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In a suicide bombing in northern afghanistan the taliban has claimed responsibility and accused of war crimes cause of all this president has shame touchy is interviewed by a special prosecutor at the hague. Im joining us roscoe with the sports as washingtons n. F. L. Team drops its controversial redskins name after pressure from social justice campaigners. Thank you for joining us we start this news hour with a worsening Global Pandemic the World Health Organization is warning its only going to get worse if basic health care precautions are not followed nearly 13000000 people worldwide have now tested positive for covert 19 and have been more than half a 1000000 deaths globally many governments which had begun easing knock down measures are now being forced to bring them back and the head of the w. H. O. Says too many countries are seeing their infection numbers heading in the wrong direction. The situation were seeing is countries that overcame the 1st because of the outbreak but having is that restrictions are now struggling with new peaks and accelerating cases in several countries across the world we are now seeing dangerous increases in cases and hospital wards feeling again it would appear that many countries are losing gains made as proven measures to reduce risk are not implemented or followed and more than a quarter of the worlds recorded covered 1000 cases are in the u. S. Over the weekend 7 states set daily cases records and florida added more infections in a day than any state had previously but as cases mount the Trump Administration seems to be targeting its own Infectious Disease experts particle hain reports. A new tragic record the largest number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in a single day in a single state of florida more than 15000 confirmed cases and the death toll is rising this is a state that was one of the 1st to reopen its economy and its republican governor was defiant at 1st a lot of people in your profession who wax poetic leap for weeks and weeks about out florida was going to be just like new york wait 2 weeks floridas going to be met just like it only wait 2 weeks well hell were 8 weeks away from that and it hasnt happened it took a few more weeks but it has happened and its actually worse than it ever was in new york but unlike there the Florida Governor has not issued a state wide mandate to where mass. Protests in one county tried to shoot down an over the weekend another protest yet a restaurant offering free food to people who refused to cover their faces selfish for not wearing a mask i want to say to you that all the people calling the selfish youre the one whos trying to force me a medical procedure so that you can feel more safe on the risks are very very loud this is a virus that has a 99. 6 percent recovery rate this is a virus that is very well contained this is a virus that the c. D. C. Is removing epidemic satisfied. None of that is true and wearing a mask is not a medical procedure still it has become a political statement for many in the u. S. The entire reason for the shutdown was so hospitals like the one behind me do not become overwhelmed when the states that are seeing the biggest increases like florida arizona texas the hospital are close to capacity and given what we know about how this virus spreads it is likely that that is going to continue stretching the hospitals beyond capacity. The president spent much of the weekend golfing but officials in his Administration Made clear they are gearing up for a fight against the lead Infectious Disease expert in the government dr at the phone i respect dr fauci a lot but dr fox he is not 100 percent right and he also doesnt necessarily he admits that have the whole National Interest in mind he looks at it from a very narrow Public Health point of view questions now about whether the man who has led every National Health emergency under 6 president s will be fired by President Trump in the midst of a growing pandemic pedicle here in el does era america. One of them on this last spring our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hockett live from washington d. C. Kimberly as we heard today in pattys report there the white house looking to to discredit the top Infectious Disease specialist almost sounds like theyre looking for someone to blame. Days on the Coronavirus Task force numbered. Absolutely youve hit the nail right on the head and this isnt surprising given its an Election Year and Donald Trumps opponent in the president ial election Democrat Joe Biden has really hammered the president when it comes to his Coronavirus Response so this is a president that traditionally looks for a scapegoat in order to deflect criticism and it appears that this time the person in the sort of the target of the president s sights is dr anthony fat she now to be clear dr anthony is a career Civil Servant the president cant fire him but he cant sideline him and thats whats going on in fact we know that the 2 havent sat down for a face to face briefing in more than a month but still the u. S. President has been tweeting a reach waiting as far back as april calls to have dr anthony felt she fired even one point prompting a hashtag fire found and the 2 have since then really been disagreeing openly in the public realm for quite some time whether it be over the effects effect of this of the antimalaria drug hydroxy clore quinn whether it be over the president s claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are harmless for anthony found she say thats not what i told the president what i said is that we have a mortality rate of about one percent but clearly given the escalating hospitalizations that 99 percent of cases are not harmless and also. Dr french has been very clear about what he sees in terms of the response in the United States how this country is dealing with current virus in contrast to other countries he said that you know the United States isnt doing that well it is because of divison this well davits of this is certainly one of the labels given to this president so this is not sitting well with donald trump thats why there is this sort of continued campaign to try and sideline Dr Anthony Fauci when that appears to be effective we expect to hear more on this as 17 g. M. T. When the press secretary holds her briefing right now and how has the administration been responding or reacting to the growing number of cases of records being set especially in a state like florida we see highest number of recorded cases in any other state times. Well you have to remember that the United States is a country that doesnt have a very strong federal system its a system of states essentially 5 states 50 states rather all put together so every single response is different and the white house has been comfortable with that whereas many have been calling for a more coordinated federal response one thing i should note is we did see for the 1st time the u. S. President wearing a mask over the weekend something that many people say as the person who is out front in the messaging on this that he should have done a lot sooner thank you for that kimberly how good life for us there at the white house in other world news stollen have been protesting in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief ron simon known does position has many opposition politicians have accused him of being complicit in rigging previous elections they say milan is biased towards former president joseph could be no welcome being a step down last year after nearly 2 decades in office but hes on lies hold on im entry majority and control most cabinet ministries just last month could be proposed judicial reforms that also sponsor protests the reforms would have given the Justice Minister more powers over judges and prosecutors present fatigues to say katie rejected them but i deepening rift was created within the governing Coalition Catherine stories following this story for us from Nairobi Kenya she joins us now live so our tell us more about the protests today catherine what more are you hearing about what happened in kinshasa. Right now its called police managed to disperse the thousands of protesters who want granting battles with police all afternoon. Todays protest you were organized by an opposition qualification called and in the capital kinshasa we so john p. R. Bemba very influential politician with a huge following so he he was leading this of thousands of his supporters they were heading to parliament they were dispatched by police using tear gas and they say that they are angry with this nomination of this president of the Electoral Commission but they also say that beyond that they are unhappy with the leadership of president believes to see katy and the correlation he has formed with former president Joseph Kabila they say that this has plunged the country in a political and economic crisis and the president needs to act gently to solve the situation just last week i come i reported on at the press protests of support all of the president all of the president s party who d. P. s also on the streets angry about the same issues saying that they once they want things to change politically so anger on all sides it seems catherine can the president can president xi say katie contain this situation what can he do to contain it and or are we likely to see more protests in the coming days and weeks. Well we did hear from the president he had a covenant meeting and in that Cabinet Meeting he called for calm he said that he understands that people are angry he says that he understands and respects the right of people to come out to the streets to display that anger but he says that that needs not be any sort of violence and you know when it comes to this issue of the nomination of this of this. We did speak to some parliamentarians as well fully who said that the protesters are directing that are. Wrong because constitutionally its really just that our mandate to appoint nominate a president of the Electoral Commission and this was done in june so they say that the religious leaders for did this name and the parliament areas just did their job in and those seeing the name weave in the timeframe of electoral candidates Electoral College but then the thousands of people whove been coming out to the streets are saying that terence knew that this is a name that would be rejected by the population so perhaps they would have delayed the decision perhaps it have gone back to the religious leaders and seen whether there could be a consensus a compromise a different name for that maybe and i think the president has that opportunity because he gives the final approval himself he cannot reject the name but he can always go back to the religious leaders and talk to them and see whether there can be changes and he has said in that in that Cabinet Meeting i talked about he did say that he hes going to do that to try and sort of deescalate tensions because if he doesnt its going to be problematic because weve had from the Catholic Church from Civil Society groups as well saying that they are also going to protest in the coming week about the same issue thank you for that Catherine Story from nairobi there with the latest on the situation in the democratic republic of congo. Yemens who the rebels say theyve killed and injured does. A high ranking military officers in saudi arabia according to a spokesman they hit multiple military sites and a large oil facility just across the border fees claim this is part of a major new offensive saudi arabia hasnt said whether anyone was killed or injured in the attacks but the saudi u. A. E. Coalition in yemen announced it intercepted 4 missiles and 6 explosive jones overnight what we say are if in about history up in iowa up with high position Ballistic Missiles not disclosed before and large numbers of drones are armed forces destroyed warplanes and pilot barracks and their defense patriot system and jaime some shit other military positions in a purchase on a not strong were destroyed also the joint Oil Installation in the Industrial Area of design was targeted targets were hit with high position our armed forces successfully targeted the tardo in military camp in matter province where saudi officials were meeting as a result dozens were killed and injured. My man abu no r. Is a military analyst and retired Jordanian Air force general he believes the who fees for says are gaining strength. Could he have a very big capability im actual fact they have the upper hand or in yemen. Using such weapons drawn as Ballistic Missile and cruise they are trying to get image of the war of the war and 21st century and i think they have the most experience now in the world using such weapons and i think that in your learning from them this would be also learning how to defend against them they dont see a this old the air Defense System is very nimble and week even with the american try to help them out on that and to great trio to do it ours with their system its a vast area very hard to detect targets such groups or drawings so this target they have the accuracy. They have the accuracy and the range to reach anywhere in the gulf so the setter even they could reach tele deep is with this Cruise Missile nowadays so thats a big great challenge for this would be to store such as weapons and the future. Some ethiopian media reporting that a country has begun filling the reservoir of its controversial mega dam on the blue nile egypt and sudan had requested the grand renaissance dam not be filled until an agreement is reached theres been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce water supply it to downstream countries if he has said the dam is crucial for its growth and would begin filling it during this months rainy season. Is in z. Mandela the daughter of nelson and Winnie Mandela has died at age a harness for a hospital at the age of 59 she was serving a south africas ambassador to denmark at the time of her death to mandela came to prominence in 1985 when the white minority government ordered to release her father from prison but that was on condition that now some mandela denounce his movements on the struggle against the Apartheid Regime is indeed mandela read his letter rejecting the awful at a Public Meeting broadcast around the world. The taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack in the northern afghan province of someone gone at least 50 people including children have been injured well thought he say a suicide bomber targeting the prevention Intelligence Office set off the explosion. Of the only way i was coming from the marketplace to my home i was close to home when i heard the explosion. When the explosion took place everything was shaking all these window glasses were broken here and there 2 or 3 people were injured by the glass it was a lot of dust the people were running everywhere aljazeera as soon as id seen has the latest from kabul. The explosion happened around noon a taliban suicide bomber ride in a car bomb attack the headquarters of the National Directorate of security in a big city the capital of some one gun province the explosion was big at least 10 people were killed and 50 other people were wounded and rushed to local hospitals taliban has claimed responsibility on this attack and its spokesman the bahamas right said that at least 70 person were either killed or wounded during the attack and this happened on the same day when the government has announced that they have released 180 taliban frozen prisoners most of them were released from the political prison here in kabul and taliban also during the last 3 days they keep they announced that they released 42 security members from their prisons and why the prison swap continues the clashes and the confrontations between taliban and the government continues as well in the Northern Province of condos last night at least 18 men member of the Security Forces were killed and 4 taliban members were killed during clashes that lasted almost all night. Plenty more ahead on this news hour on aljazeera including the u. K. Says it wants to welcome the best and brightest talent as it unveils changes strange immigration system plus a new Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels with turkey and hong kong high on their agenda. And good news for Manchester City as theyre cleared to play in europe just next season joe will be here shortly with all the details. Foreign ministers have met in person for the 1st time since a coronavirus pandemic began on the agenda the situation in libya as well as syria and turkey tensions have been on the rise between paris and hank aaron recent weeks over there will in the libyan. Afaik 10 actions in Eastern Mediterranean e. U. Foreign policy chief Joseph Burrell held a press Conference Following the meeting as. In paris for us so natasha turkey was a key point of the discussions today where did the e. U. Foreign policy chief said about the matter yes years or borel after this meeting said that turkey had to be. A point of long debate and discussion for Foreign Ministers and at the end of it is discussion in Foreign Ministers all agreed the sum of turkeys actions went against e. U. Values and interests actions in for example a syria or libya there was special condemnation amongst the Foreign Ministers for example of ankaras recent decision to turn back the museum into a mosque this was something that years oberle said would fuel mistrust and division amongst communities also barrelled called on turkey to stop its continued an oil and gas drilling off the coast of cyprus something that the e. U. Says is illegal and he also called on turkey to stop fueling the crisis as he put it in libya but actually work more towards a solution so an agreement on the fact that turkey has often in the past and continues to work against you values and interests but i agree meant the what is needed is more dialogue so did he give any indication of what the e. U. Would do if turkey continue in a way it regards as incompatible with its values. Or burrell said that the e. U. Foreign ministers were all in agreement on the fact that turkey is a very important country for the European Union and that is why some bridges need to be built and some dialogue needs to open so that the situation and the relationship in fact improves but there was very little in terms of what would happen if turkey was to continue with these actions that are regarded in this way by the e. U. Burrell only talked about what he called paths of being opened to trying to lower tensions but he really didnt explain what he meant by that we know of course there are already sanctions on turkey for its part in the oil drilling dispute in the mediterranean going into this meeting france had been urging for more sanctions on turkey but it seems at the end of this meeting the u. Foreign ministers simply didnt want to take up that course of action natasha thank you for that matter live for us there in paris. Kosovos president is at the hague to face questions about his suspected role in the killings that took place during the conflict in the late 1990 s. A special prosecutor has filed a 10 count indictment accusing his touchy Vice President country vassily and others of crimes against humanity and war crimes prosecutors say touch and others a colonel even sponsible for the murders of nearly a 100 people some of whom were their political opponents the crimes including force disappearances persecution and torture carried out during kosovo as war of independence against serbia between 1908 in 1999 theyve also accused toci envy me of a campaign to obstruct and undermine their investigation what hashem toci says he has complied with the prosecutors request for the interview because he believes in dialogue and good relations with all nations i am related to the new challenges and succeed. Were made for my father the my people my company. Nobody called. You. This is a. Free. Lets get the latest with said that the hague for is so step touchy has appeared in court any word on the outcome of his questioning by the special international prosecutor. Well as you said he is facing a long list of accusations and hes now been under questioning for nearly 5 hours here and the special court specially set up for these so war crimes committed during the independence war in kosovo and before you went there he did have that statement in which he also said that this is the price that he is paying for peace and that he is very proud of his country of course of all and he earlier on sunday also again pleaded that he is innocent that he that this that this was a just and fair war that there. No crimes against International Law but he is ready to face all this question and there were some supporters here from the k. L. A. The former costs of the Liberation Army here to support him with the with banners and everything and he also told the court also that although he is showing so much. Willingness to work to help with the with the judicial process or the courts that he was actually obstructing the Court Proceedings and thats why the indictment has come out before october a pretrial judge now has to decide if the charges will go on and the real trial will happen and toci has already said that if that happens that he will resign as the president of possible thank you for that. The hague for his well lets talk some more about this now to viber who is a senior associate at the democrats in policy council and he is via skype from berlin thank you so much for being with us the accusations against toci as we heard relate to kosovos independence war against serbia what do you think are the chances that the case will go to trial is there a strong case against. Well actually you know the indictment. Still remains until the judge decided on whether to open a case is secret so we dont really know in detail whats in the case but i mean this case has been pending for years and even the kates so there is a strong case for assuming that the that the very decision that the prosecutors went with the indictment to the core that they really have a strong case for trying mr touch the allegations being looked at include ones that the possible uber ation army which was fighting for independence committed war crimes just remind us of what happened during the war at and you know what International Laws were violated by the kosovo Liberation Army led by touching. Well you will might remember that for a decade in the 99. 00 the coast of albany and in the violent ethnic prick up of yugoslavia ver the we come of the militia which regime there was monday kate of a defacto untile being an Apartheid Regime of serbia over kosovo that pogues for its peaceful resisting that that as it became more unsustainable turned into a violent resistance led by a by the care lady and there are serious in the elements that couldnt or serious indications that were not successful to be tried because of worries problems both at the u. N. War crimes trial new tribunals and nothing caused by the rule of law mission ulicks that the in the context of that war or of course the systematic ethnic cleansing had been applied by the serbian side and serbian president milosevic indicted for this in the hague that there have been also crimes committed in kosovo on the albanian sites against costa will serve minority and partly also crimes political crimes killings of political opponents among Kosovo Albanians for the crimes are being committed by the various factors the indictment against satchel came as sponsored talks between kosovo and serbia every thought of in brussels at the weekend what impact do you think this indictment could have on the talks. Well you know there you need to know that. The indictments came in the context of a 3 year long very unsuccessful process by the u. Of negotiations on a final comprehensive agreement between course was served on full normalization of relations including most probably also recognition of course it was in the pendants by serbia that process that will decide and process over the last 3 years. Turn into a privatized broader process between the 3 negotiators former e. U. Foreign policy chief maurine and the 2 president s which is just touchy in which 3 actors aim for a dangerous lens for book dream and and in which you know mr prescott you almost privatized the course on the go shooting position most probably for private interest of getting some form of endless t. V. Against an indictment and being convicted by this court thats why the prosecutors obviously took a very unusual step ahead of a negotiating meeting in washington at the white house in the pearl undermining process by u. S. Envoy Richard Canal undermining the your process. With the explanation without detailing it that mr foote she was aiming at undermining the work of the specialist brushing nonspecialist chamber thank you so much for your insight about over a senior associate at the democrat Information Policy Council live from berlin rep a short time thank you. And still ahead on this news hour accused of turning a blind eye to criticism of malaysias judiciary and the news out that facing contempt of court. Has the hidden education imagine same war on the millions of children who will miss out on an education because of coronavirus and whats in a name washingtons n. F. L. Team changed as will tell you why in spite. Of. Color we got some bits and pieces of generally fair weather cloud across the middle east at the moment but biologics hot sunshine pretty much all the way to see this area cloud a little further north between the black sea and the caspian sea if you show us if the children are armenia azerbaijan for a time pushing down into northern parts of iran but elsewhere you push a little further south slopes of hot and dry weather 44 celsius here in doha on shoes day perhaps a touch warmer as we go on into wednesday by the way to stay you see those showers just around the caspian sea starting to nudge their way a little further east was a bit more cloud downs was a southern end of the potential outside is some showers just around the southern end of the red sea still plenty a shower sliding out of theo p. S. L. Saddam pushing across the Central African republic into cameroon southern areas of nigeria still seeing some very heavy rain but the wet weather starting to ease across but in and togo liberian serry alone could also see some flooding rains as we go on through the next couple of days thats choose days but go on into way to stay that rain still very much in evidence but also seeing some big downpours at this stage might see a few showers 2 to seizing towards kenya with one of 2 showers about. In the u. S. Civil war slavery to an end all dated there is a strong possibility that the very truths that youre eating could have been brought to your table by brave indicates all right here in the land of the free how is the news of Foreign Workers tricked into emigrating and trapped by un scrupulous profiteers tukang slaves cause of slavery a 21st century evil on aljazeera. Growing go up in a harsh and unforgiving circumstances children learn to play dangerous games exist without throwing stones at the store the heroes take worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment it took me to cheat and blindfolded me but time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned prison live inside and out. On aljazeera. The evening. Youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me fully back to you are a reminder of our top stories the World Health Organization has warned the global coronavirus pandemic is only going to get worse it says many countries at ease long downs are now seeing cases spike and hospitals fill up nearly 13000000 people worldwide have now tested positive for corbett 19000 have been protesting in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians have accused wants being complicit in breaking previous elections and course of all this president is at the hague to face questions about his alleged role in killings that took place during the conflict in the night late 1990 s. Touch he was indicted by a special tribunal in late june for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Now the political shift towards a right in Eastern Europe has got yet another bulls with polands incumbent on trade narey winning the president ial runoff hispania already controls parliament which means they can now press ahead with its conservative agenda and obrien reports. It was a vote seen as a battle for polands future and the results show a country divided our nation has got 2 different voices still befriend for r. B. s for the president some happy for our democracy weve got that sucker covered by. A tiny margin keep an entree due to an office for a 2nd 5 year term propped up by the rightwing loo and justice party. Is cooling to unity and stays there. Its not just what i said its full of these want it belongs to all of us and we have to do everything we can to make life youre the best it can possibly be thats not exactly what dude is known for his conservative agenda includes strong opposition to gay and abortion rights and his constitutional reforms that weaken the independence of the judiciary put him at odds with the e. U. Do does wyvill in the election with the centrist warsaw and the rough ultra scoff ski would warn their problems democracy was under attack he launched his campaign at the last minute with a more progressive platform which tom said cossar relations with the e. U. You know thats not yes thats a crime so its only the beginning i am convinced we will change poland now that we have woken up no one will put us to sleep and whats most important we will continue fighting you respective of the result the clash between the 2 radically different candidates so voters turn out in record numbers narrowly lost to do to and his allies in the p. I. A. s is seen by some as a long term win for the opposition it captivates a lot of political emotions around not only one candidate but also around the party. Hopes that in the future especially the Younger Generation well that again. Will build up. A potential for change and. Until that change comes Rights Groups beer dude is when will not only boost right wing tainted phrase at home but also within the European Union his conservative ally in hungary president viktor obama posted a congratulatory message on facebook with the word bravo they have worked together to block sanctions from the e. U. And in a week where they used you to meet to discuss its new budget the election result manes theres a lot at stake for poland and exuberant aljazeera. Britains home secretary says the country is looking to attract the best and brightest under its new post breaks it immigration treaty but tells his employers will be encouraged to hire workers from within the country but Health Professionals will be able to will be able to apply for fast track entry under the new points based system that favors high skilled applicants despite best efforts of the party office it we are indeed Free Movement and we are introducing a points based system a firm unfair system that will take control of our borders crack down on criminals and unleash our countries to protect potential building a Brighter Future for britain and signal to the world that we are open for business lets bring in need barker live in london for his needs tell us more about what the home secretary has outlined and what this point based immigration system is going to look like. All of the details outlined in a 130 page document in essence what the government trying to say is that the country is open for business that they now have a much fairer immigration system but most importantly in introducing this new rules and regulations that go some way and satisfying the demands of people that voted to leave the e. U. Immigration was very much the forefront of voters minds when they made that all important decision to end the freedom of movement between the European Union and the United Kingdom so what it means is that from the 1st of january whether you will from the e. U. Or further afield in theory you will have an equal chance of being able to secure a work visa to stay and work here in the u. K. You need to get 70 points in order to get a base number of points you would need to be able to have decent enough english Language Skills you need to have a job offer from a recognised company you need to be earning above a certain salary threshold of around 33000. 00 if youre a doctor or a nurse much needed of course in britains National Health service has shown during the recent pandemic you can apply via a power level scheme and if youre a graduate from a British University youre allowed to stay here for up to 2 years after graduating of course like gives you an opportunity then to try and secure a job in the u. K. And to stay on there are some deep concerns given how deeply intertwined britains economy is with cheap low Skilled Labor from the rest of the continent but what the government is saying is that look were honoring at the demands of those people who voted to leave the e. U. And we have our plans ready to roll starting next year yet tightening immigration was really at the heart of the debate to debate what would have been the reaction to this plan. Well it is quite a controversial plan and its being discussed over several months now so there has been an awful lot of debate head of d the arrival of this all important document from pretty patel concerns from the Opposition Labor Party that given the recent pandemic there simply just hasnt been the amount of time necessary to scrutinise all of these issues concerns to form many businesses from different sectors of the building sector from hospitality from growers from the high street as well that all of a sudden they work forces will be significantly dented shaken up at a time in which months after lockdown of course these sectors are desperately trying to rebound and recover only back in april at the height of the pandemic we saw growers charter aircraft to bring pickers over from places like rumania in Eastern Europe to avoid food and vegetables rotting in the fields thats how dependent sectors of britains economy is on that labor being able to continue to come to the u. K. Year on. Going forward so the worry is that given this political decision that the economy might well be dented by this and most certainly businesses will be left in the lurch thank you need for that need for a stair from london prodemocracy activists so fled hong kong after beijing impose a National Security in on the city has arrived safely in london and nathan are left are testifying in a u. S. Congressional hearing about the now just nation now has said that activists like himself could now face arrest jess for speaking to foreign journalists or politicians the u. K. Is easing visa restrictions and opening a route to british a path to british citizenship for millions of hong kong this. One of malaysias leading independent news portals is facing contempt of Court Proceedings over reader comments criticizing the judiciary malaysia skinnys editor is in chief steven gan has arrived at a federal court in dire for a hearing if orders without borders is calling for the case to be dropped now this comes a day after police questioned jazeera journalists over a documentary about the plight of migrants siri the coronavirus pandemic these are some of the images aljazeera aired in its one of many series called locked up in malaysias lockdown it reported on the authorities arrests of Migrant Workers during the call the 1910 demick Malaysian Police say it was is said it is investigating aljazeera over possible sedition and defamation in relation to the film aljazeera refused these charges and strongly stands by the professionalism of its journalism rachel cho our howard is a researcher on malaysia at Amnesty International she says the malaysian government has shown increasing intolerance against criticism i missed international other organizations are calling for the government an end to its attacks and freedom of expression and the media inside the country as you mentioned a sentence or charges were filed against editor in chief are used malaysiakini or comments by other were posted actually by readers are they were allegedly critical of the countrys history so this would create a very dangerous precedent or online freedom of expression we also see in the unjustified investigation of aljazeera as a journalist and a manhunt for Migrant Workers that were involved in that in the documentary that was just by our his era this is just the latest example of the clamp down against. Peaceful criticism has been expressed online weve also seen investigation of another journalist for reporting on immigration raids carried out by the government weve seen investigation of n. C. O. Activists expressed. Alarm about the treatment of Migrant Workers inside the country it was the scene on numerous ordinary malaysians who have expressed babies a challenge to government policy on 19 for instance been convicted under repressive laws really should be repealed. Though this is a very alarming trend that were seeing in the country and we recently calling for this trend to be reversed the right School Global witness says companies in the e. U. And British Overseas Territories are being used as part of an International Money Laundering Network to finance the Syrian Government its investigation found the uncle of syrian president Bashar Al Assad flew to moscow in 2012 there he met a businessman at the center of a network of banks businesses and offshore companies that allegedly allowed the government to avoid International Sanctions Front Companies were set up in cyprus and the British Virgin islands Global Witness says the body responsible for syrias chemical weapons and Ballistic Missile programs may have used these companies to purchase materials theres also evidence the government used them to buy fuel and that they enable the Syrian Central Bank to get access to hard karen seem sad. Is an Investigative Reporter and organized crime and corruption reporting project in the coauthor of the report she says the investigation also exposed links between assads government and russian intelligence. With our investigation we actually in fact we young called but that they were next door was able to rely on your song some good connection with the Russian Intelligence Service still yet they were able to buy properties in moscow they were able to move money ward wide then what we also found is that. The money. The financial activities of that nest were overlapped to with the activities of the well known laundromats system and parole by now the well known for all just like what for example the. Monkeys control does the troika laundromat fraud the russian laundromat the proxy platform these are all the laundromats instance that were in court fighting l. C. C. Up. Until last year the main problem either i mean its clear that theyre dysfunctional system is one it one to war or to pose a stall to to. To work to a regime that is not. Is not enough but because the use of Anonymous Company is. Actually enabling so these networks to move money around and so to keep the regime alive for basically. 10000000 children may never return to school after the covert 1000 shutdowns according to save the children the charity is calling it a hidden education imagine c. N. N. Says goals will be hardest hit challenged ballots reports. 10 year old elvis is from harare has been out of school for months he doesnt like it he says hes forgotten his lessons and misses his friends. I heard our school was closing in march because there was a disease called coronavirus if it ends we can get help with reading and writing at school. A report by Child Advocacy group save the children has found that at least 10000000 children locked out of school by coronavirus who never go back to join in west and Central Africa yemen and afghanistan early extremely high risk of dropping out well millions more a fool and behind all of them save the children is forecasting that government budget cuts and rising poverty may lead to a 77000000000. 00 education shortfall across many countries and to 2022 that could rise to nearly 200000000000. 00 if governments divert more funds from education to covered response with many parents like hsu fine out of work they cannot pick up the difference. Pneumonia what bothers me is because i have no money and i cant work i end up crying because i think my children will end up out of school because im poor. Of the roots 1600000000 children who missed school this year who do 10 year old mclean is one of 500000000 who fell on the wrong side of the digital divide. While im at home im not able to do online lessons because we dont have electricity we dont have a laptop or the internet. Whose will pay the heaviest price with School Shutdowns with many forced into early marriage risk of teen. Pregnancy it starts troubling cycle when those girls become mothers those children a far less likely to be vaccinated are far more likely to die before their 5th birthday we know that every year of education will increase by around 9 percent a year so for millions of children this is not a poverty which is being closed down save the children is calling it a hidden education emergency and his image data is to delay repayments for poor countries so they can pay for schools covered 900. 00 threatening the prospects of millions of children the decades to come challenge dallas out easier. Forces next on the news hour well have reaction after Manchester City win their appeal against a 2 year ban from european football coming up next to save this. Sports night mr ali thank you well we start with the news that washingtons n. F. L. Team have dropped that redskins name and logo after pressure from social Justice Groups the redskins name has caused a lot of controversy over the years for what native americans advocates have cooled a racial slur pressure increased following the black lives Matter Movement in recent months. He sponsors had asked the team to change its name including one key who stopped selling the teams merchandise on its Online Platforms a new name has yet to be chosen well our correspondent heidi castro is outside washingtons fed ex field stadium in maryland heidi how significant is this move and why is this happening now. Hi joanna so this is a very significant moment its really evidence that this cultural transformation weve been witnessing thats been occurring at breakneck speed in the last few months where cultural wrongs true of racism have been addressed have been trying to correct it with monuments to races figures toppled or seen that rather than that just being a blip it does show evidence that it is here to stay now the name of this n. F. L. Team is 87 years old and it has been so offensive to many native americans that i will only use it once in talking to you the redskins defined in the dictionary as a racist slur and the owners of this team over the decades have faced pressure to change the name and even as as early as 2013 just 8 years ago the current owner dan snyder has said that he hit the name of this team would never change telling a newspaper to print that quote in caps well fast forward to now and 2020 seems to be a very different time we have seen the black lives matter protests across the country happen in the wake of the killing of george floyd a black man in minneapolis who died at the hands of a white Police Officer and weve seen those monuments and statues to races figures toppled across the country which leads us to these corporate sponsors of the Washington Team weighing in in the past weeks with that x. As well as the bank of america and pepsi you see their name still emblazoned on the stadium here saying that they may pull out their sponsorship if the team did not change its name to apparently money talks and thats why we have this this statement coming from this Washington Team earlier this morning saying that this name will indeed change and heidi any indication of when well have a new name. Yeah so thats what Everyone Wants to know today a statement did not say what this the new name may be however it did say that what it is is one that will enhance the standing of our proud tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors fans and community for the next 100 years now we do know on social media that the number one popular option with fans is the red tails and that is popular in and one part because it would actually support black veterans would be named after the Tuskegee Airmen who were the 1st black military pilots in the u. S. And id other teams ole so in the spotlight like the Cleveland Indians Baseball Team can you see them and others also following in the footsteps of the washington n. F. L. Team. Well certainly there is greater pressure but rather than the name the Cleveland Indians isnt a racist slur as the name of this team is rather the cleveland aliens it could be accuse of Cultural Appropriation of not overt racism so a little different comparison there however what i can tell you is there is certainly evidence that this is part of a Greater Movement we just saw in past weeks the n. F. L. Apologizing for not having listened to its players who wanted to protest Police Brutality targeting black americans by kneeling before the National Anthem there is also a school of thought that perhaps these professional sports franchises are seizing this moment using this coronavirus pandemic at a time when these games are not being played stadiums are shut to to lay out these otherwise perhaps controversial changes because they wont feel fan backlash tomorrow it will be there will be some time before these stadiums reopen and then well have to see how fans react to these changes joanna all right heidi gerri kasturi there at fed ex field the washington n. F. L. Team stadium thank you. Much city having played to play in the next seasons Champions League after winning their appeal against a 2 year european ban back in february european footballs governing body wafer ruled that city had committed serious breaches of financial fair play rules but the club took their appeal to the halls of operation for sports he found the city didnt overflight over inflate the sponsorship contributions where they did fail to cooperate with us his investigation cas ruled that the ban should therefore be lifted and reduced the fine from 34000000. 00 to 11000000. 00 absolutely ecstatic. To be honest we had i always thought we was innocent. Why would the club do things on the hand if they knew they could get done for this cause been dragged through the mire that modesty from our people for years at the top sad very much that were in the sense that we can prove where the moneys come from over the years it should not even got to this case so heads will roll but you a prisoner as we can say then why should you cooperate with in my opinion a corrupt organization you just say im not speaking to you ill see you in courts about initially thats thats why we think thats why one finds a 1000000 pounds but you know everybody in the world can say that a civic duty today against against the bully boys well. Global Sports Correspondent Robert Harris who said that while the financial fair play rules have been robust your life is prosecution of cases recently has not. You wait for they just know the findings of the case and that their main committed to the principles of financial fair play but many will look at this case and wonder just where does financial fair play set from here. Was set up 10 years ago in a bid to stabilize the football ecosystem time the Global Financial crisis obviously were now a new period of concerns financially for football with a looming recession financial fair play has worked in terms of bringing down those collective losses across european clubs from over a 1000000000 euros to profitability of more than 100000000 euros in the last Accounting Period but other clubs will now be looking at just what can they spend because financial fair play is designed to ensure clubs do breakeven and they arent just relying on owner investment for their funding and at the heart of the man to city case was allegations that they over inflated their income using companies linked to the abu dhabi ownership that was not proven in the end but youve got other now clubs going through cas like transoms paul the turkish champion trying to get their own ban overturned and a match to city case is just the latest line of clubs that have scored legal victories i cast ac milan and paris and man as well you wait for seem to struggle to get cases through caste and to hold up cases that they themselves are prosecuted. 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