takis highest consultative body met on thursday and says it will announce its ruling within 15 days some. one such church later a mosque and now a museum i also feel has always been precious and sacred for both christians and muslims. built as a church in the 6 century they are sophia was converted into a mosque after the conquering of what was constantinople in 1453 then turned into a museum by mostafa kemah uttered following the foundation of the turkish republic in 1923 now the turkish government wants to alter its status from a c.m. to mosque reopening over yourself your fortune means. and look it's really the most traditional for respect on our site for the world which establishes in the woman's it's the same time it's a token of gratitude and loyalty to the spiritual person irish of. the conquerors. i also feel i support of the u.s. school world heritage which forms the stumbles famous skyline it's been a museum since 1935. there are many in church and turkey stays by a sufi as should be open to worship for both christians and muslims and your thoughts christian church is concerned

feo was turned into a museum 86 years ago by takis out safely. and i'm with him now everyone knows about the symbolism but it seems that is also help him helping him politically he clearly seems to assume so right now his popularity ratings are not looking very good the turkish economy has suffered a lot during the coronavirus pandemic so for add on the eye is the fear of some kind of a joke or crowd here is posed now to rally behind him he's a conservative islamic base. people arriving from abroad at germany's airports ought to be offered free tests for the coronavirus the decision by federal and state health ministers means that immediate testing will be available for those coming from coronavirus hotspots people returning from big cations in countries not deemed specially at risk from the disease will also be offered tests but away from my ports infection rates in germany remain low at the moment but that often that could change as people return after the holiday season. for more let's bring in our political correspondent hans pronged who is m

we have seen this in the retrenchment in taki that there were we can dine indoors. closing the ba, also it important to make sure that gatherings in someone's home or another private, indoor environmt is limited to smaller number of peopev. i besanta clara just banned those types of indoor gatherings. indoor environments are particularly challenging. are learning from the world alth organization is ththe virus will stay in the air. ro in closed enents, especially when you have the mask off because you're eating environment. hat is a risky thwhat you are seeing by the move of most of our ning. es to take back indoor >> reporter: i want to turn to testing. you have been involved in g correlate testing in different locations. there was a very specific test in the mission, there will be another one in oakland. why is testing still scarce? whthe resources not available as they should be>> alifornia has done a great job of making the test available. what we see is a mismatch of whhee testing is we know in the bay area and across california that the latin communithas been

health officials are worried about how quickly the virus is holding -- taki hold again, with melbourneaore dangerous position than when the pandemic began. it's a stark reminder that the covid-19, things can get a lot worse, even after they s bm to be gettiter. >> i want to bdang you a full te on covid-19 in latin america. updates on mexico, uruguay, and brazil in a moment. colombia has extended its locked down by two weeks. case numbers continue ke. it has 124,000 cases and. 4500 deaths locked unrestricted will now last into august. this is the center of columbia's outbreak, the surrounding region accounts for 3% of cases and over half of the deaths. uruguay next. we have not tked about it much because unlike its neighbors argentinand brazil, it has largely kept the virus under control. out of a population of 3.5 29 deaths.here are a because of these low figures, uguay welcomed its first international flight on friday after a ban. i should note, only nationals, residents, and diplomats are allowed to enter in brazil, president jair bolsonaro told us he tested positive for covid-19. he

look at videoeo at wh people arere trying too too dea with theituation as authorities i in cna are t takiitional stepsps to prepare f more seasonal flooding. almost 30,000 soldiers have been deployed to hold off the waters with sandbags. along with that, helicopters and excavators have beensed to repair breachesnn dikes. ththe wat levelss h he r remain extremely high in parts of theian si river. so people are advised that more flooding could still be on the way. we look at the map. there is the front that is in place. it will continue to remain aroundnd the region. we're seeing plenty of rain from chongqing into shanghai as we go throughout saturday and into the weekend. i want to give you a closer look at what's happening in japan. temperatures more like april in tokyo. we're looking at the same frontal pattern to stretch from oak now wah and even into tokyo as we see the rain taking place as we go into saturday. we'll be seeing the showers in place for tokyo as we go into sunday as well. and then temperatures start to really recover a bit, looking at a high of 30 by monday. showers in o

the murder trial of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi begins and taki 20 saudi nationals a big fight in the absence. of them nora kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up french prime minister eduardo phillipe steps down his replacement is expected to be announced in the coming hours we'll be live in paris. china says it will retaliate if the u.s. all does banks to block business with officials connected to hong kong's new security law.

right now tangas that's a solid point isn't it because this is a building that really does symbolize taki struggling to different worlds different faiths it's been a mosque it's been a cathedral now it's a museum it's open to everybody why upset that balance. actually i don't think so that this is related to the radical it seems that this is not related to that values is. totally different issue and other fractions in the rest some are old radical teams that it's not related to do that in you'll if you look at the history of turkey if you look at the history of autumn as on you can see that all religions live together on jews and christianity and muslims like that and the 2 to 3 years ago we have opened up where the big jewish. church or in. juneau paul and also a turkey tried to you know. were or to some of the churches and others. in related to christianity and jews in turkey and you can see in turkey still some more school. churches all together next to each other includes going to look in other areas and when you go to mosque you can see lots of people are praying dad and also to come

fear was turned into a museum 86 years ago by takis state found most of. now everyone knows about the symbolism but it seems that is also help him helping him politically he clearly seems to sing so right now his popularity ratings are not looking very good the turkish economy has suffered a lot during the coronavirus endemic so for add on the i assume he has some kind of a joke or card he has posed now to really behind him his. conservative islamic base. but the hard. side what is going to change inside this historic. well we haven't been allowed inside yet but we understand it well from what we've seen from today's images they have rolled out a took was carpets that is one change for sure in the past 2 weeks but one of the biggest debates is about the christian i can and liz aid because islam forbids the depiction of the people and animals the images of mary jesus and christian sayings actually have to be covered during prayer times although the government insists they will be opened outside prayer time so visitors can go and see them the solution they f

online censorship sites like facebook and twitter will be required to have local representatives in taki and they also need to store uses data inside the country making it easier for thora he's to access companies that break the law or could be fined or effectively blocked hong kong police have arrested 4 students for allegedly posting secessionist content on social media this is the 1st operation and forcing china's national security law since it was imposed 4 weeks ago the students belong to a group called student localism and are accused of advocation for hong kong's independence the new law grants police powers to arrest suspects without a warrant well those are the headlines i'll have more news for you here after counting the cost stay with us. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election. steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. counting the cost on al-jazeera a look at the world of business a

what does the decision the turkish ship president's decision to turn it back into a mosque mean for taki it simply means. that we don't respect camelot or to secure that is him any more we want to be purple or we want to be purple it's we want to play around with popular islam and say to the rest of the world that we are not not very happy with that way this is not a message that i like i am critical of it but i'm soo prized by the fact that opposition here is not challenging it's why because they are acting and thinking that this is a very popular decision unfortunately it is a popular decision and braced by turkish people and the fate of st sophia is should be given by turkish people but i am also at turkey citizen and i am like many millions of people who are secular i am against this but unfortunately our voices are not heard so why are people who are unhappy with this decision not speaking up one is in they are not raising their voices because that is not free speech in turkey to challenge this they're also unfortunately afraid of saying this is my life for 2 weeks are sick of their

is once again open presuming worship from a great canvasses a totals he believes takis move will reignite tensions between religions here and spain the long. civilisations. it was an initiative that was started about 10 or 15 years ago which object you. want next week we can it be. i don't think it has been successful but there is a shame that. it knew should be taking such a measure to have pensions between. the. world and this is something that. we're going to get paid but the romeros mention in his 1st reaction. was to believe. yes or becoming a more. we want to push to change the supposedly racist name of a metro station ends up raising eyebrows sounds the new suggestion by transport or parties press controversial tell you will have more on this story later in the program. now aside from the impact on health and leaving millions jobless the coronavirus is also threatening to leave people hungry too and the report warns that covert 19 is triggering a food crisis that could potentially double the number who die from hunger each year matthew trust scott is the head of humanitarian policy

into syria the un security council agreed to a compromise that leaves only one border crossing with taki open and stead of the previous 2. reports. there nearly a decade of conflict the syrians are now facing even more uncertainty nearly 4000000 are in camps stranded on the border with turkey they live in a rebel held territory in the north west while relying on international a bubble however is a lifeline for the 3000000 syrians in italy a province about asylum or which was the main entry point for a channel to civilians in general. and i freend has been shut down after russian pressure for many civilians this could have catastrophic consequences when i think. we're facing a shortage of aid to food and clothes the important thing is bread people can't afford to buy it from outside we need basics like we saw sugar and cooking oil and it has. them the situation is very bad we don't get enough aid but people depend on it to survive in the camp if even less comes they will face huge hardship with 2 crossing points we're barely surviving will be under even more pressure if it's reduced to on

somehow have that debate in public even though it affects a very important political issue because big takihas decided that if trump likes it it must be wrong and that's the problem with this debate we're not actually having a medical debate about medical facts and i'm not qualified to judge whether one thing works or doesn't i'm just pointing out the principle that we should offer a press conference we had no idea what this person was going to say and our website was punished because of something somebody said on a live stream you know you know it's not like we're sitting there editing a video and then putting something up and saying hey this is news this is useful information we showed up to take a video of a press conference people are looking for other sources of information other than the government on this on this disease and you know some of the other people got up instead things that were entirely uncontroversial there was a doctor said scientists are telling us it's safe to go back to school the c.d.c. says it's safe go back to school as director school and things of that nature so

begun arriving in brussels they're expected to discuss the situation in syria as well as libya and taki tensions have increased between france and ankara and recent weeks of each other's role in the libyan conflict and actions in the eastern mediterranean. well still ahead on al-jazeera will tell you why hong kong's a fast democratic primary voters could also be a threat honest and more on the u.s. navy ship that caught fire we'll hear from one of the evacuees in sales. how we got lost a fine and try whether pushing into western parts of europe over the next couple of days or further east we've got some very downpours breaking the heat this assistance very active one this it'll drive its way further race was and squeezing that heat out of the way as it does so but i would say also west this is where we've got high pressure in charge of x. is a little in the atmosphere keeps the skies clear and that warm strong. sitting through temps getting up to around 27 celsius in paris and 30 there for bordeaux still a few shows just around the british british isles and that will continue to make it

online censorship sites like facebook and twitter will be required to have local representatives and taki and they also need to store news this data inside the country making it easier to access companies that break the law or could be fined or effectively blocked all those are the headlines and i'll have another news update for you hit on al-jazeera off the inside story stay with us. loaded for defending the environment the rights group says a record number of activists well killed last year so while an environment that's being protected is a. polo welcome to the program on the wrong call and around the world environmental activists are being arrested jailed even killed for trying to protect our planet the u.k. based group global witness has recorded the highest number of murders since it began its annual survey a decade ago 212 people killed in 2.

program the trial of south 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi to start in taki this is a live shot of the court in istanbul province the main court where proceedings are expected to get under way in about half an hour's time that's $1030.00 local time she's death at the saudi consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months investigating the case to this day jamal khashoggi is remains have never been found child strafford has more . this is the last moment jamal khashoggi was seen alive it's october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the washington post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his turkish fiance had e.g. ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sandy's indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in istanbul police a security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving to stumble on the day who shows he was kil

$3000000.00 syrians freyja the operation which is authorized only until friday brings in supplies from taki without interference from the syrian government and amnesty international is calling the move a despicable and dangerous. thousands of protesters have attempted to burst into syria's serbia's parliament angry over the government's handling of the coronavirus president alexander richards put a weekend curfew back in place after 13 deaths the country's worst day yet of the pandemic. china's government will not be joining arms control talks with russia and the united states labeling them a hoax and a game which beijing refuses to play china's military is developing missile technology to counter the u.s. deployment in asia. you. knew he. would be more. than the. lady who. saw all the holes. he was. trying to be. nigeria has resumed domestic flights for the 1st time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed there in late march the main airports and a bridge and lagos reopened on wednesday while others will follow next week there have been nearly 30000 cases of covert 1000 in the country

he did express concern about family gatherings that were taki taking place over the holiday, but we did speak to one leading doctor. in a series of tweets, the miracle is now over that when you did have memorial day weekend take place and there was a lot of community spread particularly among young people and now the question is what might the state do to get things back on track. jim? >> dan simon in california, thanks very much. let's speak now to the mayor of palm beach county, florida. mayor, we appreciate you taking the time. >> good morning. thank you for having me on the show. >> i don't want to underestimate the difficulty that state and local leaders have here, right? you want to get your economies going again. you want to control the outbreak and you try and figure out how to get that balance right. do you feel that florida did it too quickly, too broadly? reopening? >> well, i'll tell you that there's no playbook and no precedent for large states and governments like this going through a pandemic and that's not to shed any responsibility that i should take as a county mayor,

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when you look at how people are viewing those two messengers, what do we know about how people are taki in those two sources of information? >> in the recent polling dr. fauci has much high positivity rating than the president. the president loves to muddy the waters, the russia investigation is a perfect example of that. there is enough stuff out there that people start questioning and doubt what they're seeing if tthrow their hands up and say, i don't know, it all seems ke a mess, that's sort of a win for the president. the problem witt mud i did think the water in a public health crisis is it puts people's lives in danger and there's no way that t president will get back the economy he would like to lkhave, g about how great the economy was before covid, how important it was to get schools back in session this fall, none of thatcan happen unless covid is under control and unless people in this count feel safe doing their everyday activities. so this is, again, the president goes back to his tritional strategy of just make it somebody else's fault, make it clear so that i don't get th

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