those sorting through the mess they've worked for more than 30 he is a lot of money back up mostly because of course on a virus there's more plastic now we find a lot of water bottles plastic cups and more waste management is a major problem for jakarta with its population of more than 10000000 landfills are overflowing and the city's rivers are among the most polluted in the world local authorities say it's time to change. single use plastic bags and plastic in general is a serious problem for jakarta and the majority of waste in temporary landfills and your culture is plastic starting this month all single use plastic bags of then did markets grocery stores and malls most of the city's plastic waste comes from markets such as this one and sellers

no mass religious festivities are supposed to take place in red zones, jakarta, the capital, where thever 20 million is a clear red zone. already the authorities there, lots left up to the regional authorities to decide their own penalties, they are imposing fines for people who do not wear masks in public or do not practice social distancing. the way that things are done in indonesia, this is fairly erratic, it is not exactly a police state, it is a big population and for all of these guidelines and restrictions, what the president is not accepting, is the idea of another lockdown. his entire focus throughout dealing with covid—i9 and another thing has beenin covid—i9 and another thing has been in the economy, he is still stressing, keeping the economy going, in a country where you have lots of poor vulnerable people is his priority, rather than controlling covid—i9 and the numbers are bad here. particularly the fatality rate, around 5%, not perhaps by european or american standards, but much worse than other countries in south east asia, we re countries in south east asia, were gener

and trying to connect unaccompanied children with their families jessica washington reports from jakarta. after experiencing prolonged horror and fear these were younger boys and girls might now be able to enjoy their childhood his children are taking part in a true my healing exercise safe in the indonesian province of they were at sea for months out of playing violence and poverty. and although indonesian authorities did not give them permission to disembark local people helped them ashore. we thought we would talk from hunger and thirst but the indonesian people help us and i am so grateful oh and tears are also helping the adults deal with their trauma of life in rocky state and in refugee camps in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of mainly muslim or hindu or have fled mia since the military crackdown began 3 years ago unable to work in bangladesh this group left to make the dangerous journey to southeast asia. we are better off with food and everything but the pain in my heart is that my family doesn't know anything if i am alive or not community groups are providing food and water

month where there shouldn't be that many that far sighted and that's represented by the forecast for jakarta showers on friday on saturday and on sunday should we see that many rainfall in jakarta july 65 millimeters you probably get that out of one thunderstorm. active weather is just blowing through south australia at the moment it's this cold front windy weather now in adelaide a move through the victoria potentially damaging but probably not as vicious as it was in the southwest it's going to bring pretty strong winds to the bass strait in tasmania on its way out is a couple of fronts on their way through here the result is introducing proper cold weather this is again this is the coldest months now for australia and that's reflecting cambers for cross yes it's fine by day apart from a few showers maybe on friday but look at the nighttime temperatures down to 0 or even minus one. route. back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now protesters in hong kong have been defying a new security law imposed by china just hours after it came into effect at least 70 people have b

so if they see mumbai is one of them jakarta is one of them was targeted ben is going to have a flood so as for the united nations it's a high high alert actually the whole a shows on the big threat to the ceiling very insular. some coastal areas in asia are already taking steps to deal with rising sea levels jakarta has to more is center in an issue no they have to move the whole city center to somewhere else 40 kilometers of it which is the already walking on by 2040 or something other they have to move their city to some other place they already have a plant which are ongoing i think it could be similar situation from world some 28000000 people live in the mumbai metropolitan region the core of the city is built on several islands that lie in the arabian sea this is a low lying area and rising sea levels pose a very real threat austrian architect ramesh najah says that coastal cities like mumbai must adapt to these conditions and that could include building floating communities. as it too could be different but so it that's i'm convinced that entire cities will one day be built on

some coastal areas in asia are already taking steps to deal with rising sea levels jakarta has them or is sent in an issue no they have to move the whole city center to somewhere else 40 kilometers of it which is the already walking on by a 20 year think 40 or something other they have to move their city to some other place they already have a plant which are ongoing i think it could be a similar situation from world some 28000000 people live in the mumbai metropolitan region the core of the city is built on several islands that lie in the arabian sea this is a low lying area and rising sea levels pose a very real threat. austrian architect ramez najah says that coastal cities like mumbai must adapt to these conditions and that could include building floating communities. as in to cool things off and what sort this i'm convinced that entire cities will one day be built on water. you can't rely on putting up barriers made of sand or other materials a little bit of. cities will have to be built on floating surfaces to she even though both in this new development would offer a number of a

>>host: at what point did they moved to jakarta? >> he went there first they were constantly being watched by the ins a different regulations on a visa so he could only stay for a certain amount of time. he kept trying to extend the visa and find ways to stay he got certain jobs related to the geography and topography he learned but indonesia was changing dramatically and he went back 1966 but and 67 in october then they moved back to indonesia spirit the president lived there from 67 to 71 ages six through ten in jakarta and indonesia. >>host: while you are there you found the school where barack obama went to school . [inaudible] >> the statue is outside the second school and had much more money went there are two and a half years and then his father got another job. >>host: was that put up after? those in indonesia the didn't want the statue to go up. he would win in a landslide but everywhere in the world there are some countries and there's questions about it. >> what was his life like in jakarta? >> imagine being a six-year-ol

but the hot spots for infection are capital jakarta and the second largest city of sirabaya.umbmber of jobless people forecast to increase by 3 million. >>> the chinese government says the u.s. consulate general in the inland city of chengdu has been closed. beijing ordered the closure friday in retaliation for a similar move by washington as the faceoff between the two global powers continues. the e u.s. flag atat the consut general was lowered monday mornining, and itsigign covered up. earlier, china ordered the u.s. consule to be osed within 72 urs, theame deadne given by t united ates. e u.s. eassy in ina post a twitr messagin chinese saying they bid farewell to the u.s. consulate general. the message highlighted its activities to promote mutual understanding with residents. china's foreign ministry said chinese authorities entered and took over the premises, stressing this was a legitimate and necessary response. >> the u.s. side bears the entire responsibility. we urge the u.s. to immediately correct its mistakes and create the necessary conditions for bilateral relatio

plastic waste as far as the eye can see here north of jakarta a grim normality in indonesia as much as3000000 tonnes end up in the ocean every here. and that's why nobody more your know wants to change her aim keeping the seas clean his solution see wheat. the green weeds not only filter the water of unwanted talks and encourage biodiversity . they also are an alternative to plastic packaging. how can we solve it if we do not have something to replace this plastic because of course we cannot go back to. our eggs him. or live without plastic as a picketing so we have to think about this in fundamentally friendly picketing. like the one she has come up with. the sheet here is a result of 10 years of research as a food scientist financed by institutions and grants it's her pride and joy she uses a red algae that has a special polymer that makes products make from it very pliable the foil can be kept for 2 years and it even dissolves in hot water practical for popular products like instant coffee over 200 companies worldwide are testing the foil and though it's edible you don't have to eat

don't know who happened to the next whether they'll be allowed to stay jessica washington 0 jakarta. bollywood star tom and his daughter in law. have both tested positive for cause at 19 the 77 year old actor is being treated in hospital has acted in more than 200 films of the 5 decades his son. and his granddaughter also tested positive india reported another record number of daily infection sunday with more than 28000 new cases it's the 3rd worst affected nation after the u.s. and brazil. a 5th consecutive nights of anti-government protests has been held in serbia where the demonstrators again calling on the president to resign saturday's rally was peaceful and contrast to the previous night when police fired tear gas the rallies were sparked by anger over the government's handling of the pandemic but have grown into other dumond's thousands of people have blogs traffic and bone gary is the capital sofia quote test against corruption for a 3rd day demonstrators called on the prime minister and chief prosecutor to resign and it was sparked on thursday off the offices of the presiden

looking after them trying to connect unaccompanied children with their families into reports from jakarta. after experiencing prolonged horror and fear these were younger boys and girls might now be able to enjoy their childhood his children are taking part in a true my healing exercise safe in the indonesian province of they were at sea for months out of playing violence and poverty. and although indonesian authorities did not give them permission to disembark local people helped them ashore. we thought we would talk from hunger and thirst but the indonesian people help us and i am so grateful oh and tears are also helping the adults deal with their trauma of life in rocky state and in refugee camps in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of mainly muslim or hindu or have fled since the military crackdown began 3 years ago unable to work in bangladesh this group left to make the dangerous journey to southeast asia. we are better off with food and everything but the pain in my heart is that my family doesn't know anything if i am alive or not community groups are providing food and water as t

certainly throughout borneo it's looking pretty wet and in sumatra should be largely dry at the moment jakarta's got 3 days of rain there but it ought to clear up after that now more expected rain of course with the monsoon season well a policy in the trough right through pakistan is anywhere in india pakistan or bangladesh it could be wet to be more big shower and in bhutan but again the concentration in this wind is on the western side of the gas in southern india. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of all the lives. of the stories one people are pretty calm and there is no one check again and providing a glimpse into someone else's was new up pursuing in the dream of a few life inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from the heart your headlines so far today ethiopia's military has been deployed to the capital addis ababa as armed gangs roaming the streets in a 2nd day about rest following the murder of a popular singer and activist at least 80 people have been killed. public health experts are criticizing th

malaysia in sumatra one place you think would be dry would be java but there's been a few showers in jakarta and there are a few in the forecast as well monsoon rain is concentrating in this total development here just west of gujarat that contains the potential for $400.00 millimeters of rain to fall simply in western gojira in the next 48 hours or so was scattered big showers elsewhere in india. on counting the cost the pandemic decimates jobs pushing many tricks stream told us he could have green recovery save the global economy senegal flagpoles from china the screws accuse the overfishing us meat processing products make quarterbacks and then. counter the cost on al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the world on al-jazeera. to me. oh. oh oh. you want to know does it remind of our top stories this hour israel is immediately closing all bars nightclubs gyms and events halls after a surge in new coronavirus infections prime minister benjamin netanyahu says be imposing restrictions is necessary to avoid a wider looked on. india has overtaken russia

malaysian sumatra one place you think would be dry would be java but there's been a few showers in jakarta and there are a few in the forecast as well monsoon rain is concentrating in this total development here just west of gujarat that contains the potential for $400.00 millimeters of rain to fall simply in western gojira in the next 48 hours or so was scattered big showers elsewhere in india. talk to old usera winners let me also you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop old military action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why didn't we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges there are. investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al-jazeera. i know again i'm a star that's remind you of our top stories this hour. india has overtaken russia to become the 3rd one head country from the current virus pandemic is reporting nearly 25000 new cases every day with nearly 700000 infections now confirmed nationwide and. israel is immediately closing all the bonds

jakarta one of the standouts today, the asx 200 heading in the opposite direction after we talked aboutnderway in melbourne. when it comes to currencies, the dollar seems to be steady. we are seeing strength going into the rupiah, and the renminbi well above seven once again. for your hong kong dollar. there has been activity on this bloomberg's group that perhaps the u.s. is weighing options to undermine the hong kong dollar pay. hsbc is tiedocks, to this hong kong story. the top administration priority has been finding ways to punish banks based in hong kong, particularly when it comes to hsbc after we heard of them supporting this legislation. percent., down 2.7 mtr just got those earnings, of $400lf was a loss million hong kong dollars. you are watching auto stocks, which had a great run in the past couple days. , one of them. it may be time to lock in these gains. they are putting byd and geely to a hold. let's take it to the lion city. singapore votes in an election on friday amid an economic downturn. assets to -- and efforts to contain the pandemic. the ceo of an urban planning

jakarta coming online and seeing similar gains. this futures are pretty much flat with the nifty in the green. we continue to watch the chinese stocks and we are once again gaining for seventh day. this market has mostly been gaining every day last month, which is been quite remarkable. shanghai composite up about 16 h shares in now and hong kong up by .5%. pretty marginal gains here in the last half hour or so with it brings us near the top of the 2015 bubble. on the other of the argument hsbc is cutting china to neutral f this rally. something to keep in mind as we take a breather here from the exuberance we've seen in chinese stocks. one more thing we're watching is the hong kong dollar. now $15.7 billion hong kong has been injected into the system there. solid that pair and the renminbi with a six handle for the first time since march. the strength of the renminbi certainly helping the equity markets as well. and gold still holding. some breaking news from sri lanka, the federal bank cutting its lending rate to 5.5%. it's a big

people on board the plane when it went off of jakarta.wed by another in ethiopia last year. the max has been grounded worldwide ever since. the fbi has joined the rings of china critics, saying beijing uses an extensive array of tactics to seal u.s. trade secrets and influence domestic politics. to met -- director christopher wray says this includes hacking, chinese nationals living in america, and planting people close to political officials. this leaves all americans over a barrel. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. we are staying on u.s.-china tensions. limerick has learned the top advisors to president trump the administration to undermine the hong kong dollar peg to the u.s. dollar. it would be intended to punish beijing for its recent crackdown on hong kong. -- ourte department state department reporter joins us. what have you learned from the story, notwithstanding that we don't know h

sorry, falls for manila and jakarta.the worst-performing equity index in this part of the world. up, plenty more coming including a countdown to the fed's decision and digging into the sector in hong kong ahead of gdp data. this is bloomberg. ♪ is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haslinda: it is almost 11:00 a.m. in singapore and hong kong. welcome to "bloomberg markets: asia." rishaad: asian shares trading mixed as investors wait for the fomc. the pandemic stalls the american economy. haslinda: we look at hong kong's economic recovery, why it could take longer amid resurgent covid-19 cases and deteriorating u.s.-china ties. rishaad: malaysia's current government looks to be in a stronger position after the former prime minister was found guilty on several charges of corruption. haslinda: asian markets are looking mixed ahead of that fed policy statement, which is expected to be dovish. investors say it will be very difficult for the market to make a lot of progress in this environment after that big rally that we saw. the msci asia pac i

certainly throughout borneo it's looking pretty wet and in sumatra should be largely dry at the moment jakarta's got 3 days of rain there but it ought to clear up after that. that more expected rain of course with the monsoon season while a policy on the tropical rights for pakistan is anywhere near india pakistan or bangladesh it could be a wet i mean all big showers and in bhutan but again the concentration in this wind is on the western side of the gas in southern india. from imprisoned dissident to inspirational leader. from founding the independent state to fiercely defending his people from ethnic cleansing in the conclusion of a 2 part documentary series i just see a world expose the rise to power of the 1st leader of an independent bosnia herzegovina. is a bag of h. . from prisoner to president on a. board . welcome back welcome if you're just joining us you're watching on to syria live from doha this hour your top stories ethiopia's military has been deployed to the capital city at the top of it as armed gangs roam the streets in a 2nd day of on wednesday following the murder of a popul

sort of i say in west papua across borneo sumatra and some bits of jobs or at least during thursday jakarta included during friday that looks like less of a likelihood is much drier looking picture there were obviously not buying dry the dry does season doesn't mean no rain just means very little rain as for monsoon rain well that sort of settled down to where you might expected to be up in bits in bangladesh but the foot forecast and the focus given southwest the wind is like to be through maharastra and all part science that's true for both thursday and friday with scattered showers elsewhere of course. but. short films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects. or. play. it with al jazeera these are the top stories protestors in hong kong have been defying a new security in the post by china just hours after it came into effect and $300.00 people have been arrested so far those violating the law could face life in prison. u.s. secretary state might pompei i was speaking right now he has already said he is con