Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Doesnt make the list d. C. O. P. s Prime Minister calls for calm after the shooting of a singer leads to protests and further deaths. And then school the africa cup of nations that has been postponed by 12 a month due to coronavirus the continents biggest sporting event it will now kick off in cameroon in 2022. Its just gone 5 am in hong kong in 23 years to the day after the territory was handed back to china people are waking to a new security law or law that critics claim will quote all the sent International Condemnation has been swift the u. S. U. K. E. U. And nato have all expressed grave concerns and anger over the legislation that gives beijing sweeping powers over the territory well under the law anything that beijing defines as acts of secession subvert. Jand terrorism and collusion with foreign powers is punishable by up to life in prison those suspected of in danger in National Security in hong kong will be put under surveillance and be wiretapped by authorities the law says the management of foreign n. G. O. S News Agencies schools and social groups will be strengthened and anyone convicted of violating the security legislation will be barred from standing in any hong kong elections the prodemocracy organization demos sisto spearheaded by activist joshua one has already announced it is this banding adrian brown reports it normally takes a year for Chinas Parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the countrys most powerful political body the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress in Hong Kong China supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. A contentious measure that spitzer he divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imports illegal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox but it will have no respective effect. The critics here say the new law now threatens to stifle even small displays of dissent like this one in a local Shopping Mall on tuesday china is causing passing a law without without even asking. An innocent not going to the proper procedures the laws passing had an immediate political impact democracy activist joshua wang announced he was resigning from the Political Party he helped found before the party itself was dissolved also desponding 2 other smaller political groups that advocated independence for hong kong this is the most Dramatic Development since its return from british to chinese rule since then chinas had thousands of troops garrisoned in the city now its secret agents will be able to legally operate here as well a body to gather intelligence will also be set up the timing of this new law is no coincidence wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of hong kongs handover from britain to china police have sealed off the area around a Convention Center where locals and mainland dignitaries commemorate the event each year before the handover china promised that hong kongs freedoms including an independent legal system would continue for 50 more years to many people here now it seems that promise has been broken in july the 1st is traditionally a symbolic day marked by a large march but police have denied an application for another this year citing the coronavirus and the potential for violence several groups though are vowing to test the ban adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Im joined now via skype by Jonny Patterson who is the director of the Human Rights Organisation hall call sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera we just heard in that report that many people think that what is happening with this new law is effectively china breaking that promise it made when hong kong was handed back 23 years ago that it would remain independent for 50 years do you see it that way do you see the slow as a broken promise effectively yes yes i do and the law reduces as the report said these charges to burgeon secession and collusion which are also very broadly defined they simply shattered the human rights sic gods on comes constitution and theres a theres a famous nobel peace laureate called new jumbo who is he was sentenced to 12 years in jail in Mainland China for a century being a prodemocracy activist groups law introduces a burgeoning into hong kongs constitution that means that people like joshua wang people like martin lee and others whove been on being on your show may now face between 10 years and a life in prison suggests explain to us what impact is that having on the whole call them on the people there how much nervousness is there about this new law which as you say is vague and so perhaps people wouldnt be clear as to what they can and cannot do. I mean people on the ground are terrified i mean george jones been campaigning tirelessly on the streets of on can since he was that the 2012 he was 1st on the on the ground there and now now hes shutting down his Political Party and i think that says all you need to now rick there been today weve heard about religious institutions journalists legal illegal bodies all of them worried that theyre going to have to change the way they behave as a result of this law which really smashes the file between hong kong system and the mainland and leaves many many people in hong kong vulnerable to prosecution we have heard i guess expressions of concern for players like nato the u. S. The e. U. Crucially of course the u. K. What action would you like to see from the International Community perhaps particularly from the u. K. Which of course has historical links to all. So we calling for 3 main things refuge diplomacy and sanctions on the refuge point theyre increasingly going to be large numbers on congress who are looking for a way out and its vital that they that there is a lifeline there is an International Lifeboat as it were to allow hong kong is somewhat to go and britain have said that British National overseas passport holders which is a large block of hong kong is going to be allowed to seek a pathway to citizenship in britain and were calling for other countries to join and canada and the u. S. To stand with hong kong by offering refuge but it can stop there and we and we feel as well that diplomatic channels so things like the United Nations spend sending special report search and would be really important and finally sanctions i think would make the sanctions may be appropriate down the line particularly targeted minutes because sanctions so that the perpetrators of human rights abuses are held accountable for their crimes. And i mean do you feel for example director of a Human Rights Organization do you feel your own position might be vulnerable weve seen that the law says the management of foreign n. G. O. S News Agencies schools will be strengthened which in itself is quite a vague way of putting it so so were lucky to be based in london i feel very concerned for our contacts my ground and i know that many of them are vulnerable in a number of told me that they go on they complicate with me anymore and i feel really sad about that because my friends. And i am deeply concerned for the other for many of your connections that have a presence on the ground human Rights Groups and Amnesty International Human Rights Watch or are reconsidering that based in on the moment and and the implications of a very worrying. Johnny patterson director of the Human Rights Organisation hong kong watch thank you so much for sharing your expertise and opinions with us here thank you. The United States top expert on Infectious Diseases warns the number of coronavirus cases across the country is likely to get much worse people dont follow Health Recommendations dr anthony found she has also said theres no guarantee the u. S. Will have an effect the vaccine california texas and many other states have already imposed to some restrictions after reporting a record increase in infections more than 126000 americans have died than millions of lost their jobs as businesses and schools shut to contain the virus the spread. It is going to be very disturbing i will guarantee you that because when you have an outbreak in one part of the country even though in other parts of the country theyre doing well they are vulnerable i made that point very clearly we are now having 40 plus 1000 new cases a day i would not be surprised if we go up to 100000. 00 a day if this does not turn around. Cross live now to ship our town see whos monitoring all developments for us in washington d. C. So obviously very strong and worrying words there from anthony felt she weve also seen in the past days and weeks a lot of states that had perhaps too quickly started to reopen now have kind of gone back on that do you sense that there is perhaps a shift in the u. S. In taking this disease perhaps more seriously than they have so far. Its because of that split i think between the what the federal authorities are saying what local authorities are saying what some local authorities are saying because they think the white house wants them to say it was an alarming list of reasons that we got from the several Health Care Advisors to the white house about why if things are going so wrong how she actually said you know we dont have total control of the situation right now and thats because he suggested because a lot of states a lot of cities are opening up quickly not following the guidelines he says because young people think theyre invincible and theyre just going out to other places and think not even thinking about even if they become asymptomatic whether they have spreading it to elderly relatives an elder members of society theres a lack of belief in science that kept coming up a constant theme in this hearing is that a lot of americans a sizable proportion dont believe in vaccines dont believe in we dont have you have but even if there was a vaccine that i probably wouldnt take it i dont so they dont believe in the advice about mosques and thats one of the key points that kept coming up is why dont people believe in mosques and what we said they heard from senator has and what was implicitly said by the white house advisers themselves is because clearly getting a message that they shouldnt be wearing mosques and the senate at least on both sides of the i was saying thats because of donald trump the president because he refuses to come out strongly in favor of them refused to wear them himself so republicans would say he needs to start wearing them himself to show that mosques need to be worn the white house just had a press briefing where the White House Press secretary said oldroyd has no problem with you know people should just take their local the local guidance having said that though donald trump will be attending a fireworks display in south dakota at Mount Rushmore on us on friday evening and we already have the guidance no mosques a mandatory not even social distancing is officially being called for at the next major event the dull trunk will be appearing in public forum. And she had been in many other countries especially in europe people got very concerned and scared when they saw their Health Services being overwhelmed this anything like that happened in the United States where hospitals in particular areas of course have been overwhelmed that is that had any impact on the population. That seems to be part of the problem the whole point about flattening the curve remember was all about not overwhelming Health Services so that they would be enough resources and intensive care bads and ventilators and so on to deal with and the upsurge in the virus was necessarily about the true number of people who had the virus but just to make sure that Health Facilities would be prepared what we saw at the beginning of this the spread of the virus in the u. S. There were people in cities and states on the east coast west coast liberal enclaves having a major problem and what we were saying was places in the west in the south a republican. And thats thats a source of great debate now were sort of saying well we dont really having a big issue with hospitals whats the big fuss about we all beginning to see that reverse now with states in the south and west now having real problems with intensive care beds and facilities that still people personal protective equipment was being mentioned at the hearing today that i may not be enough for the 2nd wave or even that the upsurge of the 1st wave so these problems are still there appears to be making a difference and because we all know here in Republican Leadership Mitch Mcconnell the Senate Majority leader of the of the House Minority leader mike pence is now talking about about mosques and putting them on we all sing republicans get a bit more serious about that you have to wonder whether thats because they see whats happening in the home states but yet the president although he does he does all of the people take local guidance he still is wearing a mask himself and that in the end does have a huge amount of influence with a lot of people. With the latest on that developing. Coming up in the belgians kingfish expresses regret for his countrys brutal colonial rule but stops short of an apology sudanese protesters. Demanding security reform and the return of top level cricket next week is going to be axed. Special. Star player. The of. The king of belgium has for the 1st time in the countrys history expressed what he calls his deepest regrets for colonial rule in africa. Knowledge that acts of violence and cruelty were committed and the wounds are still being felt in what is now the democratic republic of congo now reports. But for covered 19 belgiums king philip would be in the democratic republic of congo hes apologized he cant be in the capital kinshasa for the marking the 60th anniversary of independence and hes become the 1st reigning belgian model to express regret for the countrys colonial past in a letter to fed ex she said cody the president of the d. L. C. King felipe conveys his deepest regrets for the acts of violence and cruelty of the suffering and humiliation inflicted on congo there was no apology from him or from belgiums Prime Minister sophie vilmas seen here in brussels unveiling a plaque commemorating the d. L. C. 60th anniversary vilma stressed the importance of recognizing the suffering caused by colonialism want to be really. Belgians she is a common history with congo in 2020 remains be able to look quickly city and discernment at the state past the past marked by inequality and violence towards the congolese king leopold the 2nd an ancestor of belgiums current king ruled over parts of congo from 885. 00 to 98. 00 with a private army he secured vast personal wealth in slaving the population and exploiting their rich Natural Resources experts believe he was responsible for the deaths of 10000000 congolese people his reign was eventually judged so cruel by fellow european leaders that he handed over the vast territory to the belgian states which ruled it as a colony until 961 legacy of that role is the thousands of people who suffered like these 5 women did in his mid eighties or bi racial they were kidnapped 2 or 3945 in 1950 when they were very young and placed in catholic institutions theyve now filed a lawsuit for crimes against humanity targeting the belgian state how can this yeah yeah there is no consideration there is nothing nothing we were dumped like that after theyre broken our entire life we had no childhood theres nothing what do we have to give to our children yet another legacy is a campaign for belgium to fully. Front its past atrocities as anti racism protests spread worldwide recently statues of figures including leopold the 2nd was hobbled or splashed with red paint this warning against is one of just a few that have been removed officially but campaigners say a long overdue reckoning is on the way. African diaspora all the belgian. Congo is all regions all congolese People Living in that particular space. Found a way to challenge that never. About collaboration and also challenge the rest of the experience in belgium. Can felipes lettuces the wounds of the past a quote rekindled by the discrimination all too present in our society belgiums National Parliament has already set up a truth and Reconciliation Commission on the countrys colonial history for many its a small step in the right direction nadine barber aljazeera. One person has been killed and several others wounded during largely peaceful protests in sudan tuesdays them astray sions drew hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets in cities and towns across the country the protesters want justice for those killed the during and the after the rule of former president Omar Al Bashir heba morgan reports now from capital. Despite the pandemic and coronavirus state of Health Emergency hundreds of thousands poured on to sudan street from the capital to the various states and to those stuck in displacement camps because of years of conflict all demanding the Transitional Government steps up to complete the goals of the revolution 6 6. We want the Transitional Government to deliver on justice for the lives lost so these are not protests against the government were supporting the government but we want the government to show us that the revolution was not. I think its about time for the Central Government to collapse i think its about time we we react sealy make a move toward making peace and toward our brothers in darfur brother owns in a near as an act so i mean we. Only freedom peace and justice. In some places police fired tear gas to prevent protesters from breaching security cordons d to use this protests were on the 1st anniversary of demonstrations last year they pressured the Transitional Military Council to move this protest leaders to weeks after the killing of doesnt approve democracy sit in hearts and shattered hopes for a deal a power sharing agreement was signed in august but nearly a year on many of its conditions still arent implemented sudan is then without a Transitional Legislative Assembly and nearly all governors are military governors contrary to the power sharing agreement to this protest havent been backed by all the members of the Ruling Coalition known as the forces of freedom and change some voice support while others the unnecessary especially because of the coronavirus pandemic. The protest happened the day after members of the former ruling party were arrested theyre accused of planning to sabotage the anniversary protests june 30th is also the anniversary of the former ruling party coming to power 31 years ago hours before the protests sudans Prime Minister whos it to complete a year in office to address the nation in the coming days you will hear decisive decisions some of which will have a deep political and Economic Impact some sides will try to take advantage to create instability i urge you to take caution we will get through this period and we will prevail through our unity and our hold on the goals of the revolution. For large numbers of sudanese the Transitional Government is falling short of delivering the demands of the revolution which toppled the longtime president. But many years the will continue to back the government as it faces many challenges people morgan on to their own hard to. At least 8 people have been killed and 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of following the killing of a popular singer thousands of fans followed. As cascaded are this of about with protests over his shooting taking place in several Cities Police are investigating what happened to the musician who is known for political songs about the rights of the autumn a people the other more ethiopias Largest Ethnic Group but theyve often complained about discrimination. Law is an associate professor of law and kill university in staffordshire and an expert in ethiopia and the horn of africa he joins us now via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera teller International Audience who perhaps may not be familiar with him why actually who was such a key figure in ethiopia obviously as an artist steve wrote many sorts of songs but also as a political activist and a political figure. Absolutely and i think his profile as an individual is really important total understanding what is happening now is somebody that is seeing as i can buy that 50000000 for most who really should be on the horn of africa. Is. Going to how do you really want to go genius was. My duty to power the rhetorical facility the invasion the quit expression with which he you know really ably committed in dont fight some of the deeply interested and profound new to problems that almost hopi facing slow to see in that country and he deep saw you know when the people understood in a way that you know cuts food all the complexities of politics and spoke to people very direct to the end of the meeting so prominent and he is someone who plays the transformational or. Really the bottom or quarters of 2015 to 2018 for citizen Prime Minister to resign from office so in light of all of that in this key position that i guess it made me feel paean that culture and society how likely is it that is that then we still dont know you know who might be behind it and we are waiting for an investigation but how likely is it do you think to destabilize ethiopia which is currently going through quite a a tenuous moment anyway. Slowly having the country how do you facing significant challenges since its kind of since it started a process of transition plans of course was to open a very positive long and somewhere in the middle the government priorities have changed and. If you have a society and political consensus has what who are they for and the assassination of these very important to you who meant so much for so many people that came to be came at a very difficult time and its really difficult to see how the government will be able to be that different viewpoints different ideological persuasions that exist in the country because really thats the year where you. Live in government not what i want as much as it was it was expected to. Prime minister i. B. M. Had expressed his condolences he said he had lost a precious life now that the Prime Minister won the 2001000 Nobel Peace Prize because of his attempts or certainly desire to end a conflict in ethiopia with every thread but just in general how much of a spotlight do you think this will put on him specifically and his role. I think 1000000000 or. More its in all the around it comes with responsibilities so when you find yourself. Difficult political situation where you are expected to make you go out kind of call and when you feel to do so of course the spotlight is going to be on you and most importantly your part because of. Public relations side of that. In terms of these 2 within that youre in a society that can live it is the fault lines. And. To be extremely problematic. The Prime Minister is going to take the active steps immediately. Well there have been reports the Prime Minister has said theyre expecting a full investigation into the killing of actual whom desa something that of course aljazeera will be following here for the moment. As a professor of law keeled university an expert on ethiopia and the horn of africa thank you. Leaders from the g. 5 said hell countries and french president among one mccrone are meeting in mauritanias capital north chart to discuss how to reduce attacks in the region the g 5 said hell force includes militaries from mali chad the new share burkean a fast so and mauritania in recent months armed rebels linked to alqaeda and eisel have strengthened their positions across the sahara across his call for an end to political instability and expressed solidarity in the fight against the pandemic of coronavirus Nicolas Sarkozy senegals capital dhaka he says the victories of the g. 5 countries have been overshadowed by a un report which accuses nis air mali and blocking a fast so of killing some of their own civilians in the fight against rebel groups. What the countries the militaries in the region want is more support from European Partners more funding to fund their military and at the at the start of this summit micro said that there were some victories made by the french militaries are present in mali theyve changed their strategy in the last 6 months they were before deployed in northern mali now and theyve deployed in the border areas with the breaking up of sonys air and mali instead of using heavy battalions they are using a more lighter weight presence but for a more long term presence and of course those victories that was as mentioned by michael have been overshadowed by a u. N. Report that really pointed fingers at their supporting troops from the same hellion armies from the Jeremiah Faso accused of killing those that theyre meant to protect over 200. 00 people according to amnesty over 200. 00 cases according to Amnesty International of instances where soldiers are killing civilians instead of protecting them in that specific area meanwhile theres also been allegations of corruption up to 100000000. 00 missing in state coffers meant for the Defense Forces in egypt air. At least 1000 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a Medical Clinic in the capital of iran state t. V. Said firefighters are battling the blaze in north terrine online videos appear to show more than one explosion and thick black smoke rising from the flames the blasts appeared to be from oxygen tanks and there are concerns that more tanks in the building could explode nearby buildings are being evacuated. A journalist accused of spying and instigating protests in iran 3 years ago has been sentenced to death ruhollah zama ran a channel on the popular messaging app telegram he used the platform to post videos and information about protests in the country your lot was arrested in 2019 after returning from paris where he lived in exile. The us democrats say that the spied a briefing from the white house they still havent received the information they need on russias alleged bounties on american soldiers in afghanistan theyre calling for a full briefing from the Intelligence Community the president called this a hoax publicly nothing in the briefing that weve just received led me to believe it is a hoax. There may be 2 different judgments as to the level of credibility but there was no assertion that the information we had was a hoax. Still to come in this news hour as the u. K. Lays out plans to invest in infrastructure to save jobs we visit a town in wales where more than 60 people compete for each vacancy. A better harvest why the coronavirus pandemic is putting pakistans king of fruit at risk and in sports the next edition of african footballs biggest tournament has been postponed details in just a moment. Right where all the excess if hes been swept out of Northern Europe by this were double centered area of low pressure spreading its wind and its tiredness rain eastwards the training frontal bits here been producing some pretty big thunderstorms in for example poland where theres been flooding and this was warsaw just yesterday thats almost overnight the wettest weather recently has been in the Baltic States is going up towards finland so wednesday is picture still one where the blue represents the rain skidding across germany but no longer a slow moving sunder storms temperature wise were not that disappointing really were still in the twentys for the most part but the real summer heat is still pressed further south through italy securely southern italy and spain in portugal we could still temperatures above normal in for example and lithia in the southwest the picture for warsaw is still a potentially sunday one even on thursday but the sun is out after that the temperatures have come down from the thirtys and not bad at all probably in a few very pleasant north africa the breeze isnt particularly strong although it is picking up the dust in egypt and that runs further south as well into sudan there are further big showers forecast and probably likely to happen in for example monrovia and sierra leone. Its very difficult as a chef or restaurant or to buy shrimp with the confidence that what youre serving is going to be good seafood by nature is a high risk monody sometimes trip is raised using production drugs like you know products that are not approved for use in the u. S. The f. D. A. Simply isnt testing enough on be imported market to really find all of these violent a president and take no one else is in. The best soon as the sun goes down to shutting down russia is a very challenging place to work probably has begun to live you can go to a court that he has to you can do it its not allowed to be a bill pushing the always pushing. Product the kind of most always on would love god people are being detained for peacefully moch they are put the food found for we are the body traveling the extra mile we oughta media go go we go there and we give them a pound to tell their story. The way. Back is a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the International Community has condemned china for introducing a National Security law in hong kong that critics say undermines the territories Civil Liberties and political freedom. The United States top expert on Infectious Diseases warns the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people dont follow health for commendations and one person has been killed as protesters in sudan attempt to pile the pressure on the countrys Transitional Government Security Forces were placed on high alert after activists called for a 1000000 man march. The European Union is lifting its external border restrictions from more than a dozen countries from wednesday but there have been some notable exclusions stepped fasten is that Amsterdams Schiphol International Airport she says the airports been basically empty for the past 4 months and a rush of travelers isnt expected right away. These 14 countries are very diverse we have poor guy on the on the list serbia is on the list of canadas on the list but very absent from this list are the United States russia and brazil which are very important and big countries and especially americans millions of americans travel to the European Union every year so they will be missed here. In council has said that they use criteria looking at the number of infections per 100000 citizens in the country thats the criteria they say they have fused and its around 16 infections 4100000. People in a country thats not the United States which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesnt have it under control but again it doesnt mean that theres going to be a huge influx of tourists now and of course its a very economic important factor to have tourism back on track and this is the Summer Season is starting now and a lot of business here and in the netherlands but also we are just very much relying on it and with this policy the e. U. Is now showing some kind of unity because they havent shown any unity during this whole covert 19th and damage from the start every country has done its own thing it has had its own policy with border internal borders also being closed theyre now being gradually lifted us while so its important to have a common policy a common border policy as they. Say its call because the internal borders are all open and people can travel freely so there is a huge risk that if one country does about a thing as the other that of course the pandemic here in europe could start again. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced 6000000000. 00 worth of Infrastructure Projects saying britain cannot continue to be prisoner of the coronavirus johnson pledged to improve education protect hospitals and improve roads and rail among other sectors he also promised to cut red tape around planning to speed up private House Building the u. Cane our economy has seen its sharpest fall in more than 40 years because of covert 19 finance minister she soon will announce further details next week we must work fast because weve already seen the vertiginous drop in g. D. P. And we know that people are worried about their jobs and their businesses and were waiting as if between the flash of lightning and the thunder clap with our hearts and our markets for the full economic reverberations to appear or Business Owners in leicester say that they are depressed after the u. K. City became the 1st to implement a local lockdown after a spike in qana virus cases more than 4000 businesses have been affected Health Secretary matt hancock says the measures will be reviewed in 2 weeks but as john howard reports reports thats no rest for those who were hoping to open up on saturday. I care. Less these lockdown is a blow to an already battered local economy its sad for leicester this is going to happen ive met lots of other Business Owners if come in for coffee today very sad that its not going away and for their restaurants and pubs that thought theyd be reopening on saturday now current nonessential shops and schools that had reopened must now close to 10 percent of all new infections nationally are happening here in a city of 350000 people thats now a test case for the containment of localized outbreaks and it appears theres a lot to learn and certainly if we knew about their ethnicity and if we knew in great detail and had known in great detail about where they lived we might have been able to make some inferences about whether they were associated with just just those places we havent had it and therefore we dont know it there is a sense that things are being made up a little on the hoof both by local authorities and Central Government and not helped by big holes in the available testing data being drip fed by Central Government and even then not allowing for new cases of the virus to be sourced to local workplaces local addresses or ethnicities. Making it hard to contain an outbreak that seems to be prevalent in lesters large asian communities i think has been very highly irresponsible of our government Central Government not to give that information to the local authority here i think less the city council should have been given that information as soon as it was available so that they could prepare and plan for how to meet this growing number of those who are being affected by it in force mint is also an issue just ask people in villages outside the lockdown zone power on earth do you police whether people leave that area or do you have a Police Person on every street corner. Do. Well and elsewhere have to do some kind of check as people walk through the door how on earth is a local ice locked down in forcible and if its not enforceable. Is it worth having in the 1st place i put that to the landlord of the red lion in barwell who will be reopening his pub on saturday all we do with a guy who has registered and im their address and thats all replies to the literature go. On for the fear of well of us because thats to say because chaos and havoc it may not be long before local knock down the require else were the lessons of leicester will have to be learnt from last jonah how aljazeera leicester. Well economic stagnation and the coronavirus have left the wrong the valley in south wales destitute it now has the 2nd highest Unemployment Rate in the u. K. With 63. 00 people chasing every single job lawrence live reports now from the town of tony pandy. Every shouted shop every collapsed business tells a story of lost hope theres barely a soul around volleyed hasnt had a single customer all day so hes closing early is not somebody who was in the industry of. All raise. But. Theyre going to help us to. Give it in good hands for 34 months this is ok. If you know losing everything everybody lose their job. The valley used to be thriving the largest coal seam in britain led to the villages being built around the mines but its all been gone for 40 years and the community is a stranded there are now 63 people chasing every job here is the 2nd highest Unemployment Rate in the entire u. K. Boris johnsons government was elected on an express promise to what he called level up provide vast amounts of Financial Support to the left behind communities around the u. K. Like this and that was in december before the virus even came here all thats done is to massively amplify enormous problems that were already there. Many of these places dont even have a railway line connecting them to the big cities but even if thats what the government side deal of Infrastructure Spending looks like its directly at all with what the rhonda says it really needs which is a new sustainable local economy to replace the one that disappeared weve suffered in the past where jobs have been created by Large Companies who come in and taken grants and exploited no wage labor and then up sticks and left as soon as the Economic Conditions change if we were able to invest in people owning their own businesses in the form of cooperatives people actually own in the means of production then they more likely to stay in these communities and i see no reason it or why government cant be investing in that way now and what will johnson do to immediately replace all those jobs lost in the 1st half of this year big infrastructure plans take years to get off the ground if you want economics to represent a kind. Of britain then you have to think other than just spend money on projects its all about ensuring communities can be sustainable can thrive and people can find prosperity in a very part of every kind of community in every city in every region of the u. K. Goes a long way beyond pouring concrete on the Economic Situation in places like this is so dire that arguably anything is better than nothing but if whats on offer is Something Like a new railway line to get people out it isnt the same as finding ways they can stay largely aljazeera in their own the valley. And as if the impact of the corona virus has been bad enough scientists have discovered a new swine flu in china and say it has the potential to cause another pandemic a study published in a u. S. Journal said the virus had become more infectious to humans and needed to be monitored closely scientists said the virus poses no immediate threat but the World Health Organization said it will read the study carefully 2 people have reportedly been infected in china but theres no evidence of it circulating among humans harmful practices against women and girls are undermining gender equality the Uns Population Fund has listed a string of damaging behaviors and customs in its flagship report and it warns that without urgent action the situation will get worse the report found that young girls in some developing countries are still being forced into marriage an estimated 650000000 girls and women were married as children nearly 4100000 girls and women are still at risk of genital mutilation thats despite a years Long Campaign to end the practice and more than 140000000 females are missing as a consequence of gender bias and its the result of an extreme and continuing preference for sons over daughters fueling sex selection abortions and the neglect. That it can then is the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund that she says the harmful practices against women can cause a lasting trauma. The harm that these practices do is discrimination not just for today but its trauma for a lifetime and female genital mutilation is one that we need to break the silence on it is prevalent primarily in africa a country like to duty or good or mali where more than 90 percent of women have had the after practice however numerically a country like indonesia because of the big population size and because girls under the age of 11 half of them have undergone f. D. M. Also contributes and people move and culture moves so in fact even in europe in the americas we see this practice girls are equal to boys men and women are equal this is an every statute the United Nations of popes however the son preference that is evident in so many places around the world leads to decisions and technology as an aider and abettor of a decision as to whether or not a girl male or female foetus will survive so as we look at the World Population today knowing that normally there is a balance between men and women male and female we see that fully 114000000 females are missing when we look at the World Population census this is deep seated inequality that has to change the mango season in pakistan 1 is looking bleak for farmers theyve been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and locust attacks of severely damaged the fruit suspend that flights and high fight charges brought down exports some of binge of aid for points. Its the busiest time of the year this market. Creates are packed and shipped from milk on. To local and international buyers. But 2020 has not been a great year for farmers and retailers we have export quality mangoes but due to the lock down we wont be able to export our mangoes to any country and faced the losses this year pharmacy a double blow from Coronavirus Related Health issues and locust infestations has already cut their exports by half and thats been compounded by export restrictions you travel bans even that 50 percent is not going to be exported because buddhisms fear shipment ferry is going to be used and also there are a lot of recipes in Different Countries so its going to be a disaster i think for all the crops last year pakistans mangles raked in 1000000. 00 as the Food Exporters Association says they were able to export 130. 00 metric tons the prospect of not being able to sell means many have not even harvested their fruit the loss of exports has also cut local jobs in some of the most impoverished parts of pakistan. The World Bank Estimates pakistans export for me a drop around a 3rd because of Global Economic shock widening budget deficit high inflation and shrinking Foreign Investment is dragging the economy even further down analysts predict pakistan will need to borrow 15000000000. 00 to cover costs using what it has the government plans to push socalled mango diplomacy to try and open up new market its offered incentives to mangle farmers to encourage exports. The best. Sound ever made was. Looking for a new market. But officials need to act fast as a fruit is highly perishable as the mango season peaks in july dozens of available varieties have already been affected by changing weather restricted flight and border closures with iran and afghanistan people in pakistan call it the king of fruits but the Economic Impact of the coronavirus pandemic and even spears royalty some of a job with 0. Authorities in india have deployed drones to help fight crop the destroying locusts and i gather drones were being used to spray insecticides on the locusts experts warned of extensive crop losses if the government fails to curb fast spreading swarms india is battling its worst deserts local south break in decades. So to come here in aljazeera the Unlikely Hero who delivered when it mattered the most the baseball action is just after the short break. From. The. Sky left the sport what south. Thank you very much barbara the africa cup of nations has been postponed by 12 months due to coronavirus the continents biggest sporting event will now kick off in cameroon in january 2022 he convert the ration of african football and made the announcement us a Video Conference meeting for the tournament a word jew to finish in september but for now all International Football on the continent is suspended for. Today we took the decision of delaying the africa cup of nations no one would like this decision but we have to do because of the current problem it will see what happens in the next few months the difference between us and some of the countries in europe is that we havent reached our peak it but they already did. For the cup of nations it was due to kick off in cameroon next january but 4 of the 6 rounds of qualifying are yet to happen the tournament is crucial to the finances of african football the 2900 men in egypt generated revenue of more than 18000000. 00 the womens africa cup of nations which was due to happen later this year has been cancelled more positively at club level a Womens Champions League is to start in 2021 while weve been talking to african football of writer my head. About the complicity of organizing International Games in the continent while the pandemic is ongoing. Yeah i mean youre talking about a massive continent of more than 1000000000 people in 50 countries and each of them are dealing with this chronic virus very very differently see how it goes it ranges from you know your tanzanias your group these. Are a little more lax about the virus and maybe i dont have a strict measures to a country like were right and all shares and all geria where the president said were not going to open up any of our borders and so the virus has been begun so International Travel is not only very very expensive due to the Core Infrastructure but. The way that each country is handling things is very different and because its such a large area of space its not like you can bring all the National Teams together and said you know a contact area and play some sort of chinamen tend to get run through the qualifying matches so it the logistics of that are extremely extremely difficult and very very pricey as well but the africa cup of nations is the flagship training mentor for the confederation that can for both for the continent in general but at the same time i think everybody understands the dangers of these fires and its i think unfair set expects a country like cameroon that is set to host this tournament to really put everything on its back and try to push through a trade if theyre not ready to deal with the virus and if they havent sort of eradicate it by some their own territory because theyre going to be welcoming a lot of different people from a lot of different parts world by events as have men told their full point lead to at the top of the say add a b. To generosity one on tuesday 2nd place allowed also one and add they came from behind to be tory no one has to still have a 9 games that still the 10 year they need to at the top of the table. Manchester united have boosted their chances of a place and next seasons Champions League at brighton 3 nella away a little earlier the result moves them into 5th in the English Premier League 2 points behind chelsea finishing 4th guarantees a spot in europes elite tournament a while 5th could be enough if 2nd place man city cannot overturn their 2 season ban from European Competition or man city when the royal family is set to complete a move to buy munich the 2 clubs have agreed to a deal worth up to 50000000. 00 the 24 year old german and join city for 2016 and has claimed 2 premier League Titles with the club so all round the bend so who will lead england next week in the 1st test against the west indies with top level cricket to make in his return after a 4 month break soaks is standing in for joe root hold be absent juta the expected birth of his 2nd child it will be the 1st time stosur aside the 1st test begins on july the 8th in southampton and will happen behind closed doors. And be a player and jordan and spencer. Of the Brooklyn Nets say they have both tested positive for corona virus the news comes as the league prepares to resume the 2020 season next month at venues within disney world in Orlando Florida teams have already been arriving there ahead of the july 30th restart. Major League Baseball gets underway in just over 3 weeks with its season delayed because of the coronavirus action is in full swing however in south korea there was a thrilling and to the l. G. Twins a match against katie whistle on tuesday with the schools at 3 all at the bottom of the 11th hongchang de smashed a wall called homer to seal a dramatic win for the twins. 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