Flight. Unjust. This is for russia. That may be the case but georgias leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliaments head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgias government had become too lenient towards russia. Pro russian what do you say to. That. That it doesnt actually require any further with russia or is really concerned about your presence in. This. Georgia very western. We would like to find ourselves eventually within the European Jews in one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an Occupying Force for junior russian. I dont know you. 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threat. Territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e. U. States but as the ink dried on deals worth 53000000. 00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russias actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll down to the beach front here they get a reality check this place is normally teaming with russian tourists at this time of year the tourist official told us that Hotel Occupancy rates are down by 80 percent if the flight from russia continues the georgian economy whos really going to suffer under simmons aljazeera but to me in georgia. Where the next month still ahead on. Chinas outrage after 22 countries criticize its policy. And a defiant. And the real focus and United States is going to be around the gulf states and that is because were watching the developments all the possible developments of what could be the next Tropical Storm of the season in the say. A huge bundle of cloud that already we have had significant flooding across some of these coastal areas there are also also storm watches and warnings in place along those coastal areas particularly into louisiana weve seen some flooding of calls into new orleans and this could well become the next Tropical Storm of 2019 and if it is it is a comical Tropical Storm barry but it will produce a huge amount of rain the water is a very well at the moment so flooding is certainly a big concern even if the storm doesnt actually develop into those very strong winds associated with the Tropical Storm the rains we push all that back into the southeast just about missing washington with a high few of 31 degrees on friday then we head across into Central America and weve got the usual scouting of showers and thunderstorms across into the caribbean but more really and all the heavy and persistent rain out across these areas of Central America those rains quite extensive into southern portions of mexico damages as youd expect this time of year 22 in guatemala the same up into mexico city. With a high the 32 degrees. Recruited to. Explain to to on the battlefield the cold the new regime its the different you want our food from there if you give them the opium then abandoned for a lifetime we should be ashamed. For all. Over 3 people in power investigates the point it compares real britain african troops. The forgotten heroes of empire. Hello again im. Reminded of the news the irans revolutionary guard has denied to plucking a british tank in the straits of hormuz meanwhile police in gibraltar have arrested the captain of an iranian tanker seized by british troops past week. Sudans Ruling Military Council says its holding 16 people over an attempted coup by on the offices Council Members say the group tried to prevent the signing of an agreement with the prodemocracy coalition and the un is to investigate the Philippine Governments socalled war on drugs which what to watch dog say has now claimed more than 20000. 00 lives the philippines is being urged to prevent extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances and says the allegations are offensive. Now u. S. President says hes not backing down on efforts to determine the citizenship status of the American Population but hes abandoned plans to put a Citizenship Question on the 20. 20 census instead hell issue an executive order to proceed in other ways to get the data cable as and i reports from washington d. C. The debate over the socalled Citizenship Question in america appears to be over President Donald Trump announcing late thursday he would drop his bid to get the question are you a u. S. Citizen put on the 2020 census trump instead said he would sign an executive order demanding all Government Agencies compile a list of noncitizens living in the u. S. Into a central database arguing the citizenship information was vital to Public Policy we will utilize these vast federal databases to gain a full complete and accurate count of the noncitizen population including databases maintained by the department of Homeland Security and the Social Security administration we have great knowledge in many of our agencies we will leave no stone unturned last month the Supreme Court heard the Citizenship Question on the grounds the governments justification for wanting to add it to the census was insufficient. The census is taken every 10 years and the data that derives from it is critical in determining billions in federal funding as well as congressional representation critics said forcing people to answer if they are a citizen was not necessary and would mean undocumented immigrants would likely not participate in the census leading to an undercount in democratic leaning parts of the country lets call this for what it is this Citizenship Question has nothing to do with the legitimate needs of the census it is designed to intimidate families trumps america 1st policy has been a cornerstone of his presidency since the very 1st day he took office and a big reason why he was elected was his promise to crack down on illegal immigration trump tied the census question to that and now its a huge political defeat gabriels andro. Washington well u. S. Political analyst eric hand says chums just trying to save face with his support says. This is actually another resoundingly feed for the president on this issue of immigration he was President Trump ran on the issue of immigration and fact if you go back to the 2018 midterm elections the president believed that this issue is a winner and he Still Believes heading into his own Reelection Campaign that this is an issue that will bring him success however we see the president continue to lose in the courts just recently the courts ruled against his ability to actually move funds to build the border wall along the u. S. Southern border and now we see the president losing again on this issue of the Citizenship Question todays executive action by the president was simply a face saving measure to show that is based that he is willing to continue to fight on this issue that he believes will actually bring victory not only to himself but to the g. O. P. For years to come and outrage continues in the United States donald trump separation of Migrant Children from their parents there are growing calls to decriminalize border crossings by Asylum Seekers who enter the u. S. Find mexico christensen he reports from new york. In cities like new york President Donald Trumps policy of prosecuting Asylum Seekers who cross the border illegally separating them from their children and holding them in overcrowded facilities has served as a rallying cry for immigration activists and faith groups no more deportations no more detentions no more reads no more threats and raise your head if you think it should be a civil offense rather than a crime to cross the border calls to decriminalize border crossings making them a civil rather going to criminal offense have gone from the fringe to mainstream supported by leading contenders for the democratic president ial nomination in recent debates democrats one as far as supporting Health Insurance for the undocumented for term supporters cracking down on illegal immigration has been a top issue but opponents say the u. S. Administrations treatment of migrants the search of a better life does not fit their own legend time while the focus of the immigration debate has been at the Us Mexico Border the trouble in ministrations strict interpretation of Immigration Law has been playing out a courthouses like this one all around the country this is where the undocumented who have been living and working in the community some for more than a decade have been rounded up for deportation experts say decriminalizing border crossings has appeal for free market republicans as well as democrats but promising the undocumented Health Insurance could be a step too far not imprisoning them not taking their kids away from them these are things that you know are commonsense to normal Everyday Americans we dont treat people that way but the idea that youre going to start giving medicare to people who dont even have a legal status in the United States thats where you start to lose people with growing evidence that migrants are being held in inhumane conditions activists say decriminalizing border crossings would eliminate the legal just. If occasion as well as the high cost for doing so while freeing up resources to prosecute those who are a real threat kristen salumi al jazeera new york meanwhile u. S. President ronald trump has been hosting what hes called a social media summit at the white house has included a line up of online personalities from across right wing media while Google Facebook and twitter officials were excluded from the gathering trump has accused them of bias against him and the conservatives well april gray is a journalist for online news website slaves and Oakland California and she says trumps accusation of false bias by social Media Networks is a political tactic ahead of the 2020 president ial election the pressure is coming but were not seeing actual legal change to kind of force the companies to deal with this information in a substantive way or to deal with the hate that spreads on their platforms in such a viral way and you know it doesnt look like theres going to be any sort of legal change moving into 2020 you know its not even like clear that its required that you have to label that a political ad as you know who its paid for by or that it is a political ad on these platforms so its not clear that anything is going to change and hes really timing tying their hands from doing anything so in one camp we have congress and members a lot of democrats saying the social Media Companies need to clean up their act they need to make sure that there arent you know trolls from russia or other foreign governments or even here in the United States forwarding this information and then on the other hand you have trump saying well this is censorship and and so its really forcing the companies into a place of an action. Home president approved sending federal resources to louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast there parts of new orleans are still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods residents are putting sandbags outside their properties or leaving town hurricane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro as government and opposition parties will hold negotiations to try to resolve the ongoing political and Economic Crises madeira says theyll discuss 6 key issues but didnt specify what they are the breakthrough follows 3 days of meetings in barbados between representatives of madeira and Opposition Leader one who has declared himself interim president and now the United States has imposed sanctions against venezuelas military Counter Intelligence agency over the death of a navy captain while in custody Rafael Acosta was arrested in june and allegedly tortured for his role in a coup prot to overthrow president maduro or authorities later buried his remains despite opposition from his family members who demanded an independent review into his death. Now a car bombing in the libyan city of benghazi has killed at least 4 people and wounded dozens the blast targeted the funeral of a special forces commander loyal to the ward cleaver hafta the head of special forces was attending the funeral but was unharmed but what otherwise he had has moved from tripoli. Symmetry is very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit which are under the control of the warlord. Have to understand that this was a funeral held for a former commander of the special forces units and he would get under the former regime of Moammar Gadhafi but in that symmetry there were the military units including the special forces individuals including their commander the current commander the major general. We know that these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individuals to join have to this military campaign to seize the capital tripoli especially we know that the mainly special forces individuals including their current commander. They refused to join have to as a military campaign to move on tripoli we also know that medical sources in a bunch of ozzys say that the number of victims could rise especially those wanted many of them have been in Critical Condition china has reacted angrily to accusations that its detaining hundreds of thousands of ethnic weaken muslims in an unprecedented move and passages from 22 countries have written to 2 top u. N. Human rights officials they say chinas use of Detention Centers and intensive surveillance in the region is unlawful when he is in beijing to tell us how the chinese are reacting. Chinas ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the letter signed by 22 countries regarding the situation in shin jang province and predictably i guess it was dismissive of this letter saying that this was an attempt to politicize the issue of human rights and that this was a domestic affair for the government in china to deal with and it wasnt up to anyone outside china to comment on the situation there it also pointed out that there has been no terrorist attack in the region for the past 2 years evidence it says that this program is working remembering that the government maintains that these are not Detention Centers in province they are vocational schools with one of the main aims being to prevent terrorism and extremism and also responded to a request in the latest sign by these countries that inspectors experts be allowed meaningful access to the area the government saying that it has already organized trips involving media and socalled experts diplomats to the region and what they reported when they returned was quite different to what has been put trade in the western media the important word to emphasize here is meaningful in those trips in the past those trips have been very much controlled by the government controlled by the Security Forces and the government really only showing the people on those trips to exactly what it wants the outside world to see. With the headlines irans revolutionary guard has denied blocking a british tanker and the strait of hormuz meanwhile police in general tab arrested the captain of an iranian tanker by british troops last week for a challenge has more from london. This is the result of searches that have gone on. They have the documents the police have Electronic Devices at the moment there are no charges brought the police say this investigation is kerry norm. Transitional military council says its foiled an attempted coup the council says that was carried out by a group of serving and retired officers and that 16 people are being held there had been hope theres a power sharing agreement with the forces of freedom and change would be signed on thursday but that didnt happen the un is to investigate the Philippine Government socalled war on drugs which watchdogs say has claimed more than 20000. 00 lives the philippines is being urged to prevent extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances it says the allegations are offensive italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible corruption involving deputy Prime Minister matteo. It follows media reports that a covert Russian Oil Deal was devised to funnel millions of euros to his Ruling League party salvini has denied that his party received any money from moscow u. S. President donald trump says hes not backing down on efforts to determine citizenship status of people in the country but hes abandoned plans to put a question on citizenship into the 2020 census instead hell issue an executive order to pursue other ways to get the data president approved sending federal resources to louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans are still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods hurricane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday. And a car bombing and the libyan city of benghazi has killed at least 4 people and wounded dozens the blast targeted the funeral of a special forces commander and oil to the warlord Khalifa Hafta those are the headlines join me here for more news after people in power. East and the differences. In the similarities of cultures across the world. Al jazeera. My. In his you compare him Prime Minister viktor orban was hailed as a champion of free to cross with a generation that stood up to. These days hes routinely for the front as more Foreign Terrorists from the nationalist. Russian poses a significant threat to western to whom weve been to find that war. Luis. The e. U. Hungary is unquestionably one of europes most beautiful countries. The seat of power to the past much as any capital for share peelings. Its fairytale paula mint is perhaps the prettiest in europe. But for the last decade according to critics it has passed some of the ugliest moves on the continent. Been has given hungary for 13 years during which time he has taken steps which mirror those taken by other autocrats centralizing detailing press freedom and attacking and g. M. He likes this kind of new types of authoritarian leaders are also the ones who are coming building the political system that he pushes your way. To lazy more to yourself or her bonnet is freshly and is on one hand the concentration of political power and on the other on the actual ational personal where else his refugee policy is the whole rush to get. What is happening in hungary is quite unique this type of treatment of depriving Asylum Seekers of food. Winning less than hoff of buds his policy for dash in concert with its smallest satellite ally the christian democratic peoples paltry nevertheless commands over 2 thirds of the pauline entry seats allowing him to change the countrys constitution at 12 this is the hybrid regime said new in liberal states a bit in the heart of europe its not the kind of political system that we have seen before its a new phenomenon. Last month victor all been launched. Payne for the european parliamentary elections with an extraordinary. Amount of visitors some of. The political. Party oxfam only got to. Make by the. Neck caribbean. Casting she got. An emphatic. Thank. This sentiment if. They showed unflattering photographs of the European Commission president John Ford Young and. Billionaire george soros in the one carrier government accuses of sending. The text read you have the rights to marry what brussels is planning. This is. The 1st and bridge young. That you like belongs to the used largest political grouping the European Peoples Party it pledged to the suspension flirtatious membership of the group. The irony say observe this of the regime is that those close to him have done very well out of the e. U. A friend of. Arguably is the richest. 10 years ago. Companies of his father. Still benefit from sunday projects. The same time. I think rich. Its hard to believe that europes but boy was once hailed as a champion of freedom and played a part in bringing democracy to the former communist state. Past a couple of funny had protested alongside all but against the communists 30 years ago but his night one of his most outspoken critics. Yvonne yee runs shelters for the homeless the roma and for russia eugene 3 groups which have become targets of the regime. To course who have frequented impaired i would been content to as i can hardly go and he says men never the more they are all up to the back of you have only me your sack a switch or as democrats you are on a book or book fazios your korean. Them to them you are york with what your cage be called while youre quite your own man. Instead of demonizing refugees if i knew gives them jobs people like miriam a nurse who escaped afghanistan 4 years ago another cares for the 2nd timeless as one of the past as shelters. Acts such as these have put it viney at all its with all but his defining policy has been to attack Asylum Seekers. In 2015 at the height of the refugee crisis all been ordered the construction of a heavily guarded border fence talked with razor wire to keep an eye to saddam see because. It stretches for 175 kilometers along the border with serbia. The fence has proved popular with hungarys many nationalist movements including the far rights Paramilitary Group i am led. To sort of cement theres an agenda sure to shoot out why does your. They believe the fence should be extended the fast is just a couple of 100 kilometers why stop millions come to europe good to label you good to me i mean very very fearless you would say evolution of observational. Hungary is very safe place no need to log the door like in london and im going is not english city anymore. I love this place we try to keep this safe the fence is gold. Just transit zones along the 175 kilometer length of the france which would make a maximum of 2 people a Day Transit Center are cruel and tiny space there is containers and the by. Simply knowing that you are locked in for an unpredictable time. With an unpredictable future is very stressful. But for some of the detainees this is the least of their worries. In august last year weve heard of the 1st cases where people were held in detention in the border transit. But the authorities have stopped giving the adults food. If someone is not the legal then obviously he or she or the father he should be taking care of themselves but keep in mind that if you or myself decide to go to the United States but our request to stand down nobody is going to take care of us. Want to have care and government actually says is that people who have been refused asylum in hungary even though they are detained should not be given food. This smacks of cynicism you know and inhumanity the same time recognition rates for refugees in hungary is among the lowest in European Union while you watch state media you would think that you know we are literally being invaded by hundreds or thousands. They will take videos that are completely taken out of context and they will show them on state t. V. Claiming that its from a particular time or a particular location and then if you do some basic Fact Checking you will see that thats not the case at all. This is the border with serbia. For cry from what would have you believe. We. Just to Asylum Seekers waiting for a chance to be admitted into hungary. Family is a nearby Refugee Center on the outskirts of the serbian city of super to its. Owner but his sisters decided to leave afghanistan after they were informed that they would be forced into marriage they were pursued across a run in turkey by angry relatives and suffered many traumas. When my mom on this and my sister had on my little bit of the cross it on board the police through they say. If you stop they will bits you. Like many before them saina and her family crossed on a dangerously overloaded burgeon to greece. They said they dont want organ thats the furthest theyre at 55 or 50 people theyre saying youre off to go if you dont go theyve got their gun. And they say ill still go. But anyone looking enough to survive such trials and then make it to hungary receives Little Health or sympathy from the state. This is largely provided by charities. Those who support migrant charities are also targeted the biggest bogeyman is one garion born american financier and to learn trippiest george soros through his open Society Foundation the billionaire has spent hundreds of millions of dollars funding Civil Society and education projects in hungary the country of his birth with mr schorr we have or if you like political differences he has become. A Major Political influence or. By his word by his investments by the organization of framework and the work he maintains soros has been vilified in the Hungarian Press shoulders jersey city and Estelle Getty fish like album tony the store bought the mill you got better let me tell you off a couple because theyre. Still short of money or psychodynamic bees ash. 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