Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Koreas tolerance wanes as pyongyang continues to escalate its rhetoric warning it will increase its military presence along the border. The what if you fail bob roberts or upset their mother. Because the way black people are treated properly is an america and a call for Justice George floyds brother appeals to the u. N. To act to protect black people in america. And install the English Premier League is back to restart beginning with a show of support from all players for the black lives matter movements. The us President Donald Trump asked the chinese premier for help to win this years u. S. Election thats just one of a number of startling claims made in a new book by his former National Security adviser john bolton in excerpts published in 2 newspapers bolton says trump was attempting obstruction of justice as a way of life by interfering in criminal investigations involving chinese and Turkish Companies. It says sector state might pompei were dismissed trumps attempts at diplomacy with north korea as having 0 probability of success and says Intelligence Briefings involved more time listening to trump and trump listening to the briefers the book claims trump showed extraordinary ignorance about World Affairs which led him to asking if england was part of russia and showing he didnt know that major ally britain has Nuclear Weapons while fisher joins us live from the white house sound weve been waiting for this for a while the book is it is damaging are the allegations as damaging as expected. You have to remember that john bolton was one of the most senior figures in the trump and ministration while wolf had a number of books on a number of journalists write books about the trumpet ministration this is someone who stood right next to the president in some of the most important events in the 1st 3 years of his presidency john bolton describes donald trump as erratic and stunningly uninformed you of course says that he asked the chinese president to help him win reelection by buying a great deal of american farming produce from the midwest he believed that that would help them secure the farming vote and why is that important well you remember from the impeachment case that you cant ask for governments to help. In u. S. Elections so that its pretty damning there are other instances door to throw the extracts that weve seen that dont paint a very glowing picture of donald trump with might pompeo that describing him in very unflattering towns the fact that he was willing to reverse legal action against chinese and Turkish Companies to curry favor with the chinese and tuck asian governments and that he would he issued a statement defending mohammed bin solomon at the time of the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi because he thought that would take heat away from a vine co who is under pressure in the media for using her passionate email on government business this book is due to come out next wednesday this is the start of the media rollout were going to hear a lot about it over the next few days and remember this is the book that the white house has tried to ban and how credible claims. Well john bolton was in the room what is interesting from people who have seen the book there is nothing that is hugely critical of john bolton everyone else made mistakes everyone else had failings but john bolton didnt but you have to remember john bolton has been around in republican politics for a good number of years he sat in a number of rules in the white house of george w. Bush george h. W. Bush and of course we ended up as the u. N. Ambassador for d. The latter bush for president 45 sorry 44. So there is a great deal of credibility attached to also remember john bolton before he was handpicked by donald trump to be the National Security advisor appeared a great deal on fox news praising donald trump and saying that he was doing the right thing he will come under criticism from both republicans for speaking out the white house has already said at the briefing earlier today that the book contains numerous state secrets and he should not be revealing those in a book but he will also come under criticism from democrats as well remember during the impeachment process john bolton was given a subpoena but he didnt turn up saying it was for a judge to order him to speak they will want to know why he didnt turn up if he was so concerned heres the other thing that goes against john bolton he didnt speak out even though he saw this all alleged wrongdoing but was willing to do so when a publisher handed him a check for 2000000. 00 alan fischer thank you very much indeed. The un has called on india and china to act with restraint and welcomed moves by both sides to deescalate the situation along their shared border china and india have agreed to restart talks to resolve a longstanding dispute that intensified in recent weeks it culminated on monday with the deaths of 20 indian soldiers the worst fighting in the disputed himalayan region in decades it centers only go one valley region near indian administered kashmir catching up as what i am has more. In the remote western himalayas there is little evidence of what indian and chinese soldiers to the worst of violence in decades both sides gave different versions of the violence and how it unfolded. Amid a call for deescalation the body of a soldier is laid to rest indias army said there were casualties on both sides with no shots fired according to media reports most soldiers drowned allegedly punched and shoved on to rocks and eventually falling into a river with severe head injuries. Chinese military drills like this one have become more common both sides have increased their military presence in recent months with tension rising over who owns what land. The border has been disputed since india and china went to war in 1062. 00 the line in yellow is the socalled line of actual control but there are several disputed areas on either side one of the main was is excited chain its claimed by india that administered by china. China says their shared interests are stronger than their conflicts cut it also has a warning which we once again ask india to act on our consensus and strictly disciplined us troops not to cross the lawn to provide it and not to take unilateral action that might complicate the situation. Prime minister Narendra Modi says india wants peace but is ready to defend itself. I want to assure the nation that the sick refined our soldiers have made will not stories waste for us the integrity of india and our sovereignty is the most important thing and nobody can stop us from protecting them. For families its a time of mourning this father says he cant believe his son a colonel is dead now i dont know or under deep shock after hearing about my sons misfortune i never expected this. Not much that Indian Officials have rejected accusations they calls this escalation furious protesters say china must be punished the debate over this border isnt new but beijing strained relationship with the u. S. May have fueled mistrust and its true that india has taken several steps in recent times. To have a closer military relationship with the United States a political divide now raising the stakes for beijing and new delhi over where their vast frontier begins and ends. Up a simple yawn aljazeera. North korea has warned it will redeploy troops to the south korean border and resume military exercises as tensions between the 2 rise but the south says it will no longer tolerate the norths behavior rob mcbride reports are on the Southern Side of the border. Making its message clear and unequivocal the destruction of the joint Liaison Office has been widely broadcast by north korean state run media accompanied by warnings that it will increase its military presence along the border separating the 2 koreas. Guard posts that had been removed to deescalate tensions will now be restored while military exercises on the northern side of the border will be resumed bringing this unusually strong response from the south. Such moves thought to the efforts and achievements made by the 2 koreas to maintain peace and the north will surely pay if these measures are put into action the north has blamed the south for allowing defectors to release propaganda balloons into its territory but north Korean Leader kim jong un is also frustrated at his failure to get more concessions in summits with the south korean president moon j. N. And with u. S. President donald trump the north seeming to conclude the current path of diplomacy has run its course trump just doesnt its just not that interested anymore and moon is very constrained by sanctions i mean thats why this thing is sort of been frozen for you and i have im just not sure that that much can change in the next 6 months or 8 months jew on the Southern Side of the border relatives of people abducted during the korean war hold a simple ceremony. Many events are being staged with the coming 70th anniversary of the start of the conflict least sango was a baby when his father was abducted to the north. For him and others still living with the wars consequences this latest attempt at reconciliation has achieved little condone when kim jong un wouldnt recognize this issue even uses and the sus korean order ministration couldnt put the issue on the table during the summit in any case this section of the border is where rail and road links were meant to be connected if the Current Initiative had been a success it was planned that you would become one of the main crossing points between north and south in what would be a new era of peaceful coexistence on the peninsula they are hopes that for the time being at least seeing dashed once more Robert Bright aljazeera to south korea. Coming up on under there this news our beijing increases its alert level a brand new coronavirus outbreak flights to and from the Chinese Capital a council. And targeting assads pockets the u. S. Brings a new sanctions to squeeze further the Syrian Governments funds. In sports gear paean Champions League has a new venue a new format for the end of the seasons tournament. A former us Police Officer who fatally shot black man brooks in atlanta last week will be charged with murder and assault Garrett Rolfe shot brooks in the back on friday during an incident at a Fast Food Restaurant he faces charges on 10 crimes the officer was sacked the next day after the release of Surveillance Video another officer at the scene has been placed on administrative leave the death of the 27 year old for the heightened racial concerns across the u. S. Just weeks after the death of george floyd. These are the 11 charges against officer rovs are the 1st charges felony murder this is a death that isnt as a result of a underlying felony in this case the underlying felony is that nobody saw with a Deadly Weapon and the possible sense for a felony murder conviction would be live life without parole or the gift of a brother of george florida surge the Un Human Rights Council to work for justice for black people in the u. S. In a rare urgent debate on racism and Police Brutality a group of 54. 00 african nations called for action but the u. S. Says rebuffed some of the proposals are diplomatic editor james bays reports from the United Nations in new york. This was a meeting that was only organized in the last few days were here this afternoon to hold a not some debate on the current racially inspired Human Rights Violations no mention of the us or the protests following the killing of george floyd in minneapolis last month but that was the main focus more of the main speakers by video message was mr floyds brother you and your matinee says are your brothers the 1st the people of america and you have the power to help earth get justice for barbara that there are slower acts that you can help heal our exit you to help me i have access to help earth black people and america it was a number of african nations that organized this last minute meeting and it was the most senior african in the u. N. Secretary at the deputy secretary general of the United Nations a minimal hammered who address the gathering by video link from here u. N. Headquarters in new york she described the fight against racism as todays sacred battle that people are saying. Enough. The United Nations have a duty to respond to the anger it has been im so many so long. As the heart of our. Equal rights are shined in our founding charter just as we fought a. Thorough fight the hatred oppression and humiliation today. President trump doesnt like other nations involving themselves in u. S. Affairs back in 2018 the administration pulled out of the Human Rights Council the United States is officially withdrawing the debate on racism and brutality will continue on thursday and the final declaration document is still being worked on but after intensive work by diplomats from the u. S. And some of its allies in geneva it appears the proposal to create a formal commission of inquiry has now been dropped jamesburg aljazeera of the United Nations beijing has raised its Emergency Alert level after new outbreak of corona virus left 137 people infected hundreds of flights in and out of chinas capital have been canceled and schools and universities are closed Priyanka Gupta has more. Morse flights in and out of beijing are cancelled but these travelers are trying to leave while they can the Chinese Capital is in the middle of its more serious outbreak of corn as far as since february you can leave you know i think im leaving now because the outbreak is a bit serious and im afraid of being infected so i want to escape back to home soon on wednesday the Kaufman Christus Emergency Response level to tackle the spread of new infections linked to be jeans largest holton food market schools and universities have been shot and people have been urged not to leave the city infections in 4 other provinces have already been linked to the operating budget in some areas or into measures up introduced for those coming from the capital. Jemmett you got all kinds of medical and Health Institutions schools institutions for the elderly subway and public transport have been raised to a high level in terms of Epidemic Prevention and control and measures will be fully implemented to prevent keep personnel from leaving beijing we will resolutely curb the spread of the virus in and outside the City Health Workers have been dispatched from across the city to beijing stays on hospital designated as a call that 900 Treatment Center you badly you were then dropped all but 100 transferred medical staff consists of 24 doctors 62 nurses 8 people from a Clinical Laboratory and 6 from radiology to enhance the treatment capacity of severe cases jangly a doctor who played an Important Role in the expert group for treating critical patients in were hard also joined the Treatment Team for severe cases in the town hospital the government is allegedly testing hundreds of thousands of people on the spot and not both residential compounds under complete lockdown food markets i think restaurants in the city of 20000000 people being disappointed officials seem determined not to let beijing turn into another war harm even as Health Experts warn the virus detected in these new cases seems more contagious product of. India has registered more than 2000 virus related deaths in one day taking the total to nearly 12000. 00 the number of corona virus infections in the country is now surged to more than 350000 hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients and authorities in the capital new delhi have resorted to using hotels public halls and train carriages to house new cases Health Experts fear indias still some time away from reaching its coronavirus peak. Well the head of the World Health Organization says there are green shoots of hope in the global fight against the created virus much of it came after news of a major breakthrough with a Clinical Trial showing a cheap easily accessible steroids can help to save critically ill patients and experts say its vital that the use of dexamethasone is reserved for the sake of people it was good news to you from the us where just one percent of people tested in new york on tuesday were positive for the virus but arizona and florida both recorded record increases in new infections on wednesday and in latin america mexico recorded its 3rd highest number of 2 deaths on tuesday with 730 lets get more from John Heilemann whos live in mexico city for us john how is the country handling this well the countries opening up and you just mentioned the 3rd highest daily number of deaths the 2nd highest daily number of cases and that was yesterday even the last time that we got any starts from the government those numbers are always under counted in mexico the government submitted that there are at least 8 times lower than what they really are and thats because it isnt doing a lot of testing theres quite a lot more cases where the government has decided that its had enough of the quarantine and its gradually reopening the country is doing that by a traffic light system thats what theyre calling it and about half the states in the country are on orange and that means 2 that. Gyms Sports Centers Restaurants Hotels could all open up to half of their capacity so it is quite a big deal especially as Health Professionals in the country that weve been talking to extensively over the last couple of weeks have been saying were not seeing the cases going down were struggling to deal with this were at full stretch we really need people to stay home and watch the situation of the economy and employment. Well thats why the government is opening up because of the economy the countrys National Statistics insitu estimates that about 12000000 people have lost their work during this pandemic and weve also been out to speak to some of them produce a public pettis has been around about 20 food banks in the capital city just checking up on this for us and what hes found that the lines there are much longer than usual so food banks means people that work usually in the Informal Sector thats what hes finding their Street Vendors their market work has they were among the countrys poorest anyway and they just pulling off the age where they can no longer be able to to get enough money together to basically so this is really affecting Country Companies from the biggest to the smallest and then of course those individuals and thats what the countrys president and his men will Lopez Obrador is saying obviously we need to deal with the pandemic but we also need to make sure that people can get out and earn their daily bread theres been some criticism of the government because this stimulus package hasnt been as an extensive as elsewhere for Large Companies there really hasnt been much a tool for Small Companies theres been only small loans just a bit more than a 1000. 00 for those that go underneath the government trying to work out at the moment how exactly its going to help them and this isnt going to end anytime soon at 1st the government seem to end to indicate that the peak of the curve would be earlier now when i spoke to the countrys coronavirus saw he said that it would happen maybe late june july so metzger hasnt seen the last of it as it does try and reopen john holmes thank you very much. Well lets get more now on the situation in the u. S. With kristens nummi he joins us live from new york and christian though there was some concern that new york would see infections start to rise again as a result of people so many people demonstrating the streets but doesnt seem to be the case does it. No actually new york saw its lowest rate in the last 24 hours with just 16 feet tell it is that the lowest that weve seen here in new york since a pandemic began back in early march 60000 people were tested in new york state in that 24 hour period and the positive rate came back at less than one percent Governor Andrew Cuomo here says that shows that new york has gone from having the worst infection rate to the best infection rate in the country he was touting his states horn if you will and criticizing the trumpet ministration for the advice that its been giving to states and thus far as reopening goes Governor Cuomo pointed out that new york waited until the curve was flattened so to speak and infections and fatalities have been on the decline for some time before starting its reopening process and weve seen those cases continue to go down whereas in at least 10 other states in the country where reopening has been pushing forward infection rates have continued to go up so he is pushing back it would seem against Vice President mike pence who said in an editorial this week that concerns about a 2nd wave of infections in the United States are overblown Governor Cuomo took the absolute opposite approach. Vice president pence had pointed out that overall fatalities in the United States continue to decline and the rate of new infections overall continue to decline and states are better prepared pence accuse the media of overhyping the risk of a 2nd wave but Governor Cuomo pushed back on that and also questioned the sense of moving forward in some of the states where infections are rising so christine what does all this mean for a reopening of the economy in new york commuting. Yeah its a good question new york has been starting the reopening process in phases and new york city is only still in phase one and its a phased approach with Certain Industries coming back more gradually here in new york city phase 2 according to the governor could start on monday and that would allow some Retail Operations to reopen indoor retail sales could could start again restaurants could have Outdoor Dining hair salons and barbershops could reopen and theres a lot of grumbling were starting to hear it here in new york that Business Owners are really eager to get back to work and theres not a clear plan or a clear way forward the mayor has actually said here that he might wait until the following week into early july to enter that phase 2 of reopening because hes concerned about those demonstrations while there hasnt been an uptick in new infections yet he says he wants to wait till the end of the week to make sure that cases dont start to rise again as a result of so many people out in the streets christianson to me thank you very much indeed. Still to come on aljazeera this news hour outrage in france over the violent treatment of a protest to a demonstration in paris. Turkey continues its offensive in Northern Iraq but is it after more than just stopping a kurdish state. In sports arena williams announces plans to get a hands on his grandson trophy. Suttle across central and southeastern areas of europe kind of cloudy can see but very amongst this kind of had some particularly heavy downpours hungary yes again just several days after flooding in one part of the country hey we are again you can see just how deep it is these where you have flash floods some very trying to pose the cools the fighting very dramatically meanwhile across areas of the u. K. The midlands to the north there have been some dramatic thunderstorms in the last few hours but the best weather is if you had down into spain Southern Cross the east into about it on people back out on the beach now that could be a decent spains to go through thursday and it really is very unsettled some heavy rain pushing into western Northern Areas of france again fairly widespread across much of the u. K. With germany picking up some heavy downpours and again pushing towards the east so again hungry and east which is where we could see some heavy amounts of rain not by friday is perhaps not quite as widespread is pretty good across the east how much is are on the high side but still some very heavy rain particularly affecting poland on friday and also a fair amount of cloud around with a few more showers across the u. K. 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Aljazeera world examines the detention and torture of saudis women activists the only charges against them theyre talking to foreign organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International saudi women reform or oppression on aljazeera. You. Are going to remind of the top stories here on ars or the us president s former National Security advisor says donald trump asked the chinese premier for help to win this years u. S. Election in new book he tames the president showed ignorance of World Affairs asking if finland was part of russia. China and india have agreed to restart talks to ease tensions after fighting broke out over a longstanding border dispute in the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed. The former u. S. Police officer who fatally shot black man was shot brooks in atlanta last week will be charged with murder and assault death as further heightened concerns across the u. S. For a mass protests over the death of george troy. Bothered to rest of a nurse at a protest in paris is causing outrage in france riot police were filmed removing the women from a crowd of demonstrating Health Workers who were demanding better pay for their work during the pandemic at one point officers dragged the 50 year old woman by her hair but police say she was arrested for throwing objects about the has more. I believe posted online video of this arrest caused a flurry of indignation on social media a nurse at a protest in paris will choose day is held down by Police Officers surround her before school in her own way blood is again on her face Health Workers were demonstrating for higher pay they dedications been revealed to during the convict pandemic see the image of a nurse being roughly handled by police sparked outrage the nurses daughter tweeted this woman is my mother 50 years old a nurse shes worked 12 to 14 hours a day for 3 months she had conveyed. Later further pictures emerged at the nurse moments before her arrest this time throwing stones at Police Officers outside the Police Station where the nurse was held overnight campaigners say to her actions didnt justify her treatment why in fam them its gone to here we have a woman just 5 foot tall held down by 4 heavily armed Police Officers its totally disproportionate theres clearly a problem with the orders that are being given to the police and the way they are trained or the nursery that was just released from this Police Station she had spent the night in custody now we managed to speak to her one on one she was visibly very shaken very traumatized so she didnt want to be filmed but what she did do was tell us a little bit about how she felt very angry very upset she rolled up the sleeves of her jacket and she had bruises all over her arms she said to be very roughly treated in fact she still had a dry blood on her forehead police say the video showed the hostile conditions they face one officers reportedly filed a complaint against the nurse into new it is a measure it seems looking at the images broadcast yesterday and today that this arrest followed offenses carried out by this woman. The video has come at a time when Police Violence is in the spotlight in front of the recent anti racism protests and last year. Yes demonstrations whether the videos show the police using a heavy handed approach all reasonable force is being fiercely debated in france to touch a butler aljazeera paris. Or he speak now to the social just and antiracism campaigner Adam Elliot Cooper he joins us live from london via skype thanks very much for being with us theres been a lot of discussion in the u. S. And in france about Police Methods after some of these violent arrests and we see more of these now because they have been caught on film or do you think i think certainly its me being made more difficult for the police to deny culpability or for it makes it easy for the press to cover these kinds of issues and of course its a rallying cry for people to be able to share these kinds of videos and use this is a mobilizing so i think weve seen something that we havent seen in a very long time across europe and elsewhere and i think these videos are certainly a possible i mean there is a degree of pushback isnt there from some of the Police Institutions and for example in france theyve reversed a ban on police using a chokehold during arrests after complaints from pepper officers that their lives would be put at risk is there a problem that police are actually often that the target of anger from the from demonstrators and that this contributes to these come situations. I think we should be on surprise that the police lobby for war powers the police are always looking for more powers whether it be in britain with tasers and more powers to stop and search or whether it be in the United States or more more where military grade equipments and and and armor armaments and vehicles of that nature and so we see this a constant pattern in the idea that they are under constant threats from the public is always the reason thats given and i think we need to pay more attention to the bonds that the public are experiencing in the face of these new weaponry is in the pounds so from your studies are there any forms of training that can reduce the numbers of violent confrontations during policing. I think theres very little evidence in terms of training in reducing the kind of problem of Police Brutality when most of the evidence suggests that we really need to do is to militarize the threats remove their ability to use weaponry whether it be lethal weaponry or other problems of weaponry and do so not rely on policing to solve the social problems that we have so it is a social problem where nurses are demanding better pay and conditions while the letting them have a big strike where the police have to come in can confront them the government needs to ensure that Health Care Workers are properly paid and properly looked after and so rather than having the police and prison system as a solution to social problems we need more progressive measures in this regard so on on the basis of what you make of president trumps executive order he signed on tuesday is meant to address Police Brutality in the u. S. C. He talked about implementing programs social workers and other mental Health Professionals to assist Law Enforcement in areas involving health Mental Health issues and addiction and so on those the kind of things that might help i think rather than having Mental Health practitioners or people working Addiction Services assist the police we need to see them replacing place so rather than people with Mental Health issues or addiction problems coming into contact with a criminal Justice System we need to have the Services Available to make those earlier interventions so they dont come. Contact with the police or prison system in the 1st place i think thats the best way of improving Public Safety and in terms of what the for instance the demonstrations how much of what the police do is to do with the kind of orders theyre given from above mean is it is the political decision to come down hard on on protest as generally or do you think that it is actually pretty departments that make those decisions i think the problem is certainly institutional we often see arguments relating to bad apples in the old place officer who has made a description i think what we need to understand is that yes these orders and these powers do come from above me give the police those powers we provide the those weapons the impetus there is for them to use them to the maximum of their weve seen that in front of this recent video that weve been seeing here in the United States and elsewhere adamant cooper thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. To Northern Iraq now where turkey has carried out a 2nd attack on kurdish targets it follows previous asterix on sunday night at risk increasing friction with the Iraqi Government same question reports. Turkish commandos along with an arsenal of military firepower are conducting an operation in Northern Iraq their targets are camps belonging to the al pulled Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k in half then in just across the turkish border. The military operation is a follow up on a previous offensive that began 2 days ago Turkeys Defense Ministry says it has a right to defend itself after the p. K. K. Increase its harassment of turkish outposts and bases in Northern Iraq. The operation is likely to increase tensions with the government in baghdad which summoned turkeys ambassador earlier this week in protest against the airstrikes in Northern Iraq. But turkish officials insist the operation is needed or. Turkey aims to prevent any kurdish state being stabilized in this area or trying to narrow down the p. K. Case radius of action and create a safe or security zone like in Northern Syria so turkeys borders are safe. Turkey has led a decades Long Campaign against the p. K. K. Which it considers a terrorist organization the conflict has killed at least 40000 people. A cease fire came into fact in 2013 during the short Peace Process which lasted until july 2015 when the talks collapsed. And over the last 2 years turkey has intensified its course Border Operations in Northern Iraq while fighting they are at home through operations carried out by its interior ministry. Most became members have now left turkey for Northern Iraq and anywhere else controlled by the kurdish Fighters Group why p. G. In Northern Syria turkey says the 2 groups are the same some and the turkish capital ankara believe the us this push for the creation of a kurdish state to wrest stablished by the white p. G. In syria and the fear is that it could lead to the breakup of kurdish regions in syria iraq iran and turkey officials here say the u. S. Arms provided to the. Why p. J. For the fight against myself are transferred to the p. K. K. Through singe are in iraq and half done and where wednesdays operation was carried out is one way to cut of that supply line so that those weapons or not turned against turkey. On the other hand most analysts believe these operations are not only ensuring the safety of 3000. 00 border but also its interests in the Eastern Mediterranean energy sector. Thats. What. War for. Turkey has increased its number of military bases in Northern Iraq to more than 20 according to military sources uncorrupt plans to stablish 3 more bases around the singe already where for a longer military presence seen across all of aljazeera stumble the us is threatening more sanctions against syria with sectors tech might compare say it worked stop until president bashar assad ends the war against his own people the socalled seize act targets 39. 00 companies and individuals including assad and his wife asma state assets of already been frozen with hundreds of businesses and individuals already hit by u. S. And European Union sanctions. Well sanctions aimed at increasing the economic and political isolation of assads regime by restricting its ability to trade and get money from abroad sanctions target his supporters with the threat of arrest or travel bans it could be politicians military personnel or anyone in business or banking as well as the oil and gas industry the new also affects countries seeking to do business with syrias government such as hizbollah in lebanon iran russia some gulf states and allies in Eastern Europe its good to russia and jordan in washington d. C. What is the u. S. Hoping to achieve in in targeting syrias leaders in this way. But ultimately the u. S. Wants to return to the u. N. Security Council Talks to end his political rule of syria and to replace him with another government that would be acceptable to the International Community more directly what these new sanctions mean is that the u. S. Is trying to cut off all sorts of Financial Support for the Assad Government as it tries to rebuild the country as the civil war in that country appears to be winding down this is a law that has been in the works for some 6 years it does add on to existing un and e. U. Sanctions against the Syrian Government it is widely expected that assad does not like this law we have heard from among others the russians who have said that this new law passed here in the United States is illegal is should not be followed by those who want to do business with the Assad Government. Was in jordan thank you very much. A delegation of high ranking turkish officials met libyas u. N. Recognized government on wednesday for him is to have a soul who says a lasting cease fire and Energy Corporation were discussed in a surprise visit to tripoli. Hes been the main backer of the government of National Accord and has been instrumental in stopping the advance of warlord holly for have to visit follows an agreement with russia which backs after to push for a ceasefire after his forces were pushed back from the capital taliban fighters have killed at least 18 Afghan Security personnel in 2 attacks on checkpoints in the north of the country 12 were killed as an army post in jars and province 6 others died in a raid in can do those the latest bloodshed comes as the insurgents and the government inched closer towards potential peace negotiations hundreds of lawyers in mali have staged a protest against what theyre calling the government interference in the judiciary system the angry that president putin with erica forced mollies chief justice into early retirement just 2 weeks before historic Election Rerun the chief justice previous led previously led a Supremes Court rejection of the present bid to overturn a ruling which cost his bid for reelection. Because haq is inductors says the protests will continue despite some can chat sessions. Too little too late says mahmoud the cleric is calling on mali and back on the streets on friday on june 5th tens of thousands of his supporters have answer to is called surrounding the president ial palace asking for president mubarak arcade to step down says that he is no longer legitimate and has lost control of mali and its borders. This is a warning to our leadership if you are seeing such protests its because thing is working its the existence of mali as we know it that is under threat meanwhile on friday the french said they had killed the leader of the al qaida in the stomach my bread. And his right hand man 2 feet shy and theyve also the chief recruiter for the zombie state in the greater Sahara Mohamed bought this by what the french sees as victories the valiant states have yet to control most of its territories in the north and in central mali. On tuesday made several announcements to try to appease to protest against him he says that teachers have been on strike for 7 months will get a 20 percent pay raise hes willing to dissolve the newly elected National Assembly and the Constitutional Court and is calling for a National Unity government despite all of this it seems that depot will go ahead with this protest and tens of thousands of people are expected on the streets of moscow on friday. And indonesian cooled has found 7 west papua and human rights activists guilty of treason the men will serve up to 11 months in jail but human rights activists say they should never have been arrested in the 1st place they were charged over an uprising which spawned renewed calls for independence the provinces of papua and west papua just to washington has more. Outside the courtroom in East Kalimantan a small crowd gathered to support the defendants waiting for the verdict in a highly controversial trial the sparse and socially distanced demonstration a stark contrast to last years in indonesias pop was when tens of thousands gathered to protest against racism against indigenous pop ones 7 men were arrested accused of involvement in the protests the provinces of popular and west papuan have been under indonesian rule since 969 and since then some have called for the regions independence the indonesian government has tried to quite shy any separatist movements in the resource rich provinces including the burning of the morning star flag which has become a symbol of pop on independence. The men were moved from papa to kalimantan thousands of kilometers from friends and family and because of covered 9000 restrictions the trial was held on Video Conference prosecutors sought sentences between 5 and 17 years instead all the men was sentenced to less than one year when. We find the defendant guilty of treason by the group. Theyve already been in prison since september so it should only be a matter of months before their release but we believe that they should have never been arrested in the 1st place they were just protesting racism at the time and they were just doing this for. Expression so they have committed no crime and they are just you know still an activist political activist here in retrospect because. They can be in prison solely for peacefully exercising their rights. The men looked relieved to hear their lighter sentences but there is the possibility that one or more of them may appeal against their treason convictions some of the men told the judges they will think about it. The defense says that demonstrating against racism is the right of every citizen in indonesia but the indonesian government has long held the view that theres no evidence of systemic discrimination against poppins or any other Minority Community al jazeera asked the Central Government for a response to the verdict but did not receive a reply just a washington aljazeera to counter. American pancake and syrup brand jim im a is getting a major make over Parent Company quaker says its dropping the name and logo which depict a black woman its her knowledge critics who say the image is based on racial stereotypes a new name and packaging is set to be announced later to see here Richelle Richardson is an associate professor of African Studies and Research Center at Cornell University she says a lack of diversity in major corporations is one of the issues behind such branding a lot of corporate environments remain very monolithic theres not a lot of diversity in some cases and that translates into a lesson or Decision Making in the this has been very naturalized so people dont really even necessarily think of that deeper implications a lot of times theyre not looking at the can change but sort of serve bottle. Well this is an image life. Is an image that suggests that theres you know right people she was not what people really consciously or not relating are others but that isnt. So the Common Knowledge there of this news in sport the English Premier League resume is a show of support for the black lives matter movement. Time for sport and into. Thank you so much lauren or the English Premier League is back the restart began with a show of support from all players for the black lives matter movements after a 3 month hiatus to 2 coronavirus reigning champions Manchester City taking on arsenal on the opening day of the restart all matches are being played in empty stadiums now before kick off players forced to pay tribute to Health Workers and then secondly as the game kicks off city going on to win this match 3 nail. There were similar scenes at the days of the fixture between aston villa and at Sheffield United that game finished in a nail draw now joining the match a failure in Goal Line Technology denied Sheffield United a clear goal the Company Operating the system has since issued a statement saying it unreservedly apologizes. This goes right in. The pile in all important decisions that. Have been made this season by the whole process of earth a technology or League Leaders liverpool player played everton on sunday that 2 wins away now from their 1st league title in 3 decades their manager at your gun club had this message for the clubs fans one gets a witness the final games of the title race it will be completely different but its still football and its still for you so that means we will be in the stadium you will be at home i can promise you we will feel your support i will make the boys feel your support we will use it you are still 8090 percent. Of the petrol in our tanks. Well earlier on we spoke to the football rights or rafael hanukah stein about what it means for the league to be playing games in empty stadiums. I think its. An unusual atmosphere here on the one hand people are very excited at football is back there theyve been starved of seeing their teams and actually want something to do on a saturday afternoon and even on a wednesday evening at the same time its not real football is football without the fans and i think there is a sense of sadness in a sense of regret that we cant get the 4 bought the version of the game back and it doesnt quite come with the same excitement that you would have at the beginning of a season also a lot of clubs dont have that much to play for so as much as people want out of football back if youre a mid table team that isnt really that much riding in the next few games but of course is different at the very bottom and for some teams in the hunt for iraq beleaguered german state places well i tell you the fans are also getting used to watching their teams at a distance supporters of napoli and events as were able to gather in small numbers to watch the its a cup final this one of the few trophies that christiane and al though the give a striker is yet to win in his career while the match finished mill nil and napoli went on to win in a penalty shootout that is their 1st trophy win in 6 months. Footballs european governing body away for says theres still a chance that fans will be allowed to attend the final games of this years Champions League the portuguese capital of lisbon will host an 8 team mini tournament to decide the title winners equal finals semi final and final will take place in august a stumble had been the original host city for the final. We havent decided yet about. The no spectators sore spectators because we will assess the situation at the beginning of july and then we will see what the situation will be it would be. I would say incompetent from us if we would. Decide. In advance about the situation that is so unsure Serena Williams says she is aiming to play at this years behind closed doors u. S. Open williams is targeting directly going to 24th grand slam title all top level tennis is suspended right now many leading players are voiced their concerns about coming over to the states for that solomons the mens and womens tolls are due to restart in early august with the us open getting underway at the end of that month. Its been a word 6 months and a lot of i suppose professional tennis. Are certainly missed the fans dont get me round just being out there in the new york near everyone cheer and i really miss that and you need some of those matches the worlds number one golfer rory macrorie says players should be prepared to make sacrifices to compete in the United States the 2nd post lockdown tournament on the p. G. A. Tour is about to start in South Carolina if i were in their shoes and i was asked to come over to the steroids and shelter in place or quarantine for 2 weeks before these tournaments i would have done because weve got like. I mean if you really care about your career and paranoid moving forward you know like you should be here i think. And world at 100 meter champion Christine Coleman says the reason he missed the doping tests last december was because he was out Christmas Shopping the 24 year old american has been provisionally suspended for missing 3 tests in a 12 month period coleman says he never has and never will use performance enhancing drugs he could now be banned for 2 years. That is how the sports is looking for now lets get back to laurin in london. Thanks and thats it for me for this news out but ill be back in a minute with another full round of the days news thanks very much watching so you have it. If you were in beijing looking out the Pacific Ocean youd see American Warships one mess was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world call it chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president George Washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china part one on a just. Shoot. And inspiration. Personal stories of people keeping the spirit of freedom alive. By courageously defending their rights to be heard. Its disappointing that we begin. Our desire selects. What was described as the worlds longest long down course the largest exodus since the creation of the independent india and 947. 00. Experts believe india is still at an early stage of infection but the lockdown has already created a humanitarian crisis and driven the Unemployment Rate for 6 to 23 percent and its also highlighted inequality religious tensions and Health Care System that isnt equipped to deal with a pandemic the following weeks will tell of the peace and Mass Movement of people will also accentuate the spread to the core and it was from india cities to its rural hot. Electoral favors obstruction of justice and ignorance a World Affairs explosive claims about the Trump Presidency revealed in excerpts of a book by his former National Security adviser. And our intake of this is our 0 live from london also coming up moving to deescalation china and india agree to restart talks of the deadly violence on their shared border