Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWS LIVE - 30 20240712

In limbo as politicians disagree over extending benefits for those that are jobless by this pandemic. And a nasa team is about to start returning to us and whats expected to be the fastest sea landing for u. S. Astronauts in 45 years take a look this is the scene right now at the International Space station. Now its the largest protest israel has seen in a decade for the 3rd straight week thousands gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his official residence demanding that he resign theres frustration over the governments handling of the krona Virus Outbreak as well as the corruption charges that netanyahu faces a force of reports from westerners. Its becoming a saturday night ritual in the square close to Benjamin Netanyahu official residence early evening and the policemen increasingly riposte barricades by the. Testers renew their demand that netanyahu leave office the socalled black Flag Movement has long insisted that a Prime Minister on trial for alleged corruption a step down they say the pandemic has brought new supporters to their cause and colvin just like gave us all slap in the face and made us wake up to the reality that. Nothing is changing and we needed changing we need now the people are all over upset and. Theyre in the house they dont have a war they dont have jobs they dont have food something. And are waking up waking up their leaders have disappointed us and they didnt do their job so they grow up to contract with the citizens and now the citizens are coming together to make them i did do the job and go home i in recent weeks protesters have risked water cannon and arrest as well as threats of an actual physical assault by right wing groups the Prime Minister has labeled them anarchists complained himself of Death Threats and criticized the media for focusing on the demonstrations nonetheless the numbers on the streets of only risen saturdays protest in west jerusalem thought to be the biggest yet weeks and there is no sense of the momentum of these protests is slowing no sense that people may get tired of coming out onto the streets with such frequency the question is what effect all this will have on the political fortunes and the target of these protests the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The coronavirus pandemic deep into its 2nd wave has seen unemployment top 20 percent with more than half of israelis worried about paying bills public trust in the Prime Minister has nearly carved suggests one poll to 29 percent less than you know who is denied persistent reports that hes considering pulling the plug on his fractious coalition with former rival benny gantz and going to elections once more when you have seen this kind of discontent in the street and when you have people that are really really protesting and really really calling for the end to his tenure its not the time to go to elections he realizes this is going to be the greatest Political Risk that hes ever taken Benjamin Netanyahu is certainly no political newbie few a better versed in the tactics of holding on to power but the public pressure isnt. And this battle is far from over. Now the number of corona virus infections across south africa has surpassed half a 1000000 but experts warn the outbreak has not even yet reached its peak more than 10000 new cases and 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday officials warn the situation will get worse as theyre expecting the peak only in late august or Early September south africa accounts for more than half reported cases on the continent but our correspondent for me to miller is in johannesburg she says many hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of coronavirus patients for many in south africa it is quite frightening given that the country has been under some level of lockdown for more than 4 months now while some of the restrictions have eased. Things really arent. Return to normal at all and its quite concerning to see that number rise now the government also released a statement the president says specifically not long after the announcement of half a 1000000 cases saying that things are bad but not that bad it says that the lockdown has helped to delay the increasing cases of the last few months giving the government time to prepare Public Health facilities and its relied on these Public Health facilities to help people in this country who have been infected by the virus but theres also been concern that in provinces like the eastern cape specifically the presidency has also acknowledged that that province its Health Facilities Public Hospitals have been overwhelmed. Now congressional leaders in the United States say theyre making progress on a new Coronavirus Relief bill but when theyre not yet close to an agreement the primary focus is the 600. 00 a week unemployment benefit payments that scheme ended on friday the money is seen as a vital safety net protecting people from hunger and of fictions the white house offered to continue making the payments for the week but House Speaker nancy pelosi says a short Term Extension only made sense if a deal with close the democrats want a longer term commitment there are now about 38000000 people unemployed and the u. S. Thats about 20 percent of the working population on thursday more than 1400000 new people registered for Unemployment Benefits the 19th consecutive week that that number topped 1000000 jordan has more from Northern Virginia the paychecks coming from a state governments unemployment offices have been dispersed there wont be checks coming in the coming week or several weeks depending on how long it takes for Congressional Democrats and republicans to negotiate this deal this is of course a situation that has people very concerned this is the speaker of the house me its the policy who can be a saturday meeting in her offices on capitol hill were doing is not only trying to arrest the virus but to invest in the economy as really help americas working families so she day was productive in terms of moving us forward as the leader said we will be with you to theirs and ours to have some clarity in some of the issues and well meet again on monday well when youre talking about trying to enact a bill that would add about a trillion dollars which is what the republicans want to do versus passing a bill that would spend 3 trillion dollars which is what the democrats want to do here. Going to have a lot of disagreement there are also components in both bills that the other side does not like and those issues have to be negotiated certainly one thing that many Congressional Democrats and a few Congressional Republicans dont like is a proposal to basically give Companies Immunity from lawsuits by their employees if they get sick while theyre on the job could stand it public and leadership says this is absolutely crucial in order to try to get businesses back up and running but Congressional Democrats and a few republicans say a nonstarter that this should not be anywhere near a bill that its really supposed to make certain that people are being able to pay their rent or their mortgage being able to buy food being able to buy medicine and being able to pay their bills the residents of the bahamas have been advised to continue being cautious after hurricane e. C. S. Hit the u. S. National Hurricane Center says the west affected area was New Providence out for most populous island the storm was carrying winds of 120 Kilometers Per Hour when it struck south of the capital in this hour on saturday meanwhile forecasters are warning that is a as likely to gain strength again as it heads north towards florida and lost some speed while moving through the bahamas and floridas governor has declared a state of emergency for parts of the stays this all comes as florida is struggling to deal with one of the west corona Virus Outbreaks in the u. S. The storm prompted the closure of some kind of a 1000 testing sites in the state. Despite the approaching storm nasa says the return of 2 astronauts aboard a space x. Capsule is still on track for sunday afternoon there ending a 2 Month Mission on board the International Space station the hatch of the space x. Dragon spacecraft was sealed just about an hour ago u. S. Astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken now doing the final preparations to undock their mission marks a new era for commercial space flight 90 is a nasa retired its Space Shuttle fleet youre watching live pictures now there arrival of the 1st sea landing for u. S. Astronauts in 45 years theyre aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the florida panhandle. Now a Chinese Tech Company by dance has reportedly agreed to sell the u. S. Operation of its very Popular Video took the move is designed to prevent President Donald Trump from banning the app has threatened to use his president ial powers today just that a missing reports its still latest rift in the escalating tech war between the u. S. And china for weeks u. S. Officials have raised security concerns over the chinese owned video to talk saying it can help the aging spot on americans and now President Donald Trump threatened to fan it all together well look here that we may be bending god we may be doing some other things or couple of options but a lot of things are happening so well see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to. Trump stepped up his rhetoric following reports that he may sign an order forcing Chinese Parent Company might dance to sell the u. S. Portion of take talk microsoft was set to be in talks to acquire it but neither start confirmed any deal in a blog post earlier this week took talks chief kevin mayer says his company is not being treated fairly he says its receiving more scrutiny because of its chinese origins and insists it is not the enemy to talks estimated to have 800000000 active users worldwide a 10th of them in the u. S. Experts say banning it would be challenging i think its very unclear what a ban would look like and what it would mean you know its very hard to ban something thats popular among the use its just you know if your parents tell you not to do something it makes you want to do it more in june a video that went viral on ticked off was seen as one of the reasons behind the poor attendance at Trumps Campaign rally in tulsa oklahoma. Forcing a wildly popular app off the smartphones of millions of americans could prove to be an unpopular move ahead of trumps reelection and we sue. Well to talks u. S. General manager remains defiant against trumps threat to ban the app and a message posted on twitter she said to talk is not going anywhere and will stay for the long run we hope your outpouring of support and we want to say thank you were not planning on going anywhere because its the hope of creators the artists to express themselves their area and connect with people across different backgrounds and we are so proud of all the various communities that call to talk to their heart and so we appreciate the support. Here for the long run it continue to share your voice here and that stand between. Protesters and se me and demanding the withdrawal of troops after a woman was shot dead and her jewelry stolen we are as military says the soldiers responsible have been arrested Community Leaders from the karen ethnic minority accuse the army of using coronavirus lockdown measures as an excuse to attack villages a prominent zimbabwean author has been released on bail a day after Police Arrested her for taking part in antigovernment demonstrations to rember was among dozens who were detained on friday in harare shes been charged with incitement to commit violence and breaching the coronavirus regulations president is a man of god denounced the protests calling them an insurrection a torrent of water has destroyed hundreds of homes after a dam a suddenly collapsed in sudan the bounce dam and Blue Nile State has used to store some 5000000 cubic meters of water an estimated 600 families in one neighborhood have been cut off completely surrounded by water on all sides sudan typically experiences heavy rains and flooding around this time of year. To have pay on aljazeera unmasked an unrepentant thousands rally in berlin against the nations coronavirus lessons on iran announces the arrest of an us based dissidents who it accuses of masterminding a campaign of atrocities. Hello there a mature thunderstorms mature summer thunderstorms floating around in the plains states the ohio valley moving northeast was the eastern side of the great lakes which is not atypical this time of the it but maybe more obvious is whats happening down here in florida that is a hurricane a category one its not like to get me stronger but thats enough to cause some trouble in the lowlands on the eastern side of florida now beyond that we go to monday and tuesday the likelihood it will go up the east coast of the u. S. But were not sure exactly where that is the why does it line somewhere within that wherever it goes its going to be notable flash flooding probably the major risk elsewhere remarkably kwacha few showers here and there are in the high ground of the west dropping south because of whats happening in florida there isnt much energy left for the rest theres a possible new development his you can see but thats over water otherwise apart from the daily light showers in the lead on the wind without your great until monday maybe tuesday to regenerate some showers for example of nicaragua or honduras or to the south. In south america theres a lot all snow to come in patagonia shes just the bottom of your screen here otherwise its a drama queen picture at times the risen again in paraguay with a sense youre a surprisingly hard midwinter 31. Frank assessments saying that 76 percent of the people who. Like it when truth is its an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many pots of the only at region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after is a proxy he does not have reserved the enters the bill of your people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Hello again. Lets remind you of our top stories here this hour thousands of protesters in west jerusalem are calling on israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign theres frustration over the governments handling of the Coronavirus Crisis as well as netanyahu is corruption charges its the largest protest israel has seen in a decade. The number of corona virus infections across south africa has surpassed half a 1000000 but experts warn the outbreak has not yet reached its peak more than 10000 new cases and 148 deaths confirmed on saturday. To nasa astronauts are on track to return to earth ending a 2 Month Mission on board the International Space station the hatch of their space x. Capsule has just been sealed and final preparations are currently underway for them to undergo. Now returning to the coronavirus pandemic an infection numbers in latin america have doubled over the past month mexico has eclipsed the u. K. And now has the 3rd highest number of deaths worldwide and colombia has passed 10000 deaths lockdowns there are planned to last throughout all the rest and the government is expecting its peak later this month hospitals in several cities including the capital battah have few available beds left in their intensive care units. Argentinas lockdown was due to expire on sunday but a recent surge in cases has meant its been extended not only that but the government is also in the midst of negotiations with foreign creditors to prevent a halt to default on its sovereign debt to raise about reports. Its been a week since these people who call reduced piece of lending greeted one of sightings. Its located in get anita about an hour away from the capital. City says he cannot afford to pay for a home anymore. Work says the quarantine began im eating what i can i want to place where i can live with dignity i want to work but with the Current Situation its impossible i work as a day laborer building homes and nobodys hiring me. There are over 3000 people here among them dozens of children victims of argentinas dire Economic Situation and of colvin 19. Theres been a lot down in place for the past 4 months and many arjen times havent been able to go out and try to find work theres dozens of languages like this one all around one aside as people who are desperate to find a place to live who have lost their jobs and can afford to pay a rent this people are waiting for a Government Associations to start rebuilding their homes but in the meantime they have to fulfill this tense is fight of the cold weather at night because of all these people say the land belongs to the state but a neighbor says the land is his and try to remove them by force the dispute is ongoing and. The next few days are crucial a period in which they can be evicted by their police. Argentinas government has increased cash handouts in recent months but. Says its not enough theyre going to say i knew im 26 years old and i have 3 children and i have nowhere to live my husband has no one i get some help from the governor but its not enough for the said if you read to me is the minister in charge of security when a site is an area he says criminal organizations are using the desperate people to seize land i dont know when. There is an increase in land grabs and there is a housing problem but land grabs are a business and just to slow the land they are taking is generally sold later on facebook. That soon burn or is it but this man says this is not the case in netanya god. I go this is so. When it came from the people not so young people live with their parents they won the social network is broken there are no jobs there is a pandemic people criticize us they want to beat us but they should come and see how we live and treat us like human beings difficulties are everywhere in argentina these days millions are finding it difficult to survive they are proof of the enormous challenges that argentina is facing. There is how and when our societies when are thousands of people have lodged in the german capital and mosques to protest against viruses sections there around 17000 demonstrators joined that rally before the police may have ended disperse the journey is seeing a spike in your infections john mccain reports from ballot. On saturday morning 955 new cases of corona virus were announced in germany and 7 new deaths on saturday afternoon thousands of people came out to protest about the measures aimed at stopping the pandemic getting any worse the current rules are nowhere near as strict as earlier during the pandemic but for some people they are still too harsh and they say scientifically unjustified is good 10001000 there are thousands and thousands of scientists and doctors worldwide who are not heard they are silenced by a sense it all discredited as Conspiracy Theory defenders even though the run entire universities protests against the coronavirus measures have been occurring sporadically for many months and this time like in many others elements from the far right of German Society were present organizers of saturdays protests had hoped to bring half a 1000000 people to Berlin Police only a small fraction of that number turned up theres no doubting the strength of feeling of many of the people protesting against the corona measures in the streets but equally theres no doubting the consternation these protests. Calls in senior ministerial circles not just here federally in berlin but also right across the states that make up the federal republic. Just a few days ago ministers decided to implement mandatory cope with 19 tests for everyone flying to germany from high risk areas and in the state of bavaria the Prime Minister singled out what he considers the danger of thinking the threat from the virus is either over or exaggerated. We need to be careful that many individual cases in germany dont become a slowly progressing 2nd wave the main reason is that unreasonable behavior carelessness and in some cases a conscious decision to ignore hygiene protocols are unfortunately on the rise. Opinion polls suggest many germans support that view 87 percent think its right to wear masks in public 73 percent agree amongst the most covering is helpful but not these crowds in berlin for them what matters is their personal freedom to not wear a mask if they dont want to and to resist the very social distancing the vast majority of their fellow citizens except dominic came out zira berlin well kenya has now resumed International Travel after grounding flights since march because of the coronavirus its National Carrier reopened rates to about 30 destinations last month Kenya Airways announced it will cut jobs as the industry struggles with this pandemic african carriers are expected to raise 6000000000 dollars this year russia is also resuming International Flights after more than 4 months Moscows Sheremetyevo airport was the 1st to reopen passengers are allowed a restricted travel to the u. K. Turkey and tanzania flights to other countries are operating under special rules. Well the leader of a south Korean Church has been arrested accused of concealing an underreporting coronavirus cases prosecutors say he hunted the governments antivirus response the 88 year old denies the accusations and says he cooperated with Health Department more than a 3rd a south korean affections have been linked to his church robert fried has more from city and south koreas. Province it was by far the most serious outbreak dating back to very nearly the beginning of the epidemic in february march here in south korea accounting for more than a 3rd of the countrys 14000. 00 plus cases mainly in the southeastern city of daegu but also in they bring provinces such as here north of the church says it has hundreds of thousands of members but is regarded by mainstream religions as being more of a sect its alleged that it held on to some of the lists of its members making the process of tracing and testing some of its congregants all the more difficult and in fact some of its offices were raided by the your thirtys but from the start its leader lee man he and other Church Leaders claimed their innocence saying that they have been cooperating with the ortho or tease throughout a spokesperson saying that the truth will come out in court moving to other news and the head of what iran describes as a u. S. Based terrorist group is under arrest. And the group known as tongue accused of sabotage operations in iran is blamed for killing 14 people in a bomb attack in shiraz 12 years ago iranian media isnt saying where she was detained as a bag has more from tehran. This group were established in the United States by an individual by the name of cherry they have a t. V. Station where they put out their views and reach out to their followers now my cheery disappeared mysteriously around 2007 no one really knows where he is but then jump ship to go over the leadership of the iran says theyve captured him they havent said where and when theyve captured him but they said that it was a complicated intelligence operation and he was captured by Iranian Forces now in the past iran have lowered people to iraq with have been detained one such individual was ruled as the activist a journalist now his death sentence was upheld and then ring in court at the end of june but this capture will be seen by iran possibly yes more significant that the reigning media also refer to them as monarchists because the founder of macquarie was also part of an Organization Called the Kingdom Assembly which wanted to reinstate the monarchy system that was here before the stomach revolution 41 years ago now is frost iran a concern these individuals are terrorists now the United Arab Emirates says its switched on the fast reactor at the arab worlds a fast Nuclear Power station baraka abu dhabi was originally open 3 years ago but work was repeatedly delayed south korean engineers will test the Nuclear Technology the electricity can be produced from the 24000000000. 00 plant one of the long term effects of this pandemic will be limiting Career Prospects for young people many fair approach opportunities will be damaged for many years to come so negative reports. A crisis that is on the brink of erupting from lock down to rising unemployment young people all around the country are facing the worst prospects in decades the onslaught of the pandemic on the economy has turned the Health Crisis into a Financial One with many wondering how long they will have to pay for time you put into your head about what will i do after university you know will i be able to go. Where you have to do if as ahmed is in his twentys and runs a Community Sports mentoring service in leicester he was supposed to resume work when the city went into a 2nd lockdown unable to do so he fears for the future of his business and the younger people he helps funding because a major issue because we cant fund half the activities are going to do. Generally the stuff as well definitely have been a deal people have been affected by. The sea there is not many jobs at the moment people dont know what to do with. College and uni joy. Youre not really letting it think your household is going to be accustomed to a fence where people really forgot to socialise around the acute lack of prospects is a ticking time bomb for whole generation of younger people 2 thirds of under thirtys are more likely to be laid unemployed than that scene is they also have fewer scales and are disproportionately likely to be in insecure shops but even that kind of work which used to be readily available is now when doing work in the greater con of me and in the Services Industry has been ravaged since locked down working hours were cut as well Living Standards for many in such a short space of time. Those that invested in Higher Education are seeing opportunities drastically reduced on average there are 15000 graduate recruiting bacon seize a year in the u. K. This year and has gone down to just 3000 in the week leading up to june when you can pay your own year 80 percent fewer jobs are available to young people than were last year and so young people really are bearing the brunt of it and when we speak to them and we had a report that came out in may which was a young people in lockdown report it showed really high levels of anxiety amongst young people this is a predicament that shows little sign of improving any time soon the pandemic has exposed sharp inequalities and the lack of opportunities for young people is exacerbating them for generations locked down this will be the challenge of a lifetime sonny diagonal aljazeera london. And this is al jazeera and these are the headlines thousands of protesters in west jerusalem a calling on israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign theres frustration over the governments handling of the coin virus crisis as well as netanyahu is criminal corruption charges and the largest protest that israel seen in a decade high force that has more from lester osman this is now 3 weeks of really large protests with we were meant to behind them these are seen as the largest scenes of civil unrest that weve seen in israel for nearly a decade and its a mixture of motivations and groups some of them protesting against it you know for years old is Corruption Cases he is currently on trial that child due to start in earnest at the beginning of next year with witnesses being called 3 times a week but theyve been joined and their movement has been buttressed by the fact that israel is laboring under the 2nd wave. Well the number of corona virus infections across south africa has surpassed half a 1000000 but experts warn the outbreak has not yet reached its peak more than 10000 new cases and 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday residents of the bahamas have been advised to continue being cautious after hurricane isa ears hit the u. S. National Hurricane Center says the worst affected area was New Providence thats the most popular silent the storm is carrying winds of 120 Kilometers Per Hour when it struck south of the capital in the south on saturday meanwhile forecasters are warning that is see as is likely to gain strength again as it heads north towards florida and lost some speed while moving through the bahamas floridas governor has declared a state of emergency for parts of the state and this all comes as florida is struggling to deal with one of the worst coronaVirus Outbreaks in the u. S. To nasa astronauts are on track to return to earth ending a 2 Month Mission on board the International Space station as you can see the hatch of the a space x. Caps it was recently sealed and currently a final preparations are underway for them to undock. Well those are the headlines ill have more news for you here on aljazeera after the bottom line to stay with us. The u. S. Is the richest country in the world yet it still doesnt have a universal Health Care System ill be all skin why not to influential republican lonnie chen some Top Democrats say it in a special edition of head to head in 68500 lives a year we would save under medical solemne study this doesnt happen in canada all problems all spain full story if people dont die because they cant afford insulin well they die because they cant get access to care head to head to algis iraq hi im Steve Clements and i have a question are tried in the United States headed for a new cold war or is it going to be a hot war lets get to the bottom line. The downward spiral began years ago but in the last few days it has really sunk to new lows following a pattern of knee jerk tit for tat ism washington just shut down chinas consulate in texas last week and in response beijing shutdown americas consulate in chengdu thousands of chinese watched as the u. S. Flag was lowered from that former diplomatic post as part of americas full court press