Compete with. Lucius. And staying silent for now mollys opposition agrees to stop protests calling for the president to step down. An Intelligence Report has found the British Government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in u. K. Politics it says the government failed to make action even after evidence emerge of moscow trying to influence the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum the authors say its hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the. Referendum but the u. K. Was still to recognize the threat and the report warns russias cyber capability pauses what it calls and immediate threat to Britains National security while the u. K. Government insists its not being complacent when it comes to the flow of illegal russian money into the country but members of parliament the Parliamentary Committee didnt agree. What we do know about russian influence in the u. K. Is that is the new normal successive governments of welcome russian oligarchs and their money with out in homes and there is a lot of russians with very close links to. Putin who are now very well integrated into but both u. K. Business political and social scene it was referred to as lending as in london grad yet few if any questions have been asked regarding the provenance of considerable wealth this open door approach it provided an ideal mechanism by which illicit finance could be recycled through the london laundromat sonia gago has more now from london. It is really quite damning and very critical over lax and complacent the way that governments excessive governments going going back a few years now have dealt with this issue of russian influence through social means as well as economic means as well and the Cottage Industry of lawyers and Estate Agents and and accountants that welcomed high profile russians into the country and dedicated themselves to their services as was put there as a kind of functioning as a kind of laundromat as well and also theres a very serious question mark being put over certain members of the house of lords the upper house in the palace of westminster in parliament over their ties to russian businesses and russian Financial Institutions as well the British Government has already said that retrospective assessment of the of the vote is not necessary as there was no attempt of any successful interference well that we cannot know at all considering that there was all the micro targeting and the focus that was put on social media platforms to provide misinformation which is really a stall. Of of what russian interference has been able to do better diamond is an associate professor of Public Policy at Queen Mary University of london he says the report shows the u. K. Has been ill prepared to deal with russian interference. The report itself doesnt really contain a smoking gun in terms of highlighting incompetence or nefarious practice on the part of any particular individual or agency it really highlights in a sense systemic issues which had to do with the fact of the British Government the British Intelligence services and more widely the british system of democracy has not proved to be very resilient in terms of protecting itself against threats posed by potential russian and ferrets and the report does particularly highlight deficiencies around the Intelligence Services it argues that the and so is the should have been much more proactive in investigating potential russian interference particularly in the 20 sects 2016 breaks it Referendum Campaign in terms of actually quantifying the impact of Russian Troops on the outcome of the referendums there is no robust evidence to suggest that russian interference necessarily changed the outcome of either referendum but of course the results of both were close and so in that sense and youve sent to a point separating the 2 sides so in that sense this parity speculation about whether. These kinds of social media activities really did a factor result a say i dont think thats concrete evidence that it did but in any place Referendum Campaign people are bound to look at these kinds of interventions and activities and think that they may have had a more decisive effect. Its being hailed as a Pivotal Moment for europe a rescue deal worth nearly 860000000000. 00 to help economies ravaged by coronavirus the agreement between e. U. Leaders was reached out to days of tough negotiations and reports from amsterdam. It was a test of an durant for e. U. Leaders in their longest block summit in decades 4 days of tough negotiations with tempers often freight finally on the 5th a deal 859000000000. 00 in non repayable grants and loans to countries worst affected by the coronavirus can that make cuts. In we we spent 4 long days and nights of negotiation more than 90 hours but it was worth it this agreement is a signal that europe is able to act after all people often accused europe of being too little too late for us here were demonstrating that the opposite is the case dawned in masks it was the leaders 1st face to face meeting since government imposed lockdown restrictions in march lockdowns that also meant the biggest economic downturn since the great depression. German chancellor Angela Merkel was among leaders from france spain and italy who led the way in convincing the block to consider the amount evenly into loans and grants weve laid the financial foundations for the e. U. For the next 7 years and at the same time came up with a response to the biggest crisis in the history of the European Union with the recovery fund. The south proclaimed frugal for sweden denmark austria and the netherlands initially stood opposed to the deal. The group led by the dutch Prime Minister mark hurd worried about debt but in the end they were also convinced. This is of course difficult in the decisions in very difficult times for all your appearance a moment to end it in success for all 27 member says with especially for the people this is a good deal this is true only you and most importantly this is the right deal for europe writes no its an unprecedented aid package and unprecedented times with so many European Countries suffering from the covert 1000. 00 crisis the European Union did not have much choice but to show solidarity and unity otherwise its relevance would have been seriously questioned now its up to the individual leaders to sell this expensive deal at home while the e. U. Bloc has been faced with rising unemployment as Large Industries including airlines and Car Manufacturers lay off workers inside these walls in brussels many are hailing this as a Historic Deal and a big step forward in soft economic blow the liver by the pandemic step fastened aljazeera amsterdam back or a virus Vaccine Developers are reporting promising results but a Mass Vaccination Program covering the globe still looks to be a long way off until that time doctors are testing existing drugs to see what works now aljazeera jonah hill was given access to scottish hospitals taking part in a huge experiment that could save many thousands of lives in the 1st of a 3 part series he traveled to East Kilbride to hear one mans story of survival. A simple household ritual with his daughters that eddie hughes will never take for granted. 7 points and long pipe than what i was packing in our shoes was put on a necessary thing to waiters dialysis machines whether was to a body was a functioning Service Machines were basically for fast percent it could be a life aged 56 eddie contracted covert 19 after 2 previous bouts of sepsis had weakened his immune system and flashbacks to call it and flashbacks but you dont know if the viewer not at the very computer. Well yes the letter. Was a janick. Feeling of being abducted trapped daughter stacey fills in some of the blanks Software Title were told what dont overbuy ever know him keep your feelings on him and we may have to thank you both when pearson but it will come up to see could by only one person would be allowed in but then the next year you could do with 14 cs really dont like the fact that like its starting to need lasik surgeons only have one point in 100 percent oxygen requirement which means basically the machines do nothing for them and then the next they are members of these we lose people who 1st master drives. And then were not really used to you high dependency you among that was probably water if it had been an i. C. U. Because i was a week. You could move troops everywhere her. Could control no strength at all you know a lot of boat kuhlmann was probably new on trucks and stuff a lot of stuff really very ugly tooted. Im sure the nazis could we see the parking lot. At the hospital in scotland where eddie was treated i spoke to Critical Care nurse Laura Ferguson he was quite slow to wake up but when he did he was very pleasant and in many of the plater to look after him and i very clearly remember taking pictures to send to his family and he has a big snail and thumbs up but his family and to us that is my lasting memory of him. Approvals as every finally left intensive care after weeks on ventilation in an induced coma a long road to full recovery lies ahead but says hell make every day count i got to do with what. Sports people do from Something Else happens. To understand which will force the new life. In the stand who thought at least as jonah hill aljazeera East Kilbride scotland told me just to hope for the next part in our coded 900 series as we go beyond eddie hughes survival to look at the experimental drug that he believes saved his life. Still ahead on aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state in the u. K. Met tension with china over a phone call and 5 g. Technology plus im going for a reporting from thailand which used to be the largest exporter of wine in the world well tell you why the numbers are continuing to. Head of there still plenty of rain through most central areas of china also some heavy downpours on the way into Western Areas of japan a brief rest fight across the Korean Peninsula but it really is only brief there is some rain is to go through wednesday and then youll see this massive yellow and blue that work its way through shandong and eventually pushing across into the Korean Peninsula but some heavier downpours as well into Western Areas of home shes certainly on wednesday by thursday that rain again working its way across much of japan and there is very heavy rains pushing across the Korean Peninsula this could well lead to some localized flooding but at the same time back across into china the rains a little bit lighter but of course they will continue over the coming days and weeks till the season rains and some very heavy rain still in the forecast across areas of india but of course to the northeast as well and bangladesh of course as we know more than a 3rd of the country under water the rain coming down and the flood waters remain very high the not going to receive particularly the next few days ago some very heavy rain on wednesday you can see these yellow and dark blue areas very widespread throughout much of india some heavier downpours around into new delhi as well certainly wednesday by thursday a little bit dry there but plenty of rain elsewhere and again some very heavy rains into bangladesh and up into nepal. As countries begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few days going to affect you and the neighborhood and many fear the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall of people getting a cold is undoubtedly a quite important 1000 faith we bring you the latest developments from across the globe Coronavirus Fund any special coverage on a. Youre watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories you came televisions report says is evidence russia has tried to meddle in British Elections it says this credible information the kremlin tried to influence the 20 4000. 00 audition dependents referendum but the authors say its hard to prove interference in the 2016 brecks it vote the kremlin has denied involvement e. U. Nations have agreed on a multibillion dollar coronavirus recovery package after the last night of talks and intense negotiations and the majority of the deal is being offered is grants to hardest hit member states. Other news now in germanys foreign minister says egypts decision to send troops abroad for potential military intervention in libya could escalate the conflict egyptian president abdel fatah has previously pledged support to forces loyal to william of 2 warlords highly for half talk that stiff shipleys government and its turkish allies attacked the city of to assert the areas controlled by have tossed forces and is a gateway to libyas Oil Rich Region mileys opposition has called for a pause in protests ahead of the upcoming eades festival theyve been demanding that president. Steps down International Mediators are heading back to bamako later this week to try to find a solution the opposition has already rejected a proposal from regional bloc echo us calling for a unity government. From senegal. Coming back to this 10 day hiatus of the protest movement well that coincides with the end of the Monitoring Mission set out by the echo was to ensure that the government takes the steps that the across the west african body has recommended including the appointment of new constitutional judges so that there could be a corum of 5 judges that could rule over the contested parliamentary Election Results 31. 00 seats that went to the ruling party and theyre being contested by the by the protesters and by the Opposition Movement yesterday president. Wanted to meet with the union of judges but the universe has refused to meet with the president saying the demands by the president are on unconstitutional so clearly siding with the protest movement so as you mentioned 4 heads of states are coming to go on thursday to try to break the deadlock thats currently taking place in the in this political crisis including present my case of senegal the president of ghana ivory coast and as well of. Hoping that they can bring both parties to the table to form some sort of dialogue to bring an end to this deadlock a trial for sudans ousted president bashir has been adjourned until next month because of a shortage of courtroom space and cher is accused of plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of Prime Minister monti in 1989 a military coup allowed him to take power until he was forced from government during an uprising last year a 76 year old is serving prison time for corruption. In guinea protesters have returned to the streets of the capital after 3 months of relative calm because of coronavirus restrictions they fought with police in conakry on monday theyre angry about a potential reelection bid by 82 year old president afrikander his 2nd 5 year term ends in october he made changes to the constitution this year and opposition groups are concerned hell run for a 3rd term. I think that we achieved the goal to show that in guinea we are people who suffer injustice and that the people of guinea do not support this 3rd mandate of president alpha conde another attempt is being made to break the deadlock over africas largest hydroelectric dam leaders from ethiopia sudan in egypt have just started a Virtual Summit the last round of talks on the ethiopian grand renaissance dam ended a week ago with little progress the sticking points include how any future disputes will be resolved and how ethiopia will respond to drops in the region sudan in egypt say the dam will affect their Water Supplies and dont want it operating until a binding agreement is reached with ethiopia. In the United States a couple who pointed guns at anti racism protesters have been charged with the unlawful use of a weapon the felony charges against mark and partition mccroskey stem from this display outside their mansion last month they said they were legally defending their home from protesters and no shots were fired the couples noise seeking Community Service rather than jail time. Us several officers have broken up a long running protest against Police Brutality in the city of portland. This video captured multiple explosions near the city courthouse where the demonstration was being held present Donald Trump Center federal agents there to try to control the ongoing rallies over the death of africanamerican george ford in Police Custody on monday criticize cities run by what he called liberal democrats were sending Law Enforcement the portland was totally out of control the democrats the liberal democrats running the players and no idea what they were doing they were ripping down for 51. 00 days ripping down the city destroyed the city looting it but the presence of the federal police in portland has caused outrage even from within trumps own party several court cases have been launched against the deployment including one by oregon state which accuses the forces of unlawfully detaining protesters the American Civil Liberties union describes it as a constitutional crisis. Now issues surrounding china have top the agenda during a meeting between the u. S. Secretary of state and british Prime Minister Boies Johnson in london the talks between my comp ale and johnson come as both countries step up pressure on beijing and made allegations of Human Rights Violations and National Security issues the u. K. Has banned arms sales to hong kong and suspended its extradition treaty with the territory while the u. S. Has imposed visa restrictions on employees of the chinese tech giant huawei challenger has more on what was discussed between from pale into. When it comes to the meeting had with the Prime Minister he said that they were very constructive talks they are laying the foundation for frank conversations about 5 g. About the u. S. U. K. Trade relationship they also touched on Foreign Policy on issues to do with the wrong to do with the middle east and also looking at the 5 Eyes Intelligence Alliance thats made up of australia canada new zealand the us and the u. K. Who no doubt will be quite strategically important Going Forward now the Prime Minister will want to be concentrating on that u. S. U. K. Free trade agreement negotiations which have slightly tripped up over the issue of curing to chicken and hormone injected beef which practices that and in this country and hes going to want to really restart those negotiations also on the agenda is the National Health service which has been quite controversial but actually yesterday m. P. s in britain voted against a bill to protect the n. H. S. From outside interference so it could pave the way for the us to get something out of that deal that it really wants. Live to london the way the u. S. Secretary of states my pump ale is holding a News Conference right now alongside u. K. Foreign secretary dominic crap and lets listen in but there was a great opportunities and britain the United States absolutely keven focused on making sure that we grasp them weve spoken to them about serious concerns about the situation it hong kong particularly relation to the National Security legislation we talked a bit about our u. K. Offer to be a nose at what we do in suspending the extradition treaty extending the arms involved go to hong kong might give me his perspective on it as well we coordinating together with the 5 eyes and we also discussed next steps including at g. 7 that will we also talked about ongoing discussions relation to 5 g. And crucially how we can diversify our supply chains in relation to telecoms invitee network and also in the World Learning some of that lessons from grade a virus e. P. And all the things and the work that we can do together in order to facilitate that that i think for some to talk about the free trade negotiations were looking forward to meeting british and American Businesses shortly i give them which each others biggest investors and new trade relationships well over 300000000000. 00 we think we can do even better than that there are every morning just under one half 1000000 americans who go to work for British Companies around the saying its going to work for American Companies and i think that restricts the kind of win win free trade deal that were committed and determined to achieve between the 2 countries good for jobs good for consumers as well for the u. K. It is really clear that we need to work with our american friends and also with other partners together in the International System to protect our freedoms and in drag. And stand up as weve shown i think of its not from violence when more influential we have more impact when we went together and we also discussed iran russia the middle east Peace Process the broader challenges of curbing 19 and the need to strength reinforce and keep the Team Together in relation to nato and that we discussed Financial Issues and i think across the full range of international. Challenges we of which there are many we recognized that we always a lot stronger and more effectively went together and thats what were going to continue to do in the weeks and months ahead michael i keep thinking oh. Thank you have to i want to thank secretary robb for the invitation to be here today i know its not easy to host events especially it at these times so i want to thank you and your staff for put this all together make it work it was a very productive conversation. Of course began with the challenge presented by the Chinese Communist party in the cup in 1000 virus that originated in wolf on china behalf of the American People i want to extend my condolences to the british people from your losses from this preventable pandemic the c. C. P. Sexploitation this disaster to further its own interest as ben disgraceful rather than helping the world general secretary she has shown the world the parties to face we talked about how we see in the hong kongs freedoms crushed to watch the c. C. P. Volley its neighbors militarized beatrice in the South China Sea and its to get a deadly confrontation with india. I want to take this opted to congratulate the British Government for its principles responses to these challenges you made a sovereign decision to ban all future 5 g. Networks youve joined other free nations to condemn chinas broken promises on the side of british treaty if you generously open your doors to one congress who seek nothing more than playing just for some freedom and yesterday suspended your extradition treaty extended. And your arms embargo in china to hong kong itself we support those sovereign choices we think well done ill meet later today with on con Democracy Advocate Nate Alonso Chris Patten the last governor of hong kong im sure those will be eyeopening and important discussions to. Dominate much of the free trade discussions weve completed 2 rounds more work to do a 3rd round get your for later this month that is a primary focus of the United States to see if we can make progress on this and bring this to closure just as quickly as possible i spoke with the Prime Minister this morning about this and i hope that we can get it finalized for 2 want when we leave dummy can i will sit down with a british or American Business council to hear about how we can get to the right place which is reducing trade barriers and hear more about how we can get opportunities for Small Businesses and create real wealth and opportunity good jobs for working people here in the United Kingdom and for americans to. And finally i discussed about the Prime Minister and with the foreign secretary the importance of extending the u. N. Arms embargo on the slum republic of iran we welcome the recent statement from the United Kingdom france and germany recognizing that allowing the embargo to expire would have major implications for regional and security stability. And i think the british people tuned in the u. K. Government for its role in helping lead the International Maritime security construct in the persian gulf in the gulf of a lot of that support and leadership from a true ally as as domino were talking about the special relationship you can see it on days like today where translates into the bill of that candid frank discussions on important matters which really cut to the heart of how we can Work Together to secure freedom for our peoples in each of our 2 countries and both their countries be forces for good together around the world and so thanks for the chance to be with you to the great events like so we take a couple of questions vicki on the b. B. C. Governments. Threat its to autopsy. That already. Lets. Let things like im time and. They want to take action and. Im friends. In. Many times and sometimes chinese will go back and take. On china. But he thanks very much 1st of all you mentioned the suggestion that the u. K. Actively involved actively avoided investigating russia i think in fairness your point that wasnt in the i. C. Report it was coming to one end and the steward haziq and we categorically reject that i think if you look at weve got a long period recognising the enduring significant threat posed by russia to u. K. Including in relation to cyber russia is a top National Security priority we call our russia when its necessary sharing in relation to the Cyber Attacks on reception developed cities in the u. S. And u. K. And kind of there weve done that together with our partners and we on the 1st 2nd. Complaisant russia poses when it comes to cyber. My question was about whether we would like that king to do more to confront china i dont think about it that way we dont think about it that way we think that the entire world needs to Work Together to ensure that every country including china behaves in the International System in ways consistent with the international order. You cant go make claims for maritime which is that you have no lawful claim to it you cant threaten countries and bully them in the himalayas you cant engage in cover ups and coopt International Institutions like the World Health Organization we want we want to see every nation to understands freedom and democracy and values that it knows that is important to their own people their own sovereign country to be successful to understand this threat that the Chinese Communist party is posing to them and to work both themselves and collectively to restore what is rightfully ours we will look at present drop on trade all they simply asked for was a fairly simple trading relationship with china we just we would no longer want them to steal intellectual property denying the citizens of the United States who worked hard to create something to invent something to get a patent or trademark and then the Chinese Communist party directed its state owned enterprises to seal that property from americans that want every nation to work against that kind of activity its those actions its not about language its not about words its about we want every nation to Work Together to push back against the Chinese Communist partys efforts in every dimension that i described to you today that certainly includes the United Kingdom includes every country we hope we can build out a coalition that understands this threat will work collectively to convey to the Chinese Communist party its not in their best interest to get in this kind of behavior highwood been listening there to the u. S. Secretary of states mike home pale his standing alongside his u. K. Counterpart foreign secretary dominic robb after meetings in nandan today a lot of the focus as you heard during that News Conference on china over its human and i jim and rights abuses and gnashing jiang and also over. Way and the u. S. Senate foreign secretary saying that all nations have to Work Together in order to push back against china will have more on this. Coming up in 30 minutes here on aljazeera to stay with us. 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. T. V. Welcome to the stream im josh rushing sitting in for me ok today from my home here in Fairfax Virginia think you for joining me now right off the bat if youre watching on you tube you see that shadow over there the box those are live get your questions in there will try to get them to me and well try to get them in the show as were going on what should be a part of this with me now today were talking about. Chick kids returned to school in the u. S. Now im coming to you from Fairfax Virginia this is one of the 10 Largest School districts in the country all around 190000 students here and i had to make a decision as appeared this week do i want my
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