Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Violence and Racial Injustice shock and speculation in burundi after the sudden death of longtime president. At the age of 55. If everyone is going down and being hit hot a dire economic record says caused the worst global slump in nearly a century and theyll be more pain even without a 2nd wave plus a secret barrios in grieving families warned to stay quiet stemmons who things are accused of covering up the real scale of the outbreak. And. News as Roger Federer says hell miss the rest of the year because of surgery and professional boxing returns to the ring in the United States for the 1st time since the coronavirus stoppage. Thank you for joining us more than 2 weeks after his death while being arrested george floyd has been barrys in a Funeral Service in his hometown of Houston Texas forward was remembered by family and friends as an ordinary man transformed fades into the cornerstone of a movement of lawyers killing triggered protests across the u. S. And iran the world against racism and Police Brutality john hendren reports from houston. George floyds tragic journey ends at a Houston Cemetery but across the u. S. The movement he inspired continues a montage of demonstrations in floyds name plate is his funeral displays his legacy and inspires a call to action from civil rights leaders took the reject it stop. And made them the cornerstone of a movement as a coach a whole wide work friends and family remember the man they knew is perry or big floyd and when this member. Hold on and. Im ok. I was one of. Them i love you and. I think god forgive me give me my own personal superman this is not just murder but a. Happy memory from. Now thats all i have are green. Oh im thick come on baby you said a few its not much but its the life of the man who died beneath a policemans need was celebrated by members of congress and a president ial candidate who spoke directly to floyds daughter giana now is the time for Racial Justice thats the answer must give to our children when they ask why. Because when there is justice for george florey. Truly be on our way to Racial Justice in america and then she said. Danny will have changed the world the funeral followed memorials in minneapolis and North Carolina and a viewing in houston attended by thousands who remembered his final words i cant breathe in the weeks months and years after these people have left this ceremony. Aging is someone who transformed the world blessed by what he did and by what was done to him some who didnt make the invitation list inside said they were outside because theyre concerned about the next generation. And. So when you hear stories like the one about mr floyd. George floyd was buried next to his mother in the place he once called home. And is going to always remember. He left behind children a family and a movement they hope will end the pattern of unarmed African Americans dying at the hands of police John Hendren Al Jazeera houston. Well george for his brother is set to testify at a congressional hearing on policing practices the House Judiciary Committee will also hear evidence from civil rights leaders and annoying for sprint officials i speak to our White House Correspondent kimberly how good my from washington to tell us more about what george for his brother will be doing on capitol hill today well hell be sharing his very personal testimony and experiences this comes at a pivotal late right after the funeral of george floyd when emotions are still running high this House Judiciary Committee hearing set to begin in the next hour and we know that in addition to the testimony from felonies floyd Law Enforcement officers will also be testifying this is really a hearing to examine Police Practices and it comes after the House Democrats on capitol hill and build legislation they hope will be the beginning of change that if this becomes law this would put in place a National Police registry would ban things like chokeholds and also and qualified immunity for Police Officers also ideas that are being pushed by some democrats but we should point out not all is the suggestion of defunding the Police Department one suggestion that is controversy all not shared by all democrats but certainly there is a broad and growing movement within the Democratic Party to do so we know that there will also be Law Enforcement officers that will be testifying about their experiences in this hearing it is expected to be emotional and certainly very detailed in terms of the experiences that will be shared as you mentioned senators are not considering their own proposal on policing do we know the details of that. Yeah were learning some of the details we understand that the u. S. President donald trump sent up his son in law jared cushion or as well as his chief of staff mark meadows to talk with senator tim scott he is there an africanamerican republican senator on capitol hill and we know that according to the press secretary Kelly Mcinerney was speaking here at the white house just moments ago that this is something that the president is trying to craft that would make sure that the Law Enforcement officers in the United States are respected the view of the white house is that they are generally good people that there may be some bad characters that need to be rooted out and that this can be done in tandem with supporting communities of color now what the hope is in there have been some signals already that this legislation being crafted by republicans could eventually find some Common Ground with the legislation being crafted in the Lower Chamber that is the house of representatives controlled by democrats now in the midst of all of this we should point out that joe biden the former Vice President running to replace donald trump in the white house has also put out an op ed in a National Newspaper today he is calling for fundamental change to address racial inequality he believes this involves reforming policing in the United States but not to funding it thank you for that company how could lie for his son the white house you know the world news speculation is building in burundi after the sudden death of president. At the age of 55 he was just weeks away from stepping down a government statement says he had a heart attack but there are rumors he may have been infected with the 19 who jesus 15 year rule was marked by Political Violence and a withdrawal from the International Criminal court marcum web is monitoring developments from Nairobi Kenya markham tell us about the reactions today and what more are we hearing about. Learning rather these a sudden death. We havent learned a lot more but there is indeed a lot of speculation burundians many of them are wondering if indeed grandees was the 1st leader in the world to die from covert 19 just over 10 days ago his wife denise and grins either flew from burundi to here nairobi the capital of kenya seeking medical treatment and its widely believed and has been widely reported that she was suffering from coded 19 appear in quincys a himself famous for playing football in a pitch in bujumbura almost every day he was well known for his athleticism surprising in light of that that she should have a heart attack all of a sudden at 55 years old and improve the him and his government were widely criticized for having no policy at all to try and stem the spread of the virus him and his officials told people that they should fight the virus through their religious faith this comes amid reports that other people in the 1st family or the government may have coded 19 the World Health Organization team that was meant to be assisting them were expelled from the country for criticizing the governments policy theyve only were governments only reported 83 cases but a lot of doctors and other people working there think the pandemic now has got much worse than not its just simply not being recognised by the government mom come on is easier was you just step down in a few weeks after that controversial election just sex couple of weeks ago. What is going to be his legacy as a force a man who was very much feared in burundi what will he be remembered for and where does the country go from here. Well his governments particularly in the last 5 years of the 15 that he was in power have been blighted with widespread reports of actually do should actually do should killings thoughts and repression of any kind of dissenting voices but whats interesting is that in the most recent election last months election his hunch rosen successor ever east. Was announced the winner although that was disputed in the loss of irregularities reported with one crew in the meet in currencies of meanwhile have been appointed to the most senior position in the party a more senior position than the president very much looked like he was trying to stay in control and trying to control of the position by which he would remain the most powerful person in burundi but now that hes gone we waiting to find out what that means for the much nations between the small group of generals and security chiefs who control whats going on the constitution says it is the speaker of the National Assembly who should take over when the head of state passes away but there is a president in waiting so weve potentially got 2 factions there who might now be vying for power in the weeks ahead thank you for that malcolm webb l. I forests in nairobi. The head of the uns Human Rights Commission says the surrender of a sudanese militia leader is extremely significant. Faces war crime charges that the International Criminal court relating to the conflict in darfur former sudanese president Omar Al Bashir is also wanted by the i. C. C. For his role in the darfur conflict and just a day after. Sudans military has closed all roads and entrances leading to a tent quarters in the capital khartoum he bought morgan has more from her home in khartoum sudan able to leave because of those actions by Security Forces. Ali kushayb was very much part of the former ruling party and the former ruling party has repeatedly showed that it still has supporters on the ground they have they get various protests against the wall the overthrow of former president ahmed bush here the fact that he was taken to court and tried for corruption on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president ahmed bashir and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and stage process that with the military that fought in late last night was a block of all main roads that lead to the Army Headquarters as well as make sure that they control who would be able to cross bridges that would eventually lead them to the Army Headquarters now they are concerned that they will indeed be processed because i recall she was a member of their former ruling party was that he was employed or rather recruited by the military and by the whole ruling party rather to curb the rebellion and therefore and that earned him. Arrest warrants for work crimes and crimes against humanity and there was an illusion of gulf war so that all concerned that people would come out not only because he surrendered himself as the i. C. C. Said but because they are now concerned that other people involved will also be targeted by the i. C. C. Including former president ahmed was here who has an arrest an arrest warrant issued again and a sudanese Anticorruption Committee has confiscated a bank account belonging to omar bashir its also close 5 Foreign Exchange bureaus used to fund his former administration a court handed the share a 2 year sentence in december for corruption he also faces trials and investigations over the killing of protesters last year. At least 35. 00 people have been killed in Northern Nigeria gunmen on motorbikes attacked a village in Katsina State this came hours after the killing of at least 69. 00 people in borno states the Nigerian Government has blamed bandits for the attacks violence from book an armed groups in the area has killed thousands and displace about 2000000 people. And its not just nigeria facing security challenges in fact the vast majority of the worlds neglected crises are on the african continent and cameroon more than half a 1000000 people fled their homes in 21000 with violence escalating between baccarat in the government the country also has a violent separatist conflict in its English Speaking region fighting in the democratic republic of congo has forced more than 1700000 people to leave their homes at sea highest number of newly displaced people anywhere on the continent and in a sigh of region ethnic divisions and violence in booking a facile mali nigeria and asia have led to fighting poverty and widespread displacement jan egeland is secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council which compiles this report he explains why the waterborne areas have been ignored well of course the it its an it is a vicious cycle there is little diplomatic political efforts to to to end the crisis leading to less journalists going there leading to less attention and and less donor money thereby fewer aid workers there leading to a vicious cycle of neglect then i think too many capitals regard many of these crisis as you know marginal they are not strategically important for them thereby they neglected maybe in this age when we discuss you know all of the Structural Racism around the world is there some racism here how come africa is time and again being on the bottom of this tension horse diplomacy list they life in africa should be as much of a value. A european or an american or an ac. Much more still ahead on this news hour find out why Security Forces in south africa under scrutiny and gone on the winds of change cholly hollywood classic is now being seen in a different light. In sports one of germanys biggest crimes has been on guard against a small pup from the lower divisions itll be here with all the action. The coronavirus pandemics and damage is causing the worse health and economic crisis since world war 2 c. S. s men from the organization for Economic Cooperation and development the group is made up of 37. 00 free market democratic countries it says the loss of income will exceed that of any recession in the last century outside wartime the o. E. C. D. Projects Economic Growth will shrink globally and that the United Kingdom france italy and spain will be worse hit is advocating for a rise in Public Investment in digital and Green Technologies to help hard hit economies lets speak to e. M. Bag about this is a professed aerial Research Fellow in the European Institute at the London School of economics is vice cut from london thank you so much for being with us mr begg so the o. E. C. D. Is basing its production is that on the impact of covert 1000 and the lock downs on the Global Economy what do you make of these predictions you think theyre being too alarmist oil is not going to be a spot. Well 1st a technical point i think what theyre projecting is what they call scenarios room the actual predictions theyre one of their scenarios says assuming no further outbreaks the 2nd scenario is much more negative figures hes a human youre further spiking infections which requires a further look to. The difficulty that all Economic Forecasters have of the moment is the uncertainty we just dont know whats going to happen and we dont know whats going to happen youre relying on assumptions in economic models for which theyre not really well equipped but say that the trends are all the forecast or are we looking at it with the last couple of months has been increasingly pessimistic about the outlook for both the Global Economy in particular the european economy and within the european economy for the 3 or 4 countries you highlighted those which were live very much on services so thats the background to ok so i think the o. E. C. D. Is accurate ok even there i care as you say the outlook for for europe is especially pessimistic weve seen some countries in europe like france for instance introduced rescue packages and measures to protect jobs in the hardest hit sectors do you think that will be sufficient in the long term. Well here again i think 2 things are going on the 1st is that many of these protective measures were a bit like having a treatment for the disease it doesnt solve it but it tries to mitigate the consequences you have short term working arrangements for example which enable people to stay connected to jobs the european approach has been in stark contrast to the u. S. Where they simply fire and then rehire the idea in many European Countries led by germany and france has been to keep people on the books so you dont then become registers unemployed in trouble is thats very expensive and the paradox at the heart of dealing with Something Like covert is you want to close down the economy deliberately to cause recession to stop the spread of the infection at the same time you want to stimulate the economy but its appropriate to relaunch it and getting that judgement right when to shift from mitigation to relaunch and stimulus is a very very difficult challenge facing policymakers right and precisely what can governments do about this brains economy for instance is expected to suffer the worst thing europe what would be the appropriate policy responses here. It would be to switch from maine to new people in work for example to the furlough scheme which are pays companies to keep people on the books to trying to stimulate demand assume is that he cannot pay the Health Conditions enable an economic recovery to start that is not yet there is a huge debate going on in britain in france and other countries about precisely when and how extensively to d. Governments know what they can do it can come from the economy through more fiscal spending when for structure spending theres a preference for doing it on green projects the Central Banks have already acted to push Interest Rates down to 0 that they can engage in more quantitative easing the toolboxes there is the timing is crucial at the moment. Thank you so much for your insight ian bag from the London School of economics joining us on the aljazeera news out of thank you for your time but youre really. Germanys foreign minister has expressed serious concern to israel about its france to annex more of the occupied west bank heikal mass metz the Israeli Foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi in west jerusalem and is also meeting the top leadership the e o poses israels sonic sation plans that are part of a u. S. Outline for the middle east germany and the e. U. Say they are committed to the resumption of negotiations the commands of peace together with the European Union we believe that any accession would not be comparable with International Law this is why we continue to support a mutual 2 state solution. Lets fix our correspondent Harry Fawcett in western rules when so the German Foreign minister Standing Firm there have a how did his remarks go down in israel. Yes he was Standing Firm in that he was restating the german and indeed the European Union position that unilateral an exception would not be supported would be seen as an illegal act and one that threatens the 2 state solution however he didnt talk explicitly about what germany or indeed the e. U. Might do if nonetheless israel went ahead he said he wouldnt attach any price tags at this moment he didnt believe in doing policy via threats and he talked about how there would be no diminution whatsoever of the friendly bilateral ties between israel and germany as for his opposite number here in israel the foreigners the new foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi he talked repeatedly about israel wanting to proceed responsibly in full concert with the United States and also talked about the need to preserve peace treaties with israels neighbors a clear reference there to jordan and jordans warning against an extension saying that while not threatening to tear up the peace treaty between jordan israel saying that at least it would reconsider the relationship and so giving some sense that he retains his position of certainly compared to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu skepticism about going all out on an accession unilaterally straight away but it does seem that the plans that netanyahu has are beginning to crystallize or at least theyre being floated in the israeli media officials briefing one newspaper here that he plans not to annex the full 30 percent which would be intitled to israel as far as the United States are concerned under the trump plan but rather to talk about 3 major settlement blocks ariel in the north maale adumim to the east of jerusalem and the block around by. These areas that are already very highly populated with Israeli Settlers that would be seen to be part of any potential land swaps a future 2 state solution potentially less controversial than the Jordan Valley certainly but nonetheless the palestinians have said that any onyx ation is an exception and jordan as i say as an exception would lead to its having to review its relationship with israel thank you for that harry fox said life for us there in jerusalem our time not to check the World Weather with jenny and jenny were going to the u. S. This time where parts of the country is still dealing with the remnants of a recent Tropical Storm this is a cristobal and you know i actually thought that this storm system since it formed in the gulf of mexico by the end of the day in the u. S. It will travel 3200 kilometers still as a significant storm this is it isnt too threatening on the satellite is this massive cloud but whats been going on its actually a coming together of the front which is even across the region now these are the winds as this system worked its way through parts of illinois and in fact gusting to about 100 kilometers an hour but at the same time with the rain that was coming through those strong winds across into Oklahoma Oklahoma city look at it but you can barely see it and thats because winds here got up to about 95 kilometers an hour and it was very dry actually kicking up all the sand on the side throughout wednesday the system is moving very very quickly by the end of the day it will be up into canada in ontario some very heavy amounts of rain there and then literally coming in behind it is sweeping it up to the north and east is a frontal system so that is where the rain will continue to gather in fact the winds also very strong though with this 95 kilometers an hour winds expected gusting to that in Lake Michigan and across into i was in very heavy rain as a front comes through about 125 millimeters through thursday it is continuing to move up into Eastern Canada look at this line of blue as a long trailing front right there down the eastern seaboard right there down into florida some very heavy amounts of rain and the other thing thats happening of course is the heat the temperature is still on the highs. Particularly across the southwest those are going through thursday or once again well have these heat warnings in place and across the south with these dry hot conditions it also means ali they will have an elevated fire danger again so its that time of year yeah thank you so much for that jenny now lets head to south africa where Security Forces are being accused of using Excessive Force one implementing coronavirus lockdown measures have allegedly killed at least 6 people family miller has our report from johannesburg. Try to curb the spread of coronavirus so africa imposed one of the strictest lockdowns in the world along with it came the deployment of the police and army and accusations of the abuse of power. In mobile footage this man is forced to hop by a soldier after being found outside his home. Locked on restrictions only allow people to leave their homes for food medicine and essential services. A must was allegedly shot and killed by security personnel working with police at his home in a forceless on johannesburgs east rand his cousin and tom you say omar says he was caesar was shot behind this burglar gate during a police raid in the area. Because he says says the officer forced his way into the yard after a confrontation with the pussies who at the front gate hed carry on came inside got to be a yard area i locked my cousin in inside the verandah. He wasnt come front to be he wasnt taking him he literally pulled a gun on somebody he was just. 2 houses away simpy says during the same raid we put these kicked in his door and shot him twice with rubble coated steel bullets last month the High Court Ordered an end to police and Army Brutality saying torture or degrading punishment must stop it came off to another man collins course died after allegedly being beaten by Security Forces. Both deaths are under investigation in the case of collins cause a preliminary report says the army did nothing wrong while a Security Officer has been charged with the murder of secrecy so a most dozens of complaints against the military including you. Excessive force physical abuse murder and brutality an independent body which monitors police abuse has registered 39. 00 cases with accusations that at least 6 people were killed by police 2 months after the coronavirus lockdown began soldiers and police are still on the streets despite the easing of restrictions and for many a court having to compel Security Forces to respect the rights of people has been just as shocking as the violence itself for me or al jazeera johannesburg. In the news ahead this hour well tell you about a large fire in india that could take up to a month to put out also after 34 years of mystery and conspiracy theories swedens prosecutor names the man who most likely assassinated Prime Minister all off. And who will hear from the man who gave collin kaplan a the idea to me against racial inequality thats coming up in source with peter to stay with us. Frank assessments tourism income stream is dead in the water whats been the result. Significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in Israeli Society indepth analysis of the day its global headlines its time for new policy its a treat i think not only you seem to Grady Brittany fish the really deep we all continue inside story on aljazeera. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions are no longer lived there it was in these walls and now there is no live in the wall global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Filmmakers and the world class journalists on aljazeera. In the the a. Welcome back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera this hour 2 weeks after he was killed in Police Custody george floyd has been buried during the Funeral Services he was hailed as a man whose death will change the world whose deaths won protests against the u. S. In against racism in the u. S. And global. President. Has died at the age of 55 an official statement says he had a harder time but some are speculating he may have died from covert 19 currencies it was due to step down in august and a un human rights agencys chief says the surrender of the sudanese militia leader wanted for war crimes in darfur is very significant turned himself into the International Criminal court on tuesday. By the u. S. Embassy in libya says the military escalation in the city of sirte could cause another humanitarian crisis forces loyal to the u. N. Recognize government are trying to push up warlord 24 have to. Train a has more from misrata. The u. S. Embassy in libya expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis thats developing in the city of sirte they say that the continue escalation will only add to the humanitarian crisis to the city to the civilian suffering of the city and that this could possibly be taken advantage of by extremist actors now sir was previously controlled by i saw in 2016 its important to note that the american the americans were involved and were cooperating with Government Forces here when they took control of the city and eliminated the groups foothold in libya military sources here tell us that theyve received a risk of support from tripoli and the western and western libya. This this is and this is to help continue their advance in the city of sirte now on the political level were seeing more and more countries call for the warring parties in libya to sit on the on the negotiating table and come up with a ceasefire the Government Forces here government officials and military officials tell us that they feel let down by the International Community because they didnt stop after that event in tripoli they allowed him to continue on in tripoli they didnt do anything about it so they feel a little bit let down and they say now that only now when they are on the advance and are continuing on that the government that the International Community is deciding to get more deeply involved. The large fire caused by a gas leak in indias assam state has now been confined to a small area but emergency crews say it will still take up to 4 weeks to bring it under control the fire began after a gas that had been leaking from a state oil facility from 2 for 2 weeks suddenly lighted on tuesday local media reporting 2 firefighters have died the indian army has been called in to help elizabeth random has the latest from new delhi. And 2 weeks since it started we are still seeing pictures of the massive fire continuing to huge plumes of smoke even though the chief minister has said that the fire has been contained to a 50 metre radius around the gas well but the fire is continuing because its being fed by the gas from the well all India Limited said that the fire broke out at a clearing operation at the gas well on tuesday they have not been able to stop this gas leak theyve brought in experts from singapore and its those experts whove said that it will take around 4 weeks to get the situation under control in the meantime there has been a lot of damage to the surrounding areas which are ecologically sensitive and a 1000 more than a 1000 people were evacuated off of the gas leak started 2 weeks ago and since the fire broke out 24 hours ago thats more than 6000. 00 people who have been evacuated people have been upset because the biz gas condensation from the leak that has covered residential areas and National Park nearby schools damage to grasslands to wetlands to water bodies to biodiversity caucus of endangered dolph and have been found in the past 2 weeks. Swedish prosecutors of maine the man they believe assassinated the Prime Minister in 1986 a suspect who died 20 years ago Prime Minister off palmer was killed out to being in office for 11 years he was shot dead on a main street in stockholm after going to the cinema with. The investigation was hampered by mourners being allowed to place flowers on the crime scene and a bullet went undetected until it was found by a member of the public days later Christopher Peterson was jailed in 1988 for the murder but was acquitted on appeal always has more from stockholm and explains more about the suspects. After 34 years the suspect has been named. Angstrom known in sweden as a scam via mountain scandium someone who worked at lease gotten via an Insurance Company just stepped up the street from where all of paul was was gunned down in february 1960 can you can see the flowers still being laid on his morial here have not have been many theories over these 34 years he killed off all of its range from south africa and south African Intelligence Services south africa to. Get it all of opposition to them and support from the eye and say its also arranged to the Kurdistan Workers Party off the power suite in the 1st country outside turkey to name the p. K. K. At terrorist organization but its its come down to how steve a swede who had political and personal reasons to hate all of them who although he was loved by the left for his progressive policies was hated by many on the right and even though i was still being alive. Today an element of that hatred has been seen someone actually walked past and spots on his memorial but the case is now being light to rest up to 34 years. More evidence is imagining of efforts to conceal the extent of the corona Virus Outbreak the aid groups say the number of infections and deaths are much higher and whats being reported and one theyre running out of money to help. The wolves Health Organization believes hundreds of people have died of corona virus in yemen with thousands more infected the official tally is 112. 00 to its with just 4 from who 3 areas like aaron and. This man says they have waited for help since 8 am its now 3 pm dont look a at any of our American People yell at him to stop recording as he continues he says he called health lines Security Officials politicians and no one else had his course in the who think controlled north people are often buried in secret or at night there are reports that families in grave diggers awards not to speak of the cause of death historys also not released if they are taken into recording burials has become an act of heroism and defiance. And. The intentional suppression of the Media Coverage from authorities whether its in the northern all southern governments this oppression has very dangerous results among them is that the well doesnt know the real numbers of the epidemic. And International Agencies dont have the money to help the u. N. Says it needs 2400000000. 00 to cover essential aid in yemen this year and a pledging drive last week fell a 1000000000. 00 short of that meaning the closure of services for huff the countrys hospitals a new tradition for 2500000 starving children gone this is the price of face masks increased 30 fold putting them out of reach of most yemenis and aid groups with you the hospitals are caught in the door if we. Help. They are passing away. The country in running. The robot are. One thing yemen is not running out of his gums 5 years into a civil war its the one thing traitors can rely on and thats never been more popular than last year is ok but all the people want now is to support their families so they look for a job or trade weve found that selling weapons is a profitable business to the situation that we were in human is feel increasingly abandoned by the International Community they must be in for themselves even making their own medicine. Return back to you is what our grandfathers used with such as fin to create time living and change. Doesnt give you a human is likely riddled with coronavirus but this is a country with many ailments yemenis are being forced to search for their own. Shallop dallas. Now u. S. Civil war epic gone with the wind has been removed from the streaming platform h. B. O. Max s. Protests against racism forcing detainment companies to reassess their offerings the multiple oscar winning film made in 1939 has been criticized for his portrayal of black slaves and their white owners or in the 1860 s. H. B. O. Says the movie is a product of its time depicting ethnic and racial prejudice that were wrong then and are wrong today and paramount network has cancelled a long running reality t. V. Series cops which was long accused of mr prez misrepresenting crime policing and race well lets speak to marcus flemings about this is a writer and director at monday new wave Film Production company and joins us from london thank you so much for being with us marcus so let me ask you about gone with the wind for a 2nd and the h. B. O. Move here the racist depictions in gone with the wind were wrong then and were wrong today but its not the only found thats considered racist whats your view 1st of all of this decision by be able to pull it. I think its a big stream if im being honest with you. I think all films are not art is a form of expression and of course its a freedom speech as well. To remove a film such as gone with the wind or any other film from from or from any form is in my opinion wrong however i would say that there are a lot of you know who sees in the film and a lot of stereotyped and right which is not a troll but. Back then or back now if im right so city think because its art and because its a cinematic masterpiece that its sins should be more easily forgiven perhaps. No no should be forgiven. I mean im not thinking about forgiving the film for giving the filmmakers what im talking about is something completely different which is special about for example you know someone painted a piece of artwork from 100 years ago or 20. We going to start getting rid of that we can get rid of t. V. Shows in the eightys that actually are accurate what do you get rid of but theres a fine line you have in there between historical art and racist propaganda. I dont i think it comes down to. Freedom of speech and an art and i think its its more of an issue in the sense that if we stop if we start censoring people for not giving their opinions all given the wrong opinion. What measures that give to anyone Going Forward are we going to worry about what are my 2 thoughts to me to worry about my phone being removed 200 years time because it may be against what people think in 100 years from now. I think is what stream move i was having said that as i mentioned before its quite quite a racist film the picture of thats correct and its yeah i mean its controversial decision but its one that might not the only way to say im of course let me ask you about the nationwide protests that weve seen in the u. S. And other countries in recent weeks that have caused many in the Entertainment Industry and indeed taming companies to reconsider how their content is viewed in the current climate do you think this will go some way into helping change attitudes or is it too little too late can the Film Industry odds really help you know a country like the us or even the u. K. Grapple with its sordid past of overt. Racism. I think it will change things dramatically i think government forwards its going to its going to begin to see a shift in the way that media print is presented as more diversified as well. You know when we when we saw the me too Movement Come into effect back in 2016 we have seen a change in the industry it is a lot more female directors a lot more impressive to have female directors as well so i think you will see a change but as ive always said those changes need to happen top the producers the people making decisions into the change and they need to be diverse rather than the content itself you know because theres no point in making a film thats just a token tokenism from tokenism because thats not progressive in my opinion thank you very much for sharing it is with us marcus flemings hose a writer and director at the london new wave Film Production Company Joining us on the news hour 10 thank you for your time thank you. By in the u. K. s touch of an 18th century slave trader has been removed from outside a London Museum official say it was no longer considered acceptable by local people and thousands of sign petitions calling for the removal of another monument at Oxford University or a challenge as a story. Raj must fall is that the moment take it down put him in a museum in the world Famous University city of oxford anger that 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 and i you know. I am 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 call it. For many many years the response to ship was awarded to white men which is essentially the work and forced labor of black people sponsoring the education of white men to further their colonizing and neo colonized 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 cull stone 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 every country really has sort of nationalists and you know kind of nationalist senses and recent hops 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 caso in belgium its king leopold in the United States its robot feelings but the principle is universal and its been given next to a far off white black lives matter historical figures of white supremacist and i say should no longer be given the supremes positions in our towns and our cities well the challenge is how does their oxford. I can happen scores with pieces saying goodbye to their loved ones so they can play again aussie rules play is prepared to go into a quine team battle. Business ledgers resort to buy no brass power. Actually from. Business leaders as well to buy no bras palm. Youre the all. Back Brazil Supreme Court has ordered the government to stop publishing its total coronavirus casualty figures again president and our Us Government was accused of hiding the truth when it took the data offline reactor go to has a decent. Brazil has the worlds 2nd highest number of corner virus infections but many there say as well as a pandemic theyre also fighting an information war after a weekend of aprile over a government decision to stop publishing official told of the number of cases under that the government is making the public again after being ordered by the Supreme Court but many dont feel reassured. I am scared to death im scared to death it seems the government is hiding the truth theyre not watching the truth come out an opinion i cannot tell you that in my opinion the reality is that its all a smokescreen like during the times of war that we had in the past but today it is a war of information on which the government says it was trying to do the like most published we are looking for the real number right under reporting we never talked about reporting we were afraid of the underreporting president jabal snarl has repeatedly downplayed the outbreak and says hes not considering pulling brazil out of the World Health Organization he says the world body has lost his credibility there as a reason why the american president has left why he stopped contributing to the present and think about this is soon as this problem with the pandemic is over to seriously think about whether or not to leave because for us no longer inspires confidence but the victims of the outbreak say. Leticia ins arent helping people feel sub to the reality of the pandemic. Governors just keep fighting between themselves to see who is better and theyre not seeing how people are suffering brazil has started easing its lockdown restrictions but somehow the experts are warning that the number of interactions expected to surge and the operate has yet to peak placable the. Right time to catch up on what his peter thank you so much limping organizers say the postponed tokyo games will not be done with splenda but will be simplified the games were originally should yield to take place next month but were pushed back a year because of the coronavirus pandemic organizers say theyre working on more than 200. 00 ideas to simplify and reduce costs but they say they are not considering a cancellation. 20 time grand slam champion Roger Federer says hell miss the rest of the 2020 tennis season after another operation on his right knee the world number 4 has not played competitively since season straight in open semifinal defeat to Novak Djokovic in january he then had an operation on the joint the following month and with much of the season written off by the coronavirus pandemic federer has decided to focus on a return in 2021. So federer will definitely miss the u. S. Open in august and theres doubts over whether the worlds top 2 taking part as well. And rafa on the bell says that womens coronavirus restrictions are too extreme and hinted he may instead return at the rishi dueled french open in september that all says hes currently not comfortable playing in new york one of the citys hardest hit by the virus. Professional boxing has made its return to the ring in north america for the 1st time since the coronavirus stoppage no fans were allowed into the m. G. M. Grand in las vegas and everyone was tested for coronavirus ahead of the fire fight show the main event saw featherweight championship stevenson move up the costs to stop underdog felix covered by over in a 6th round t. K. O. Although there was no title up for grabs. Germany was the 1st of the major european football countries to resume playing on tuesday the action continued with the semifinals of the tuman cup by leverkusen faced a tricky away match against sabu can a club that plays in the 4th tier of german football are actually the 1st club from the 4th tier to make it this far in the history of the german cup but they dream run would end here running out 3 nil winners to reach the final. Australias a. F. L. Competition gets back underway on thursday and many teams are having to go to Great Lengths to take part of almost 3 months out of action those on the countrys west coast have said goodbye to their families and relocated to the east more than 4000 kilometers away the fremantle dockers have moved from perth to train alongside rival club gold coast suns in queensland in a quarantine bubble for the next month you know it was a different every every part of the lot is different to some degree so this is probably readjusting to a routine that suits and will take over the town for a pliers and stuff to settle in but yet i was on for him to settle in and get your bearings are on tomorrow will start wrecking things up. Professional golf is set to make its return from the coronavirus lockdown with a tournament in texas on thursday but several players have also been calling for social justice following the death of george floyd in the p. G. A. To announced they would be no 846 tees on this week instead there will be a moment of silence to reflect the length of time a policeman knelt on floyds nick before he died. A soldier who advised quarterback Colin Kaepernick to kneel during the National Anthem says he never thought it would be seen as offensive kaepernick began taking a knee in the build up to games in 2016 as a way to protest Racial Injustice and Police Brutality of the former 49 is players protest caused controversy with some including President Donald Trump calling it unpatriotic kaepernick hasnt played in the n. F. L. Since that season former green beret a native boy says he continues to support the quarterback sections and i said when i when i see you sitting on the bench isolated i think it could come off to some people as if its youre making it about you you know and not this movement or this cause and i said much like in the military i think its important to be alongside your teammates so he agreed and he said but im not but im committed im not going to stand you know until things start to change i said ok thats fair. Then i guess your only other option is to take a knee he was standing up for or taking in the 4. Millions and millions of people that dont have a platform and dont have a voice its the fact that he was willing to make a sacrifice. Of his job his livelihood his image to demonstrate and speak for so many that are voices. Well leave it and ill be back again a little bit later with more sports news thank you very much for that that said for this news hour do stay with us on aljazeera weve got plenty more world news coming up after the break including the latest from washington where the brother george ford is due to testify in congress 2 states. Short films of the hood and inspiration. Stories of 3 young women challenging the world around. Us. City has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential Natural Resource into a commodity trade into the profit just because its life doesnt mean its going to be priced what about the guy that can afford it and that guy still needs water in a new 2 part series aljazeera examines the social financial and Environmental Impact of water privatisation loads of water on aljazeera throughout history humankind has prevailed in our darkest ringback moments coming together to face the very thing that would extinguish our light. This is not one of those moments. At all this is a moment for pretty much the opposite for hiding for laying low. Is also. Saving humankind by really really not getting near it. Were playing games staring at screens staring at any. All of the stuff of your hours. Every generation has its will or individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after. Higher purpose. This one is ours. Everybody going to remember around the world youth want to change the world family and friends on of the life of George Floyds now his brother is preparing to testify in congress about race violence and Racial Injustice. I am. Come fully back to boyer watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up shock and speculation in burundi after the sudden death of longtime president karen grooms ease at the