Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Words from floyds name calling for an end to racial injustice. Out you cant tolerate. You cant achieve justice which is. The civil rights leader reverend al sharpton rebukes President Trump for his handling of Police Brutality in america. We cannot leave just moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism stings that are very strong. And a video message from democratic president ial candidate joe biden he says there needs to be a lasting change. Welcome to the program in a 4 and a half hour funeral and a burial in a Houston Cemetery friends and family have celebrated the life of george floyd he wasnt voluntarily cost in the role of a civil rights icon when a minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck his death sparked protests that continue today across the United States and as far away as senegal john hendren has a story from freuds hometown of Houston Texas. George floyds tragic journey only to Houston Cemetery but. The movement here inspired. A morning to demonstrations in floyds name pleated whose funeral displays his legacy. From civil rights leaders god talk to reject it stop. And made them the cornerstone of a moment as a coach a whole wide work group and family remember the man they knew would carry big floyd i miss my brother. A whole lot and. Im the. Only one. In my loop and. I think god forgive me use me my own personal superman this is not just murder but a hate crime. A happy memories of my uncle and as i have. I still cant pull myself to get as. High as call them my grandma name i believe my grandmother was right there oh im sick come home baby you said if you its not much good its. The life of a man who died beneath a policeman who was celebrated by members of congress in a president ial candidate who spoke directly to floyds d daughter giana. Now is the time for Racial Justice thats the easternmost give to our children when they ask why. Because when there is justice for george more. We will truly be on our way to Racial Justice in america and then she said she. Changed the world. The funeral follows little oreos in minneapolis in North Carolina and of viewing in houston attended by the rosen who remembered his final words i cant bury in the weeks months and years after these people have left this ceremony george floyd may well be best remembered as an accidental agent a change someone who transformed the world less by what he did than by what was done to him simply didnt make the invitation list inside said they were outside because theyre concerned about the next generation. To Black Thought and i have planned for. Them and you know the sad. Thing so when you hear stories like the one about mr floyd what does it make you think. For. George boyd was buried next to his mother in the place and once called home your familys gone miss joyce. Put judge made sure it is going to always remember your name he left behind children or formally owned a movement they hope will end the pattern of normed africanamericans dunning at the hands of police john hendren. Used well for more. On this lets bring in Lester Spence in both him or hes a professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins university and lester specializes in race and politics and Police Violence lester said now that George Floyds funeral is over it was emotional it was poignant i mean what needs to happen now to keep working towards fighting racism in the u. S. And keeping that issue in the spotlight because of course the danger is once the dust has settled it could all quickly be forgotten what the blessing is that. There are been a number of groups have been working on the ground for years to kind of either reform d police or to basically kind of defund or are legit and what theyve been able to do in this circumstance is take advantage of this complicated opportunity to call for significant change and weve already seen it so new york spend 6000000000. 00 a year on new york city spends 6000000000. 00 a year on policing and for the 1st time were talking about ramping that down the city of minneapolis where george put was killed has already voted to disband the police the state of colorado just passed legislation that theyve been working off for years that forces that that says now police can only use a certain types of force if theyre under eminent threat of their lives and here in baltimore we just had an election the person we just it looks like we just elected mayor hes been hes been running on a campaign and. Among other things Police Reform so that work has been going on the trick now is basically taking that and taking this moment and building on it but we still have to yet and we still have to connect it to the virus right we still because we see its not just about Police Violence at this time were also dealing with a pandemic that disproportionately kills black and brad ok or citizen left as you say look theres this movement that started building over defunding the police you mentioned that Minneapolis City Council has pledged to overhaul that Police Department you mentioned some other Police Departments is that something you see that could realistically and thats the key would realistically be echoed across other states in the u. S. Because theres been considerable pushback already about this hasnt there yet there has been. Well i know ive never seen anything like this in my life. So its possible where like 1955 moment in american terms where the Civil Rights Movement is just beginning and we have 15 years of victories in front of us or its possible we were in 1968 moment where we had rebellions in the United States and around the world and if youd asked those participating what was going to happen they would have said the revolution was coming and then 1970 next thing you know chile gets taken over the United States place under our austerity so what i do know is that this is a moment people are doing everything we can to keep that window open and you know and well see. Less but i rarely use that ok lets lets talk about some of the politics next i mean how do you see this push for racial equality Racial Justice now being used to make political change because thats the point youre making isnt it and is this all going to come down to the wire in the november 2020 president ial election. Well ok so the election is one thing right and we could talk about the election it looks like today in georgia for example we have we have images of black citizens waiting 4 and a half hours during a pandemic to vote while white and wealthier citizens dont have to take that long right so thats one set of issues like how do we deal with that how do we deal with the with the election dynamic and and people are mobilizing voters people are registering voters like nobodys business and hopefully thinking about ways to put better boating tactics in place where we dont have to have black people waiting 4 and a half hours in line thats one thing but the other thing is this legislation that weve been seeing passed right again colorado colorado is not is by no means a liberal state and theyve got significant political hurdles that organizers there had to over have been able to overcome ok so its also about its also about taking advantage of this moment and rolling out kind of legislation that a lot of us have been working on in cities and in states lets let me get a final thought from you and just talk about the commander in chief for a 2nd in terms of President Trumps handling of race as a key social and political issue over the last 2 weeks is there anything that he could ever do to repair the damage and unite the country do you think you caught me at my crib to ask me that. Im ok you know. All right well lets to grate on sorry stumper was there for a 2nd but great to get your thoughts on you and your silence thank you thank you very much of the Lester Spence there in both. These. Now theyve also been protests in new york gay blood is on though has been out with demonstrators where people have been marching again in George Floyds night. These are truly extra ordinary scenes thousands of protesters that are right now walking over the Brooklyn Bridge theyre doing it on are of black lives matter and also dawn of the life of george floyd these are protesters that are quiet obviously very very peaceful and theyre really sending a message a message to new york a message to the United States and they say a message to the world that they will continue to fight for justice for george floyd and black lives matter they were also fighting over the last 2 weeks here in new york for a justice of people that have been victims of Police Brutality by the new york Police Department and on tuesday 2 things happened one is a new york Police Department officer was. Shore with assault for pushing a peaceful protest or in the very early weeks of the protest in new york and also new york state lawmakers have voted for a series of bills that would in theory make the n. Y. P. D. More accountable but what youre seeing here is very much a message a message that is being sent that they want justice and they will not leave until they get it. The new york city Police Department has faced numerous complaints of excessive use of force a protest over the death of george floyd one officer has now been arrested and charged with assault and other counts the incident dandrea was filmed shoving a protester to the ground last month in brooklyn and the 20 year old woman suffered a concussion needed to be hospitalized afterwards. Well the disciplinary records of new yorks Police Officers will now be made public new yorks legislature has repealed a state law which kept them hidden it had been in place for more than 40 years. So its come here on the news hour including a tribute to george floyd in senegal on the same shores millions of people were shot from and taken across the atlantic as slaves and men whove been on them for decades face a reckoning is called growing europe to remove statues of people linked to slavery and colonialism. And support the teenager drives to victory with a little help from his mom details later in the show. Now in the u. K. A statue of an 18th century slave trader has been removed from outside a London Museum Officials Say it was no longer acceptable to the local community and thousands of people have signed new petitions calling for the removal of another monument at Oxford University where we challenge has more. Roads must is that take it down put him in a museum in the world Famous University city of oxford anger at this statue has rekindled looking down from the facade of Oriel College is sessile rhodes one of the most controversial figures of britains imperial age. It is a bastion of White Supremacy and racism and its inaccessible to get down rhodes the colonial believed in the primacy of the anglosaxon race over all others particularly the black africans he ruled over our you. Know yes but the wealthy benefactors Foundation Still bring students from around the world to study talks but its unsurprisingly a conflict for south african road scholar marotta he called. For many many years the Rhodes Scholarship was awarded to the white man which is essentially the work and forced labor of black people sponsoring the education of white men to save their colonizing and colonize the rest of the world. Black lives matter has reenergize the roads Must Fall Campaign began in 2015 inspired by protestors in south africa. A statement from Oriel College says we believe black lives matter and support the right to peaceful protest as a college we continue to debate and discuss the issues raised by the presence on our site of examples of contested heritage relating to settle roads but the current mood is building pressure orks with Cities Council leader recommends oriel submit a planning application to remove the statue. Elsewhere pressure has already led to action in bristol over the weekend protesters tore down a statue of slave trader edward causton and threw him in the river in london north already has removed slave owner Robert Milligan from his plane in the docklands on tuesday previously protected symbols of britains racist and imperial past of becoming intolerable to every country really has sort of National Myth and you know kind of nationalist sense of us and recent perhaps in that respect is no different but it does of course have a unique situation in terms of the british and such knowledge and parlance such a time the death of george floyd is changing the way many countries look at history and race so different place is different figures in oxford its sessile roads in bristol it was Edward Colson in belgium its king leopold in the United States its robert feeling but the principle is universal and its been given extra far by black lives matter historical figures of white supremacist they say should no longer be given the supremes positions in our towns and our cities all the talents are just there oxford. On the belgian city of unto a person moved a statue of a colonial era king a week after it was set on fire activists of long petitioned to remove statues of king leopold the 2nd but the man says the statue was not being removed due to the outcry but because its become a Public Safety issue leopold was belgiums longest serving monarch millions of people were killed under his brutal reign over a vast region of africa that includes modern day democratic republic of congos and thousands of people gathered in central paris to pay tribute to george floyd they expressed solidarity with us protesters denounce racism and Police Brutality city officials allowed the event to go ahead despite a ban on public gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic in dhaka dozens of protesters gathered to pay tribute to george floyd senegalese authorities made an exception for the rally and let it go ahead despite coronavirus restrictions Nicholas Hawke was that were on the Western Point of africa. Facing the Atlantic Ocean on the other side is the United States of america its by here by ship then men women and children were shipped out as slaves this is a place of memorial and this is where people have gathered to protest Police Brutality and to pay tribute to george floyd now in normal circumstances a protest like this would not take place this is a state of emergency because of the outbreak and yet authorities here have allowed this protest to take place because they feel that whats happening globally has in effect a resonance to many senegalese here Police Arrest meant every kind of racism at all levels happens to any black person in the western world so i think it is about time in 2020 that it stops and then we fully recognize a just human beings and citizen of this because this is the year of return where west african countries are inviting africanamericans who want to come to come and visit this region not only that to resettle in the last year 750000 africanamericans have visited this area many of them choosing to actually settle here ghana is offering them special status among the protesters here some of them have a message to those africanamericans the United States who want to move away from Police Brutality and racism that they face in their country. Welcome home. Welcome home come back you know youre welcome this is your country where your people. We need you here you have your place we love you. The toppling of statues of men responsible for slavery or for calling a zation responsible for the killings of millions of people in africa has been welcomed by many here governments here have been asking museums in the west for years to return artifacts has been looted on the african continent and so its part of a Greater Movement of people wanting to reclaim a history too often ignored. Well u. S. President donald trump has been largely absent from saying anything on tuesday about George Floyds funeral instead hes been tweeting about his popularity ratings and taking aim at the democratic president ial hopeful joe biden he also suggested that a 75 year old protester who was injured after being pushed by the police could be fermenting thats the anti fascist movement where trumps tweet has drawn sharp criticism from the new york governor who accused him of spreading conspiracy theories how reckless how irresponsible i am mean how crude i mean if there was ever a reprehensible done coming and from the president of United States at this moment of anger anguish and anger what does he do for scarcely an on the fire if there was ever if he ever feels a moment of decency he should apologize for that tweet because it is wholly unacceptable our mike hanna has more now on the reaction to trumps tweet. Normally when President Trump controversial tweets republicans to a person in there that they havent read it towards just the president being the president or some other such excuse now we did hear that from a number of Republican Leaders including marco rubio a very prominent senator and pat roberts however for the 1st time some other senators broke their silence including john thune whos the number 2 republican in the senate who says accusations that are baseless should not be made and this is one of them we heard from Lisa Murkowski from maine from alaska that is who said that this is just absolutely shocking a sentiment shared by mitt romney from utah so certainly this is a 1st time weve seen some kind of response a number of republican senators some individuals before have expressed disquiet about the tone or nature of the president s tweets but this is the 1st time that a number have stepped forward a small number still but a number have stepped forward to express absolute horror at what the president just tweeted from the democrat side you heard absolute revulsion at the president tweeting a baseless piece of right wing propaganda that actually was 1st broadcast on a far right wing news channel that is incidentally a regular presence in the president s news conferences but one must mention to a very important point the president has made tweets like this tweeted about the elections hes tweeted criticism of joe biden nominations in the senate not once in the course of the day has he put out a tweet expressing sorrow at the memorial for george floyd. Well while floyds Funeral Service was taking place in texas voters in georgia turned out in large numbers they lined up in the extreme heat in the rain for up to 5 hours just to cast their ballots in primary races for the house and senate state officials are investigating widespread voting irregularities in 2 counties where half the population is black u. S. Democratic leaders have proposed a bill demanding sweeping Police Reforms House Majority leader says theyre aiming for a vote in about 2 weeks time for the package would likely draw opposition from republicans and Police Unions the bill calls for Greater Transparency of Police Behavior and more accountability for Human Rights Violations it includes the limits on Legal Protections for police a ban on chokeholds and a National Database of complaints against Police Reform package would also eliminate unannounced police raids and make body and dashboard cameras compulsory for federal police. My colleague to democratic strategist Derek Plummer and Steven Rogers a member of Donald Trumps Campaign Advisory board they discuss the pros and cons of Police Reforms in the u. S. At the end of the day right now we are dealing not with an issue of good apples and bad apples but really to stomach issues that have been pervasive here in the u. S. For d honestly since its founding and right now based on what weve seen in terms of people going into the streets and protesting the things they demand that we remove these inequalities in terms of how we how the Justice System treats black and brown comics is really important and so i think we have in this moment the opportunity to briley make a difference the reality though is that its going to take not just democrats but republicans to actually effectuate that change and more importantly its going to take actually having someone in the white house who not only understand the issues but actually want to address them and you know as it stands right now we have not seen that leadership from the white house hopefully we will because the issues are just way too important and this moment is just too important for so Many Americans and people across the world stephen as derek was saying that weve seen a huge groundswell of Public Opinion in favor of Police Reform will there be support for this democratic bill amongst republicans. I would argue the point that there is a groundswell of support in favor of Police Reform bill way that democrats are beginning to advance these ridiculous reforms look i was around in the seventys the eightys the ninetys its the same old story with the Democrat Party simply making proposals that dont work now keep in mind that we have 800000 Law Enforcement officers who do a very good job in this country and indeed there are bad racists officers and they should be removed i have said that the individuals protesting and they have every right to and i think they did a good job the protesters did they work within the confines of the law and they have a terrific cause and its a good cause however saying that the focus of attention should be on the courts it should be on the politicians who have created an atmosphere that is dividing everyone so my point is that these reforms are going to cause more bloodshed especially in minority communities there wont be any police left by the time they get through with the reforms they want to advance. Some other news now the president of burundi. Died at the age of 55 just weeks before he was due to step down from office a government statement says he had a heart attack but theres speculation that he may have contracted coronavirus looks back at his life. Pierre including came to power with a pledge to heal a divided government but his time in office was tainted by a crackdown on his political opponents the former rebel leader became president in 2005 as part of a peace deal that ended a years long civil war that i swear to ban all ideologies of Ethnic Division and genocide i swear to work for the development of. Including visa won a 2nd term in an uncontested election in 2010 but Rights Groups and opposition parties accused him of restricting Political Freedom 5 years later breaking constitutional norms and despite global condemnation he announced his intention to stand for a 3rd term who. What is happening now is the fault of the people who are not on our side but it is going to make us stronger than ever whatever happens will be their fault not. The move sparked mass protests and violence at least 1200 people were killed and 400000 fed the country in the run up to those elections there was an attempted coup while the president was on a visit to tanzania and couldnt seize not impose a further crackdown on his political opponents the un and human Rights Groups accused his Security Forces of torture beatings Sexual Violence and despite it all he won his 3rd president ial time in july 2015 but the violence continued as did his standoff with the International Community became the 1st country to terminate its membership. Of the International Criminal court offered started investigating allegations of abuse. In 2018 including these are held a referendum to extend president ial terms from 5 to 7 year mandate but that will to go you should listen to those who tell you to vote yes if they are those who tell you no then listen to them as well only you know whats in your heart. And last month brunetti held its 1st competitive president ial election despite the krona virus pandemic but again it was mobbed by allegations of fraud and harassment most International Observers while vand off the 15 years in power include caesar was due to step down in august taking pride in the fact that his government despite its troubles brought peace to burundi. A senior militia commander accused of war crimes during Sudans Darfur conflict has handed him self into the International Criminal court. Is alleged to have been one of the most Senior Leaders in the notorious john jellied militia hes accused of leading crimes against humanity including murder torture and rape during the war in Western Darfur between 20022004 the ousted sudanese president omar bashir is still wanted by the r. C. C. For his role in the conflict its. Time for a short break here not just here of when we come back trying to stay afloat during a pandemic sailing vessel set out to sea in protest. And well explore what experts think might be behind latin america becoming the worlds latest coronavirus hotspot and support the financial cost of coronavirus its brazils plan to host the next womens world cup more than 10 years. I know that plenty of heavy rain in the fall calls across sudden and central areas of china but this long line of chatty can see is also bringing the rain across into Western Areas of japan is all part of the seasonal rains typical for this time of year and also throughout wednesday with very heavy rain working its way across towards the Korean Peninsula that see that merge as we go into thursday and this does mean some torrential downpours across much of western japan pushing across the central honshu it could lead to some flooding even some dangerous mudslides and landslides me. Back across into china we have got more of those rains of course very widespread and widespread rains and thunderstorms across the areas of the philippines also cools down across into borneo but we have seen some clearer conditions across into the marshes and the mill a peninsula but even so storm clouds still gathering in the will be still some showers and some thunderstorms but very heavy rains working away from the bay of bengal across into myanmar and on into thailand but also the next couple of days some particularly heavy rains into all central and Northern Areas of the philippines again these rains could be heavy at times you might just have some localized flooding and the monsoon rains continuing throughout much of india had some very heavy amounts this into good drafts in the west to some more rain in the forecast there but the next couple of days it really is going to be about the east under pradesh up into. You know certain isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story not from our information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality and we have a lot exposing the optics triathlon if the rhetoric and get going but they cannot manipulate fire the listening post your inside guide to the media on aljazeera. When the news breaks and the story builds when people who need to be heard and the story told this pandemic is revealing the weakness of governments in the face of Health Crisis none of them receive Health Insurance for their work out use iraq as teens on the ground to bring you moon rewards winning documentary school to feel like in this poem and life means its a party that doesnt do what it says on the tin on air and online. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the news more than 2 weeks after his death george floyd the man whose killing sparked protests across the u. S. Has been laid to rest in a Funeral Service in his hometown of houston floyd was remembered as a loved Family Member mentor and a symbol of change. Thousands of people in the u. K. Have signed a petition to remove a monument to the british colonialists rose of Oxford University pressure is growing to reassess historical works after protesters tore down a statue. A slave trader in the city of crystal. President has died from a heart attack just weeks before he was due to step down from office there are doubts over his course a definite speculation he may have contracted. A civil rights leader reverend al sharpton was a key part of George Floyds final Funeral Service he delivered a wide ranging eulogy and insisted the fight for equality wont stop until all americans are treated equally under the law they is. To make people pay. If black had done no one white. House had done no one white what was done there joe they would have to teach no new lessons they would have to get corporations to get money they would say to jail and we know the rights for black life the same is the price for white life we keep coming back to the situations over and over again either the law will work or it wont work well for decades incidents of Excessive Force being used on black people have led to talk of reform but little action in march 1901 video of rodney king being beaten in los angeles was broadcast around the world the acquittal of officers involved spot days of riots in february 2012 Trayvon Martin was shot dead by a member of a Neighborhood Watch group and that led to the launch of the black lives Matter Movement there were several high profile deaths blamed on Police Officers and 2014 including eric garner Michael Brown and 12 year old tamera rice and 2015 friday gray died in a police van in baltimore while in the custody of 6 officers and just over a year later Philander Castillo was shot and killed during a traffic stop. But rosa comment is one of the only volunteers with black lives matter she explained why the protest Movement Following floyds death is different from the previous ones what weve seen in this past week and now these last 2 days on the media is a slew of other Police Killings that now their body camera footage has been released or the lawyers of the victims feel comfortable that this is the time to release so theres a video that just came out of 4 yo man his name is happier from texas he didnt did his lights and the police pulled him over and they ended up killing him and weve seen subsequent video coming out in the last few days but what we really have is not a racial consciousness awaking within a Younger Generation again a multiracial gender binary breaking Younger Generation and i want people to understand that here we have my daughter is 15 so in her a lifetime not only has she seen numerous numerous amounts of killing we have mass incarceration gentrification Student Loan Debt a climate catastrophe a younger people right now in our coal that they know that the only choice they have is to not only be in the streets but to be organizing and be part of a movement that will keep the pressure on to do what we want which is to fund Police Departments and in later abolish the system of policing as we know it because it does not protect anybody and it has not worked and that been peaceful protests being held across the United States and many cities have been taking the form of aat dozens of people came together in charlotte to paint a new one in solidarity with the Antiracism Movement president said it was good to see such a public symbol of change and community in a setting in the deep south. Its a relief and its a drive really even see you know this show of solidarity among the community and were in the south in the deep south around the border of South Carolina where. You know and this is this is true christianity through my souls you see this community joined together and saved black ajah matter in a very public way and to have people connected to change coming its about time. Bring you some live pictures here this is a vigil being held in Denver Colorado where hundreds of protesters paying tribute to george floyd whose funeral took place earlier today in houston in Houston Texas live pictures there of this special vigil remembering the life of george floyd live pictures coming to us to aljazeera thanks. The Pan American Health Organization Says its going to take a lot longer to stop the spread of covert 19 in latin america the number of infections is growing exponentially in brazil peru and mexico and analysts believe economic inequality is largely to blame for the region becoming the new coronavirus epicenter by a rapid i reports now from mexico city. Life almost appears to be back to normal in Rio De Janeiro the return of crowds to public beaches however doesnt mean things are improving. Despite an easing of restrictions brazil remains the country worst affected by coronavirus in all of latin america. While the worsening outbreak in brazil is an extreme example other latin american countries are also struggling to contain the virus health Officials Say widespread inequality have made the crisis worse we know that latin america is the most inequitable region in the world and also one of the most regions in the world so we have big cities like rio lima in where they are surrounded by belt all over and you know so the same lock down that was applied in europe to a certain extent cannot be completely applied in knocking america and the caribbean. In mexico Authorities Say the expect the height of contagion to occur near the end of june and despite the worsening Health Crisis the government has begun a gradual reopening of the Economy Health workers say this is a worrying sign or your. Obviously everyone is worried to say that people are basically going about their normal lives and being in the Health Sector you know the consequences that will have so were hoping that this doesnt go on too long but at the end of the day we know what the consequences will be. From. Another hard hit country is peru which neared 200000 confirmed cases of coke at 19 on tuesday. In the capital lima are nearing a breaking point. The countrys president might be paid his respects to the 52. 00 Health Workers who died in the fight against corona virus. The situation as we all know is a very difficult and complex one because this disease has called us in a situation with a precarious Health System with many needs. Latin america was the last region to be hardest hit by the coronavirus and now Health Officials warn it could take longer to recover than other parts of the world below al jazeera. Brazils government has restored all coronavirus statistics including numbers of deaths to its official web site after being ordered to by the countrys top court the Health Ministry suddenly remove the data on the weekend and said it would no longer add to cumulative totals for deaths and infections more than 37000. 00 people have died in brazil and the peak of the outbreak is yet to come well the United Kingdom is one of the worst hit by the Global Pandemic total confirmed infections are heading towards 300000. 00 but questions remain over the actual death toll the government puts it at almost 40900. 00 a tally by reuters though says its reached nearly 52000 the News Agencies figures also include suspected cases which it says give a more accurate picture because testing was scarce early in the crisis but it could be even higher than that an expert from the Governments Office for National Statistics says about 64000 more people than usual have died during the pandemic but chris smith is a consultant there ologist of Cambridge University he says the actual death toll is still a mystery. Who knows and actually our chief medical advisor chris witty has been a pains to emphasize throughout this that it could be very misleading to just cherry pick numbers or to look at one moment in time what we really are going to have to do is to look at whats called the excess mortality or excess deaths and that will involve doing this looking backwards because well have to look over a year we know roughly how many people are expected to pass away in any given period and therefore we can see if compared with previous years any particular time in the year or across the entire year we see an excess number of deaths and that excess would hard be hard to not attribute to coded so its that number that will be the magic number when we look back across the year and obviously were not there yet so were not going to know what the true position is also means we can compare how the u. K. Has fared against other countries the u. S. Researchers say the corona virus may have been spreading in china since last august months before it was 1st detected a team from Harvard Medical School analyze satellite images and found a steep increase in the amount of traffic outside major hospitals in well have the epicenter of chinas outbreak but this coincides with a rise in queries on the chinese Search Engine for diarrhea symptoms specific to cope with 19 Chinas Foreign Ministry dismissed the study as extremely absurd elainas so see is one of the lead research as of that study she says more data is needed to further substantiate the findings. The goal of a study was to see us they had been any change in hospital traffic compared to previous years because people were talking about the possibility that the current a Virus Outbreak might have started early and then was reported by china and we wanted to see if there was any indication in our data that hospitals were being used more at that period right before the reports were being made compared to other times one of the things that were seen in the study is that were not 100 percent sure that the increase in hospital use age is due to corona virus it could have also been the flu or it could be because of the flu in the corona virus and so theres still more that needs to be investigated and the satellite images alone cannot conclusively say that the current a virus was reading at that time so theres not much that we can do you intensive looking at data in china but if if there were cases take you waiting maybe around october then its possible that people might have traveled to other countries and imported the virus in those countries so if if countries can start looking at case stayed at that they happy 4th people would they thought either had the flu or the influenza like illness is then that data could either confirm or refute what were finding now study to the netherlands now where 150. 00 historic sailing ships are staging an unusual protest they rely on tours dollars to fund their maintenance and the coronavirus pandemic has hit the fleet hard theyre saying together in the hope the government will step in to help step bassam reports from within. The sound of ship horns carry an urgent message what is believed to be the Worlds Largest historic sailing fleet is struggling to survive most of the ships are more than a century old and were used to sail dutch waters transporting cargo. Really shitty open outs to show off this is the oldest charter ship in the netherlands belt in 876 so more than 140 years old used to be run ship the sound between rotterdam to jewish engines did not exist yet. Leon from the low has been restoring and sailing ships for the past 4 decades hes safe lab to him from the scrap yard and with his partner hes now organizing to us but since the pandemic the ship spends most of its time anchored at the harbor from over. Because of the virus were not allowed to be close to each other and that is impossible in this work you cant experience this kind of coal individually you experience this adventure together with one and i have metres distancing now needed on board he says he cant make enough money to cover the high costs of maintaining the old ship. With social distancing rules in place this seems to be the safest way of protesting these historic sailing ships id be unlikely victims of the corporate 19 that make it go to 2nd life and tourism but with no income floating how it might be lost after all. By gathering the facile shippers hope they can pressure the government to create an Emergency Fund for the fleets survival while in other countries historic ships are subsidized in and madelines they operate on a fully commercial basis well this is the 1st time in 50 years of our branch of our sailing with tourists that we managed to get all the ships together and i think that says a lot about this situation it is really well we have to do something now leon doesnt bear to think what will happen to him and his ship if his business goes bankrupt not only might his antics ship and up but the scrap yard the whole fleet could disappear from the dutch landscape stop fast and aljazeera the american in yemen the world Health Organization believes far more people are affected by coronavirus than official reporting shows the estimates deaths are in the hundreds and cases are in the thousands yemens officially recorded 112 that some 496 cases the crisis is further damaging a country thats been rocked by civil war almost 6 years. The sentencing of an israeli settler convicted of murdering 3 members of a Palestinian Family in 2015 has been adjourned. Ben leo was convicted of 3 counts of murder 2 counts of attempted murder and 2 counts of awesome he threw a fire bomb into the home of the dell upshift family killing a married couple and their infant son the eldest son who was 4 years old at the time was the only survivor libyas Biggest Oil Field has halted production again after it was stormed by an Unidentified Group the attack on the facility came days after it began pumping oil again after a blockade began in january the facility had been a frequent target during the fighting between the un backed government and warlord and even have to his forces libyas national all Corporation Said the plant briefly resume production at 80000. 00 barrels a day thats less than a 3rd of previous output before shutting down again. Iran has announced a man it says was involved in a plot to assassinate its top general customs eliminate a judicial spokesman said an iranian citizen gave information about solomon his whereabouts to the cia and the Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad last october so the money was later killed by a u. S. Drone strike in iraq in january thats also to come here on the news hour including the west indies arrive for their tour of england with crickets governing body announcing some changes more on that stay with us. From. Welcome back top of the sport has some. Thank you very much at the west indies have arrived in england for this 3 test match series beginning next month and their arrival has been met with crickets governing body the i. C. C. Introducing a new coronavirus Safety Measures the windies and england will be the 1st International Teams that will be banned from using saliva to shine the ball in addition to that cove in 1000. 00 replacements will be allowed the jury test if this is so coronavirus sentence some safety parameters a had already been put in place for the tour specifically with the windies set to remain at manchesters all trafford stadium to train and quarantine for 2 weeks. Earlier we spoke to e. S. P. N. s cricket in full in the garage who believes the choose days developments are a massive step poor as top level cricket looks to return. This is a remarkable moment in cricket because cricket has been stalked as we all know since mid march and no one knew when it was going to be done but the. Book p. C. B. As well as quick and west indies made sure that they wanted to resume cricket in the most safest and secure environment and this is one based on the medical advice plans received to finally 2 players from both you decided that theyre happy to play a distance here is so you know its a big moment in cricket now as to some holders team was landing in manchester the i. C. C. Alongst interim changes to the plane conditions and some significant changes the i. C. C. A made in the most important one is back on saliva players and will lose will not be allowed to. Apply saliva or spit on the ball to shine it there will be there will be an issue the i. C. C. Has said that there will be an initial period of leniency you know provision from the matter officials which is namely the umpires but after that are they will be one theyll be 2 warnings and both those 2 warnings if teams continue in the bowling Team Continues to apply saliva and 5 rounds the team will be penalized batting to be penalized 5 rounds. Could be expanded to 22. 00 teams and next season it follows a french court suspending the relegation of anya and to lose both clubs and the only appeal the decision it to end the season and its the koran a virus pandemic that while the relegations were overruled the early finish was upheld which is a major blow to it means that they wont call it fire for european competitions and next season having finished 7th all brazil have would drawn up from the bid to host the 2023 womens world cup the countrys Football Confederation said the government could no longer offer the required financial backing due to coronavirus 3 bids are still on the table joined also from Australia New Zealand while japan and colombia also in the running she felt will make a final decision on the 25th. Well the future financial landscape of european football could be changed to a but the ongoing legal case involving matches to city and the games european governing body u. S. City are appealing against a 2 year ban from european competitions a full breaking financial rules its likely the club will challenge the legality of us us financial fair play system which is aimed at ensuring clubs adult spend more money than they earn weve been talking to john massey a barrister who specializes in sports law the city of sirte and the assembled a team. On european law and it can be anticipated that one of the challenges is say that financial fair play regulations are an abuse of a dominant position by you wait for the story of the market because effectively theyd limit expenditure. Clubs now if tough for us of course the way that you a few have so its really since the previous financial crisis in late 2000 is to try and ensure that clubs dont even spend more stable would be thrown into chaos that would be a great advantage to clubs and by wealthy benefactors you of course can pump lots of money into their clubs without necessarily balancing those out against all forms of sponsorship centuries. Who drive the club so yes i think the answer is that this could be a seminal moment in terms of how you 8th regulate Financial Stability across clubs in europe all several minority players that from the National Hockey league are leading a new push to tackle the leagues issues with diversity from a player. In the San Jose Sharks forward event that cain will head the alkies Diversity Alliance more than 90 percent of any. 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