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Then yes they conduct to use his time in isolation to achieve what he calls his greatest autistics experience. So then the World Health Organization has warned that cave in 1000. 00 infections are accelerating in parts of africa raising concerns about how developing nations will cope with the pandemic the w. H. O. Says that 75 percent of the continents 200000 confirmed cases have been recorded in 10 countries a quarter of those are in south africa with the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit the u. N. Agency says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem across africa but interest says Health Systems across the continent will struggle to cope with severe outbreaks. Report is poking about how 10 countries in particular with 3 big hot spots south Africa Nigeria and cameroon and its the cases were going to see in these 3 countries will rise to the weekly until such a time that went about singing. Basically space for you right now africa has around 200000 cases and covered 9075 percent of these cases reside in at least 10 countries on the continent but what is clear is that even people covered 9000 the whole systems in africa not prepared for a pandemic like this in addition to that the reason why we may probably see the rising number of. Cases in the coming weeks and months is because of the Weak Health System in africa and poverty levels were talking about a continent where some of the poorest in the world live and you have in probably a 5 to 6 People Living in one small room in africa here social distances would be the situation just as it would be a very very difficult thing youre talking about a country a continent wow hundreds of millions suffered such as those what have to go out every day to look for money in order to put food on the table so its difficult to switch and just as in such a situation it only takes 1. 00 single index case in a local community and within a matter of days you have a spread. That will affect almost everybody in that community right now the largest concentration of infections in the city is the capital and regional cities in africa will go to michelle you know is the Operations Manager for the World Health Organization in africa and he says the estimates of up to 3300000 deaths from covert 900 can still be avoided. This is. Particularly bizarre on they was having a sustained Community Transmission we vote in the appropriate measure but i think since the beginning. They want to think would think that were not this in their african countries is that they move to outlaw song of measures thoughts of cause and effect also communities that is now triggering. There is but in india in general we can not just doubt what we are observing is real oh well thats what was predicting based on the worst Case Scenario but we should not be complacent this situation was to really deteriorate we dove. Head facilities being totally overwhelmed so we may not have all that and tried to sound tough in numbers but we have quite good proxy that is also showing you what is the situation and how the situation is evolving and i think based on that the process probably think is to continue having Strong Public Health measures include Early Detection and management of cases what we are strongly advise the countries that we need to put in place measures that can help us to my knowledge of it as well as dealing with. Health conditions we cannot afford to stop savitz is like a vaccination treatment of malaria tb and this is so obvious trash their resources but a country is to try to see how they can while scaling up or restaurants to cause the. Continuities of of our services that are critical for africa. Multiple mass graves have been discovered in the libyan city of told. Other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the war totally 5 to libyas government of National Accord says they contain the remains of government soldiers whod been taken prisoner to whom it was have to last remaining stronghold in the west of the country last week the jna recaptured the city this comes as the United Nations says that both sides are fully engaged in the latest round of ceasefire talks u. N. Support mission in libya says separate Virtual Meetings have been held with have to as representatives and the internationally recognized government take he says the u. S. Needs to play a more active role in those talks and that says u. S. Secretary of state might pompei called the developments positive train that has more from misrata on the discovery of mass graves. Now today forces are saying that theyve been able to recover hundreds or or over 100 bodies in these mass graves these mass graves are yet another indication of the brutality of the libyan conflict and the on the on the residents in the area now in march the u. N. Support mission in libya released a statement saying they received reports of hundreds of in 4th appearances killings and the displacement of entire families in the city of to whom by the kenyatta again tonight again thats the militia that was under heavy fire after in control of the city of through a u. N. Support mission also added that they verified numerous summary executions at the 2 who in the prison on september 13th. So now the d. N. A. Health officials have told us that that they are finding out that civilians are among the dead in these mass graves were also understanding that the d. N. A. Minutes ministry of justice have appointed a committee to identify and investigate but thats the circumstances of that that and the minister of interior but he but saga has said they will pursue the perpetrators of these crimes and thats enough to take because when hes an International Human rights lawyer hes based in london and says that the evidence from the mass graves does point to war crimes i think the reports that are coming out narrow are sharing that there are also some military because. It has been executed their hands tied behind their backs and their reports coming out of civilians now of course still theyll meet the investigation to identify the cause of death but it certainly looks in the face that these are execution and thereby construed in a war crime the fact that theyve been buried in a mental mass grave would indicate that these are not individuals who died in course a lot of warfare. If they are military personnel that the geneva conventions are very clear that the steps that have to be taken when a military personnel was called or to come out they become prisoners of war and the geneva conventions apply and the fact that these individuals have not been found date and in some circumstances with hands tied behind the acts demonstrates something far more sinister its not the its the 1st time to have situations such as this from from sources who are carrying out attacks like this its likely to need to go back to the i. C. C. To invest. The bodies of 22. 00 west african migrants including 2 babies have been recovered after the boat they were traveling on sank off the coast of tunisia many of the victims bodies were found washed up on a beach they were taken to a hospital in the tunisian city is fox Authorities Say most of the people were from ivory coast sought as many as 53 migrants were on the boat when it capsized last week 45 are confirmed dead donald trump has authorized sanctions against International Criminal Court Officials investigating whether u. S. Troops committed war crimes in afghanistan under the executive order u. S. Assets of i. C. C. Employees involved in the probe can be frozen the lets get more on this from our White House Correspondent can we help that he joins us from washington d. C. And kimberly tell us more about this ruling and what it means. Now were standing by we expect that there will be a statement from Trump Administration officials including potentially the secretary of state and treasury secretary but news of this coming down in just the last half hour or so a statement from the u. S. Press secretary kelly mcenaney this is an executive order we understand it authorizes economic sanctions to individuals that have taken part in the International Criminal Court Investigation into whether u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan now per Trump Administration official this was in their view motivated by an organization the investigation that is that the United States sees as having dubious integrity still as a result of the push for this probe the United States has now decided to take unilateral action putting in place these blocking of assets of i. C. C. Employees as well as their families any of the ploys that are involved in this for probe i should be specific one saying that also they would be block to block rather to entry into the United States now weve known for a long time that donald trump is not a fan of the i. C. C. The United States is not a member not you know sort of signed on to the rome statute in afghanistan we should point out is a member but also believes the navys prosecution should be done locally still the i. C. C. It apparently deciding to investigate all of this is far back as 2017 this was a preliminary investigation and from there this is when it decided there were reasonable grounds to look into whether u. S. Forces had committed war crimes now the white house its position is this is an infringement on u. S. Sovereignty they believe that the i. C. C. Is unaccountable and ineffective bureaucracy they say according to the press secretary statement this threatens u. S. Personnel and the United States will use any means possible to protect its citizens from unjust persecution by the i. C. C. So this is a statement coming down in just the last half hour or so from the White House Press secretary now watching very carefully to see what more trumpet ministration officials may have to say about this. Or i can believe that back with you soon as we know more information about this but thanks for that in the meantime can we help of the one of the 4 former Minneapolis Police officers charged in relation to the murder of george floyd has been released on bail but was lane had been held on bail of 750000. 00 hes facing charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder for his death set off widespread protests for Police Reform and Racial Justice well those protests are now being aimed at monuments to the u. S. Confederacy. To the statues of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted in portsmouth and virginia with one formula told her test was angry demonstrators attacked the monument after 2 rights activists were arrested earlier in the day well the debate over statues is even becoming a hot topic in the holes of the u. S. Capitol u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says confederates that you should be removed from the Capitol Building but place he may be the most powerful woman in america she lacks in Legal Authority to remove the 11 statues of confederate figures in a letter to the committee that oversees is that she is she did know that at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the United States donald trump has rejected calls to change the name of military bases named off after Confederate Army officers who fought against the government in the u. S. Civil war. The us president tweeted it has been suggested that we should rename our legendary military bases these powerful bases have become part of American Heritage the u. S. Trained and deployed all heroes on these hollowed grounds for my administration will not even consider the renaming of these installations. Dozens of feared dead and many more missing broad sweep away thousands of homes in china. And india is expected to swear in a new leader and speculation surrounds a sudden death the president agrees. And it has some good chicken issues across much of north asia but to the south it is a very different story now if im curious guys in the last few hours but weve now had several weeks of the seasonal rains across central and southern areas so more pictures coming out of Guangdong Province which has been particularly badly hit the rains have been terentia the flooding has been extensive and as you can see houses have been demolished with the force of that water thats going to be a long while before things that begin to dry out we have got a dry spell on friday so that also going on weve got more very heavy amounts of rain not bad across the Korean Peninsula but by saturday this is when that heavy rain that frontal system works its way east was taking this rains across into south korea and pushing on into Western Areas of japan and watching the philippines we have this system here bringing some very heavy amounts of rain it could develop into a Tropical Storm not expected to do that on friday but by saturday it moves away from land it encounters more fuel in the form of warm water so it is a system a watch very closely but again saturday another very wet day and thunderstorms and all the borneo as well seeing plenty over the same and then Central Regions of india the southwest monsoon being good prep making it Good Progress thats across the west and got some very heavy amounts of rain through friday and will continue as we head through the 1st part of the weekend. Join all Global Community prices slap doesnt raise. Acting upon my thing upon right to human Health Equals Global Health keeping you up to date is why so for situation where we have a human rights crisis that persists beyond the Health Crisis counseling your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching a crossroads this is an opportunity that we must not miss the stream on aljazeera. Does or a reminder of our top stories this hour and the World Health Organization has warned that could be 1000. 00 infections are accelerating in parts of africa raising concerns about how developing nations will cope with the pandemic you an agency says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem across the continent. And multiple mass graves have been discovered in libya in areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the board and the for have to have a u. N. Recognized government says the graves contain the remains of its soldiers many of whom had their hands tied. Ok lets listen in to my home post talking about the ruling from donald trump about the International Criminal court a lot imagine american soldier sailor airman marine or Intelligence Officers on leave his or her family maybe on a beach in europe and over the course of 2 decades or more of the soldier honorably defended america and our province of kandahar taking down terrorists and suddenly that vacation turns into a nightmare for the European Countries National Police takes that soldier into custody detaining him or her own politically motivated charges. A prison sentence abroad is a distinct possibility for a spouse behind bars for defending freedom a son or daughter robbed of their mom or dad all on the initiative of some prosecutor in the netherlands making sure this doesnt happen is the essence of american for Foreign Policy sadly this isnt a hypothetical its a nightmare could become reality if the International Criminal Court Follows through with its ideological crusade against American Service members many of you might recall back in november of 2017 the Courts Office of the prosecutor announced its intention to investigate our brave warriors for alleged crimes arising from Counterterrorism Missions in afghanistan wasnt a prosecution of justice it was a persecution of americans i. C. C. Cannot subject americans to arrest prosecution in jail the us is not a party to the rome statute that created the i. C. C. And even if a prosecution were to proceed it would make a mockery of due process theres no requirement for unit nobody for a conviction the prosecution can rely on hearsay to obtain a conviction theres no real guarantee of a speedy trial as stead of facing a jury of ones peers its a panel of judges who arent subject to any American Accountability we have responded any way. The way a responsible nation must by condemning the investigation by suspending cooperation with the court and denying visas to those most directly responsible for going after our personnel we welcomed growing criticism of calls to reform the court from countries like the u. K. Germany and japan for a time it looked like the i. C. Might do the right thing and kill the investigation but last spring the pretend unanimously rejected the prosecutors request to open the investigation. But unfortunately then in the spring in march the Appeals Chamber overturned that sound judgment and gave a green light to the current investigation effectively eliminating constraints on the Prosecutors Office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a Kangaroo Court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countries who fight terrorism in afghanistan right alongside of us were also gravely concerned about the threat the core poses to israel i. C. C. Is already threatening israel with an investigation of socalled war crimes committed by its forces and personnel in the west bank and in the gaza strip given israels robust civilian and military legal system and strong track record of investigating prosecuting wrongdoing by military personnel its clear the i. C. C. Is only putting israel in its crosshairs for nakedly political purposes its a mockery of justice more than 300 members of Congress Republicans and democrats alike recently sent me letters asking that the United States support israel in the face of the i. C. C. Is lawless politicized attacks thats what the us is dead set on doing and with good reason theyre trusted and and wonderful partner and they buttress of American Security for rocor can intimidate our friend or any other allied into abrogating its right to selfdefense that puts americans at risk as well absent corrective action we can expect the i. C. C. Will continue its present reckless course ive laid out the court they have a process flaws and the danger it poses to americans and our allies but we also oppose the court because its grossly in affective and corrupt in 18 years of operation the court staffed by nearly a 1000 people a security only for convictions for major crimes to say its been well over a 1000000000. 00. Nonetheless the judges of the i. C. C. Recently brought suit against their own court seeking a 26 percent pay raise from their 180000. 00 euro tax free annual salary thats about a quarter 1000000. 00 us give or take this record of botched prosecutions and port judgment casque raved out on the courts ability to function at the most basic level and demonstrates the highly politicized nature of this institution which brings me to the reason were all here today the Trump Administration is taking the following actions 1st were authorizing the imposition of economic sanctions against i. C. C. Officials directly engaged in i. C. C. Efforts to investigate u. S. Personnel or allied personnel against that allied states consent and against others who Material Support such officials activities designations will be made on a case by case basis against specific individuals or entities and 2nd the United States is expanding visa restrictions for officials directly engaged in those same investigations for extending and expanding these destructions including their family members it gives us no joy to punish them but we cannot allow i. C. C. Officials and their families to come to United States to shop travel and otherwise or joy american freedoms as these same officials seek to prosecute the defender of those very freedoms a close by saying this never forget the american commitment to real justice and accountability from the nuremberg and tokyo trials after world war 2 to the more recent yugoslavian rwanda tribunal the United States has always uphold good and punish evil under International Law we will continue to do so. When our own people do wrong we lawfully punish those individuals as rare as they are who tarnish the reputation of our great us military and our Intelligence Services we hold our own accountable better than the i. C. Has done for the worst perpetrators of mass criminal atrocities today we stand for more clarity we stand for sovereignty we stand for citizens very and i want to thank each of you for being up here with me today and ill turn the podium over to the secretary of. The ball thank you both yes thank you say to my pump a not mincing his words was talking off to donald trump is authorized sanctions against International Criminal court investigating whether u. S. Troops committed war crimes in afghanistan lets listen in to the defense secretary thank us but protect american citizens and our nations sovereignty and defend our National Security interests and those of our allies the International Criminal courts efforts to investigate and prosecute americans are inconsistent with fundamental principles of International Law and the practice of International Courts as the executive order notes the United States is not a party to the rome statute that created the i. C. C. Nor have we ever accepted its jurisdiction over our personnel that is why our nation and this administration will not allow american citizens who have served our country to be subjected to illegitimate investigations instead we expect information about alleged misconduct by our people to be turned over to u. S. Authorities so that we could take the appropriate action as we have consistently done so in the past the United States maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnels alleged violations of the laws of war we have a proven record of doing just that through an american Justice System that is eminently capable of handling each cases this includes investigating and prosecuting the alleged abuse of detainees or any other misconduct. Ultimately our Justice System ensures that our people are held to account under the United States constitution not the International Criminal court or other overreaching intergovernmental bodies moreover there is no other force more disciplined and committed to compliance with the laws of war than the United States military which has made lasting contributions to the cause of justice and accountability in Armed Conflict for example our military led prosecutions in historic International Military trigger tribunals including that norm norberg as secretary pompei mentioned in addition to providing critical support to the International Criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. We have consistently provided training on the rule of law and giving related assistance to scores of partners and allies around the globe additionally since our founding the United States military has fought to liberate the oppressed and defeat the enemies of justice from tripoli to normandy and from korea to kandahar in fact nearly 800000 United States troops have served in afghanistan over the past 1000 years more than 20000 of them were wounded in combat and regrettably nearly 2000 americans brave americans lay down their lives to stop terrorism to protect us and allied citizens including those in the hague and to give the Afghan People a chance at a better life. We will not allow the unjust treatment of these or any other american personnel who have dedicated themselves to the cause of justice security and opportunity for all today our servicemembers remain on the front lines of the fight against terrorists were criminals and perpetrators of genocide such as isis im proud of the work the United States military conducts every day to protect human rights safeguard liberty and up hold the International Rules based order that is why the Department Defense fully supports the president s executive order and will take every action to defend our servicemembers rest assured that the men and women of the United States armed forces will never appear before the i. C. C. And nor will they ever be subjected to the judgments of unaccountable International Bodies and short id like to thank the president for sending a clear message to the International Community that we will always protect americans no matter where they serve from harassment abuse and overreach by organizations outside of our own Justice System id also like to thank my colleagues here today who play an instrumental role in that effort together we once again called the i. C. C. To respect International Law and american sovereignty we also ask States Parties to the rome statute to ensure the i. C. C. Respects our decision and we reaffirm that United States will continue to uphold the rule of law on our commitments and to defend our core values thank you for the fall by turning general marks that is that u. S. Defense secretary marc espec talking saying that he would not allow unjust treatment of any u. S. Personnel this fall is donald trump authorizing sanctions against the International Criminal court investigating whether u. S. Troops committed war crimes in afghanistan and we heard from such a state much pump a who accused the i. C. C. Of having being on an ideological crusade against u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan lets bring in our White House Correspondent can we help joins us now from washington d. C. A kimberly had Neither Holding back in any way gives it a bit more context of what this is all about if you would. Yeah well this is certainly from the statement something that this Administration Just passionate about they were well polite using diplomatic language were verging on outright anger in some of the statements there the statement from the secretary of state mike pompei a very clear that the United States cannot and will not be threatened by what he called a Kangaroo Court referring to the International Criminal court and then warning allies that they could be next particularly the u. S. Ally israel that this the essentially the secretary of state leveling allegations that these are politically motivated investigations not just against the United States but also potentially against israel and that both countries he asserts have strong Justice Systems that can handle any concerns about whether the military personnel or otherwise so the language is particularly strong when he referred to israel he said that the that israel is in the crosshairs if you will of the i. C. C. So this comes on the heels of the statements and the executive order by the trumpet ministration in the president of the United States all right kimberly thanks very much indeed hope that reporting from the white house. So this is a 0 these are the top stories and the World Health Organization has warned that covert 19 infections are accelerating in parts of africa raising concerns about how developing nations will cope with the pundit u. N. Agency says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem across the cold. Donald trump has authorized sanctions against the International Criminal court and its officials investigating whether u. S. Troops committed war crimes in afghanistan and of the executive order u. S. Assets of i. C. C. Employees involved in the process can be frozen his White House Correspondent can be helped and now per Trump Administration official this was in their view motivated by an organization the investigation that is that the United States sees as having dubious integrity still as a result of the push for this probe the United States has now decided to take unilateral action putting in place these blocking of assets of i. C. C. Employees as well as their families any of the ploys that are involved in this for probe i should be specific one thing that also they would be block to block rather to entry into the United States multiple mass graves have been discovered in libya in areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the warlord telling from have to even recognize government says the graves contain the remains of its soldiers many of whom had the hands time one of the 4 former Minneapolis Police officers charged in relation to the murder of george floyd has been released on bail has lain had been held on bell of 750000. 00 hes facing charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder for his death set off widespread protests for Police Reform and Racial Justice donald trump has rejected calls to rename military bases named after Confederate Army officers who fought against the government in the u. S. Civil war house Speaker Nancy Pelosi says confederate statue should be removed from the Capitol Building in washington d. C. Following the death of george for the bodies of 22 west african migrants including 2 babies have been recovered off of the boats they were traveling on sunk off the coast of tunisia many of the victims bodies were found washed up on a beach. All right your thoughts with the headlines got more news here on aljazeera right after this from our from. Talk to older sara. Let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen with listen this is the moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting my dear we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges there are a. 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