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A comeback. And why children in sierra leone are at a greater risk from malaria during this pandemic. Im joined with sports as the rapid rise of German Football Team all the lights it continues just 11 years after being formed they reached the semifinals of the European Champions League look in more detail as to whats behind that success. Call an apology from the interior minister and the release of hundreds of protesters from prison isnt calming the anger and better race crowds are gathering again in the capital minsk of the last weekends disputed president ial election day its all the 5th night of protests there 87000 people have been rounded up during demonstrations over the past few days president Alexander Lukashenko is calling on people to get back to work he made a statement to state media just a short time ago. The foreign minister has also said belarus is ready for a constructive dialogue on its disputed election meanwhile opposition politicians from around that kind of sky is asking her supporters to join mass demonstrations this weekend and even Foreign Ministers will meet very serious with some calling for sanctions against belarus steadfast and has moved from the capital minsk people here at the Detention Center are being treated with very very serious injuries badly bruised to weve seen people with completely blue legs blue back theyve been talking about head injuries broken bones broken ribs the doctor who has been treating these people here was a volunteer has said that the only fascists do with things like this hes had more than 40 people have been taken to the hospitals in serious condition so despite the fact that suddenly the government decided to release all these detainees they have arrested more than a nearly 7000 in the last couple of days theres a deep shock here in belorussian a society a deep wound has been inflicted also among supporters of the president. Over the treatment of very often the young people whove just been or put through supporting in the protest or just standing on the roads waiting for a bus so despite the fact that this has been a gesture and also a way to calm down the protest its not likely to stop there are also strikes still going on while here relatives at the Detention Center there are still hundreds of people here theyre waiting for more loved ones to be released and waiting to hear about their condition will step also has this report about the conditions of various detentions. Torture and abuse inside cramped Detention Centers due to the lack of space detainees who are often forced to lie on top of each other young women say they were forced to undress they were beaten and threatened with rape. The Violent Police crackdown on mainly Peaceful Protesters has left deep scars on many belorussians it has also angered many of president alex on the local schank support us the call for him to step down has resonated around. The detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got to taint even if you just came out of a shop to see whats going on you got detained. I was pushed into a police truck they told me either you go with us for 15 days or we beat your legs and let you go the fact that im here now its clear what i chose. To call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around belarus after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the street and growing anger about the thousands detained and excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you know. When. My son is a student at the Law Department hes not an alcoholic more a drug addict i dont want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country its very can the 21st century if they dont stop it will burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. If you think. Youve got to. Around the country factory workers have started to join the protest at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections for most servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what Government Troops have done to their own people serving Police Officer fled the country after he recorded a statement saying he wont follow what he calls criminal orders to use violence. Any longer. European and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk laid flowers or to square one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protest and to leave all those who have exercised this right while the protests are swelling police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears for teams of National Still not as diverse and we want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end it. Will stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country more and more ballarat sions are joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night and now protesting during the day a new strategy that seems to confuse your fortys why look might have been able to silence belorussians for many years this time theyre determined to have their stolen force to return to stop harassing aljazeera mintz. Well lets now take you back to minsk where as you can see workers are currently again gathering outside that largest car factory there theyve been protesting for days now they remain on strike we will be bringing you all the latest developments from there as they happen here on aljazeera and. For more on all of this lets now bring in europe for a break hes the director for central and Eastern Europe at the German Marshall Fund and he joins us now from berlin your i would like to start with this apology and the releases that were seeing now it really doesnt seem like that will be enough to quell the anger that were seeing from the opposition is this now a Tipping Point. I do think that there is a Tipping Point that has been reached certainly the government is now trying to peddle back a little bit show a softer face to some extent theres been a mass release of many of those arrested earlier this morning their promises to engage in a dialogue with some of the walkers striking so there are there are signs on the part of the governments that they would like to show a less harsh face than they have in the last couple of days looking at the opposition to kind of believe isnt in belarus that the men its really unclear how much shes been pressured by the government what are her options at this stage. Well just an hour ago she has turned to the bill ocean people with a video message this is the price that she released and did on her own because the ones that we have seen after her in march or from below those were clearly done under duress and. Basically at the initiative of the government in minsk what came out today is a short address by her to the below action people and the below sion regime she calls for in the media in say immediate cessation of violence she calls upon local authorities to allow for citizen gatherings over the weekend to even organize these citizen gatherings over the weekend in order to engage in a broader dialogue in society she also asserted that wherever there has been on this vote parents she clearly won the elections the number that she quotes from those precincts where she where there isnt on this vote count have an average been between 60 and 70 percent for her a clear victory so she calls for fresh elections but for the time being the most urgent are sation of violence and a dialogue in the country on the future of the country all speaking about Election Results has been pretty upfront about falsifying results in the past in 2006 for instance he openly changed his victory margin from 93. 5 to 86 percent and now this time the e. U. Is openly considering sanctions do you think is a miscalculation this time round. Well i think hes clearly overdone it in the past he typically claimed results for own 80 percent those were never credible the elections were never deemed free and fair but this time around the problem is that the mood had been build in the country built in the country for several months for a number of reasons that turned against him so people on the Election Night were angered by this drastic lives that they were being presented with because they all felt that the result clearly was different the mood in society was clearly against go and yet he claimed an overwhelming victory so he has overdone it in the past that may have worked but this society has changed and it does not accept these these lies and fortifications anymore well let me ask you then about external influence here there were also tensions with moscow leading up to this vote but it does seem that person is on board with nukes and is when even if others in moscow on how is the minsk relationship now. The relationship between the countries has been strained for a very long time especially in the last years moscow has demanded more and more rigorously that billows integrate more deeply with the Russian Federation its put a lot of pressure on means god personally. He has so far not given in because this would undercut his own power. This has been a very conflictual as a relationship were a pro very long time now moscows calculus initially was certainly that the elections may see look at change will come out weakens he may remain in power but be weakened and therefore more like more likely to make concessions to the Russian Federation when it comes to deeper integration the situation now i think its one thats moscow also doesnt know how to how to read well i dont think they have any any good idea about how this will warp how this will move forward for the time being theyre showing restraint yes there has been a congratulatory congratulate every note by president putin on monday to Alexander Lukashenko but i dont think we should overestimate this i think look at moscow is now looking at all its options so they are watching closely whether look at shankar can actually stay in power and retain the partnership that hes been the guarantee for for many years with russia or whether there are developments russia feels the need needs to interfere in any event and well obviously be seeing e. U. Foreign ministers later on weigh in today as well york for a break there from the German Marshall Fund great to get your insights here on out of there thank you for being with us here thanks for having me. Well moving on now or thirtys in afghanistan have started releasing 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for a long delay in talks with the armed group 80 of them were freed on thursday the release of the socalled hardcore prisoners was approved last weekend by afghanistans grand assembly or noir its seen as the final hurdle to launching negotiations and murders and then. I was detained here for kidnapping and served almost 8 years of my prison sentence i call on my leaders in the president to embrace permanent cease fire and stop the bloodshed so that we all have peaceful lives the lives of our youth who have been miserable due to war and the future looks bleak to let them study and make a good life but there is plenty more ahead here this news hour including as research has raced to find a Coronavirus Vaccine we ask if safety is being compromised. A ceremony in south korea puts a thorny issue with japan back into the spotlight. And the williams sisters going head to head in preparation for the u. S. Open joe i will tell you just who came out on top of course. Now the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates is being recalled after the u. A. E. Is government struck a deal with israel to normalize relations it was announced by u. S. President donald trump who helped to broker that deal as part of the agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory from washington d. C. Alan fischer reports. It was perhaps unusual but the president of the United States would announce a treaty between 2 other countries but thats what happened in new york law office. Truly historic moment the president said he talks over the past year that brought what will be known as the. Abraham a court to be signed by the United Arab Emirates and israel at the white house in the coming weeks this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east i decided the Us Ambassador to israel and his son in law a Senior Advisor jerry kush know his middle east peace plan was released in january and he played a key role in this new a court i would like to say to the people of the region muslims Jews Christians and this does give hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to a future with conflict there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential and this will benefit you and this will also benefit people here in america as part of the accord israel will suspend but not cancel plans to an exporter of the occupied west bank speaking to aljazeera. He said if there was a peace deal it should have been with the palestinians this. Is nothing but a stab in the back. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier cheered the Coronavirus Task force meeting of his government but left abruptly telling those present youll soon find out why but while speaking in jerusalem he will be aware he may leak Political Support domestically for shelving an existing plants. Little additional interim President Trump put the annexation into his 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 so there have been discussions of various levels between the u. A. E. And israel for years it seems now each was preparing the ground for this announcement from the official twitter account of the e leader mohammed bin ziad a simple statement during a call with President Trump and Prime Minister netanyahu an agreement was reached. To stop further is really an extension of palestinian territories the u. A. E. And israel also agree to cooperation and setting up towards establishing a bilateral relationship the idea is that both leaders will visit the white house in coming weeks to sign the deal with Donald Trump Center stage he obviously believes that this will help in the run up to the president ial election in november but rarely are american elections this cited by events abroad particularly during a Public Health and financial crisis alan fischer aljazeera at the White House Well our correspondent harry force that is standing by for us with all the latest from western eastern but fast lets go to abraham shes in ramallah in the occupied west bank need a real sense of betrayal there from the palestinians. Absolutely and we can see that reflected in the daily newspapers for example this is the p. A. s official newspaper alhayat and it says that this is an aggression on the rights of the Palestinian People by 3 parties the us israel and the you heard the word betrayal from the palestinian a president spokesperson have been a dame and this is the word we havent. Seen that was used to describe an arab state for a long long time so there is a lot of disappointment there is a lot of Strong Language in the newspapers and in the words of palestinian officials the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas as instructed the foreign minister to recall the from the u. A. E. And for palestinians they feel like this has been this these discussions between the israelis and their arties have been going on for a long time they believe some of these discussions go back to 20 years but what is shocking for them now is the timing they believe that this is giving a lifeline for both President Trump and the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu they feel that their cause the palestinian cause is being used to kind of as an excuse to allow the u. A. E. To normalize with israel lets not forget that relations between the Palestinian Authority and the u. A. E. Have been cold for a while just for example in this recent pandemic the Palestinian Authority refused to receive 2 airplanes filled with aid that have landed to be in gori an airport because they came without a coordination with the Palestinian Authority so there is fear now that with the u. A. E. Doing this that they would be opening the door for many more islam. Make. To normalize with israel need even him there in ramallah for us thank you very much media well now lets cross over to harry forsett hes in west jerusalem ari netanyahu is calculus here clearly very much also based on domestic issues how is all of this being received in israel. Just very different appreciation of it here sir and what you just said strong. In the occupied west bank as you might expect this is being received broadly positively by a broad swathe of israeli political opinion a lot of focus now on what the next steps might be there is a report that an israeli delegation could head to the u. A. E. As early as next week to start ironing out some of the issues still outstanding and start making progress towards an actual signing of this which donald trump said could take place within some 3 weeks as well as that there is speculation about who might be next american officials reportedly speaking to palestinian media saying the amman and bought her reign are on the list and we could well see movements in terms of those countries relationships with israel in the coming weeks and months as well the one sort of real opposition to this coming from inside israel is coming from the Settler Community the far right settlers who see the suspension of the annexation plan as a betrayal but as the language that they are using the need rather is still saying though that annexation remains on the table despite the fact that donald trump explicitly said it was off the table obviously he says it would have to be in coordination with the United States something that the u. S. From all the signals made overnight is not ready to do it wants to prioritize this agreement and others it says coming but certainly for his domestic audience netanyahu is still saying this and the more he continues to say it if he does then the question is how might that affect this burgeoning relationship with the u. A. E. Because the way of saying that it is signed this agreement in order to stop an ex ation and its defacto leader mahmoud been ziad was very clear saying this is a roadmap towards a bilateral relationship so Still Holding out some room to trying to impose conditions on israel going forward. Thank you very much. Well turning to the corona virus pandemic now and new zealand has extended a lockdown in its largest city as Health Officials try to contain a new outbreak there restrictions on all cloned keeping nonessential workers at home have been extended for 12 days the rest of the country will be on a lower alert level for that same period testing in context racing is being stepped up after 30 cases were detected this week investigators are trying to find out how the virus reemerged after more than 3 months with no locally transmitted infections in keeping with our precautionary approach and philosophy of growing had been growing. Today cabinet has agreed to maintain our current sushi. For an additional 12. Bringing us to a for 2 weeks total well Michael Baker is a professor of Public Health at a target university and also a member of the Advisory Group for new zealands covert 1000. 00 response he says investigators are looking into several possible sources of this outbreak. The broken Cuban Community which is obviously a red flag if you dont know the source the most likely source of course is people in one of the managed on Team Facilities and we still have thousands of new zealanders coming back to the country and some of them are infected there how in these facilities for 14 days quarantine interested and theres a reasonable chance that the virus escaped from the air with some bridges biosecurity and started this outbreak we have to look for alternative sources that may be coming from a seaport or could be coming from a flight crew for example who have somehow avoided the usual cautions i mean this is one of the challenges of elimination as a strategy is with very well in tombs of health weve got the lowest code mortality in the o. E. C. D. And the economy has not spent very well and i think part of the elimination approach is you have to manage our brands and the government is pursuing this outbreak control theory aggressively just as we did we need eliminated the pain dimmick in match talk and 2 months to get rid of the virus so this is part of the elimination approach and we hope to be back on track again in a few weeks when our fronts has declared paris and the area around the city of los a as a red zones with a high corona virus infection risk the degree gives all thorazine the power to impose new restrictions on the millions of people who live there as well as a sharp increase in the number of new covet 1000 cases over the past 2 weeks and that has also prompted the u. K. Now to require travels coming from france to quarantine for 14 days people who are in france or indeed holland or on to other places that were announcing the seedling who were added to the corn seamless people can stay and finish your holiday but you have to be aware you will have to quarantine after that and that is mandates free afraid but. We do need to protect the low rates weve managed to establish in this country and that does apply u. K. Wides or for parts of the United Kingdom scotland of the isle of wales of england leaving all this together this evening and indonesia has started human trials of the chinese made vaccine as many as 1600 patients could take part and if that vaccine proved safe and successful it secure the rights to produce at least 200 50000000. 00 doses china reached a similar deal with brazil where human trials are also already underway jesco washington in the indonesian capital jakarta so indonesia hopes to scale up production of the vaccine if the advanced stage of testing goes well. There are a number of vaccines all over the world in the early stages of development but this vaccine by the chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer. Is one of the handful thats in this really advanced stage of testing so while the vaccine has been developed by cinna back here in indonesia the trial will be monitored by a university in the city of bundle and also indonesias state run pharmaceutical manufacturer biopharma if all goes well its expected that this trial will take around 6 months so today on friday in indonesia around 100. 00 candidates received the vaccination over the next few weeks more participants will and in total its expected that there should be around 1600. 00 participants in this trial by a pharmacist that if all does go well theyll be able to scale up to capacity and theyll endeavor to produce around 250000000 doses of vaccine by the end of the year that would of course be welcome news here in indonesia this country has been hit incredibly hard by the corona Virus Outbreak with more than 130000 confirmed cases. It is now time for the weather and jenny youve been saying the heat seizing up in europe finally it is finally because its going to place by something and not just sunny skies were going to have rain weve already had storms as well so a very mixed picture this is the song you can see lots of cloud across the central and Western Areas and this is courses where the heat has been so above the average for so very long meanwhile there is still plenty of sunshine out there this is the southeast of cyprus and then though weve also got very well weather across into italy so the zookeepers do what they can to keep these animals clear cool this is a bear of course you can see that this is a freeze the fruit is one of the hydrant so the animals actually house having to do all that theyve got the right side to just lying in the thick mud now mention the weather has been replaced by thunderstorms and this with us. Picture taken just yesterday in southampton of course to control the Cricket Ground and day one of the test the training of them pakistan well it was rained on and off and so for today it hasnt actually begun because of the rain and you can see here in the streets of croydon there was some very very heavy showers and thunderstorms and its has left some localized flooding now we could see more of that and in fact the u. K. Has got weather warnings in place for the next few days right way through monday across central and southern areas the thunderstorms which could be heavy at times and then really crazy a range on really across much of Central Europe pretty good to the east away from there and it has been to clear across Western Areas as we go through saturday so the temperatures theyve come down is not particularly cold but you can see its very unsettled so showers some heavy and funnel storms in london for the next few days and paris also cooling down slightly by monday the temperatures in the stalls youre back down to average so probably fitting quite cool for a lot of people i still have a mess has completely the right side there he won the. Jenny well still ahead here on aljazeera as e. U. Foreign ministers prepared to discuss a maritime dispute between greece and turkey reexamined just whats at stake for the black americans who say theyve left all races and division behind to settle in west africa and in support weve got n. B. A. Basketball action including a 3 pointer for near home court line thats coming up the track. When the bush team is tsunami japans coast line in 2011 destroyed everything in its path. In the arctic dorothys began building a massive eusebio along the 100 kilometers of the coastline its hard construction to be completed by 2021 and a continuous line to close off every river along the splintered off the coast of japan. The project also includes. To their stories. To allow the river to flow into the sea. The room the good you would be. With the megaprojects has raised questions how far must we go to protect our soldiers from now who lost. Their homes to be really really tempting to say. Hello again im a star and thats reminder about top stories here the salah crowds are gathering again and better roofs as capital minsk despite the government starting to release detained protesters and it rounded up 7000 this week its also made a rare apology in an effort to quell a days of unrest following a disputed election. The Palestinian Ambassador to the u. A. E. Is being recalled after the m. R. C. Government struck a deal with israel to normalize relations a spokesman for the palestinian president says the u. S. Brokered agreement amounts to treason. And new zealand has extended a lockdown in its largest city as a tries to contain the countrys 1st coronaVirus Outbreak for more than 3 months testing and Contact Tracing and all planned being wrapped up. Air Foreign Ministers are expected to hold an emergency summit in the coming hours to consider sanctions against turkey that meeting comes at the request of greece which says turkey has been searching for oil and gas in its waters tensions between the 2 countries have been increasing recently as charlie and reports beneath these waters in the Eastern Mediterranean lies a growing source of conflict on monday turkish warships entered territory that both greece and turkey claim as their own escorting a ship carrying out seismic surveys on the sea bed searching for oil and gas on wednesday greeces Prime Minister issued a stark warning. Responding to menace broke loose is in response to turkeys deployment of its fleet we have also put our armed forces on alert im confident that all greeks have the same absolute trust in the capabilities of our armed forces as i do at the same time though we remain in absolute political and operational readiness we are also mobilizing our diplomacy notifying our friendly nations and alerting our allies and partners we are not alone in this effort one of those are lies is france who sent in 2 fighter jets and this naval warship to sail alongside greek forces but turkey is plowing ahead with plans to issue Gas Exploration and drilling licenses in the disputed region within weeks this shows the exclusive Economic Zone to greece turkey and cyprus as defined by the United Nations it accords greece 71 percent of the aegean sea and turkey 8. 8 percent but this is how turkey redraws the same map claiming much of greeces waters as its own and this is the area where turkey has started looking for oil within itself to find waters but that infringes on greeces Maritime Territory according to the e. U. And the un. Turkey did postpone exploration last month following a truce brokered by germany but when athens signed a new maritime deal with egypt last week ankara vowed to defend its interests are looking to resume putin in huggin that gives him a joke greeces attitude in the aegean and the mediterranean is malicious we dont have designs on anyones rights but we wont let any country take away our rights e. U. Foreign ministers are hoping to resolve the standoff through dialogue at the emergency summit greece stated that it is ready to sit on the table and discuss with it all relevant parties in the region as long as all the meat dairy present in the region is withdrawn you cannot share. Discussions where you have naval base stills from doing it. Again. Although the 2 sides seem on a collision course both say they share a desire for dialogue and diplomacy charlie and aljazeera. Bury its hospitals are struggling to cope following the damage from last weeks devastating ports explosion 3 major hospitals and half of the clinics in the lebanese capital are still not functioning in the city short of hundreds of bats a correspondent Bennett Smith visited St George Hospital which was one of those badly damaged during the explosion there were hundreds of patients here at the time being treated glass is glass was blown out doors were blown out everything was blown out and its been left in a complete total wreck the World Health Organization estimates 25. 00 of our Health Facilities and 3 other hospitals to other hospitals are your partner in beirut are not functioning and this was already a Health System that is in crisis before the explosion there were they were running out of funding they were laying off staff and there was a plea before the explosion for medicines because the. Because the hospitals in the Health Facilities couldnt access foreign currency to be able to pay for those medicines here isnt george there are 110. 00 child Cancer Patients there were about a dozen of them here at the time having chemotherapy when the blast hit one of the parents was killed the children survived but the doctor in charge of that unit has now spent the last more than a week now driving between disparate different hospitals around 11 on to try and find places to accommodate the children in his care its been very disruptive particularly to their care a continuity in the timing of chemotherapy is so key now south koreas president one day and has vowed to highlight the plight of the countrys last surviving women who were forced to work in japanese brothels during world war 2 his recorded remarks were part of a ceremony held in the city of chalon its a 30 at the memorial and held it to remember the victims who are known by their captors as comfort when the issue continues to be a thorny one between south korea and japan from the bride has more from seoul. The location of the Japanese Embassy in seoul is also the site of a permanent protest against japans wartime atrocities protesters accuse the japanese of still not properly atoning for the treatment of socalled comfort women taken from korea to work in Imperial Army brothels during world war 2 other sporadic protests here a pity the troubled relations between the 2 neighbors such as this campaign to boycott japanese goods that followed a long running court battle to force Japanese Companies to compensate the korean victims of wartime forced labor flew. This goes against International Norms in that case we have no choice but to respond so we should handle this to avoid that happening throughout the show japan did respond imposing trade restrictions that damage south koreas high tech manufacturing despite appeals from seoul. We hope the japanese government would more actively and sincerely respond to ongoing efforts to resolve this issue through diplomatic channels because. This deep rooted animosity has even affected the handling of the coronavirus with japan accused of imposing unnecessarily harsh restrictions on south korean prabal as well clearly hurting both countries neither seems able to hold back from taking a swipe when National Pride is at stake the latest spat this monument to the comfort women built in a Botanic Garden with a man bowing in apology bearing an uncanny resemblance to japans Prime Minister shinzo are they. People say it is but this artwork doesnt refer to a bit at all if that person used then that would be good despite japans insistence that wartime grievances were settled years ago Many South Koreans say theyre still waiting for that japanese apology robert bride aljazeera sold. Now north koreas leader has rejected foreign aid to help with heavy flooding there because of the risk of the coronavirus more than 20 people have died several others missing after unusually heavy monsoon rains much of the damage is in provinces used for farming the countrys already suffered years of chronic few churches thousands of buildings have now been destroyed roads and bridges are also damaged or there are more than 150. 00 Coronavirus Vaccines in development around the wild but fewer than 10 have reached stage 3 thats the final phase before approval and eventual production and distribution there are worries that the rush for a vaccine means safety is being compromised as gabriel is on to reports from new york. On average it can cost more than 100000000 dollars and take years to put a vaccine through all 3 stages of development with no guarantees of success with time of the essence in the covert 1000. 00 pandemic many governments are picking up the costs taking the financial risk to help speed up the process the government has basically taken the risk out. No pay for the no pay for the street drugs and there were the companies can move right along and in fact miss reduced the backseat while the renewing base while theyre still unsure whether that actually works in the say because the governments going to pay for it but is safety being sacrificed for speed it was in 1955 when a laboratory rushed out more than 100000. 00 batches of the polio vaccine that mistakingly contained the polio virus but batches were recalled but not before they lead to paralysis in dozens of people and the death of some children the incident was a sad chapter in the history of vaccine manufacturing fast forward to today and pfizer is one of the pharmaceutical companies that has a covert 1000 back seen in stage 3 human trials theres no guarantee it will be successful nevertheless the u. S. Government has given the Company Hundreds of millions of dollars to speed up the Development Process in exchange if the Pfizer Vaccine turns out to be the one that works the u. S. Government will control the rights to the 1st 100000000. 00 doses the white house is pushing ahead so fast officials there claim they could have as much as 300000000 doses available by the end of this year in a program theyre calling operation warp speed some back soon experts i spoke to said they hope that moving so fast doesnt lead to mishaps like what happened with the polio vaccine you dont actually want to back see. That is developed as well i mean really you know you were a vaccine that has developed as safely and key especially as any other get seen that youre comfortable putting in yourself or your child for now the race is on balancing speed and safety for the elusive vaccine in the covert 19 pandemic gayborhood sandow aljazeera new york one Development One vaccine in development in the u. K. Is already being lined up for latin america mexico has reached a deal with argentina to mass produce that vaccine for the entire region as John Heilemann now reports from argentina or mexico calling it a landmark vaccine deal not just for them but for latin america the 2 countries have agreed to produce hundreds of millions of doses for the region for the highly regarded astra zeneca vaccine designed by outside university scientists. And they say it will be free for all met skins and so without profit elsewhere in latin america during the pandemic. This is truly something exceptional will help us a great deal to maintain hope to put an end to uncertainty. The hope is that it means this poor region when have to wait in line behind wealthier nations for a potential lifesaver dont pull the end of a corner will be able to access the vaccine thanks to this deal between 6 and 12 months earlier than if there were no such agreement. The governments are doing it together with mits can calm the slim once the worlds richest man this is his son. But he put up with carlos slim temptation will participate with the available resources together with the governments of the countries to initiate the process of production of 150000000 doses with the possibility of increasing to 250000000. I mean this is not a sure thing yet the vaccine still has to finish base 3 of Clinical Trials and if it does the production will only get going next year for a short Term Solution then but still a bit of good news for latin america the region is the worst hit by caving in the world lets go along for 34 years there are many other countries struggling in the current. Mix cruise governments been criticized for their management of the pandemic and reluctance to put money into the economic recovery now it is ready to invest in a vaccine that it believes could be the light at the end of the tunnel John Heilemann aljazeera mexico city. Hall malaria season has started in africa and doctors in sierra leone are warning that parents avoiding health care during this coronavirus pandemic could lead to more infant deaths the agency Doctors Without Borders says children are arriving at hospital severely malnourished and there are fears of a malaria crisis sauerkraut reports. Its a busy day in this village and you can im a city. Health care workers looking for signs of covert 19 malaria. Especially among pregnant women and infants its the rainy season and mosquitoes authorising means the 19 entered the country of several years on and even more after in enter can imagine strict really observe that there was less people coming to our facility or to the cities. So we really faced a decrease of people coming probably because of the few of corvids and so the children receive yet we are used to receive children that are moderate to seriously ill and now become even more severe all the going was a bigger deal thanks this is the nearest hospital where theres been a 40 percent drop in patients since last march. Doctors say they recently admitted one of the worst medical cases that ever seen in an infant the 18 month old had pneumonia diarrhea and malaria yeah method 1st and she couldnt sit or eat thanks to god and the hospital she is better now. Sierra leone is one of the poorest countries in the world with one of the highest infant mortality rates. On nutrition is the leading cause of death for children here and doctors warn its facing a malaria crisis made worse by the arrival of coded 90. Poorly equipped and underfunded Community Health centers are seeing fewer patients during the pandemic. Health care workers believe the legacy of ebola which killed 4000 people a few years ago. Has heightened coronavirus fears. Especially for those living in canada the worst affected region outreach programs like this are also trying to stop misinformation in rural communities. And encourage locals to visit hospitals again instead of going to traditional healers so to hide out aljazeera. Black americans being invited to migrate to west african countries donna and senegal are encouraging them to settle explore and invest. Some of the men who say they wanted to leave racism and division behind the u. S. And i know a certain looks you know snow i know what the person is thinking go back to africa. In the insult africanamericans julissa georgia cops really heard it calling it a move to senegals capital deckard to find an escape from the racial tensions in the divisive politics at home in america people are like oh go back to africa why are we so afraid of america you dont got to always look to the corner although. Theres like a sense of like i dont know welcoming really you know just like everyone looks at you and theyre like you look like me. Maybe this is home maybe this is where we come in and we make it just like what america was its the year return an invitation from west african countries like senegal in ghana to americans of african descent to settle in invest in the continent government says hundreds of American Families have settled in the country thanks to this. Maybe due to the specific situation in the us. But i think people need to be divisive and they can find Common Ground where everybody can celebrate you know. The citys replacing street names in the French Colonial figures with african personalities while politicians argue over whose likeness should replace them it seems young people have already made up their minds repeating these are legal in senegal and while there are normally used to depict muslim religious figures look at this what its called black excellence you can find a Stokely Carmichael Harriet Tubman nina simone tammi smith. George florida africanamericans that have affected the history of not just the United States but africa as well and so not only can you find them on the streets theyre also taught in schools as part of the history curriculum. Its this that prompted 17 year old miriams family to move from atlanta so that she could attend one of the africanamerican schools of the city where pups really teaches art and representation like learning about columbus in the u. S. And learning about columbus here it was completely different back in the us they kind of praised him a bit in there like he discovered america all these great things and when i came over here my history teacher said terrible this man was and this was new to me i was like oh oh no hes. In settling in west africa they have found a new home discovered a side of themselves they had not seen before too often overlooked. The car. Well still ahead here on aljazeera a fall f one champion suffers a setback and ahead of the indy 500. 00 thats coming up a child and spot and thats it every single. Morning. And its now time for sports history thank you the rapid rise of German Football Club say continues the team formed in 2009 have now reached the semifinals of the European Champions League they beat spanish side Atletico Madrid 21 with a late winner from american pie a tyler adams lives. Who are backed by the Austrian Energy drink company red bull will now face french comparison for a place in the final 633 year old coach julian nagels mint is the youngest coach to reach the last 4 of the champions so done we didnt used to wonder ive noticed as a strict weve not won anything but it goes without saying that we want to reach the final its normal that when you get to one round you want to reach the next one thats in every footballer so you want to get to the final as well thats absolutely clear and when we get there we can continue talking but right now we have a big hurdle in front of us. Lets get more on this from german football journalist Chris Williams who joins us now live from lincolnshire in the case chris a great result for light sake but how will this be received by most german football fans we seem to have a bit of a problem there reaching chris well try and get back to him in the short time lets see chris hello this is Joanna Al Jazeera can you hear me ok i can hear me yes brilliant ok so we were just asking you its a great result for leipsic but how will this be received by the german football fans. Yes normally when german teams train europe and the majority of the country will support them so if bind were in that final you would find the elements of shanker in bruges you dont win friends you would want them to went so a little bit different in germany not well liked on the whole in the city of lights themselves they are very well liked but yeah itll be a bit of a strange one in germany because once you got University Like across the country for a number of reasons predominately the backing of red bull. You know they were honest ownership restrictions in german football so how have red bull got around that. You know theyve done theyve circumvented it we probably the best way that they havent they havent gone around it as such but theyve theyve certainly circumvented the 50 plus one rule so if you look at a club like bruce you dorman those around about 154000 members and each one of those members has a vote in right when it comes to situations on the club themselves own 49 percent and the 50 plus one is left in the in the hands of its members not like do you have members so they tick that box but they have certain members and theyre all high profile members of our profile employees of redbull so if you or i want to become a member of the like we cant at the moment unless we are significant backers and belong to a rental company so they have circumvented the law which has not gone down well at all with the traditional fun groups across germany in all tiers of football and the very top as well as that the local amateur weeks as well critics say that theyve bought their success but how do they transfer costs compared to the bigger teams in europe. Yeah to their maximum spend it still today not be kato who they bought from sort of from rebel sulzberger sr team as such theres been 17 transfers between the 2 sides so they are a little more linked to new way forward suggest however that maximum spend is only 26000000 pounds and if you compare that to Manchester City or p. S. G. Were even some of the more traditional sides in europe if you want to call them that boss lonely events is liverpool etc thats certainly nowhere near the level theyve spent but when they were formed in 2009 and they came through the lower tiers they did pay a lot more in wages and they didnt go out and buy the best players but they offered them the best money to complain at the club and when they got into the 2nd is leaders like honestly gotten a book bedhead to the financial fair play model which they do now so they have bought their way as sort of very well though they invested in use infrastructures to a degree im obviously benefits them if theyve got local kids played football theyve been heavily backed by red bull and theyve got all look the power that comes with that all the facilities are not career and all the sporting of moxon facilities are cool with it all right Chris Williams thanks for perseverance with us represent you now to a bit of football transfer news from the English Premier League also have signed window when im afraid transfer from their london rivals chelsea the 32 year old brazilian has signed a 3 year deal after failing to agree on a new long Term Contract at stamford bridge. Sports around the world are taking different approaches to playing in the current virus pandemic in the us some like the n. B. A. Are in a bubble while others like the n. F. L. As Dallas Cowboys say theyll play in front of fans as early as the autumn the cowboys will follow guidelines set by texas Public Health officials which allow only 50 percent capacity of their stadium but owner jerry jones says its important for fans and for the country. I can easily see how Expert Center of the people would be for its just not worth the. Effort risk whatever thats going to go on i believe it is the n. F. L. Can be a siding. When i say exciting it can be an inspirational part of how we address cold were not only in the my remainder of this year but as we go into 21 but more and more athletes are prepared to take the risks several top tennis players have pulled out of next months us open and now defending womens champion who has added herself to the list the 2900 winner his struggled with her fitness all year says the pandemic has prevented her from pairing properly for the competition the canadian joints reigning mens champion rafael nadal in skipping the grand slam. That news will bode well for 23 time grand slam champion Serina Williams she beat she was beaten by andrea scare in last years final and shes been warming up in her 1st official told them it in more than 5 months in kentucky serena was up against a Venus Williams in the 2nd round of the lexington open in what was the 31st professional meeting in a rivalry that stretches back 22 years where she battled back from a set down to beat her older sister 3663642 reach the course of foreigners. Former f one champion Fernando Alonso has suffered a setback to his hopes of winning the indy 500. 00 the spaniard crashed in the final hour of thursdays practice session was making his 3rd attempt at winning the final leg of most sports triple crown having already won the Monaco Grand Prix on the mall 24 hour. In the n. B. A. Bubble Damian Lillard was the star of the show for the portland trailblazers hes called 42 points is the edge pass the Brooklyn Nets with a one point victory it means portland will now face the Memphis Grizzlies in a mini series to decide the final seed in the western conference. Are those lawyers but for now it is back to the stars thanks so much jeff well that is it from a anastasio tape for this news hour but peter dhabi will be here in just a moment with more of the days news and i will see you again after that to stay with us here on aljazeera. The health of humanity is at stake a Global Pandemic requires a global response. W. H. O. Is the guardian of Global Health delivering lifesaving to lose supplies and training to help the worlds most Vulnerable People uniting across borders to speed up the development of test treatments and of that seat keeping you up to date with whats happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w. H. O. 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