Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

A recent upturn in violence in chicago. Its not too late if we can act now new fears of famine in yemen where the u. N. Says its seeing alarming levels of Food Insecurity. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist is found with severe knife wounds just hours before he was due to give evidence in court. And only well into the sports news as the tensions between china the u. S. And britain spill into the sporting arena chinas state broadcaster has announced that it will stop showing English Premier League matches. We begin the news hour with a dramatic escalation in the growing tensions between the United States and china the u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in Houston Texas saying its to protect American Intellectual property a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry has denied media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building and accuse the u. S. Of violating International Law china is threatening to close the american consulate in ruin in response its also warned the Chinese Students in the u. S. To be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations. Were going. On july 21st the u. S. Abruptly demanded we close our consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u. S. Side we demand the u. S. Withdraw this decision we will respond well a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Says bomb and Death Threats have been made against their Washington Embassy in washington watching young blame the u. S. Government tweeting that the threats were a result of what she called smears and hatred catrina you in one has more. Certainly beijing is furious about this chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented escalation even listed a number of actions he said the Us Government had taken against Chinese People in the u. S. In recent months he said that chinese diplomats there had been subjected to intimidation harassment in some cases detention he also said that Chinese Students were increasingly being interrogated that personal Electronic Devices were being confiscated and searched he also said that there would incident at least one chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouches was searched without permission that chinese official items were also confiscated both of these would be violations of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the Chinese Embassy in the u. S. Had received a number of bomb threats and Death Threats and he accused the Trump Administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u. S. But overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation the newest escalation what has to be a diplomatic freefall in terms of relations between the u. S. And china in various fronts been going on National Security Law Technology and trade and beijing says if the u. S. Does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary counter measures. Well china u. S. Secretary of state michael pale says they will keep taking action over china to protect the American People. Were not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen the remarks that. Mask a visor brian gave that f. B. I. Director a gave him that attorney general barr has given we are setting out clear expert taishan for how the Chinese Communist party is going to behave and when they dont were going to take actions that protect the American People protect our security our National Security and also protect our economy and jobs. Jordan has been following the situation from virginia and she says the consulate closure will only worsen relations sions to close this consulate which happens to be the 1st consulate that the Chinese Government opened in the u. S. After it renewed diplomatic ties with the United States back in 1979 the u. S. Has also been imposing sanctions on Chinese Government officials on students on businesspeople its trying to bring to the United States for trial the number 2 of way she is fighting extradition from canada to the United States as we speak the Chinese Government in turn has kicked out reporters has strongly surveilled people who have been working inside that country has closed off parts of the country she was westerners and 2 in particular 2 americans so you can only expect that this back and forth over tit for tat is going to continue and you can expect barbara to see the relationship between the 2 countries simply grow worse dr zachary a is a Southeast Asia political expert at the National War College and he joins us live from the state of vermont source thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera we heard a correspondent saying that the cost of the closure will only worsen relations between the 2 countries out do you read this latest escalation. Yeah i agree with that that the administration has gone down this path and that it will necessarily invoke a chinese response likely the closure of one of our consulates in china if not more. You know everything the administration does to china they are able to respond in kind and theres a lot of issues that have escalated the tensions between the u. S. And china trade obviously intellectual property a while way cove theyd obviously be one of the factor is is it possible to go back to any kind of normalize the relationship considering that the prost just seems to have broken down you know youre absolutely right there is a host of issues that the United States is clearly unhappy with about china from kuwait right now but the control over the future of the internet 5 she way that that of intellectual Property Trade deficits in the past currency manipulation chinese aggression in the South China Sea the 1000000 readers in concentration camps the crackdown in hong kong. The problem is this administration right now really is on able to prioritize we cant take trying to. Firm all of those issues but you can also i mean its china that had acted in ways that perhaps of this means that the west of the u. S. Before so have chinese actions changed or has the american response to them changed well both i mean the chinese have definitely become more assertive in proactive. Especially because the United States to step back from a leadership role around the world weve walked away from International Treaties and organizations weve left our allies and partners questioning our reliability and our commitment to those alliances. So you know into the the voice steps china and weve definitely seen a much more assertive chinese diplomatic presence in the region and you know this is its really disheartening because for any one of those issues that i mentioned america cannot go it alone the route requires a multilateral response and we have just so alienated our allies and partners in the past 3 and a half years if he i mean you mentioned 3 and a half years of course thats the time that president has been the leader of the usa do you think that now relations have broken down to the point that even if joe biden does become the next president ultimately you can never really try to put together that relationship again. Look these are the 1st and 2nd largest economies in the world we are fully insured interdependent with one another we have to have a working relationship with the 2 countries and i think we can take on certain issues and if in administrating is able to prioritize and say look were going to focus on values and focus on a common readers were going to focus on 5 g. In the future of the internet you know but we cant do it all and we cant go it alone and so pop part of what any administration has to do is start to rebuild a working relationship and coordinated effort with our allies and partners and certainly doesnt seem to be happening now the office acarya Southeast Asia political expert at the National War College joining us from vermont sir thank you. Now the British Government meanwhile says it will open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000. 00 hong kong residents from january those eligible will not have to have a job before going to the u. K. It applies to those with British National overseas passports and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a National Security law that china is imposing on hong kong which critics say curbs freedoms. U. S. President donald trump has announced that hundreds of federal agents will be the poison chicago after a surge in violence in recent weeks officers have also been the ploy to albuquerque in new mexico as part of his socalled law and Order Campaign trump says his administration is ready to assist any other state or city which requests help the moment this bloodshed must stand displayed jed will and today im announcing a surge of federal Law Enforcement into American Communities plagued by Violent Crime will work every single day to restore Public Safety protect our nations children and bring violent perpetrators to justice well chicagos mayor has called on witnesses to come forward after an overnight shootout at a funeral left 15 people injured mourners were shot at by gang members who were driving by on chicagos south side several targets of the shooting returned fire attackers fled after crashing their car every 160 murders in chicago between late june and july. Is a symptom a symptom of communities that are crying out young men who dont believe that they have a future other than being part of one of these games or factions or cliques who believe that their future only lives on a corner and not college or career. Meanwhile protests in portland are entering a 56 that they despite President Trumps controversial deployment of the federal police there more than a 1000 protesters gathered against racism and Police Brutality on tuesday trump says the officers are protecting federal property but theyve been accused of seizing protesters from the streets and unmarked vehicles and detaining them without justification several lawsuits have been filed against the trunk of ministration questioning its full use of Police Powers. For this son joined by bruce fein whos a former u. S. Associate Deputy Attorney general sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so. The ministration effectively being questioned by the broad use of Police Powers what do you think of the way that theyve used the police force and the federal officers there. But i think there are 2 separate questions one is the authority to deploy federal Law Enforcement to enforce federal laws and to protect federal property that i think is uncontroversial the federal laws are independent of the state local laws the Authority Law is there the 2nd issue as well is the response at the level that justifies this rather intense in some ways on precedent and federal presence in the various localities and and also simply because theres authority to dispatch federal Law Enforcement officials doesnt give them license to violate the 4th amendment engage in unreasonable searches and seizures and arrests those are separate questions and there have been of the some instances where it seems that the federal officers like state officers that weve seen on video have overstepped the bounds and used Excessive Force against those who are demonstrating i believe that you have to consider the decision in the context of the 2020 alexion campaign and President Trumps effort to bolster his base if you will and by putting a federal Law Enforcement presence out there will there is going to be at least some kind of collision hes trying to make an issue of the campaign him being the candidate of law and order and his opponent mr biden being someone who soft on crime so i think by and large it is redundant the federal Law Enforcement is sufficient to protect federal interest theres no need for a socalled surge the violence that weve seen in the city says been in violation of state and local laws not largely in federal violations but to make it a campaign issue. He feels that this decision is appropriate but do you think that its appropriate when there are accusations from just using Excessive Force and seizing protesters from the streets putting them in on mark vehicles that taking them without justification all sorts of things that and shouldnt really happen in of the moccasin let alone in the United States are you worried that were going to see a repeat of those incidents in other cities as perhaps the federal officers get involved more widely. But they may be i think we have. Various Law Enforcement called special agents in charge in 73. 00 areas for the f. B. I. Is largely the federal presence there although here are using gauges officers and otherwise and the local commanders are the ones who are immediately responsible for ensuring compliance with the 4th amendment which again not only protects against sex osa force but obvious you dont resummon when there is not probable cause to believe that a violation of of law has occurred. I think its premature to decide whether these kinds of incidents will be more than isolated and become systemic i think its its problematic and worrisome when we saw some of the same Excessive Force used in Lafayette Park across from the white house on that infamous date where the president almost ready to see walked across the park and then held the bible up upside down it served really no legitimate government purpose other than to say you know we can push you away if we want to just one final point forgive me for interrupting its just that were running out of time i mean you mentioned the 2020 is an Election Year we still have several months to go before november so in light of the things that we have seen from the administration are you warming up. Theres no doubt that theres cause for worry and its not just the last months the entire administration of President Donald Trump has been one where violations of law have become a way of life and thats really to borrow a phrase from john boltons former National Security advisor with whom i mainly disagree and its unfortunately its not just these last months its systemic from the beginning and i think we need to be very alert during the last months of this campaign but it could escalate further bruce fein former u. S. Associate Deputy Attorney general sir thank you so much for sharing your views with us. Now coming up on this news hour from london the mexicos coronavirus test toll passes 40000. 00 with fears the situation could be far worse than reported claim zimbabwes government is infringing on human rights by locking up a journalist and imposing a dusk to dawn curfew and then sports for ari are forced to make changes after a poor start to the formula one season. Now airstrikes in eastern afghanistan have killed 45. 00 people including civilians and members of the taliban the governor of this street in the province of herat says at least 8 civilians were among the dead the Afghan Defense ministry is investigating the attacks which were carried out by its forces the United States says it was not involved in wednesdays all. The un says fears of famine in yemen are resurfacing just as the World Food Program has had the scale back relief efforts due to a lack of funding Nutrition Services for 2 and a half 1000000 children could stop by the end of august coronavirus restrictions reduced remittances locusts floods and significant underfunding of this years aid response have compounded the hunger crisis after 5 years of war this by un peace efforts there has been a resurgence of violence between warring parties in recently. We are very worried because. Right now in yemen we of reach alarming levels alarming drivers of Food Insecurity there are approximately 20000000 people in your men who didnt secure and who struggled to find a mixed meal. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control is reported more than 1000 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours with california overtaking new york as the war states state on tuesday President Trump admitted the pandemic will probably get worse before it gets better more state governors have been making masks man the tree and introducing new restrictions and overwhelmed testing labs and hospitals are raising the alarm yourself officials have signed the contract with pfizer for 100000000 doses of a potential corona virus vaccine its the 2nd vaccine that washington a secured on the basis of promising clinical trials. Well many countries in latin america are also struggling is their coronavirus cases continue to spiral get the latest on the situation there from. In mexico city and meanwhile in mexico of course a country that is seeing that this toll just continues to rise its passed 40000. 00 overnight but the spike having whats now the 4th highest test toll in the world theyre still not testing as much as perhaps you could argue they should. This from barbara and well run over those numbers real quickly here mexicos confirmed cases of corona virus as of wednesday according to Johns Hopkins university have now surpassed 356000 with as you mentioned 40400 confirmed deaths its another grim milestone for mexico and one that places it 2nd only to brazil in terms of death toll for the entirety of latin america and then the big concern that we keep hearing from Health Policy experts here in mexico is as you mentioned the lack of testing a lack of Contact Tracing and what many would argue is a nonchalant attitude from federal leaders specifically the countrys president and this one to elope is over that now mexico city mexico in general began reopening its economy already despite the advice from many Health Experts in mexico city began reopening the economy on july 1st and the attitudes that many here in the city have sort of mirrors that of the countrys president who many would argue has downplayed the severity of the ongoing outbreak here here in mexico so theres not only this expectation that the that the outbreak is going to get worse that its going to be a long while before the Health Crisis begins to improve but there is also the sense that the policies that have been implemented have not been enough and that there will inevitably inevitably be a return to the lock downs that we saw in the past barbara given his battle at last in america has been the epicenter of the pandemic for a while that was so is the escalation that were seeing in mexico this that reflect whats happening across the region. It does and its difficult to compare each country to another if one were to look at whats happening in brazil where theres 2. 00 plus 1000000 confirmed cases or mexico 2 countries that sort of lead in terms of the death toll in latin america the Pan American Health organization has already said that the region as a whole shows no signs of slowing down and there are certain countries that are showing in alarming rate of contagion we can point to peru to colombia to ecuador weve been keeping a close eye on bolivia today where police and authorities in the cities of luck boston something say that theyve discovered 420 bodies over the past over a period of 5 days the believe that the vast majority of these individuals died from covert 19 these are people that were found in their homes some found on the streets others in their vehicles but this is this is significant news because it really does highlight how the Health Crisis in bolivia is worsening but again its not only bolivia we know of several countries regionally in south america in the caribbean we can point to haiti and the Dominican Republic countries in Central America that are now reporting the highest rates of contagion in a single week that weve seen since the beginning of the pandemic. Half of the with the latest there from mexico city madam well thank you amanda i was just mentioning brazil there and the brazilian president and also that it has tested positive for the corona virus for a 3rd time he 1st tested positive on july the 7th also that it has said hes been taking the anti malarial drug had roxy couric when most studies have found that to be ineffective and actually potentially dangerous for some patients. More than 50000000 people globally are now known to have been infected by the corona virus and its confirmed to have killed 60800000 but u. S. Researchers say the true death toll around the world could be 12 times larger gabrielle is on the reports from new york. The spread of corona virus around the world over 600000 lives lost to the pandemic but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of technology often cited as the worlds best Research University examined 84. 00 countries and concluded the numbers are likely much higher we found that the estimate of the true actual number of covert 1000 cases proximately 12 larger than the number of confirmed reported cases and we found that the number of people who have died of coke at night is approximately 50 percent higher than the number of reported deaths to reach their conclusions researchers used a variation of a standard model of epidemiology and over 4 months calibrated it with country level data on testing reported cases deaths and overall mortality and various other data points the model was able to estimate the percentage of the population of any given country already infected with covert 19 at the top of the list ecuador with 18 percent of its population already infected followed by other latin american countries peru chile and mexico then iran and qatar are the most infected per capita in the middle east followed by spain the u. S. The u. K. And the netherlands in early march the world Health Organization declared cofa 19 a Global Pandemic mit researchers concluded from their modeling that if all the countries in the world back then ramped up testing there would be 200000 fewer deaths today once you lose control this is. A very serious problem and its still relevant because although we cant go back and change what happened before were now facing exactly the same choices with the new outbreak that are taking place in many countries around the world while the study conducted by the researchers is highly complex and very technical their advice on how to help stop the spread of coronaviruses not they say it simply comes down to social distancing and wearing a mask gabriels on doe aljazeera new york. Lots more still to come in this hour. Protesters keep up the pressure on israels Prime Minister to quit over corruption and this handling of the coronavirus. Catheter airways a 6 billions of dollars in compensation from the countries that blocked its planes. And england cricketer joe from our chip reports online racial abuse heading into their deciding match against the west is. Hello there quite a massive cloud across northern regions of europe the same rain of course heading in with that as well and in ages into areas across the south this scattering of thunderstorms on their way east was now theres also been some fog some mist in the morning as this is a case across into western hungry but those thunderstorms i mentioned they certainly did some damage into care of as you can see his some trees down cars damaged or also some property to homes as well now the good news is that conditions a much clearer and comma as you go through thursday and friday is not a bad picture generally throughout europe quite a cloudy one still a scutching of shows maybe a thunderstorm across areas in the south and that rain is heading across the u. K. Its moving up through the noles see it will leave a scattering of showers in its wake and how much is a little bit but generally not too bad but as you head off into friday it becomes if anything rather more unsettled that rain across the south becoming really quite heavy and also quite widespread rain as well pushing through southern areas the scan the navy on tools both takes on the next round of or all the heavy rain working its way in towards the northwest as the temperatures 25. 00 in london the same in paris but in both cases fairly cloudy conditions and then down into north africa is fine and dry here weve got some fairly high temperatures as you can see by friday 35 in tripoli. Rewind continues a care brainier people back to life im sorry with updates on the best of aljazeera as documentaries destro continual book from bob good to now of course these destroyers revisiting alfreds free press. Im the managing editor of the data talk we know from the public of was how do you address your side that they have been some changes of work over the years you know rewind on aljazeera. Mexicos coded 1000 death toll is one of the worlds highest with one in 5 of its inhabitants living in the capital was the deadly upsurge inevitable for the going to get half a 1000000 visitors every day theres really no way to take it personally think guards with that full of it all has the governments on all the drug strategy lead to unnecessary suffering frontline mexico the fight against kobe 1000 on aljazeera. Or. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera china has denied media reports that staff have been burning documents inside its consulate in Houston Texas after the u. S. Government ordered it to close the facility u. S. President donald trump has announced that hundreds of federal agents will be deployed in chicago after a recent surge in violence their officers are also being deployed to albuquerque new mexico as part of the socalled law and Order Campaign and the u. N. Says it fears a famine in yemen are resurfacing just as the World Food Program is that the scaled back relief efforts. Like that curfew aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus has come into effect in zimbabwe Opposition Leaders say its linked to antigovernment protests planned for next week they accuse the government of using Health Restrictions to infringe on peoples rights on wednesday a journalist and the Opposition Leader were charged with inciting public violence has more now from. After 2 nights in Police Custody freelance journalist hopeful gone and Opposition Leader jacob me arrived at the Magistrates Court to apply for they were arrested on monday and accused of inciting people to protest over the economy and corruption in zimbabwe and hes been through this before. But the case was adjourned they are spending another night in jail theres no question that this is. Cause there is no law thats they cant there you can protest section 59 citizens. Through their own states. The government to meet said 10 of the expectations. Lawyers say police have raided the homes of the 2 main looking for evidence the opposition believes the state is trying to stop antigovernment protests planned for next week defectors to document since it was imposed which imposes a curfew 66. 00 pm curfew im here in this country after the end of the Liberation War so we have returned to receive him in charge of the street but with a dangerous regime instead of the change and no one is safe. The government imposed a curfew saying its only trying to tackle rising Coronavirus Infections we know within or position we should mention this in 2 respects causing violence which will cause loss of life in also spreading in this ng in helping to spread because the dividers by doing so that more this can ok that will hurt a bit we will not allow it. Into please send that message loud and clear to the opposition we will allow it human rights activists worry they could be more arrests people are going to have a home they can only come out to buy. Medical facilities and public gatherings and we dont have jobs im not trying to get home. But there isnt enough public transport for now only chance but operators approved by the state are allowed to work many here fear they might not make it home in time. Aljazeera. Israels parliament is user vote on increasing the governments powers to impose coronavirus restrictions across the country it comes as protests grow louder against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his handling of the pandemic and his corruption trial dozens of demonstrators were arrested on tuesday after training themselves together and blocking people from entering parliament in west jerusalem herefore said has more. Benjamin netanyahu is where the protest before so called black flag activists have waged a years Long Campaign against what they call his anti democratic rule but in the last 2 weeks the protests have changed and grown as israelis buckling under a 2nd wave of coronavirus turn their anger on the government. Netanyahu has admitted to reopening the economy too quickly allowing gatherings of too many people others point to the governments failure to expand the system of testing and tracing is the 1st wave leaving it ill equipped to stop the 2nd author and journalist Roden Bergman has investigated that Decision Making he says the Health Ministry went against expert advice you need to know as soon as possible if that person is or not you need to 1st that person immediately after he is like the 5 is suspicious so as a suspect so if if you do not then the chain. Infection he goes on and on and you all know theyve got to cut it the government itself said it needed a 48 hour turnaround from suspected case to test results even now its taking 6. 00 to 8. 00 days the concern now is that its simply too late in terms of testing to catch up with the sheer scale of this 2nd wave israels missed opportunity on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the pandemic under pressure the Prime Minister has been announcing measures only to announce them from a 1750000000. 00 package of cash handouts 1st universal now means tested too in order to close restaurants postponed within hours to weekend closures of beaches and pools reversed within days the one constant is insistence on avoiding a 2nd full lockdown because. I have requested each ministries plan for a safe exit from the current virus restrictions meaning that if we straighten the coven reach the goals that we see it for the determined number of cases per day that we can work with over time in the coronavirus routing. But the head spinning policy shifts have undermined belief in a Prime Minister also on trial in 3 separate Corruption Cases one survey this month put public trust in him at just 29 percent and the problem that. Theres really this back and forth that its not creating trust and trust is groucho. In order to move ahead because its a long term situation where theyre talking about trustees both thrust of the public and trust of experts just weeks ago netanyahu had squashed the 1st wave of coded 19 and neutralized his most serious political rival benny gantz inside an Emergency Coalition now hes fighting to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing Political Capital are a force at aljazeera television. And 5 we are just hearing from israel that lawmakers there actually did pass that and did give the government power so post corn a virus restrictions across the country with limited parliamentary oversight and as we were mentioning that does create some fears for the countrys them a critic health but the knesset did just pass that. Now Qatar Airways is seeking billions of dollars in compensation from 4 arab countries for blocking it from their airspace the airline argues the air blockade breaches aviation conventions or such a pari reports. Qatar airways wants 5000000000. 00 in compensation from egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the United Arab Emirates they imposed a land sea and air blockade in 2017 banning qatari planes from their airspace the blockade in countries cut diplomatic ties with qatar accusing it of maintaining close ties with iran and supporting terrorism. Qatar denies all charges and efforts to resolve the crisis have failed. Before the blockade this was the route Cutter Airways flights were taking and this is how they had to change in order to avoid the airspace of the blockading nations making lengthy diversions adding an average of 25 minutes each flight and adding to its fuel costs Qatar Airways c. E. O. Acquire a backer says the air blockade is a clear breach of Civil Aviation conventions as well as several binding agreements those countries have signed the lawsuit uses existing treaties to make its case that the blockade violates International Law a right now that there are basically 4 arbitrations that are going before you know the authorities there and theyre going to decide the fate of this and the simple thing is you know that the the good the body whos going to decide these arbitrations has to determine if there is a clear breach of Civil Aviation conventions and out right now its just too hard to tell how the court will decide. Earlier this month qatar won illegal round when the International Court of justice at the hague said the uns Civil Aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case and can oversee negotiations it marks a victory for qatar in this long drawn out battle with the 4 arab nations and now Qatar Airways is looking for financial compensation at a time when the global Aviation Industry has been devastated because of the covert 1000. 00 pandemic. Dorsett to pary aljazeera. Turkey and russia have agreed to Work Together towards a lasting cease fire in war torn libya turkey supports the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli while russia backs its rival the warlord highly for half that who is based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met with more talks planned in moscow they say that a log remains the only solution to the conflict. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a journalist is in a Critical Condition after being found with knife injuries the evening before that he was due in court police say that they believe that melvin try to kill himself it was found that his home in a pool of blood with serious injuries to his vocal cords and abdomen summa was granted a president ial pardon and immunity in exchange for his evidence and this home was under 24 hour guard the incident has renewed calls for europol to formally join malta police in investigating the murder of the ethnic. Well the journalist was murdered outside her home by a car bomb in october 2017 she was known for exposing corruption particularly in the Ruling Labor Party film as said hed been paid to contract a team to carry out the bombing by businessman youre again fen it you had been involved in a Corruption Scandal that a dog the government for years then it was arrested on board a luxury yacht as it was leaving malta last november within hours for testers that gathered them and then the Prime Ministers resignation after finishing cues the key members of the government of being involved in the murder Joseph Muscat announced he would step down once his party had found a replacement. Well albert de lay as a journalist at the malta independent and has been covering the murder case he joins us now from. By skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera 1st of all what do you make all of the fact that that this man this of confessed middlemen was found with such pronounced knife injuries just before he was due to testify in court. Hi good evening good evening everyone thank you very much for having me on once again its a very Interesting Development which i dont think anybody quite expected in in this case for obviously the event stuff happened last night. It sort of thrown the case on the into into suspect so the police immediately said that the wounds and the evidence pointed to the wounds being selfinflicted however there have been sorts of concerns that that this may not be the case even especially of the haste of of of how this announcement was was made however still the police have insisted both last night when the events happened and that this morning in a press conference which was given by the Police Commissioner that the evidence all points to the wounds being selfish self inflicted even however extensive as they are because the wounds are on his neck his chest and his wrists are reportedly. But again it was also said by the Police Commissioner that he himself told me himself admitted to an inspector who was present who is also the lead inspector in the definite article its a Murder Investigation that he had. Committed the conflict in fact the winds the winds on to himself but without a doubt its something which. Has come as quite a quite a shock another that there is another such we understand in this case something that potentially throws even more question marks as to whether we are ever going to find out the truth do you think that at this point. Europol should get involved in the investigation. The police have always said that europol was involved in the investigation from from the onset and that it remains involved in the in the investigation in fact in the in the court sitting today which took place today which tom always meant to fire and it was testified that europol do still hold mr fenix mobile phone because theyre extracting the data the data from it so the police have continued to do insist that even though there isnt a joint Investigation Team as as has been the call from the i want to go to family that there is still very real collaboration which is still ongoing between the multis police force and europol. Were going to have to leave it there journalist of the more independent following his murder for the moment thank you russias judiciary has come under fire for jamie a historian for 3 and a half years yuri dimitri ever was convicted of sexually abusing his adopted daughter a charge that he denies he won Rights Groups and activists say that he was really jailed over his work on mass graves and repression during Josef Stalins role critics accuse president Vladimir Putin of trying to frame how horus committed by the soviet union are depicted in the fair will be released in november because of time already served. Its a merger that a hostage standoff in ukraine ended without bloodshed thanks to a bizarre intervention by president followed me as a lenski certain people were taken hostage by a gunman on a Long Distance bus on tuesday but they were all freed after the president agreed to a phone call with the government in the su explains. That the freed unharmed after a 12 hour long siege these travellers turned hostages were on the bus in the western city of lutes when it was seized by a russian gunman. Police sealed off the area where the suspect began throwing explosives and firing shots at a drone nobody was injured the hostage taker was identified as 44 year old maxime creevy wash Officials Say he wanted to speak with ukrainian president flawed amir selenski his demand that the president and doors an Animal Rights documentary released 15 years ago selenski obliged posting this video to show media the movie earthlings 2005 months everyone should watch. Earthlings is an Award Winning documentary about the mistreatment of animals for profit now rated by hollywood Actor Joaquin Phoenix selenski said he convinced the suspect to release 3 of the hostages when they spoke on the phone and the rest after he posted the video. We did it was obvious for me these were obvious steps for me as if we can do anything without launching assault we can avoid putting at least one persons life at risk these are principles i live with lived with and will live with. Some local media reports say the suspect is an Animal Rights activist who helped protect stray dogs the standoff ended when he released all the hostages and surrendered police are now determining why he planned such an extreme act at least to al jazeera. And now here is live with the sport even though politics is now slightly getting involved with sports and increasingly the case with sport that starts in china where the state forecasters say c. T. V. Appears to be English Premier League football matches with growing tensions between beijing the United States and britain that includes thursdays march was when champions in the poland chelsea which are liverpool win 53. 00 before lifting the trophy instead we understand c. C. T. V. Chose to show it all much from the you wrote 2016 torments now this will be the 1st time china has taken aim at the premier League Last Year they withdrew an arsenal game from their show just off the arsenal player mr ozil criticised the countrys treatment of weak muslims china also shut shunned m. B. I. A. Basketball last year after one of the same messages dial mori tweeted in support of prodemocracy protests in hong kong a role that cost the n b i millions of dollars in its most valuable market outside the us for more on this we spoke to Simon Chadwick professor of the erosions sport industry. All we know about chinese is that china uses sports for political purposes and very often those political purposes a link to economic industrial commercial matters and so now as we as weve seen for example through the n. B. A. And there are more a story. Of the n. B. A. Still is struggling a still it effectively doesnt have a t. V. Presence in china following on from the daryl morey incident in the end of last year so be under no illusions although this is simply premier league games being currently dropped from schedules it does have the potential to to roll on for quite some time. And it could significantly impact upon the permeating not least in terms of its visitor visibility in terms of funding gauge moments in terms of the pressure potentially that china is going to put on britain and its going to put on the British Government i guess medium to longer the more this goes on the longer this goes on there could be a tangible Financial Impact the n. B. A. Basketball age have made a decision on how viable shows support for the black clouds lots of movement the sense of the court will have the words printed on it several social distancing protocols will be in place as well after coronavirus suspension the league will resume at the end of this month with all the teams in the bubble of disney world in orlando england cricket falls biology has reported racial abuse hes received online to the england and Wales Cricket board archie was dropped for the 2nd test against the west indies of the leaving the team secure bubble it was a breach of coronavirus safety protocols in place but while sitting out that much he was bombarded with racial insults on his social media his team mate Jimmy Anderson hopes are you will be mentally ready to play in the deciding 3rd test match which starts on 40. It was a. Crucial series resting on a. Knowingness that there are im sure you want. To see. From our innocence you know next you guys. Figure out if hes in iraq lets. Go for europeans who has finally been i would say return of the missing half of the summer with the 1st of 6 tournaments in the u. K. On wednesday the British Masters is taking place in northumberland and its scotlands david lohr who leads by a shot after round one but without find that all has caught prize money and many of the top european stars have chosen instead to apply on the p. G. A. Tour over in the us that service. The pub now the Ferrari Formula One Team of decided to make some changes after their poor start of the season they were structuring that Technical Department quote create a more focus and simplified chain of command ferrari have not want to drive a title since 2007 theyre currently 5th in the championship why behind the dominant myside. And the worlds biggest cycling team is changing its name for the 2nd time in 15 months or was originally tame sky became saying any us now we know it is in the us credit is promoting a new car designed by team owner jim wright with its aim to produce the last 6 told of france winners but has faced allegations of doping all of which are denied. And world rugby is recommending a temporary International Calendar and that the covert 19 disruption it wants the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship howdy and one country over 6 weeks and in the north the 6 nations would restart at the end of october followed by further european games in november and december the proposal will be discussed thats a mating at the end of this bomb. Finally a russian is back playing football less than 3 weeks after being struck by lightning but only did he have a lucky escape from serious injury and i warn you the moment he struck looks horrifying he now has a Bright Future in the guy Jonathan Oscar as the full story this was the moment that could have ended 16 year old even skis life. The last thing i remember i left home thats all and then i woke up in the hospital the goalkeeper was warming up with the youth team at f. C. Through the outside moscow when he was hit by lightning and knocked unconscious as his team rushed to help it became clear to them the player who is so often saved his team was the one who needed saving. Good morning to witness to what is it will turned around and saw iran lying on the ground we ran into him this happened there where the boys are training now when we run to him we saw him lying face down we turned him over his jersey was ripped on his chest not ripped more like burnt out we began to try and resuscitate him even was taken to hospital where he was put in an unjust coma to assess his injuries but 3 weeks later hes returned to the pitch the reminder of the incident is a burn on his chest where hed been wearing a chain my lungs it was difficult to breathe but thats about it its Getting Better and better now things are back to normal. He now faces a Bright Future in the game on tuesday even signed a contract with the clubs senior team which plays in russias 3rd division having survived the shock of his life hes hoping to keep out any strikes on goal joining aljazeera. Was incredible never seen anything so its shocking i cant believe. Great but yeah anyway thank you and now half a century of aviation history is and therefore australias National Carrier quantas its last boeing 747 has taken off the decommissioning of the aircraft is the latest blow for the industry which has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic they collect reports from sydney. Jumbos are coming the arrival of the worlds 1st jumbo jet a 970 heralded a new dawn for a travel receiving huge fanfare on its 1st commercial flight from new york to london half a century later stuff bid farewell to the last quantas boeing 747. Before it flew out of the strike for the final time. The retards. Because of the same time. With their range their economics for decades the 7 for 7 was the flagship aircraft of quantas and the mainstay of other Main Commercial airlines it was synonymous with the long haul trips and exotic holidays remaining the Worlds Largest aircraft until 2007 when the a 380 was introduced it still flies the us president around on air force one the boeing 747 opened up the world to many people making International Travel affordable at the time it could hold double the number of passengers than many commercial aircraft but now its nowhere near as fuel efficient. Twin engine aircraft that can fly for. Quantas had planned to retire at 74. 00 sevenths by the end of 20 twentieths but code that 19 brought it in for would pretty fair ways has made the same decision while many u. S. Airlines have already faced them out we will have fewer bigger aircraft i think thats thats thats a given but they wont disappear completely and they wont disappear overnight its since the pandemic began quantas has cut 6000 jobs and canceled most International Flights until march next year with the Asia Pacific Region alone predicted by the International Air transport association to post losses of up to 29000000000 dollars this Year Airlines are in survival mode there are some that will be side by governments. That would have collapsed if i paid privatized and there are those that will just disappear for now the last 1. 00 to 747 will be stored in the Mojave Desert and california before being sold most likely full freight truths marking the end of a significant era in quanta says history gauge aljazeera sydney. And that is it for this news hour do stay with us though going to be back in just a few minutes a with more of the days news and hope youll join me that thanks for watching. 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Fire is that the chinese consulate in Houston Texas says the u. S. Orders it to close over spying accusations. Hello im Barbara Starr this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. The department of justice will immediately surge federal Law Enforcement to the city of chicago