Shows support for all over the bay just as in columbus stepped on the gas to rally against a Court Decision placing the president and house arrest. With broken is a decision that hong kong calls despicable and shameless theyve condemned the u. S. For imposing sanctions on the territories top leaders kerry lamb and the current and former Police Chiefs are amongst 11 officials is yes assets will be frozen the sanctions come a month after President Donald Trump stripped of its special status at the time he said he was punishing china for imposing a National Security law on the whole kong so a clock has more she says the reaction to the sanctions has been very strong. The condemnation has been swift not just from the Hong Kong Government but also a by beijings top representative in hong kong that he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulous the unscrupulous intentions of u. S. Politicians to support anti china chaos in hong kong and inquired or quote from him and whats believed will considered a humorous response he said i dont have any Assets Abroad isnt it a waste of time for President Trump to impose those sanctions and he could send 100. 00 to the United States if President Donald Trump wanted to freeze that 100. 00 now the Hong Kong Government its also released a statement described it as shameless and despicable it said we had one representative the Economics Development and commerce minister he spoke at it would yeah but also he repeated what was said in that government statement describing it as unreasonable and savage blatant interference in Hong Kong Hong kongs Domestic Affairs and said all send the wrong signal to any u. S. Investors in hong kong but of course carry man has long defended the introduction of the National Security laws in hong kong she said their legal constitutional and reasonable and that was crucial to restore order and stop the chaos and the violence in hong kong which we saw months of protests in 2019 but of course has been International Condemnation from a number of countries including u. K. And of course the u. S. They say they say this law. Oppresses the freedoms of the city and it undermines the one country 2 systems policy which was promised in this former british territory. Lebanon will host an International Conference call on sunday to discuss aid for the country after tuesdays port explosion president michel aoun has promised an investigation into whether the blast in beirut was caused by negligence an accident or even a rocket or bomb but the government is facing widespread anger over accusations of mismanagement and corruption or 157 people are confirmed dead and at least 6000 injured zelikow to report from beirut. This is what is left of beirut port the stockpile of tons of Ammonium Nitrate that appeared to set off tuesdays blast was in one of the warehouses some of the missing people are believed to be underneath the rubble its a complicated job to look for them because the damage is considerable International Rescue teams have joined Search Operations but hope of finding survivors is fading and they say the affair. What were trying to do is to find the structures that are still under tons of rubble specifically the cells in the technical rooms that are under the silos they could have been buried by the rubble and still be standing which could allow us to find survivors the. Lebanese authorities have begun investigations into the blast that destroyed much of the central parts of the capital port and Customs Officials have been detained and their assets frozen investigators initially said it was triggered by a fire the president michelle and says they are looking into all possibilities. This accident is a wake up call as i said it could be an act of negligence or we have another possibility it could be a rocket attack or a bomb attack i personally requested from the french president if they were in possession of any aerial footage to kindly provide us with it in order to identify any aerial attack or missile attack if any. Popular anger at a Political Class blamed for years of corruption and mismanagement is not new people have little face in a government inquiry that is led by the politicians and Security Officials who they believe should be the ones questioned theres a problem. For trust between the political system and the population and this exists for years not just now but now the problem is that the investigation that the person in this committee they feel they are a part of the Security Services that people are asking questions about their attitude french president manuel mccall. Visited the devastated neighborhoods in beirut on thursday joined voices in lebanon and abroad calling for an independent International Inquiry but the governing alliance headed by the iranian backed hezbollah has dismissed that. And i would like to emphasize that hezbollah categorically refutes and rejects that we have materials at the seaport not a single bullet weapon ammunition or a bomb nothing at all belongs to hezbollah even the materials in the Ammonium Nitrate that does not belong to hezbollah. I believe that there is a consensus amongst all lebanese that a complete comprehensive transparent and fair investigation must take place authorities are welcoming International Humanitarian assistance which has started to arrive in a country already broken before the disaster but they are against internationalizing the crisis which would weaken their control calls for actions against the ruling class are growing louder following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material in the middle of a densely populated city there are plans for mass demonstrations the priority is no longer just a humanitarian emergency there are attempts to revive the momentum of the protest movement that began in october but bringing about change wont be easy. Beirut or bullets with us in beirut with the latest on the investigation into the explosion. Enormous pressure of course on the lebanese or far in this investigation there are 19 arrests the most senior arrest is the head of customs hes called. Now the problem is all the challenges that when you get to this level of seniority the sort of people who being arrested are in the positions they have because of who they know and this is the challenge in investigating Something Like this and 11 on is that as soon as people arrested who have got connections that lead right to the very top of government then there will be pressure on those connections to blame somebody else and this is the problem this is why the calls from overseas for an International Investigation if you like or foreign assistance with the investigation because the investigators in lebannon are essentially investigating themselves or investigating people they know and the enormous fear really of many lebanese weve been speaking to is this investigation if youd only done internally will get nowhere and the people ultimately responsible for this disaster will get away with it because there is no incentive here for them to be held account so help the u. S. State department has voiced support for forward top saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a folder sustentation attempt is described. As a valued partner of the jump and filed a lawsuit in washington on thursday accusing sidey crown Prince Mohammed bin salon of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him mike hanna explains why Patrick Leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of sardar jobbery son and daughter. In his court filing our job re said his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senators concerns. In a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to the u. S. Government working closely with the u. S. To ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of his son and daughter. Was an adviser to the previous crown Prince Mohammed bin nayef here but in his court filing he says he left saudi arabia because he feared what would happen if and when muhammad been summoned took over the state Department Says its concerned about the alleged activities that resulted in exile to canada it says that any saudi accusations of wrongdoing against him must be and i quote address through established legal channels with full transparency and respect for the rule of law interpol rejected the request for algebras arrest saying it was rooted in political and not criminal grounds President Trump has continued to express his support for the Saudi Crown Prince despite the repeated allegations of Human Rights Violations describing him as an ally and friend but increasingly this is very much at odds with the prevailing view in Congress Mike hanna aljazeera washington. The black box and cockpit voice recorder of a plane that crashed in india have been recovered the Air India Express plane with 190 people aboard skidded off the hilltop runway and broke into 2 as it landed in the Southern States of carol on friday 18 people have been killed and more than 100 injured and the hayward reports. The desperate search for survivors from an indian or express flight which is being bringing people home from the u. N. 190 passengers and crew on board the bombing 737 when it overshot the runway because according coursing karen. The pilot had apparently tried to land minutes earlier in heavy rain Officials Say the plane landed its speed and skidded down a slope before finally coming to a store it broke just several pieces it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of a place because there is a different shield between the runway and the other parts of the airport and because of that impact there seems to have been a breaking off of the fuselage into the aircraft a different portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. It is moments sitting season in india making the rescue effort even more difficult many of those injured and now being treated in hospital both pilots reported to be among the dead there are currently no commercial flights in or out of india this was a repatriation point from dubai bringing indian nationals home whove been stuck overseas because of the coronavirus pandemic in a tweet indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said he was pained by the accident thoughts which will be shared by the nation investigators will now want to know how and why this accident happened and why he would aljazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera a warning from the u. S. Intelligence community the country they say is behind a push to sway the upcoming president ial election in favor of donald trump. And fears for close knit communities the challenges facing popcorn new guinea as it starts to feel the effects of coronavirus. 41 you stay until i dont spend 36 in london neither a record but london wont be as hot today this cloud striking nearby is a cold front a cold day were getting far south and its not really cold hes just comparatively so so this part of your still warm 32 in london but wet in norway the northerly breeze means Northern Spain and western france are quite as hot as they were fact he could be argued being pushed a bit further east towards germany for example and within that weve had some very slow moving big sandstorms in serbia the drifting sassed towards greece in southern italy yesterday today and tomorrow because of flash flooding from that his confirmation is could be the European Play where the darkest reds exist the forecast for london still is on the high side at 30 want to 32 degrees in the sunshine but not record breaking just well above the average of 23 so theres a picture of the rest of europe and increasingly with this heat and injected more should go to shower risk elsewhere in france for germany for example maybe poland and weve got shot a long way north in this part of africa look at this pass here in southern mali. An image can change the way we see the will ask if we had not seen the last week with me talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created longing for a full opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story that is correct and talking points for pretty i dont think it can forge narratives all right through the listening post gives you the full picture. Watching officer with the cell run the reminder of our top news stories beijings top representative in hong kong has called us sanctions on the territories leaders ridiculous and barbarous carry the current and former Police Chiefs are amongst the 11 officials whose u. S. Assets will be frozen. Search and rescue efforts are still underway in beirut but hope of finding any survivors is fading 157 people are being confirmed dead and at least 6000 injured anger is growing with accusations of dorothys ignored warnings about explosives being stored in the hall. And the black box and cockpit voice recorder of an Air India Express plane that crashed have been recovered from the aircraft skidded off the runway as it landed in the Southern States of carroll on friday 18 people were killed. A u. S. Intelligence official has warned that china russia and iran will try to interfere in the upcoming president ial election the head of Counter Intelligence says that all 3 countries are using online deceive the mation and other tactics to influence voters and create disorder william if says that china wants President Trump to lose the vendors vote while russia would like him to weigh in and is already working against his democratic opponent Joe Biden Scott anderson is a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution he says the issue of foreign interference isnt new but its notable that the intelligence agencies are being so upfront about it. In many ways the report is not necessarily that surprising we know from 2016 that certainly russia and been involved in various forms election interference in iran and china are likely at dishes to that list certainly have a vested interest in us domestic politics and not surprising to hear that may be involved in some of these tactics which is surprising about this report is simply the willingness of the Intelligence Community released this component of it to come on the record and say foreign actors are not only potentially looking at election interference in this case but they have a vested interest in certain political candidates in the President Trump in one case in an opponent in another case or 2 other cases as it may be no let doubt that is part of the framing that went into the effort to present this information and effort to make it look like it is in some ways an equipoise between the 2 sides but nonetheless it is notable it is useful its a useful reminder to voters that they need to look at media and information critically and they need to engage and think about the sources that theyre getting information from thinking about the reasons why people may be past them certain messages and its also to alert to authorities to private Companies Like facebook and twitter to the fact that there is a belief that several entities are actually going to be involved in misinformation campaigns that we know in the past have involved false identity false claims and that there is a responsibility on their part to in an effort to rein that in and ensure that actual facts make their way to voting audiences. Protests have been held across colombia after the Supreme Court put former president. Under house arrest his supporters have been rallying in their cars across the countrys major cities with the detention deepening political divisions. Reports from the capital. They came out in force in the 4 wheeled protest to abide by current restrictions only. Their stanch supporters of former colombian president. Who for them will always be the country savior no matter what. Needle and upper class conservatives forever grateful to an expresident who improved security in a nation battered by a long and bloody civil conflict wonder what america would disagree with this injustice dont you remember we couldnt leave the house with the current who gave us freedom. For them the supreme Court Decision to detain witness tampering and fraud charges this week is an outrage when thousands of former fighters have gone free tanks 282016 peace deal no i get it its not fair that they keep him like a vile criminal when those guerrilla fighters are sitting in the senate its not fair not fair. 7 but to others here its who do you who is the criminal a man with alleged ties to drug traffickers and paramilitary groups with no regard to human rights whose war against marxist insurgents left thousands of innocent civilians dead. The opposition against a hard fought peace deal with fired rebels that his predecessor Juan Manuel Santos achieved leaving the country split into. Tents and promises to defend these divisions further threatening the possibility of reconciliation in an already deeply. We do best party in this political protests share current president have attacked the courts the citizen even calling for an overhaul of the Justice System and a change to the constitution. For Many Political commentators the Current Crisis is testing the countrys institutions in society one of the basic questions here is whether or not the political structure can hold this attack that its being done against its legitimacy against dorothy per better or for worse. Dominated colombias Political Landscape for decades and will likely continue to do so as a symbol of a deeply polarized country still trying to reconcile itself with its past allison. Covered 19 years left Pacific Island nations relatively untouched but an increase in infections in pop or new guinea is straining the already Fragile Health System. Reports. Outside a sports stadium in port moresby people white to be tested at 19 inside a makeshift hospital has been set up to treat iraq as a number of paper with the coronavirus until now pup when you get me has avoided a large scale outbreak but in recent weeks it has spread to new provinces forcing the closure of a massive copper and gold mine and Many Health Workers are testing positive protective medical equipment is being distributed and International Health teams flowing in but there are concerns the already Fragile Health System wont cope for all we know there are some great things going on behind the scenes the communication between Government Health department and then down to the people that hasnt happened the government has brought in lockdown measures including closing its border with indonesia but in many areas social distancing is a challenge and with huge numbers living below the poverty line access to clean water for hand washing is limited what we can do is find ways to overcome challenges whether its washing hands. In a crate washing hands and they are. Using salt which my stable have is a means by which to wash their hands while few cases have been recorded in other Pacific Island nations then now facing economic devastation due to the collapse of trade and tourism and countries like some a few reeling from recent deadly Measles Outbreak so many of the nations in the rage and relied on tourism people coming to visit to really sustain their economies and i just dont have that capacity now so a huge Economic Impact for those island nations right across the region thats going to last for years. The Asian Development bank says the number of People Living in extreme poverty in the region could increase by up to 40 percent in the short term many Pacific Island nations who need help to keep their economies afloat sneakily gave aljazeera. Well as well as government is being accused of taking punishing measures against people who break coroutine rules imposed to curb the spread of covert going team but the prologue down has severely impacted the economy and many simply cant afford to stay at home anymore lower burden has more. Food to sit in the sun on the style exercises and even public beatings soldiers in venezuelas capital caracas are accused of taking these punishing measures against people violating warranty rules turning a copper how do you know. I was buying corn meal for my children i removed my face mask to clean my face and i put it back on their sole just stop me there this is crazy there are many people here. For the 1st case of the corona virus hit the country in mid march to cut the spread the government imposed and knocked down a mistreated Movement Across the country since then Security Forces have roamed the streets in force in strict mass wearing and curfews moves the many say difficult to follow. But i leave my house at 11 am to work and get food for the day and they wont let us work they grab us and sit there it is easy for the soldiers because they have food but what do poor people do the food box given by the government is not enough for a family the government has to understand that we go out on the streets to look for work if i dont go to work i cant find food for my kids Rights Groups and published video online which is said to show more punitive measures taken into a state in western that is when a president Nicolas Maduro has accused Rights Groups of receiving money from the cia and supporting what he calls donald trump Security Forces. Hes thanked the military for battling cold 19 but its also a country that camels have food for the bars to spread there are some far more than 23000 pound cases of corona virus and just over 200 deaths with the Health Care System on its knees following movie is infrastructure decay shortages of medication and supplies the u. N. Is calling for the government to let in outside help to deal with the crisis opposition lawmakers and Rights Groups aim a doro is using the pandemic as an excuse to further militarize the country. With the police and judicial handling of the pandemic there will be a high rate of infections a lower capacity for care and cases will be complicated then the population will not only be afraid of the virus but also of the Police Handling of the pandemic people sleep on the floor they mistreat you they arrest people for having a virus that is all over the world with many venezuelans with this with choice look forward to feed their families and face the consequences nor a 1000. 00 money. But russia has declared a state of environmental emergency as it struggles to contain an oil spill from a stranded ship a japanese vessel with 4000 tons of fuel run aground a few days ago i began leaking oil aerial photographs show the oil slick spreading through the water surrounding the island the government has asked france for help. The latest bank of england forecasts says the british economy is facing its biggest annual decline for 100 years and bankers warn it could take more than a year to get back to down levels provided there isnt a 2nd surge of corona virus infections leave barker reports from london. This rush hour but theres little on the move this coffee kiosk normally serves long queues of customers powering workers in surrounding offices for the Small Business is under pressure. Economic storm is brewing i have a team of 7 people and currently at the moment with the way things are of the lucky to bring maybe one or 2 back. If it remains like this i think its going to be very bleak specially for small independents like ourselves that will live on cash flow. And the foot flow to come through. Is a similar story in londons financial district where every day feels like sunday this week the bank of england forecasts the economy would contract by 9 and a half percent over the year thats less severe than 1st thought but its still the biggest annual decline in 100 years and by the end of the year when government funded support schemes come to an end the bank believes unemployment will double. With many office staff now working from home the streets and alleyways in and around londons financial district are fallen silent thats catastrophic news for all of the local businesses that depend upon passing traffic covert 19 is redefining the country cities and towns can see the from the beginning of march that 4 started to decrease quite rapidly data scientists in the u. K. Have been watching our changing behavior since the start of the pandemic using tracking technology and shops and high streets to find out how where and when we spend our money they are the economies. Vital signs and point towards a slow recovery when lock down hit for dropped like a stone and really we were looking at drops of over 80 percent over 90 percent in london where the streets are absolute deserted weve opened 3 nonessential retail weve opened hospitality were encouraging people back to work all of those things created some for and yet post those because we are still 40 percent lower than we were last year the figures are going in the right direction a surge an online sales is keeping parts of the economy afloat but a 2nd surging coronavirus could risk another damaging lockdown denting Consumer Confidence silencing the nations high street for potentially years to. Leave barca london. Your child is there with the cell rob a reminder of our top news stories beijings top representative in hong kong has called us sanctions on the territories leader ridiculous and barbarous carol and the current and former Police Chiefs are among the level officials whose u. S. Assets are being frozen sarah clarke has more from hong kong for the condemnation has been swift not just from the Hong Kong Government but also to abide by asians top representative in hong kong now he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulous the unscrupulous intentions of u. S. Politicians to support china chaos in hong kong and in quite a or quote from him and whats believed ork considered a humorous response he said i dont have any Assets Abroad isnt it a waste of time for President Trump to impose those sanctions and he could send 100. 00 to the United States if President Donald Trump wanted to freeze that 100. 00. Search and rescue efforts are still underway in beirut but hope of finding any survivors is fading 157 people were killed and at least 6000 injured in the explosion at the port on choose day the International Donors conference is set for sunday to discuss how to help lebanon the u. S. State department has praised a former saudi intelligence chief whos filed a lawsuit against crown prince we havent been so man in washington saw the breeze as the crown prince said to hit squad to canada to kill him in 28 team flight data recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of an airliner which crash landed in india both pilots are amongst the 18 dead because it could airport in the city of port in kerala around 150. 00 passengers were injured as the boeing 737 plan off the table top runway jury a monsoon storm on friday night the Air India Express flight was repatriating workers stuck for months in dubai. Has declared a state of environmental emergency as it struggles to contain an oil spill from a stranded japanese ship more news in half an hour the listing post is next here on aljazeera. To own their own school is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the phone to 0. Murdoch was allowed to get the call about the cancer because you know how koreans crave i think. On. The whole. Time by. Rupert. Hello im richard disparate and youre watching a special edition of the listening post this week we examine Rupert Murdoch one of the worlds biggest media empires and its coverage of coke at 90 were focusing on the 2 countries where murdochs companys news corp and Fox Corporation are most heavily invested and at their most influential australia and the United States on the american side fox news is reporting on the coronavirus has