Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Back down and their rejection of sundays disputed president ial election. Several e. U. Countries see a steep rise in corona virus infections prompting fears of new knockdowns and stricter quarantine measures. And im lee harding with sports tennis world number one Novak Djokovic confirms hell play at the u. S. Open next month and paris and her mom celebrate a return to the Champions League semifinals for the 1st time in 25 years after a stunning comeback when. U. S. President donald trump has announced the formalization of ties between the u. A. E. And israel as part of the deal israel will suspend plans to addicks palestinian territory donald trump says the u. S. Helped broker the deal which will see the u. A. E. And Israel Exchange embassies and ambassador the 2 nations are expected to meet in the coming weeks to sign agreements. This is a truly historic moment not just the israel jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago as so much progress being made towards peace in the middle east. But you know i think americas closest and most capable partners in the region something which could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal marks a new era with the arab world he also made clear he is not giving up on plans to annex occupied Palestinian Land but he has put on hold at the request of the u. S. President trying to put the annexation into east peace plan those who criticize me should know i said time and again that an exaggeration only be made in accordance with the United States without that it is worthless and it will damage the settlements President Trump who is one of israels greatest friends as israel to temporarily hold the an exaggeration in order to conduct peace with the u. A. E. And i have not given up the an exemption yet and i will bring an exaggeration just as i have with this peace deal and i will never give up israels rights to this country. Hamas says accuse the u. A. E. Of stabbing palestinians in the back by agreeing to a deal with israel the Palestinian Group based in gaza says the deal effectively rewards israel for its occupational crimes. And weve got our own fishes standing by in washington d. C. But 1st lets go to harry forsett who is in western russo them harry so how is netanyahu presenting all of this. Well hes presenting this as a major victory of one of the key planks long term planks of his Foreign Policy endeavors which has been the normalization of relations with major arab states theres been a lot going on in recent years behind the scenes not least of course with the u. A. E. But with other arab states as well but this is the 1st time that there has been a public agreement of a normalization taking place and as you heard from trump and netanyahu they are talking about full diplomatic relations and you know put this in the context of the 1979 deal with egypt 994 deal with jordan and now this one in 2020 under his leadership but i think what you played there from him in the question answer session that took place after his speech is very significant that he says that he is not. Giving up on an exception this is despite the fact that the americans are saying that he has submitted to the the need to put that aside despite what they said was public pressure has to be said public pressure pressure that was really engineered by netanyahu self he was a main cheerleader for this whole plan of an extension and of course the u. A. E. As well they have said that this is. A way that they have stopped taking place and this is the big win for them from this entire deal that was the tweet that came out from mohammed bin zayed the day facto leader when he said that they had stopped annexation of those work to work on a road map towards bilateral relationship with israel there was a slightly more positive turn on that from a minister of state in the. Leadership in which he said that they had done a ticking timebomb of annexation but that things would move more. Quickly than perhaps the leader was suggesting in terms of full domanick relations so despite all of that netanyahu is still talking about his at his ambitions to an x. In the longer term you might say thats for his domestic audience in that he would say that wouldnt he well yes but at the same time its a bit of a slap in the face for the 2 countries who are in the other. Thats constituent parts of this deal that was my next question harry. Is under a lot of pressure at home domestically is n. T. How might this play with his more conservative supporters. Well i think for the far right especially settler supporters of netanyahu this will be seen as something of a betrayal indeed there is language like that be used in ready one mayor of an illegal settlement in occupied west bank saying that another man. More and more netanyahu alarmed there is saying that this is a price worth paying both to engineer this agreement with the u. A. E. And also to show the world that settlements in and of themselves are not an obstacle to peace indeed i think one of the other really significant things that and you know said was that this is an expression of peace for peace by allusion there i think to the term of land for peace which is the one thats been used for so long israel has had to give up no land no anything really for this apart from a plan which was already running into the ground to annex and formalize at least large parts of its occupation of the west bank thanks to their hair a force that they live from west to receive them well alan fischer joins me now from washington d. C. Alan and surprisingly this is being presented as and has started when by donald trump is it. What weve just heard from Jerry Krishna who is of course the president s son in law but his special advisor the man who came out with the middle east peace plan back in january which has largely run into the mud as far as we can tell hes been given some insight into what happened he said that the United Arab Emirates did not want israel to take a provocative action clearly referring to the idea of an extension that is why they wanted to make a deal but there is a disconnect is had he was seeing between whats coming out of the white house and israel and what is being said by the United Arab Emirates both the white house and israel are saying normalization exchange of ambassadors creation of embassies and capitals but what the United Arab Emirates is saying is that this is a route towards normalization what we also heard from jerry he was asked about the palestinian criticism that essentially they had been stabbed in the back he said that this was a predictable response and he said that loss of people are not waiting for palestinian leadership in the region he said that there were other muslim and arab countries who wanted to be involved in this process but the United Arab Emirates wanted to be fast which is why the once this and he said we cant let the conflicts hold us back and suggested that this was going to create a lot of opportunity for business and certainly we saw that in the middle east peace plan that gerry cush there framed a lot of what he saw as progress through the prism of how it could Impact Business and how it could perhaps generate jobs we also heard from Robert Obrien the National Security advisor its not often that he takes a turn the podium in the the White House Briefing room his contribution was really to say that this was indeed a historic moment and said that donald trump could be nominated for a peace prize for helping to bring this about its interesting that he would say that because we know. Donald trump is maybe not obsessed but is certainly aware of the fact that barack obama won a Nobel Peace Prize and has tried several times to be nominated for what in fact he was by the japanese Prime Minister over his work in north korea but of course that all came to nothing this time he wore have a ceremony here at the white house in the coming weeks when the 2 leaders and a number of other princes from the United Arab Emirates will be here donald trump will be center stage and they will sign what has become know and as the abraham a court thank you there live for us in washington d. C. Well stuff about booty is the leader of the Palestinian National initiative and a member of the Central Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization he joins us now live via skype from ramallah thanks for your time sir whats your reaction to this this news. Well you know the course of the deal of the century the has become modern the deceit of the century and instead of peace now were going to have sowed the seeds of peace. Theyre emitted and in that the relations already took over there was never a struggle between them or a fight between them sorry i do need to call this peace and that the only thing is that the problem here is with the palestinians with the Palestinian People problem is with the patient palestinian than the problem is with there is an elite land and excision of palestinian that which not only are there concerns one more time to do that is gross he did great the problem is that this is demonstrates that mans apartheid the land its the size of these people so in my opinion ringback this by. Israel is nothing but. In the back of the Palestinian People learn to manage some audition addict. But it will not change much in the al if you didnt have political move maybe to some but i think to move elections. And the whole. Corruption. The only thing this will not change anything in the middle east but that was all you can tell you did some out of governments really abiding by the narrative and. Changing to support their brothers about. How to pick up on something you even 10 then we talk about the suspension of an exception. For at least the time being but as you said a pointed out and i think we should remind our International Audience an exception is already happening has already happened theres a reality on the ground. An exception has happened and excision is happening now to do the cleanup that is because he did. Contact only part was set by family and iraqi officials the plan is canceled today. He didnt call it that he would never give up that land and excision is there a lot of jerusalem illegally and then called her diction was International Law is there not in the leg next to the syrian Golan Heights the United States has already confirmed and thats what to do that it approves and supports israeli plans to impose a very little on Palestinian Land and that was. Practically than excision is happening with the big dig of new israeli leaders happen thats on the ground. Especially the most recent the closure that theyre planning 1000 settlements colonial units in there youre causing which is nothing but at the beginning of my next interview he or 6 percent. Reality this declination today. In my opinion the buzz here of course of the potential its not something that would have been in the new. Finally they knew what he is painting this says their attempt to salvage a 2 state solution for the palestinians is this really about the palestinians for the u. A. E. In your opinion no that is not 2 state solution and not in my opinion that solution has already been called by israel. Really and it will continue to be killed as long as they want does not impose sanctions. What they mean is not 2 state solution they mean a system of apartheid where the state of palestine would be nothing but a group thats awesome. And live and maybe. Less than maybe 11 percent. And it will be fragmented where palestinians are subjected to a continuous is the man policy of discrimination much bigger racial discrimination. Would. Part thats why these declarations are. Hard to come out of the reality of whats happening which is that minutes are normalized. Relations. Discrimination against people thanks so much for your time your perspective my stuff about 30 there leader of the Palestinian National initiative thank. A school in gaza run by the Un Refugee Agency has been damaged in Israeli Military strikes the Palestinian Education ministry has condemned the attack which came on the 3rd consecutive day of bombardment the school was empty at the time of there being no reports of casualties israel says its been targeting hamas facility in response to the group launching balloons are laden with incendiary material. But more ahead on the news our including evidence of urges about the staggering scale of the crackdown against the opposition in ethiopia. The mozambican port town that is at the center of a battle between the military and i so when i see it. And in a case a case is double trouble its hardest on struggle on the opening day of the 2nd test details that later one of the. Security checks. Were going out to bella bruce where Security Forces have stepped up their crackdown on dissent after sundays disputed election another 700 people have been arrested after a 4th night of protests they join 6000 already in custody some foreign journalists are also being detained in their hotels and in just the last few hours theres been a new wave of peaceful protest people have been forming human chains in the capital minsk and a demonstration against the crackdown and detentions. We came here because our men were beaten to death by riot police theyre in prison now theyve been beaten so badly this skulls a broken they are dead we ask everyone to stop it we want our husbands and children to come back home thats why we are here please everyone here us and support us we stand only for peace. The arrest was triggered by president alexander look at the landslide win in sundays election which the opposition says was rigged the Un Human Rights Office has condemned his governments response and called for the release of detainees. We do have reports that people were ill treated during the process of the rest while they were being arrested but also in detention and we do underscore that there is an absolute prohibition on the treatment and torture were very concerned the moral calling for is that those that may have been on lawfully detained should be released immediately and i admire and that is the special repertory in the situation of human rights in belarus for the United Nations she hopes action will soon be taken by the un and europe. My concern is that the fear the will of the people has not been respected in this election which was obvious you didnt or its not the 1st time but this time there are some people themselves are protesting against this and as a special turn station of human rights in belarus course im concerned about the extent of repression which seems to me as indiscriminate. Disproportionate. And in many respects extremely brutal and unlawful their rights are candidates to run has been hampered and in general the situation where the fundamental freedoms and rights of freedom of expression freedom of Peaceful Assembly envelops extremely restricted in that state terms and previous. Tense period such as an electoral year have proven that the authorities tend to reacting extremely harshly to any kind of contest and this is what we have seen happening for the past 34 days the ready im an independent expert tasked with the Human Rights Council to to monitor the situation and i will report to of course the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly to these events i look forward to the Human Rights Council taking a strong decision on the straight shooting ballot was examining the. Examining ballots at its next session maybe an extraordinary intersession meeting and of course i trust thats the europeans maurer ready would adopt a strong message to signify to us to a question group that this is not acceptable. Police in ethiopia have arrested more than 9000 people during the recent unrest that followed the killing of a popular musician a teller who. There was also an activist for the ethnic overall more People Struggle for equal rights here because Human Rights Commission says the latest surge of violence has killed more than 178. 00 people critics worry the recent arrests could signal a return to the more repressive policies of the past. Government is. Going back to their cysts mate thats. Still detaining people these are proper investigation theyre out of a protracted pleated adaptation is up to me. Catherine so i has more from nairobi. One of those people the report is talking about is an activist who was pulled out of bed on july the 8th at midnight by Security Forces while he slept. Beside his pregnant wife we also know that jour muhammad another very popular political activist and Opposition Leader is also in custody hes appeared in hes appeared in court several times and hes in custody alongside thousands of other protesters a political activists and journalists as well and this report is primarily focused on the incidents that happened last month waling the death of this very popular musician whose music also had political messages he was shot in addis ababa and then thousands of people took to the streets to protest they wanted him to be buried in the capital addis the government said no because of security reasons and that he should be buried in his own village in the or roomier in the army a region and people are very upset with that these protests went out of hand. More than i handed people what killed buildings and businesses were destroyed in august and or in me a region as well and weve also i had in the last few weeks from other human rights organizations Like Amnesty International who like the. Human Rights Commission officials of ominous international are also saying the very worried about this trend thats being in ethiopia now it seems that the government of Prime Minister of the on that is taking the country back to those days of repression with Security Forces using very high handed tactics to deal with dissent and also especially coming after you know the Prime Minister are the promised in 2018 that hes going to lead a democratic country and hes going to respect the human rights and freedoms of the people of the field. His link to i still have taken control of a port town in northern mozambique is the 3rd time this year that muslim board the prior has been seized the town is an important part of the 23000000000 dollar natural gas project about 60 kilometers away Security Forces say theyve killed 59 members of an armed group has been trying to occupy the area over the past week from a debate that has more from johannesburg. There is a muslim beacon military presence in that area but this is also an army that is under funded doesnt always have enough resources at hand and so when this attack took place it carried on over a number of days and this is also when the muslim beacon army said that they killed at least 59. 00 of these fighters but ultimately the the army was pushed back and the fighters linked to isis to control of the town we do know that the muslim pekin government has used private Security Companies to try and assist in trying to keep these fighters outside of this territory it hasnt always been effective in this particular case the private company mercenaries even had dropped ammunition but too far from the us particular site to assist the muslim beacon of soldiers a quick you know ultimately the area was lost to these fighters linked to iceland of course it continues to be of great concern because it seems as if these attacks are escalating theyve been going on since 2017 and this year alone according to the United Nations theyve been at least 28 attacks and i was it just at the beginning of the year and now it appears as if these fighters again in more territory in in an area that is of importance to the mozambique government given the massive gas reserves offshore that amount to at least 60000000000. 00. Mero is a researcher with the institute for Security Studies and a specialist on Southern Africa he says mostly because strategically important for groups linked to eyesore. I think its going to have been trying to establish a foothold in Southern Africa where one in one became a sort of couple. Of rank and very Fertile Ground for these for one its a very modern and leinster asian region with a significant Muslim Population its a region which is not being disempowered in is even with mention that the portrait has been captured its the transaction all about it to begin with of investment but this is this is not reflected in the Living Conditions of the people in this particular province of muslim big so theres been a Fertile Ground for incidents where people feel abandoned into disenchanted by the government of fear that the insurgency. Presented them soaps in the middle of some sort of it robin wood so if you did it it was in the last 2 years youll find that even getting in some instances show. From the locals who perceive that the government which has lost its monopoly over all islands and that it in general provide security for foot for the population in that particular area. A Senior Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has died in egypts dettori a scorpion president kyra at the age of 66 s ahmadi and was a doctor had m. P. Had a Founding Member of the Egyptian Organization for human rights he was arrested in 2013 of the revolution remained in jail until his death. Shiloh has been following the story closely. Whats significant about dr samadi on is that he is somebody who was one of the icons of the Muslim Brotherhood not just within egypt but also internationally he was a spokesperson for the group he was one of the few who could speak english amongst his leadership and therefore made a lot of media appearances there who seem to be more of the quote unquote liberal wing of the Muslim Brotherhood he was somebody who was also very vote. Against the Hosni Mubarak regime as well and actually when the journey 25th protests took place he was one of the few who encouraged the Muslim Brotherhood followers from the 1st 2nd to actually participate in those protests against the. Against the rule of Hosni Mubarak obviously when the coup took place and he was a member of Parliament Prior to that he went into hiding for a couple of weeks only to be. Hounded by the Security Forces or at least of the military at the time and was in control and therefore was then arrested and has been in jail since there were calls from his family for the past few months for medical attention to be given to him however they were not reciprocated by the authorities and ultimately he met his fate as did other Muslim Brotherhood leaders whilst they were in jail. Still ahead on. The signs of turkish warships in the Eastern Mediterranean spocks a call for calm as tensions rise between ancora and greeks. Too soon to celebrate the high level morning on the pandemic and pakistan as it relaxes coronavirus restrictions. And a formula one forma for me i want champion gets back on track as he chases motorsports triple crown of the of the Companys Health and sport. How i weve got more lifted just the sand to consent ourselves with across the robin potential of over the next couple of days that aside it does look pretty quiet not too much clout showing up on the satellite picture dustiest weather will come out of iraq running down across q. H. Into that eastern side of saudi arabia haven doha some see lights amounts of it doesnt sound to concern ourselves with on friday going on into saturday but nothing too much like just the winds just started coming from an all the or even in northeast direction here putting the temperatures back to around 40 degrees celsius one of 2 showers between the caspian and the black sea just around the coaxes they want to show is still in place because that western side of yemen join up with a showers that we have across. Pushing across south sudan we have had flooding here recently see the showers say extend all the way across into the gulf of guinea further south it is generally try we have got a few on shore showers just making their way into mozambique for a time well to bad into Southern Africa but things will change just around the southern cape wetter weather on sas day pushes its way towards cape town towards capel it was just across the southern cape and it will turn decidedly cold as we make our way through some. Progress. Or a serious mistake. Intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. In a new documentary aljazeera explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data for data land on aljazeera. People have come to expect a lot from aljazeera over the years its the reporting the commitment to on the reporter places the commitment to the human story. But its also the idea of challenging those in power if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and thats what people expect of us they want the questions answered. That is what weve always done thats what we will continue to do. Courtyard 0 reminder about top stories this hour u. S. President donald trump has announced a full mobilization of ties between the u. A. E. And israel as part of the deal israel will suspend plans to annex palestinian territory. Israels Prime Minister welcome to the deal as a new era and relations with the arab world Palestinian Government is holding an emergency meeting hamas has condemned the agree that. Egypt bahrain in the u. K. Were among the 1st nations to welcome a deal between israel and the u. A. E. But a rainy and state news called it shameful. Lets cross out to our senior political analyst marwan who joins us by skype from london marwan some have called this announcement a surprise but is it really i mean the u. A. E. And israel have been talking under the table as it were for some time. Absolutely the big talker and theyve been cooperating negotiating and in fact should have been validations for good number of years so much so that for at least an hour has been quite the brocks about it although your yorkshire shows have not really been outspoken. Israeli Prime Minister a boast that apart such relations from the United Nations hold you. To the whole world that corporate negotiations im caught roshans going on Different Countries and i think what he had in mind mainly was the u. A. E. In fact over the last several months weve seen flights from up with the leviev weve seen industry ministers in our would that be and thereby weve seen many credible reports about intelligence sharing between would not be until of the buy one now lets talk about the u. A. E. They have said this is about trying to hold on to the viability of a 2 state solution is this really about the palestinians for them though i mean the palestinians werent consulted. What the think is that if you ask the palestinians themselves the elected leaders of this Civil Society and youre reading the various the quotations coming from the average of mark if you will. As well as from p. L. O. Leaders they overwhelmingly consider the u. A. E. Step as a betrayal as a stab in the back its very difficult i think for the u. He took it on justifying steps. As supporting the other students when in fact that tightening of this deal of this agreement comes at the very worst time for the rest of you if i were to. Put a title. To this agreement i would quote it. I would call it. The u. A. E. Making peace with israels war on the palestinians basically has accepted d israels war on the palestinians israels occupation of palestine israels future an extension of most of palestine and accepting trumps Foreign Policy that blesses all of these israeli extremist policies and so for all practical matter and just as weve just heard from the israeli Prime Minister himself this is peace for peace this is not peace for palestinian fighters this is certainly not the land for peace as weve heard the put the last 40 years since its what shrine in a u. N. Security Council Resolution 242 or 338 meaning israel gives up land it occupied cruel war or wars in return for out of breath of nice thing and organizing relations with israel just to. Make this even clearer. 20 some 18 years ago the arab league all arab states. Serbs want to recognize our normalize relations with israel but. That it would always wrong occupier. What do you need that has done today was worse. For 67. 00 decades of our policy towards israel. Thank for that political analyst Marwan Bashar thank you. Turkeys president says talks are the only way to resolve an oil and gas dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean athens and are locked in a tense stand off of the turkeys Energy Exploration escalated this week with the arrival of a Turkish Research vessel accompanied by warships freeze claims part of the area is of its Continental Shelf and says turkeys action is illegal turkey has desist the objections saying they have no legal basis france is sent to fight in jets and a navy frigate to the area as tensions rise meanwhile both greece and turkey are calling for the issue to be raised at an e. U. Meeting on friday although it is not. Well given what the human risk of an accident lurks when so many military assets are gathered in such a contained area the responsibility lies with the one who gives rise to to succumb to stances will remain firm in our commitment to International Legality and the power of diplomacy to resolve even the most complex issues we will never be the one situation yet selfrestraint is only one aspect of our power no provocation will go on and said we have demonstrated that we will respond if necessary and we will do so again if it is required what then is the truth. The past for a solution in the Eastern Mediterranean is dialogue and negotiation a formula based on a win win solution that protects the rights of all can be found if we act with common sense and reason busy greeces attitude in the aging and the mediterranean is malicious. Charlie rangel has more on the growing potential for escalation. Of course this is all about oil and gas the Eastern Mediterranean has become somewhat of a gold rush in recent years after israel and egypt found large deposits there and on monday when that turkish ship went in to carry out Seismic Survey over greek waters it was flanked by those 5 turkish warships that greek coast guard had put in repeated calls to those ships asking them to turn around and to leave that zone but those calls have been ignored that turkish ship the site carrying out the Seismic Survey is under u. N. Law in turkey in greek waters at the moment but turkey never signed that u. N. Door because i think its inherently unfair that because of greeces very scattered job graphy they are awarded 71 percent of the aegean sea whereas turkey only gets 8 percent so what are greeces options well theyve called on the e. U. For help theyve got that emergency summit being convened on friday and athens is really pushing for some strong sanctions against ankara but turkey is such an important partner to the e. U. That its unlikely that theyll be willing to put sanctions on them in fact most e. U. Countries effectively see this is a bilateral disagreement between greece and turkey so greece is going to have to be lobbying very hard for a united diplomatic solution we know that theyre trying to seek some International Support greeces foreign minister is currently in israel and tomorrow he will be meeting u. S. Secretary of state mike peo and will no doubt be bringing up this subject but luckily as we heard both sides are open to dialogue open to negotiation but until those warships leave those zones that can start. Several countries across europe are reporting a surge in corona virus infections france is seeing its highest number of cases since restrictions were eased in may in spain the government says there are 675 active outbreaks of germany has its highest increase of cases in 3 months john mccain has more from berlin. Here in germany theres a great deal of concern about the way that these new infections are manifesting themselves because the mantra from ministers has been that it is people coming back from high risk areas tourists who travel to other parts of europe and unwittingly brought the infection back with them and yet actually paradoxically the majority of new infections taking place in germany take place inside germany elsewhere in those countries france the new infection rate is twice as large as it is in germany and certainly you see in cities the capital city for example in paris where the requirement for mask wearing is back in place but also separately the organizers of the paris marathon the marathon event which would normally attract many tens of thousands of entrants well they werent planning to have to stage the event until november and already theyve said that cannot take place and then of course in spain you see several regions there where the flare up of corona continues apace and from the german perspective looking at spring we know that the German Government has said that there are 3 regions where it is highly advising its citizens its residents tourists from germany not to go there where there will be the need for some form of quarantine when they come back or indeed a negative test. Days after pakistan lifted its partial lockdown the Health Minister of sindh province says it was too soon speaking to aljazeera doctor as repeats or said a 2nd wave of the coronavirus could be worse for the economy they keep in restrictions in place a little longer Sample Survey has more from karachi. Even as the country went back to normal the people who trusted with safeguarding pakistans Public Health could not afford to drop their guard at a garage you control room this in the governments over 1000 Response Team is still in play their captain the provincial Health Minister her message its too soon to celebrate my concern is. Is that because we have opened up everything people will take it as a sign that covert has disappeared a lot of angst us and there is going to still very much stay in the community we also have the experience of for previous pandemic it shows the spanish no invasion the 2nd surge happened because people thought the 1st that they were over the pandemic and the 2nd surge caused huge numbers of fatalities and that is a fear pakistans lockdown was never severe many never took it too seriously leaders disagreeing from the start did not help with public messaging and unconfirmed conspiracy theories going viral as they often do in this country made having coronavirus or seeking medical help for symptoms taboo conspiracies include tales of kill teams kidnapping and infecting people for money the whole pandemic being an american plot and a vaccine that will make people robots for china cutting through this kind of noise meant reaching out to individuals directly by. Anyone dialing a pakistani phone number has to listen to a Public Service message before the call is connected the recording warns people that the coronavirus is still a wreck and the best thing to do is to stay indoors if you do have to go outside wear a mask social distance keep your hands clean these health tips according to the message are still the best ways to stay safe and to save lives even Prime Minister in runcorn who described the virus as little more than a flu in the early days of the outbreak earlier this week extolled the virtues of remaining vigilant were going to be boarding the dining in the country is still not completely saved thats why i want every pakistani whenever they go out to something new they have this mosque and every one in public or no what are you wearing groups i see many people here im not wearing mosque differently than a mosque. His audience would have noticed khan himself was not wearing his mask much like the rest of the world there is corona fatigue in pakistan people are sick of talking about it and sick of dealing with it part of the reason for that much like the rest of the world the coronavirus became a political football here as well but for sins Health Minister its important to keep the governments response apolitical because the virus is democratic she says it does not discriminate based on politics when it hills same but the old jazeera karate. Its the country with one of the Fastest Growing corona virus outbreaks in the world now india has reported its highest number of infections in a single day these 67000. 00 new cases bring its total to nearly 2400000 official figures put the number of deaths at more than 47000 but Infectious Disease experts say the country is still months away from hitting its pink elizabeth problem has more from new delhi on how the pandemic is affecting childrens education yet again another single highest day rise and we also know that one of the reasons that the numbers are going up is because india is testing more than it ever has its continuing to increase testing as well as the single highest a rise on wednesday india also conducted its highest ever number of tests more than 800000 so that it has a better idea of the spread of the infection in the country because remember that needed 2400000 confirmed cases is thought to be a fraction of the real number of cases the syrian logical surveys which have been done around the country show that the real number is many times the confirmed number now the big headline when it comes to coronavirus in the country today is that a man who shared a stage with Prime Minister in the last week at the inauguration of a temple that indias most controversial religious sites in a place called. Where mobs tore down the 16th century mosque in 1992 he has tested positive for the coronavirus he is the head of the temple and he was seen spending the whole day with Prime Minister that in there morty and some of the most prominent leaders political leaders in the country. The f. B. I. Will be joining the lebanese an International Investigation investigators rather than the probe into the beirut explosion a senior u. S. Diplomat visiting beirut says it comes at the request of lebanese officials the countrys parliament has extended the state of emergency in beirut which gives the military more power more than 200 people were killed in the blast and about 40 remain missing more than a week later hundreds of thousands have been left without a home or many caught up in the chaos that ensued following last weeks blast picking up the pieces of their lives goes on and with no help from the government its easy to see how its almost an Impossible Task Stephanie Decker is in beirut and is spoken to a mother who lost her husband in the tragedy. In a few seconds and i went through over the knee and my kids were little plainer i brought for them a spin room then. They put in girl night. So in a few seconds the smoke. And the everything was dark i could also only scream just my kids while he was he was crying and i looked over exam i saw. Behind this sort of. Soul i didnt think i also everything was dark everything was dark i didnt saw my hospital i didnt hear anything again but in my mom i thought he was good he would be fine because me i was standing with. The explosion and there was family and i looked over my body i was working a little bit just a little bit so i feel that my husband will be fired and we have some all to happen if we need something because it is far away in the kids room new took your kids but i took my kids and i am on the road ok. I wanted to carry came back to my home to see. Why my husband didnt came back didnt want to have the down so i. Waited for some manner of the fault for a few minutes and then the security of this building i saw him there walking on the streets like i told him to come to this dongle check my house would still be in the house he didnt came down and you saw them carry him outright yes after some told me mum dont worry i will take care of them take the kids for a safe place ok so he was in the kitchen right were just going to go into the kitchen to show you the extent of damage that has happened here ok he must tell you after this i discovered that it was. Estate here isnt built for the kids room so thats why when the explosion. So he was he has an internal bleeding because of the pressure of the explosion and you can see i mean the walls been blown out through this to give you an indication and i think anything anything after the a few minutes a few minutes after for those of us i didnt ringback thought of that here there is this disaster you know ive lost in a few seconds everything i did in my life all my kin gone in a few seconds 11 years well like this. My my work you can see. My clinic i was a dietitian my clinic is the only broken theres nothing left ok my house the most important. Point is all can be can be done after but my money my husband my life i live my life my husband have rethink what everything was a very good man so why he should die why he should die for this town why for no reason he does for no reason why i should be happy i should be more than angry model and. Giving up a justice who. Cause many others die before him and no one no one. No one gets the justice no justice for anyone in this country so they dont deserve the blood of any of our of the valley spirit. They dont deserve anything. Millions of people have been displaced by severe flooding in bangladesh almost a 3rd of the country is affected more than 160 people have died and people are being forced to use boats to move livestock to Higher Ground the only 80000. 00 hectares of land have been submerged. Still come on aljazeera and spoke with leo will have possible action including 25. 00 points from one of the n. B. A. s biggest. Going. Forward. Time now for sports his leah thank you kim well its never tennis and world number one Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will play at next months u. S. Open in new york the 2800 champion will travel to the u. S. On saturday and will begin his preparation with a term in cincinnati several Top Players Including defending champion rafael nadal have pulled out over fear of the coronavirus 20 time grand slam winner Roger Federer is also sidelined after nice surgery djokovic has already had coronavirus and recovered. Major League Soccers leaving that safe haven of disney world in florida to start its regular season up to 5000. 00 fans are allowed to watch if they agree not to sue if they catch the coronavirus well over in texas some dallas fans booed their own players kneeling for the national anthem. Both the dallas and nashville teams were showing support for the fight against a Racial Injustice dallas defender reggie cannon was shocked by what he heard. I think it was absolute disgusting you got fans booing you for people taking a stand for what they believe in when millions of other people support this cause and weve discussed with every team and the league were going to do and weve got fans blowing us in our own stadium how disgraceful is that on the pitch it was a welcome return both for both teams who were unable to play in the m. L. S. Is back tournaments at disney because of kobe 1000 outbreaks within their squads nashville won one nil with a goal from going and forward david they meet again on sunday. M. L. S. Is following Major League Baseball and playing games outside of a bubble the action continues despite outbreaks among some of the teams Clint Frazier had 3 hits for the new york yankees including a home run as they beat the Atlanta Braves new york are now unbeaten and their opening 6 games at the stadium. The n. B. A. However are still only playing at disney james harden had a great game for the Houston Rockets with 45 points but they still lost to Indiana Pacers by 4 points the pacers secured a top 5 seeding in the east and face the miami heat and a 1st round series next week the rockets will play Oklahoma City thunder. The n. H. L. Playoffs continue inside secure facilities in alberta and ontario in canada one of the standout performances came in edmonton where the Colorado Avalanche scored 3 goals in just over a minute to beat the Arizona Coyotes that puts them one a no up in their western conference 1st round series its best of 7 though so arizona have a chance to get back in it starting with game 2 on friday. Paris st germain are through to the semifinals of footballs Champions League for the 1st time in 25 years and it was quite a fight to get there the french club scored 2 late goals in a superb comeback win over stoppage time strikes from mark you know us and eric maxim. Cancel out an earlier goal from mario for the italians the 21 win in the one leg quarter final means theyll play either rb lipstick or at logical madrid in the last 4. Days will rupert im very happy because even if it goes came very late we deserved the win we never stopped believing we never stopped attacking it was a great display with a nice mentality the guys who came on had a great impact and that was the mix of players we needed to turn this game around meanwhile and a lot of fans watched as their team threw away a chance of reaching the semis it was the end of a dream run for the italian club who reached the last 8 for the 1st time and their 113 year history. Id like to call madrid take on rb lips in the 2nd quarter final kicking off shortly theyve left out 2 players who tested positive for covert night team ahead of the teams trip to portugal and those that will be soon the. Look of the competition is new for all of us its a single match something thats never happened before so i believe the experience we accumulated in the past doesnt count for much but if you have a bad day then experience doesnt matter i think both teams have the same chances to win and thats how were facing the much of the former formula one champion Fernando Alonso is back in the hunt for an elusive win at the indianapolis 500. 00 the spaniard failed to qualify for the race last year but got around the track in practice without any concerns he finished the day 5th fastest alonso is making a 3rd attempt at winning the final leg of motor sports triple crown hes already won the other 2 the Monaco Grand Prix and the moment 24 hours. Sergio perez is fit for a return to formula one racing after recovering from the coronavirus the mexican has tested negative so will compete for his racing point team at this weekends spanish grand prix in barcelona yeah im very happy to be back to finally get rid of the virus and be back with my with my team. Its been tough for me. But i think its been. A very im very happy to be back and. Im doing what i already lost. Englands pace bowling attack of dominated the rain interrupted 1st day of their 2nd cricket test against pakistan and Southampton Veteran Jimmy Anderson did the early damage just missing 1st test century maker sean must suit and captain. The visitors slumping from 78 for one to 125 a bit on the top scoring for pakistan with 60 before he succumbed to sam karen. Cyclings governing body is trying to find a last minute host for next months road World Championships the original event and switzerland was cancelled because of a ban on Mass Gatherings meanwhile theres been some cycling action in italy new zealander george been at one the famous grown commom one day race in bottle. All right ill toss it back over to thanks fredricka but as the news hour for the city but i will be back with you from london in just about the. 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