Covered on t. V. Infections in the u. S. Is it gives up the Independence Day fireworks in politics. And the u. S. Seizes a shipment of human Hair Products to have come from chinese minority was held in detention camps. And im found all the sporting polluting formula one World Champion Lewis Hamilton is quickest in practice ahead of the delayed Season Opener in austria and. Almost 2 years after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered so in istanbul a turkish trial has begun to 20 saudi nationals accused of being involved because i just failed say how to judge angus was among those to testify but none of the accused was anywhere near the court shelties murder inside the saudi called see that provoked outrage around the world earlier i spoke to agnes cullum of the un special rapporteur or whos the best to get in this case extensively she says the trial will likely bring a lot of new information to the likes. These easer 1st occasion where the International Language of justice in a former sense of the world the International Language of lho is being applied to the state killing of america should be and therefore it is very important its also important for the victims they are being given a full more space to speak thats the 1st time its happening and certainly i think the trial you will surprise us it will give us some information that we may not have even though a lot has already been reported already today there were information the course given by various witnesses which i personally did not know so i think asshole those reasons these trying does matter lets go live now to send him call till the who has been following the 1st day of the trial from istanbul sent him to take us some of the testimony that was given today. World came in there are 54 witnesses in walled in this indictment and today we were able to hear around 10 of them and most of them are the consulate employees for instance there were drivers there were technical workers men and women and their testimonies were actually exactly the same words the same sentences that were written in the mint but of course we had the chance to access that to hear that from them for instance one of the one of the drivers he said that. I have to 1st explain your that all consulate employees especially the Turkish National ones were ordered to take some days off after after the day of the murder some of them even before so for instance one driver sais he was called by the by the right of course late to take his family to the airport and he explains how the consul general ortegas psychology was how he was confident and relaxed for instance one sees a technical worker he was he was called by to security personnel to the residence one day just on the day of the murder to live to lit a fire. In a in an organ that was recently built inside the garden before tomorrow. That all of them is actually what they call a ton that works with a very High Temperature and is stumbled police have the son suspicion that since there was no sign of jamal. Remains his body might have been burnt there and that with those that technical workers sat 5 days later when he came back there and the marble surrounding the lead of the town do the color of that marble have changed and new took us it was used it to clean that over in the tundras so these were very impressive very interesting statements by the witnesses. We werent able to hear all of them and and now the 2nd hearing of the trial is set for november 24 in which you end up are tracking this column art expects more International Attention more reprise sentence observations from Foreign Countries and international about these cam thank you for that same call c. L. O. Our correspondent there live for us and istanbul we go now to washington d. C. Where we have john ruben he is a former Deputy Assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs under the Obama Administration thank you thanks for your time mr ruben is casualties but even still on the radar in washington. Kim if i push you to be with you it is on the radar but of course its not a major public topic right now because of all the dynamics that are happening here and in our country on Racial Justice and coronavirus but in the Foreign Policy community it has not disappeared by any stretch and key policy makers have not changed their views of what happened and what it means for american saudi relations so well its quiet right now at the end of groups or in the trial they do bring it up to public discussion and its likely going to continue to be a thorn in the side of saudi arabia in congress as well. The president even at the height of this story time and again reiterated how important saudi arabia is there how important that relationship is to Jamal Khashoggi impact relations at old. I think it does what is happening here in washington is that saudi arabias image has been stained by this murder her and by the crown princes unwillingness to speak openly about it or its you deal with it in a way that americans and american policymakers view as transparent and in addition to that President Trump he protected the saudis for a number of weeks in jericho on this and as the story changed and evolved and now its just recently we saw in john boltons book a little bit of a discussion into this is to why and john bolton claimed that the president wanted to distract from his daughters revelation of his daughters use of personal email so its a very messy story but it has not looked good for trump or for the saudis and they have not done anything to really change opinion here that they did this act and that they have tried to hide from being held accountable for it has donald trump stunts changed at all and is there anything that could come out of this trial that would change that. Were not really seeing the administration changing its policy towards saudi arabia i think what theyve tried to do is say that the moves by saudi to identify culprits are those who committed the act that the punishment of those individuals the demonstrates that saudi arabia is taking it seriously theyve tried to move it along in the conversation but american saudi relations are not strong across the board certainly with the Trump Administration there is a commonality to a certain extent and when it comes to policy towards iran theres a marriage of convenience certainly but there is a lot of skepticism and it is it is not something that we have seen change for the better between thats the sides and i think that donald trump hes really tried to move on on the conversation understanding that publicly american saudi relations are not a winning argument for him and his Administration Thanks for analysis joel joel rubin there former Deputy Assistant secretary of state for legislative if it is Libyan Government forces say they have honest another mass graves in an area that used to be controlled by warlord honey for 5 bodies have so far been found forces backing the u. N. Recognize government said they discovered the remains of more than 200. 00 people who want to and south of tripoli the u. N. Has expressed horror and wants an investigation meanwhile turkey which supports the trip and the government says it will open and military Training Center was announced during a high level visit to libya among those in the delegation techies defense minister and the chief of staff and recent weeks tech support has helped push hostiles forces into retreat hold up overhead in tripoli tell us more about the turkish visit. This top turkish deliberation that included the defense minister. Along with the chief of staff and military commanders who met today with libyas internationally recognized Prime Minister of. The chief of staff of libyas chiefs and also the interior minister to assure other and also Libyan Military commanders government tripoli says that this visit is trying to look into a future a strategy is to build libyas defense and security capacities it seems to be this is the. Pre war stage that libyas internationally recognized the government is keen to build buy it turkish expertise by turkish hands thats also based on the turkish Libyan Military security and military agreement that was signed by libyas Prime Minister faisal raj and the president. Last november the victory achieved by the Government Forces over half to the force in the west of libya regaining recapturing the whole worst of libya after one year of heavy fighting that is attributed may lead to military support russia is reopening its embassy in libya whole though its head will be in neighboring tunisia the announcement was made during talks in moscow foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with the speaker of the disputed parliament based into brooke. Hes aligned with holy father tom lavrov emphasized he wants a ceasefire. Yemens who the forces say they have sent to explosive drones towards an airport and an air base in saudi arabia the spokesman for the group made the announcement on twitter and said the areas were hit with High Accuracy who these are fighting against the saudi u. A. E. Led military coalition in yemen saudi arabia said it intercepted the drone attack. 2 recent suicides in lebanon have sparked a new wave of protests over the governments handling of the devastating financial crisis a 61 year old man reportedly took his own life and by friday social media users have linked his death to the desperate Economic Situation the man also died by suicide on the same day at his home near the Southern City of side the lebanese government is trying to reverse months of economic decline. If europeans Prime Minister has described days of violence as a coordinated attempt to start civil unrest. Held an emergency meeting with senior advisers more than 80 people died in protests in response to the killing of the prominent. One day or so. In our country for a very long time some have been planning and plotting a scheme to start a civil war to pit people against one another and to derail the Peace Process in democratic reforms weve started to stop our agendas using all means including weapons media and money as if it were a stage production around the country theyve created over the last few days a problem that has its own writers and performers. Lets bring in Catherine Sawyer now who is in neighboring kenya catherine the Prime Minister there describing this as a coordinated attempt to try and start civil unrest i mean that is fairly significant. Fairly significant and a very tough statement he issued after this meeting that he had in the morning with top government officials including the chief of defense and. The attorney general as well so after this meeting is when he 1st released a written statement and basically this people that hes talking about in that clip that youve just run he says is some people that the government he says has allowed to come back to the country has given amnesty if you remember in the last 2 years or so a lot of ethiopians who are in exile who have fled the country who are allowed to come back home so the minister the Prime Minister there saying that some of this people in state of engaging with the government having many millions will dialogue on how to solve some of the problems that are flicked in ethiopia and this some of this people have decided to take up arms he says that some of this groups are using a slogan called we will start and finish in these are this is a copy to the city he says that basically this is this means that they are targeting the capital city at this hour because of all the Huge Development projects going on and they just dont want to destabilize the capital addis but the country as a whole its also important to note that in the last few days of the Prime Minister as well as some of his government officials have been talking about external forces that have a hand in what has been going on today we expected to hear more the Prime Minister did not name any names he did not expound on what. He meant by external forces but he did mention that this protest have come at a very crucial time when there are talks going on at the u. N. Security Council Talks about the construction of this huge dam project that is going on and project that has been contested by egypt and sudan if europe is going to start filling the dumpster. So the president says that this protest really are direct efforts and they come at a very critical time those who some of the people who have been suspected of killing this musician on tuesday have been arrested right now if your areas where some of these protests were happening are calm shops are open are Security Forces saying that theyre very much in control but investigations to identify who exactly killed the musician and the forces behind this part of the Prime Minister said both investigations are going on thank you so much for that update there Catherine Sawyer monitoring developments from nairobi. But more ahead on the news our including. Find out why france has dropped an investigation into the start of the war on the genocide. And lionel messi could be saying goodbye to barcelona santa has more details scores. The u. S. Has had another record grow the virus cases reporting more than 55000 new infections that figure is the largest any country has ever reported since the outbreak began there are fears that number will increase when people go out to attend july 4th celebrations this weekend lets go live now to our White House Correspondent complete health kits kimberly july 4th obviously a big holiday how are authours hes asking people to approach it. Well theyre really saying its now or never in the sense of trying to catch this what theyre really worried about are the records theyve been breaking not the kind they want to 40 out of the 50 us states have seen sharp spikes in 1000 cases and they continue for 5 or 6 consecutive days now to break the record in the United States for the number of new cases of covert 19 in the feeling is that these could become sort of super spreader events when americans gather together with their families to go to fireworks celebrations except in 2 weeks there could be a real problem on the hands of Health Officials so theyre really cautioning people to stay at home if they can to really keep the gatherings intimates but at the same time theyre kind of getting mixed messages because the u. S. President is still considered still continuing to celebrate the 4th of july holiday in fact hell be leaving the white house shortly and heading to mt rushmore in the u. S. State of south dakota for fireworks displays there and we know that there have been some problems already for white house staff with covert 1000 testing positive already we know that the Vice President has had to scale back some of his plans for next week and one of the hot spots florida or rather arizona he was expected to travel on tuesday there for kind of a Campaign Rally type of event thats now been canceled after some of the secret Service Members that did the advance there for security checking things out theyve tested positive so now hes still going to the state will go and wednesday but its going to be out of a subdued affair. You mentioned there the number of states that have an increasing number of coronavirus cases does that mean that some of the planned reopening zanele being reversed in many parts of the country. Absolutely california is a really good example of that already we know that to try and turn this around the governor there has closed some of the beaches in Southern California also scaling back some of those restaurant openings that have occurred closing Indoor Dining closing some of the bars there are particular in some of the hard hit counties were seeing similar measures being taken in florida and the other problem area and really notable is taxes because that governor there had kind of pushed back on the wearing of masks initially now hes mandating that for the state or at least a majority of the counties where theyre having problems that if you go in public you have to wear a mask so these are the hard choices that are being made and again the decision is try to do it now because otherwise youre not going to be able to reopen schools in the fall like cetera and the word from public Health Officials again is that theyre concerned not only is this mutating in terms of the virus becoming more transmissible and contagious but also what theyre worried about again is that if things dont get under control now the United States could be setting records of 100000. 00 new cases a day thanks so much for that complete how because there it with an update from the white house brazil is said to post 1500000 confirmed infections on friday while more than 60000 people have died even so the government is pushing ahead with reopening balls restaurants and gyms risking even funston fiction rights brazil is by far the worst affected country in the america which is now at the center of the Global Pandemic for isabeau is on for us in when i say it is that were going to talk brazil series other any efforts at old to mitigate the spread of covert 19 in brazil. Dramatic situation in brazil as you just said 1500000 people are already infected in the country over 60000 people have already died the virus is spreading to brazils most remote areas to brazils indigenous communities in the amazon rain forest where people are dreading extinction the government says that theyre doing what they can in order to meet to gave effect but many of the people we have spoken to say that this is not enough and just now precedents are you towards fernando has passed a law where he makes the use of face masks mandatory in a way v told it to close says that the law says one of them is the one that makes mandatory the use of facemasks in churches in schools among others the other clause that he vetoed is the one that forces the federal government to assist with face next to brazils most vulnerable communities that all of this is happening just as 2 of brazils biggest cities have started to open up one of them is real the journey to where people are allowed to go to the beach to exercise but not to some base restaurants and shopping malls have started to open up something similar is happening in the city of fallujah lets not forget what happened in those 2 cities that governors opposed president je to hold for not us policy was against lockdowns well they imposed knockdowns in both cities but they started to open up because of the pressure from president. Brazil 48000. 00 people tested positive in brazil an enormous amount of people for their country and what doctors are saying is that probably those 2 cds started opening up too soon and thats why the virus continues to spread most of the people we have spoken to say that the federal government is to blame that joey do also not or did not take the necessary measures from the very beginning to prevent the spread. Of the virus thats why many have been calling for an impeachment because of his luck to provide Public Health care for the population in brazil of course what for now though continues to have the support of around 30 percent of the population many of them believe that the virus has been an exaggerator and that its been called a communist threat from china among other things but most certainly the virus is not going away and continues to have it with continues to spread in south america the largest country brazil thank you for that a series of across developments in brazil from what i said is. The Paris Appeals Court has dismissed a bid to reopen an investigation into a plane crash that triggered rwandas 994 genocide which killed 800000 people president juvenal hubby out of mana died when his plane was shot down in kigali in 1940 responsibility for the attack remains contested but some blame people close to current president paul kagame it 2018 french prosecutors dropped charges against 9 suspects with ties to come a jew to a lack of evidence louis mayo is a political analyst and president of the African Information Club he joins me now live from paris thank you for your time what do you make of this decision by the appeals court. Decision this following work fringe group. Is looking do we build relationships be we. Then normalising. And the thing is then cruelly swallowing the craving to make good relationships between rando friends because there seems no ok for those who may not be familiar just kind of explain to us how this legal battle really has impacted relations between france and rwanda. The fact is france was not the country who call in a straw and that was belgium but in 1904 there was a corporation in one that runs. For example we were a plane coming from prince. In the plane also a strange i mean people think cheering me but i think in one of their friends as crew or in what happened during the general say so they wanted to make it clear though and not show really make it clear but these are more than 20 years the countries i trained now to get turned. How do you think survival is those who lost loved ones will feel about this decision. I think in one day the authorities get make. Use of both of them well know commend the decision really do we not go in because they were expecting Something Like that yes issue of the case. Among do and then leaving a group with few days many will feel that it is not the justice. But the fact is they work out a special code that was created in which. To solve the case there are many people who are trying to help you in all those years you find the truth on what happened and i think we will be set if after this decision though it was more than we conciliation between the one then and between ronda and coming up at least. In terms of responsibility for the downing of the plane i mean the fingers being pointed not just as it is circle but also at hutu extremists and also in that front panel in france has been is going to look into these claims do you hold any hope for waiting in that process. It is difficult it is difficult to have the evidence in the because after the crash of the. Plane well the evidence says that could have been used have disappeared though a belgian and there were french there are a 1000000 trees and there were also round them military where no one knows what happened that way supposed to have been sent to the un but what i can see consenting do relationships again we trend is press hes trying its best now to have the best relationships rather the appointment of. The former minister of Foreign Affairs of rwanda that has been elected youre not so quick to offer organ thats not done that well with that from east india to move forward in the relationships thanks so much well have live in a time unfortunately you know we could well political analyst and president of the African Information Club thank you. So coming news ahead find out why indias Prime Minister has been visiting a border region at the center of a tense dispute with china plus. Leave to every. A new song will be tight along with the starspangled banner at american Football Games something more telling for the times. And this format now on a world record holder has got himself in some real trouble he tells the sun that later in the show. How i once again welcome to the look at the international forecast by lots it is fun and dry across the middle east but we have seen some rather lively weather dust storms this kabul in the north of amman some very impressive pictures as you can see some showers associated with that now making the way just down towards the Far Southwest of little more in the way of cloud here theyll ease as we go through the next couple of days i think by the time we come to the end of the weekend dont see the showers just pushing away across into yemen elsewhere it is generally draw i ots and sunny 45 celsius here in doha on saturday happy the winds beginning to back off a little as we go on into the next couple days of 43 in doha as we go on through sunday the whole snuffing kuwaits approaching 50 degrees here 49. 00 celsius certainly a possibility for the south since largely draw by this stage the winds coming in over southwest direction there little bits and pieces the clout the coast of fosse out of the Arabian Peninsula plenty of showers across Central Africa as usual seasonal rains doing very nicely some heavy downpours yes again its the western parts of comma roun into southern areas of nigeria the showers extend across a good part off west africa all the. Beriah. On counting the cost the pandemic decimates jobs pushing betty its rick stream told us we could have Green Recovery save the Global Economy so the golf like coolest of try these crews are accused of overfishing just Meat Processing plants may quarterbacks have been. Trying to call on aljazeera. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Around using. Entry. Youre watching aljazeera reminder about top stories this hour the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of murdering journalists democracy has wrapped up for the day in turkey the suspects are being tried in absentia and the truth seeing is saudi officials sheltie was dismembered at the saudi consulates in istanbul 2 years ago. Turkey says it will open a military training santa to support the un recognized government in libya was announced during a visit by turkeys. Events minister and chief of staff to tripoli. Ethiopias Prime Minister has described days of violence as an attempt to start civil unrest he held an emergency meeting and blamed exiles of Foreign Forces trying to destabilize the country following the death of cigna. U. S. Customs says it seized almost 12 metric tons of human Hair Products exported from china which are believed to have been taken from mozambique is and other detained minorities the products were shipped from chinas far west region where vast camps have been set up its believed more than a 1000000 people are held in subjected to forced labor and abuse china denies this insisting the facilities they used to provide vocational training. Is the Communications Director at campaign for a week its she says companies that sell these Hair Products should bear some responsibility. I think that unfortunately a lot of people are not aware of these connections and hopefully that will continue to change as this information continues to come out but even most recently a few months ago amazon purchased 10000000 u. S. Dollars in equipment which they claimed was to help with temperature monitoring in their warehouses in the United States but they purchased that equipment from a company thats already blacklisted by the u. S. Government as theyre part of the ones that supply the equipment to maintain this police state in the region so they do have an enormous responsibility and we hope that the more and more consumers as they become aware of these atrocities looking to need to hold these Companies Accountable if unfortunately they are not willing to take the proper steps of their own accord i think that a lot of the things that happened in the last few months in terms of the pandemic and the global bullying type of diplo diplomatic tactics we see china taking is just theyre going to wait the International Community up to a reality that has existed within china for a long time now unfortunately they do seem to be coming in bold and that they dont feel the need to defend these atrocities they can justify them and not face consequences indias Prime Minister has made an unannounced visit to the border region at the center of a dispute with china there and remote he was accompanied by defense officials during the trip where he spoke with personnel 20 indian soldiers were killed last month during fighting with chinese troops in the remote valley both sides trade the blame but have since done for talks to deescalate the situation would have responded. The world is made of their minds the against expansionism today the world is dedicated to development and is welcoming the open the competitiveness of development. We have increased expenditure on the development of border infrastructure but 3 times in the country through this Border Area Development on the construction of roads and bridges at the border areas has also been sped up well china has warned india not to take any action that might make things worse saying upholding peace has to be a joint if it is going need to go in the india and china are in communication in negotiations on lowering the temperatures through military and diplomatic channels so no party should engage in any action that may escalate the tension at this point. Meanwhile the Un Human Rights Office says its worried that vague and broad provisions in chinas new Hong Kong Security law will lead people to being punished just for expressing opposition hundreds have been detained and at least 10 challenge since the law took effect this week germany too is speaking out chancellor Angela Merkel plans to raise the issue during her countrys e. U. Presidency the u. K. Is offering millions in hong kong a potential path to british citizenship while australia canada and others have hinted at some form of asylum and the us congress has approved sanctions targeting chinese officials Hong Kong Police and even banks these will need to be signed off by President Donald Trump chinas government says it will retaliate to pressure and threats from western governments heres what its Foreign Affairs Committee Said about the u. S. Actions this move has grossly interfered in chinas internal affairs and seriously violated International Law as well as the basic norms governing International Relations the us side is bent on going down the wrong path china will resolutely respond with all necessary countermeasures. Father why is associate fellow at the age a Pacific Program at Chatham House he joins me now from kings lynn easton england thank you for your time so what do you make make their of chinas response well a day it is only to be expected that they would come back fiercely and certainly in the rhetorical that linda goes theyve also threatened that there will be consequences for the u. K. And presumably other countries. Easier and reveals to your people. Is this increasing International Pressure likely to produce results do you think is china actually going to listen. To what youre looking for its results in terms of the actual war itself it has been passed it is now enforced in hong kong and it is now being used in hong kong to arrest people and we have yet to see what the effect in the court system. I think what it may do is give pause to the Chinese Government in terms of other implementation or the way in which this law is implemented that said they have shown themselves utterly determined to push ahead with it is hong kong ever going to be the same decent. In many aspects you would see if you visit on going it alone theyd look the same and and there will be people busily going about their daily business and you know the finance and the economy. Will continue for a certain amount of time what has gone has been there is this sort of. If you like about the congo ability of people to express themselves freely about the things that they care about. Do you think there will be a wave of people looking to take up offers of citizenship abroad. I suspect in the initial. Initially that there will be relatively few people those people who really fear that they will be targeted by these one way or another in the longer term it really depends on how stable i am going to remain and that is a matter for the Hong Kong Government and behind them the beijing government at the moment it takes a lot of people to the homes of their and their livelihoods and their relatives and i dont think that most people that weve reached a stage of course hong kong is internationally seen as a has been seen as a place to do business as comparatively old period do you think it will take a hit as a Financial Hub and might that has to change chinas mind as it were in terms of how its implemented this law again immediately i suspect probably not but in the longer term this has struck a real blow up the rule of law and the independent if you like implementation of the rule of law in hong kong that is independent from the. Executive. And now i think people will be looking much more closely at the legal environment. When they come to doing business theyre setting up business that will make a decision that would lead to. Thank you for your time your analysis project why there associate fellow at the asia Pacific Program at 10 am house french president Amanda Marcotte has appointed a relatively unknown sic to be the new Prime Minister here on quest x a senior Civil Servant 10 local there has been chosen to what they said were authentic essex orchestrated the crown a virus reopening strategy for the country the Cabinet Reshuffle is seen as an attempt to revive the countrys post quarantine economy. England will allow travelers from 50 countries including many in europe to arrive without going into quarantine but the measure will stay in place for the u. S. The other u. K. Nations scotland wales and Northern Ireland where else their own rules comes as ever haywood reports as many more english businesses are allowed to reopen their doors the reception desk was originally there that come to the front of the shop carolines preparing the sign on for her 1st clients in 3 months looked down when she couldnt open any of a barber shops now shes booked but its hardly business as usual under new rules stylists will have to wear visors and aprons and customers will be kept apart from one another as much as possible it is a war a its a worry for the star of i think the customers are going to be quite safe because were going to clean everything down but i think probably a bit more worry for the staff coming back when theyve been self isolating or you know how but now and then all of a sudden theyve got a touch people got their hair in parts of the u. K. Social distancing rules are being reduced from 2 metres to one these marks are here so theres a Nice Distance the time barbara britain is one of the countrys worst affected by coronavirus and some have questioned whether the changes are coming too soon prompting a rise in cases. The last few months though have been a rocky ride for business with thousands of jobs lost a no way of knowing whats to come usually at this time of year people will be going through the gates bought this place has had to close a move most of its staff and its thought it wont be able to fully reopen until early next year. Many hotels pubs and restaurants are reopening the old white hart in rutland theyve kept busy throughout this crisis making meals for people working in the local hospital. So theyre taking no chances but unlike many other bars have the luxury of space so people can socially distance. And with reservations ready lined up for the weekend the chef is prepping the kitchen all customers will be required to leave their name and Contact Details just in case theres any outbreak of coronavirus and they need to be traced and it will be different were going to have social distancing will be having in doors. All the different measures that are going to be in place i am a bit apprehensive about opening up and sorts of people coming in that you never met before but i think if we put all the measures in place everybody should be safe some believe relaxing the rules of lockdown particularly on a saturday could send infections soaring of course opening up the Hospitality Industry will boost the economy only in the coming weeks so we know the full impact of the changes to the u. K. Economy and the health of the nation and he would recommend. The u. K. Is in discussions with the European Union about whether it will join its plan to secure supplies of potential coronavirus vaccines it was invited to take part in the e. U. Vaccine scheme of the brics it would draw agreement. As an International Battle escalates to buy up coronavirus remedies plans to spend billions of dollars to buy vaccines up front. Greece is launching what may be europes biggest urban renewal projects and the timing is crucial terrorism at a standstill to cover 19 the country is forecast to suffer the continents deepest recession this year plus reports from athens. 2 decades after it was shut down athens old airport is roaring back to life an International Consortium is plowing 9000000000. 00 over 10 years to create a model city in the Southern Suburbs and 80000. 00 jobs its music to the is of a government that came to power promising growth and now faces europes deepest coronavirus related recession of up to 10 percent. But is encouraging is that today when the whole world is facing kind of problems due to corona virus the countrys most emblematic investment is finally beginning its not only greeces biggest investment at 620. 00 hectors helicon is being billed as europes biggest urban renewal project one that could increase the size of the National Economy by 2 and a half percent with unemployment here at over 14 percent the greeks welcomed the news but wonder if theyll be the ones to benefit. This is perhaps they will be job openings and that will help but my rent will double in fact its already started going up so even if i find a job at the development will make my life difficult because salaries a very low for years the helicon project has created winners and losers the original owners of the property expropriated to create the airport for a legal battle to get it back and lost meanwhile luxury homes have sprung up at the ports fringes as property prices here have risen to the top of the greek market and many people wonder whether the government itself has won or lost this land is valued at over 3000000000. 00 it was sold for a 3rd of that amount and only a 3rd of that was. Hurried up front carol thats because 6 years ago when the government sold it greece was in the midst of the post 2008 Global Financial crisis which cost a quarter of its economy and a 1000000 jobs the priority at the time was to generate growth rather than for all state coffers helicon insists everyone will benefit they will use yours neither ryan nor my voters can afford a lot of what will be on offer but the project isnt just the casino your saying marina and luxury hotel its a park for everyone you can come down on the metro and Wander Around with your family the park will surely be welcome as it replaces acres of concrete slab but after the battering greeces economy has received a nearby playground for the rich may still create resentment John Psaropoulos aljazeera athens. Several explosions have gone off at a fireworks factory in turkey 4 People Killed and almost 100. 00 injured in the Northwest Province of south korea its believed up to 200. 00 people were inside at the time its unclear what caused the explosions. American football teams the Washington Redskins say their thorough me reviewing their team day is pressure mounts to change it delivery in korea for fed ex a major sponsor is backing the campaign and sportswear giant nyc has removed the teams merchandise from its website the redskins have long been criticized as racist and offensive to native americans. Youre probably familiar with the starspangled banner the u. S. National anthem thats played before all major sporting events well this year in light of the protests against Police Brutality and systemic racism the n. F. L. Will be playing another song as well on that better captures the black American Experience and her chappelle explains. Live to everybody. When civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson put pen to paper and wrote these words he knew that the road to equality would be a long one. Originally a poem lift every voice and sing was sung for the 1st time 120 years ago he recalls americas failure to address the issue of slavery somehow managing to strike a hopeful tone for the future acknowledging so much work remains to be done. Its commonly known as the black National Anthem. Protests this year are focusing on Police Brutality and systemic racism old complaints that are seeing new momentum to address them as part of its efforts the American Football League the n. F. L. Says it will play the song before the National Anthem in all 16 games of its Opening Weekend september critics are already calling it a marketing stunt for an organization that had banned its players from dealing during the National Anthem to protest against these very issues up until last month read the national Football League believe lives matter and collin capper nick the player whos kneeling protest action and 2016 is now repeated by players and teams around the world he still doesnt have a job there are a lot of conversations to be had about inclusive ety and sports and some solutions are bound to be problematic just as black in f. L. Players have felt silenced and exploited native americans have complained for decades about the n f l. The Washington Redskins a team in the u. S. Capitol is under pressure to change its name many consider it an offensive racial term. Its main corporate sponsor fed ex says the name should change and nike has removed the teams birch and ice from its online store. Well that is all across the move because of course when youre not money. You know even if we can say well maybe good the buttocks the night youre making this fun we can also be a little bit cynical because maybe there will. Be you can just. Move based. Because you know your audience is change you know maybe its changed for me and holdens it was in the past to a newer more international younger audience the use of native american names traditions and rituals produced a caricature as a negative stereotypes its also systemic thousands of School Mascots and sports teams do it including the super bowl winning Kansas City Chiefs who play the 1st game of the season lift every voice and sing is performed on national television. Sports and music play a huge role in any culture and artists and musicians helped define it a new song being added to the lineup is unlikely to change much but it will certainly spark debate enter shikari aljazeera. Itself comment sauna and sports brown hair was one of basketballs best Young Players has to say about the n. B. A. s return to action. Over the world. Time now for sports thank you very much cam while 4 months later than expected the formula one season is officially underway reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton who was fosters them both practices in austria friday hamiltons mercy this it team are using an old black cod this season in a show of support for the fight against Racial Injustice 6 time a champion is the only black dr and the sport and says f one needs to confront its lack of diversity. We have to stand it that people dont have. The privilege of being out to take a moment out its something we have to stay on top of the industry has to stay on top of we all have to come together and our voices in each of us voices are powerful and if we bring them together collectively we can have a huge impact. In march the f one season solved just hours before the 1st practice session at the australian concrete that race was cancelled after the mclaren team or withdrew when one of their Staff Members tested positive for grown up virus a shortened season has now been organized with no fans allowed to attend the 1st of 2 back to back these in austria on sunday or spanish media is reporting that messi has broken off talks about the new ing his contract with barcelona hes 33 year old current deal expires next year messi is said to be unhappy about leaks from the club suggesting he was responsible for a coach and list of a very being fired earlier this year 6 sound bite on dog a winner has been at barcelona for his entire career when we spoke to madrid base a sportswriter for nando earlier who says that very few clubs have a serious chance of prising messi away from new cap. Realistically i think its should be i dont know that the 1st thing that comes to mind this is why the all the way and its much receding but can you imagine. With juventus you can imagine messi encreased on the run all this together because it would be crazy i think that that or maybe the reunion with the p. S. G. So i think that this is there are 3 realistic clubs that he can go but its we have we still have sort so much to go on its its one year already so lets see what happens with the election in barcelona this year if the director directors change if theyre yours and you present if xabi is the new coach i think massey stays but it all depends in with with the result of the election well for math and the world record holder wilson has been handed a 4 year ban for violating anti doping rules the 38 year old kenyan lunna alyssa found to have missed 3 tests and failed to provide timely information of his whereabouts on a 4th occasion all in 2018 in 20191 bronze in the mass and that the 2012 the london olympics and broke the world record the following gear and theyre lying. Crickets world governing body the i. C. C. Have suspended investigating claims that indias victory over sri lanka in the 2011 World Cup Final was fixed jus to a lack of evidence then a sri lankan captain kumar send a car it was among a number of high a profile of players and officials that questions this week by Sri Lanka Police they too found no proof and suspended their inquiry which had been triggered by the sports minister of the time who in a recent t. V. Interview came true lanka had sold the final. New Orleans Pelicans stasi on williamson says hes looking forward to playing again and supports the n. B. A. s decision to resume at the season the 19 year old he is said to travel to florida next week ahead of the july 30th restart several high profile players that have opted out of the season due to the recent spike in covert 19 cases in the u. S. But williamson believes the m. B. A. Will make the players healthy its priority. Trust. And above were going to be in a safe environment. In certain situations or. Regime and i actually want to go. A lot of presence for sure but i am excited. Major League Baseball players are also stepping up their preparations to start a much the lead and shortened season later this month the new york yankees chairman says he expects some fans to be allowed to attend games late in the year spring training is officially starting for all teams this friday more than 1600 players on the went to corner virus test this week the results yet to be announced. I think im generally an optimist about a lot of situations obviously this is a huge undertaking theres a lot of different components and this being one of them were in this kind of Virtual Press Conference Room but i think that weve fought through a lot of these situations and obviously you know stress testing us as we get the players in and whats the intake process look like well south korea season is already in full swing katie wins it staged a great comeback to be visiting q. On heroes on friday who took the lead with the home up from each song cool the game would be decided in the 9th inning one shake long getting the game winning touch on to home base to seal a thrilling 32 win for the wits. And thats always fulfilled well have a more for you later on but for now its back to camp thank you for that. And you can of course source time much more on our website the address for that is does there dot com thats it for me can been allen the whole team here and dont have dont go away though daryn i will be back from a European Forecast Center in london in just a few minutes time with season. Short films of hope. And inspiration. A series of short puzzle stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. And. Aljazeera selects. The latest news as it breaks this crowd of hundreds of people didnt count with invitations to came to pay their respects to george floyd with details coverage the government needs to vallance the needs of the economy with a trace of the virus returning. From around the world organized crime is now beginning to try to play the role of robbing a play by giving away phone to win over the loyalty of people in. Chiles infamous dictator may be long gone but inequality fueled by his neo liberal Economic Reforms still plagues the nation. And dissent is still quashed by a heavy handed state apparatus. People in power examines whether forging a new course secu ship can turn the page in the most unequal of the worlds 13 wealthiest nations chile in a chaise legacy on a. Holding the phone to account as we examine the u. S. Its role in the war on al jazeera. Bars and beaches close as u. S. Health experts warned this july the 4th weekend could be the perfect storm for an even bigger surge in covert 1000 cases this is a new spike in cases leaves hospitals on the brink of collapse in ecuador. Youre watching aljazeera live from london im also ahead. Were not out of the woods yet a sober message from the u. K. Prime minister is prepared to reopen despite the coronavirus
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