14 in baghdad simona so the protests picking up steam again tell us about what's been happening. well what appears to have happened last night based on our conversations with a few protesters in tahrir square is that a group of protesters gathered in tahrir square to march in direction of another nearby square which is when security forces and according to the protesters plain clothed officials opened fire using live ammunition and bird charts to wardes these demonstrators at least one person was killed though a 2nd may have died later on in the hospital according to iraq's human rights commissions and dozens of people were killed now this is quite significant because 1st of all there has been a law in the protests since the krona virus pandemic erupted and also since the protests generally subsided earlier this year we really haven't seen many people gather in tahrir square it has only been a few dozen protesters were camped out who have persisted but over the past few days we have seen a surge in demonstrations once again take place not just here in baghdad but also in the sout

respect its sovereignty going forward if the 2 countries are to have amicable relations all right simona 14 there from baghdad thanks for that now domestic flights in nigeria are taking off for the 1st time in almost 4 months the main airports in a budget and lagos reopened others will follow over the next week but it's not known when international flights will resume. reports from. it was a cautious 1st day for nigeria no troubles as procedures arrived to check. they were confronted by new flight and safety rules that weren't there before the copied 900 pandemic. nevertheless john was eager to placate. just so i don't have to sign so far trust in my country and trust the efforts put in place so far i expect my country and i believe in trust in the system and i know that it's safe to fly as is safe to fly in any other country. traffic was the 1st day for the resumption of the british. government leaders say they have used the past 3 months when airlines are grounded to address critical infrastructure needs to ensure passenger safety of sin in our ports we have a marked areas where passen

including a deepening fiscal crisis the capital's architectural heritage is addressed of disappearing simona fulton al-jazeera look at. let's take you through some of the headlines here now just there are now a commemoration has ended in eastern bosnia-herzegovina where the 25th year anniversary of the 70 to genocide was marked more than 8000 muslim men and boys were murdered by bosnian serb troops hong kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on its candidates for september's legislative council elections they say a newly imposed security law is threatening freedoms in the territory. has more from hong kong the primaries as they call it were delayed by a couple of hours due to the fact that police raided the polling at a company that was supposed to monitor these elections and count the ballots police say it was because of such a project they did in 2013 where data was leaked but there are many questions particularly among the democratic camp as to the timing. the largest broadcaster in the philippines will remain permanently off air after m.p.'s refused to renew its li

office iraq has seen months of andreas as it deals with an economic crisis and political instability simona 14 has the latest from baghdad. this is the funeral procession. for one of the protesters who were killed in last night's escalation here in federation where thousands of protesters have gathered here. commemorate him and they're marching from the fire square indirect fire out where where the violence took place. right and elation in the protests here which took marjory's the fight in. march this year when iraq was hit by this. and now we can see the government the demonstrators are once again back they are angry at the government for not delivering services electricity the overhang to the government for not making the sweeping changes that they have demanded since october. until who put the prime minister in his position what protection have you provided to the protesters what demands have you implemented for the protesters you didn't provide any solution not the simplest things it's very silly that there's no electricity no clean water you didn't do anything for the citizens. the mi

simona fulton al-jazeera but that. rescuers in japan are warning that it's a race against time to find survivors after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides and a 60 people are confirmed dead so far and about a dozen are missing restaurants force more rain is on the way. japan's self-defense force police and coast guards are all pitching in to help relief and rescue efforts across q schoo island in flooded towns and cities residents are being moved to safer areas. this is unimaginable it's raining like a bucket of water over turned as we used to say in the old days. but floodwaters and continuing rain are hampering rescue operations. the government says it's doubling the number of emergency personnel and with more rain forecast for the next 2 days people are being warned to stay vigilant. the ground formation is weakened from the rain we fear that maybe landslides even if it rains slightly i asked residents to please be alert for information released by local officials and watch out for flooding in rivers jap

our simona can only hope their rivals slip up.tle races almost over, drawing three matches since the restart was that there is a question mark over the future of the management. but he is not taking all the blame. translation: obviously i assume i part of the responsibility but not totally. when people try to find a culprit, they a lwa ys people try to find a culprit, they always look at the figure of the coach. you cannot blamejust one person and i also don't feel i have done so badly for having drawn three games. there is a question mark at riau over the future of gareth bale sidelined in recent matches. but the manager claims his what are united but our focus on nothing but winning the 34th league title on thursday night. drew savage, bbc news. that's all from sportsday. england 195—3 in that opening match. reaction on day one of england's first test against the west indies and the latest on tonight's football is on the bbc sport website. we'll have more throughout the evening for you on the news channel too. but from me and th

contra costa, marin, napa, solow solano and simona sonoma are on the state watchlist. a percent test are coming back positive. coming up is 6:00 how the county is walking back on some reopening plans. >> another covid-19 19 outbreak in a nursing home is being blamed for five desperately 66 residents and staff aaron with the virus but most of them are residents of marin postacute. the nursing home is located in san rafale. it is one of 16 nursing homes in marrin county the positive coronavirus cases. about 87 marin s ancare facilities. >> for the first time we saw president trump wear a face mask in public today. he wore it while visiting the military's walter reed medical center in maryland . the president told reporters it was important to wear a mask in a hospital. his visit to walter reed comes as the virus sweeps across parts of the country. in florida there are more than a quarter of 1 million confirmed cases. meanwhile states in the south and waste including georgia, arizona and nevada i re-him posing rules. in hard-hit texas, governor greg abbott warned of a pos

clouds and fog are in the city south but it should also be in marin on the simona sonoma coast. we drop a good 12 to 15 degrees for many inland and it looks like we will level off and see temperatures kind of slide into the upper 80s for many wednesday and then very quiet i'm happy to say, >> some states shatter the records for coronavirus infections while other states slow down reopening plans. what this all means for schools around the country and plans to reopen this fall. and why business leaders are urging president trump to protect daca recipients ahead of an executive action expected from the white house. >>> welcome back. happening today, san francisco mayor london paris this morning at 11:00 will hold a public discussion on how the city is dealing with the coronavirus. the mayor will be joined by the city's health director, dr. grant colfax talking about the information used to decide how to keep san francisco safer during the pandemic. that discussion is available on the mayor's facebook, youtube and twitter pages and it starts at 11:00 this morning. also today, the go

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fulton joins us live from baghdad simona just explain to us the circumstances surrounding these 2 people who have lost their lives. well these anti-government protests started in october last year and there were the largest demonstrations that we have seen in iraq since 2003 but then over the months as the security forces used violence to crack down on the demonstrators and also because of the coronavirus endemic and disillusions we have seen that the that the demonstrations have largely died down since the beginning of this year with only a few dozen demonstrators remaining in tahrir square now what we have seen over the past 2 or 3 weeks is once again a rise in demonstrations not just here in baghdad but also in the southern provinces and these demonstrations have been very much driven by the lack of services including electricity it is at the moment over 50 degrees in iraq but many people have only access to a few hours of electricity per day so these years of grievances have once again boiled over they've once again driven the people to the streets and we are now seeing larger number

simona full team al jazeera but that wasn't all shirker is an independent politician and an economist he says the situations left plenty of questions unanswered. one thing we know is that the type of the law has been implicated in such attacks on the u.s. embassy or the or back that the airport or the military base in the combined military bases of iraqi and u.s. soldier what happened with that raid is there is a lot of unknowns was there a arrest warrant whose name was on there arrest warrant there's a big rumor that we as the iraqis living here in baghdad are hearing that that there are iranian elements within it that has a lot who are members obviously of the i r g c there republican guards i guess in the in iran so the question is are those the high ticket items or the high level of officer that they arrested were they actually iranians or are they iraqis so there is another very very strong rumor that the iranian elements that were arrested are no longer in iraq they have been the transported to american military bases outside iraq i can't confirm that but that's been heard from

folds and in baghdad simona tell us what they were saying about so the money. well this visit was rather important because it was the 1st visit by the iranian foreign minister after a 3 month assassination and. january and we saw the stopped on his way from the airport to the foreign ministry at the side of the man it was killed commemorating his death and it's also one of the topics that has been at the forefront of his visit here it comes just days after the united nations published a detailed report about. a strong strike that killed some in money calling the action unlawful saying that there was not sufficient evidence that was provided by the united states to justify it as an act of defense of this is something that he for sure will be bringing up as he meets with his iraqi counterparts and it's interesting because he has not just met with the foreign minister and the prime minister as would be expected but also with dan who is the head of the judiciary here most likely discussing this matter as well but let's listen to what that we've had to say about thi

hasa bega standing by for us and to iran but 1st let's get to some our whole team who's in baghdad simona just tell us why is this visit so important. well it's the 1st time iran's foreign minister visits iraq after the assassination of an iranian general custom still in money on january 3rd and it's also the 1st time that he visits the country after the formation of the new government led by a prime minister more than me who is seen as somebody who is closer to the united states compared to his predecessor. the he's somebody who has emphasized the importance of iraqi sovereignty somebody who has also vowed to restrict weapons in the hands of the state and who has recently moved against armed groups like this which are perceived as being close to iran so the last few months have been rather turbulent for iran iraq relations and this visit is certainly aimed at recalibrating relationship at making sure that iran's economic political and security interests are represented and it comes just a day ahead of most a visit to saudi arabia which will then be followed by a visit to tehran so certai

down on groups that operate outside the law but days later those detained had walked free al-jazeera simona 14 gained exclusive access to the base that was raided. we're about to get a rare glimpse into the most secretive armed group under iraq's popular mobilization forces brigade 45 better known as. this is the 1st time journalists have been allowed into one of its military bases. is nominally incorporated into iraq's security apparatus but has been accused of acting outside the formal chain of command al-jazeera gained exclusive access to dislocation in southern baghdad after it was raided by iraq's counterterrorism forces. the iraqi government says it had been tipped off that a rocket was about to be launched from dismissal of it towards the green zone where u.s. and other diplomatic missions are based 14 people were arrested and several weapons seized but the group says the raid was illegal carried out without an arrest warrant. on which they have evidence for the segregation they can show it to the people but here there are no missiles and launching pads the space has been here since

simona fulton al-jazeera but that. iranian media is reporting 2 people have been killed by an explosion at a factory near to her on 3 others were injured local officials say it happened after a worker mishandled filling an oxygen tank that i've been a series of explosions in iran recently a fire broke out at the natanz nuclear facility on thursday the 19 people were killed by an explosion at a clinic in tehran also bust week articles written about the middle east and published by some well known news publications have been removed after an investigation revealed the authors were fake the daily beast online newspaper says it's uncovered examples of so-called experts writing for outlets including the washington examiner and the national interest twitter has also suspended the profiles of several users identified in the investigation. almost 200 migrants rescued by a charity boat in the mediterranean have arrived in sicily after 9 days stuck on board police escorted them to another vessel where the be quarantined to preve

simona fulton are just a dad. germany is calling on its e.u. neighbors to agree to a fair way to distribute refugees and migrants the block remains stud locked on a new procedure after the previous system collapsed 5 years ago when the number of y. grounds increased sharply germany's interior minister said it's shameful the 27 nation block remain divided with many countries refusing to take in rescued migrants the majority initially arrive in italy or greece. the. situation is not really where you are not only an economic and security union but also a community of values and i'm convinced that saving people from dying and rescuing them from drowning also prolongs to a community of values also accompanying people have dignified procedures in europe where we're not there is a need for protection and if there is a need for protection or member states should take in these refugees in solidarity in the long run this question cannot be left to italy multo greece or spain alone. a group of we can muslims living in exile is accusing china of committing

or teeth will be the 1st major test event since the start of the pandemic other notable names like simona halep naomi osaka and rescue haven't entered the western and southern. that starts in flushing on august 28th ahead of us open play. australia's top soccer league returned to action after the season was suspended in march due to the current virus pandemic that's almost didn't really show adelaide united of any concern as they sent a warning to the rest of the league in their game against the perth glory 27th minute quarter award to adelaide. and michael jacobson is there to head it in adelaide is going to draw 1st blood at one nil the reds with some momentum 2 mins later sloppy pass allows for christian up to 2 attacks lived through and lachlan broke in with the left footed shot through center right there put his squad to know these very excited about it perth late the offensive game the 32nd minute brew for an early with a pass to get sent to gabriel popovich hill get it within 2 christian popovich who will send it in to get perth on the board 220 not happy though another corner kick

including a deepening fiscal crisis the capital's architectural heritage is addressed disappearing simona fulton al jazeera back at. now a church organization is appealing to turkey to reverse its decision to turn their fear back into a mosque the world council of churches sent a letter to president richard typer one saying the move will create division the nascar world heritage site has been a museum since 1934 it was built 1500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral and later converted to a mosque and then a museum. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera millions of displaced syrians will now have only one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the u.n. security council are diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. . this is the position that russia backed by china wanted and they have now got it there were some other things that russia and china wanted and that's why in the end in the vote they abstained didn't vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted s

square as well as questions about whether the prime minister is in full control of the security forces simona fulton al jazeera but at. russian president vladimir putin says he's spoken to turkey's regime tayyip erdogan about conflict between along the border between armenia and azerbaijan their origin peace talks and they say they'll play a role if they're asked 19 people have been killed in skirmishes since mid july the flare up in violence is over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region which has been under armenian control since 1904. mali's president has appointed a 6 person cabinet with a mission to form a unity government and spawns to an appeal from west african leaders also called for new elections after a disputed vote mollies embroiled in a political crisis which is seen as a major threat to regional stability because reports. amid a political crisis mali prepares for celebrations for weeks the june 5 movement or m 5 coalition of protest groups have been demanding president. to step down but demonstrations are on hold for the muslim holidays of eat my doing junk i do welcomes the 10 d

including a deepening fiscal crisis the capital's architectural heritage is addressed disappearing simona fulton al-jazeera but at. despite ever has a number of corona virus infections in florida and one of the state's most famous attractions is reopening it stalls the disney involved famed pockets been closed for nearly 4 months strict new health measures will now be in place but that hasn't stopped thousands of people signing a petition calling for the park to hold off its reopening our panel says will. walt disney world in orlando reopens on saturday with enhanced hygiene temperature checks and mandatory mask wearing to prevent the spread of covert 19 florida's governor says disney world is safer than a party at home people are going to be it's a safe environment disney i have no doubt it's going to be a safe environment but a quarter of park workers have signed an online petition against reopening saying it endangers their health doctors say safety depends on public cooperation and self discipline but the bottom line is you can rely on disney to keep things clean and then you as a gue

simona faulty now just that it out. hundreds of people were killed last year for defending the environment and in some cases for protecting their ancestral lands most of the attacks happened in latin america and all this is according to reports by the environmental group global witness out of more than $200.00 reported killings $64.00 in colombia and dozens more in brazil's amazon region in the philippines the majority of its $43.00 murders were linked to agriculture that's an increase of more than 40 percent compared to the year before the report outlines the escalation may be linked to activists becoming more outspoken in fighting climate change illegal mining and deforestation what is it now from rachel cox who is a campaigner at global witness and she says big business and governments responsible for the increase in violence against environmental activists. much of what is driving a taxi in canberra in the philippines is also driving attacks elsewhere in the world communities on the front lines of business projects

and then based on our mutual interest without any interfering in our own domestic affairs more with simona fulton our correspondent in baghdad on the importance of jobs at serious visit. well it very much is a diplomatic balancing act because iran and iraq are mutually codependent iraq is heavily reliant on gas importance on on imports of consumer goods in general so iraq very much must maintain good ties with iran on the one hand but iraq also needs relations with for example the gulf countries as well as of the united states so this is a 1st visit by in iraq is very much an effort to try to reestablish and perhaps heal a little bit their relations with iran and have gone through a rotter turbulent period over the past few months. to meet the new prime minister is somebody who was very close ties to the united states and he's somebody who is seen as being closer to the united states compared to his predecessor. the he's somebody who has vowed that he will restrain the weapons in the hands of the states and very recently he has made a move to try to curtail the influence of iranian backed

that is world number 2 simona halep has pulled out of next month's palermo open in italy due to concerns over quarantine rules they ventile mark the return of top level tennis after an enforced 5 month break but the romanian say she has things ideas about international air travel her concerns are shared by other top players as they build up to the 2nd grand slam of the year the u.s. open and event that studious start at the end of august if the usa is intending to go ahead and does go ahead i definitely want to say i think. just looking to be a sensible as i can on my end i know that does go ahead we'll be doing the best they can to keep everyone safe and then. just. getting back out. and fabia quote there are 01 from pole position at the end of lithia grand prix week after winning his maiden motor g.p. race the 21 year old french rider has now opened up a point lead over maverick alice in the title standing defending world champion mark mark has missed the race due to a broken arm. ok and that is all your sport for now it's now back to daryn in london thank you so much for that far well

simona fulton al-jazeera but that around half a 1000000 people have been advised to leave their homes because of floods and landslides in southwest japan at least 50 people have died during 3 days of heavy rain on the island of cuba show japan's government is doubling rescue operations phones louis reports. japan's self-defense force police and coast guards are all pitching in to help relief and rescue efforts across q shuai lead in florida towns and cities residents are being moved to safer areas. this is unimaginable it's raining like a bucket of water over turned as we used to say in the old days. but floodwaters and continuing rain are hampering rescue operations the government says it's doubling the number of emergency personnel and with more rain forecast for the next 2 days people are being warned to stay vigilant. the ground formation is weak and from the rain we fear there may be landslides even if it rains slightly i asked residents to please be alert for information released by local officials and watch out for flooding in rivers japan's 3rd largest island hasn't reported m

back to every football club rugby club every sports club up in the country tennis world number 2 simona halep has pulled out of next month's palermo open in italy due to concerns over quarantine rules the event will mark the return of top level tennis after an unforced 5 month break well the romanian says she has anxieties about international air travel her concerns are shared by other top players as they build up to the 2nd grand slam of the year the us open an event that stew to start at the end of august if the usa is intending to go ahead and does go ahead i definitely want to pay i think. just looking to be a sensible as i can on my end i know that does go ahead we'll be doing the best they can to keep everyone safe and then. i'm just a few getting back out of coats and fabio quote there are 01 from pole position at the angle of the grand prix it's a frenchman 2nd consecutive win since the delayed money g.p. season started a week after winning his maiden moto g.p. race the 21 year old has now opened up a 10 point lead over maverick of analysis and the title standings defending worl

square as well as questions about whether the prime minister is in full control of the security forces simona fulton al jazeera. preparations have begun for the muslim holiday in the spike lockdown restrictions fewer sheep lockett's are open in the capital algiers each taking street precautionary measures to curb the spread of covert 19 lasts around the tree as well as routine disaffection before and after the inspection of livestock. still ahead in this news hour. i'm lucy and human at the police canine school in santiago chile i'll tell you how these dogs may be able to tell you whether or not you're infected with coded 98 that coming out and then sports the rooftops offering a rare view of life and sports in the united states farah will be here with that story and i'm. sure you. will. police dogs in chile are being put through their paces to sniff out the corona virus in humans it's hoped they could facilitate the reopening of busy public spaces our last in america to see a new man has more now from santiago. these 4 police dogs are professional sniffers until now specialists in finding mi

another attack let's get more now from our correspondents mona fulton who joins us from the capital simona yet more rockets allegedly being fired at the green zone what do we know about these attacks and just trees behind them. well this is just the latest in a recent spate of rocket attacks and at the green zone and other facilities where u.s. soldiers are stationed and it comes just a day after the united states embassy here in book that tested a recently installed defense system to ward off rockets artillery and mortars which are regularly directed at its institutions now what is not clear exactly who is responsible for displayed attack there is one group that has claimed responsibility it's called the league of revolutionaries although many doubt whether to scroope really exists or whether it is just a front for other factions that are better known such as as ball of course let's remember that is the group that the u.s. u.s. has repeatedly accused for launching such attacks against the establishment and it is also the group that was targeted in a raid on june 25th which was the boldest

groups that operate outside the law but days later those detained had walked free how does it as simona fulton came to exclusive access to the content husband of banks that was raided. we're about to get a rare glimpse into the most secretive armed group under iraq's popular mobilization forces brigade 45 better known as. this is the 1st time journalists have been allowed into one of its military bases. is nominally incorporated into iraq's security apparatus but has been accused of acting outside the formal chain of command al-jazeera gained exclusive access to dislocation in southern baghdad after it was raided by iraq's counterterrorism forces the iraqi government says it had been tipped off that a rocket was about to be launched from dismissal of it towards the green zone where u.s. and other diplomatic missions are based 14 people were arrested and several weapons seized but the group says the raid was illegal carried out without an arrest warrant. on which they have evidence for the celebration they can show it to the people but here there are no missiles and launching pads the sp

there reached 54 degrees centigrade the increased demand on the grid has led to frequent power cuts simona 4th in the reports from baghdad. under bugged out scorching sun electricity workers go from house to house to collect their dues government electricity in iraq is heavily subsidized hussein's monthly bill is $16.00 but like most iraqis people living in this neighborhood only get a few hours of electricity per day during the summer and amid rising temperatures their anger at the government is boiling over by oh. look at me i'm swishing you talking to me and i'm full of sweet from 2003 into a no god brought these people promise as a punishment with 0 atrocity sleeps that's a state of thieves when the government cuts electricity the family relies on the neighborhoods private generator company that costs the family 4 times as much as they pay the government but the power from the generator is not enough to run the air conditioner so everyone gathers in the living room where only an old air cooler and a fan of her responded from the heat next door hussein's wife prepares the family's lunch

including a deepening fiscal crisis the capital's architectural heritage is addressed disappearing simona fulton al jazeera back at. amazon says an e-mail telling employees to remove the video sharing app to talk from their phones was sent by mistake an internal memo said staff should delete the app from any device that can access company e-mail because of security risks tick tock is owned by a chinese company and as previously come under scrutiny over fears could shared with the government. u.s. president donald trump has commuted the sentence of his former campaign. convicted of lying to congress during the special counsel's russia investigation. he has been a friend a confidant and for a very long time his biggest political supporter. can thank donald trump for his freedom the veteran political consultant was due to begin a prison sentence on tuesday with the president's granting of clemency that has gone away in my case. an assistant u.s. attorney. filed a motion with the court which has. become our investigation had proof beyond a crowd strikes report that the russians hacked the d.n

reigning wimbledon champion simona halep has added her voice to the list of players expressing concern open is due to be played behind closed doors this year due to coronavirus, but players including novak djokovic and rafael nadal have said they‘re not convinced they‘ll be there. and the two—time world champion snowboarder alex pullin has died while spearfishing at home in australia. the 32—year—old was found off a beach on queensland‘s gold coast on wednesday. he was treated by paramedics at the scene but could not be revived. pullin was australia‘s flagbearer at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi. that‘s all the sport for now. hope you‘ll be back few minutes when the rain has stopped. justine greening whojoins me now from south west london via webcam. by by pledging to help their customers and employers through the process. it hasjoined her and employers through the process. it has joined her now. good afternoon to you. good afternoon. so how does this work with mac so this business was all about asking to make sure that it weighs can get through the crisis and find out how they can