inquiry into the rule of law in malta. of a growing chorus of officials who see the country as a problem child on the continent. >> gomes: the system is basically flawed, because the prime minister ultimately controls the attorney general, who also controls the police. nobody's being tried. and of course, the sense of impunity is being fueled by this fact. and it affects us all. >> wertheim: something's rotten in the state of malta, i hear you say. >> gomes: yes. and such a beautiful island, and such a great people, such a proud history. but, i must say that at the moment, indeed, the political atmosphere is-- is-- is rotten. >> wertheim: we repeatedly asked to speak with prime minister muscat, but were told he didn't have time. instead, the government put forward the finance minister, edward scicluna. can you not see how people looking at malta from the outside really wonder about integrity and corruption here? >> edward scicluna: it's not that picture you're-- you're depicting. it looks bad, but it's not. >> wertheim: i

malta itself has become a byword for violence and corruption my guest this week here in munich is the country's foreign minister everest bartolo he says he wants to improve malta's tarnished image but how many more secrets have to come out before that will be possible. ever aspire to welcome to conflict so thank you for made it clear that in the wake of the murder of daphne corona and all the corruption scandals that have followed that malta needs to rebuild its reputation that isn't going to happen until their body starts telling the truth is that i agree at the fact when i was appointed for the 1st minister because they told me to go ahead and see what you can do i made that very clear not a beautician or a plastic surgeon over there are a guillotine which have to be dealt with they have to be dealt with in malta in terms of the reality or not of the presentation of reality where we're getting to possibly what some of those 30 things are but i'm curious why former ministers like you supported a government that you knew was rotten. to the core where when things started coming out of

in the wake of the murder of daphne corona and all the corruption scandals that have followed that malta needs to rebuild its reputation that isn't going to happen until their body starts telling the truth is that i agree at the fact when i was appointed for and i 1st minister because they told me to go ahead and see what you can do i made that very clear not a beautician or a plastic surgeon here there are a glib things which have to be dealt with they have to be dealt with in most contentious reality and not of the presentation of reality well. get into possibly what some of those dirty things are but i'm curious why former ministers like you supported a government that you knew was rotten to the core where when things started coming out of the time of the bottom up a post of yours to succeed i made it very clear that thought i'd accept the bill. but you say go on i stayed on. i had the choice. i admire savonarola but they had my galileo more i had to i had the survival strategy where i could fight another but there we used that experience to get there with got to fallujah has europe o

france is added to the uk's quarantine list, along with the netherlands and malta — from this saturdayeople arriving from those countries will have to self—isolate for m days. travel isn't as reliable as it once was, i'm afraid. the virus, in particular, when it's not in our hands, overseas, is an unpredictable beast. there are half a million people are said to be in france right now, i am in the northern french port of la habre. in calais as well, we will be looking at those trying to make it back before quarantine kicks in. we'll be putting your questions on the new quarantine rules to travel experts at 9:30. tweet them to me @geetagurumurthy or use the hashtag bbc your questions. lockdown is eased in england with beauticians, theatres, and small weddings all getting the go—ahead from this weekend. anger grows over a—levels as the government faces calls for an urgent review of this year's results.

and that also applies to monaco, malta, the turks and caicos islands and aruba.easures kick in from 4am uk time on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14 day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department for transport says there's been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in france since last friday. for the netherlands it was up 52%. france has responded. the frenchjunior european affairs minister tweeted that there will be a reciprocal measure. these measures are anticipated to hurt the tourism industry on both sides of the channel. those with holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. those that run the eurotunnel have already said they don't have the capacity to bring everybody home in time. we're already pretty much fully booked tomorrow. this is peak season, summer holidays, people are returning on friday night to get back home. and so we just haven't got the space to take everybody who might suddenly want to come up to the co

in may with more than $2600.00 new infections on thursday the infection rate is also on the rise in malta the netherlands spain and germany officials say it's due to increased testing and eased restrictions dominic kane reports from berlin. here in germany there's a great deal of concern about the way that these new infections are manifesting themselves because the mantra for ministers has been that it is people coming back from high risk areas tourists who've traveled to other parts of europe and unwittingly brought the infection back with them and yet actually paradoxically the majority of new infections taking place in germany take place inside germany elsewhere in those countries france the new infection rate is twice as large as it is in germany and certainly you see in cities the capital city for example in paris where the requirement for mask wearing is back in place but also separately the organizers of the paris marathon the marathon event which would normally attract many tens of thousands of entrants well they weren't planning to have to stage the event until november and alrea

to malta was time for the security council and there is no clear mechanism for resolving the dispute our right to a christening a live for us there at u.n. headquarters in new york christine thanks for that let's cross over now to us a big he joins us live from the iranian capital tehran said so the vote has failed at the u.n. what kind of response are we likely to see now from tehran do you think. well even going into this vote at the united nations to extend the arms embargo we had had some strong rhetoric and language coming out from the iran president hassan rouhani had warned of a crushing response if the arms embargo had been extended from mr divides the reef had said that the u.s. approach was feckless and unpredictable and now we've had the iranian ambassador to the united nations call it a day back so the iranians will very much see this particular back to that the united nations as a victory for themselves and use it to show how little support the united states has in its approach to iran but also it would be used domestically by the iranians because this 2015 nuclear deal

and that also applies to monaco, malta, the turks and caicos islands and aruba.res kick in from 4am uk time on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14—day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department of transport says there's been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in france since last friday. for the netherlands it was up 52%. france has responded. french junior european affairs minister clement beaune tweeted that there will be a reciprocal measure. these measures are anticipated to hurt the tourism industry on both sides of the channel. those with holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. we are really disappointed and really in shock about how little time we were given to make alternate arrangements. being given, really, one day to find alternate arrangements, find flights, many of them £300, £400, was, i think, really disappointing and really frustrating. those that run the eurotunnel have already said they don't have the ca

and also affect travellers from the netherlands, malta, monaco, and aruba. hello there.xt few days and we'll have a north—south divide. southern parts of the country will feel most humid, with the risk of thunderstorms over the next few days, whereas further north, higher pressure will tend to bring a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. but there will be some mist and low cloud across more eastern areas. so, for friday, we've got lower pressure to the south, this weather front generating the showers and thunderstorms. higher pressure, though, across the north, which will bring the fine and settled weather, but we will start off with that low cloud and mist, across many central and eastern areas, which will tend to burn back to the coast through the day. best of the sunshine western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england, where it will feel pleasantly warm. and further south, these thunderstorms could be quite vicious again, with the risk of localised flooding in places where they occur. not as warm as it has been. in fact, the extreme heat will have gone. we're

the infection rate is also in the rise in malta, the netherlands, spain, and germany.t is due to increased testing and restrictions. a report from berlin. reporter: in germany, there is a great deal of concern about the way these new infections are manifesting themselves, because the mantra for ministers has been that it is people coming back from high-risk areas, tourists who traveled from other parts of europe who unwittingly brought infections back with them. yet actually, paradoxically, the majority of new infections take place inside germany. and in france, the infection rate is twice as large as it is in germany. certainly, you see in cities like the capital city in paris, where the requirements for mask-wearing is back in place, but also separately, organizers of the paris marathon, which would normally attract tens of thousands of entrants, they were not planning to stage the event until november. already, they have said that cannot take place. several, you see regions where the flare up of .orona continues apace from a german perspective, we know the german go

in a matter of hours for arrivals from france monaco the netherlands and malta. will need to quarantine for fourteen daysys. hello i'm thomas waterhouse this is the latest world news from paris. the belarussian capital is awash with protesters once again his frustrations linger following sunday's presidential election which under an exam to lukashenenko another stint in office over twenty thousand people are estimated t to have filled independence square in minsk this friday. the christian co has warned demonstrates that that being used as quote cannon fodder by foreign aggressors but he has urged security forces to avoid using any excessive force to control those crowds with more his monte francis. in the face of repeated violence at the hands of police those protesting the re election of the man known as europe's last dictator show no signgn of backing down. friday one thousand w workers i in tractor factory walked off the job in the capital of belarus to denounce the violent crackdown on protesters by police and to demand the resignation of president alexandnd

it became dangerously overcrowded and stranded off the coast of malta.tional community was willing to help. everyone that has been rescued is deeply traumatised. we‘ll keep trying to contact the european authorities to be assigned a port of safety. one ship did come to help — another rescue vessel, the sea—watch four. it was already carrying around 200 migrants. it has now taken on board those from the louise michel. they are being given medical assessments, with treatment for dehydration, hypothermia and fuel burns. the sea—watch crew tweeted, we now have around 350 people on board who need to disembark in a safe port as soon as possible. the louise michel added, it is not over, we demand a place of safety for all survivors now. the louise michel had only recently gone into service as a rescue ship complete with its own banksy artwork. the artist has accused the eu authorities of ignoring distress calls from non—europeans. the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative. simon jones, bbc news. i‘ve been

there are a number of other countries coming out, smaller countries, ithink malta is one of them, andt that opening up and saying that we should, you are allowed to travel, actually gave people help and now they're going to be massively disappointed by the fact having to come back and quarantine or back out of holidays. people are going to lose money him and in this situation, having months of economic destruction, it's really not what anyone needs. yeah, it's really sad, especially since it's school holiday, people with young children having to scramble back. just before he move on, the list of other countries on there, monaco, malta, the netherlands, turks and tickle silence and aruba. it says anyone breaching the rules will face a fine —— turks and capos islands. boris cracks down hard on desperate bird to avoid second virus bike. he is cracking down, but he is also unlocking the country, isn't he, christopher? yes, it is a carrot and stick approach dealing with this much feared and long forecast second wave of the virus. he is, for people refusing to wear a mask, finding £3200. if

travel to gibraltar to face lincoln red imps another northern irish club linfield are at home to malta's head to the faroe islands. bala town are at home to the belgian‘s standard liege, and another welsh team connah‘s quay nomads have georgian opposition at home. and irish clubs involved too. no doubt about the standout tie. it's shamrock rovers against ac milan. ten man rovers beat finnish side ilves after an epic penalty shoot out last week to be rewarded with a home tie against the italian giants, who should have zlatan ibrahimovic in their ranks. i've spoken with the shamrock rovers chairman jonathan roach. i don't know if it's a great... profile wise, etc. rewards for merit and match we have, we ii2—ii profile wise, etc. rewards for merit and match we have, we ”2—11 on penalties. it's just an award —— 12-11. it's penalties. it's just an award —— i2—ii. it's going to be different because there will be no fans. and we won't have the benefit of a great experience. such a shame you can't get yourfans in on experience. such a shame you can't get your fans in on this experience. such a s

infections rise once again so now anyone coming back to italy from places like aeration the greece malta spain now they're facing a mandatory cold in 1000 testing in belgium in the city brussels that now face masks have become mandatory after they saw a small spike in new cases in the netherlands now they've also had a have a lower death rate they're warning against all residents again traveling to places like sweden croatia romania bulgaria and malta and what they're also doing is that they're considering doing mandatory testing on anyone visiting brothels which are very popular in the lens since most of those customers come from other places in europe now in portugal that had fewer cases and deaths than and then many other european nations and now they have also decided to keep their night clubs close lastly greece where deaths have also been one of the lowest in europe they're requiring all travelers coming in to fill forms that they can be tracked in case of an outbreak so brand as long as cases are rising in europe as we're seeing there governments assume that a 2nd wave is on its w

infections rise once again so now anyone coming back to italy from places like aeration the greece malta spain now they're facing a mandatory cold 1000 test ing in belgium in the city brussels that now face masks have become mandatory after they saw a small spike in new cases in the netherlands now they've also had a have a lower death rate they're warning against all residents again traveling to places like sweden croatia romania bulgaria and malta and what they're also doing is that they're considering doing mandatory testing on anyone visiting brothels which are very popular in the land since most of those customers come from other places in europe now in portugal they've had fewer cases and deaths then and then many other european nations and now they have also decided to keep their night clubs close lastly greece where debts have also been one of the lowest in europe they're requiring all travelers coming in to fill forms that they can be tracked in case of an outbreak so brand as long as cases are rising in europe as we're seeing there governments assume that a 2nd wave is on its w

it will also affect travellers from the netherlands and malta.on in france is 32.1 cases per 100,000 people, while the uk, by comparison, has 18.5 cases per 100,000. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, has more details. you don't hear much english at this campsite near eurodisney. even before the quarantine announcement, the number of british guests here had dropped by more than two thirds this year. jenny thorpe and her family bought an annual pass to euro disney back in march, on the day the park went into lockdown. this is their third visit here this year, they have another one planned for october. we were due to come at the end of the month, but we brought a forward by two weeks to give us the two weeks when we get back. so we will make sure we are back in the uk two weeks before they start school. tonight, the transport manager confirmed the new rules. —— transport minister. this evening, we are announcing that there will now be quarantine brought in for a number of other locations, now including france, holland and some others. that's

imposed a 14 day quarantine on travelers coming back from the netherlands france and malta the measure which went into effect early on saturday morning 4 am was introduced after a surge in corona virus infections in those countries france is a popular vacation and holiday spot for british holidaymakers it's the 2nd most visited country for them after spain. correspondent rory chalons joins us now from london st pancras international train station so rory roughly do we know how many people made it back in time. it's difficult to put exact figures on it the estimate is that perhaps on 160000 brits were over in france this week how many of them change their plans for town for expensive plane ferry or train tickets and came back early we don't know but certainly in the thousands perhaps in the 10s of thousands. there's been all the kind of questionable french and bad puns the you might expect from the british media scramble mad dash mysie mission the deadline 3 g.m.t. this morning and they're being accounts of ferries that were coming across from fonts. just make that deadline in time what

russian general reported killed in syria since 2017 police have questioned the former prime minister of malta as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist. here joseph muscat stepped down earlier this year over the car bomb blast that killed in 2017 but said he was not under investigation 3 men suspected of place in the car bomber currently on trial was business when your gun fetish is accused of plotting the murder. mexico's president andres manuel lopez obrador swept to power in 2018 after promising to wipe out corruption but now his own brother has been implicated in a scandal after footage appeared to show him except in cash the president insists his brother is innocent and is called for an investigation on hold and reports on mexico city. because i well this is the brother of mexico's president receiving an envelope stuffed with cash in a restaurant money who typically donated 100. political movement before he was elected to record a good $26000.00 here. it's caused controversy president. promised to going corruption. just to be clear this video doesn't prove anything illeg

but he said questioned the former prime minister of malta as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist daphne koller want to joseph must step down earlier this year over the car bomb blast that killed 20173 men suspected of planting the device are currently on trial and those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's the slum. 15 years from now one in 3 people one tonight live. like these in this rolling mega city of manila. built without proper sanitation lacking medical facilities. used as a dumping ground for the sick this rubbish in along with a stick when it was up and in a. bit and with the rising crime alone isn't even that the. a little bit of a lie when the last. of it. but it's not just about poverty and chaos many generations have lived in these slums the. word. to survive. and as high. as a lot of muslim men from neighborhood one another. these are the stories from the signoff. water and basic housing costs money and it's no different in the slums. making a living no matter how is the only way to survive. going to. rekey for tests is a scavenger and

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other countries, the netherlands, malta, monaco, aruba, all removed tonight and that will come into force4am on saturday morning uk time and it will be across the entirety of the united kingdom, scotland, wales and northern ireland and england. the prime minister saying the government wants to be absolutely ruthless on this but i think there will still be questions for ministers when they announced the air bridge policy, they presented this list of countries at the time there was less discussion about the fact that there would be a lot of risk potentially for travellers who might want to go abroad but recently we have heard from downing street and senior ministers but there's always a risk when it comes to travelling during a pandemic. i think what's concerning for the travel industry is that even those countries that remain exempt from quarantine, people might begin to feel pretty nervous when they see how quickly things can move, the announcement on spain came very suddenly., people put off foreign travel not just now suddenly., people put off foreign travel notjust now to places like f

uk transport secretary grant shapps says the restrictions, which will also affect travellers from maltarks & caicos and aruba will come into effect for the whole of the uk from saturday morning. this evening we will announce that there will be quarantined brought in for a number of other locations, including france, and some others. that is because we have absolutely worked so hard to make sure that we are keeping our numbers down here and we cannot afford to reimport those cases from elsewhere. at the same time restrictions within the uk are continuing to be eased. from august 15, indoor theatre, music and performance venues will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences. "close contact" beauty services such as facials, eyebrow threading and eyelash treatments will resume and wedding receptions for up to 30 guests will be permitted. the changes will not apply in the specific areas where local restrictions are in place. they also come at the same time as increases in fines for those who don't wear masks in public — repeat offenders could be forced to pay up to £3,200. we can c

the new rule also affects five other countries, including malta and the netherlands.onavirus cases have surged in these countries in recent days. stay with us on bbc news for a look at the latest big screen releases in the film review, that's after the latest tech in click, up next. hey, welcome. this week we're going to bring you up—to—date with one of the most important parts of technology world. this place that is a long way away from silicon valley, both geographically and culturally, and it's a place that is now challenging the west‘s tech dominance. iam, challenging the west‘s tech dominance. i am, of course, talking about china. this is tiananmen square in beijing's. when i first went to china nearly 15 years ago, it was already clear that the mighty dragon was awakening and the next technology superpower was rearing its head. fast forward to 2020 and chinese companies have broken into the west in a big way. one of the best known of these are probably tiktok and huawei, and they have both drawn criticism, to say the least. but tech talk is now under pressure fr

linfield are at home to malta's floriana.the new saints, bala town and connah's quay are also involved. there's the spurs tie and what a game for ireland's shamrock rovers, ac milan at home. manchester united are very close to signing the ajax and netherlands midfielder donny van de beek. a fee of around £40 million has been agreed for the 23—year—old, on a five—year deal. he was a key figure in the ajax side that reached the champions league semi—finals last year. he's expected to be avaialble for united's first match of the season against crystal palace on 19th september. united getting an extra week off after their european exertions last season. england women's first match in over seven months will be away against germany on october 27th. it will be a friendly against the 2—time world champions behind closed doors in wiesbaden. the lionesses haven't played since the shebelieves cup in the united states in march. head coach phil neville will also have a week—long training camp at st george's park next month. england last p

adding lessnt is travel to malta, monica, and aruba, and the turks and caicos islands.ons set to rise in the gulf with the united states claiming that iran has stopped a ship in international waters. the revolutionary guard forces briefly seized a liberian oil tanker near the straits of hormuz. washington has offered no motive for the claimed boarding. tehran has made no comment. lawmakers in lebanon met for the first time since the devastating explosion that destroyed parts of beirut. amid reports safety warnings were ignored for years. at least 170 died and thousands were wounded. lebanon is mired in its worst economic and political crisis in decades. >> let's do a check on the markets right now. asian stocks off the lows. close to erasing losses for the year yesterday. u.s.ve futures in the pointing to a higher open. we are also tracking treasuries. 10-year yields below 71. treasuries tumble. the auction did not go so well. do not know if this was because of the record size or rising reflation concerns that possibly it coincided with apple's own issuances as well. go

the full list of countries is france, netherlands, malta, monaco, and the caribbean islands turks and aruba. hundreds of thousands of uk tourists are thought to be in france at present. the new rules come into force at 4am saturday morning — and that's resulted in a rush to ports and airports, with thousands desperate to avoid quarantine. eurotunnel says it doesn't have the capacity to bring everyone home in time. but additional ferries have been added to repatriate passengers from calais. the advice is to book online. transport secretary, grant shapps, has ruled out people receiving compensation, even if it affects their ability to work, saying holiday—makers knew the risks when going abroad. airlines uk described it as "another devastating blow to the travel industry already reeling from the worst crisis in its history". our europe correspondent gavin lee reports. the long road back to the uk. the cuthbert family, who were supposed to be on holiday for another week, are hotfooting it from the west of france trying to catch a ferry to avoid mandatory quarantine in the uk. looking at

said it would impose a 14 day quarantine on arrivals from the netherlands malta and france starting on saturday and ice to make it one 160000 british tourists are in france in the corner was announced those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after day to that stage in terms of watching. right now at this very moment artificial intelligence is trying to figure out exactly who you are. mimics our thoughts and emotions. analyzes ourselves to decode our genetic material. no task is beyond its capabilities ai is even learning to drive our cars for us. ai controls robots that work more efficiently for me to do. so where does this leave us in this new world of artificial minds. in the last 10 years we have developed an inseparable bond with our cell phones. smartphone capabilities are bolstered by artificial intelligence which serves our needs whilst keeping a watchful eye. network operators record our movements to the nearest meter as some applications geotagged users every 60 seconds. surveillance cameras scrutinize our every move. a known entities siphon our data from

states including malta have been added to the u.k.'s quarantine list. for more on this story, we can go to our reporter standing by in london. i am sure you know this, but go from saturday to saturday, how are british travelers currently in the country who won't be able to make it back in time react to this news? >> well, if you listen too the british government, they're saying these people knew the risks. so yes, of couourse, it will be very bad news for t those peopl some are trying to forward the return and that is the worry y because thehe british govovernm has made it very clear that tens of thousands of brits in fraran holidaying won't all m make it back in time by what is 4:00 a.m. british time, 3:00 in the morning g.m.t. check with your airline, check with your travel operators and for the money that you could lose, well, that's something that you will just have to take onboard. that was a risk. it's been a week now that we have had these rumors and itit' now official. theeadline is 3 3:00 a.m. g.m.t. it's thought that 160,000 brits re holidayin

is imposing a 2 week current teen on people arriving from france the netherlands malta and 3 other countries from saturday it's after the nation has recorded a surge in infections france is seeing its highest number of cases since restrictions were eased in may with more than $2600.00 new infections on thursday infection rate is also on the rise in spain and germany officials say it's due to increased testing and eased restrictions there's the headlines one i one east is up next looking at how a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship turned a spotlight on its owners likes watching c.c. . free of tensions could crop global economic growth by $700000000000.00 we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in the government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy. counting the cost on al-jazeera. it's a. good thing. the princess sailed into sydney for the 1st time last year the ship was greeted with fireworks and celebrations and so on but everybody was to go along. now the ruby princess is famous for all the wrong reasons i put the mighty dollar

linfield are at home to malta's floriana.he spurs tie and what a game for ireland's shamrock rovers, ac milan at home. the england women's first match in over seven months will be away against germany on october 27th. it will be a friendly against the two—time world champions behind closed doors in wiesbaden. the lionesses haven't played since the shebelieves cup in the united states in march. head coach phil neville will asemble his squad for a week long training camp at st george's park next month. england last played germany in november, a 2—1 defeat in front of a record crowd of almost 78,000 at wembley. there was an incredible finish to the bmw championship in chicago. a putting masterclass. the spaniard jon rahm was three shots off the pace heading into the final day but a round of six—under par 64 — the lowest round of the week saw him top the leaderboard. he looked set for the win but world number one dutstin johnson pulled this out of the bag on the 18th to force a play—off. but rahm sank an even longer putt at the f

spain, luxembourg, malta, and belgium are among the countries of high concern.in reported more than 5900 cases, more than 100 cases per 100,000 people. a south korean pastor who took part in a mass antigovernment rally at the weekend has tested positive for coronavirus. more than 300 infections are linked to his church. the government's warning it could be the worst outbreak for months. the church is the epicenter of the country's second-largest cluster of coronavirus infection since the pandemic began. government workers sealed off the house of worship in the capital, on the same date its meeting pastor tested positive. it is one of more than 300 infections linked to the church. he helped to lead an antigovernment rally on saturday, where thousands of protesters expressed anger at president moon jae-in's decision to reimpose tough social distancing rules. congregation members say health workers tried to stop that rally with fake test results. >> we had for people who tested positive and then the number became 30, but just before the august 15 protest, the numbe

people arriving in the uk from france and a number of other countries — including the netherlands and maltaimposed because of concerns about rising numbers of coronavirus cases. thousands of british people rushed to beat the deadline. the government has signed deals to purchase two more experimental coronavirus vaccines. 90 million doses have been purchased. written now has 340 million doses on orderfor six different vaccines, enough to give everyone in the country five doses. but it is still unclear whether any of them will work. a coronavirus vaccine. it would be the solution to the pandemic, a way to protect the vulnerable, to end social distancing. how do you feel? i feel fine. good. such is the pressing need, countries are placing orders long before clinical trials are finished, and they know whether any of the vaccines protect against the virus. the uk is said to have one of the world's biggest stockpiles of coronavirus vaccine. 340 million doses have been ordered of six different vaccines, the latest deals are with a belgian company, janssen, and a us biotech, novavax. now, even thou

the measure comes into effect on saturday and also applies to malta, monaco, aruba and the turks and on containing covid—i9 has hit a bump on the road as it is now extended outside of the city of auckland. at least three people have been killed in clashes on the ivory coast is hundreds of taken to the streets. it follows president wattarra's decision to run for a third term in office. police fired tear gas at demonstrators, who defied a ban on protests. on monday, hong kong media tycoon jimmy lai was arrested in a scene that shocked many. his newspaper offices were raided by hundreds of police. mr lai, the founder of the apple daily, is the most high—profile person to be detained under a controversial new security law. hejoined me from hong kong, a short time ago, in one of his first media interviews since being released on bail. i don't know what is going to happen to me next because they have not given me a date of the judgement. i was given a bail of $300,000 cash and $200,000 personal guarantee and my passport was confiscated so i cannot travel, and i am waiting for the next thin

the new rule also affects five other countries, including malta and the netherlands.r has called on the government to act immediately to sort out what it describes as an exam's fiasco in england after almost 40% of a level teacher assessments were downgraded. the leader says they should follow the lead of scotla nd they should follow the lead of scotland and allow teachers grades to be accepted. the government maintains that would risk grade inflation and insist this —— disadvantaged students not been disproportionately affected. this boy feels he has lost a scholarship. it would have taken lost a scholarship. it would have ta ken stress off lost a scholarship. it would have taken stress off and i would not have had to pay for my own pocket for university books, resources. victor has lost the university place he wanted. because of the two b finesse that i got, the college will appeal on my behalf and hopefully change those two as. connie has been accepted by oxford but with lower grades.” don't feel like teachers have been listened to and i don't feel like students ha

went off killing them and injuring several others police have questioned the former prime minister of malta as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist daphne. here is of muscat stepped down earlier this year over the car bomb blast that killed in 2017 the brother of mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador has been implicated in a scandal after footage appeared to show him accepting cash the president insists his brother is innocent and joe biden come given their 1st joint television interview since being formally confirmed as the democratic party nominees for november's election biden says he would be prepared to shut down the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus if that's what scientists recommend. those are your headlines more news here on al-jazeera. on counting the cost cracks in the global economy stocks soared to record highs despite the coronavirus but that makes billionaires become richer but the poor get poorer so is the time to finally come from populism plus remaking china and president she's been. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the explosion of pl

the measure comes into effect on saturday and also applies to malta, monaco, aruba and the turks ands islands. two regions in spain have banned smoking outdoors, to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. people in galicia and in the canary islands will be forbidden to remove masks, which are mandatory in public places, to smoke, if they cannot be sure of remaining two metres apart. apple has removed the video game fortnite from its app store, after accusing its developers of breaking its guidelines on in—app payments. epic games, which owns fortnite, has accused apple of holding an unfair monopoly on processing payments, and says it will take legal action after being banned. at least three people have been killed in clashes in ivory coast as hundreds have taken to the streets following president wattarra's decision to run for a third term in office. police fired tear gas at demonstrators, who defied a ban on protests. in lebanon, lawmakers have approved a two—week state of emergency in beirut after last week's deadly explosion in the capital. about a quarter—of—a—million people remai

uk transport secretary grant shapps says the restrictions, which will also affect travellers from maltauba, will come into effect for the whole of the uk from saturday morning. this evening we will announce that there will be quarantine brought in for a number of other locations, now including france, holland and some others. that is because we have absolutely worked so hard to make sure that we are keeping our numbers down here and we cannot afford to reimport those cases from elsewhere. this weekend marks 75 years since japan's surrender in the second world war. once the fighting ended, the us occupied japan, imposing a constitutional democracy on the former empire, something that shaped international relations in the region for decades to come. 0ne veteran, john hutchin, who's 96, was part of the chindit special forces, which fought behind enemy lines in burma, facing disease and monsoon rains. he's been speaking to our correspondent, robert hall. twice a day for five weeks, they attacked. morning... ..and evening. 0ur losses were very heavy. archive: here they are in close up for th

but i was posted to the siege of malta in ‘42, and that's where i got most of my victories to becomewas the exact distance the fighters had to be from the enemy to successfully hit the target. i think the biggest thing was the huge increase in speed of the new fighters, which was way beyond anything people had experienced before. it's always very dangerous with mathematics to extrapolate it beyond its usual domain of applicability, where you check the data and make sense. so what they had to do was to take trials conducted at much lower speed and then work out what would be necessary for a really high—speed fighter, and that will have been particularly difficult. very easy to get it wrong. with eight guns firing, the fighters typically had just two seconds to hit their target before pulling away. they had to get incredibly close to the enemy planes to stand a chance of shooting them down — around 250 yards, or almost 230 metres, away. hazel‘s calculations proved to be critical. the spitfire and hurricane were both armed with eight browning .303 machine—guns. the weight of fire was on