Of meddling in bela rules and reiterate support for the embattled president Alexander Lukashenko also this hour china rejects a pentagon report which warns of beijings plans to double its Nuclear Stockpile. There is the ultimate judge basically right now one of the fouls and so lost loved ones in cambodias killing fields a command commander who oversaw the torture and kill and deaths dies in hospital. And sports arena williamss 3rd of the 2nd round at the u. S. Open williamss amy to win a record equalling 24th one slam singles title. Thank you very much for joining us 14 people accused of helping Gunmen Attack the french city magazine Charlie Hebdo are going on trial the magazine was targeted after publishing controversial cartoon. The prophet mohammeds security was tight as Police Convoys carrying the accused arrived at the courts a few hours ago its been 5 years since men stormed the paris office of shawnee 12 people were killed a police woman and 4 people inside a jewish supermarket were killed over the following 48 hours that 3 gunmen were shot by police in separate standoffs thats. In paris for is natasha a very high profile trial thats being closely watched tell us 1st about whats happened today and what we can expect over the next 2 months. Well we were at the quarter a short while ago and i can tell you that security extremely high there is a lot of interest in this trial here in france because so many people of course remember very vividly those january 2015 attacks in which 17 people were killed there was a huge outpouring of grief at the time a lot of shock around the country and whats very particular about this trial is that the 3 gunman that were principally involved are absent because they were killed at the time of the attack shortly after 2015 by police now coulibaly carried out attacks against a jewish supermarket it killed 4 hostages it killed a police woman just a couple of days before that 2 brothers shareef inside quassia stormed the offices of the to recall newspaper here in france charlie killing staff and a Police Officer 12 people there in all so we have here today on trial we have 14 people who are on trial for being accomplices to those 3 gunmen for giving those gunmen the sort of they accused i should say of giving those government the sort of Logistical Support that they needed to carry out those attacks everything from supplying weapons to helping the government with communications now 11 of those accused are actually in court in persons 3 are being tried in absentia including the wife of the supermarket attack amedee creepily who left france just a few days before those attacks for syria her whereabouts are unknown but it has recently been reported in french media that she could still be alive natasha has actually we published those controversial cartoons why do this at such a sensitive time and what have been the reaction. It is a sensitive time but of course it is a newspaper that is famous in france for courting controversy and it seems that today is no different this is a newspaper that everyone knows in france its got a long history and tradition of satirizing famous people political and religious leaders now the attackers chose to target it because Charlie Hebdo has repeatedly over the years printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad nationally of dough has decided to reprint republished those images on its cover today ed says this is for a show of freedom a show of freedom of speech of the freedom of expression is something that is allowed that is a right in france and they are there to defend it in fact we heard the french presence of mind or on his recent trip to lebanon speaking just on the eve of this trial saying that france is a country where people are allowed to be blasphemous theyre allowed to criticize the government and leaders however there are some people in france that are saying look move to republish these cartoons are simply an unnecessary provocation either way what we will see over the next 2 months of this trial are some survivors from the sharia from the supermarket attack and those who witnessed the policewoman being killed as well will see some of those people in the courtroom telling their story will be incredibly emotional because of course many of these memories are still very raw it is only 5 years ago but of course it will be in for some also a cathartic process thank you very much for that with the latest there from paris. Frances president did mannion mccoys in baghdad following his 2 day visit to lebanon is the most senior foreign official to visit the iraqi Prime Minister to me since he took office in may michael will discuss iraq sovereignty in light of the rival influences from iran and the us. Any foreign intervention may undermine the 1st exhibited by u. S. Government and i believe this visit because of special significance as you represent the heavy weight of the region you are the cradle of civilization and iraq has always enjoyed a unique position in whose to it geographically. We do not wish iraq to be a battlefield for proxy wars we wish all neighboring in International States to respect iraqs sovereignty and refrain from meddling in our domestic affairs. Live to store such a binary in baghdad so adore so the french president has met with the iraqi president is also meeting with the iraqi Prime Minister what message is france bringing to iraqi leaders. Well the message that the french president has been carrying around with him throughout his visit here in iraq is one of solidarity with the Iraqi Government the french president tomorrow micron has said that france will continue to support iraq in any way it can to try and carve out its own independent path in light of where it finds itself that is in between 2 of its closest allies that is the United States and iran who are at odds with one another and that is really felt here inside iraq the french president stressed that stability in iraq is tantamount to stability in the entire middle east and also globally its very important for there to be a stable iraq has consequences across the world the french president has also been meeting with iraqi Prime Minister was stuff to me and were expecting them to speak shortly about that visit to find out exactly what theyve been discussing the french president also said that he came to iraq with a now. Proposals for the government to try and strengthen iraqs economy of course has been hit a very very very badly in light of the pandemic as well as the security situation in the country has weakened the economy so its something that has been very much on the front of the agenda for this government who is trying to salvage the economy in light of all those events so the french president said that they will do and his government will do everything it can trying to help the iraqis get back on their feet as quickly as possible thank you very much for that dosage of barry live for us there in baghdad now lets take a closer look at the role francis playing in a number of regional crises mike cole says france is ready to help defend iraqs sovereignty as you heard baghdad has been caught between bible influences iran and the u. S. Michael has also just come from his 2nd visit to lebanon since the beirut explosion on august 4th is threatened politicians say with sanctions if reforms arent made to lift the country from economic and political crisis but turkeys president accuses mccall of enforcing frances colonial arm on lebanon on that was in response to my calls criticism of turkey hes accused. Of soaking tension with greece in the Eastern Mediterranean lets speak to stockholm law about this is a Senior Research fellow at the Global Policy institute and joins us via skype from summer in france thank you very much mr bernanke for being with us emanuel mccool seems to be merging as the main power broker in lebanon split of oil crisis now hes in baghdad to launch his initiative alongside the u. N. To support the socalled sovereignty of iraq what message is france wanting to send here with this growing involvement in this region and to whom is a message being sent. I mean a message is being sent to the original advisor to do europeans to tell him the middle east is a part of cape which good d which can explode at any time we know theres theres a lot of conflicts there and theres a lot of muscle flexing in this region. Of consequences for europe of explosions in that part of the work would be very bad as weve seen already and thats of refugees to europe so basically this looks as if. Imac or wants to be the voice of reason of the. Muscle flexing environment bring with the. De art of making deeds settlements but that has saved us and we know that frances influence is very small though we have france is not that india a region that big kingmaker now the u. S. Is with drawing it kingmaker seems to be that she. Says. It will be its a tough challenge but at the same done with lots of show that were here were paying attention i was going to ask you just that in fact isnt it going to be difficult for france to reinvent itself as a kingmaker in the middle east when its wrong has been greatly diminished in the last few years how can my coin be the one to lead to europe. Early cannot be a kingmaker there. Are at the moment the original bars of the guard as a service to geve or the old. Saudi arabia and so on just hold to breed we dont know exactly what hes trying to achieve but is as i said is just trying to. Be a b. J. To see make the europeans aware that they have to but attention and iraq those services to iraqis that they are to try to get a border where our of the jaw to diverge of to too many in our eyes which is. Iran and do you asserted that iraq is caught in this conflict therefore france in iraq was actually some of the degree because it was a country which will pause the bombing in 2003 so therefore figure that is voice can carry just be some kind of all to achieve or all as a holistic broader try to use Old Fashioned diplomacy in order to try to do have an iraq our divides it put them weak and equipment or other bits of Political Party government france is very concerned today on a day when the child. Trials are starting with a reserve jones of day which is taking advantage of the situation in the country right this is coming as tensions are high between france and turkey between michael and present adeline over the conflict in libya on the one hand where both paris and anchor have accuse each other of meddling and also all over the dispute over offshore gas wise in the east and mediterranean it would seem that not all members of the European Union are on the same page as france when it comes to the turkey issue how does my core navigate that. Its a very you know once again a very difficult balancing act for mccormack we didnt greece. Did an equal right to these areas but at the same time most one must admit. The division of exploring of. Suffering of the parts of the med is very determined talk to turkey and you going to stand one turkey wants to reassert reassert its rights are part of the eastern med because i think its been half of them so its quite understood understandable and i think the un that is is a disastrous and we need to try to go back greece at the moment but drive maybe 2 and groups at once again here maybe a more diplomatic settlement at the moment we know that theres a big clash. Accuse macor of acting like that dont get the big bucks india and to have that ship of its weight but. And we know that germany is more cautious france has backed greece as in the name of european sort of the easy germany is more cautious about backing greece because of order turkish people it is it is own country so there force lets hope that it leads to some kind of negotiation between greece and turkey backed by a united europe that meaning especially you know to germany and france on these dorsey thank you so much for talking to us thank you for your insights jack hanna is a Senior Research fellow at the Global Policy institute live there from seminal in western france. Now russias foreign minister has ruled that negotiations with balances Opposition Council has accused them of illegal behavior and working with ukrainian extremists lavrov has been meeting with his counterpart from the government of. President Alexander Lukashenko lets go live to Alexandra Steele janowicz got for who joins us from moscow alexander russia already voiced support for look i shant go what was the point of this meeting between the Foreign Ministers of russia and belarus. Well for the other point was actually to emphasize this support to reestablish it yet again and to warn of everybody else from interfering mandell meddling or influencing situation in belarus what we heard today repeatedly was an emphasis on the Union State Treaty between russia and belarus so we heard a phrase common border couple of times from both the minister of Foreign Affairs of russia and the one from byelorussia saying that if there is a threat on the western border of belarus that is the Baltic States then then also russia will interfere so that also implies that it is a threat to russia itself from the russian minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov that we heard of the nato and you are making dangerous statements and that russia is also seeing activity on the western border of belarus also saying that sanctions are unacceptable to pressure one country to do what someone else would like they are on the same page also on the issue of the elections there is nothing disputed about them either from poor develop or it is there nor for the russian they say look at shankar one and the ones that dont like these results are trying to interfere at this point to a lover of point the finger to ukraine saying that there is a camp where its training extreme is there is like. 200. 00 of them already in belarus whose stance is to make riots basically in belarus and make this process violent while the bell russian minister was claiming this was all prepared abroad so it was nothing that came from from within and we can expect in following days more of such meetings to firm this disconnection in order. Of put it to prevent about what i was being torn away from russia lavrov also said that russia sees no point in talks with members of the Coordination Council there or belarus since theyre illegal according to belushi. So where does moscow see then a solution to the crisis in belarus if theyre not talking with the opposition. Yes exactly at this point a lot of it said that the this is basically organization not form according to the russian law and that if until it is illegal they cannot possibly talk to them but the same time he said that the members of this Court National council had said things that are against russia that there are also 4 big so it looks like there is no way anyone will be talking with them what he was proposing what moscow is proposing is the constitutional reform announced by court but the one journalist asked. Minister of Foreign Affairs markey about the details of this constitutional reform he was unable to to provide them neither in a sense of some deadlines or in a sense of what they will actually be he was just saying there is a working group so in total this all looks like buying more time before the bell or arson or of these thank you very much for that Alexandra Steele janowicz can try live there in moscow. Plenty more ahead on this news hour including the calm before the storm south korea prepares for typhoon may stock to hit. Australia under pressure to ease coronavirus restrictions as it see kaname run into recession and in sport find out which n. B. A. Team is heading home after this decisive playoff game details coming up later in the news hour. First china has dismissed a u. S. Report of august increasing Nuclear Capabilities as by and dishonest the u. S. Defense Department Says china is planning to double the number of Nuclear Warheads in the next decade but even if that happens experts say that will just be a fraction of what the u. S. Has in its osce no katrina you reports from beijing its the Peoples Liberation army troops on exercise along the Tibetan Border in recent weeks chinas military has been playing games on land at sea and in the air despite the show of military strength chinas government says its capabilities are purely for defense and rejects the pentagon report which says chinas military is gaining on the u. S. This report is full of lies and. Distortion chinas Defense Strategy china formally opposes chinas strategies a consistent and transparent as constitution is peaceful and its military policy is defensive the pentagon says chinas navy has already surpassed the u. S. With 350. 00 compared to americas 293 and its made major strides in developing ballistic and cruise missiles as well as its a Defense Systems the report says china intends to double its stockpile of Nuclear Weapons over the next 10 years analysts say if true china would still lag fall by. Time the u. S. Is still 110th of what america. Has got because you know those bases so that was Something Like 6 miles of. War and of course the United States much more. Expensive it is military bases its got Something Like 800 military bases in over 20 or 30 countries rather work others say china is becoming more searches in its territorial claims naming administrative regions and Building Military bases in disputed waters in the South China Sea and increasing military activities across the region. Will hide the minatory presence in the South China Sea control of all youll never gave sure rights in the control on the sea all this makes the South China Sea the most important place for school plans china has also threatened taiwan with military force it considers the island a rogue province and says u. S. Protection would prevent reunification chinas relationship with the u. S. Is already on rocky ground over disagreements when it comes to trade technology and human rights beijing has dismissed the washington defense report as little more than an attempt to boost Donald Trumps reelection chances in november but warns it warnt back down from military confrontation if provoked katrina you aljazeera beijing. To zimbabwe now where a bail hearing for detained journalists hopewell to no no is taking place juneau was arrested in june alongside an opposition politician and charged with incitement ahead of antigovernment protests president amazon has been accused of cracking down on dissenters calls for his resignation lets speak to our correspondent in harare harum mortaza our yard side the court whats the latest on this bail ruling. Or lawyers representing felines. And theres no question going on i saw inside of course waiting for the ruling earlier Opposition Leader. Who was accused of calling for protests in july he was granted bail but the lawyers didnt want him to get built because they were concerned that once hes out he to go back on social media and call for postpaid human rights activists say that dozens of people have been arrested countrywide since july is not just a problem of people such as the felines journalist or the Opposition Leader but also a senior official in the Main Opposition Party a job seeker but also in other parts the country of people who are i suppose ordinary citizens who are the rest of the whole commenting on what subgroups denounces the government someone marching in small groups and just in towns and cities holding up tax cards calling for an end to the economic crisis calling for the government to do something about the state of the economy and also calling for human rights to be addressed and resolved in as a country these lawyers saying some of these people are still detained and they say that they feel that some of this importance of the im pretty tall by the police and of course they gave one example where a man is a sick and sick people our was into a fight with his wife the wife ran away when i went back to a parents home and he followed her and he cut her stomach open with a knife and she died he managed to get bail fairly quickly and these activists are saying why is it that opposition people those who speak out against the government are still languishing in jail and the government has been accused of human rights abuses in recent months a delegation from south africa if i understand expected back in zimbabwe to assess the situation there how important is south africas role in helping for town zimbabwes. Well officials from so thats a good feeling African National congress are expected in harare in a few days time possibly to meet with officials in the ruling zanu p. F. Party as a by the government saying there is no crisis here. They saying that all be used allegations of human rights abuses are being peddled by opposition parties will be used by within him to cease to be and mind the government when and where when he. Resists in groups of people are hoping this time things will be different why it is difficult in this because it in the past help mediate in the market for example in 2008 during the postelection violence where the people were displaced many who were killed they managed to force Robert Mugabe and the been opposition to them what to form a government of National Unity hope that could maybe try and do something similar with this time around. In harare thank you very much for that. Qatars emir has stressed the need for a fair resolution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict through the pursuit of a 2 state solution i mean been hammered all funny hall said President Trump Senior Adviser jared cushion on wednesday who has made a visit to qatar during his tour of the middle east is looking to gain the support of more arab nations after announcing the u. S. Brokered deal to normalize relations between the u. A. E. And israel. To cambodia now where the khmer rouge executioner who killed thousands of come bowdens in the 1970 s. Has died 77 year old comrades dory close serving a life sentence for atrocities committed in the notorious mass murder when he reports. It was here in the capital of cambodia that comrade committed crimes against humanity told sleighing prison in phnom penh was where more than 14000. 00 cambodians was sent to be tortured and murdered under the orders of the khamenei rouge his top executioner even though do it said during his trial in 2009 that he was following orders he admitted what happened in the prison known by its code name is 21 claiming something that i would like to acknowledge my legal responsibility for all the crimes that happened in this 21 especially the torture and execution of people that the committee rouge wanted to reveal cambodia in the late 1970 s. And executed anyone who might pose a threat to those ambitions as many as 2000000 were killed including teaches and academics and anyone deemed the worst enemies of the regime was sent to be executed by doing he was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity since then only 2 of the command commanders have been convicted and they may well be the last leader pol pot was never brought to trial and died in 1908 from the start the justice process has been hampered by funding problems and interference from the government led by Prime Minister hun sen hes a former member of the command and has repeatedly called for the trials to end a judge who presided at the dog trial says she was always concerned that the government would only let the process go so far. Last month the case of another leader was terminated by the judges after a dispute about the jurisdiction of the. Courts there are 2 more cases pending but no hearings shed jeweled meaning maybe one of the final chapters in the camaro crimes with only 3 people convicted for the Genocidal Campaign that killed hundreds of thousands many cambodians may feel that true justice was never served wayne hay aljazeera bangkok. Typhoon mesa is bearing down on south korea with winds of more than 150 kilometers an hour expected the storm brought down trees and overturned cars as it spread through japan fries have been branded in south korea as a precaution but lets get an update on may 2nd now with jenny this is a very powerful storm many see to make landfall in soccer in the next few hours it is next year as did cause is night time and this is typical in these storms of course come on shore for this a very dangerous situation so let me show the satellite where it is in fact weve got 2 storm systems that we showed them both this isnt a psych this is high share but im going to focus on may start 1st of all it is indeed getting much much closer to making landfall of course thats always about the eye of the storm but its still a very dangerous storm system as it comes closer to shore those active feeder bands of the very very strong winds on the heavy amount of rain so this is basically where it is right now and you can see that cloud all ahead of it and that indeed is where the rain has already been pushing in is the continued through wednesday so this is coming up to about 11 oclock local time at night time and so itll push onshore in the early hours of thursday morning it will then of course continue to move north was but as it comes on shore were still expecting winds to be sustained about 150 kilometers now gusting stronger than that and of course as well as the trench rain there will be some storm surge with winds that strong through thursday news very quickly through the Korean Peninsula itll take that very heavy amount of rain with it and then really through friday it should really begin to dissipate so the winds will ease but the rain will still be very heavy but it would be pushing up into that fall north and east an area of china and it does clear pretty quickly behind across much of the Korean Peninsula then we come on to our next storm this is time for your high show and you can see where it is so certainly throughout much of the friday even then its not really impacting any areas inland but when we show you the forward track look at where its heading again through western japan and if it continues on this for casa says a few days away this will also be making landfall fully through south korea pretty much to where this current storm makes likely. All summer and wall be closely watching all of that with you jenny thank you very much for that as still ahead on the news hour why it is a buzz around beekeeping in western georgia in sports could this new arrival in boston oh now decide the footballing future of messy ties here with that story and a native to stay with us were back after this very short break. 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Cogan youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me fully back to all our reminder of our top stories for you. People accused of helping Gunmen Attacked the french satirical weekly shani abdul and a jewish supermarket have gone on trial in paris 17 people were killed in the times 5 years ago. Frances president Emmanuel Mccoy is in baghdad following his visit to lebanon on his cymbals senior foreign official to visit the iraqi Prime Minister. Since he took office in may not call is discussing iraqs sovereignty in light of rival influences from iran and the us. And comrade doig the camaro executional killed thousands of come in the 1970 s. Us died he was 77 had been serving a life sentence since 2010 for atrocities committed in the notorious mass when it. Now u. S. President donald trump has accused protest says of domestic terror in a city where a black man was shot 7 times in the back by police in support of Law Enforcement and against those he labeled untie american or you failed to mention the name of jacob blake who was left paralyzed from the shooting john hendren reports from kenosha wisconsin. The rubble is still piled high in the streets of can no ship buildings boarded in tempers flaring president Donald Trumps arrival in this battered city pitted his hardcore supporters against the demonstrators protesting the shooting of another black man by police. He came to praise police and must give far greater support to a Law Enforcement its all about giving him Additional Support these are great people he came to condemn protesters these are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror and he came to take credit once they responded and once we took you know control of that things when really were in the 2 hour tour the president declined to say the name of jacob blake the black man now paralyzed from Police Bullets the officer responsible he said just choked and you have people to joke theyre under tremendous i said it yesterday i said it last night theyre under tremendous pressure he left the city more divided than ever his supporters on one side baltusrol support for him arriving as well as show support for this has been victimized. Loot and murder to appeal in stands for in the protesters of black lives matter on the other its effect. Seen a spike in my system since donald trump came to office this is a fact its totally out of control right now its totally out of control americans are fighting americans everybody is talking about civil unrest and the next words this is our country. There is also a 3rd group who gathered at a spot sacred to them to reflect on what happened one Group President didnt meet with the blake family they preferred to be here at the scene where jacob blake was shot among supporters to trump blakes family said simply stay away to the demonstrators they called for more protests and more peace were not murdered you want to stand your anger and upset we could see why you would want to burn some guy who asked you not to that 1st that you put up an anchor whereas people rose up and you didnt come or go with the bullets little bits of big changes that affect all the little jokes over. Many in this divided city believe there is still hope of unity once again here. Is little evidence of it any time soon john hendren and you 00 wisconsin. Imus seem to national is detailing what he calls a torture epidemic by police and Security Forces in iran amnesty says 7000. 00 iranians were detained during nationwide antigovernment protests and fuel frys for the test last november the said to have included 10 year old children the Human Rights Group says detainees face mock executions sexual abuse and were drugged and beaten 500. 00 protesters were subjected to unfair criminal proceedings police are also accused of routinely torturing suspects to get forced confessions the iranian government has yet to respond to the allegations Mahmoud Marandi from the university of tehran says the report is biased. Were talking about Amnesty International that funds from socalled independent 5 years in the United States were talking about Amnesty International thats supported by western governments and in particular the United States as i said very clearly iran has different Political Parties during those riots a 1000 banks were destroyed within 2 days of western media persian language Media Outlets were egging on the riots if iran was such a dystopia that Amnesty International like supect trade as alongside pompei o then why is it that when the Senior Iranian commander of general salim money was murdered by the americans why was there such enormous crowds in tehran where your reporters reported it and so did other reporters and again where is Amnesty International right now hundreds of iranians are dying as we speak because of chemical weapons as we speak theyve been dying a slow death for the last 4 decades where are they in europe and the United States in front of the u. S. Congress or white house calling for compensation to india now where facebook executives have been granted by a Parliamentary Panel over accusations it gave favorable treatment to members of the ruling b j p party and wall street journal reports alleges facebook deliberately ignored his own hate speech rules after they were broken by a b h b j p politician and the social media giant denies it has any political bias lets speak to Elizabeth Brown in new delhi about this ms some pretty serious accusations against facebook tell us for us more about what they are. Hi folley very serious accusations against the social media john to which is why facebooks top officials in india including the managing director are appearing before the. Parliamentary panel on Information Technology for questioning it was called for after that wall street journal called which mentions that facebooks top Public Policy executive in india a woman by the name of. Ignored the companys own hate speech rules didnt use them on a member of parliament as to their motives paci but it was so odd the hindu nationalists individuals and groups because it would hurt the companys commercial interests its also emerged that the b j p is the top advertiser on facebook on social issues politics and elections over the past 18 months that has self various internal Company Posts show that she is a big supporter of problem is to many of them already and the b j p she celebrated when they want to elections she celebrated the defeat of opposition parties and she even took credit and a number of groups which opposed to the b j p have been taken down off facebook and this is why a number of parliamentarians have written to this panel with the strongest condemnation against facebook saying that its probe the j. P. Policies are a threat not only to democracy in india but also to minorities they said that the company has a bad record globally and said that the Current Situation is similar to what they said the unfortunate genocide of the writing the in myanmar in that a u. N. Fact finding report said that facebook played a crucial role in that and theres also we have 3 Opposition Leaders now who version to facebook c. E. O. Founder Mark Zuckerberg accusing the company of political bias the latest is from the Trinamool Congress the countrys 2nd biggest Opposition Party which. Especially concerned about this bias ahead of a crucial election in the state of west bengal where theres already a fierce battle between the j. P. And the Trinamool Congress and many groups which support the Trinamool Congress have been removed from facebook. Ok liz well leave it there thank you very much for that Elizabeth Raman live for us there in new delhi. And india has stepped up its diplomatic disputes with beijing banning 118. 00 apps with connections to china the countrys i. T. Ministry says the apps including Popular Video game pub g. Threatened the sovereignty integrity and security of india is just the latest in a series of tit for tat retaliations over disputed territory on their countrys shed water. Australias economy has sunk into recession for the 1st time in nearly 30 years the coronavirus slowdown calls its worst quarterly downturn on record pressure is building on state governments to ease water restrictions that are hampering Recovery Efforts to gauge reports from sydney making clothes is a labor of love to shane ross food but this year hes just trying to keep the doors open when the penn demick heat and hundreds of thousands of city workers stayed at home sales that his business sank hes been forced to adapt creating a more casual attire for his customers as well as face masks. Scared very scared just uncertainty whats going to happen in the future so we just hope that customers keep coming in recession makes a very scary. New figures have confirmed the devastating impact that 19 is having on a strangers economy Gross Domestic Product between i pull in june shrunk by 7 percent the biggest drop since records began. Our record run of 28 consecutive years of Economic Growth has now officially come to an end more than a 1000000 people are now out of work and the nations 2nd largest city no been reminds in lockdown for some patience is wearing thin several and he knocked down protests have been held with police making arrests businesses in other parts of the country are open but spending is down the government says its focused on the road out many businesses a still relying on Government Support to stay open with wide subsidies extended another 6 months but they cant continue forever and with rising unemployment the focus is on how to create jobs pressure is building on state governments to ease tight border restrictions within the country with people unable to travel for work internationally there are tough rules around who can enter even full citizens thousands of australians are stranded overseas because only a certain number are allowed in each day one of them is claire burls in canada since her husband lost his job i havent been able to get. Laid is the having to balance the health risks of opening borders with people facing economic ruin shane rush for is just hoping his business doesnt become another casualty of the pandemic. Aljazeera. Mexicos president claims the countrys economy has weathered the coronavirus pandemic better than others despite reporting its biggest slump since the Great Depression andras manya Lopez Obrador was presenting the 2nd save of the Union Address mexicos economy shrank 17 percent between april and june but Lopez Obrador says the damage is way bigger in some European Countries hes vowed to get mexico out of the economic crisis without Additional Debt while resisting pressure to bail out struggling businesses and he also defended his handling of the virus about 606000 infections have been reported and more than 65000 deaths the 4th highest death toll in the world critics have called the president s response to the pandemic tremendously bad my Coronavirus Border restrictions are being blamed for so few Airlines Passengers taking to the skies they just industry figures show an almost 80 percent drop in revenue worldwide during july i compared to the same month last year thats marginally better than the 87 percent fall in june the number of passengers flying internationally is 92 percent below the monthly norm the World Aviation organization ita says confidence in the industry want to be restored while countries continue to close and reopen their borders brian pearce is chief economist at the International Air transport association he says the aviation industrys reserve is central to the economys recovery. Governments of have come together and agreed a set of Health Protocols to make flying safe and with the new testing technologies that are coming online we think its quite possible for for for International Travel to take place without the risk of importing importing cochaired but i think theres also a balance to be struck here because you know International Travel is an air transport is really important for economic recoveries both from the trade and the tourism it carries i think the next couple of years is going to be extraordinarily tough for the Airline Industry and indeed for the whole supply supply chain because of the much smaller market and the amount of debt the companies have had to take on just to survive this current period so i think its going to be very very tough i think i think we will see people returning to travel you know once we have the protocols in place and you know we in the past weve certainly seen a rebound in travel as i say the problem is the borders remain closed for most International Travel. Is still ahead in sports will have action from the u. S. Opening snowing in a dramatic way tainted grand slam action for this form of worlds number one. Business waiters as well to buy new brands power. From. Business leaders as well to buy no bras palm. With. The earth welcome back and some breaking news now out of germany and an update on the health of russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny according to a German Government spokesman a toxicology test on me has found quote unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent from the novi child group having been used on the russian Opposition Leader of on the youll recall fell ill several weeks ago in siberia and he fell sick aboard a plane flying from siberia to moscow on august 20th he was flown to germany and berlin a few days later to be treated his. Family and friends said he was now a German Government spokesman confirming that was indeed poisoned that a toxicology test on the russian dissident had found unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent from the group will have of course more on this story. Correspondents dominic came in berlin in the next hour not in western georgia an ancient culture of harvesting honey from wild to be enjoying a revival its done without the use of modern box hives and as robin forced a walker reports its no longer a job exclusively held by man. Velour sort of money its a does whats traditionally expected of a woman in her community and. Something that used to be a job only for men. Inside hollowed out tree logs called jarrods caucasian grey beans have made their hives. With help from her son lush. Collects their harvest colored. Its a very hard job its a mans business but i was left alone my husband died the children were small and i had to continue the Family Tradition. But only takes half of the honeycomb and leaves the rest for her bees i am on false nick was put going to be you i love these i often come to see them i understand them their needs and the problems they have. The bees seem to be quite calm now and i hope im keeping it sufficiently safe distance away from the high but as i can see its the honeycombs are being made the way they would in the wild so while it may not be the most efficient way to harvest honey it certainly seems to be one of the most natural. The honey is sold along with its nutritious honeycomb as a unique organic product helping to make jarrod beekeeping a tradition once in decline profitable again. Last year we collected 1. 00 tons we expect more than 3 tons this year the process is growing the interest of beekeepers has also increased because their incomes have a goner. By in the mountains i went to see how some hives to still be kept the ancient way. Romaine. Keeps his hives where the beds worked for him. As. This is not the 1st time ive climbed this tree this is our Family Tradition starting with my grandfather then my father. Well there you have it a tree house to be ive never seen beehives quite like this. I climb the tree often to set up the jar of hives to check on the bees and to collect the honeycomb they were just 54 known beekeepers in this region 2 years ago no they were more than 80 this beekeeping from the past still has a future. Robin 1st year walker al jazeera. Time now for sports has fara foley thank you so much Serena Williams says shes still as passionate and intense as ever about her tennis while the mrs 3 in the 2nd round at the u. S. Open and is amy to win her home grand slam for the 1st time in 6 years and the richardson reports capture their 1st grand slam title here right around the stadium at 17 years old history rather than cheering followed Serena Williams on the court at the u. S. Open. And no friends in attendance to watch the start of the latest effort to win a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. Bigger challenges lie ahead than this straight sets win of a compound trip christiane but with 6 of the worlds top 10 altering out of this event williams is well placed to claim her 1st major since 27. 00 seeing games. Its quiet but its such a big stadium and theres you know the screams and the atmosphere and its a grand slam so it makes im still as i think passionate and out there. The returns are grand slam tennis a former world number one Kim Clijsters ended in defeat the 3 time u. S. Open champion came out of retirement early this year and did show flashes of her best tennis but the 37 year old was beaten in 3 sets by katherina alex and drove over russia. Of the 3 matches other played officially on tour this is i think was by far my best one so looking at that i think thats the most positive thing about it these are 3 telegrams leadership andy murray is back playing grand slam tennis after more than a year away following hip surgery the 2012 champion sets down against japans. Before rediscovering his fights and spirits. The former world number one negotiated close to 5 hours of pounding action the 33 year old eventually emerging as a 5 set winner. I dont know how many of us actually you know believe that. You know winning matches like that so. Knows you know was emotional after the match. Next up for murray a player at a very different stage of his career 20 year old canadian felix oh yeah hes seen on the richardson aljazeera. Lynam ses father says that will be difficult for the argentinian to stay at barcelona or he messi is in spain for talks with the clubs president about the players future the striker hasnt trained with the team since handing in a transfer request last week barcelona are still hoping the 6 time world player of the year will sign a new contract. Members of the malaki boks have hit back at comments made by u. S. President Donald Trump Trump said the n. B. A. Had become highly political in the box led a 3 day players boycott of the league to protest against Racial Injustice trump also claimed that people are tired of watching basketball and that its ratings are down this is the moment we all have a different role and part of this we all have to say yes some of us have larger platforms and other. Right so much is given much is required all the time were trying to navigate. Life is not about ratings life is not about. Life is about standing for whats right meanwhile defending champions which are on the raptors when 2 games down in the eastern conference semifinals they lost to the Boston Celtics marcus smarts 53 pointers in the final quarter help the celtics 2102299 when. She. And the Denver Nuggets sealed their spot in the 2nd round of the playoffs a prosecutor jazz in game 7 of their series. Put the knot gets 2 points clear with time running out its might conley still have a chance to win it for the giants but his business means its denver home now face 2nd sees the l. A. Clippers in the western conference semifinals. Ok and that is all you sport for now back to you fully sorry thank you very much for that thats it for this news hour aljazeera yeah do stay with us for more news in just a few minutes thanks for watching. A face can tell a story without uttering a single one. And knowing gone its. A simple time. Inform us. The unconventionality of lying witnesses through the lens of the human mind. 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