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And streets turned into rivers buildings destroyed and power knocked out Hurricane Sandy is downgraded but more destruction may still be ahead. And im were hearty with all of the days sports news messy scores his 1st goals for barcelona since demanding to leave the club yet again. Coronavirus transmission rates across europe have become so concerning the World Health Organization is warning countries not to shorten their quarantine periods some are recommending as little as 7 days isolation in case of exposure but the w. H. O. Says it will not change its recommendation for a 14 day quarantine. Knowing the immense individual and sight the impact even a slight reduction in the length of gotten time can help and giving the figures i have just mentioned i go to the region to make saying due process with experts and explore see for adoption options well the u. N. Health agency is also warned against turning this pandemic into a political football consistent messaging following contradictory remarks on vaccines coming out of the us china now says it may have a vaccine ready as early as november but oxfam is concerned about equal access it says rich countries have already snapped up half of all promised vaccine stocks while the u. K. Has now introduced new coronavirus instructions in the northeast of england as infections in britain also rise people in several cities and towns have now been told not to socialize with people outside their support bubble. Mr speaker i know the whole house knows that these decisions have a real impact on families and businesses and on local communities and i can tell everyone affected that we do not take these decisions lightly we agree with the local councils that we must follow the data. And the data says that we must act now so we can control the virus and keep people safe and i know that the people of the northeast will come together to defeat this virus was defeated we must while our White House Correspondent candy halkett is standing by for us in washington d. C. But 1st lets speak to nadine barber he is in london now dame i want to start with the w. H. R. Any advice that theyre giving European Countries how is that going over. Well i think its going to cause some amount of concern because as hans kluger the w. H. O. Zur europe regional director was just saying there some countries have hinted that theyre reconsidering their quarantine periods some have already reduced the time from the w. H. O. Recommended 14 days to for example 10 days here in the u. K. And in ireland 7 days in france and the clear message from hunts kluger is that they dont think that is a wise move given the fact that cases seem to be rising in most countries in the e. U. There is talk of a genuine 2nd wave in places like spain and in france and against that backdrop the clear message is that people are helpful for a teaser and governments really do need to make sure that they can isolate any outbreaks drive down the figures because in a lot of these countries theyve been touted as successes here in britain where things have struggled to actually move in the right direction so quickly when moving ahead to britain less strict a lockdown when asking in Northern England or there a sense that things are getting out of control. It depends who you are asking certainly the government would not say that things are getting out of control their message too much caught the Health Secretary in parliament here was that they are always acting upon the data and the data in the northeast of england which is meant that these restrictions were necessary shows that in some of those cities the. Coded rate was over 100 per 100000 of population local m. P. s in that region not best pleased with what theyve heard when theyve asked for reassurances about people getting tests because right now there is a huge scandal a Health Problem but also a political problem for the Prime Minister with anecdotes all across the media of people around the country saying that they cannot get a test when theyve applied online also pictures of walk in centers which seem to be half empty if not almost deserted so there is a systemic problem i think the government realizes it needs to do better theyve Boris Johnson has admitted capacity needs to improve he says that he wants to be doing half a 1000000 tests by the end of october currently the figure is in the 10s of thousands and all of this at a time when you see localised lockdowns people need those tests to be able to get back to work to be able to travel again to know that they dont have to isolate. Their with all the latest from london thank you very much nadine well lets now head across the atlantic and speak to White House Correspondent candy how that can be i say President Trumps going head to head again with the c. D. C. And whats the fallout this time yeah big point of contention on 2 different issues between the president and his top scientists namely the director of the c. D. C. Robert redford the u. S. President essentially walking back the comments of the c. D. C. Director as he had testified to congress are not just the effect of this of the vaccines but whether the vaccine would be available. To me. Part of me sorry what theyre saying essentially and where this point of contention is is that the president said the vaccine will be ready just a few weeks but the c. D. C. Director said no its going to be a little bit longer than that and the other big issue between these 2 men is on the effectiveness of the mass the president saying the vaccine is for effective but in fact the c. D. C. Director saying a mask is the most effective. Part of me you asked the question will i recover here. Will can be im curious as well how this is all going over with the public given the speed at which this this vaccine theyre trying to roll it out is that concern that its being rushed yeah well that its going over the public about as well as live shots going over for me. Essentially theres confusion going on right now in the United States people dont know whether or not these vaccines are safe they dont know who to listen to and theres even confusion struck just President Trump but also the democratic president ial nominee essentially there is just a confusion and a muddy message when it comes to joe biden theres even questions about you know he said there should be a National Mass mandate then he walked it back and then you got remember congress isnt helping either because they still dont have a relief package americans lost that 600 dollars a week in benefits last july that hasnt been replaced and guess what another 860000 Americans Last week filed for unemployment so hardly a lot of Public Confidence and were very close to the u. S. Election people scratching their heads wondering what to do White House Correspondent candy hunk of that thanks very much candy well let you get a drink of water thanks again well now at least 3 companies in china came to be in the final stages of Clinical Trials for a vaccine but critics are accusing the government of using a potential vaccine to expand its global influence between you has more from beijing. While the world awaits a Coronavirus Vaccine hundreds of thousands in china are receiving their 2nd job of one being tested their medical workers offices and Civil Servants were among those given emergency use approval for experimental vaccines earlier this year 9 of the over 30 Coronavirus Vaccines undergoing human trials around the world are being produced in china Chinas Center for Disease Control says 1 may be rolled out to the public as early as november. China is at the forefront of the whole world in the development and production of. There are currently. 1000 vaccines in the world that have entered phase 3 and china accounts for. Numbers of domestic coronavirus cases have led to Chinese Companies competing late stage face 3 trials brought state owned company sign a farm began testing in the United Arab Emirates in july frontline medical workers there have also been given emergency doses. Seems are also being tested in. Thousands and brazil and bangladesh have been given vaccines by the company sign of back while the Chinese Military affiliated can see no biologics is conducting tests in russia and saudi arabia china says its developing that seems for the common good but there are a few western democracies involved in partnerships with Chinese Companies analysts say beijing is instead. Friendly nations and using a potential vaccine to expand its influence philippine president. Says he led to be given early access to a chinese vaccine ruling out confrontation with beijing over territorial disputes in the South China Sea chinese leaders have promised similar access to indonesia and countries along the river but not everyone is convinced. I dont think the international community. Direction diplomacy is potentially more much riskier to Diplomacy China c. D. C. Says vaccine trials are going smoothly and no side effects have been documented but medical experts in the u. S. And u. K. Have described chinas Emergency Use Program as problematic effectiveness cannot be proven before testing is completed. Beijing well now trade Union Members in france are taking a national day of action to protest against the governments handling of the krajina virus and the corresponding economic fallout thousands in communities nationwide march demand better job security lockdown said triggered rising unemployment with the government estimating 800000 lost jobs just the sea air. And theres plenty more ahead for you this news hour including disarming local tribesmen in iraq the battle between reducing crime and maintaining tradition. Struggling to breathe u. S. Cities along the west coast face the worlds once to air quality as wildfires continue to burn. And in sports well hear from tiger woods as the years a 2nd major the u. S. Open tees off one of the worlds most difficult golf courses. More than a week after a fire destroyed greece as the biggest refugee camp thousands of people are now settling into a new tent city on the greek island of last boss theyve had to shelter wherever they can since fire swept through europes largest camp of berea 9 days ago it had housed more than 12000 people thats nearly 5 times the number it was actually built for many of the homeless have been reluctant to move into the new camp fearing that they will just be stuck there our correspondent Stephanie Deca is in less boss where she says nearly 4000. 00 people have now entered the new camp. Started very early this morning around 6 30 in the morning when you had those riot police line up you have police also in sort of hazmat suits that came to tell people waking them up basically come out of your tents its time to go its still going pretty peacefully but there are people who are adamant that they will not be entering this camp why because they say 13 enter its going to be locked theyre convinced they will not be able to move the situation at morea camp was i think safe to say a disaster situation in terms of you know what it was like for People Living there you know that i have basic facilities and theyre very fearful that that is going to be the case here again you know you talk to you from 11 year old afghan boy who speaks perfect english who taught himself on the phone who says you know were not animals everyone treats us here is animals we want to just leave i want to go to school to sort of a young man you know theres a lot of young men here a single young man who you can imagine how frustrated they are with no hope with nothing to do all day he was telling us how concerned he was about his Mental Health he says you know everyones concerned about refugees you know a water food and shelter is what about our Mental Health what happens when i leave here if i ever leave here all this waiting around and the lack of hope weve had is i fear im never going to be the same person again theyre heartbreaking stories theres no other way to put it they feel like they dont have Legal Recourse is taking part and and this this what this is making them feel like is that theyve just arrived again and the whole process is going to take going to start and they dont see a future now friends a russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy say traces of another agent from the nabi talk family were found on an empty water bottle in his hotel room last month and business they thought hed been poisoned in a siberian airport before catching a flight to moscow. To enlist to germany for hospital treatment and is now out of a coma the kremlin denies poisoning the critic of russias president that in a prison the angela has moved from london. This team originally thought that he had ingested poison in a cup of tea that he had at the port but they now say he was poisoned even back in his hotel room in that siberian city of toms the video has emerged of his supporters sweeping that hotel room using protective gloves hours after they found out the valley had fallen ill and the scene collecting a number of Water Bottles now they say that they wanted to bag up as much evidence as they could to ship it out of the country before russian f. S. B. Agents could take them and tests have shown that some of those bottles did can turn contain the nerve agent and overtook the burra trees in france germany and sweden have all confirmed that the valley was poisoned with novacek but russia is still denying this saying that they have yet to see any conclusive medical evidence so germanys drafted in the help of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons theyve taken their own biomedical samples from the valley and they say they will be testing those samples in their own devorah trees and what this means by bringing in the Global Chemical weapons watchdog is that independent testing can happen and the findings of those tests will be very hard for russia to dismiss now novacek is actually on the list of controlled substances banned by the convention against chemical weapons to which russia is a signatory now one of the 40 candidates banned from running in ivory coast election says they will not be an election unless theyre on the ballot former Prime Minister insists that his candidacy is irrevocable and he also called for protests against president on a summer tour to continue. Then you said. Maintaining this election october 31st makes no sense thats obvious even participating in this election would mean support from a store tara. Thats why a call for unity of action from opposition to stop mr ouattara and his murder venture by our legal and legitimate means. Has this report. Theres a tense atmosphere in the city upon war fighting between supporters of president alice somewhat higher and opposition activists has left people frightened and resulted in the death of a 22 year old whod gone to buy something and. We decided to demonstrate like any ivorian in relation to the 3rd term of the current president a young brother had gone to the shop and when he came back people shot him in his stomach judy not be says he was also injured by supporters of the president as a longing for such im going to the fountains in memphis he said our youths were demonstrating i stopped and told them to come down suddenly i saw some a link a kids who were very excited coming to get me with their cars they broke my leg. Protests have intensified after the countrys top court cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is only 2 the court also rejected 40 of the 44. 00 candidates the next months election including former president Laurent Gbagbo and one time rebel leader turned Prime Minister game sorry but those supporters say people mustnt lose hope. E. D. s launches an urgent appeal for the mobilization of activists and supporters of the parties and organizations that are members of the platform of democrats from all sides and also of the people of the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son what are. They refused to concede defeat to retire after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and retirees bid for a 3rd term is further destabilizing ivory coast. Is there well lets not speak with crazy unning his with the Kofi Annan International peacekeeping Training Center and he joins us now from copenhagen and the suggestion from here im sorry that they will not be an election what do you make of that should we be reading that as a threat. When i think theres an implicit threats. By whatever it takes theres going to be that election because mr ouattara has decided he wants to continue to be the president of the war. Which is most unfortunate im curious there i mean what tara had stepped back but then is really only now running because as anointed successor died of a heart attack is he wanting to run himself or is he being pushed into this by the party. Or that he wants to ram himself and i think hes always wanted to ram itself and it definitely is true that success of us was for to choice you know so immediately let it happen that was enough time for him but apparently to an nominated somebody and going through the process has been about a prickly jumping to defray and i think that gives me an impression that as so its been a long time designing a plan for him to ram this is dangerous and i think we are beginning already to see the responses from the public but you know just going back to the constitution i guess kind of took us for granted to quickly when the African Union and of course but of course in conventions you know that this kind of political. Behavior you said this is a dangerous mayhem and we saw so much violence back in 2010 when those Election Results were contested back then should the country now be bracing for a potential father conflict. Well i think its not just the luck of the word i should be bracing but on protecting the whole of west africa and the sahara must be pretty you know disturbed by this because weve seen what has happened in it in the. Late weve seen the tension is simple clear now for so and we and we know all that previous fights from before are spread all about this some bridge in and around experience in fighting in our midst and by who is still in their way in scranton bill yet is also their support as well gen x. There is and i think that mr ouattara to please his countrys citizens and all of this im bringing in potential danger isnt was it responsible to do more disturbingly is is the loudest silence from was the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union on whose protocols mr ouattara deliberately 6 to flout and even more contradictory is that mr ouattara was just this week seeking to resolve the crisis in maryland. And i think people must move by the west and that absence mr one terrorist. Is placing not only his country but a whole and as. Well looking at this specific election this whole debate that were having now is really being sold as a fight for this open president ial race a democratic one but ultimately this is about these various men and that they have quite the contentious history can you talk us through that. Well i mean the tremendous. One and baby. Elephant are tara and mr blair who have had probably a pretty face their t. V. s but extremely contentious on the right and this trip mr quinn and baby you know talk about how i immediately. Missed that where you had bad mr terrill who didnt when was then the Prime Minister wanted to run for president see. What the end this described as a book can now be in which the policy was pointing to it to be leading 1210. 00 since straggles about identity politics and the 1st wall mr bubble and then eventually becomes the president refuses to and about how or when this is that is up so they said no try go and meaty amongst these men the supporters all 3 of them unfortunately and disparate power irrespective of the impact of the struggle on the old lad and its. Citizens and im delighted that some rich i will be watching those tensions passing in the coming weeks and months. From the Kofi Annan International peacekeeping Training Center thank you so much for joining us here on out of that great tenure in 5. Well now u. N. Investigators are warning of rampant human rights abuses in burundi despite a change in government then they say Security Forces and the ruling partys youth wing have almost total impunity for kidnappings beatings and Sexual Violence they have highlighted abuses linked to the president ial election back in may whichever reste indicted one and they say he has promoted high ranking military officers who are also involved in pasta violence the u. N. Panel was set up after the former president pm koreas easer decided to run for a 3rd term back in 2015 then hundreds of people were killed and 400000 others displaced in months of violence while this report comes just days after a local group thats looking into historic violence also opened 8 mass graves in the south of brandy the president of the truth and Reconciliation Commission said it would question several regional leaders over 1972 massacre witnesses say the victims were shot dead by Security Forces well thats not speak to Rachel Nicholson shes the Amnesty International and she joins us now from nairobi rachael there was so much hope for change with the new president especially after all that happened within crazies do you now feel that those hopes were misplaced especially given that this was essentially still the same ruling party. Were coming up to the 100 days of the present. New government as you said there was a lot of hope. This new government the change of leadership could mark a turning of the page could mark a new opportunity to improve the human rights situation in the country to step away from the last 5 years of really serious Human Rights Violations in the country we havent lost all hope and the commission of inquiry and others were all available and ready to engage with the government we made to very concrete recommendations as to how the situation could be improved for human rights in burundi and now this Commission Inquiry report thats come out it really presents an opportunity for dialogue and discussion if the government chooses to engage its a really big question yeah you say if they choose to engage i want to talk about the may elections self the report also talks about abuses that could be considered crimes against humanity committed by those in power is there hope for accountability. So the commission as he said the commission documented really serious Human Rights Violations that taken in the context in which it committed could. Amount to crimes against humanity were talking about summary executions arbitrary arrests under tension torture Sexual Violence one of the findings of the Commission Inquiry and the report they launched today that was particularly troubling was how these. Used or. Were aimed at preventing the Main Opposition Party from carrying out their activities and effectively taking part in these elections in terms of for accountability weve not seen any movement yet at the National Level to demonstrate that there would be accountability for those violations about who are committed around the may elections well the youth wing they embark or a they were very active i remember during the violence back in 2015 responsible for many of the killings then what is their role now in the new government. So the employer a curried the youth wing of the ruling party has remained actively involved in serious violations and abuses in the indy over the past 5 years and this continues even after the elections theyre often involved in harassment and intimidation and attacks on. Individuals who perhaps dont support the ruling party around the elections the particularly so about against Opposition Party members when ive spoken to refugees who fled the country almost 100 percent of them have said to me when i asked why did you leave the country they say its the insecurity caused by the embalmer occurring so you know they really do have a base to throw which needs to be tackled and that is something that the government is in its power to do and the ruling party has not in the power the power to do to stop in a hurry being involved in any Security Operations to ensure that they are not home to. Ensuring accountability and will certainly be watching for any kind of government response to all of this Rachel Nichols and there was that Amnesty International thanks for joining us here on aljazeera rachel thanks very much. Had fear here on out of their peers and even more flooding continues to witness heavy rainfall will be live in one of the worst affected regions. And the king of clay is back on the tennis court for the fast time in 200. 00 days leah will tell us just how he got along and scores. Hello there fairly quiet picture across much of the middle east how much is where you would expect for this time of year but we want to see want to again just developing across areas of turkey but i want to point out this little system has here this is a very stubborn air pressure it is going to be sitting across greece for the next couple days but the winds are actually going to head down the eastern end of the med but there will also likely take some showers eventually saturday across the small southern areas of turkey saudi plenty of clouds will develop later in the day but elsewhere it is a fairly quiet picture 36 is the high in doha feeling quite humid with a 36 the winds all very light and cools woman are getting back down to 45 degrees and 44 celsius in a kuwait Central Africa plenty of show. But also more of that training for the tools the south quite a a bank of clouds really working its way across i. Was there and really as you can see here sunny right the way across through much of the ball sauna even more eastern sections of south africa but the touches remain very wall above average certainly for this time of year its mostly clear across into south africa temperatures here a fairly typical i mostly want to coastal areas up towards somalia but forgot you can see it temperatures well above average of my monday a high of 36. Corruption. Invisible. A wall of silence. Against corruption corruption is not something to be told that this. Is a. Country his email lets destroy this wall. In 2020 the free space over in colleges the heroes who are fighting against corruption this helps our communities to save the resources that we need in order to address the burning problems that affect us all. Shine a light on your Anti Corruption hero. Nominate now. Continuously we. Must. Have the interests of the powerful can obscure the truth narrative and rewrite. Gives you the picture. But again i missed the attainder ha thats remind you of our top stories here the found the World Health Organization is warning countries against shortening coronavirus quarantine periods and follows a record surge and a new infections across europe. Hundreds of refugees are now settling into a new tent city on the greek island. Police began an operation to move them off the streets on thursday morning thousands had been taking shelter wherever they can since a fire destroyed the overcrowded morea camp 9 days ago. And one of the 40 candidates banned from running in ivory coasts election says they will not be at election unless theyre on the ballot former Prime Minister has called for protests against president i was on the target to continue. The heavy rain and the flooding is forecast in parts of dong and a worsen the situation for residents in the capital khartoum who are already struggling to deal with the west floods in a century more than 650000 people have been left displaced tens of thousands of homes have been damaged and started to arrive over the last few days but those affected say it isnt enough while a 3rd of sudans flood victims live in sanaa stage water levels in the bruno river have now foreland to submerging thousands of homes there but there is also the threat of water borne diseases as families take shelter in schools correspondent joins me from the town of sin. Mohammed so many people displaced this is now been continuing for weeks how people theyre coping. The situation is really desperate for that is we are in one of the primary schools in the heart of the town of seeing. Very cross in the school is packed with up to 20 from is the ease congestion food deliveries yes come but again some say they do not and now during the day. They are also concerned that they have nowhere to go back to because the homes that been damaged very much by the floods all totally destroyed so it will take them a while to go back and piece their lives together but right now the nongovernmental organizations not caring for the displaced people in the city not a state which scindia is that you straight it was is up to thought to 1000 people displaced affected by the floods in just this state alone so you can understand them but the problem but the main concern of the agency is that right now the residents of up to 18 villages that have been told to limit room done cottles from the rest of the state by the floods have tried to have acquired some people but many of the people from these villages are not willing to leave the. Hopes that are still under water behind and the concern for those people mostly you mentioned the foreigners now had is that 100 this will of course have a long term impact on them especially on their livelihoods and experts have been attributed a lot of this to Climate Change people theyre prepared to deal with a new normal. Well the people here mainly poor farmers subsistence farmers so very little. Side of course theyre used to some sort of flooding at this time of the every year but what theyve seen this year is nothing near what theyve been prepared for and the government itself is saying that these are the worst floods since Record Keeping began that is about 100 years the whole century this has been the was the floods and the terrible thing here is that the Sudanese Government which is just emerging from a period of political instability can do very little to help but mainly because of 2 reasons one because of the International Comic sanctions on sudan and also because of the sudden and drastic fall in the sudanese pounds something that has exacerbated the problems people are facing during these floods from serious challenges. For us on the ground in these floods and thank you so much more. Well a state of emergency has been declared in alabama florida and mississippi after Hurricane Sandy caused catastrophic flooding men for months worth of rain was dumped on parts of florida and just for hours hundreds of americans have been rescued and at least half a 1000000 are without power and they got to get reports. Are again sally came ashore in the early hours of wednesday morning slamming into alabamas coastline floridas panhandle also bore the brunt of 165 kilometer per hour winds as heavy rain and storm surges led to life threatening floods many residents were forced to evacuate to hotels as conditions worsened and the next Years Academy people that were left there in their office you know things like that just plain ugly madagascar but. I just i feel for the people that are not you know have business stories here so heres now we can do after making landfall that continues to move at an agonizingly slow pace forecasters say that makes this storm extremely dangerous for much of the gulf coast daylight in alabama showed a scene of devastation with severe flooding and damaged homes logan is still was at home in gulf shores where sally made landfall i just rode it out on the 1st 4 we started your daughter window start up. By the roof started coming off and siding was written i just wrote it out last month louisiana was hit by one of the most powerful storms on record or again laura killed at least 8 people and cost the state billions and Hurricane Season isnt over until the end of november in addition to sally there are several other named storms d currently swirling in the atlantic that hasnt happened since 971. 00 meteorologists here in miami will soon run out of preselected names for this Hurricane Season and be forced to use the greek alphabet thats only ever happened on one other occasion floridas governor is warning residents not to be complacent as the storm moves across the state hurricane celie is the full storm to make landfall this year Scientists Say Climate Change is making storms like this wetter and slower a potentially deadly combination and agalloch a aljazeera. Now hot to dry weather and 3 west coast states is hampering efforts to contain thousands of wildfires that smoke has caused some of the wild unhealthiest with hospitals busy treating patients struggling to bring reports from Portland Oregon the noxious cloud of smoke and ash choking the west coast has drifted in the upper atmosphere as far away as europe but nowhere is the smoke as bad as here in portland its really bad we have never had an air quality of event like this since 1985 which is when the department of Environmental Quality started tracking our air quality our previous record for poor air was set in 2017 were 7 times worse than that. This environmentally conscious city is normally proud of its clean polluted air now it has the worst air quality of any major city on earth and portlanders are feeling it deep inside i am definitely having problems breathing i work outside so unfortunately i am really exposed to even with a mask it still gets to you. Major League Baseball games in seattle were postponed due to unhealthy air Alaska Airlines one of the regions big carriers canceled many of its flights and washington states governor said the file air is breaking all records the air outside right now is that historically polluted levels according to our department of ecology. The consequences of breathing this filthy air can be done or portland hospital emergency room visits for breathing problems are 88 times higher than usual says county Health Officer andrea hamburg who spoke to us while wearing and in 95. 00 man asked causes a dry cough which is of course a concern during a pandemic can cause shortness of breath it can cause chest pains couldnt cause an asthma attack so the effects range from mild irritation still very serious and life threatening meanwhile the fires continue to burn in butte county california a family that lost their home 2 years ago to the deadly fire in paradise are reliving a nightmare now their new house has burned and we need to take care of others are being told that every day with all these things happening on the outskirts of los angeles firefighters are combat enough fierce blaze its led to evacuations of hundreds of people from the towns of arcadia and sierra madre and threatens to engulf the historic mt wilson astronomical observatory thousands of homes have been destroyed tens of thousands of people have fled millions of heck there is the forest have burned and the death toll is rising now tens of millions of people here in oregon california and washington are worried what the effects of breathing in this dirty hair might turn out to be rob reynolds aljazeera Portland Oregon. Controversial remarks by kerik and pakistan have provoked protest as to demand his arrest for blasphemy. To reports more capital as well about. Tens of thousands of papers protesting and the Federal Capital as you can see how dint of people have been coming in to the protests around you there. Protesting against the controversial remark made by a shiite cleric raised a fair if allowed for made all the food religious party that come together through their minds just their worn exemplary punishment for their shiite cleric who had if theyre prepared already by had he been left the country and there warned the government to come down hard just but the bottom. Assad would be home but we demand the arrest of the cleric whether hes in khorat she or anyone else to try him on a blasphemy charge. Stuff you know the government should implement the will ensure that such incidents dont lead to anarchy. Theyre also warning that they will continue to avoid. Crowds like our great regret every moment to pressurize their government and youre doing more joy indeed a difficult time for the government and it will be interesting to see whether the government is able to control the right already did read the whole ball and do something big. Now the head of libyas internationally recognized government says hell resign at the end of next month until then Prime Minister fires will oversee the selection of a new leader peace talks to start in geneva this week the tripoli based government will negotiate with the rival administration an estate in Eastern Libya which is allied toward cliff. Top u. S. Government officials could face war crimes charges for approving weapons sales to yemen the New York Times says the state department had full knowledge of a passion and indiscriminate civilian killings by the saudi and Iraqi Coalition the newspapers also accusing the trumpet ministration of systematically suppressing findings by internal watchdogs to prioritise arms sales. Now iraqs government has launched a campaign to reduce the number of illegal weapons they aim is to reduce crime but sometimes say disarming them goes against their traditions reports from the capital baghdad. These are members of iraqs special task force looking for illegal guns in the south Eastern Province missed some there are eager to find them so they search of peoples homes and commercial sites like this factory trying to uncover any where people could hide weapons theyve set up extra checkpoints here to make sure unregistered guns are not smuggled out and this is what they say theyve confiscated so far let me just run in the weve seized more than 30 weapons made 6 arrests and confiscated 4 vehicles without license plates this operation is also happening in the neighboring province of basra which has seen the biggest increase in violence in recent weeks but tribal feuds lack of facilities and corruption have led to anger and protests here and a recent rise in targeted killings of high profile activists forced the Prime Minister to travel to basra to reassure people the governments will do more thats targeted killing of prominent iraqis color has me in july outside his home in this neighborhood in baghdad by gunmen on motorbikes prompted outrage across the country the government has been accused of not being able to protect its citizens from armed groups which is why many are turning to their tribes for protection this is why disarming tribes in iraq is not an easy task your name although. The issue of having weapons in iraq is not a new phenomenon its part of our culture especially the tribal culture so disarming tribes will require a special initiative to convince tribal leaders that weapons position has a more negative impact on the entire society and a long history of conflict has also created a market for illegal weapons. One of the main tribes in the country in baghdad its leader explains why the governments plan wont work. I dont believe they will succeed it is considered an insult to take away the weapons of any tribe veterans are considered the symbol of all iraqi tribes it is because the government locks power to protect people and enforce the rule of 4 that they use their tribes to settle their disputes and sometimes we need our weapons to settle disputes back in the sand despite the challenges facing these forces the search goes on to rid the country of illegal weapons or such a Party Al Jazeera baghdad has been fighting between separatists and Government Forces in indian administered Kashmir Police say it happened after they raided several homes the. Government forces say gunshots were fired at them fast before they responded 35 has were killed and one woman died in the crossfire. Well taiwans air force has warned off 2 Chinese Submarine warplanes its the latest alleged chinese encroachment into taiwanese space increasing u. S. Support for taiwan has west and tensions with china and china is also threatening retaliation for the latest high profile u. S. Visit said to taiwan undersecretary for Economic Affairs and the highest level state Department Official to land and decades the us Health Secretary was welcomed by the island. Taiwan as a renegade province and says this latest 3 day trip goes against its one china policy. We urge the u. S. Side to fully recognize the holy sensitivity at the time one issue abide by the one trying the principle in the 3 china u. S. Joint communique to immediately stop official exchanges in any promotion of substance of relations with the time one region and cautiously handle tom one related issues the chinese side will make necessary responses according to the development of the situation. And force the dodgers become the 1st team to make an Internet Fund was a. Why the in the the in. The back it was once considered a routine affair but this year the census in the us has been mobbed by Court Challenges and political controversy and that will have an impact on how federal funding for states is allocated as well as seats in the house of representatives that are going to reports from chicago. For more than a century wave after wave of immigrants have settled in chicagos back of the yards neighborhood on the citys south side some striving others struggling. The stock yards that once made it a meat packing epicenter are now vacant but this remains a working class neighborhood where people depend on the Food Assistance health care and housing programs funded by the federal Government Programs that rely on the census to determine how much money is distributed to communities in minutes i mean they only asked me about my family how many people lived in my home i was never asked about my paper they didnt ask for my Social Security number a lot of people are afraid because they think theyll ask for their papers we met safina salazar at a food drive 150 packets meals were collected in an hour back of the yards is a neighborhood with a low census Response Rate so state and county officials have organized food mask toiletry and book giveaways to earth people out of their homes during the pandemic once their volunteers help ensure they fill out census 2020 it serves multiple purposes because there is a need for food. You know we want to have the opportunity to interact with some of these residents and so. Weve been doing this for the past month and. You know i think that it does make a difference in the 10 minutes it takes to complete the census translates into as much as 2000. 00 of federal funding per person a year for the next decade people before the pandemic in the shifting death by getting an accurate count for the 2020 census has become a challenge to trumpet ministrations flash funding for housing to and staffing it attempted to put a Citizenship Question on the form of the Supreme Court squash that put the fear in immigrant communities like this one girl to compensate for the lack of federal funding illinois like other states has poured millions of dollars into getting and. Accurate census count it when oil is expected to lose seats in the house of representatives seats are based on the census well for more than 200 years this was an administrative a nonpartisan process. And unfortunately we have a president states who among his other sins has tried to discourage participation in the census. After living in back of the yards for 30 years some of that time undocumented most of you know salazar is now volunteering for the census she says she realizes being counted means ensuring their neighborhood gets the resources. The talks are going to. Chicago. Well it is now time to support has their thanks and stasia barcelona superstar little messy scored his 1st goal for the club since making a u. Turn on his decision to leave the plane and care defeated jet on a 31. 00 and a preseason friendly on wednesday messi scored 2 of the goals at the end of last season the argentine told the club that he wanted to leave after being unable to move teams he just decided to stay. Messi is old teammate neymar meanwhile has been handed a 2 match ban in the French League the brazilian threw a punch at an opponent Alberto Gonzalez during percentage of moms one nil when over marsay on sunday gonzalez is also under investigation neymar has accused the spaniard of racially abusing him during the match. Over in the United States there was no separating the San Jose Earthquakes and the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer on wednesday portland who are mid table in the west took the lead in the 34th minute thanks to this goal from chara his brother diego providing the assist but san jose who are bottom of the western conference standings would equalize in the 2nd half. For the earthquakes although a video review. Who was needed to confirm the goal won one the final score. Goals a 2nd major of the year the u. S. Open is teed off the winged foot course in new york the tournaments was originally set to take place in june but was of course postponed because of the coronavirus winged foot is notoriously difficult to play in fact of the 5 u. S. Opens that have taken place at the course only one has produced at 100. 00 score under par 15 time major champion tiger woods has already started his 1st round says it is without a doubt one of the Worlds Toughest courses. And i think its right up there next to mine and i think carnoustie as far as this. Sure difficulty without even doing it and do it. You know. Those i think those 3 golf courses and. They can host major championships what ever do anything to him and. You know this one. Or oakmont here is 0 and one or 2. Yeah you just you have to embrace it otherwise its going to its going to go on if youre going to especially a place like this youre going to make a lot of bogeys. Youre going to youre going to be put in some uncomfortable places when you think about some of the greatest u. S. Open players of all time bob jones Ben Hogan Jack Nicklaus tiger woods you never heard them complain they accepted the challenge they knew in fact in some ways they knew when others were complaining it gave them an advantage. But annual womens tennis Team Tournaments the fed cup has been renamed after one of the games heroes it will now be known as the believe jean king cup king whos now 76 years old won 39. 00 grand slam titles and a spent her life fighting for equality for women its 50 years since she and 8 others broke away from the tennis establishment to form their own circuit which eventually led to the foundation of the womens tennis association. And right now the w. T. A tour is italian open is taking place in rome the defending champion catalina is through to the 3rd round in the italian capital the world number 4 took care of her fellow czech Barbara Starr in straight sets 63 and 63. Lets go as hoping to defend the trophy but alina is looking to reclaim the title they were craney and is a former 2 time champion at the italian open shes also through to the 3rd round after beating the necessity of. 363 and 76. In the mens tournament rock on the dawn made a return to court for the 1st time in 200 days because of the pandemic the king of clay showed no signs of rust dropping just 2 games as he thrashed country men problem. In straight sets 61616161. Feeling is not the best no you know. Playing with the crowd especially here well everywhere but here in rome the crowd is very enthusiastic so yeah i mean honestly. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 1st team to make it to the pandemic playoffs after the shortened baseball season a. J. Pollock and chris taylor homered and will smith not the after driven 3 runs against the San Diego Padres the dodgers went on to beat the padres 75. 00 to 2. 00 of 3 and a matchup of the leagues top 2 teams. And you dont have to know a lot about baseball to know that this is a pretty impressive play that youre about to see by tony kemp of the oakland as. Back in forth cat and mouse can he make it to home base and he does but just by a hair he helped lead his team to the win final score 31. Done. Already well thats it for me with sports and you back over to us thanks so much well that is it for this news hour dont go away ill be back in just a moment with more of the to its knees. For decades criminals made millions trafficking drugs through thailand and wonder when east explores why the country has now become the 1st in Southeast Asia to legalize medical marijuana. On aljazeera. In a global pandemic. Family comes 1st. For every American Health care has never been more important. Because the new disease does not favor republicans over democrats bridge over poor or block over white. America decides how to care for a nation. Extensive coverage of the us elections. On aljazeera aljazeera goes beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the dolphins we all share the same it was really needed was on going loony by that time a thing on it by using a variety of scientific techniques to study their behavior we can monitor them for their vocal kowtows and behavior were able to how theyre adapting to their new environment women make science dolphin sanctuary on aljazeera. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the well so no matter how you take an aljazeera were bringing you the news and Current Affairs that matter t. V. Down to 0. I. A return to life in a cab police move hundreds of refugees from the road signs of last boss and to a new tents. There i missed and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the World Health Organization is warning against the shortening of quarantine periods as coronavirus cases rise across here