Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Humanity a community in indonesia defies officials to shelter stranded wrecking the refugees. Also ahead bring the bidding farewell to its late leader a state funeral is held for president via. The sports. Ah. 30 years of waiting finally yields an English Premier League title for liverpool the. Iraqi Security Forces have raided a base belonging to an iranian backed Militia Group 10 rockets were seized and of these 14 members of the t. V. Hezbollah were detained including commanders members of the group demanding their release. The Iraqi Government has been promising to crackdown on because he has and other militias since july of last year the shia armed group was formed before the invasion of iraq on anti western and pro iranian ideals jury in the war it became known for deadly attacks against american and Coalition Forces the group has longstanding ties with tehran and is often considered to be an extension of the Iranian Revolutionary guard their former leader 100. 00 s. Was assassinated in the same drone strike which killed the iranian general custance of the money last year the government offered an ultimatum integrate with the armed forces or disband they refuse to integrate despite that they have continued to carry out attacks on Coalition Forces and theyve been blamed for a siege on camp taji in march which killed one british and 2 american soldiers some of alton joins us live now from baghdad simona whats the latest. Well we have now a statement an official statement from the government specifically from the Iraqi Joint Operations command summarizing what happened last night when iraqi Security Forces raided a base belonging to. A statement confirms that 14 individuals were arrested during the raid and several rockets were seized in an effort to preempt an impending attack on the fortified green zone where u. S. Forces as well as other Diplomatic Missions are based now and we have seen several such drop the rocket attacks take place throughout the month and this raid appears to have been an attempt to try to clamp down on the groups responsible now the statement did also mention that there was an arrest warrant that was issued against those 14 individuals and that is particularly important because in the wake of the raid we saw dozens of armed men presumably belonging to type as bala entered the green zone and lisi each to a building that belongs to the Counterterrorism Forces demanding the release of the detainees claiming that the arrest was lawful now there is also a lot of confusion about who exactly holds those 14 detainees the Popular Mobilization forces which includes the typos below that there were released several other sources close to cut the ball have also confirmed that they were late released however industry demand that we received from the government conference that those individuals are still in the custody of the authorities and that an investigation is ongoing the statement is however a very very going to aspect it does not say it does not name the group that these 14 individuals belong to and it also does not name the security institutions Iraqi Security institution that is holding them so it is possible according to some analysts that these 14 people were in fact transferred to the Security Forces of the popular. Mobilization forces which include hezbollah which would explain these conflicting claims as to whether or not they were released how significant is this in the context of the new governments objective to limit weapons states well Prime Minister with a 5 card me when he was appointed last month he was very adamant about 2 things specifically that he would insist on protecting iraqi sovereignty to prevent for example from the u. S. Airstrikes targeting groups like the papers below and on the other hand to also reign in those groups that were not respecting the official chain of command and this raid specifically i would say its the boldest move by a government over the past few years to try to actually arrest these individuals that are responsible for these rocket attacks and it is a big test for the government to see whether its actually possible to pull through with such a bold move the you know the Prime Minister was the one who issued the order for the iraqi Counterterrorism Forces to conduct that raid but it was immediately evident that there was a lot of opposition not just trying to type has been the p. M. S. But also from various various political actors that were pressuring the iraqi Counterterrorism Forces and iraqi Security Forces to release those detainees so for now most of the fight card to me seems to be holding his ground but it rains you meant to be seen what exactly will happen to these 14 detained individuals who are presumed to be hezbollah will they fear a judge in court or will the indeed be set free similar thank you very much. Mansoor is the director of the Iraq Initiative which some of us in london he says the number and complexity of the Militia Groups will make a. Difficult. Well you have a new Prime Minister whos taking up office less than 100 days in his premiership and hes a Prime Minister who has trying to put action to worse and that extent you know youve had previous Prime Ministers whove talked about integration and who have talked about going after many of these militias including could have one of the strongest ones that rose up in the fight against isis but ive always d been a thorn in the kind of the back of many of those who want a stronger states and so this Prime Minister is trying to show he is a bit more serious addressing it have has but like any other groups that may have one foot in the state but secondly have you know several feet lets say out of the state i think it would be very difficult for the Prime Minister to just single out one group or go off to a group and what youre already seeing at our negotiations now what to do and the Prime Minister actually put these you know these members in jail for what its not the issue isnt on one single act or one organization is a massive Security Sector problem that you have in iraq after isis but since 2003 really so can the Prime Minister use some of those small forces that are loyal to the state the terrorist kind of Terrorism Service and others to really go against some of these very powerful and when i say powerful i dont just mean in terms of armed men but economic powerhouses political power houses they have strong relations to parliamentarians they have strong relations in the Civil Service across the iraqi state. Libyas National Oil Corporations russian and other foreign mercenaries have stormed the field blocking the resumption of oil exports from the site after a months long blockade theres been no response from moscow yet on the allegations most of the countrys main oil fields are now under the control of the selfstyled Libyan National army based in to broker joins us live from tripoli mark what how significant is this. Will. It seems to be significant specially after this Statement Released by the end no c National Oil Corporation that is over the fur is it sad that a convoy of 25. 00 vehicles with the russian mercenaries and other foreign mercenaries into the shot our oil field on thursday evening and also says that it is deeply concerned that by. The developments in. The oil field in about 700 kilometers south of the capital of tripoli as you know peter that is the countrys Biggest Oil Field with the Production Capacity of about more than 300000 barrels a day and the countrys already suffering the consequences of the blockade of the oil terminal in central libya by half to his forces since january there and he says that the total losses resulting from from that blockade is nearly 6000000000 dollars. Of the n. O. C. Most of us are law also stated that he is condemning get what he calls that Foreign Countries that are taking part in that blockade of the oil. Oil field and meanwhile there are countries that are benefiting get by the absence of libyan oil in the Global Market now we know that the l. A p f g which is the Petroleum Facilities in the south is divided some with the government of national called some of those who were the forces loyal to the water lord i have to the men of the n. O. C. Is also raising concern and also so. Is that those mercenaries are getting paid by the libyan money which comes from the oil revenues and meanwhile the art of taking part in there and preventing get their n. O. C. From taking part from carrying out its duties and also derailing there and you see stuff from doing get their responsibility we know that the south is it is case in the south. The since since have to his forces launched it a military campaign to take control over strategic locations in the south one year and a half ago including airport fields and also. Oil installations in the south of the country this could be a Major Development as their n. O. C. Says that the oil should be neutralized should not be part of this conflict. Thanks very much. France germany and italy are calling for an end to fighting in libya they want to end their involvement in the conflict to get talks back on track they pursued a joint statement it says in light of the growing risks of a deterioration in libya and regional escalation we call on all libyan parties to immediately cease fighting and to suspend the ongoing military buildup throughout the country theyre also urging for an axis to end all interference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the United Nations Security Council earlier turkey said any ceasefire would depend on the warlord after us forces withdrawing from 2 regions. Ankara supports the un backed government of National Accord its also condemned russia for fueling instability by supporting after the g n a recently pushed back his forces from the capital tripoli on wednesday arab leaders called for a truce and talks between the warring sides. 5 civilians have been killed in an attack in central yemen according to the media the Saudi Led Coalition launched several strikes targeting vehicles transporting gasoline just north of the al bayda government at least 5 other people were injured in the raids the u. N. Says the humanitarian crisis in yemen is going to get worse because of covert 19 unicef estimates that millions of children will be pushed to the brink of starvation because of a lack of funding that means nearly half of yemeni children under the age of 5 could be malnourished without adequate aid 1000000. 00 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers will have no access to health care and a lack of clean Drinking Water and food is expected to make it easier for the virus to spread even faster lets bring in sara the solo from unicef yemen sara welcome to the news hour how big is the shortfall of funding here how much money do you need. Or were talking about right now is the fact that we need just far Quick Response alone we need 53000000. 00 now and we only receive 10 percent of that and for our entire humanitarian appeal which is 461000000. 00 we see 40 percent of that and what were seeing is that you will have children without access to water and so you will have children and their mothers with access to health and Nutrition Services if we dont really get 54000000 for Health Nutrition now and if we dont get at the minimum 45000000 for full water but the Health System was in a terrible state anyway even before the coronavirus hit. It was and what you have seen in yemen is that you had a Health System on the brink of collapse and the humanitarian operation in yemen has been struggling to ensure that weve preserved that system and were looking to move from preservation to strengthening however with the blow of corbett were seeing that Health System further further stretched and its struggling to cope and any day now if we dont survive if we dont survive this particular strain that were under now in terms of funding you will see the Health System collapse was the timescale here sara i mean how long until the country is in a state or a stage where what were talking about here is irredeemable. Were saying in the next few months in the next 6 months youre looking at a 28 percent increase in children who are going to die you know must 6600. 00 children according to the the john hopkins released recently the lancet you talking about those are lives right those are the faces of peoples children boys and girls who will die if we dont have funding immediately were talking about the fact that a system that was already crumbling is now hit with with them with a blow hole that is beyond beyond understanding because you have Health Workers who are not getting salaries you have infrastructure thats been damaged and we lack equipment and supplies and with the with the further difficulties we have on humanitarian access humanitarian staff and supplies getting into the country and with the with the limited funding we have all of those are the recipe for disaster the conflict in yemen has been characterized right of by a food crisis it was then later compounded by a cholera catastrophe and now we have the covert scare and those 3 factors and looking at the access to sanitation and water thats so law almost 10000000 people do not have access to water and sanitation 75 percent of women cannot buy soap and if they have a choice of what to buy in a given day if they do have resources it will not be sold it will be some sort of food for their children to eat and that is a recipe for a cause that wildfire in your opinion is one of the subtext to the conflicts in yemen and i guess id be right in saying its utterly unique around the middle east certainly in the past 10 to 15 years no one side looks like they just about to win because if somebody actually won the war the process of looking after people looking after children the process of rebuilding the country could start in some shape or form. And at the end of the day youre right theres no winner here everybody loses and most importantly yemen as a country loses because the children who are the future of yemen are dying 12300000 children are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance right now thats the total population of qatar and the u. A. E. 2 full countries thats what were talking about 12300000. 00 children in yemen and if those children dont get the support they need they will die and what will be yemen in the future there will be no future and so were seeing that children are even fighting in this conflict which they should not be theyre fighting and theyre being fought but their futures are being fought and beyond the bombs that will thats in the bombardment children have nothing to look forward to children children are afraid to get up in the morning and that has to change that has to change ok well leave it there sara persona of the n. T. With unicef yemen thank you very much thank you syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis according to the United Nations World Food Program says one point 3000000. 00 syrians and of food insecure 1400000. 00 of them becoming so in just the last 6 months food prices have gone up more than 200 Percent Inflation there has reached levels not even seen at the heights of syrias 9 year long conflict. Plenty more ahead here on the news hour for you including these ones queuing for cash in lebanon struggling economy dollars are only available to a select few. Trying to contain the virus rural Health Workers in brazil say accessing communities is complicated. And we take a closer look at the man who led liverpool to their 1st premier league title in 30 years thats coming up in sports with joe. After weeks of see at least 90 rowing the refugees have been rescued off the coast of indonesia their boat was towed to shore by locals after the authorities refused to let them land over fears to do with the coronavirus pandemic theyre being given shelter by the community and they have medical checks to jessica washington is in jakarta. This is very much a developing situation now because of local Community Intervention because locals did in fact carry them off that vessel that did sort of force the hand of local authorities and now the process is under way there for cation identifying these refugees its only then that will able to say with certainty what will happen to them at this stage it does seem likely that they will be permitted to stay and but local authorities have not indicated any sort of decisiveness in terms of that coming to that sort of decision as yet so we will have to wait and see we have heard briefly from the Central Government not specifically with regards to this case but saying that more needs to be done by by countries in the region to make sure that people dont undertake these perilous journeys at sea human Rights Organizations have applauded the local community for intervening for coming in to save these refugees from indonesian waters but they say now its time for the government and for local authorities to clarify what happens next the leaders of Southeast Asian countries are calling for a unified response to the pandemic to ensure a strong economic recovery may be missing by video link relations summit hosted by vietnam but so far has responded to the virus better than most countries when he reports from bangkok. This wasnt the Opening Ceremony vietnam had in mind as it takes its turn to host the association of Southeast Asian nations summits. Like many events around the world coronavirus change plans but vietnams quick and robust response to the pandemic which is infected fewer than 400 people here meant that at least a meeting was able to take place just with no foreign leaders with the cave in 1000 outbreak has had consequences in Economic Development and social stability for us young Member States we feel the sorrow of thousands of families that have lost loved ones to the virus. And the Economic Situation is expected to get worse even as some International Borders in the region begin to reopen the Asian Development banks revised outlook for this year has the combined economies of the bloc contracting by 2. 7 percent on the sidelines of the summit trade ministers are continuing to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership its a 15 nation trade deal that suffered several delays in setbacks including the withdrawal of india and is now expected to be finalized next year but thailands Prime Minister wants it signed this year to help speed up recovery from the pandemic. Vietnam also wants to see concrete progress if not an agreement this year on a code of conduct for the South China Sea several Southeast Asian nations including vietnam have territorial disputes with china which claims almost the entire area raising tensions the United States this week positioned 3 of its aircraft carriers in the Philippine Sea close to disputed areas vietnam is seen as the strongest opponent in the region to beijings assertiveness which may increase while the world in particular the United States is preoccupied with coronavirus but vietnams position is one that has to balance with its own economic interests the highest value of trade between any member state to china were now reg number one hence they can separate between Economic Issues social cultural issues and Security Issues but hanoi may push hard to have the code of conduct signed this year while its the host nation of the Southeast Asian bloc with terms more favorable to its position the next summit also in vietnam which usually involves leaders or representatives from outside the region like china and the United States will take place in November Wayne hay al jazeera bangkok india is nearing a nearly half a 1000000 coronavirus cases with his biggest spike since the pandemic began the countrys largest care facility is being readied in south delhi to tackle the infections its the size of 15 football fields and can accommodate more than 10000 patients at any one time Elizabeth Piron m has this from new delhi. The government has just confirmed that the facility is now ready to start taking patients it was a Spiritual Center that used to host up to 300000 people thats been converted into a Treatment Facility and that by the end of next week it will have 10000 beds they say that its going to have 400 doctors oxygen facilities its own testing lab ambulances and paramedics but those who need Critical Care those needing ventilators will be referred to nearby hospitals now as well as this facility the Delhi Government has also been conversing Hotels Banquet halls train carriages into Treatment Centers as the number of cases in delhi continue to rise by nearly 4000 just in the capital alone and. Theyve doubled in fact the number of tests that they conducted this week and they are expecting more than half a 1000000 cases by the end of next month and so thats why they are expanding Health Care Facilities theyre expanding testing all of this is welcome but the fact is that while they are expanding facilities they dont have enough Health Care Workers to man them. The state funeral has been held for president. In the room thousands of people gathered in the capital to bid him farewell the occasion included military honors religious ceremonies but there are worries there is no social distancing in place despite the threat from 19 and korean aziza died earlier this month while still in office lets bring in now shes the deputy project director of the International Crisis group in central africa. Welcome to the news here on aljazeera when he came to power in what 20052006 he was supposed to usher in a lasting political settlement between the seas and the who choose to do it. Hi good afternoon yes new guernseys indeed became the president in 2000 by and he then to the country on a political path after the civil war that was pretty bloody and took place between 19032005 he indeed was said to involve the russian courts in which groups ethnic groups in burnie agree to cooperate but what weve seen over the years is that the currencies are who will see who to him so has mainly been saved raising the population in. Some of his opposition politicians did accuse him of violating the constitution when he ran for a 3rd. What 5 years ago now whats your reading of that here so yes the green zone 2016 indeed he. He was looking for a contested 3rd term according to the constitution he was only supposed to run 2 terms but he pushed through a 3rd term spiking violence in the streets in which in bora there was even a coup detat there trying to get rid of nichiren caesar he didnt manage to hold on to power and over the last 5 years he cracked down on the opposition he made sure the international and local media had 3 difficult to operate in country and he closed the political space and the country of any influence from outside you also closed offices of the u. N. Human Rights Organization and also you had a bad relationship with the World Health Organization lots of the given his track record was any of that a surprise. Well really as as i just pointed out especially since 2015 he took me in a insular direction he was not leaving the country to travel he hardly listened to International Advice or advice from International Organizations and he even he was quite proud that he managed to organize the elections that took place in may this year without International Assistance so no its not one cannot consider it a surprise that he he showed himself well yes look up and develop thank you very much. Thank you thank you whether his journey will talk about torrential rain in china yes it sucks im here peter and weve seen nothing but trying to in particular to some areas so i can show you exactly where this is the the seasonal front and is a stubborn system this one is stalled across the region you can see actually 2 main areas of cloud it is there where we see the heavy rains lately but just look at this because weve seen so many images like this coming out of the region these particular provinces just look at the force of that water as i say theres been some torrential rains it particularly the last few days now in the southwest of china so far at least 11000000 people have been impacted by these flooding rains but the good news through south and there is some more rain that it wont help of course coming down not such a grand this flood waters however the heavy rain is going to will central and eastern areas and continue to work its way eastwards as we go through sunday just about staying most of it to the east of japan because japan also seeing some fairly heavy amounts of rain but it is very have a look at this the next 3 days so friday saturday and sunday some areas like you to pick up over 300 millimeters of rain now the other region of course which has been inundated with the tarantula rains is also india again these are seasonal rains is the southwest monsoon so in both cases china and india these rains are desperately needed for the crops and everything that goes with them but particularly rains through the west extending right there up to the northeast and in particular it is the far northeast. Where were actually going to see the very heavy amounts of rain and look how much that is peter nearly half a meter of rain in some areas in the next 23. 00 days ok jenny thanks very much not so awful lot of rain. Ok lets just show you some pictures coming to us out of the scottish city of glasgow were showing the pictures to you because were being told that theres been a stabbing incident there in glasgow 3 people have been injured we think armed police have sealed off an area known as west George Street is adjacent to George Square right in the middle of the city reports are coming through sources are all saying the paramedics have been seen in hazmat suits and theyve been scene critical treating a person on the pavement apparently there are also eyewitnesses reports talking about people being covered in blood being taken on stretchers from a local hotel. Thats all we know at the moment well get you more on that just as soon as we can. Still to come here on the news hour for centuries the 700000 residents of washington d. C. Have had no Voting Rights in congress now comes a vote for statehood. Well also tell you why activists in malawi are closely monitoring vote counting after the president ial Election Rerun the. Formula one teams put their coronavirus precautions into practice heard of a delayed start to the season thats coming up with joe. Frank assessments tourism income stream is dead in the water whats been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is society in depth analysis of the days global headlines its time for new policy say contrie not only seem to grady but hes written in this the ability of we all continue inside story on aljazeera when the news breaks children here say theyre excited to be back at school but also nervous when people need to be hurt while qatar certainly has one here if theyre kind of free on foot in part when the french are enough to push their country for pocket money the method of production aljazeera has teams on the ground just because its noise doesnt mean it cannot be private what about the guy that can afford it to bring you more room would win documentaries and live nice. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news hour my names peter darby lets get you right up to speed with your top stories iraqi Security Forces have where you debase belonging to an iranian backed militia. Fighters belonging to hezbollah and are demanding the release of the 14 members who were detained. But u. N. Says a shortage of aid funding and the worsening current 19 break means millions of yemeni children are at risk of starvation unicef says 19000000 people could lose access to health care. A state funeral has been held for president here and. Thousands of people gathered in the capital and farewell and couldnt aziza died earlier this month while still in office. The white house is due to hold its 1st public coronavirus taskforce briefing in nearly 2 months it comes as a number of states see a resurgence in covert 1000 cases especially across the south and the southwest live now to washington and our correspondent outside the white house alan fischer alan what are they expecting to tell us. Well we were told that the task force continues to meet but they hadnt had any public briefings recently because there wasnt information that they needed to get out to the public obviously as they look at these figures 41000 people tested positive for the coronavirus on thursday thats the 2nd day weve had record numbers clearly has provoked the white house interaction that is why there will be a briefing just in a couple of hours it will be here at the white house which was the pattern in the early part of the crisis it will be at the department of health and Human Services mike pence will lead that Task Force Meeting but its also expected to lead the briefing as well that is grave can say on in the government because we are seeing a surge in cases particularly in places like texas and Florida States which could reopen where the governors were very bullish saying that they had to get the economy moving again with greg abbott who is the governor in texas saying that everything there is in poise governor the scientists dont in florida says they simply cant move forward on to the next stage in arizona the contact through says they are saying that the government in this state has lost control of the crisis and so we have the governor seeing someone who are seeing green light is open business ready to go but no time for us to stay at home so clearly there is a problem this is being seen as more than a simple spark or an ember that donald trump has talked about in the past and the federal government realizes that it has to take action and has to get its information out to the public that is why were getting the briefing joe bidens numbers looking pretty good this last few days allan is this having an impact on mr trumps bid for reelection perhaps. If that is the case certainly there have been a number of polls that suggest if the election was today donald trump would lose by a landslide the only crumb of comfort donald trump can take from some of those polls is that the election isnt being held today hes behind in places like florida hes behind in places like georgia which is surprising here is the Biggest Surprise hes behind in texas thought to be a solidly republican state if donald trump is behind there that is quite surprising if he actually lost the state that would be even more surprising but the fact that it is so close means that the Trump Campaign has to spend time and money in a state that they thought was in the bank and so theres a real problem here even fox news which is considered to be reliably trying to put out a series of poors on thursday that sure that donald trump is way behind he is losing with black voters with women voters with middle class voters that doesnt seem to be an area where donald trump is actually winning heres another problem for donald trump he did an interview on fox news on thursday night he was asked what his agenda would be for his 2nd term and he couldnt really articulate why he should be president for another 4 years that answer welcome back to haunt him over the next few months thanks very much. Ok lets just get you the very latest on that. Significant breaking story coming to us out of scotland 2nd city glasgow on the west coast of course if you know that bit of europe its just to the top of the clyde where the toy begins to trickle down west towards the tighter story were now hearing that several people are believed to have been killed in an incident a stabbing incident in Glasgow City Center the stabbing victims do include one Police Officer armed police as you can see there theyve sealed off the area around west George Street paramedics wearing hazmat suits are at the scene as well we understand thats from local news sources in the u. K. Police scotland according to the Reuters News Agency is confirming the male suspect was shot dead in glasgow thats all we know pretty bald facts for us to digest but also according to the road to News Agency Police scotland saying theyre not looking for anyone else in relation to what has gone on there so clearly we need to find out. How many victims there are we need to find out precisely how many fatalities there have been as well there is there are reports it has to be said over the past 10 days or 2 weeks of incredibly bad behavior on the part of some people theres a kind of a if you talk to people in the u. K. At the moment there is a kind of an undertow of slightly aggressive behavior people are out and about although the pubs and the restaurants and what have you are not officially open so theres lots of littering going on theres lots of people meeting on beaches thousands of people going to beaches up and down the south coast of england i mean thats a good 400 miles away from what youre looking at right now right enough but having said that theres lots of alcohol being consumed people are in a party mood they want to be going on holiday thats the reality but they cant go on holiday because of not because of coronavirus etc if youve been following the story of britain or the u. K. In the past 2 weeks there was a bad stabbing in another city in the u. K. In england in reading 3 men were stabbed to death in reading its a sizeable city its about an hour in the car maybe west of london so something is going on and also knife crime per se is not off the front pages of certain newspapers in the u. K. For very long these days because knife crime particularly in some of the big City Conservation areas is a real problem anyway thats the back story to whats going on there right now but just to get you right up to date weve got reports of at least 3 fatalities in glasgow in scotland the police Police Scotland to give it its official name they are not looking for anyone else apart from the suspects who according to one report i have to stress its one report running on the Reuters News Agency that we have there saying as well the suspect has been shot dead by i assume a Police Marksman will get you right across all those developments as we get them here on the news hour. The u. S. House of representatives is use a vote on whether to grant full statehood to washington d. C. The Nations Capital if it passes the house and then the senate the districts more than 700000. 00 residents would finally have representation and full Voting Rights in congress is mike hanna the residents of washington d. C. The district of columbia have been denied their right to fully participate in their democracy since the founding of the Nations Capital over 2 centuries ago its being a district and not part of the state it has no governor and its elected representative has no vote in Congress Statehood is priceless. Statehood assures there living in the Nations Capital is about pride not prejudice. This was the moment at which the districts tried to stay to the real traction federal offices Disperse Protesters outside the white house in an action ordered by the trumpet ministration not by the citys elected officials there shouldnt be troops from other states and washington d. C. And their very definitely shouldnt be soldiers stationed around our city waiting for the girl to attack americans in a local policing matter in a city where nearly half the population is African American statehood is a civil rights issue at all Holmes Norton has represented d. C. For nearly 3 decades shes the great granddaughter of a slave who found freedom in the district but not representation in congress i feel her pulse as the member who represents my city. And of course i feel and in my own lineage as a 3rd generation washingtonian whose family has never experienced all of it within their own country so for me this is patriotic and its for the president has made clear he will oppose any move to statehood as would his fellow republican the Senate Majority leader. To make the district of columbia stayed true to a Democratic Senators but those advocating stay to a doctor taking a long term view hoping that the composition of the senate and the occupant of the white house will change often a been busily action as a must its a must see now. Show a strong likelihood that my party the Democratic Party in the United States will take control of the senate as my party the democrats hand taking control of the house the bill is certain to. Passed in the house but given Republican Opposition that will take an election for the mayors hope of the few one stars on the u. S. Flag to become a reality mike hanna aljazeera washington. As we were reporting this time yesterday sudan has written to the United Nations Security Council about his concerns surrounding ethiopia filling a reservoir on the blue nile the ground running has been causing tensions in the region egypt says it will affect its water supply but if the o. P. s says it will transform its economy now the u. N. Secretary general and turning to terrorists says he believes talks to resolve it will still move forward we believe that the current process is still moving forward we fully support this and. We have offered an offer again today on good offices to the private is the sudan for any single who to support these process we believe that the only way out in a situation like this is through dialogue. Among the parties only real d. S. This force of the part. Levanon central bank is launching an Electronic Foreign Exchange Trading Platform in a desperate attempt to stabilize the countrys Exchange Rate than the euro has lost nearly 70 percent of its value on the black market in recent months due to a lack of foreign currency so you know holder has more. License to Exchange Shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them or people who need to pay a Foreign Worker or buy an Airline Ticket its a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic Trading Platform have so far failed theyve been trying to fix the price of them. At a rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so theyve been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the euro has lost at least 75 percent of its value on the black market since october nearly 50 percent in the past month many are hurting in a country that is import dependent. My follow to use it to be 750. 00 an hour with was less than 200. 00 lebanon needs fresh dollars but money from abroad has stopped flowing in. Many war and the Exchange Rate instability will continue without foreign assistance a return of confidence in the economy and as long as those who have been on the worst financial crisis are in power. Discussions with the International Monetary fund on a bailout have made no progress the political elite the central bank and the Banking Sector are still arguing over who is responsible for bankruptcy in this state theyre also failing to carry out reforms Like Fighting corruption a member of the negotiating team resigned in protest it is the state in all its opera that has resigned from its own responsibilities they have a responsibility to do reforms they have a responsibility to take ownership of the losses in the Financial System and to ensure the stability of the Financial Sector its desperate times up to 45 percent of a nation of nearly 5000000 people live below the poverty line when. People are selling the gold to pay hospital fees tuition fees and loans on their homes. All the while the states foreign currency reserves are being depleted weve better stop printing lebanese found their way to stop doing that is to do Economic Reforms because why are we printing lebanese pounds because we want to finance government expenditure protesters who have been demanding a new leadership for months are losing hope they held a symbolic funeral for lebanon as their country sinks deeper into crisis. Beirut there are calls for the International Criminal court to launch an investigation into potential war crimes committed by israel the courts pretrial chambers looking at what jurisdiction of the occupied palestinian territory so many palestinians they say they want justice for him spoke to a family whose son was killed by the israeli army near bethlehem. This is the house i plan to live in after he got married but that plan never came to be the 23 year old was killed by an israeli soldier last year mother says he was helping a family after they were also shot at by israeli soldiers. The attack happened close to a military watch tower near bethlehem in the south of the occupied west bank the Israeli Military prosecution says its considering legal action against the soldier so. Hell be put under house arrest i dont expect more than that they did the same in other cases i dont expect a serious sentence but i dont think we should stay silent the whole world should know that we are being oppressed. Signs of distress cant be missed in this house. Was trying to help this family after the father. Was shot he says his car had broken down when the soldiers shot at him he was taken to hospital leaving his wife and daughters in the car i just said know how delicious it came to the car to help us restart the engine but the car didnt work so he left to check something we later found out he was shot and killed we heard shots before he entered the car after. The family thinks i might have been shot unintentionally but dont expect compensation hes had several operations and has been out of work since human Rights Organizations say its really courts give an illusion of justice when the victims palestinian indictments against soldiers are hard to come across and documentation is becoming more important than ever the organization documents cases of what it says are extrajudicial killings it wants the International Criminal court to investigate some of these cases. Israeli soldiers usually get reduced sentences this is one way of preventing the i. C. C. From taking on that case because it would be double jeopardy to the sentence is not proportional to the crime will the i. C. C. Look at this case i cant answer that precisely now but it should be able to. Months mother says his death has devastated the family and nothing will compensate for the loss but the fair sentence for his killer could help at least she says she would feel like she fought for her sons right after hes gone into. The occupied west bank running gun battles between rival drug gangs in mexico have killed at least 16 people the bodies were found in rural states in the territory of El Chapo Guzman is cartel Gang Violence has been increasing this year 3000 murders were recorded in march the 2nd highest monthly salary on record 117 people were killed on june the 7th the most violent day this year. The reopening of the airport one of the airports in paris rather has been disrupted by Climate Action protesters around 30 demonstrators from the Extinction Rebellion Movement Made it onto the runway of paris or the airport the police were called and one of the terminals was closed because of a suspicious package all the airport has been closed down for the past 3 months because of coronavirus restrictions. Time for sport is joe peter thank you liverpool manager you can cop says hes completely overwhelmed after his team clinched the English Premier League title for the 1st time in 30 is the. The the fans party down the streets of the whole city center despite current virus restrictions saying the clubs anthem cup side secured the crown when 2nd place munch city lost 21 to chelsea on thursday him and the liverpool could not be caught with a 23 point lead over city and 7 games remaining meanwhile the Liverpool Team watched the mantra city game together and celebrated into the night afterwards club has been speaking at a News Conference in the last hour or so. Who really have been relieved. Of us almost obviously but its its a very good its a very very good. In my life and. Its. A mix of all its a mix of all its its about shows me im not but what i was unsure about myself it just goes and its really its a really big achievement i know that and bust incredible right to get here where the boys did in these times its i mean its just exceptional and im so happy for them liberals greatest rivals Manchester United have also offer their congratulations but man united boss solich on a social i would have preferred his own team to be lifting the trophy. For me its every time you see anyone else lift the trophy it hurts so thats. I reckon thats the feeling that all everyone. Associated with money united all the players staff and supporters of course we want to get back to to winning ways and. Thats our challenge never pulls achievement resonated around the world and be a star Le Bron James tweeted in celebration as did Award Winning at samuel l. Jackson well 3 decades and 7 managers have gone and come sensitive souls lost one last won the league title you can call it is the coach has finally guided one of the worlds best supported teams back to the top of english football reports. Hard working in Africa Vasant record breaking english champions liverpool are the same that reflect the unique personality of their creator yet can claim. Become famous for his work up to receive dont win but the paths of glory started in minds like so many great managers cop was a modest player spending the ninetys with mine to defend in the 2nd tier of the German Bundesliga but he was always capable of Something Special i the fans still love him and remain proud that hes the 1st managers job was at mons no 419 years ago the cops president says klopp will always have a special bond with them. Hes always said he wants to return to mines whenever that is its the center of his life so he spent time here as a player and more or less at the foundation for his career as a coach the connection is very very close i think nowhere in germany other as many liverpool fans is the wrong he reminds me. Of k. Candidates i know under much of i know there are other teams in england but i watch liverpool because the club. Everyone likes him no matter where he is and whenever it comes to mind for him going but he was only. Caught quickly demonstrated his ability to in a fight tactically and minds and within 3 years of his appointment the club were promoted to the top level of the bundesliga just as important is his ability to motivate and power his prize a positive and pathetic leader the exception not the rule and he understands that some things are more important than football i dont understand politics for an hour as why me ever base camp and have a bench. But the famous small is never far from call more for the fans whose lives hes enhanced. He success and trophies in London Liverpool has been a joy to fans of mine still from such as underestimate who is always still greeted with clapping you can talk with him about everything starting from his dog to his wife to football tactics and to the problems of the world when we met him a day in field he invited us to come to his office for a match and this was a great experience they will build him a monument close to the beatles in liverpool i am completely sure about this the spirit of your means liverpool football but it was born and reminds in this corner of south west germany lee wellings aljazeera minds. Australia new zealand are also celebrating after being awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 womens world cup it will be the 1st time the tournament we staged in the southern hemisphere. Yeah some really exciting i think we were obviously really nervous it was completely out of our control and we had no idea what was going to happen. But then just even here like the 1st syllable of a surely being said i think everyone just lation here and we just went absolutely wild. But we just over a week away now from the opening race the delayed formula one season in austria teams like red bull have a thing getting ready time british driver alex album completed 100 kilometers around the Silverstone Circuit on thursday is the 1st time hes been behind the wheel of his car in 118 days the team has also been practicing social distancing measures wearing their personal protective gear its certainly different seeing everybody working in face masks you lose the expressions that you sometimes concrete either elation or despair in a mechanic or a engineers face but i think its something that will get used to its important for the safety of you know of our team of everybody you know. Around us in formula one so i think its a discipline that we all get used to very quickly and something that will become a new normal for the time being canadian mahen z. Hes leads the travelers championship after shooting a 10 on the past 60 in thursdays 1st round not only should hughes feel good about being at the top of the leaderboard but hes also 3 shots ahead of world number one rory Mcilroy Hughes who is ranked 158th in the world completed a one in connecticut without a bogey as well. All right that is all useful for now have pizza thank you very much joe well talk to later ok british media reporting that 3 people have been stabbed to death in an attack in the city of glasgow on the the western coast of scotland so youre about what hours flying time north of london we understand it happened in the stairwell of one of the main city tells we also understand that the suspect was shot dead by the police on the twitter feed Police Scotland a local police force is saying wed like to reassure the public that at this time were not looking for anyone else in relation to this incident theyre also confirming that a Police Officer who was injured was dealing with the incident. Has been injured but that person is now in hospital receiving treatment so the clear message from the local authorities is that situation has been contained well take a live updates from one of our u. K. Correspondents when we come back on that breaking story on the other side of this break youll see that. In a 2 part series. 0 observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Where insights into circumstances that shaped lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of me starts with blood and land you will do stories on how dizzy around. I was a little frizzle that i was trying to one yes or just me oh mother the father of my daughter i eat lunch. When parents are imprisoned the government doesnt have any plans for the trigger left behind so these children need for they need shelter they are searching for love. My passion is to see that this should be no prisoners are also given another chance to live like now much of it because they are not a party to that crimes committed by their parents when i finally get to that place to build a home for these children and they see them become somebody used to fall into society fending for themselves. Would give me satisfaction. When the cold 19 undemocratic iran. A filmmaker caught the drift from his crew began documenting life from them up a move on growing international sanctions. And intimate portrayal of isolation in one of the worlds least understood countries. Coronavirus lockdown iran people in power on a. Stabbing incident in the scottish city of glasgow at least 3 people have been killed according to british media. Player. Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching also 0 live from doha also come. Ring up mexico City Security chief has been injured in a shootout will be live in the capital. Iraqi forces raid the headquarters of an iranian backed armed group accused of attacking u. S. Military facilities. With half a 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases india for