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Libyas un recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the wall Khalifa Haftar. Russias president demands swift action after delays in cleaning up a fuel spill in the arctic polar region. And joining us youre still with the sports including talk n. F. L. Quarterback drew brees apologizes after a backlash from teammates over empty racism protests in the u. S. Welcome to the new could have your company cities across the United States are bracing for more protests as crowds gather to remember george floyd within the past 15 minutes the body of the 46 year old black american has arrived for the 1st of the memorial gatherings in the city of minneapolis where he died 10 days ago after a policeman. Now its on his neck as he was arrested the mobile really is due to be attended by friends civil rights leaders and of those who shared the outrage over the death all full officers involved now face charges a key demand of protest as meanwhile extra security is in place at the white house after days of demonstrations lets begin our coverage in minneapolis where we can join john hendren all correspondence hes standing by just to give us a a sense of whats happening that knowing that George Floyds body will soon be in a home. That tried to heal it was george large body actually arrived in that hearse right over there and at the corner as it turned the Minneapolis Police chief took a knee out of respect for mr floyd and it course it was his police force that was responsible for holding mr floyd down in the minutes before his death so we understand that reverend al sharpton will be overseeing this event with the guest list has been rather closely held although apparently there is music. In the floyd family has said that the one thing they wanted to happen before this event occurred was for all 4 of those Police Officers who were involved in his detention to be arrested and charged and that has happened so weve had charges with 1st of all a 2nd degree murder thats an elevated charge from 1st 3rd degree murder rather and then the other officers were charged with a aiding and abetting in that 2nd degree murder and the difference in that charge is that originally it was just a reckless disregard for human life this suggests that the killing was intentional but not premeditated and that adds significant time the maximum sentence for the original charge for that officer Derek Chauvin was 25 years now it is 40 years but today is really about the families opportunity to remember george floyd ended personalising to talk about the man he was a. Not that dehumanised figure who we know from the video underneath the knees of 3 Police Officers with one standing by so i expect were going to hear from family members as to what his daughter giana has lost how his brothers feel about this and of course the reverend al sharpton is expected to talk about the civil rights aspect of this case what this signifies and why the movement that began here and spread across the country needs to go forward. Of course we will continue to check in with you through the day as the morial service continues the moment from minneapolis thank you. Well doldrums been accused of inflaming the black lives not protests and trying to deliberately divide america his former defense secretary jim mattis has written a scathing open letter calling the president a danger to the constitution he can trim soldiers to deploying National Guard troops to nazi ideology in response trump has tweeted that it was an order to scientists despite the general resigning over the u. S. Pulling troops out of syria lets go straight over to our White House Correspondent kimberly how good it does seem that you know with the president s tweeting were in for a war of words here thats happening while there are barricades going up around the white house what is going on. Well the white house is becoming heavily fortified in advance of what x. Is expected to be a weekend that could be rowdy violent as the peaceful protests perhaps transition again to much of the sort of looting that we saw earlier in the week in washington d. C. At one point on friday evening the u. S. President heading down temporarily into an underground bunker in the white house so this is sort of in anticipation of that potential not only are we seeing the barricades going up in terms of the chain link fence pushing the tourists very far away from the white house but were also seeing the boarding up of businesses not just those that have had their windows smashed but also those that are trying to anticipate that and prevent that now weve seen a very heavy presence throughout washington d. C. The attorney general bill barr essentially setting up a command center for some blocks from here through the f. B. I. And preparing to show a stunning show of force in the Nations Capital what does that look like at city Police Soldiers and its also police from the various agencies so this is a white house that is preparing as the u. S. President continues to tweet law and order indeed and of course were expecting more good news on the jobs front to the chaos certainly the civil disturbances that weve seen and also covert 90. Yeah this isnt just a crisis of civil unrest in the United States right now this is a country with among the highest infections on the plat it in terms of coronavirus and cope with 19 and that has certainly had an impact on the u. S. Economy as weve been reporting here on aljazeera the number of americans according to these latest numbers and unemployment claims filed now one in 5 the new number 1900000 filing jobless claims last week and well the white house is trying to put a positive spin on that saying look at the number of claims filed this week to last week well its down from the previous week that still isnt a good number it shows that more than 40000000 people in the United States are not working right now and lost their jobs almost overnight and were bracing for more bad numbers because the Unemployment Rate will come out on friday we are expecting that it will be somewhere around 20 percent those are numbers we havent seen since the 1930 s. The Great Depression and the projections are from the Congressional Budget Office that this depressed economy may not recover until the year 2030 but of course were also getting news lots of stuff of course happening in the u. S. Could be for you to talk show were getting news of the release potentially of a u. S. Navy veteran what would we know about this. Yeah the family releasing a statement this is been confirmed by the u. S. State department the family of Michael White a u. S. Navy veteran that traveled to iran in july of 28 teen he was confirmed by iran to be in custody about 6 months later now a statement from the family indicates that he has been released it is on his way home his mother joanne white writing for the past 683 days my son michael has been held hostage in iran by the i. R. G. C. And i have been living a nightmare i am blessed to announce the nightmares over my son is safely on his way home now we do know that many months ago that he had been released in inner ron to swiss custody because he was experiencing symptoms of covert 19 the state department calling on iran to release anyone who was experiencing those symptoms because of course the concern is when you are in jail you are in close proximity to others we also know that this individual had mr white how the Underlying Health conditions that would certainly complicate coronavirus now both countries are denying this was any sort of Prisoner Exchange but it is important to note that the United States has recently released dr s. Garri he is an iranian scientist he was detained in the United States under a immigration and Customs Enforcement for circumventing trade sanctions that happened back in 2019 so once again this news all developing but both sides denying this is any sort of Prisoner Exchange but yet on the heels of the United States deporting doctoress garri now we have the announcement of the release of this u. S. Navy veteran released from iran heading back to the United States but you can be a White House Correspondent. And join our bounty butler and he is the president and chief executive of the aids Interfaith Residential Services and empire holmes of Maryland Joins me now on skype from baltimore in maryland good to have you with us on the program sir i mean in terms of the george floyd case time really to assess the staggering support for the floyd family but now the issue of justice will be focused on as the charges now have been increased on the officer who now on mr floyds neck and the other 3 officers who face charges of aiding and abetting murder and those arrest warrants issued is it enough at the moment to placate an angry American Public im not sure its enough but its an excellent start i think thats one of the things that weve seen different from here in baltimore years ago pretty great case that the charging of the those officers at all does help to get a sense of relief a sense of progress and a sense of some action and an attempt at justice moving forward so i would expect to see maybe less volume of protesting now that the rest of the officers have been charged and we see it operate in the charts the american officer i think will help to placate some of the nx and anxiety but theres still a lot more work to do you very closely associated with the investigation of the freddie gray case what are the main differences between the death of george floyd in minneapolis and Freddie Graham baltimore in terms of the ways that the authorities have either learned or not learned lessons and how the law may be applied to the george floyd case. Well i think one of the differences are our main differences is the response from Law Enforcement i think here our states attorney in maryland mostly looked literally had to fight with the Police Department and other Law Enforcement agencies to really get a proper investigation and even charged the officers in that case what you see here with you were exploited is an Immediate Response from Law Enforcement to show them but the to take swift action with the initial charge and then a reasonable time i believe to be in charge of the other officers who were complicit with mr mr ford i think those are critical differences that we didnt know we didnt have what it didnt seem and baltimore 2016 that you see now happening in minneapolis and that and i hope that is result of some broken learning that resulted from not only with pretty great but issues with my crown and some missouri as well after i have years we see that there are response by Law Enforcement to bring these officers to justice its really the best way in the right way to move for and to bring healing to your city and as you speak to me mr butler we can see that mr grays. Floyds body is actually arriving for the Memorial Service and its been ceremonially taken there slowly in minneapolis and as we sort of see those pictures you know we have to also understand that there will be a court case in in the near future and the one phrase that i was asking various contributors to al jazeera over the past 24 hours was this issue of qualified immunity thats been criticized by Justice Sonia sotomayor on several occasions in Supreme Court and basically for our International Viewers its basically a phrase is used often in Court Cases Involving Law Enforcement officers to protect them when they think their life was in danger and they often find this a very credible defense this is where the reform needs to take place doesnt it with issues like this. I agree and i think that really. It should in its best practice so be used to provide a secure to protect our officers who make a legitimate and honest mistake not for those who break the law i think thats where the you should see a separation of how that is apply so if there are proper procedure proper protocol and that frankly abusing the rights of citizens that theyre sworn to protect then qualified immunity is there for their protection when you are actively involved in an act against all or all of your or asking or abusing or in this case killing citizens who are in this point already restrained unresponsive and youve got bystanders for not minutes telling you to please stop these donkey can look at me as a response that i think crosses the line between following proper protocol its use of do an arrestee versus you now nicolette it and youre out acting outside the scope of your 0 point for me thats what it looks like in most of these cases theyre acting outside school with their employment and therefore they should not be sued not be able to avail themselves of a qualified immunity defense well see what happens certainly in the court case when that happens in terms of the time we have from now to a president ial election in november how much of an issue will this become and how divisive will it become in a very already polarized United States. You know i think thats a good use you can on the timeline of the trials i think you see that these trials take place in late october right before the election i think itll definitely be a rallying cry for those who dont like the status quo and since you can use it as a get out the vote method to make sure that you do show up to the polls a whole in a local what for National Lessons to make an impact and i think that some of that against on the differences weve seen now. Back from the instance or 5 years ago we see that there were some changes in the letter especially in ferguson for example and herbs and last night they got their primary endo at 2 days ago to primary election the 1st woman and their 1st africanamerican mayor i think thats definitely a result of the change brought about by mike browns death and ferguson so here we are we had when we were george black leadership in the city i think youve seen that in baltimore when youve seen that across the country where the electorate has changed as result of people being more in ball and taking their votes seriously and knowing how to impact change moving or i think youll see the same thing in november youll see a lot of races be decided there will be increased voter turnout one way or the other because of of this current status in our country not just the killing of killing of innocent people but we hope that another state of the economy youre seeing i think you see in this case and in the electoral process obviously what does happen for the moment Antony Funnell thanks very much for the time from baltimore in maryland thank you thank you got to be here. Now 3 men charged with the murder of a black man in the u. S. State of georgia are due to appear in court or bridge was chased and shot 3 times by retired white Police Officer and his son in february but they were only charged in may after a video of the shooting in brunswick led to nationwide protests a 3rd man who captured the killing on camera was going to charged with felony murder and he has more from miami where i would argue his case will be watched even more closely after george floyd staff. The governor of georgia brian campus called this a precarious moment for the state he said that he will weed out any bad actors that turn up to protest the case today this is of course these 3 men appearing before court for the authorities decide whether theres enough evidence for them to go to trial but this doesnt sit well this case reflects much of what happened with mr floyd remember that our model barry was killed in february late february and the case these men were to rest at the 74 days because the video didnt come out until may and in that 74 days various district attorneys and legal offices passed the case on from one to the other telling the family that he was killed because he was suspected of being a burglar of course when that video came out everything changed now we are expecting protesters outside the courthouse in brunswick today of course the National Guard has been deployed in the state of georgia brian kemp the governor saying he will take action if necessary but hes sensitive to the protesters demands and will meet with them if that is the case this is gregory and Travis Mcmichael father and son one of them and eggs Police Officer who both arm themselves and basically chased mr marbury down and shot and killed him it outraged not just people in georgia other people across the entire nation its a case i think that is in the back of peoples minds as they demand justice for mr floyds death as well so this case will be watched exist dreamily closely all through. The men have been in jail since they were arrested by the f. B. I. In may but now the courts will decide whether they should go to trial. The situation now where in hong kong thousands defied a ban to attend a vigil in memory of the victims of the 1989 telamon square massacre scuffles broke out between police and crowds and parts of the city police are urging large crowds to disperse to prevent a spread of corona virus but hong kong is one of only 2 chinese territories allowed to have a public memorial to the victims a candle a vigil has been held in the citys it tory party every year since 1990 but this year protesters had to break through barriers to hold a rally earlier hong kongs allege that sure criminalised insulting chinas National Anthem its seen as another sign of beijings growing control over Hong Kong Well sorry clark is live for us in hong kong and certainly the pictures speak for themselves in terms of the volume of people that attended that candlelit vigil. Well this is the 1st time in 31 years that this particular vigil the catholic vigil which is held as a memorial to pay respects to those people who fought for democracy in china and square in 1000 9980000. 00 people last year this year it was banned in the whole area around Victoria Park which is the main gathering point had been sealed off earlier and thousands of police were deployed across the city to inforce the social distancing rules for anyone who gathers in numbers of larger than the gatherings are deemed legal but thousands of people defied that police ban and instead entered a Victoria Park and breaking through some of those fences but it was a calm peaceful gathering that the police there around all surrounded that particular area but they had said to those organizers if there was coming for the peaceful rally they wouldnt move in and clear those those numbers out that we had people chanting Free Hong Kong we had people chanting hong kong one nation which is a new slogan and we also have people a number of People Holding up those independence flags and it was a much larger gathering than many people had thought we also had a number of boots to sit up across hong kong for those people who wanted to go and sign a petition and show their support for the people of square who lost their lives back in 989 but the concern is that ban or the assemblies like this and large demonstrations may be banned in the future and thats as a result of chinas decision to introduce these National Security laws and those laws will come into effect later in the year in hong kong and they would target political dissidents and theyre also target acts of subversion acts of sessional people talking about independence from the mainland and acts of terrorism and the concern from these organizers are that rallies like this the Tiananmen Square vigil which has been held for 31 years might be banned as a result and be targeted by those National Security law also heard of some scuffles roam the cork area what more do you know about that and how the authorities reacted. We had small groups or a number of people gathered there around 9 pm hong kong time among caucus on the other side Victoria Park where the vigil was thats on the Hong Kong Central or the island side the other monkeys on the callinan side we had a number of right place and try and move in to clear out those protesters who gathered on a very busy night and right this is a very busy shopping district and a busy part of kelo another had blocked that causeway and as a result those police moved in to make arrests i should state those people who are gathering there in this area of manchaca is often a rogue area we often see a number of demonstrations a lot of confrontations between police and protesters but that particular rally was more an Antigovernment Movement as opposed to support for those people who lost their lives in tandem and square but for now the police have cleared those people out but we certainly saw some large numbers gather there around 9 pm and a number of arrests made so oclock in hong kong thank you libby as you recognize governments hands full control of the curve of tripoli after fighting with forces loyal to ward cleaver after g. L. A. Forces have also retaken control of an abandoned altar in the south of the capital have to launch an offensive to take control of the capital just over a year ago fighting continues but government officials have to has also lost significant ground in areas close to his strong world of. Mood of the one who has more. This is the old inactive International Airport in southern tripoli and its now under control of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of national called after the manage it to drive our forces loyal to the world honey fair has said from here that happened after heavy fighting as you can see. The remains of the fierce battles that happened here over the past year have those forces remained in control of this airport for the past year and now the Government Forces say that they have also managed to push back have started forces beyond the administrative borders of the capital tripoli this airport has been very strategic for both sides from here have those forces used to target the Government Forces locations with heavy weapons and also with airstrikes the problem remains as the Government Forces say in the land mines planted by half and forces in the vicinity of this airport which pose a threat not only for the Government Forces but also for the displaced civilians who cannot wait to return home now the Government Forces are preparing for a fresh offensive to move on the city of the huna south of tripoli which is the last of stronghold of have to have forces in the west of libya. Now that all comes as libyan Prime Minister fares ulcer raj met the turkish president in ankara recipe the one says turkey will increase its support for surat jan and that have turned his forces are the biggest obstacle to peace turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against the wall ought to have Khalifa Haftar lets get more now from sin and pursue in istanbul for reaction out of turkey cause the leaders standing side by side at that press conference very clear in not only their friendship but their direction that they want to go in a news also breaking that turkey libya plan to advance cooperation in drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean to further benefit from Natural Resources so they are sort of planning long term sinan. Exactly especially since the maritime deal signed with the d. N. A. Between jenae and turkey this is a bone that cannot be broken from perspective because that maritime zone do you. Assure his interest and rights in the Eastern Mediterranean actually a few days ago turkeys Energy Minister and now is that in maximum 3 or 4 months to work you would begin its drilling and exploration operations and in the libyan sure so today it was confirmed by mr starr rise and mr dunne during this presser of course mr sorority highlighted that turkey will target turkey who will stand with the with the jna in rebuilding libya before the uprising back in 201112 there were many Turkish Companies in libya and especially they were involved in Infrastructure Projects very important and. Huge budget projects in libya and it seems Turkish Companies who lost ground in the libyan market will also begin benefiting from this newly emerging market as well don was so clear about how they for after both leaders. Emphasize that how the for health care is not a legitimate representative of the of the libyan people and turkey will continue to support libya in every legitimate platform like the u. N. The belden talks and i dont start that turkey will continue its support by increasing its capacities so probably we should expect more Turkish Military presence in libya from now one as well yesterday to military troops are there in the training and equipping the jenae forces and the allied forces plus. They are turkish are supporting the jna with the armed and armed aerial vehicles the drones which are the kingmakers of this advance on the advantage of the jna but especially after the liberty a airbase was recaptured by the g. N. A. T. Forces on may 18th there were rumors in onkar and the turkish capital that suggested that turkey is considering to deploy its troops to a witty airbase so these are very Important Developments especially considering that recently the us also announced its will be sending its african troops to tunisia to have a base over there things are good things seem to be unfolding in a different way and another Important Development is defense of Prime Minister ahmed that my take was in most cultures hold talks with the Russian Foreign ministry and the news outlets are reporting a mighty saying that they are expecting a deescalation less confrontation in the battlefield from now where the most coal is siding with the jna in terms of providing deescalation so probably the scenario for holy father of the warlord might be changing in moscows ice to soho cynicus thank you for joining us in istanbul. Still ahead here on out is there is news are fed up with the lockdown protests against the niggles coronavirus state of emergency turned violent. On the battle of the skies between china and the u. S. As beijing says it will welcome back foreign flights within days its also. Trying out. Here so why the take. For want to tell this is rising stars to join the protest movement in the u. S. Thats coming up with joe in sports to stay with us here on the aljazeera news hour. Aladin the tropical cycle in that never was that dropped a meter of rain ever salada its here its this is this massive cloud theyre producing a lot of rain this time in western yemen theyll be flooding from that it just slowly offshore and he brags of completely otherwise the Arabian Peninsula is dry and sunny and hot of course a bit of a shame all maybe picking up the gulf during friday but look at the temperatures it bringing with it 49 in kuwait and about 43 in their heart its not a pretty dry shamali are still fairly human a suspect breeze and exists through saturday as well now if youre on the coast of lebanon for example its much better who talk about the twentys and sunshine with a bit of a breeze and thats true course through most of the coast of north africa is a bit more in the way of sherry windy stuff in morocco rabbet often does that reflect in the forecast 2425 degrees the showers are not exactly obvious and the wind is fairly strong as it runs through libya but its been changing directions its getting cooler in tripoli and warming up in benghazi south of all that of course plenty of shows throughout africa is the time when you tend to get some big hands and drift so the west was and they might into hurricanes not yet but the big shots are certainly showing up with the orange scent is a moment rare. Theres a wave of sentiment around the world if you actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often peoples voices are not heard because theyre just not part of the mainstream news narrative. Obviously we cover big stories were told from the big events going on but we also tell the stories of people who generally dont have a voice and then when i was a child my thats never be afraid to put your hand up not a question and i think thats what im seriously down the os to questions to people who should be accountable and also if we get people to give their view of whats going on. I care about how the u. S. Engages with the rest of the world i cover Foreign Policy National Security this is very much a political impounds heres the paul how do we deal with grated are we telling a good story will people get what were trying to get in here in their living outside and make it count this is not the way any family wants to raise their children were willing to get into taking you into a place that you might not do that otherwise its absolutely feels that you were there. Welcome back youre watching news hour with the cell romney a reminder of our top stories the u. S. City of minneapolis is preparing to remember george floyd whose death while in Police Custody has sparked days of nationwide outrage people are also gathering for memorials across the country and thousands of people have joined a vigil in hong kong to mark the anniversary of the 1989 tannin square massacre thats despite a ban on Mass Gatherings in the city protesters had to break through barriers to hold a rally and libyas u. N. Recognized government says it has full control of the capital tripoli after fighting with forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar the g. N. A. S. Says its also retaken and abandoned airport in southern tripoli. Britains Prime Minister is urging World Leaders to unite against disease as he hosts a global vaccine summit during the coronavirus pandemic representatives from more than 50 countries are joining Boris Johnson the leaders want to raise more than 7 1000000000. 00 heidi lawson is director of the Vaccine Confidence project at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine joins me now via skype from the british capital good to have you with us on the program and how successful in your opinion has pledging conference in london been today. Well theres been a tremendous amount of commitment both in terms of. High level support for the mission of the Global Alliance and the. And theres been a significant amount of pledging going on i dont have the total tally but i think. It really reflects the recognition that we are in an acute time extra need for support not just with the scenes normally but the thing thats different this year is of course in the face of coal that theres a new vaccine that needs to be accelerated and. Out there but also because of the pandemic theres been a tremendous interruption of routine immunization so that will take an extraordinary effort to catch up so its been a fantastic. Support recognizing that what sort of research is required to. Require the types of vaccines that youre looking for i mean basically what sort of vaccines are required of the what type of because besides the new diseases that appear on the global map there are the establish ones that still need to be dealt with because they sort of morph into different forms as well dont they devotes of the world. Yes thats absolutely right and initially gabby was set up specifically for the newer vaccines as they came out and things like rotavirus acute diarrheal disease and pneumonia and a few others but as you probably know that more and more of these vaccines are coming by and so theyre combined with the more traditional ones like diptheria tetanus pertussis. Polio so theres a number of very basic vaccines children these days have a lot more Vaccines Available to them and in some cases required in the whole objective than the whole mission of the Global Alliance is to make sure that the poorest countries of the world get access to the same ones that the wealthier countries because this alliance is totally focused on 58 countries which is about a 3rd of the worlds countries who have the National Income per capita is a problem areas around 1500. 00 so its really trying to accelerate access for those poor countries to get all those very basic facts as well and you can just pick one of those points about sort of you talk about a big gathering of both the public and the private sector really to improve the access to vaccines but in reality poorer nations do find it difficult. To get the sort of access because they view the shortage or expense its a great message in theory but does it work because the private sector really just to give a profit for the shareholders. Well i wouldnt depends on which private search you hear in but i think the momentum and the effort around gabby is really very much Mission Driven i dont think these are scenes that are making a lot of money they are they clearly need investment for their production for their research for their safety for their efficacy theres a huge amount of cost that goes into assuring the quality of facts scenes on the scale of them i mean one of our big challenges with the anticipated and hoped for coated facts scene is that everyone can get it and that that scenes arent. A cost if you want them to be effective in safe indeed. Its good to get your input and your assessment of how the day progress thanks very much for joining us. Thanks ok. The peace and center go of the rest of more than 70 people have to protest against current virus restrictions turned violent demonstrators torched Police Vehicles on the Health Center near the capital dhaka calling for the end to the state of emergency and tonight talking to a few nicholas from the capital. Some of the measures that were Just Announced by the interior minister is allowing people to travel from one region to another up into since march people have been restricted on long down generally thats a problem because were at the height of the dry season were months away before the rainy season and many people in neighborhoods like this in downtown the car want to go back to the countryside to plant their seeds and to start farming i mean here were scenes of running battles late last night with the military deployed on the street just over here and protesters down this street throwing rocks back to the police and the military you can see whats left of the protest of you know burned tires talking to people here about the new measures they say its too little too late because a curfew is still in place so is the state of emergency so well have to wait and see until tonight to see how the population here will react to the new easing of measures remember almost half of the population here lives on less than 5. 00 a day theyve been stuck at home they havent been able to come out and to gather also one of the announcement made by the interior minister an easing in restriction of public gatherings up until now up to 4 people were allowed to gather not more than that so restaurants will be allowed to reopen shops and businesses and thats good news for a lot of people here still people here feel that there will be fallout in the effect of the last 2 or 3 months that have been long down in the economic crisis that looms ahead. Well. And once again flying to china beijing an american passenger flights because of the pandemic but the easing of restrictions follows an announcement by the u. S. That its banning all chinese from june 16th katrina you. Beijing airport is known for being one of the busiest in the world but since the beginning of the pandemic its largely been quiet fearing imported coronavirus cases chinese authorities have restricted the number of Foreign Airlines flying in and out of the country starting on monday that. An increasing number of carriers including u. S. Airlines will be allowed to resume operations. China has already announced relevant policy adjustments we hope the u. S. Side will not create obstacles for resolving this issue the move is an apparent retreat from an escalating ellen dispute with washington on wednesday the u. S. Announced it would ban chinese allies starting on june 16th it said beijing failed to respond to requests by united and Delta Airlines to reserve flights this month while chinese carriers continued flying to American Cities the u. S. Airlines are ready to resume their flights to china and they would like to not necessarily be there. But with flexibility to operate from the u. S. Your. Destination. In much chinas aviation regulators implemented a socalled 51. 00 policy limiting Foreign Airlines to one flight a week it says International Flight quotas will be increased as the pandemic eases but routes will be suspended all halted if more than 5 passengers test positive for the coronavirus beijings airline dispute with washington to escalate tensions at a time when u. S. China relations are already under immense strain both sides are continuing to fight over trade practices the origin of the coronavirus and hong kong National Security. But as diplomatic tensions increase the millions of passengers who usually fly between the u. S. And china every year will be hurting for a few a travel restrictions. And more smooth landings katrina new aljazeera beijing. Now mexico has recorded its highest number of corona virus deaths in a single day its reported 1092 fatal attacks on wednesday more than double the previous days figure theres also been a record surge in new infections bringing the total to more than 100000 is in mexico city and explains why the figures are so high. Mexico has just broken the 100000 case mark and also the daily death toll for corona virus now the government explained that the death toll was actually for one day it was cold lated over a larger period of time as results came in but one thing is for certain and thats that the number of corona virus infections and the number of people dying from this is increasing in the country rather than going down and thats a bit of a problem for the government because they were thinking that the peak to this would be about 3 weeks ago and that hasnt happened its also a problem because the country has been gradually reopening from the 1st of june now at the moment its meant to be only essential activities and essential industries and people are really meant to be going out in public now in the more affluent parts of mexico city where we are now you can see that thats been largely a bait in the working class parts of the city it really hasnt been weve been in places where theres been a lot of people out in the streets a lot of them need to go out to earn their living thats what theyve been telling us but that could cause a problem in terms of the hospitals were in an intensive care unit just yesterday and there they were telling us that theyre worried about this for opening because they think that the hospitals could get more and more such rated until they cant cope especially if the curve hasnt yet been flat and the last thing to say about this is that the countrys president and his mother were Lopez Obrador is himself actually on tour so he is definitely not staying home and theres been questions over what sort of message that sends to other mexicans. Friday marks 3 years since 4 arab nations imposed a blockade on qatar now before it began 40 percent of the gulf nations imports came from its neighbors since then the government has invested in Food Production and technology also to bahrain has more from doha. This is one of the 3 food Storage Facilities in qatar bahrain is a half a 1000000 meter space here the Government Stores rice oil condensed milk and feed for livestock because our does not have the ability to produce these products for a number of reasons including its temperatures which can reach 50 degrees celsius in the summer months but there are many food items it can now grow itself to meet demand. This is one of the areas where he has achieved that a farm in the north of doha supplying vegetables all year round these greenhouses are set up to cool down the temperature and humidity to produce tomatoes mushrooms to cumbers and plants among others prior to the 2017 blockade imposed by 4 arab countries that closed the land border with saudi arabia qatar was importing nearly 90 percent of its food supply now that figure is substantially less 2 years back the local production did not exceed for the fruit and vegetable did not exceed 10 percent today we are almost 30 percent so i think its just a matter of time since the technology is available and the know how available locally then theres nothing to stop us from reaching our targets. As one of the hottest most arab countries in the world trade and relations with other countries are critical to making sure theres an adequate food supply year round. Well qatar certainly has plenty of its dependency on foreign ports had its limitations and thats what western countries focus on its the message production and since the blockheads it has managed to produce enough very and poultry products to meet demand. This Dairy Factory is one of the biggest in the country opened in 1986 it used to produce 15 tons of their products a day until 2017 now that figure is up to 85 tons a day before the. Daily on daily basis was the employer to cut out of the data and use a product between 650. 00 to 700. 00 daily bases and books like so Many Companies we need to improve and we need to build our legs inside the markets the government has played a big role in helping local businesses grow. To be accomplish many programs and pass new legislation for the concept of strategic stock in october of 2018 we also help farmers with providing them seeds we increase greenhouses and offer Financial Assistance in the form of loans from the development bank. The blockade of qatar which began 3 years ago is still in place despite numerous attempts by other countries to resolve the crisis but its also presented a unique opportunity for the government here to rely less on food imports and more on local production door such apart aljazeera doha. Well still ahead in sports stars from the n. B. A. Take to the streets to join protests against racism story coming up with joe after the break. Mike russias president has declared a state of emergency in the Arctic Circle after a huge fuel spill 20000 tons of diesel have leaked into a river from a power plant full brunt of the polls. Footage released by the Russian Investigative Committee suggests the sheer volume of the spillage overwhelmed the concrete levees intended to contain minor leaks tens of thousands of tons of diesel escaped into the surrounding area it was 2 days before the Regional Government raised the alarm to moscow and in a televised Video Conference of visibly angry president putin rated them for the inadequacy of their response even questioning whether the governor had taken leave of his senses and whats going to be done youre the governor or we go to learn about emergency situations through social media now have you lost your mind over there norilsk is home to the Worlds Largest producer of nickel and is already one of the most notoriously polluted places on earth the nickel factory emitted nearly 2000000 tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in 20183 times more than the 2nd worst emitter now the land and water also environmentally impacted this incident has dumped more than 20000 tons of diesel and lubricants into the surrounding river system and into the subsoil. It will take decades to clear up because were talking about cleaning up the surface of the water pumping out the fuel pumping out the polluted water as far as possible cleaning up the police to the ground. The terrain is sub arctic and swampy at this time of year and Specialist Vehicles are needed to get around pumping and inflatable booms are trying to limit the damage but access and extraction are a major problem belong mostly in your pool. Its a secluded area theres no transportation access by road all railroad again theres no way to bring in a large number of boats with heavy tanks to pump the oil into thats the difficulty. And investigation into why this specific tank ruptured is under way but a Company Statement has expressed concerns for facilities which are built in areas where the melting permafrost is causing the soil to sink and that raises a much wider question for industrial safety across the whole arctic paul brennan aljazeera. No huge landslide in the far north of norway has swept 8 houses into the sea no one was injured when the piece of land more than half a kilometer wide collapsed in the town of others. And theres been more damage to australias Great Barrier reef with its 3rd coral bleaching in just 5 years february was the hottest month since records began in 1900 when the water is too warm coal expels the algae that live in them leaving the bleached and barren experts warn the ecosystem may never recover from the damage theyre a very serious of they. Have the leisure. Tourism has very little impact of the region so. The presence or absence of tourism just an 80 year difference in terms of Global Warming you know reform of the road it is if you. Will eventually just roy the Great Barrier as we know. Call time for sport now history say thank you very much and if drew brees has apologized up to facing a backlash from fellow athletes over an indication given in the wake of the death of george floyd a sports towns around the world joined protests against racism in new Orleans Saints quarterback said he would still never support athletes kneeling during the National Anthem before games the form of police will process with a popular by another quarterback come cap nick in 2016 to highlight police brutality. I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of america or our country but i think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart it shows unity it shows that we are all in this together we can all do better and then we are all part of the solution obree says comments your criticism from several athletes including basketball star Le Bron James one of his own teammates at the saints malcolm jenkins. Disappointing. Her. Hes one of the world tells you. As you know worry that your life doesnt matter. The last place youll hear from. The guys that if you go to war with it if you can fit consider to be allies and to be fair. Even though were teammates. I cant let this go. Now braces issued a lengthy apology part of which reads i have always been an ally never an enemy im sick about the way my comments were perceived yesterday but i take full responsibility and accountability i recognize that i should do less talking and more listening when the black community is talking about their pain we all need to listen several n. B. A. Basketball players from the Golden State Warriors and taken to the streets to protest Racial Injustice steph curry and Clay Thompson were among those that took part in the march in Oakland California the walk in unity event was organized by warriors forward one to scanner anderson. 16 year old tennis star cocacola also spoke at a protest in florida. I demand change now and im sad that it takes another black means life to be mas for all of this to happen but we have to understand that this has been going on for years this is not just about george bull it is about Trayvon Martin this is about eric garners about being on a taylor about something that happened i dont care i was 8 years covering Trayvon Martin was killed so why am i. Still demanding change. Well a respected journalist wrote a little from black Sports Online he said sports stars have the power to make a real difference in the fight against racism. Think about it like this if you were in North Carolina the state of North Carolina and Michael Jordan was protesting with you walking with the protestors what do you think the cops would do the you think i would do to advance you think they would shoot rubber bullets at Michael Jordan there is power in sport so when they step to the forefront a lot of people follow them because they have so many fans and everything and when you have even if its just you know so why like tom brady you know just you know say hey i dont like what happened with Aubrey Aubrey the young man i was jogging and d it was shot that tell you so much significance when people come out of their comfort zone all to try to you know alyssa change you cant tell anybody what they should do you can tell not it should feel i should protest or they speak or should they speak thats an individuals decision you know what i always say said to athletes who are trying to make that decision is to think if youre going to Say Something and make sure that you Say Something that actually mean something out ready to not say to d me Say Something is going to be detrimental to the hall and be seen that day you know someone like drew brees you know joe breeze comes out and says im going to detrimental to what people are trying to do is take a lot of backlash when im sure he had to do it over again he would decline you know that interview so you know its not up to me to tell an athlete or anybody odyssey how they should handle certain things while the suggestion to them is if youre not you know dont say anything if you going to say someone hurt the progress that were trying to make and if you are going to say anything make sure is not just superficial and as you actually put some actions behind for words. Taigas governess says the city is considering scaling down the olympics and paralympics because of current virus the 2020 games been put back a year because the pandemic and organizers may be forced to limit the number of fans in the if the virus is one eradicated but this time it could cost japan as much as 6000000000. 00. Former new zealand. Will make his return to rugby in his home country call to has joined the blaze for a restricted Super Rugby Competition featuring only new zealand teams starting on the 13th super rugby was suspended the march because of the coronavirus. That is the useful for now. Thanks very much you can watch me i was there and you sat with me so robert john i can throw more news on the other side of the break to stay with us. Jeanne on aljazeera 3 years into the blockade we look at the future of the g. C. C. Crisis impact on life in qatar people in power is back with more investigative document changes and indepth stories as the world bank is the one upon the next aljazeera brings you the latest from around the world. A new 2 part investigation asks whether water should be a Natural Resource or a commodity traded for profit as protesters take to the streets in the country battles call that 90 can dont trump survive the systolic challenges. Team on aljazeera. Join our Global Community because the price is just slapped doesnt the phrase the blessing upon latin upon human have equals Global Health keeping you up to date is watch out for situations where we have a human rights crisis that persists beyond the Health Crisis answering your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching a crossroads this is an opportunity that we must not miss the strain on aljazeera. New zealand is in the grip of a house. 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