A phone call away how a group of grandmothers is helping people cope with anxiety and depression. The lockdown in zimbabwe. 3. Have been presented to the flight to the International Space station to. Blast off on a new era in privatized rocket travel. Well there are a curfews in place in more than 2 dozen u. S. States as protests continue for a 4th night across the country while at times some of the demonstrations were peaceful more than 1400 people were arrested after violence in 17 cities demonstrations of course began against the death of an unarmed black man in custody which happened in minneapolis. The outrage is spread right across the country mike hanna has the support now in what was a long night across the u. S. What started out as peaceful protests in dozens of cities around. In Los Angeles Police vehicles were set on fire sending plumes of black smoke over the area similar scenes in cities ranging from seattle where a 5 pm curfew has been set to miami where thousands gathered through the day and were like in so many other areas a standoff with police ended in clouds of tear gas in chicago where demonstrators held signs carrying messages of protest that were repeated throughout the nation. In new york a city that is still to emerge from the ravages of the demick a series of protests took place throughout the 5 boroughs and in minneapolis the city where george floyd was killed and where the National Wave of protests began. The president left the white house in the morning to attend the launch and afterwards expressed his sympathy for george floyd and his family but also had this to say about the protesters. The memory of george floyd is being dishonored by rioters looters and anarchists the violence and vandalism is being led by anti for and the radical left wing groups who were terrorizing the innocent destroying jobs. Hurting businesses and burning down buildings this in the wake of a tweet saying if protesters had broken the secret service ring outside the white house they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs and most are ministers weapons i have seen the reference to vicious dogs seen by washingtons mayor Muriel Bowser as a throwback to the police use of dogs on African American civil rights activists decades ago and in an extraordinary tweet off her own the mayor lashed out at the president in the white house saying and i quote while he hides behind his fence afraid alone i stand with people peacefully exercising their 1st amendment right after the murder of george floyd and hundreds of years of institutional racism there are no vicious dogs and ominous weapons there is just a scared man afraid alone. Into the mind crowds continue to gather within sight and sound of the president s residence clashing with police and secret Service Agents on several occasions washington d. C. Became one of more than 11 cities where the National Guard has been mobilized and then with the flickering of flames and swirling smoke curfews were declared in a number of areas the same a nation just emerging from a months long lockdown in the face of a pandemic mike hammer aljazeera washington. So john hendren correspondent covering things where it all started the city of minneapolis heralds this is what a curfew is supposed to look like few people on the street few cars in relative quiet but it was a far cry from that just hours ago. Police and demonstrators faced off in an area they have been trading control of a night ago the police controlled an intersection behind me and then demonstrators took it over in the day well in the evening the police came back in force marching toward the protesters shooting pellets and firing tear gas it all took about 15 minutes to disperse the crowd we spoke to some of the protesters and this is what they had to say they treated state drawing gas and she lets not go. Over a bullet got picked up in the now. We need to just use we need our justice the city would not rest until we get out just no justice no peace is that. One officer has been arrested and charged with murder but there were 4 officers involved in the arrest of george floyd that ended in his death now the crowd says they want to stay out here in the streets of minneapolis despite the curfew despite the Police Presence until all 4 of those officers are arrested. Well protests continued into the night in los angeles with some people looted stalls in the fire National Guard troops were called in to help the Police Officers used to and some of the tear gas as well as rubber bullets to disperse the crowds Peaceful Demonstrations were held on saturday and we heard from reza clement whos a Community Organizer with black clouds massah the group formed after the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin 8 years ago in florida she told us people are simply at breaking point. Every 28 hours in the United States of america an African American native person south asian person or brown person let the you know are killed by the police every 28 hours george floyd unfortunately was something we have to watch for 9 minutes but we could talk about Briana Taylor and teen who was working during the Global Pandemic where police entered her house while her and her boyfriend were sleeping they thought they were being rot and her body was so riddled with bullets and this is last month in louisville kentucky that they had a hard time even putting her back together i can name you. Tony make day a black tranced man that was just killed 2 days ago by the police in men says and i could spend 5 hours with you all and i could not even answer or we wouldnt even both to the lists of multiple Police Killings this is a not only a Tipping Point its an explosion and within against this Global Pandemic until all those cops are respite until they go to trial until they get jail time and then serve that jail time i think were going to be seen this a lot more for many many weeks here in the United States. Lets look at new york now deborah was on those there for us and told us events were calm during the day until small groups started causing trouble but not full. Chaotic scenes here in new york city late in the evening im in Union Square Area of the city you can see that some of the protests turned out to be violent in a way this is where the real heart of the major conflict between police and protesters were was held after nightfall at one point more than 2 Police Vehicles were set ablaze we saw helicopters are still at this hour buzzing over the air and there are groups of protesters still roaming in certain areas but earlier in the day we saw tens of thousands of Peaceful Protesters take to the streets in new york to have their voices heard at one point they peacefully protested right in front of trump tower in front of a heavy Police Presence and then moved down the streets of broadway down to downtown new york city where one point they were greeted by applause by onlookers these were mostly young people all of whom said that they were out here for a reason im here for george floyd im here for all of those out lost their lives hes talib im here for black america im here for me im here for my family im here for all the america and im here for those who cant be here today well i think that america is sick and we have to root out racism and i think that white people need to stand up and do something instead of sitting on their couch and posting on their Instagram Stories this is a manifestation of anger as one man just told me says this is what happens when people get fed up many are exactly that here in new york they Say Something like this is just property that can be replaced but the life of george floyd cant be. From brian levin whos director of the sense of for the study of hate and extremism at California State University in San Bernardino and he was also a Police Officer in new york and he told us that Fringe Groups they see things are the ones stoking the disorder. We are fooling ourselves if we believe that the systemic bigotry which takes place in the United States and elsewhere is in some way just limited to police but i think what weve seen here is we had in rapid succession 3 horrible deaths of africanamerican people who were on arm and. The country is demanding an answer. And i think theres a difference in whats going on a lot of white people like myself feel oh thats a terrible thing but what we dont feel is it is going to happen to us most of the protesters have been nonviolent thats the story behind the story and what we seem are interim loper looters and extremists from from different sides trying to exploit this but i can tell you that im hearing from my friends across the country whove been involved in nonviolent protests that the majority of these protests have in fact been peaceful in till such time that this the smaller number of people exploit that and what that these people do is tarnish the moral imperative of the effort that all of us have to do with rolling up our sleeves to advance racial equality in this nation. Well former Vice President joe biden says the past few days of made it clear the u. S. Is a nation furious about injustice but stone terms democratic rival for the white house the violence cant be tolerated neither is some of what he said the at of protesting should never be allowed to overshadow the reason we protest it should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to add ons the rest of the days news is coming up on aljazeera open for worship islams 3rd holiest site holds prayers after weeks of closure to help slow the spread of coronavirus and to to cope with 19 challenges in democratic republic of congo using the virus also the minutes. Of. How the weather is not looking too bad for japan at the moment we have got some bits and pieces of cloud just pushing away from southern parts of hala shoes on areas of q. C. This weather system as seasonal rains dragging out of central parts of china pushing further race was and as for Central China were going to see more heavy downpours we have seen flooding here recently you can see the intense colors showing up there core southern parts of the country more heavy showers coming through with the possibility of further flood a lot of the show is to just around the far north east of china pushing over towards the east side of russia those sweep through clearing through northern parts of japan and then notice the next system runs across the yellow sea north korea particular could see some very heavy right that right in the south thats going to nudge a little further north was just wave a little further north which and again you can see some rather heavy showers pushing in here heavy showers continuing into the northeast of india meanwhile still a fair amount of cloud around here that we got this mass just offshore around the southwestern corner. Of india thats bringing in some rather wet and windy weather just around the southwest of the country just pushing into carola pushing up to come up towards gaza showers continue into that northeastern corner and bang but that and up towards the northern plains. But. Its in a cold in a just cinemark. One man provided the soundtrack for a nation out is there a well to me its the news a cocomposer for over 350. 00 movies music for entertainment escape is your hand and conflict with. A prolific composer whose poor joy to many ends alley ismail egypts musical maestro on aljazeera. Or root the order. Form. The top stories this hour on aljazeera officials in the u. S. City of minneapolis said to stop the violence for now after mobilizing the states entire National Guard protests and unrest spread from there to more cities over the death of george floyd in Police Custody peaceful marches in los angeles turned violent though police cars and buildings were set ablaze despite a curfew there and in dozens of other cities the california National Guard has also been deployed and u. S. President donald trump is threatened to deploy the military if needed he says those committing violent acts are dishonoring the memory of george ford. Were going to get the view now of an american expats on what is happening in his home country Keith Richburg whos director of the university of hong kongs journalism and Media Studies Center who says the use of violence by some demonstrators threatens to discredit the entire peaceful protest movement. Weve been dealing with more than a year now a year and a half of protests here in hong kong and stealing see Police Brutality against protesters and journalists and now the c. B. I. Turned back to the u. S. You know its its deeply distressing and i decided im you know i mean i remember being 9 years old in 1907 when detroit had one of the worst riots in American History we were just up until that point in time i believe and and seen those images of people burning down their own neighborhoods their own shops their own with their stories their own barbershops you know its distressing 1st of all well see people doing that again but and secondly distressing because you know only detroit right at 67. Could do something called the kerner war that took a look at Race Relations in the u. S. And it said that america was moving towards 2 societies one separate or both separate and unequal one black one white and its just distressing to see that you know why many years later were 50 years later were still dealing with the same problems all criminality you know looting burning down Shopping Centers stealing things that has absolutely nothing to do with the legitimate cause of Police Brutality and as weve been witnessing here in hong kong you know the same thing happens where you have peaceful protests against what they consider you know a rollback of their freedoms and on top of that you see a small group break away from that and they start smashing banks they start setting fires at the right moment off cocktails that gives people reason to try to discredit the entire peaceful protest movement and im afraid thats what i see exactly happening in the u. S. Now where all the peaceful protests against this war reflect the murder of george floyd is now being kind of overshadowed by the violence going on there it just gives the it gives one side of chance to say what theyre all just who are all just phones i think even the president tweeted out the word loans in a tweet. Interestingly china is using the racial unrest in American Cities to criticize the u. S. Action on Hong Kong Chinese state media is comparing the rights to the Antigovernment Movement in hong kong one editor wrote now us politicians can enjoy the site from their own windows donald trump says he would be ending the Hong Kong Special trading status because china has imposed a new security law which critics say destroys hong kongs autonomy because pollen is in hong kong and says china china might the white house look hypocritical Chinese State media has been on giving the protest and the riots that are spreading across the United States almost blanket coverage with constant updates and editorials showing that their viewers and theyre the people who are war trying telling them that this is what democracy looks like now you mention that comment that the that came from the global times which describes himself as a tabloid under communist auspices which basically is a mouthpiece for the government and in the editorials is thrown back phrases like a beautiful site something that nancy pelosi the u. S. House speaker had used to describe the prodemocracy movement in hong kong and the protests in hong kong so theyre definitely taking every opportunity they can to show the u. S. That their support for their saying the support of hong kong protests in the movement here in hong kong is hypocritical compared to the actions that they are taking and the United States and the global times editorial also make made a point of saying hong kong had nearly one year of protests and that was no talk of sending the army and meanwhile the u. S. Within days of protests had talked about sending the National Guard and army in there and theyre also 1 asking the u. S. Whether the u. S. Politicians and the u. S. President stand with the violent protesters in minneapolis like they would stand with the protesters of hong kong that was one of the main slogans during the hong kong protests. Lets look at other news now the coronavirus pandemic and al aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem has reopened its doors it had been closed for 2 months to contain the virus question is now being asked to wear face masks and to bring their own prayer mats are a force that is in occupied East Jerusalem for us and says worshippers are relieved to be back at the mosque for prayers. We spoke to the president of the marks mosque the islamic walks which runs the mosque compound in cooperation with the jordanian government earlier this week and he was saying that they werent going to limit the numbers going in but they were going to put out spacings on the compound so that people could pray outside and also theyre going to allow people to pray inside the mosque as well in a socially distanced way a bit though they werent going to accord with what the Israeli Health minister has been doing in terms of places of worship in israel proper. Where there have been limitations to just 70 people maximum in a single space they said that they were going to essentially rely on the worshippers themselves and so far it seems to be going off reasonably well there hasnt been a huge crush of people it is a sunday its a working day and in the best way to describe the atmosphere is one of sort of calm festivity and quiet relief that finally after so many days without access to this 3rd holiest site in islam really the heartbeat of this community here in occupied East Jerusalem the gates are open again and once more they have access to this very important space. This is a really interesting story if you were to be feeling anxious or depressed in zimbabwe then the go to person is called a go go they are grandmothers waiting with a few words of comfort to help anyone in distress and there is no shortage of Mental Health problems during this coronavirus locked on how to answer as the story now from where. I have been pullin with is whats known as a community grandmother a volunteer local culture psychiatrist she waits on a socalled friendship bench for anyone to come and talk to her about their problems. But with the coronavirus pandemic she cant be clients anymore you know i think as you could see when of them to go to who this is so she gets free therapy sessions using social media platforms such as perforation binge and i know your mother at the friendship bench people come with many problems some are depressed because a Family Member has died or they are sick some talk about suicide for others its Domestic Violence abuse cases. Often cant leave a home because of the nationwide lockdown when the young mother needs someone to talk to she records of voice message and seems a to help line number what i mean when i think of it. Then she waits for a reply from a community grandmother. Down in mission. In the in may frame told me that. This global when youve got a problem when you tell we do use the secret theres no one whos going to know what. The its only you in the World Health Organization says in some countries Mental Health problems often go undiagnosed and something had been stigmatized and discriminated against i think maybe one of the Biggest Challenges is the cultural context in which we live in where most people havent really accepted Mental Health as a problem that they can actually face. And secondly because they may not understand that theyre actually facing or experiencing a Mental Health Problem Health experts say globally there has been an increase in anxiety and depression as People Struggle to cope with kotak 19 and job losses most people in zimbabwe work in the Informal Sector settling in busy markets and on the streets thats no longer allowed because of the coronavirus pandemic millions. African countries often dont have enough psychiatrists working in Public Health care these granny say they are trying to help as many people as possible at a time when lock downs and travel restrictions are a way of. Aljazeera zimbabwe. Indias governments extending the coronavirus lock down and what it says high risk areas to the end of june another record increase of almost 8000 new infections reported on saturday local authorities have been asked to identify potential Containment Zones where large numbers of infections are being reported elsewhere restaurants malls and religious centers will be able to open from a week on monday. And mexico plans to start reopening on monday 2 and a half months after it went into lockdown infections that were still on the rise John Heilemann has joined a team of paramedics near mexico city. This is how majority insert hell finish their shift racing down the highway on the outskirts of mexico city trying to find a hospital for their patient. Is just the latest case in a hectic 2 months giving thanks they got to 20 years of working as a paramedic ive never seen anything like this i thought the worst sightsee was the earthquake of 27000 this beats it. They work in this world a packed mexico city suburb that code has hit hard. Many couldnt afford to stay home during the government decree quarantine meant a lot of patients. And so he was battling through it mourning his own loss just 3 weeks ago it came back to him when he recently transferred a dying patient. He was elderly and it reminded me of my grandfather because he died of cova too and i was looking at this mans last moments of life and i saw my granddad reflected there. Now they were on their last case of the day jose luis a big chill delivery man only 39 years old if he doesnt then. Maybe he doesnt know much. As the money. And then its time to go the paramedics hope this capsule will protect them. Its a tight fit. I want to me ambulance it gets very hot patients can get close to a full week too and this could be a long road. This road. Was a. Big one of. Those. Now its time to see if the hospital would take calls luis. The answer. Is yes. The majority insert whew its a triumphant end to a hard shift. But for jose luis his family is just the story theyll join those waiting outside for hours or days to see if he comes back out to john home now does it or theres a work order to. A couple of other stories a roadside bomb blast in somalia has killed at least 8 people in a minibus passengers mostly from the same family were traveling from the capital mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous attacks were blamed on al shabaab fighters on the 2 nasa astronauts are due to dock with the International Space station in a few hours as they begin a new era in space travel they are the 1st americans to blast off aboard a privately built rocket launch that happened in florida from when they got to reports. Very few but here if it. Was after a previous weather delayed a falcon 9 rocket in its capsule the crew dragon lifted off from launch pad 3098. 00 at cape canaveral. On board veteran astronauts doug hurley and Robert Behnken manning the 1st commercial spacecraft to take nasa astronauts into orbit shortly after launch the falcon 9 rocket successfully landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean an engineering feat that space x. Worked on for years this is a new era in commercial spaceflight for the u. S. Whove been relying on the russians to make trips to the International Space station nasa say its a moment of nostalgia and triumph in Turbulent Times so maybe there is an opportunity here for america to many pause and look up and see a break shining moment of hope and what the future looks like that the United States of america can do extraordinary things even in difficult President Donald Trump and Vice President mike pence were on hand to watch the historic launch the president called the mission an inspiration im so proud of the people at nasa all the people that Work Together public and private. When you see a side like that its incredible despite guidance from officials to social distance the beaches and roads along with space coast were packed with spectators eager to watch the launch i remember growing up watching you know challenger i remember being in school watching it i think im with you on its one of the most exciting things happen to kids to be able to look up to it and to go for it and and to dream thats gone and its nice to see that when the crew arrives at the International Space station its expected theyll stay on board for at least a month this will be a crucial test of the crew dragon capsule is designed to all. Dramatically dock with the space station although the astronauts will money really fly the capsule as they approach unlike the iconic Space Shuttle the capsule will make a water landing when the crew comes back to earth if all goes well on this mission it will pave the way for paying passengers and potential missions for their a field for nasa this marks the end of a 9 year hiatus in the beginning of a Public Private partnership. Own space x. Says this will reignite the dream of space and the next Missions Already planned for august then theres talk of putting people back on the moon and even venturing to malls and gallacher aljazeera miami florida. Its half past the hour on aljazeera these are the headlines officials in minneapolis and the u. S. So bad stop the violence for now after mobilizing the states entire National Guard protests and unrest of spread from there to more cities over the death of black man george floyd in Police Custody john hendren reporting now from minneapolis. There are still protesters out over the town but they are no longer in this same region so theyre finding other places but theyre still upset over the fact that only one of those 4 officers who kneeled on the back of george floyd have been arrested and charged that officer was charged with murder and manslaughter but people here want to charge against the other officers and theyre also just simply upset that these events continue to happen. Protests continued into the night in los angeles where some people looted stores in that fire as National Guard troops were called in to help the Police Officers have used an irritant similar to tear gas as well as rubber bullets to disperse the crowds Peaceful Demonstrations were held earlier on saturday. U. S. President on the trump those threatening to deploy the military if necessary he says those committing violent acts are dishonoring the memory of george floyd china is using the racial unrest in American Cities to criticize u. S. Action on Hong Kong Chinese state media is comparing the riots to the Antigovernment Movement in hong kong with one editor rising now u. S. Politicians can enjoy this site from their own windows and will trump says he will be ending Hong Kong Special trading status because china imposed a new security law which critics say destroys hong kong autonomy some of the news for you alex a mosque in occupied East Jerusalem is reopened its tools that have been closed for 2 months to contain coronavirus worship is an al being asked to wear face masks and to bring their own prints. A roadside bomb blast in somalia has killed at least 8 people in a minibus passengers mostly from the same family were traveling from the capital mogadishu to a funeral in a nearby town no group has claimed responsibility but many previous such attacks were blamed on alshabaab fighters there today with the headlines and thats my lot for the day thanks for your Company Inside story with kim il is coming up next. How all we care again the question many africanamericans osteen is yet another black man is killed at the hands of Law Enforcement is the government complicit or something on the evil twin and 2 years of allegations of systemic racism and Police Brutality this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im convinced and unrest is spreading across cities in the United States over the Police Killing of yet
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