A week my site has caused flooding and left thousands without power. As President Donald Trump is threatening to cut funding to cities he says allows anarchy and violence hes requested a review of Portland Seattle new york and washington d. C. They all have democratic mayors and theyve all been the scenes of major protests over racism and Police Brutality most though have been largely peaceful but trump has described demonstrations that turn violent as domestic terror and his attorney general says there is a false narrative got White Police Officers killed a lot of unarmed black men well democratic candidate joe biden is expected to meet the family of jacob blake in can osho wisconsin on thursday blake was shot in the back 7 times by police leaving him paralyzed mike hanna has more now from washington d. C. President trump says in the memorandum that he wants to review where these funds are going he says that he does not want taxpayers money going to funding an o. T. As he puts it hes asked the federal agencies to report back within 30 days to his budget director to take a look at the budgets with a view to cutting off funding to cities that president transfers are unable to maintain law and order well the mayor of new york has been very quick to react bill de blasio held in urgent News Conference saying that this is nothing more than a political stunt by saying that president is not the king has no legal right to stop funding the big cities particularly the cities that he refers to are all run by democrats william barr held the interview with c. N. N. An exclusive interview in which he expressed a rather surprising thought that there is no racism in the policing all no attempts at racism within the actions of police he says that this is a false narrative that this does occur this despite that to sticks that are provided by a number of independent organizations such as universities and news media which indicate that africanamericans use 2 and a half times more likely to be shocked by a policeman then his white counterpart so certainly the figures would not appear to bear out william bards assumption Melanie Sloan is a former federal prosecutor she says the president s threat to cut funding to a democrat run cities has nothing to do with protecting u. S. Citizens. Its not legal it violates the 10th amendment to the constitution and trump knows that this is purely political theater you know put out this memo and that part of the memo says that they all investigate for 30 days what actions they can take and in the meantime cities will immediately go to court and they will get injunctions preventing the federal government from taking these actions its hard to see how hes going to be protecting American Cities when hes going to be defending cities hes trying to take money away from things like housing Medicare Health insurance all sorts of benefits that that americans get and also you have to keep in mind that all of this money that hes wants to hold back really is tax dollars and the people in the cities pay there are better all tax dollars not monies coming back to them so for so many reasons this is completely ridiculous this is typical of President Trump eve makes a Statement Like this is he puts out a memo it plays to his base of people who hes trying to convince that American Cities are falling apart even when that is in fact not the case i live in washington d. C. And theres no anarchy on the streets here you can walk safely down street but this plays to the president s base and thats the whole reason for doing it and sadly he has an attorney general whos willing to support him at every turn one of the things that these at thats in the memo is even the definition of what an anarchist city is they go through a laundry list but then say anything else the attorney general thinks so its clearly only about politics and not at all about protecting American Cities or protecting americans russian Opposition Leader alex and i volunteer as the victim of a murder attempt down the kremlin must answer difficult questions but the message from the government of germany where now found the remains seriously ill with never chop poisoning but in baba reports that up were what sort of to people such as lots of girls of which only in a video filmed in the siberian city. Of novosibirsk days before he collapsed on a flight to moscow now the German Government says tests carried out in a military laboratory have produced unequivocal proof the russian Opposition Leader was poisoned with a nerve agent novacek and chancellor merkel says it was attempted murder alexina of any thought far in circulation alexina valmy is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire German Government. Germanys foreign minister has summoned the Russian Ambassador saying its urgent that those responsible in russia be identified and brought to justice novell ne whos 44. 00 was airlifted to germany late last month 2 days after being taken to a hospital in the siberian city of all. The Charity Hospital in berlin says hes still on a respirator in intensive care and although the symptoms of his poisoning are declining it cant rule out long term consequences. Is a group of soviet era nerve agent such as the substance used to poison the former russian spy sergei script and his daughter in england in 2018 they survived but a member of the public dawn sturgis died after handling a discarded bottle containing novacek on wednesday the kremlin said russia was ready to cooperate fully with germany even of on his case but his long time strategies lay in it volkoff says it was clearly an action carried out on behalf of president Vladimir Putin he tweeted in 2020 poisoning of valmy with novacek is exactly the same as leaving an autograph at the crime scene like this chancellor merkel says germany will update its European Union and nato partners about the results of its investigation how the west reacts could depend on whether russia has any cooperation something thats not been forthcoming in the past. The United Nations and human Rights Groups are condemning u. S. Sanctions imposed on the chief prosecutor and another official of the International Criminal court has been prompted by an investigation into whether u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or has described the i. C. C. As a Kangaroo Court article a reports. Did u. S. Troops torture people did they commit war crimes here in afghanistan did the taliban or the Afghan Military the International Criminal court has been trying to find out and now a new move from the Trump Administration to try and stop then at least when it comes to u. S. Forces the United States will designate i. C. C. Prosecutor for 2 bensouda and the i. C. C. The head of jurisdiction complementarity in Cooperation Division thank you so much to go for having material assistant prosecutor bensouda. Individuals and entities that continue to materially support those individuals risk exposure to sanctions as well that means the chief prosecutor and the head of an i. C. C. Department could be frozen out of the International Banking system have any of their u. S. Assets frozen human Rights Groups are outraged the practical effect could be significant for these individuals but i think well have to see how damaging it is to have a u. S. Administration take the stand and that kind of a full full of fall full of all thats regard for the global role of law that using these actions. The spokesman for the u. N. Secretary general says the move raises concerns the i. C. C. As you know especially the prosecutor or independent of the secretary general and of the u. N. We have always stood for the need for International Justice and for the issue of accountability and the fight against impunity the u. S. Has often used its vast power in the financial industry to punish war criminals now using the same tactic to go after the very people who are charged with punishing them particle hain aljazeera was a professor of law at Rutgers University she says the icy season vest a geisha into the actions of u. S. Troops is crucial to show no country is above the norm. There isnt much to be surprised about when youre under the trumpet ministration and this is in fact unprecedented for them to go on this attack in a fancy against the International Court which is tasked with ensuring that countries do not in fact genocide and torture which is the case here and other crimes against humanity is effectively an attempt to deal with judum eyes this International Criminal court the criticism against tends to be from the african nations because they are alleging that most of the cases that the i. C. C. Is prosecuting investigating is in africa and i think there might be some truth to that if you look at the acts he said so this is this countered they are now going to investigate and determine whether the u. S. One of the strongest militaries in the in the world whether its personnel engaged in torture which is a crime against humanity and work in afghanistan started 2 1003. 00 and whether they should be held accountable but even if they can actually take the personnel of theyre found guilty and then possess them physically to prison that its the the value and importance of telling countries we wont let you torture and get away with it the u. S. Judicial system failed to do that it was not one torture investigation in the u. S. Even though there is an anti tour torture law so i think there is not that i says he must do this if anything if you care about torture somebody needs to prosecute those who are going to use torture. A powerful typhoon that a swept up the Korean Peninsula is now bringing severe flooding to north korea is the 2nd typhoon to hit in a week south koreas Weather Agency says winds from typhoon my sock reach more than 160 kilometers an hour its flooded roads in the south bringing down trees and damaging apartment blocks more than 2000 homes on the island of jeju also lost electricity has more now from busan in south korea. My sack is now making its presence felt very much in the north end of the Korean Peninsula in north korea where radio has made a 2nd landfall it has brought to wrench the reins to north koreas east coast particularly the main city one son up there we are seeing from images being carried on state run television from north korea an awful lot of flooding in that city this was the 2nd landfall the 1st landfall of course came in the early hours of thursday morning down here in the southeast of south korea coming ashore close to this city of busan this is south koreas 2nd city millions of people live here so preparations had already been put in place well ahead of this storm arrival but this is the 2nd major typhoon in 2 weeks that both north and south korea of course have been clearing up after typhoon bobbie which came through last week and the bad news is theres a 3rd typhoon out in the western pacific which is going to be coming here in the coming days. A lot more so to come here as they are including theres not much fun of the fair we look at steps to help businesses battling to survive in argentina and a hive of activity when you look at the revival of ancient beekeeping conditions in georgia more now stay with us. Hello the rain is dying out now in pakistan and afghanistan thats the last bit going up there you can see the satellites picked it up the reason more to come in the forecast havent gone yet but it suggests that the monsoon trough is now reached its limit it wants to slip back again its still fairly more certain allowed to get the ferry findus allowable that breeze is no longer as strong as it was the cloud that came across the Empty Quarter gives a few showers all the potential for them anyway on the western side of saudi otherwise its quiet and fairly human weather their house 36 suggests that theres no significant breeze and in fact its still pretty hot with a light offshore breeze in jerusalem thats almost if not actually a record high in jerusalem at 39. 00 that extends throughout the west in the event and cyprus so we should be watching the rains should themselves be a bit more vigorous and i went and certainly over the highlands of ethiopia got some pretty big showers forming this stretch back into south sudan and sudan but they havent come back far south yet shouter in kenya maybe down the coast a breeze is there but its not particularly strong whereas further south you see is a pretty active Stormy Weather on its way through south africa in the last day or so satellite picks up the end of it we still got some showers in the eastern cape during thursday but after that it becomes quiet and recently warm. More than 7 decades ago a country was split into rehab a good bit if anything and now. The time then to be lived all it took was a pan a map and a collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled his servant who had never been to india before aljazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these Nuclear Neighbors partition borders of blood. Welcome back i provide about top stories here on aljazeera President Trump is threatening to cut funding to cities that he says allows the nicaean violence is requested a review of Portland Seattle new york and washington d. C. They all have democratic mayors and theyve been protests against racism and Police Brutality. Germany says it has unequivocal proof russian Opposition Leader alexina valley was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent hes being treated in a berlin hospital after falling ill last month germanys government says the kremlin must answer difficult questions. On the un and human Rights Groups are condemning the u. S. Sanctions imposed on the chief prosecutor another official of the International Criminal court the news been prompted by an investigation into whether u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan. Now the u. S. Federal deficit is projected to hit a record 3. 00 trillion dollars due to cohabit 19. 00 costs on the recession triggered by the pandemic thats more than triple the 2900. 00 shortfall on double the worst level during the 2008 economic crisis according to the new estimates that levels will suppose the size of the American Economy next year at a cost as a Senior Reporter at markets News International he says whats most important is how and where the government spends the money. Just as we should the president should not be celebrating the stock market highs as anything broad based because Stock Ownership is so concentrated at the very wealthiest part of the economy we should also not be begrudging a large budget deficit at a time when youre basically at war if not at war you know in a real war or with a virus and so its no surprise that were talking about spending levels that are going back to spending budget comparisons that are going back to world war 2 because there really is a world like effort in terms of the amount of spending thats required to deal with the repercussions of this endemic both in terms of the Public Health aspect as well as the economic downturn a budget deficit improvement might sound good but were you talking about in in the Current Situation is spending on very basic essential things like you know from loans to Small Businesses to extended Unemployment Benefits for people who really need them it really makes a whole lot of sense for the u. S. Government to be expanding the budgets upset at this time the issue becomes of course how you spend that money because the deficit is just an allocation of money to be spent and of course theres a huge difference on whether you spend it on tax cuts for the wealthy or extended you know Unemployment Benefits for those who really need it so how the money spent is what really matters in the end. Argentinas president Alberto Fernandez has announced new measures to help businesses vive the corona Virus Outbreak the economy is already into its 3rd year of recession and is expected to shrink even more this year and thats left millions of people trying to prevent bankruptcy stories about reports now from santa fe. Said hugh bell muscle has a vivid memory of how many times argentinas economy has collapsed through the a years his grandfather started building carousel 60 years ago but in this past month he has been forced to sell some of the horses in this carousel to make ends meet if there is. There a 0 activity i have never seen anything like this before i understand the pain dimmock and the situation but everything weve built is disappearing im selling the horses to pay bills the horses sell for around 100 50. 00 each bell massa says in argentina doing business is not easy because the rules of the game are constantly changing with the administrations when i compare this event to geno we cannot compete with china 1st one government bans exports the next government allows you to export more taxes now this Exchange Rate controls and the wider situation i had dreams that i could export my horses but i feel its all over for us. Argentinas economy was already in trouble prior to that and that make with inflation recession and Exchange Rate controls the government has announced that it has reached an agreement with foreign creditors on its sovereign debt and many people here hope that this will help we activate the economy and help this country put an end to police and then make economic troubles he cannot make situation is so dire Small Businesses are shutting down poverty and unemployment rates are on the rice and Foreign Companies are leaving the country on wednesday precedent out of the farm and this and else credits and other measures to assist the industry sector and says hes government has a plan so that it but only a model or they were what we needed to solve or did crisis because we didnt have a horizon knowing we had to pay 48000000000. 00 did in 5 years now youll see our budget in juice you watch we believe we can do what our physical objectives are and you will know our rules no nothing is being improvised it is a difficult job in the worst scenario. But analysts say the government has a bigger problem elaine. Mary. Only works in trucks so. A victim is whining on eating. On. Me i. Mean. You know me. Or my. Lack of hope is what most argentines like that mass all feel these days in a country struggling with epidemic and with a history of economic strain that is how will and jesse to santa fe argentina. 14 people accused of helping gunman attack the french the terek a week ago and a joyous supermarkets have gone on trial in paris the magazine was targeted after publishing controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad 17 people were killed in the attacks that took place in the city 5 years ago but as more. Victims and their families were school today into a paris courtroom at the start of the trial into the john reid 2015 paris attacks 14 people are accused of helping 3 gunmen who carried out the assaults that killed 17 people 11 were in court 3 are being tried in absentia some could face life in jail. So you dont cherie she shot dead stall for the offices of the satirical newspaper shirley abdo and a policeman outside they claimed the attack in the name of al qaida frances former antiterrorism prosecutor described arriving at the scene before there was a very powerful silence the smell of blood and gunpowder overwhelmed the building the editor. The room was carnage it was no longer a crime scene it was a war zone with bodies piled up one on top of the other it was frightening if. In the 2 days that followed the challis abdo attack ality coulibaly who had pledged allegiance to eisele shot dead a policewoman and 4 jewish people in a kosher Supermarket Police killed coulibaly just hours after officers tracked down and killed the brothers whod been on the run. Prosecuting lawyers said the violence would not have been possible without help from the accused a lawyer for one of the defendants though said frances Intelligence Services had to bear some responsibility. This would not have happened if the Intelligence Services had not stopped watching the brothers and i made equally badly and also the real accomplices are not prosecuted those who supplied the weapons are not being prosecuted in this trial the attackers targeted surely update because the newspaper had repeatedly published cartoons of the prophet mohammed drawings that is designed to repopulation on his front page to mark the start of the trial some say thats a provocation but lawyers for sure ali abdo say its an expression of freedom of speech is priest this is the spirit of charlie to refuse to give up our freedom give up our laughter of freedom to criticize or bless him because if we give those we face a very bleak future for our children hundreds of witnesses will be called to testify over the next 2 months including survivors 5 years on and emotions are still wrong memories painful but their hope is that justice will be served Natasha Butler aljazeera paris. Police in haiti of 5 tear gas of crowds protesting against the murder of a prominent lawyer students from a law school in Port Au Prince attempted to blockade the capital streets with burning tires the head of the Bar Association more ferry a dog was shot dead in his home on friday no arrests have been laid students accuse the government of complicit silence during a rise in violence and insecurity in haiti. Well gary as president is urging the government to resign because its lost the confidence of the people thousands protested outside parliament on wednesday and one of the biggest rallies in almost 2 months the Prime Minister is trying to keep his job until elections in march alexy abroad reports. The nation to the normally send in the thousands gathered outside the gay as payment chanting for the Prime Minister. To resign was. That young i sincerely and strongly hope that change can happen without violence peacefully although as we see in other countries change is difficult i think the anger thats been building for almost 2 months soon spilled over. This protest is through exponentials and from i would say and police retaliated with tear gas. Doesnt the seed to be injured or they state that you know its up to me joey the aggression comes personally from both resorts through the Police Chiefs he personally appointed we have been protesting peacefully for 56 days but he holds the power as there is still money he wants to steal at the expense of the bell carrion citizens i winced as process. On the 5th day of payments who should see should they choose the government of corruption and empowerment dissolve to make way for any elections lets talk about what this little boat got it was happening in bulgaria is disastrous the state belongs to the mafia the whole government has tended their resignations because they plundered what ever there was to be plundered theres nothing left. There so hes dominated by gary in politics for the past decade last month he suggested he could be willing to resign if his cabinet was allowed to stay on until elections and match but that now appears to have changed he says hell work on revising the call. Situation and step down next year. People here say theyre losing patience the chaos outside payment was mirrored inside the chamber. Members of the ourselves passing working hours ignoring the chance of losing a cooling down the polling as it was then that only if it started to get the bill done dear m. Pays fleeing will not save you from shame by doing so you are showing that the Real Parliament is outside president room and relatives his bar solve must quit because hes lost the confidence of the people. Back despite the demands of the change and now the Prime Minister is refusing to go in exile grind aljazeera. Down and turn a culture of harvesting honey from wild b. S. Is enjoying a revival in georgia production is no longer the explosive preserve of men but been forced to walk explains in the mountainous region of a job. Mark ballas 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 beads have made their hives with help from her son lash. 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 had to continue the Family Tradition. Only takes half of the honeycomb and leaves the rest for her bees only and one false nick was put going to be 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 a sufficiently safe distance away from the high but as i can see 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 gone up. By in the mountains i went to see how some hives are still being kept the ancient way. Through i mean he just keeps his hives where the beds were for him as. This is not the 1st time ive climbed this tree this is a 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 jarrah beekeepers in this region 2 years ago know there are more than 80. This beekeeping from the past still has a future robyn 1st year walker aljazeera. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera President Trump is threatening to cut funding to cities that he says allows anarchy and violence hes requested a review of Portland Seattle new york and washington d. C. They all have democratic mayors and theyve been protests against racism and Police Brutality mike hanna has more now from washington d. C. But mayor of new york has been very quick to react bill de blasio held a News Conference saying that this is nothing more than a political stunt. Saying that President Trump is not the king that he has no legal right to stop funding to specific cities particularly cities where he refers to are all run by democrats it must be noted that a large amount of federal funding going to cities goes to things like medicare and social services so this could have a major impact on the cities but theres likely to be a lot of legal action before it becomes a reality germany says it has unequivocal proof that russian Opposition Leader alexina valley was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent hes being treated in a berlin hospital after falling ill last month germanys government says the kremlin must answer difficult questions the u. N. And human Rights Groups are condemning u. S. Sanctions imposed on the chief prosecutor another official of the International Criminal court the moon has been prompted by an investigation into whether u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control has asked states to get ready to distribute a potential Coronavirus Vaccine by november the 1st. It comes amid concerns President Trump is pressuring the food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine before Clinical Trials are completed a powerful typhoon that has swept up the Korean Peninsula is now bringing severe flooding to north korea south koreas Weather Agency says typhoon my site reached more than a 160 kilometers an hour in its flooded roads in the south those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after witness statement thats a watch and i thought i am see Prime Minister i have a question asked these days its hard to filter out the newly seen keep track of whats really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this issue a. P. United states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on aljazeera. Sunday. Night off