we're going to meet derek friedrich a buddhist fair veteran and social democrat member of the state parliament. he's been warning for years that north croyde 60 mists have infiltrated local military reserve units to ship the country in the civil in the salon little i can't understand why the investigation is taking so long as usually make it's been dragging on and on. and if you take a look at recent events you'll realize that we have to get to the bottom of this right away. we need to clean house would likely have been. one of marco g.'s close contacts a former east german soldier named your guess is not facing charges at this time in 2016 the 2 exchanged a series of e-mails that indicates that it was your guess who set up the meeting point in bahrain located near a military training area. in fact our research has allowed us to establish the outline of an entire network of such points your gas is also a sergeant and the bone despair reserve. many of the other conspirators are also alleged to be reservists york served for some time at the air force base at all stock laca a euro fighter squadro

president trump tweeted it would be moving, he didn't announce where, but it was because we saw the state parliamentconvention with all of its bells and whistles. we know president trump wanted to have a very normal rockstar like convention well he would receive the nomination to be re—elected, be the party's nominee. we saw the governor start to tell florida and then we saw jacksonville, florida, which is in the northern part of the state, was announced. now we are seeing plans for that convention, which is supposed to have all the bells and whistles according to president trump, that is up in the area because we are seeing severe spikes of coronavirus in the sunshine state. both els and whistles don't come cheap, do they? there is a lot of money that goes into putting on a convention, a lot of sponsorship. what happens if this doesn't go ahead or it is moved or postponed 7 this doesn't go ahead or it is moved or postponed? what happens to the money given what happened to these political supporters? that is a question a lot of us are asking right 110w. a lot of us are asking right now. we saw that

our international partners and i would like to ask all of you and your contacts to the parliaments in the member states. to support our targets within the german presidency because only if we get the support from the national parliaments in all of the e.u. member states will be able to tackle the major challenges facing us so the motto of our presidency is one that we need to fulfill with life together making europe strong again thank you. with this brings us to question time and the 1st question is good for it go here from the f.t. . madam chancellor according. to the newspaper her said that the police belong on the dumps but if they meant what you say that this is an attack on the rule of law in the state you didn't want to have the minister of the interior scrutinize this you didn't want responsibility here you just want to the left wing press to be able to commit libel left right and center are you clear of the fact that you are preventing the minister. for whom you created an internet. act and that this is being. used to incite a hatred against the police in the leftwing taps newspaper. referring

leaders of member states and so you see it as well a mixture of interests of member states but the european parliament is the voice of the people the only directly elected bodies so we are here to add more european perspective so it's the 1st time in history you sort of rule of conditionality might be introduced you must be happy about that well i would be if it was clear how it's going to announce and the interpretation of these few paragraphs is rather different and this is what worries me a lot because we need a strong conditionality between financial means and the rule of law we are seeing the rule of law deteriorating in a lot of member states and we have to stop that viktor orban for example the hungary in prime minister you've been criticizing him a lot so that there's no conscious analyse did he understand something wrong that's exactly the question have there been some kind of deals behind closed doors we don't know this is why we want much clearer formula i mean what we have now is not a legal text yet we have still to see the legal text that comes out of the council and we will really focus

capital bamako on friday police 5 gunshots and tear gas to disperse thousands who docu pide parliament and the state television the protesters want president. to resign for failing to tackle mali security and economic problems. singapore's governing party has comfortably held on to power despite its worst election results in nearly a decade prime minister lee hsien loong people's action party 61 percent of the vote but managed to win $83.00 of the 93 seats in parliament the opposition won 10 seats which is its best ever performance election happened just weeks after the country emerged from 2 months of lock down the people's action party's been in power since singapore's independence in 1065. on the outcome of the election the popular vote is 61.2 percent we want $83.00 seats out of $23.00 we have a clear mandate but the percentage of the popular vote is not as high as a hoped for. and we lost one jersey. nevertheless the result prefix broad based support for the p.d.p. singaporeans understand what is at stake and why we must come together to uphold our national interest in the news ahead despite ma

far this year compared to 2019 in response the regional government has declared a state of emergency. turkey's parliament has passed a law that gives authorities more power to regulate social media platforms will have to comply with strict conditions or face fines and bandwidth reductions the law was called for by president regift type of opposition lawmakers say it further limits freedom of expression in the country. for all of america's biggest tech names have appeared before congress to defend themselves against charges that they've become too powerful and are stifling competition appearing via video link mark zuckerberg of facebook joint google's sundar pichai apple c.e.o. tim cook and amazon boss jeff bezos all answering questions from members of congressional and the congressional antitrust panel they were grilled on market dominance and alleged violations of anti trust laws. let's get more from the business reporter yan's quarter in new york yes the most powerful the most influential u.s. tech c.e.o.'s what have you heard from them well i mean they definitely said talvi luff they are their custome

who's part of the opposition alliance on friday thousands occupy parliament and the state television building demanding the president's resignation. today for the headlines the listening post is up next looking at the contest in coronavirus narratives in the media thanks for watching by. ministration officials today again blamed for. every trace of the cycle. if. you believe it or believe the. virus which. hello i'm richard just britain you're watching a special edition of the listening post code with 19 as the world's 2 most powerful countries the usa and china staring each other down so far it's been a war of words and soundbites a blame game over the origins of the pandemic and each side's response to it conducted mostly through the news. the chinese and american media industries are ideological opposites.

look at the inner structure of this regime this regime has replaced the state which means that all the institutions the parliament the judiciary the administration the military all of these state institutions serve the preservation of power of us and there is not a target of power center in the country with for example of military like in egypt so this is nothing can get dangerous for us out in self and until now as has power is built on loyalty so he in forces loyalty by means of fear so this is why he needs the intelligence operators which is very important to us power and he creates loyalty by means of client a list which is why he needs these wealthy businessmen the capitalists cronies that are close to him so these are the 2 pillars inside the country the businessman and the private company is that loyal to him and the intelligence apparatus that makes it very stable plus obviously he had the foreign support to win the war militarily with the help of russia and iran. that was syria analyst kristen helberg speaking to us a little earlier this is day to view news he is a reminder of the top story we're followi

protest rock mali's capital obama demonstrators a blocked roads attacked the parliament and stormed the premises of the state television channel which has now gone off air the protesters are demanding the resignation of president's ebrahim book arcade. a turkish court's decision to open its stumbles i also feel as a mosque has been called open provocation to the civilized world president says the building which has been used as a museum will be open for muslim prayer in 2 weeks time it ruled that the 1500 year old monuments conversion to a museum was illegal those are the headlines counting the cost is next on al-jazeera but by. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is as beij

influential you mahmoud dicko who's part of the opposition alliance on friday thousands occupy parliament in the state television building demanding the president's resignation. yesterday to the headlines up next as al jazeera world looking at the palestinian shepherds who are protecting their land from is really an exception that's coming up thanks for watching but i. plane the airplane. to. plague. leg length. the great rift valley stretching from mozambique in south east africa to syria in the middle east. the west point of the great rift valley is here in the jordan valley. home to the world's oldest city jericho established over 10000 years ago. farmers and shepherds have worked on this land for thousands of years. in more recent times israel's continued occupation of the west bank since 1967 is threatening the existence of the people of this region. israel restricts palestinian development through the use of military orders which often means destruction of property and livelihoods it's also encouraged the spread of settlements across the occupied west bank regarded illegal under inter. national

well look the 30 percent are success for the parliament because it was the parliament insisting on 30 percent and member states wanted $25.00 so we moved them quite a bit but the current accounting for the 30 per cent it is a bit doubtful yeah so never doubt never trust the statistics you have and you haven't faked yourself so therefore we need to look at what is counted as climate spending and 2nd for the recovery package that was the original idea or the commission to spend 30000000000 in order to help struggling with germans which are suffering economically from a new car fossil fuel and future this just transition funding has been cut from 30 $1000000000.00 to $10000000000.00 and that is the price to pay which is difficult for all regions which depend so far on 1st side fuel business models and we want to socially just transition for these wages if we take an overview of this deal now mr gold it's been 4 long days getting to this point as you were watching it as well all the negotiations happening how do you feel about the e.u.'s ability to get through this crisis together. well look at the leaders of the

who was arrested in bamako on friday police 5 gunshots and tear gas to disperse thousands parliament and state television and us citizens living in china are being warned about an increased risk of being detained and banned from leaving the country tensions between the 2 countries have been on the rise again after the u.s. criticize the security law imposed on hong kong those are your headlines adrian's along next with inside story. a cathedral 1st then a mosque and later a museum now istanbul's landmark hagia sophia is being reconverted back into a mosque but is this an act of religious significance or political narrow minded yes this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finighan one of the world's most famous landmarks the haggis affair museum in istanbul has been tun back into a mosque turkey's president but one says the site will be open to muslim worship in less than 2 weeks after a top court ruled that the building's conversion into a museum in 1904 was illegal built one of the half 1000 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral august affair was converted into a m

states. leslie, what a difference the parliament terry system versus the mess in the united states.gency does congress need to do to be more like the chancellor? dr. vinjamuri: you are absolutely right. these couldn't be more different systems. we are in a different context right now because we have a congress, at least on the democratic side, pushing back hard. and a republican party that i think is not sure where to take this. in the context of accelerating infection rates, growing to, and an economy not controlled. i think the real question is, what's going to happen when or if the fiscal stimulus runs out, and look at the context -- and you also have to look at the context of americans out on the street, focused about racial unrest. some of that subsidized i fiscal stimulus package, what happens when that dries up? do you at chatham house, with all of your study and study of thing banks and the zeitgeist of washington, do you see a shift in washington of any party or person towards a system, as we see in europe, of direct to labor unemployed? has there been any i do philosophica

you say that you know is that there is not on there it would be sort of this knowledge state of assembly all parliaments of debate that are sharing agreement that was signed in the military and the protest movement right before that if we can and change will listen we need a very clear that in the absence of a parliament because it was suppose you don't read months after the start of the transitional period now in the absence of a parliament the council of ministers and the supreme council together make a parliaments and someone is appointed and i think you are saying that they think that there was an argument there was an arm and maybe it's not clear representative because there are no civil societies there but it does fairly make up the parliament for the time being until one is actually formed which will be more expensive so you're here with me and i don't know if i want all. this also that you know the fact that when the syrian adults 1st came in in 1803 they were done by presidential decree by japanese american with dictator time and we didn't have such you know cries of lack of protocol at the tim

anti-government protests turned violent demonstrators block streets attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster for weeks mass demonstrations have called on president bush. to resign. singapore's prime minister lieschen long says his long governing people's action party is on course to retain power after friday's election but its support dropped to just over 60 percent there were celebrations among the opposition workers' party which saw its number of seats in parliament jump. us prosecutors have filed a new 6 count indictment against glenn maxwell the former girlfriend and longtime associate of late finance year geoffrey epstein maxwell has been charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls so epstein could sexually abuse them she's seeking bail citing a risk of contract in 1000. the way now russia and china have again vetoed an attempt by the un security council to continue to manage tarion aid deliveries to rebel held territory as in syria friday was the last day that aid agencies were allowed to bring food and vital supplies over the turkish border to rebel held areas

protests turned violent demonstrators demonstrators both the streets and attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster for weeks mass demonstrations have called on president. cater to resign . u.s. president donald trump has commuted the sentence of his former aide roger stone stone was convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 26000 u.s. presidential race. pro-democracy parties in hong kong with polls to choose candidates for the upcoming legislative elections thousands queued unofficial polling stations across the city many pro-democracy supporters held up signs of aging people to vote it's an attempt to demonstrate a popular mandate for candidates whom the authorities might try to disqualify before the elections government officials had warned the polls may be in breach of the new security law imposed by. all joining us now from hong kong correspondent 3 become freebie given the new security legislation and the threat of arrest and imprisonment that's inherent in a government warning about these elections

capital as and government protest and violent demonstrators block streets attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster for weeks mass demonstrations have called on president it bring him back to back a to rob to resign. singapore's prime minister long says he's long governing people's action party is on course to retain power after friday's election but its support dropped to just over 60 percent there were celebrations among the opposition workers' party which saw its number of seats in parliament jumped. u.s. prosecutors have filed a new 6 count indictment against maxwell the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the by financier jeffrey epstein axwell has been charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls staying could sexually abuse them she is seeking by all citing the risk of contracting 19. or pro-democracy parties in hong kong i fell primary polls to choose candidates for the upcoming legislative elections thousands queue on official unofficial polling stations across the city many pro-democracy supporters held up signs edging people to vote it's an attempt to demo

people died during the recent unrest demonstrators blocked streets attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster there demanding that president. resign. bollywood legend i mean china has been hospitalized with coke at 19 in his home city of mumbai 77 year old announced his diagnosis on twitter affectionately known as big b. shot to fame in the early seventies with films such as year and show late u.s. president donald trump has commuted the prison sentence of his longtime friend and former aide roger stone stone appears paired with supporters to celebrate the president's decision was due to begin his 40 month prison term on tuesday after being convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during an investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential race. and for more on this let's bring in our correspondent carla blacker in washington carla how is washington reacting to this news. well as we have heard democrats are outraged about the president pardoning someone who lied to protect with republicans the case isn't quite as clear they're not as un

states not respected. members of the european parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. all straight is sick and city of melbourne has been awarded back into lockdown for 6 weeks from midnight on wednesday after a single day rise of 191 new corona virus cases the move comes as the border between the state of victoria to neighboring new south wales is sealed for the 1st time since the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago. read it through a map of the surviving a scene of distress and frustration a mother trying to reach our son confined inside a tower block after a resurgence of the coronavirus home government and that was the melbourne housing complex was originally at the center of the latest outbreak but now alarming spikes in the wider community mean lock down for the whole of the victoria state capital. and that is war of the public health 3 have advised me to re-impose stage through a stay at home restrictions for a period of 6 weeks there is simply

state. in march 951 the iranian parliament decided to nationalize the oil industry and britain cut off its supply to iran many skilled british workers had to leave the country the state takeover of the oil facilities was popular but the oil embargo soon caused an economic slump extreme part is like the communist today party. exploited the crisis for their own ends. even briefly fled into exile to escape the line of fire. several camps were now fighting for power in iran including the mullahs and their followers and various political groups like the communists who wanted to abolish the monarchy in favor of a people's republic the shark could only hold on to his power with help from the us the american intelligence service the cia gave him money and helped him to set up his own secret police called savak. the shah was willing to team up with any ally who would fight against the influence of communism from the soviet union the clerics were traditionally anti communist and pro-monarchy so he tried to win them over to his side but it didn't work. he certainly thought that that ideological backing was

anti-government protesters turned violent demonstrators block streets attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster for weeks mass demonstrations have called on president evo him. to resign. singapore's prime minister lieschen long says is a long governing people's action point he is on course to retain power after friday's election but its support dropped to just over 60 percent there were celebrations among the opposition workers' party which saw its number of seats in parliament jump. more than $150.00 police officers in minneapolis have filed for disability claims after recent protests surrounding the death of george floyd lawyers for the officers said many had been struggling with stress disorders for years and blamed a lack of support from their city for their departure. time prosecutors have filed a new 6 count indictment against lane maxwell the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late financier jeffrey epstein maxwell has been charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls so epstein could sexually abuse them she's seeking bail citing the risk of contracti

protests 4 people died during recent unrest demonstrators blocked streets attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster demanding that president abraham book resign. more than 500 migrants have arrived on the italian island of lampedusa over the past couple of days according to the un migration agency many are taking advantage of calm seas to attempt the dangerous journey and your rivals were moved into quarantine senses which are already overcrowded. to egypt now where some a 3000 year old's things are causing a stir sources are being criticized for moving the ancient statues from their home in lux or to the polluted roundabout in cairo's tahrir square archaeologist fear the treasures could be damaged by the sister cities notorious smog. they are lining the way to one of the most important centuries from the old kingdom of egypt thinks this 3000 years old mythical creatures a mix of line and rams the temple of chronic once the main place of worship for the album day tea and newly reopened for tourists is now at the center of a controversy. these amateur recordings were captured just a

anti-government protests turned violent demonstrators block streets attacked the parliament building and stormed the state t.v. broadcaster for weeks mass demonstrations have called on president evo humble. to resign. singapore's prime minister lee hsien long says his long governing people's action party is on course to retain power after friday's election but its support dropped to just over 60 percent there were celebrations among the opposition workers' party which saw its number of seats in parliament jump. us prosecutors have filed a new count a new 6 count indictment i should say against elaine maxwell the former girlfriend and longtime associate of late finance year geoffrey epstein maxwell has been charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls so epstein could sexually abuse them she is seeking bail citing the risk of contracting covert $1000.00 ways. u.s. president donald trump has commuted this prison sentence of his long time friend and former aide roger stone he had been convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during the moeller investigation into alleged russian interferenc

1st of all important is that we have a budget deal between the member states so we can move to the negotiations with the parliament and the parliament has of course to work carefully and to consider carefully the deal in order to take a perspective for the european common good rather than each leader looking for his national or her national audience and obviously there were some big taboo self european policymaking broken successfully at that summit and that is basically good news. as you said the european parliament will have to look very closely at this agreement now after a very difficult negotiations what do you think and will this deal get passed. well they still as it stands will certainly not pass because obviously the european parliament has important points to make so basically when it comes to the recovery package this is the 1st time when that we take up corona bonds from the market and spend it now when it's most needed so that's the move forward and the breaking of taboos in europe but. the spending of the money that it is not going to the common future programs of the union such as education we searc

who's part of the opposition alliance on friday thousands occupy parliament and the state television building demanding the president's resignation. today with headlines the listening post is up next looking at the contest and coronavirus narratives in the media thanks for watching by. traffic ministration official strait is blamed for. every trace of the cycle. if. you believe it or believe the. virus originated. hello i'm richard just britain you're watching a special edition of the listening post coburg 90 as the world's 2 most powerful countries the usa and china are staring each other down so far it's been a war of words and sound bites a blame game over the origins of the pandemic and each side's response to it conducted mostly through the news. the chinese and american media industries are ideological opposites one operates under the watch of communist party censors the other under a capitalist free market dominated by a handful of mega conglomerates but news outlets in both countries have found their own ways to bolster the talking points of their respective governments later

in 2014 the people of scotland were promised demolition, the most powerful parliament in the world and state. we gotta tory trade bill and immigration bill that will devastate our economy. a power grab that will dismantle, scotland's powers grabbed by westminster, the rate clause, nhs, overwhelming majority in scotland's parliament and its people oppose all these measures. how can the prime minister claim this is a union of equal partners when he is damaging poverty for what is forced on scotland against his will. >> i hesitate to accuse the right honorable friend with my answer but it is clear the uk internal market is evolutionary but that is not -- that is passed from brussels to scotland and its purpose is very sensible which is to protect jobs and growth throughout the entire uk but on the political level it seems bizarre that scottish nationalist party wants to reverse that process and those powers to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats in brussels. is that really the policy? i don't think it is sensible. >> bringing a review to the reporting of her rotavirus deaths -- the select c

resisting, every of hong kong's government, it may fall into the category of subverting the state parliamentay after going missing during a boating trip with her four—year—old son. he was found alone and asleep in the boat. regan morris reports from los angeles. 911, what's your emergency? this is la ke 911, what's your emergency? this is lake pire. we have a missing person... naya rivera and her son came to lake piru to rent a pontoon boat and escape the southern californian heat. mother and son went swimming, but naya rivera never got back on the boat. authorities searched for six days until her body was recovered. police believe rivera may have gotten caught in the heavy brush and trees of the lakebed. her four—year—old sonjosey was found alone, asleep, wrapped in a towel. the boy told officials his mother helped lift him onto the boat, but then she disappeared under the water. she was not wearing a life jacket. the idea perhaps being that the boat started drifting — it was unanchored — and that she mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself.

states not respected. members of the european parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. and not as a matter of greek minister for immigration and asylum joins us now from thank you for being with us mr material here is the great coast guard actively pushing back migrants in the aegean sea. absolutely not we fully abide by the not in an utopia no to gutting the protection of lifetime secrets in a few days when facing a crisis which begins 9800 that i haven't seen plenty plenty and not dumb bastard would understand for the overcall that comes in the silence of his but we are protecting aboard this the coast guard is up to be that to protect human life at sea and i am pleased to be part of in 2021 of the few have loss of life ever in the d.n. we have on and off one passed on in the 1st half of clinton went the standard at the bottom but opposed development for the protection of human life you may have seen those pictures of must men pushing back those boats in the a