sweden's minister for health and social affairs alaina helen dan thanks for joining us and for talking to al-jazeera can i just begin with the government motto during the covert 19 pandemic which was physical distancing not social distancing was that the best policy considering the latest figures from sweden suggests that you've had nearly 6000 deaths and nearly 80000 infections but let me say that we have had a situation in sweden which has the best problem at the as many other countries i mean this is a global pandemic virus we knew very little about from the beginning now you know a lot more so rare or suppressed in time all during those it's 6 months since we have urged. its case in sweden we have been working very hard and i just want to take every day i can say that it's way that we didn't have business as usual in any way we had physical distance . we had so many changes so if you will visit sweden and talk to people in suite and they would say that so many things test in different change and they still are that doesn't mean their course it's such sadness that we can but that we

natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government when it's the minister of social affairs this is the time where you see a social fabric so bored by government with the vision and leadership we have never seen a single talk from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits people i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i'm just one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the us i think what is we're seeing is the natural disaster we leave total government failure. flooding is also causing chaos in kenya that's where a fellow's been forced to abandon their homes environmentalist saying decades of deforestation and unusually heavy rainfall have contributed to the disaster often so i went to a lake or ego where water levels have risen around 12 meters over the past 7 years that's our boat on lake burial in kenya's rift valley but this area wasn't always covered by the lake and its waters are hundreds of homes some sc

immunity or whatever and i hope that you will also interview the middle east the minister of social affairs to be more able to discuss those issues. i'd like to talk about something that you have spoken quite extensively on the swedish coronavirus policy was designed on a system of trust politicians authorities the public you've spoken very highly about the system of trust but but the latest polls indicate the following about that level of trust about the swedish public has in your policy only 45 percent of swedes have now a fairly high or very high faith in the strategy compared with 63 percent in april that that's a pretty dramatic dip do you see that as as damaging to your relationship with the public and you know the concept of a of a stable and a and as a sane and a reasonable sweden. that is not what we talk about when we talk about trust you have misunderstood it unfortunately because when we talk about trust that is if people are trusting the pope with the political and the authorities in what measures should be taken that is not legally binding and still of the 3 months more than 8

it has been inspected tries by the ministry of social affairs and they found the conditions step holding them back very happy but they would close the orphanage down if it doesn't stop complying with the minimum standards. to avoid devising suspicions we go in on the cover that it's volunteers wearing hidden cameras. well we're greeted by saying that so often. just the right of the network you have to beg. and go get them. seen it is king for us to start teaching straightaway oh part of that i'm going to get in the market bob when i'm feeling up but one. thing i have never done any teaching yeah and i've been told that you then have to do the same or. i have the book and you can respond she stood you. having simply walked off the street we are now teaching an english class then there is a seemingly endless amount of play time. many of the children are hyperactive and will demand constant attention it is nice. to see you know the streets how many i was i was thinking. about and he said think out of this mess there is no longer. the kids of color nothing to do nothing and what she said was

our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports.ve died from covid—19. it is understood to be the highest death toll in a single care home in the uk. but today's research underlines how death has become too common at too many care homes. academics analysed excess death rates, the number of people who died in care homes this year over and above the five year average. they found that, at the height of the pandemic, deaths in england were 79% above average, and in wales they were 66% higher. 62% in scotland, with the northern ireland performing best, though deaths were still 46 percent higher than usual. have you been able to do any analysis of why these figures are where they are at? that will be part due directly to measured covid, but partly due to unmeasured covid, and partly due to deaths caused by the pandemic but which weren't due to covid itself. care homes in scotland, england and wales were described as having performed poorly by researchers. homeowners say it won't happen again. so, we've learnt quite a lot about not taking

has been inspected twice by the ministry of social affairs and they found their condition a step holding in fact very happy that they would close the orphanage down if it doesn't stop complying with the minimum standards. to avoid devising suspicions we go in on the cover it's volunteers wearing hidden cameras. and. we are greeted by saying that so often in just the right. to be. seen it is keen for us to start teaching straight away. i mean you know one. thing that i have never gotten any teaching and. i have. become. patty. you. see having simply walked off the street we are now teaching an english class then there is a seemingly endless amount of play time. many of the children are hyperactive and will demand constant attention to it it is thanks to the teaching of history how many of the many times i was thinking. about he said think out of this mess there is no longer any answer to the kids of color nothing to do it means and what she said was totally pointless. when seen it returns he shows us the children's rooms only half of the beds have mattresses on the side of the so middle o

natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government when it's the minister of social affairs this is the time where you see a social fabric so bought it by government with the vision and leadership we have never seen a single talk from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits people i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i guess one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the us i think what is we're seeing is the natural disaster we leave total government failure. turkey's foreign minister is warning greece that its plans to extend the territorial waters in the aegean sea could lead to war he announced 2 weeks of military exercises northwest of cyprus now both sides have accused each other of violating their airspace there have been months of tension over who controls gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean turkey's vice president echoed the foreign minister's warning should probably it's a member greece want

a natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government went to the minister of social affairs this is the time where you see a social fabric so book by government with the vision and leadership we have never seen a single book from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i guess one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the u.s. i think what he's done in the natural disaster with believe that government fania. hostile hostile hoffler on matters are. demanding answers the families of victims have been forced disappearances in pakistan and the government to take action. and high profile health care outcome. sisters taking part in a coronavirus vaccine trial as cases sold in their country. leads the lakers on and off the course at the n.b.a. playoffs we will have those details for school on june 4th. hello there plenty more hot and dry weather across much of the middle east

natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government when it's the minister of social affairs this is the time when you see a social fabric so bought it by government with the vision and leadership we have never seen a single talk from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits people i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i guess one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a natural disaster in the us i seen what is we're seeing in the natural disaster we leave total government failure. thousands of people in kenya have been forced to abandon their homes after a drastic rise in the levels of lakes along the rift valley homes schools hospitals or roads are underwater environments environmentalist say decades of deforestation and unusually heavy rains this year have contributed to the disaster katherine sawyer has been to lake barring go where the water level has risen by around 12 metres in the past 7 years that's our boat on lake burial

not your crises nothing to do is it done but it needs the government went to the minister of social affairs and this is the time when you see a social fabric so bought it by government with your vision and leadership we have never seen a single book from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits people i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly of support is this and i guess one example during w. bush lost his. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the us i think what you will see him sitting down in a natural disaster with a clear total government failure all right thank you so much certainly a very dicey situation for the people of sudan thank you for talking to us president of the association for sustainable development joining us from london we appreciate your time thank you very much pleasure. and still ahead on this news hour. the families of victims of enforced disappearances in pakistan meant to take action and le bron james leaves the lakers on an all but award at the n.b.a. playo

public health, the ministry of public health, the ministry of public health, the ministry of social affairsare you liaising directly with the french government? of course we have some leaks with the french government, so we have some calls from the french embassy to ask us calls from the french embassy to ask us what the plans, what are the needs? because i guess we have access maybe better to the beneficiaries. we are on the ground, we have teams everywhere, so we provided them with information, with some data that we collected during the day, and, yes, i hope it will... i don't know if we will meet them, i don't think so, but i really hope that they will use our information to try to find how different governmental support lebanon. ok, caroline, we will have to leave it there. we wish you all the best with all your team is doing. at least four large hospitals in beirut were so severely damaged in yesterday's explosion, they were unable to admit patients. one of the hardest hit was the st george university hospital, where at least four nurses died and five doctors were wounded. at that pre

natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government when it's the minister of social affairs this is the time when you see a social fabric so bought it by government with the vision and leadership we have never seen a single talk from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits people i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i'm just one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the u.s. i think what is we're seeing is international disaster we leave total government failure. still ahead here on al-jazeera. the husband who threw her needs only demanding answers the families of victims of enforced disappearances and pakistan the government to take action. voluntary and to help find a vaccine will meet the indonesian sisters taking part in human trials. and another record for tennis as well number one but he has met resistance for an idea that some deem inappropriate peaceable explain all that and sports. and other plane

natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government where does the minister of social affairs this is the time where you see a social fabric so bored by government with the vision and leadership we have never seen a single talk from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i guess one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the us i think what is we're seeing is international disaster with believe that government failure. flooding has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in the share at least 45 people have been killed after the river overflowed in heavy rain the capital niamey has shut down hundreds of grain stores have been damaged and the rain is also causing big problems in kenya where thousands have abandoned their homes environmentalist say decades of deforestation grass heavier downpours and usual have contributed to the disaster catherine so it has

before the pandemic now it's in further decline with record unemployment well tough is an african affairs social and political commentator and he joins us now live from johannesburg thank you so much for your time let's talk south africa one of the strictest lockdowns in the world one sort of cost is that had socially and politically. i think you well i think on a social level. it's created a lot of distance between people and i think it's been a very strange time in terms of people not being able to to get our and see their friends and relatives so it's been a very unusual period with. 'd is people been confined to their homes for the most part and as a lockdown has been eased somewhat things have become better but i think. everything has to be taken in the context of. the lockdown has affected the economy and explicitly how it's led to. extreme job losses let's talk about that economically what are the predictions around how long it will take to recover lost ground to mean how much impact has it had. it's had. a die impact. the treasury. as much as 50 percent unemployment could reach as much a

the churches that have huge role to play in this but his affairs not only the political affairs but also the socialconomic affairs of the country where you look at the roman catholic church i think i can i good to say that to my dirty jobs in bob increase in that company x. it's one of the largest churches in zimbabwe and also that all these churches in zimbabwe are by sheer numbers of its congregants we've got of course other to measure churches like the methodist church of 7 that meant is in all of the churches but i can arguably say that the catholics in terms of this year numbers they're the largest christian grouping in zimbabwe i see going forward that this is going to be it is odd i don't see seated didn't like getting out of control but i call it as tom in a teacup i see the government and that it responsible for it is coming together soon and i know i am out ironing out whatever differences that might upset by the end of the day the church the changes wrought to play by the end of the day is also important that perhaps that change should be more 2nd suspect when it may be make that public

allowed and the ban on alcohol and cigarettes is being lifted topping the haka is an african affairs social and political commentator he explains why the economic situation is likely to get worse the treasury. it's to mates that as much as 50 percent unemployment could reach as much as 50 percent. and you could see 2500000 jobs being shed within this lockdown period. in the worst case scenario. and behind that you do have a very severe food situation so there's quite a lot of hunger and. they also predict that it's least 50 percent of the population could become food insecure. by the end of 2020 so it's quite a dire situation and there are plenty of businesses shutting down. obviously because of a lot of the restrictions are on the lockdown some business some businesses cannot stand the survive under these conditions one of the world's longest coronavirus lock times is being lifted until 8 restaurants bars and nightclubs remain closed people in the capital can go out for a stroll after months of being stuck indoors but not everyone is following the rules there's a lot america and it's in th

affairs or social service or to become clergymen they became wall street traders and with the fed we know historically and as an example of an institution that is replicated in other countries around the world there is a natural interest rate of about 5 percent and the fed is their remit is to either raise or lower rates around that natural rate as a way to offer. mitigating. risk to the economy in case there's a slowdown or things that hyper inflated exciter but what we've seen is that they've taken rates down to 0 and allowed the continuing air class to buy everything up which is given the rise to the multi 100000000000 are class that's a result of what i think we can describe as a heist this is a heist engineer by the fed and further along put further along by the concealing her class so this is this is pretty shocking disaster in the lot of ways and. first so what's your comment on them would you like to see it that way am i over my over you know dramatize ing something in here and if i buy that but if that is the case that same structurally there's a very little i can be done at

social distancing. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot looks at how it's working. >> rock 'n' roll is alive the u.k. he just looks a little different in the age of covid-19. after five months of no major concerts in britain due to the pandemic, organizers and newcastle are staging but they called the world's first large-scale social he distanced music gigs. 2500 concertgoers in groups of up to five family members or friends taking in the sounds in 500 safely separated fenced in metal enclosures. all in line with british health rules. >> according to the current guidelines. >> doesn't stop there. attendees are served food and drink to their seats. they can use clean and plentiful facilities, masks and hand sanitizer all around. kicking off the concert series, local rocker sam fender who says he's happy to have a job again. organizers hope we could be a temporary way out for a global performing arts field hard-hit by coronavirus restrictions. in the u.s. alone it's estimated the concert business will lose $10 billion this year. >speak it would help around the world people take inspiration fro

you're not really letting it think your household is going to be accustomed to affairs where people really forgot to socialize with the acute lack of prospects is a ticking time bomb for whole generation of younger people 2 thirds of under thirty's are more likely to be made unemployed than this scene is they also have fewer skills and are disproportionately likely to be in insecure shops but even that kind of work which used to be readily available is now when doing work in the greater khana me and in the services industry has been ravaged since locked down working hours were cut as were living standards for many in such a short space of time. those who invested in higher education are seeing opportunities drastically reduced on average there are 15000 graduate recruiting vacancies a year in the u.k. this year that has gone down to just 3000 in the week leading up to june when you compare your own year 80 percent fewer jobs are available to young people than were last year and so young people really are bearing the brunt of it and when we speak to them and we had a report that came out in may which was a you

economic social and other reverberations will be felt for some time to come united nations as and then go on a swift and wide ranging response to office because the nation of humanitarian affairs helped to organize the point of the experts from the international search and rescue advisory group and united nations these ups that assess the coordination system well 1st responders in beirut's blake getting 20 pounds the world

the forum, whether there will be an audience, if there'll be a small, socially distanced audience, or if this will be a digital affair head—to—head, it seems like they will likely be in the same room, they will go ahead in matter of three weeks on three separate occasions. peter, thank you. let's get some of the day's other news... steve bannon, a former adviser to donald trump who's charged with defrauding a crowdfunding campaign to build parts of a wall along the us border with mexico, has been told his trial will begin next may. mr bannon is one of four people accused with using hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover personal expenses. all deny the charges. also in the us, a couple who allegedly aimed guns at black lives matter protestors in front of their house in missouri have appeared in court. mark and patricia mccloskey are accused of unlawful use of a weapons, an offence which has a maximum penalty of four years in prison. in the wake of the incident, they were given a prominent speaking slot at the republican national convention. australia's foreign ministry says it has been in contact with an australian

homeless we have a specific mandate to think about the racial and social equity impact and how we can improve on the current state of affairs. before participating in this work, planning worked with consultants and city agencies to identify key areas of potential strategies we would carry into this work and so these four main areas include avoiding longer term eviction debt and foreclosure crisis to speak to what supervisor mar brought up and to prevent homelessness. ensuring the city continues to build new housing and increasing and leveraging public investment to preserve existing affordable housing and lock in affordability for the future. with that, i will pass it back tbackto miriam to talk about our housing plan. >> this data is what is forming our plans and policies. the most significant plan in front of us is the housing. as you know, a requirement of the element of the general plan required by state law. [indiscernable] >> you are chopped up. you are hard to hear. >> i am having the same problem hearing her that you are. >> the connection is choppy. >> is this better? >> yes. >> sorry about the technical problems.

c-span'satch all of public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on and be partio app of the national conversation through c-span's washington journal programs or our social media feed. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> final preparations are underway for the democratic national convention later this month in milwaukee. c-span will have live coverage of the event spanning several days, expected to be scaled back to to the coronavirus pandemic. we spoke with one of the convention planners to find out what to expect. >> at what point during the pandemic did you realize you were switching from a more normal convention to one that would be more virtual? >> we were hopeful as the pandemic was unfolding in the early months of this year, moving our dates back by a month , we were hoping we could still hold a physical convention where delegates could come to but also produce a prevention -- traditional convention. pretty soon after that as the lockdown continued, it was clear that wasn't going to happen so we started planning for a convention that is fairly unconven

social isolation. herd immunity is much more laze affair. and this is being driven by some hopes of economic recovery, sweden is the first one that has approximately a 9% rate of unemployment. so it is not affecting or helping that in any way. their mortality rate is as high as the united states. so it is a mixed bag and it is by no means an out and out success in sweden. >> the man who is pushing this, as we mentioned a second ago, dr. scott at lass from the hoover institution and joined the white house as a adviser recently. as his influence is on the rise, dr. fauci's influence seems to be diminishing. and on the point of a vaccine, we are learning that the fda is willing to authorize a vaccine before phase three trials are complete. and we know that dr. fauci has really been steadfast that they have to get it right on this covid vaccine. and surely a vaccine prior to november 3rd woruldn't hurt donald trump's re-election hopes but how could they approve a vaccine before it fully completes the trials. >> the biggest concern that most medi

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chief to eliminate the departments mounted patrol, school officers, public affairs, and the navigation teams which helps sociallear out encampments. she's coming best criticize the counsel for everyone's contacting her about how these cuts would impact public safety. >> the push from counsel that some of our community is to do these large-scale changes in 2020, with no practical plan for community safety, i believe wholeheartedly that is completely reckless. >> seattle police officers guild is trying to put pressure also on the counsel. the union created this ad and asked people to sign it. they also had a rally on sunday. mayor jenny durkan said the forced layoffs would make the police department less diverse. >> this 100 officers we want to cut, and they try and pick out the ones they think the public would support cutting? that isn't how it will work. it'll be the 100 officers who are least senior, it'll be our most diverse recruits, and the people we pride in the department to be that new vision of the future. >> several polls have been taken on this issue in seattle, and while all of them show some suppor

it asks the chief to illuminate the mounted patrol, school officers, public affairs, and the unit that helps social workers clear out almost encampments. it costs $3 million from the police budget, but two socialists on the counsel want $86 million cut now. >> to say now that we need more time is an insult to the community that is demanding defunding the police now after decades of systemic police violence. especially in black and brown communities. >> the big debate over police funding will take place in the fall when next year's budget is set, and one councilmember does not want layoffs done by seniority, because that would mean less diversity on the force. the idea was floated to keep all officers of color and lay off white officers first. the obvious discrimination has been panned by many, but here in seattle that proposal will get a hearing. harris? >> harris: dan springer, thank you very much. >> the most important message right now is everyone take this very seriously, between the rain, flooding potential, the wind, even, again, a potential tornado. that's a lot. >> harris: new york city's m

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