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Control and know under pressure. Mine is a toss about off the coast of normandy where great fishermen worry the breaks it will deny them access to u. K. Waters and destroy their livelihoods. And muslims around the world celebrate with many of the strict coronavirus restrictions. With the sports including. Was all. The n. B. A. Returns with social justice high on its agenda teams and officials male and an anti racism protests ahead of the opening games well hear from the bron james later this hour. Welcome to the news hour we begin in hong kong where an ongoing political crime. Has deepened even further the citys leader is expected to announce a delay to Septembers Legislative Council elections for up to one year on thursday electoral or fortys disqualified 12 prodemocracy candidates including joshua ward he called for the decision to bar him from running invalid and ridiculous while says a new National Security law is being used by the government as a legal weapon to silence dissent while the electoral fortys accuse one of advocating subversive ideas and colluding with foreign forces. Force take you straight to hong kong ways the chief executive is holding a press conference on those forthcoming legislative elections thats just listening to what she has to say transparent and open now this is the fortys press conference that i chaired on our effort to fight the epidemic and of course india enter in the. Center for Health Protection howd over 100. 00 countries do you hold it is so that going to be fully informed of the latest development of the epidemic. Now we. See. A situation in our fight against a virus a few days ago. Out organization dr. So. That. We now the one of the key elements to stop the spread of the virus is determination also is a matter of willingness to make hard choices. So we could ensure the health and safety of everyone. In the past 7 mins i have always had to make difficult decisions but end the end noms minute i have to make today is the most difficult decision that i have to make in the past 7 months now the legislative consul general election is held ones every 4 years it is already a tough decision to delay it but then we want to ensure fair and as we want to ensure Public Safety and health and also we need to make sure that the elections are held in an open fair and impartial i know so this decision is therefore you send show and. Past. 2 weeks or so there have been many voices in the community questioning whether we could still hold a Fair Election and then after the end of the nomination pit how could carry. To these in the same manner in track to 2 days ago someone wrote to me that if i would not be action. Judicial actions may be taken but then there are other views in the community some are skeptical but term even so. Keep an open mind it is that even if it is a need to get shirty election to the chief executive you have to explain clearly your rationale and the legal basis for doing so therefore today im going to spend some time to explain to you be factors that we considered in coming to this very difficult decision. And it will cover 8 specs firstly. How severe the epidemic is. The impact of the epidemic going to actually overseas experience in differing election the. Justifications for delaying lecture lection crucially nurses and 60 we are going to invoke emergency regulations ordinance in. A factory to be laid off the elections and certainly of course the main content of the. Bill and the structural justice will give you some details later announce finally we have the support of the Central Government in making this decision now how furious if the academic i think for all of us. Is youve been following the press briefing at 4 30 pm every day but the center for Health Protection and your hospitality you would have a good idea do you call that 9000 i cant remember. Were seeing increasing cases in the past 6 months we have seen doubling of control and cases. Yesterday your charges are english the chief executive of hong kong giving a press conference your hearing that through our translator confirming what we already knew the legislative elections would be delayed now they will not be conducted in september lets bring in a pilot whos been following events horse from hong kong we knew this was going to happen were still waiting for the exact date i think when kerry love expects those elections to happen but shes justifying it 8 point one why these elections have to be deferred. Right and shes seizing arm kongs growing Coronavirus Infections as the reason why these elections cannot be held saying its an issue of safety but here is the issue for many in hong kong delaying these elections is almost a constitutional crisis according to hong kongs constitution you cant delay these elections more than 2 weeks but all indications show that they could be delaying this 2 year which means that the Central Government and she had mentioned that shes got the support of the Central Government in beijing that the Central Government would have to be consulted and they would have to override hong kongs constitution for that to happen and once again the sense another president of wrong for hong kong where hong kongs own affairs arent being taken care of by the Hong Kong Government but being superseded by beijing instead making decisions for the city and that is another worry for the people here also a huge concern particularly for the democracy camp is that they had written a wave of popularity until now from the protests from last year which gave gave them a lot of traction coming up to these elections and they held primaries too which had a large turnout which underlined their say their popularity and the fact that people did want these elections to go ahead according to them and now this puts them on the back foot along with the fact that many of them have been disqualified just right up to today and so there are many questions as to why the government is doing this although they they are their explanation is that its because of the pandemic but there are many who are who feel that this is very much politically motivated baited partially due to the fact that the democratic camp had a chance for the 1st time winning a majority in the Legislative Council elections so here weve also been talking about joshua walls disqualification very high profile figure in the whole but also prodemocracy activists you were telling us were trying to rush around trying to find alternative candidates where are we with that and did they make their turn to the chill in time. Right so many of them must be shaking their heads and wondering what is the point of all of this they had been scrambling right until the very last minute about an hour ago to try and fill in those nominations of the people who were disqualified they were scrambling to get hundreds of signatures setting up boots in many parts of hong kong to try and get people to replace them now the question also here is though if even if these elections do go ahead in the interim the government will still have more time to use that National Security law which is the critics say and many in the Legal Community say is vague and can be used to be interpreted in many ways so that law can still be used to disqualify them to penalize them and to put them in a position where they may never be eligible to run so there are so many questions over this so hail this is not just about these elections but this is the greater aspect of hong kongs Democracy Movement the fact that this this exercise this Legislative Council exercise is one of the few possibly the only democratic exercise that we see on chinese soil and now that has been that is at risk and possibly could even be endangered and may not even proceed in the way it should the International Community has a way then even prior to this but the u. S. The u. K. And the u. K. Have said that this is an affront to hong kongs autonomy if this Legislative Council elections are delayed this will really affect relations and they have weighed in and said that this is very much risking hong kongs very existence as an autonomous region but the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued its refrain selling the rest of the world that this is chinas internal affairs and they should stay out of this or for that we will leave it with you dear as kerry continues to tell not just hong kong with the rest of the world really why those the just the elections are now delayed. And of course well follow those events through the day with you. Plenty more ahead here on the news hour including caught up in libyas battle for tripoli why teenage prisoners recruited by a warlord have been released plus. Im wayne hale reporting from thailand where well tell you how rubbish washed up on beaches is being used to help fight the spread of coronavirus the 2nd Major League Baseball team is forced to suspend its games after more grown a virus cases that story coming up with joe. Now the number of coronavirus cases globally has surpassed 17000000 and some countries which showed the way in their response to the pandemic are now struggling with a resurgence in new infections vietnam which hadnt reported a single covert 19 related death now has its 1st a 70 year old man in denying the city has reported a daily high of 45. 00 new cases after being virus free for a month australia is considering tightening restrictions in its 2nd biggest city melbourne hundreds more cases were reported on friday despite the 3 week lockdown there and india still hasnt managed to get its break under control reporting more than 55000 new infections in the past 24 hours and despite that the governments lifting the nighttime curfew enforced for the past 4 months a lock downs also been reimposed in parts of Northern England after a rise in infections there. Well lets we will be going to lawrence leon and shortly to talk about that issue in the north of in the but 1st lets join scott hydra bangkok to talk about the situation in Southeast Asia scott really the government in vietnam working really to contain this new surgeon case is the focal point is denying. Absolutely there is a hill and the name was the site of this new wave theyre calling it the 3rd wave of vietnamese officials last week and what weve been seeing since then has been really kind of the way vietnam has handled has been looked at as a Success Story in this situation with covidien containing kovac 1000 spread because what they have done is they have quickly shut down denying as quickly as they could and they evacuated tens of thousands of vacationers they were really kind of encouraging Domestic Tourism because of the ailing economy there like many countries here in Southeast Asia and around the world so what they did 1st was to evacuate tens of thousands and then they shut down effectively shut down denying that they sent in a special team and a 1000 Additional Health care workers to denying to control the spread of what we see have seen the beginning of this new wave so a bit of good news as you mentioned yes it was unfortunate there was the 1st death related to code 19 announced but what some good news coming in after and this goes to what i was saying 21000 people in one noise who were in denying have already been tested and tested negative they will still have to quarantine for the next 2 weeks but that is actually a good news at the beginning of some good news because theyve already done some testing very quickly and they were able to determine that some of those people coming out of denying didnt do it infected in taking it to other parts of vietnam we do know that there have been at least one or 2 cases in one noise theres concern about city the 2nd largest city in vietnam because a lot of people who were in denying went back to the right now theyre really focused on Contact Tracing and try to contain any affection possibly came out of the net and you know as you say they seem to know where theyve gone wrong in terms of allowing people to travel so i suppose really as you say the focus is a trucking in tracing now thats where the focal point will be for the authorities. Absolutely and thats what theyre focused on right now because you know they know the wave began in the now but they dont know what the source was for that so right now thats why theres such a focus on the 1100000 people who live in denying essentially it has been locked down those people have been told to stay inside to stay home and they again we have extra personnel that have gone in Health Care Professionals and Contact Tracing teams to find out where that source was but obviously you know this goes back to their success when they you know really at the beginning of this theyve got a very long border vietnam does with china and throughout this whole expansion and spread of covert 1000. 00 they have been fairly successful in containing it and again this is going to be a big test for them now and again as officials are saying this is the 3rd way they say that there are indications that this strain of the virus is different than the 2 previous waves they have seen but right now theyre very much focused on containing it. In bangkok for instance very much the to europe now lawrence lee joins me now from our london Broadcast Center with more news on that lockdown in Northern England lawrence any particular community or city or town targeted here. Well that not saying so out loud but theres a general supposition that the timing isnt the coincidence that this new set of rules has come right at the start of the celebrations the new rule says that you can have 2 families from different households in the same house so you cant invite other families your house you call as a family can go to somebody elses house either in the safe exit area that they have that they draw on the map the background of course is the sign says now think that Community Transition in england is particularly high in poor areas where you have lots of different generations of the same Family Living in the same house so grandparents parents and children in the same house thats obviously politically pronounced in muslim communities which which tend not to be very poor so that was with the reason why less the 25 percent Muslim Population went to lockdown in Greater Manchester many of the towns around Oldham Rochdale places like this very large pakistani and bangladeshi communities so you know its very sensitive and they say no its not about the but obviously people think its got so at least something to do with it but inevitably as usual the governments policies being immediately picked apart because theyve drawn a slide on the map and said the inside this area people come from different families can see each other and then people say well what about if you go and see if im really from just outside the effected area and do that is that against the law and partly no its not thats then a regulation not illegal and so it is very difficult for the governments trying to not confuse people and of course is entirely separate question about how Police Abilities indeed because communities you know comprise of a range of people from different walks of life and so one wonders what the Prime Minister is saying about people going back to work on monday and also in pubs or rightness wildly. And they say and this is makes things even more confusing and it makes it look as if its partial against a certain section of the community yet its quite true to say that the Prime Minister exerting people in encouraging mexicali to go back to work from the 1st of august lots of companies are pushing back against that and saying no thanks we really dont want to do that we want people to be working from home equally is going to be 35 degrees today they can sell you flat out the pubs are going to be rammed so restaurants the loss of his estates at say a majority of people who are by and large whites are not maintaining any sort of social distancing the taller the beaches are going to be heaving this this weekend as well and so it does make it look as if its one rule for some people and another all for somebody else and you end up in this most bizarre situation where you cant invite another family to see a house but you can you your family and family can all go to a restaurant together. And this is the problem that the government in london keeps having against the government but for example in scotland wales where the messaging is really clear and everybody understands it the government in london keeps being accused of having completely misleading rules and if you ask people what the rules are they simply cant give you a straight answer lawlessly in london thanks very much for the update. Lets get more the situation in australia with Archie Clements hes a professor of Infectious Diseases epidemiology at Curtin University and he joins me now from perth good to have you with us on the program so lets just begin with where you are straight here and its prided itself on sort of rapidly containing the initial outbreak of cave in 1000 sort of the numbers are going up in the state of victoria despite sort of a lockdown in place so whats going wrong. Well it wouldnt necessarily say anything is going wrong. Its very clear that the Public Health measures that have been put in place in victoria are accumulating be the spread of the epidemic. The numbers are still going up we had over 600 cases they either so here is the way theyre not going out in an exponential fashion. And i think you know im confident that over the next week we and others in stabilize the government in canberra is suggesting that they could be looking at a possible sort of new zealand style lockdown i mean what could that look like as australia is also obviously vastly bigger the new zealand in size and population can they treat it to in the same similar scenario. Were going to think that we the government is using many of the same many of the 2nd approaches that new zealand use that i think that there is a degree of semantic. In differentiating what the new zealand is the compared to what the external jurisdictions are doing i think its really just a matter of the of the degree of. Scale of the activities were still using the same point there is. Imposing social distancing where. High risk areas like Council Housing areas. You know the trades that test im trying and in doing all the same things that have been tried tried and tested around the world well lets take a look at the regional because id like your opinion about where we already have covert 19 and the fact that it sort of doesnt follow a typical influenza style of infection it doesnt sort of respect to the seasons whats your interpretation of how this virus is working globally. Well i think it reflects the fact that this is a new virus that populations have not been exposed to the prosperous seasonal influenza. Its a genuine circulating. Group of viruses that is a barrier to graze a population of meters so its a very broad based but i do think that we have seen a very different trajectory the debate curves in countries around the world meeting on on a geography sorry for example in the year its to let me explain to eyes of its own that some of its epidemic but the growth curve is slower than we have seen in more temperate regions like here and north america so i do think generally still important but of course there are many other factors we dont know countries were unusually exposed to the virus at different. Points in time so we have it started like that. You know for example the America Africa who have come south asia. You know ringback already your European Countries a big through the 1st wave in cases started to decline didnt you know because a premature lifting of social distancing and other Public Health measures were starting to see places go back a bit you in the United States and have a cup of Community Control started. Lifting restrictions like you only have really the best way would just continue to be if anything gotten worse so every country is different i would say that the stern here is most similar to places like hong kong japan where there was very early action. Was suppressed very quickly and now because of the transmission in other parts of the world with me inability to completely at 100 percent seal our borders countries like that started seeing incursions that are resulting in you know localized well just see what happens certainly keep a very close eye on whats going on. Joining us thanks for your time sir. Now the full impact of months of covert 1000 lockdowns and limitations on trade in euro zone countries is being revealed figures just really show the eurozone has shrunk by more than 12 percent over the past 3 months now thats the biggest drop on record for the bloc of 1000. 00 nations spain is the hardest hit its economy shrinking but 18 and a half percent italy and portugal have also seen big downturns that european leaders are trying to counter the effects with massive stimulus packages both national and e. U. Level and that includes an 850000000000. 00 Recovery Fund our economics editor at ali joins me now from london a bit of course that the figures for growth across the euro zone were expected to be bad and if yesterday sort of german us figures anything to go by they really arent they. They are terrible numbers i mean this has really crushed anyhow exult a cliched recovery which some people in the markets and some economists were kind of predicting so that sat the little out the window right now and much of the recovery really depends on governments now in the United States obviously you know that theyve come to the end of one Stimulus Program which was. 3 trillion dollars and in new york they have into going to be to use in this new stimulus that you we just spoke about which is the 750000000000. 00 euros and so that should help the economy in europe and theres a lot of money shifting away from the u. S. Markets and going to go into europe and that can be seen in the dollar euro. Comparison which shows that the dollar has formed by 6 percent in the last month or so so there is there is real theres theres a real hope that you are will make a stronger recovery because its healthy response to the Health Crisis was a lot better than what sort of the United States has done and the u. S. Now we have to step up and they have to come through with another stimulus package possibly one trillion to 2 trillion dollars to really help the u. S. Economy could see the u. S. Economy is really useful and helpful to the rest of the world because when it were as it lists all other companies did it with it because it starts in imports so if you take take a look at germany chamberland german exports supported by 16 percent to the United States so you can see that the United States is really crucial to any kind of recovery your president carter well are keeping the jobless numbers really low and thats because they have these 4 the one programs in print in the in the process right now which are keeping about 26000000 people in jobs who might otherwise have been made at any point so the stimulus its really important the Consumer Confidence indeed of course youd expect then if theres sort of a downturn in the economy the stock markets would react in the same way but theyre not theyre reacting in an opposite way quite positively. So i would say you know the stock markets have been detached since the Federal Reserve announced in march and unlimited stimulus basically to fund the Financial Markets to make sure that the Banking System didnt collapse might keep it all in the financial crisis in 2008 so that a lot lessons have been learnt but most of that money it would appear is sloshing around in the in the Financial System and because there isnt anywhere to invest so the Company Called gracious for example are not investing in plantin infrastructure and neither are governments at this very particular moment in time and a lot of that money is just sitting around and people are going ok well what im going to do with this money what are put into the stock market and we see the lots of small investors red are the ones who have been propelling the market forward right this very moment and as thats been a lot of thought and a theory going into the fact that people in the sporting industry who have got. Were not really puts a bet song that armor sporting events they have the lack of what theyve been putting money into the market as well so we said a lot of money going into the markets and i just want to mention gold as well you know gold has risen to a record high and thats because there isnt the confidence in the u. S. Recovery because of the way the pandemic has been handled there and thats seen a lot of money being pushed into the girl market as well into into the Financial Markets a bit of an economics editor thank you. Time are for the weather heres robert we continue to focus on the caribbean yes. A hurricane turned into one few hours ago and obvious and obvious massive cloud hit the thing went across parts of rico yesterday and then the Dominican Republic as it was developing from a Tropical Storm into officially a category one hurricane as determined by the wind speed which is about 130 Kilometers Per Hour at the moment move thing is moving quickly which means although it does produce a pretty damaging potential it goes through quickly it doesnt leave too much behind nevertheless these the conditions as it was developing for Tropical Storm into a dark and. I had reports of a get to 275 millimeters of rain for in puerto rico so you can see flooding was quite likely in happen this is when it went across the Dominican Republic this is on the eastern side. Its now over the bahamas and its going to sit there for the next 24 hours moving actually read to the study for the size of this map the scale of this map so about 30 Kilometers Per Hour so forecast wise then most of the rain is on its northern flank and the winds are the strongest really on that old line because well its going through small island so youve got that wind and rain potential towers of flash flood potential then overnight he heads across towards florida its very likely to stay on the eastern side of florida and it may strengthen a little bit beyond that it will probably stay on the season side of florida the damage potential still exists so thanks very much rob well still ahead here on out is there is news are told from faces criticism from both sides of the political divide suggesting the president ial election should be delayed. This formula one driver test positive for corona virus and admits he travelled home to mexico thats coming up with sports and. Every piece of devastating. 1st of fries explore some of the efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important southpaws that we have to make sure there are surviving to the refugees striving to coexist with nature ok so whats going on there simulating what happens when an Elephant College life up to conflict on aljazeera rewind returns with a new series. I am playing updates on the past about using these documentaries one value. Rewind continues with holy land grab by welcome really to onion the onion the which is part of the heart. Of the city were holding on by their fingernails to the 2 state solution today it is still barely possible on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching the officer in news are with me is the whole run a reminder of our top stories hong kongs leader kerry has postponed septembers legislative election for a year dealing a major blow to the prodemocracy camp she described it as the hardest decision shes made in months and cited corona virus as the reason also vietnam has reported its 1st coronavirus have to being virus free for months the victim was an elderly man in the city of denying where the virus reemerged and in Melbourne Australia hundreds more cases were recorded on friday despite 3 weeks of a long term. Joy the 31st is british Prime Minister Boris Johnsons selfimposed deadline to have the outline of a brics trade deal but no deal breaks it is still looming because britain and the European Union remain at loggerheads on various key issues the e. U. Wants one comprehensive deal not just on trade britain sees that as an attempt to keep it tied more closely to europe than it once and is seeking a series of separate agreements the e. U. Insists that if the United Kingdom wants tariff free access to the European Market it must commit of a certain e. U. Laws britain says those demands are reasonable fishing rights is major Sticking Point british fishermen want full access to the e. U. Market in return the boats want to continue to fish in u. K. Waters british negotiators say thats impossible well french fishermen are threatening to stop british fisherman from getting their catches into the shops in the 2nd series Natasha Butler reports from normandy in northern front. Heading into the English Channel off the coast of normandy the picturesque cobber of poor old bessie receding into the distance the clown has worked as a fisherman for 30 years hes passionate about his job but scared for his future because of breaks it he worries that if britain and the e. U. Fail to reach a deal by the end of the year french fishermen like him could be barred from fishing in waters off the u. K. Coast. Or were scared because u. K. Waters represent 40 to 60 percent of our revenue so for us it would be catastrophic its. For decades french fishermen have fished legally in waters off britain where fish are abundant british fishermen have the same rights off the french coast where they mainly gather shellfish drums father was a fisherman his brother runs a Seafood Restaurant fishing links generations being denied access to u. K. Waters would be particularly devastating to the fisherman from the normandy coast because so many of the boats like this one off family owned and run Small Businesses and that is why so many of the fishermen here say that they wont give up their livelihoods without a fight to clear record with the nic the british export some 70 percent of their fish to the e. U. If we get to december 31st and they throws out of their waters then we will block our ports stop the ferries no british boats reach french soil the french and british fishermen have clashed before in 2018 around over scollop sphere laid up a sea his fishing representative says of the u. K. s reliance on the e. U. As an export market is a valuable bargaining card it breaks in negotiations but hes not necessarily a winning hand. With the e. U. Market needs fish imports or france imports 80 percent of the seafood it consumes so we need u. K. Fish so although we can pressure the british and threaten tariffs on. Border controls is not a long Term Solution because for a fisherman to live they need to fish. Ties between britain and france run deep on this coast where the d. Day landings took place in the 2nd world war the 2 countries were united against enemy powers few here want the fishing dispute to sour relations with an historic partner but unless britain and france can break the stalemate in the brigs it fishing dispute and reach a compromise that works for both sides frances fisherman say theyll be forced to use whatever tactics they can to battle for their survival. Aljazeera put on best normandy. Fishing in. Full or for just a fraction of the economy on both sides but it was a big part of the leave campaign and to discuss what lies ahead im joined now by joel rutter shes a former Civil Servant and Senior Research fellow in the Research Group u. K. In a changing youre talking with us on the program misrata i mean is there a happy medium that both the e. U. And britain want to get to but theyre just either too scared or just cant get to it. John fishing is that both sides have to move pretty question long way the demand was just to do exactly as now to preserve all its access it has under the common fisheries policy but as you said in that package british fishermen think they got a rubbish deal back in the 1970 s. And one of the the motivators of the leap campaign was the idea that we could take back control of our own waters its a small very small punishing the small proportion of g. D. P. So you have to think that in the real world there is a deal to be done which guarantees some continued access to e. U. Freshers maybe we have a transition period some guarantees there a longer term deal in the u. K. Is offering but allows u. K. Fischers more access than they have at the moment toa point that either side has to bridge the courage to move its a big question how important is the e. U. As a trading partner to the u. K. And how important is the u. K. As a trading partner to the you. The e. U. As a whole is the u. K. s leading trading partner counts about half of all our exports of goods and services next biggest ones the u. S. The u. K. Obviously is a less significant market for individual e. U. Member states its a big market its right on the doorstep thats one reason why theyre concerned about the terms of which we get access but but in terms of sort of economic implications losing one even a quite a big e. U. Economy to the e. U. Bloc is less of a less for rich than the u. K. Losing its current extremely good access to the e. U. 27 in your opinion Boris Johnson the Prime Minister talks about trying to make trade deals with australia and japan and the us but if we just look at japan for example they too are looking at a deal but finding it very difficult to negotiate with the british over issues of engineering and agriculture products to be access to me in terms of negotiating has the United Kingdom chewed off more than it can really deal with by so many different types of trade deals and its trying to get through the door before the 31st of december. 3 trying to do 2 things trying to roll over deals that its already good access to through the e. U. Japan isnt a huge japan deal its also trying to do new deals with countries like the us like museums astray in that the you hasnt yet got free trade agreements with so yeah its such a massive agenda has got was trying to negotiation with the e. U. Quite a lot of people waiting to see what the u. K. Agrees if anything with the e. U. Will they can sign a trade deal because that will thatll affect the degree of flexibility the u. K. Has to sign up to other provisions so its a massive agenda normally think you could to if you were really experienced trade negotiation with the u. K. Has not done trade negotiations in its own right over 40 years you really really experience you would expect to be doing 4 out of 54. 00 or 5 over a number of years you case trying to roll over really large number of trade deals negotiates new ones and do the deal in a really really really narrow time period joe roger thanks so much for joining us from the u. K. And a changing europe appreciate your time and welcome. Both democrats and Senior Republicans are condemning donald trump for suggesting a delay to the president ial election in november but he states want to make postal voting easier because of Coronavirus Health concerns but trump insists without evidence that mail in voting will lead to a rigged result are White House Correspondent kelly health that has more. Even by his own standards his tweet was nothing short of astonishing thursday u. S. President donald trump suggested the november president ial election should be postponed alleging potential fraud associated with mail in voting truck tweeted delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote the president has no Legal Authority to change the election date leading even members of trumps own Republican Party in congress to scoff at the prospect. Well never in the history of the country through wars depressions and the civil war if we ever not had a federally. And well find a way to do that again this november 3rd no way should we ever not hold an election from claims that voters identity cant be verified and that a voter my cast more than one ballot i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also dont want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything this was going to happen see if its common sense so were asking for a lot of trouble and no do i want to see a day change no but i dont want to see a crooked election but President Trump may have had another motive for his incendiary tweet up ending negative News Headlines its been another week of gloomy economic numbers for a president hoping to cruise to reelection on a Strong Economy now a blitter aided by business shutdowns caused by cold it like team poll numbers are also not trumps favor most show him trailing the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden by double digits on thursday will biden didnt address trumps push to delay the election he did blame trump for the historic job losses that have left more than 20000000 americans without work. Because trumps own badly mishandled provirus and caused spyros you there is no money to be able to keep necessary people employed its not the 1st time trump has expressed reservations about the upcoming president ial election earlier this month he said he may not accept the results of the november poll can you give a direct answer you will accept feel like i have to see you i have to say not to just say yes im not a saver and i did last time either with less than 95. 00 days until election day the president suggestions are causing consternation for an already an easy electorate looking to uphold the american tradition of a peaceful transfer of power can really help get aljazeera the white house or the u. S. So to florida is reporting a Record Number of covert 900 deaths for the 3rd straight day another 253 people have died with nearly 10000 new cases florida has all of the worst hit states but its republican governor refuses to impose widespread lockdowns. The fishing industry here is a major part of thailands economy but its also one of the main contributors to marine pollution in particularly plastic now a Charity Organization has combined with private enterprise to recycle fishermens damage nets into these are being made into products used to fight the spread of the corona virus as wayne hay explains. Many of thailands beaches are not the idyllic white sand slices of paradise sold to tourists instead littered with rubbish much of it coming from those who rely on the ocean for income and food thinking small fishing boats always sponsible for a lot of the garbage fishing vessel has also done a lot into the ocean because of a lack of a proper Waste Management system this also had a lot of trust on the beach as well. Probably the most damaging debris are discarded fishing nets they can easily harm marine life now instead of throwing their broken or old nets overboard or leaving them on the beach fisherman are selling them for cash we actually train law officers to create and collect and add and dan we link them up with recycling sectors like you know recycling company. Can make them into an exciting product its estimated around 8000000. 00 tonnes of plastic including nylon fishing nets into the worlds oceans each year and thailand is one of the largest contributors its clear thailand has a big problem with rubbish ending up in its oceans and on its beaches so much so that its highly likely some of the products that are being made from the fishing nets will end up back here again. One of the Companies Involved in the program has been recycling plastic for years and exporting its products among its latest lines protective equipment to help prevent the spread of corona virus made from old fishing nets the pandemic has seen a rise in single use plastic around the world but the owners of this company say that are trying to reduce waste not increase it if these are not infected trash we can always recycle them again and again anyway so i tried to convince people not to use one time use plastic the net Collection Program is being conducted in 3 provinces but there are plans to expand it its a small but significant step towards cleaning up thailands beaches and oceans wayne hay Al Jazeera Rayong thailand is the 3rd day of the hard coinciding with the festival unprecedented restrictions in because of the coronavirus more than 2000000. 00 muslims from around the world only make the annual pilgrimage this year pilgrims from abroad abandon only around 10000. 00 saudi nationals and residents are allowed. Well hundreds of muslims are also turning aids prayers in turkey is how your sphere which has just been converted back from a museum into a mosque the istanbul one log was built as a cathedral 1500 years ago almost a 1000 years later it was turned into a law and then a museum in 1934 a court ruling over a rule that changed the decision has sparked widespread criticism internationally in libya dozens of captured teenage fighters have been released as part of an amnesty for the eve holiday they were amongst hundreds taken prisoner during cleaver have to fail battle to seize the capital tripoli 41 young men have been set free years but most of the one had reports from others so were. Celebrating their release of her son mohammed from prison you know he has city worst of tripoli she came from the libyan coastal city of so brought her to meet him. He had been detained along with other young fighters recruited by the warlords really for have to. Be ending up with his father and i never wanted him to join the forces but he did it behind our backs we will never allow that to happen again mohammed was among nearly 200 pro have to the fighters from sort of man cities they were captured by Government Forces in western tripoli in april last year. Some of them were only 17 years old. Says he had just finished high school and received a month and a half of military training in surprise. Before he was sent to the frontline. I just need to live as a civilian and move on with my life i dont want to be part of any conflict i learned the lesson the hard way. The holiday of aid is an occasion for forgiveness in muslim countries government officials here say they release the fighters because they are prisoners are victims themselves. We have taken the initiative to let them reunite with their families on this holy occasion we hope we can exchange the rest of the prisoners with their fighters who are kicked and have to as prisons there really is of the prisoners was achieved through reconciliation between cities in western libya. Other approach after inmates from other parts of libya along with foreign ministries lakey remain here in detention until the conflict is resolved nearly 350. 00 inmates including foreign nationals are kept here in this maximum security prison they were part of the feed the military campaign to take control of tripoli some of these teens say they were deceived into joining the conflict others say financial incentives drove them to risk their lives. All sports lets stay on the altars are a new song does well as taking a knee will tell you how the n. B. A. Teams are helping to fight social injustice in a practical way do stay with us. Thank you very much the n. B. A. Has returned to the courts and social justice is the top of the agenda. Nah. Players knelt together during the National Anthem in both of thursdays opening games at disney world in florida they were joined by coaches and game officials all wearing black lives matter t. Shirts the anti racism protests marked the start of the 1st games in the league in 140. 00 days after the krona virus hole to play in march. Anthony davis went on to score 34 points a lebron james put in the game win as the l. A. Lakers beat the l. A. Clippers 1032100 one while in thursdays other game utah jazz topped the new Orleans Pelicans 1062104 the games are being played in a bubble without fans because of the pandemic but lebron james says the teams remain focused on whats going on in society outside. Theres been progress. But in the past when weve seen progress that weve let our foot off the gas a little bit and we cant we cant do that. You know we want to continue to keep our feet on the gas continue to push for. You know continue to spread love what america would you know what a lot of racism a lot of social Injustice Police brutality from not only in my neighborhood and i would like people but what people color and and its something that we want to continue to have peoples ears open so Le Bron James there summing up a big a movement a protest against Police Brutality Racial Injustice infosys oppression as sweeps across the u. S. And athletes like camera using that platform to advance social justice issues talking Voting Rights for ex felons in florida is one of many problems athletes are weighing in on and he reports from miami. This is what basketball fans across the world have been waiting for. The pandemic forced a 20 week break the seasons resumed but off Court Players like Le Bron James getting increasingly political to scream for these names out here. If you will and the pain and shame. As the finish line which is out here through his Media Company uninterrupted Le Bron James is using his influence to amplify the voices of africanamericans another organization he recently started with other athletes is tackling Voting Rights Voter Suppression and encouraging a new generation to get involved i would not stop until ossie are real change for us as black america for africanamericans for people of color. And i also believe i can do both to walk in auk and bring happiness to a lot of homes with the way ill play the game and the way the lakers is going to play the game and i will continue to push the envelope continue to keep my foot on the gas or create real change for us as people of color you know. Those calls for a change of grown loud. Since the death of george floyd in police custody. And the nationwide protests that followed. In june Michael Jordan whos typically shied away from politics committed 100000000. 00 to fight systemic racism over a 10 year period several National Basketball Association Teams are now offering their renas as polling stations as cities struggle to find places large enough to keep social distancing rules in place in florida where eggs felons have been prevented from voting until their legal fees are paid athletes and their organizations are helping pay off their debt so they can register to vote for the barrier that will come together and bring out you know there for more than a vote of. Their. Own political activism from athletes has a long history in the u. S. But todays stars may have more reach an influence than ever before sure as adults we might thats not enough for me but if youre some 11 year old kid in idaho and use your favorite players on stage say you know this isnt cool thats all of you are Going Forward beyond just whether or not some Police Officer knows that he should not be i dont know escalating situation on the street with the president ial election fast approaching theres a lot at stake here for africanamerican voters many of been calling for change for generations but powerful sports stars have the reach influence and cash to make those changes happen collectively the voices of those calling for things like the right to vote and now a little louder and gallacher aljazeera miami florida. The Philadelphia Phillies have become the latest m. L. B. Team to postpone their games after 2 of their staff tested positive for corona virus a coach and a clubhouse staffer have a virus forcing the phillies to put back their upcoming series against the Toronto Blue Jays police say no players have tested positive a team hasnt played since sunday when they faced the Miami Marlins who subsequently reported 19 cases among players and start. German formula one driver nico Holcomb Burke will replace sergio perez at racing point for the next 2 races of the mexican tested positive for corona virus ahead of this weekends british grand prix perez is the 1st driver to test positive after the sport we started earlier this month but its physically well and in good spirits although its emerged that paris did travel home after the last race in hungary without the knowledge of his team. For all the instructions from. My team after. Going to mexico. But actually. I was there with the. Same way all the particles. From where you can see uniteds 391000000. 00 takeover by a Saudi Arabian backed consortium is of the prospective investors pull out of the bid on thursday after months of waiting to be approved by the premier league the takeover was further complicated after the World Trade Organization or that saudi arabia had backed pirate broadcast to be out q Simon Chadwick whos a professor of eurasian sports always down to the deal would go through. You know a phrase that many people probably use but Poor Premier League they were caught between a rock and a hard place obviously a very powerful weight significant economic interests link to britain but at the same time obviously the premier league has a commercial partner and b. N. That it needs to protect the rights on credibility and legitimacy obviously the commercial partners need to trust the premier league at the same time you have a club that has gone through a fairly fractious period in its history where the owners attracted a great deal of can criticism and so for the premier league for a long time it was no way forward no way back my sense was always that there would be some kind of negotiated exit from the situation all right that is all useful for now have wolfie later so thanks very much and you have been watching the aljazeera news i would be so wrong the follies up with the full half hour after the break until then from the news our team thanks for your time and your company. As protests rage over Police Brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so very brand of politics to americans before the fall follow the u. S. 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