Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

A country already facing acute fuel shortages promising new jobs mozambiques president visits a resource rich Northern Region for rebel fighters have captured a key port. Hundreds of tons of Ammonium Nitrate are moved from an indian ports to an explosives factory but nearby villagers are worried. About a piece of stone with your supporters or be leipzig who makes a huge leap the gym Football Club reach the European Champions League semifinals just 11 years off to being full we look at whats behind the rapid rise. The president of brother ross says people should get back to work and the interior minister is apologizing for the treatment of demonstrators thousands of factory workers have gone on strike its day 6 of protests over last. These disputed president ial election workers are from some of the largest state run factories and theyre joining a growing movement which once Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power hundreds of protesters have been released but nearly 7000 people have been held since sunday in a violent crackdown that seen many beaten and tortured. Appeared in state t. V. A few hours ago warning that those on strike might not be paid. The partial of what people must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just 2 days opposition candidates for atlanta take on sky has failed to neighboring left the way shes calling for International Help to set up talks with the authorities and she also wants her supporters to join peaceful protests this weekend and. We need to stop the violence on the streets of by the russian cities i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful mass invest in each town on the 15th and 16th of august in new Foreign Ministers are holding a special meeting in brussels to discuss possible sanctions against bellicose we begin our coverage with a report from steverson in minsk. They told of 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 locals shankars former supporters 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 ballads after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the streets 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 or well burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. Around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections former 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 called criminal orders to use violence. Any longer. European and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk laid flowers at the square where one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protests for and truly all those who have exercised this right while the protests are swelling police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears of National Numbers develops 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 joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems so confused. Why look i might have been able to silence belorussians for many years this time theyre determined to have to stone him for 23 turn to them. Whilst i was also being covering the latest protests in the capital minsk and she sent us this update. Peaceful protest s. Exactly exactly whats happening here right at the Independence Square in minsk and the crowds are swelling here by the minute this all started because workers from a truck to a factory in the outskirts of minsk left their factory when they were on strike marched through the city center and then asked others to join in which they did so they ended up here which and initially led to quite a tense situation because they were marching towards the building then certainly military police came out so people were really scared what they were going to do but then very surprisingly soldiers put down their shields which led to very emotional scenes with women 100 of them and people really crying because you have to remember of course that many here have been living under a syrian rule for more than 2 decades so where this is going to lead nobody knows but its getting bigger and bigger many here at the square consider startline if you can a sky as the new president and the kind of sky herself has now offered to government to have a dialogue about this Transitional Government she says because she considers herself a widow with 60 to 70 percent of the fold but so far has not responded to this offer. Neighboring lithuania says it might welcome belorussians as refugees and humanitarian grounds earlier its foreign minister lina slick of ink here suspect to observer and he said there needs to be collective action to create a political dialogue in bellows. We decided to step in since very beginning basically we cannot take watch employees to the events in the neighborhood but since its neighborhood we cannot speak indifferent and thats always this dialogue with neighbors very complicated i would say our approaches are quite collective there are 6 months where we can find added value and progress and there are issues where you can physically and now we see this crisis and crisis is because of the actions of this holistic beyond any borders d because if they are violated violations of human rights abuse are least equal to. Possibly even crimes committed against the civilian population thats something we cannot say firing them we are demanding quite a simple thing to release those detained also also to stop violence and to start some quite deep but the stop is dialogue with own people own citizens and they need much by the way they were not aggressive they were not rushing windows so warning 1st but d the force used against them was really extraordinary and thats what remains something racist in the future and thats. Very difficult when you have no intentions whatsoever holding that right in the arena of the domestic appears of that what we what we are talking here has no borders and theres a tension and at the same time happening in europe in the continent and thats why we discussed d this issue also d today with the Foreign Ministers of European Union having this extraordinary meeting its not just with union prepared to go we have to go collectively International Community European Union so therefore we are here action its a collective action sent here we are about to prepare possible targets within visual measures against those responsible for local electoral support of those so for this excessive use of course. One point also we discussed the quick you need to establish special fun book and with them suppression of the soso would be the best moral backup but then the also maybe some experimental support for those who suffered because of the suppressions and repent of it so we discussed very concrete measures not just the assessing situation and that in this election it says that im free and undemocratic but also d its not enough that we have any visit if you want to lay shares and thats kind. Of the situation and a lot of this was the main topic at a meeting of e. U. Foreign ministers in a farm more on thats lets speak to knead botha whos live for us and london and even gets the impression that is a growing external pressure on the government in balad was what was happening at the meeting that. Well the meeting of the Foreign Ministers happened remotely they all dialed into a central hub and brussels and basically shared their ideas on how to pull the pressure on alexander look at theres no shortage of solidarity for the better russian people and no shortage of criticism and condemnation for Alexander Lukashenko according to a spokesperson for the german chancellor Angela Merkel was shocked covering scene seems of violence on the streets of minsk and other cities over the course of the past few days and also as live on the lam the European Commission president said that there had been a brutal violation of human rights that warranted immediate sanctions and sanctions does appear to be the direction of travel the e. U. Foreign ministers together in a unified way are prepared to take but could take the form of asset freezes or travel bans on senior figures within. The leadership we could well see other forms of pinas have measures been imposed but lets not forget the e. U. Is already imposed a raft of sanctions on the country already imposed restrictions on certain officials we know the nimble arms embargo has been in place for some time now so the e. U. Is also on the pressure to see exactly what it can do to force Alexander Lukashenko into line weve had poland without the Baltic States already come forth and volunteer as mediate is in any forthcoming dialogue between look at shanker and the opposition the opposition of welcome that but look at shanker who is far from it he remains defiant so the role now for the e. U. Is to pile on the pressure and to try and open a corridor of communication need thanks very much as neve barker in london. Russias general Prosecutor Says 33 of its nationals who were detained in belarus have been released and sent home but arrested in minsk last month president Alexander Lukashenko accused them of being mercenaries sent by moscow to incite a riot something russia denies and plenty more ahead on the news hour including fears that beiruts hospitals are running out of medicines after last weeks court last report from a damaged Child Cancer Treatment Center and the sisters sizing each other up ahead of the u. S. Open to tell you which williams came out on top later in sports. Ok the u. S. Department of justice says it sees iranian fuel from 4 tankers headed to venice whether its claiming its the biggest ever such seizure both iran and venezuela are under u. S. Sanctions lets go straight to alan fischer whos live for us in washington d. C. What more is the department of justice saying about this incident allan. Well weve been trying to patch together exactly what the story is here it appears that the u. S. Was aware of a convoy of 7 ships 3 of them state ships 4 that had been hired for the occasion they were on their way to venezuela according to the u. S. They were carrying oil in breach of International Sanctions they then approached a judge here in washington d. C. On the 2nd of july with a seizure order saying that they wanted to seize 4 of the vessels the judge gave permission of that and so the belle of the bearing the pandy and the luna where seized their country on their way to houston and texas we are told by the Justice Department that there was not a military action or a naval offensive in any way the ships to say on their way to texas they were carrying 1160000 barrels of oil according to the u. S. Justice department interestingly enough donald trump has talked about this just in the last few moments he has been in the Briefing Room to give his daily updates on the covert crisis but he was asked about the ships and he said this is something that iran should not be doing so these seas the vessels the department of justice and obviously the trumpet ministration fairly determined that this fuel was from iran but i understand that iran is denying that the oil has anything to do with them thats exactly right the whole idea of entered dictating these ships is to stop venezuela getting oil but also to stop iran making any money out of oil exports you know this is part of the United States Administration Policy of maximum pressure on the iranian government but the Iranian Ambassador in venezuela has been speaking in the last few hours and he says look these where ships we went sending oil to venezuela the reason we were doing this is not something that we were doing the venezuelans have got their refineries up and running. No quarrel or not and with no right now theres nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refineries u. S. Officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media i ask you who is the bigger victim of terrorism the u. S. Or iraq now what would have been the seizure order is the Us Government making the case that this shipment was organized by someone with links to the revolutionary guard which of course the United States is designated as a terrorist organization so theyre saying that they dont want them to get money from this shipment now thats an interesting case that theyre putting forward and the seizure of the ships isnt where this ends the u. S. Government has still got to but go back to court and make its case before its able to keep both the 1160000 barrels of oil that seized and the 4 vessels and alan fischer talking to us from washington d. C. Alan thanks very much. Turkeys president is threatening to suspend ties with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory egypt oman and buckling have welcomed the move palestinians say its a betrayal to their cause and theyve been protesting against the deal they occupied East Jerusalem they gathered in the courtyard of the al aqsa mosque compound after friday prayers some trampled on pictures of Abu Dhabis Crown prince muhammad winds aid and the enmity flag sorry false it is in west jerusalem with reaction and more on that protest. And mosque. It was an expression of anger and repudiation of the u. S. Poet and carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the minutes to what he had to at least publicly if not in the background policy of having a resolution in the Israeli Palestinian conflict before normalization with the arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was a smaller protest as well and hebron and the south of the occupied west bank but the real pushback even come from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal this is a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u. S. Should not have gone along with this from the u. N. Perspective what theyre saying is that they have acted in a way which has rescued being occupied west bank from the threat of imminent an extension of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel thats seen very differently of course in ramallah which is where the palestinian issue has had courted they see this israel gaining something very valuable merely for not having done anything not having sacrificed any land not having given any major concessions its will to the palestinians. And gold is top court has sentenced the son of former president jose the model to santos to 5 years in prison who is in philomena dos santos has been found guilty of embezzlement and fraud they have been in charge of angolas 5000000000. 00 Sovereign Wealth Fund during his fathers rule the verdict was linked to a 500000000. 00 transfer that have been made to an overseas account in 2017 well the santos is just one of several prominent angolans now facing scrutiny including the system billionaire is about the santos has been accused of widespread corruption and tuesday she stepped down from the board of angolas largest mobile phone operator citing a climate of power men and conflict is often described as the wealthiest woman in africa and gold is government confiscated harass sets last year accusing her of stealing a 1000000000. 00 to companies where she and her husband held stakes the santas his personal accounts and those of the fund she owns in portugal were frozen in february a portuguese newspaper and said she owed more than 615000000. 00 to 13. 00 banks but the santos insists shes repaid the bulk of her loans joseph is a political analyst and former columnist at the new africa magazine he says the sentencing shows the president s commitment to fighting corruption. The pressure is huge you from the global friends of such is the 2nd largest or producer on the docket of course many of the countries are. Rather do very well and they need to they need. To say that sections of our critic from our place as opposed to them facts of the earth is do that and that is that they have a lot of caracas one of the early ones with corruption are a good many of them think. They need to change but i think this is something the service over is not at home on a course mr harper leaders and they read rand. Had to do to be the head of operations so operation Wealth Creation in america one if youve got it is a brother of a president somebody who was it probably. 1020 years ago so i think the president realizes they need to go to do this or that in the interest of their. Bosun biggs president has visited the Northern Province a couple days after fighters linked to eisele seized a key port there. To create jobs in an effort to prevent youth from joining them was an biggs army is still trying to regain control of the gas rich area which has been seized by armed groups 3 times this year. Has more from her in neighboring zimbabwe. In may. The crisis in. The region can. Assist. He does not meet again on monday and. This time there be increasing pressure to actually use one of the expectations that one would be a. Sin from our leadership now. I live or Fact Finding Mission that will be to mozambique and this is a mix of intelligence military intelligence political economy and. Humanitarian experts trying to establish the extent and the gravity of the situation in. Another muslim because mozambiques president visited the area affected by the violence and he promised to do more to assist people there this speculation some other countries in Southern Africa could send in troops to assist mozambiques army its happened before in the democratic republic of congo and in mozambique back when a number of fighters were causing problems there most of these governments the fight is affiliated to are responsible for the violence the area in northern it is rich in natural gas and some projects are worth more than 60000000000. 00 is a concern for the fighting could spill over into other countries in the region similar to whats been seen currently on the continent in the region and the horn of africa. Authorities in afghanistan have started releasing 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for a long delayed talks with the armed group 8. They were freed on thursday the release of the socalled hardcore prisoners was approved last weekend by afghanistans grand assembly or loya jirga its seen as the final hurdle to launching negotiations you know that and then. I was detained here for kidnapping and served almost 8 years of my prison sentence i call on my leaders and the president to embrace cease fire and stop the bloodshed so that we all have peaceful lives the lives of our youth have been miserable due to war and the future looks bleak to let them study and make a good life. Type police have arrested a prominent student leader amid a growing protest movement calling for political reforms but it sure what i call also known as penguin appeared defiant as he was escorted into the Police Station the trying to 2 year old is accused of sedition assault and breaking coronavirus restrictions during a rally last month to other protest organizers were arrested last week on similar charges 1000. 00 students one of thailands most prestigious universities defied a band to show support for civil iraq the school says it allows nonviolent political gatherings but insists it wasnt given enough notice to ensure safety students across thailand have been protesting since mid july calling for a new constitution and changes to laws that shield the powerful monarchy. The body of taiwans 1st democratically elected president has been cremated in a private ceremony senior government officials paid tribute to lead 10 queen this is her past by the president ial office of almost 8 more will be held at a later date and he ended autocratic rule and pushed for taiwans independence from china when he was president between 19882000 he died last month at the age of 97. So koreas president has promised to highlight the plight of the last surviving women from his country who were forced to work in japanese brothels during world war 2 as recorded remarks were part of a ceremony held in the city of shannon its the 3rd year of the memorials being held to remember the victims were called comfort women by their captors the issue continues to be a problem between south korea and japan 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 career to work in Imperial Army brothels during world war 2 other sporadic protests here a pit in my eyes 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 war time forced labor. Day this goes against International Norms in that case we have no choice but to respond so we should handle this to avoid that happening through additional 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 our ongoing efforts to resolve this issue through diplomatic channels because. This deep rooted on a master tea has even affected the handling of the coronavirus with japan accused of imposing unnecessarily harsh restrictions on south korean travelers while 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 of a. People say it is a bit but this artwork doesnt refer to our bit at all if that person is our bear 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 bride aljazeera sold. Still ahead on al jazeera business is big and small are suffering in colombia as unemployments doubles in a year. As researchers race to find a Coronavirus Vaccine we ask if safety could be an early casualty that steering into trouble a setback for the drivers hopes of a triple 3 series or has the details just ahead and also for every single. Hello there mostly hot and dry across much of the middle east the winds have been fairly brisk dust and sand in the forecast and also to all clouds along these coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula but it should be dry ice and he calls into yemen there is a chance of an afternoon shot but not as heavy as we have same but look at this is dust really being kicked up and really funneled along way south across into areas. Into areas of castle as well the as we go through sunday that sundin does still very much in the air time which is a little bit hard 47 degrees but lower in doha 38 but probably fading very humid without 38. 00 degrees celsius and all the while it stays warm across the eastern end of the mediterranean some heavy downpours across central areas of africa in fact the next couple days nigeria out towards gonna thats where the heavy rains will be and of course the usual. Northern sections of the d. L. C. Across into uganda and then into south africa more showers working their way through cape town on tools Port Elizabeth the winds quite strong along the coast and then on sunday more showers as well 3 will central and southern areas of the towns and a but those conditions down into the south it really that cool sunny cape town 10 inches below the average but it doesnt prove through monday and shes day and staying cool an important is about scattered showers. On counting the cost how powerful banking and political plans destroyed lebanons economy controversy over from stroy to oversee love the americas recovery from the pandemic plus a company awarding billions for a gas power plant that wasnt even good. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Play an important role. Ringback progress. Or a serious mistake. Artificial intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our life. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. In a new documentary ill just 0 explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data data land on aljazeera. Youre watching out to see a reminder of our top stories this hour crowds are back on the streets in belarus for a 6th day of protests over the disputed president ial election and a Violent Police crackdown the European Union says it will initiate sanctions against those responsible for violence arrests and fraud in connection with the vote after a meeting of its Foreign Ministers. The u. S. Department of justice says it sees iranian fuel headed to venezuela claims the cargo and for tankers amounts to more than 1000000. 00 barrels of petrol its biggest ever sees are both iran and friends whether under u. S. Sanctions. Mozambiques president has visited the Northern Province or cover the god of peace after fighters linked to isis seems to keep for a time there was a big army is still trying to regain full control of the gas rich area which has been seized by on group several times this year. Irans foreign minister says western countries shouldnt require political change in lebanon as a precondition for providing emergency aid if is visiting beirut after an explosion devastated the city more than a week ago western leaders have said aid will go directly to the lebanese people and not to the government until reforms take place around backs the powerful Hezbollah Group that helped form the lebanese government which resigned in the face of demonstrations demanding a political overhaul. Beiruts hospitals are struggling to cope in the aftermath of that explosion 3 major hospitals and half the clinics in the city are still not functioning leaving the lebanese capital with a major shortage of hospital beds but it spits reports from new life to near death in the blink of an eye. This is the Maternity Unit of St Georges Hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and land and over here. On the 9th floor Omar Abu Murat 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy when i woke up when i opened my eyes and he looked at u. T. At 1st i he was screaming his heart out. Had been recording the 1st explosion on his phone i dont. Im here dont be afraid omar says. Get out im scared thats your. Beauty still had his tubes stuck with him in and his entire cycle was still running at that point the very next thing i wanted to do was just put some shoes on because theres debris everywhere theres glass shards everywhere i could feel them in my feet and i was looking at u. D. C. It and he was barefoot as well and was standing on glass there were a dozen children with their families up here at the time of the explosion unfortunately one of the parents died 2 parents in the very critical case of the i. C. U. And all in this was seen by the patients you can imagine how tough it is for the patients they have cancer they are afraid from the explosion and from the noise and they see their parents or dying or in the very particular case dr newman has 110 child Cancer Patients with his unit damaged hes been driving across lebanon trying to find space in other facilities 3 beirut hospitals are out of action and around another 25. 00 Health Facilities are not functional according to the World Health Organization theres also been a surge in corona virus and thats a particular risk for child Cancer Patients with compromised immune at. Lebanons hospitals were in a crisis before the explosion and economic collapse and a shortage of dollars has left them without cash to buy foreign medicines and pay stuff and to this day its been very difficult we try to hold it together in front of our kids but i mean even they come and speak to us about it its everywhere everybodys talking about its on t. V. Its everywhere so as much as we can try to shield them from this horrible nightmare that happened we still get our own time where we are very very. I mean its very painful. Yuri has been found a place in a different hospital to continue his chemotherapy hes getting close to the end of his treatment his prognosis is very good the cuts on his head from the explosion will soon hell Bernard Smith aljazeera beirut Indian Officials in the city of chennai have moved hundreds of tonnes of the expose of chemical Ammonium Nitrate to hyderabad thats after customs officers fast tracked its really a case in following last weeks blast in beirut the chemical had been stored in chennai since it was confiscated 5 years ago our india correspondent elizabeth put on reports. Making its way through a village on the outskirts of the Southern City of hi there a truck carrying the chemical explosive Ammonium Nitrate the last batch of around 700. 00 tons is being moved from chennai to an explosives manufacturer and the state of talon gonna but some People Living near its new location didnt know about the huge blast in lebanons capital or the chemical being stored just 3 kilometers from their homes. There were articles to take precautionary measure taken by anyone partin it into dent in the village are the factors for which youre proposing other desert place. As was the Ammonium Nitrate explosion in beirut on august 4th that prompted customs offices in chennai to move the 700 tons of the explosive chemical being stored in a Container Freight yard on the outskirts of the city and then. This information also it would be the police. Or not it was not a safer place to keep the only needed steps taken to. A designated store or whatever and bidding process the customs was a lady undertaking. A Hyderabad Based Company bought the material months ago that its reader cation has been fast tracked after the lebanon blast the explosive grade Ammonium Nitrate was seized at the chennai portion 2015 experts say it shouldnt have been stored in the area for so many years this one in order to be stored in a place specifically that was torn if i wanted it for that if abroad keep any of the products and you know that but here in the port area they have stored the many other things that it is very very dangerous you know luckily this is not explored this is not guard fire or anything else but you know you cannot depend on luck or you enough to ensure that all saudi blundered the company that now owns the Ammonium Nitrate says its been handing up to 2000 tons of the material every month without incident but environmentalists say no amount of Ammonium Nitrate is safe when stored in large quantities elizabeth purana al jazeera new delhi. Or roland all food is managing director of all for technologies that developed specialist explosives for example to get rid of unexploded mines and bombs and hes joining us from trowbridge in the United Kingdom thank you very much indeed for being with us on aljazeera. In your experience how dangerous is Ammonium Nitrate. Well when stalled properly Ammonium Nitrate is perfectly safe and it doesnt spontaneously detonate it requires very specific conditions for it to do so so if youre just storing it in bulk quantities it should be safe the question is how how is it being protected and in particular trauma fire so what we saw in beirut was a tragedy but it was an accident waiting to happen it was not being stored properly it was being stored in a file works so you had combustibles and a way of actually igniting it and when that when you have that mixture then it can be very dangerous. In your experience across the world how varied is the level of control and safety when you store in Something Like this. Well im not an expert in the moanin like trade but with explosives the regulations fault for storing explosives do vary from country to country by and large people are mostly concerned about security which is obviously very important but were certainly terrells and Ammonium Nitrate certainly fits in this category you have to be concerned about more than just the security in terms of criminals gaining access to it and also just make sure that its stored correctly which is firstly you need to have it in an environmentally sealed. Places so that it doesnt get too much humidity in it humidity in the air. Nitrate is high to scope it which means its absorbs water from the air when it does that it forms a hard crust and a hard crust doesnt make it any more dangerous until you have a fire and under those circumstances it can actually make it easier for it to detonate one of the things that keeps coming up when weve been covering this story is the amount of ammonia Ammonium Nitrate that is stored in here we have several 100 tons of it does the the size of the the pile of Ammonium Nitrate actually make any difference. It certainly does if youve got small quantities of it or. A tolerance for example its pretty safe even if you have its exceedingly unlikely to burn to desination so it wont explode when you start getting larger quantities of it the physical weight of. The Ammonium Nitrate can have an effect and it is that essentially confining the reactions to going all and it was the reactions are around when you increase the density of material by making it kate and for this hot crust then again youre speeding up the the that reactions go a lot and that makes it more dangerous its really interesting to tell your expertise in this thank you very much indeed and offer we appreciate it thank you. Indias coronavirus death toll has overtaken britains to become the 4th highest in the world behind the United States brazil and mexico the number of fatalities has now crossed 48000 has been another single day a record increase in cases with nearly 65000 new infections reported in the past 24 hours the government says the situation is improving despite criticism over low testing mates in the philippines schools wont reopen until vaccine tests begin president of the go to turkey says face to face classes are likely to resume in october thats when Clinical Trials of a vaccine by russia are due to start in the country manila and 4 surrounding provinces are back on lockdown after infection rates surged at least 2400 people have died there. And spain has also brought in more restrictions is shutting night clubs across all its regions the Health Minister also banned public gatherings are more than 10 people and outdoor smoking after an emergency meeting nearly 3000 lou cases of covert 19 were reported on thursday spain now leads europe with more than 44000 confirmed cases in the past 2 weeks poland has gone into recession for the 1st time since the early 1990 s. Economy shrank by nearly 9 percent in the 2nd quarter after coronavirus lockdowns that ends nearly 30 years of Economic Growth but the slump is expected to be less severe than in other e. U. Member states poland is bracing for a possible 2nd wave of covert 19 infections. Colombias economy has suffered its deepest crash on record as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hurt thousands of businesses and unemployment has more than doubled since last year alessandro has more from bogota its the end of the line for the hair salon until recently a successful endeavor of hairdressers and brace and its partner but almost 5 months of coronavirus restrictions and a lack of promise government assistance left them with no other option but to close its doors. We were doing very well why i sold the car ended cycling to further invest in the shop we built it with much if its in the specially love its very sad to see your dreams come to an end like many other countries taking a heavy toll in colombia but its hitting particularly hard in a country that has seen a steady Economic Growth for 2 decades and where more than 5000000 people had risen from poverty to enter into the middle class we are facing the most. Strongest recession that we have in the history of. Data we are getting basically an economy. And. Told terms of unemployed in terms of firms that are just closing down. This is something that has never happened country before. Many shops that have reopened are struggling to get back into gear and normal times this would be teeming with people that this time but as you can see theres barely anybody here and more than 10 percent of its shop have already closed for good. Others are striving to keep the doors open. Raised in a low income family through hard work he was able to open a successful restaurant in an up and coming neighborhood. With the pandemic he has reduced his staff from 16 to 4 people and theres been operating at a loss hoping things will turn around soon but hes pessimistic. I fear the country will go back to the eightys and were seeing it already with the streets emptied out and colonized by the poor thats it showing us how fragile our new middle class really is this country and its destroying it a lot of people are falling through the cracks is. The government has announced a series of measures to deal with the crisis pumping billions into the countrys central bank and promising debt relief in economic assistance but for many it has already been too little too late to keep the lights on at least in the room and. There are more than 150. 00 Coronavirus Vaccines in development around the world but fewer than 10 have reached stage 3 the final phase before approval and eventual production and distribution there are worries the rush for a vaccine safety is being compromised as ever as on the 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. Theyll pay for the myth that theyll pay for the street drugs and there were the companies can move right along but in fact mr hughes the back while they were doing based while theyre still unsure whether that actually works in the state 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 vaccine 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 at speed i mean really you know you were mixing that has developed as safely and key especially as any other back seen that youre comfortable putting in yourself or your child for now the race is on balancing speed and safety for the elusive vaccine that in the covert 19 pandemic gabriel was on dope aljazeera new york sort of had a knowledge is it up anderson helps give england the edge but other factors that are against the home side its just against pakistan because it all the actions coming out tyson. Or. So her support here is peter thank you so much fairytale football story rb leipzig were formed in just 11 years ago now the german club are up with europes elite after making the semifinals of the Champions League they need spanish saw it let it go madrid 21 with a late winner from american player tyler adams leipzig will now face french club paris and demand for a place in the final on top of that 33 year old a union noddles mine is the youngest coach to reach the last 4 of the Champions League as are done we didnt need to underwrite emerged just 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 rb leipzig are backed by red bull journalist Chris Williams explains how the Austrian Energy drink company has got around the ownership rules in germany largely designed to give fans control of the clubs. If you look at clubs like bruce utah and those around about 154000 members and each one of those members has a vote in right when it comes to situations and the club themselves own 49 percent and the 50 plus one is left in the in the hands of its members now leipzig do have members of that box but they have 17 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 is not gone down well at all with the traditional fan groups across germany in all tiers of football however their maximum spend is only 26000000. 00 pounds and if you compare that to much a city or p. S. G. Or even some of the more traditional sides in europe if you want to call them that pass lonely your chances liverpool etc thats certainly nowhere near the level theyve spent but when they were formed in 2009 and they came through the low it is they did pay a lot more in wages and when they got into the 2nd as leaders like honestly gotten a book they adhere to the financial fair play model which they do now so they havent thought their way is sort of they do it very well the. Invested in using infrastructures to a degree of state benefits them if theyve got local kids played football but theyve been heavily backed by red bull and theyve got all the power that comes with all the facilities in austria and all the sports in the moxon facilities that come with it the 2nd german club could join leipzig in the last 4 by munichs about to kick off against barcelona in their heavyweight quarter final showdown another of the competition favorites is in action on saturday Manchester City have been a dominant force in england winning the live in major domestic title since 2011 but european silverware has eluded them and their weary of french club alum piggly on in the quarter final. So is a different competition right now is not. State game so its a finals every single game but we already only we can say is that we are ready to try to do our best. Performance to. Theres been a managerial change in Womens International football the netherlands coach serena vic man will take over from phil neville as englands mentor next year under her leadership the dutch of won the European Championship and reached the World Cup Final last year where they were beaten by the United States. Another boost for england summer of cricket despite the coronavirus pandemic theyve enticed to arch rivals australia for 31. 00 day internationals and 3 t 20 s. Next month the matches will take place in a bio secure environment just like the taste series now between england and pakistan the weather has frustrated the home side again on day 2 of the 2nd test in southampton pakistan battling to 218 phenomenon and then bad light ended play James Anderson with 3 wickets while mohammad there is one that remains im beaten on 55. Now an englishman whos on the pace says 6 times formula one World Champion Lewis Hamilton in the sadies driver was fastest in 2nd practice for sundays spanish from 3 adults and leads the championship by 30 points and is aiming for his real win in boston learning to be a good way to bounce back of the he and his team were beaten to the finish line of last week in 70th anniversary grand prix in britain by great bulls max foster. A setback for a former formula one World Champion hoping to win the indy 500. 00 fun and along so crashed in the final hour of thursdays practice alonso is making his 3rd attempt at the final only of motor sports triple crown hes won the Monaco Grand Prix and lamont 24 hour race. So in a williams has won the latest battle of the sisters as she counts down to another told at a major tennis title the 23. 00 time grand slam singles champion has been warming up for next months u. S. Open at her 1st official tournaments in more than 5 months the 38 year old was up against all the system venus in the 2nd round of the lexington open in kentucky it was the 31st professional meeting in a rivalry now spanning 22 years so in a coming from a sit down to vanquish venus 366364 reach the quarter finals. Sports around the world are taking different approaches how they play on during the run of ours pandemic in the u. S. Some like the n. B. A. Or in a bubble while others like the n. F. L. Zdeno scow boys said 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 at the stadium but owner jerry jones says its important for fans and for the country. I can easily see how expression of the people would be for his 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 colwyn not only in the my reminder of this year but as we go into 21 there are no offense at disney world in florida where the n. B. A. Season is taking place on thursday Damian Lillard was the star of the show for the portland trailblazers school 42 points as they age pass the Brooklyn Nets by just a point that means portland will face the Memphis Grizzlies in a mini series to decide the final seed in the western conference a day off to some riders abandon their bikes to take cover because of a huge hail storm competitors in israelis quotidian did offer they were greeted by much friendlier weather so if any is a primo girod glitch shown again to extend these overall lead seconds on the stage that opened up an advantage of almost 6 minutes italys davide formal was the stage when this event is a warm up for next months Tour De France thats all sports news but ill see you again a little later peter thanks very much indeed modernizes going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories and of matheson good buy. 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