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General assembly gets underway in new york tension between the u. S. And iran is set to dominate. Mali it marks 60 years of independence a day after a former defense minister was appointed interim president by the military job plus. When we receive lets say a dollar only 0. 25 maximum is what were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. The anger on the colombian in the colombian capital as a march against Police Brutality turns violent. The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is accel raising globally but fewer people who get. Dying a 2nd look at the global picture focusing on the 5 countries that have seen the most deaths from the virus the u. K. Is 5th in the world more than 41000 people have died but its curve is going the wrong way the u. K. s Health Minister says that hospital admissions are doubling every 8 days across the atlantic nearly 200000 americans have died since february hospital admissions are down slightly to around 30000 a day brazil has the worst outbreak in latin america with more than 137000 deaths around 4000000 people have survived it 19 india leads the world though in the number of recoveries nearly 4500000 so far more than 90000 patients are being released daily bus nearly 89000 people have died from the virus that mexico has a 10th of indias population but has seen nearly as many deaths more than 73000 cases the supposed 700001 monday well the u. K. Government is brought in a raft of new restrictions in england as it tries to limit the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed parliament to announce the measures they include extending the use of face masks tightening rules on gatherings and encouraging people to work from home schools and universities will remain open hes warning that the country has reached a critical turning point in dealing with the virus. The government will introduce new restrictions in england caffrey drugs to achieve the maximum reduction in the our number with the minimum damage to lives and livelihoods i want to throw that this is by no means a return to the full lockdown of march were not issuing a general instruction to stay at home we will ensure that schools colleges and universities stay open because more important than the Education Health and well being of our young people we will ensure that businesses can stay open in a code compliant way lets go live now to london i was 0 barkers outside the houses of tell us more about these restrictions. Later in the country 1st and foremost his bank where he hoped it wouldnt have to be not facing the full lockdown that was introduced in march but facing for a very strict restrictions on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people specifically across england because of course Northern Ireland scotland wales have their own measures in place in parallel to those issued by Central Government in london. Probably one of the key takeaway message is is that the governments going to get much tougher a much stricter on policing for instance the use of face masks so people working in the Retail Sector will have to wear masks legally they dont have to before also a curfew on bars at restaurants of 10 pm that comes into force on thursday theyll be will be mandatory for Table Service to be offered there so you wont be able to walk up to an order things Going Forward restrictions or so on people gathering for weddings that will be reduced to a number of 15 extended to 30 for people who are attending funerals. But when it comes to actually policing all of these measures the governments also indicated the possibility of greater powers to local authorities particularly when they are in need of funding to police these kind of measures and also the possibility of drawing on military support to ensure that people are complying you know that is a pretty stark step forward to the idea of seeing armed forces on the streets of a city like london to make sure that people are toeing the line but given the rate of increase of the infection it seems that the government is prepared to take me to these restrictions apply just in england or other devolved nations in sync with the national parliament. Well bush also said that see the 1st ministers of scotland Northern Ireland and wales had attended the cobra meeting that was the Emergency Committee meeting here in london earlier in the day and that they are working in parallel to the requirements that have been issued covering england weve already seen for instance in Northern Ireland rules come in place from 6 pm that would limit people being allowed to go into other peoples houses the only exception being if you are requiring somebody support when it comes to child care in wales they have their own national. Powers to be able to introduce lock downs in various parts of wales for different districts have been added to at least very tight restrictions in wales lairs it as opposed to here in england you cant enter or leave those particular districts without a good reason for instance the need to work at all so a similar situation in scotland slight variations across the sea across the different parts of the United Kingdom are very much the message that its the leaders in those respective countries and Central Government here in london are exchanging ideas and moving forward in parallel ill just leave barca reporting live from westminster in london many thanks indeed lets bring in peter kidman is professor of Clinical Psychology at the university of liverpool in the u. K. Good to have you with this pisa here we go again then were not quite back as dave was saying that the lockdown we saw in march but cases are on the rise not only in the u. K. But right across europe what impact is all of this having on Peoples Mental Health and well being. Well i think thats a very important question partly we know. Coming in already that it was experience that anxiety and depression is starting to rise especially young people especially people with preexisting Mental Health problems weve seen increases in anxiety and depression generally in the population and there are some pressures on Mental Health services partly because theres precious only Health Services generally so i think people are right to be concerned and i have to say that the data so far indicate that the vast majority of people are comfortable in complying with those measures that are designed to keep them safe what i worry about is a little bit of reluctance to act by government so early action is much more effective than late action and also confusion certainly in what im seeing on social media what im saying on Mainstream Media and what im hearing just from friends and colleagues that ive talked to is a great deal of confusion about what the government has done what the governments intending mixed messages and i think thats very harmful if that continues welcome people do pieces to. Address or to keep to a minimum the impact on their Mental Health of a rising number of cases again because i mean it is its quite frightening when you see the numbers rising as they are. In the hospital admissions going up more deaths being reported every day. Yes it is there are some things that people can do to keep themselves sane i guess so i think the 1st is that in order to deal with the iris itself and the threats to our health then straight Forward Guidance especially from the medical community should be followed we should wash our hands we should keep distance we should wear masks we should limit social face to face contact to a minimum and we should find other ways of doing our business so taking those sensible precaution should keep us and those we love as safe as possible in terms of maintaining our Mental Health then there are things that we can do i work closely with Public Health england and we have a campaign called every mind matters that gives people simple and straightforward advice to maintain their Mental Health at all times to be honest but especially joe in this pandemic and there are things that people can do to maintain never being people keeping active make sure that you keep in contact with friends and loved ones keep your mind active and make changes to your lifestyle that are around you as much as possible to continue with the things that matter to you well the ways in which you can cheat the things that matter to you so there are things that people can do to maintain their own Mental Health and there is plenty of to be honest quite good at by sound the people to follow it its been really good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us peter king the been there professor of Clinical Psychology at the university of liverpool. Choudhry is an urgent care doctor for the u. K. S National Health Service he told me earlier about some of the ways that you can protect yourself from the virus. I think the basics from any doctor will be look where a mosque 1st of all because if youre coughing or sneezing what do you usually do you put your hand in front to go about so a mask would automatically be protecting others so if every always a mask theres a lot more protection in society the 2nd thing would be make sure youre trying to distance yourself from somebody else so that if they actually do cough or sneeze your bit far outweighs the chance of you catching a lot and the 3rd most important thing i would tell everybody is wash your hands 32nd so washing hands properly after any contact with anybody else including shopping bags including engine coming to your house if you do these bait 6 the coronavirus is deadly but its a very stupid virus in the sense that it doesnt fly around for ages you have to catch it directly affect itself so if you do these basic think theyre in the very no chance of you catching this. This is the new stuff from al jazeera still to come on the program libyas oil wells start to come back on stream could the flow of profit succeed where diplomacy has failed. And protests sense right because parliament as the president seeks to push through a bill that would remove limits on his power as. The 75th United Nations General Assembly has just got underway its a session like never before though with World Leaders speaking virtually except the course of the secretary general who we can see now because of the coronavirus pandemic. Is one of the few appearing in person the theme for this years session is reaffirming multilateralism something thats been tested by crises across the world lets go live now to the new york to the the u. N. In new york our diplomatic editor james bays is there for us so james just how is the General Assembly going to look this year. Very very different if i take you inside the General Assembly hall right now you have the secretary general addressing delegates there but theres a very limited number of delegates in the room you can see the pictures just walk. From each country each of the 193. 00 countries thats the social distancing in the room a very limited audience for the secretary general of him and the president of the General Assembly are actually going to be speaking in the hall all the World Leaders who normally come in from around the world for this week in new york what some call the diplomatic olympics so the diplomatic oscars are not here they are all going to be giving their speeches recorded speeches from their capitals and most start to hear those speeches with the president of brazil in the next half hour and then the 2nd speaker by tradition is this they had a. Country which is President Donald Trump was telling you what the secretary general has been saying adrian during his speech so far hes recalled a speech he gave in january to General Assembly where he identified the 4 horsemen for threats to the world that endangered the world right now and they were the highest geo political tensions in years the Climate Crisis growing mistrust around the world in the dark side of the Digital World he said theres a 5th horseman that was lurking in the wings he didnt know about but thats made all the other things worse and that of course is covert 19 year old member that when the pandemic started the secretary general called for a global ceasefire because of the threat of the pandemic trance stop all these conflicts around the world and get cease fires in each of these conflicts that call fell on deaf ears hes now reiterated the call and says he wants a global sea swap by the end of the year but if youre counting thats 100. 00 days from now rice the chances could be a very different General Assembly this year but to what extent will be will it be a diminished General Assembly. Well they all the World Leaders will get their points across and well hear those speeches for example when we listen to President Trump well hear what hes saying about china and the tensions with china after him calling it the china virus well hear his latest comments on iran after he declared snapback of International Sanctions on iran and the rest of the world said no theyre not snapping back those sort of things are all going to come out from the national speeches that we hear one by one throughout this week whats missing is the business they do in the margins of these meetings the normally packed corridors here at the u. N. Where Foreign Ministers meet ambassadors meet officials meet World Leaders even bump into each other or arrange to bump into each other to get Business Done none of that business is going to be done this year. As james said were expecting President Trump to speak within the next hour after. Hour of brazil were also expecting turkeys president xi jinping of china and president Vladimir Putin to speak will take all of those speeches live here on aljazeera james for the moment many thanks indeed. Libyas National World Corporation Says its restarting some production of exports the libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar but imposed a blockade on Oil Facilities since january but announced an end to all of that on friday the state oil company says that there are no longer any fighters or foreign mercenaries in her in the east or brig or in the center of the country so production can resume its waiting for safety decisions on the remaining oil ports how does erasmo hold of the one had reports from tripoli. I remember that these 2 oil ports which is close to the egyptian borders in the east of the country and medicine liberate within the oil christened area these 2 ports are under the control of have to but its there and she says that only these 2 ports are safe safe means that there are no foreign mercenaries there are no weapons deployed in those ports however the other oil ports the major oil ports in libya like a city like rustler north in the Oil Crescent Area like sweet teena these will remain under force measured according to the n. O. C. Unless and until their foreign medicine rees including the russian. Military individuals and crew have to mysterys pull out with their weapons from the area 2 men have been sentenced to death in pakistan over a fire that killed hundreds of people in 2012 a court ruled that the factory blaze was a case of arson and not an accident the men who were found to have started the fire after the factory owners refused to pay extortion money more than 260. 00 people died in the incident survivor said that many people were unable to escape because exits were locked. A draft bill that would amend sri lankas constitution to give the president extra powers has been put before parliament if passed it will allow president got a bio rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and will give him full immunity against prosecution thats set to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthened the will of parliament aljazeera as well fernandos reports from colombo. The changes proposed in the 20th amendment the draft tabled in parliament thats a building you see behind me will create an all powerful executive presidency in sri lanka now that office was somewhat diluted by the previous government when they brought in constitutional changes essential in favor of parliament it did trim down the powers of the president but now the president if these changes go through will be able to sack the Parliament Within a year hell be able to carry and take on any ministerial portfolio he will also be able to make appointments to several high and sensitive officers the chief justice the independent commissions the heads of the armed forces so that our issues with transparency checks and balances against the executive one constitutional expert i spoke to expressed concern that these changes would remove the constitutional checks and balances against an all powerful executive president held by one man all the checks and balances. On the exercise of executive. Right this amendment is horrendous or. Amendment and reaches a tremendous response to the games that we as foreigners Parliament Democracy is good for the opposition they have basically been howling in protest obviously we saw earlier today they were sporting black arm bands or black shaws a play on the rajapaksa maroon shawl protesting the 20th amendment saying we dont want to the 20th amendment but to be really honest given the numbers that they have in the house that their protest will be drowned out the rajapaksa have the votes they need in order to pass these amendments and it seems almost a done deal for the people of sri lanka. Whove gone through several political experiments they voted out the rajapaksa just over one term ago when they thought they were abusing their power but b. Successive government was such a shambles they didnt deliver its just taken that one term for the rajapakse is to be in the driving seat once again and this time theyre ensuring that they have all the powers that be need to take sri lanka forward so for the people of this country some that you speak to even though there are misgivings again by human rights defenders constitutional experts the people say lets wait and see maybe theyd lose Something Different molly is marking the 60th anniversary of its independence from france the celebrations have been muted following last months crew soldiers laid a wreath at the palace of independence in the capital bamako on monday the jump to appointed defense minister bomb door as an interim president diplomats from the regional bloc echo once have been pressuring the army to return power to civilians since president Ibrahim Boubacar kater was removed from office last month live out of dhaka in neighboring set a goal of a serious Nicholas Hunt can tell us more whats been the reaction nic to the appointment of this interim president. Roy green mixed reactions from this nomination that was made on National Television through a statement by the leader of the gentle himself. Who in the military parade today was trying to reassure the population saying you know this is the beginning of a new mali and the return of the state places where the state has been so since alluding to the north of the center of the country where there is armed groups active armed groups such as alqaeda affiliates like jamaat and sort of the slum one with the mean and the Islamic State in the greater so far that are active particularly in the center of the country but there hasnt been a new reaction from the who wants the west african body that has put sanctions on somali including you know the boundaries that are close for commercial trade and also financial track transaction no statement either from the french who have 4000 troops on the ground weve seen one statement from the 5 the Opposition Movement remember that were behind these protests over the summer that led to the removal. And they say they are unhappy with the Selection Process in which this president was selected that there wasnt any consultation but rather a statement and that they themselves personally were not consulted on this so were expecting Goodluck Jonathan the representative of the west african body echo us tomorrow to discuss further more on whats happening on the ground so is the reaction is mixed of course the International Community and many millions in self want to see a civilian rule and take charge of mali which is interesting to note adrian as well is that the colonel is he going to the leader of the military jets or will he selfappointed himself as the Vice President of mali as well and theyll be sworn in on friday is that going to be enough. To lift the sanctions. Well thats the challenge is not only sanctions is the fact that you know how off of the 1000000 population are dependent on humanitarian help and there urgently you know the state is urgently needed especially in the north in the center of the country and his statement also stated reinforce this idea that he wants to ensure that the algiers Peace Agreement that was signed with the armed groups in the north of the country back in 2015 will that Peace Agreement be implemented in support of that Peace Agreement there is the issue of giving more power to local authorities so lets see if the government is able to do that but of course ordinary millions there is much more pressing issues such as you know access to water electricity the schools have been shut for months because teachers have not been paid hospitals that are ill equipped to deal with a coronavirus outbreak and this date absent especially in the rural areas where armed groups are active replacing the state or or government sponsored militias that are active you know in the region of mukti theres been more people dying in the hands of not armed groups such as or are these some extent affiliate but but but by militias that are organized by villagers themselves so its in these areas that the millions want to see the government the state being more present and thats the pressing urgent issue at hand and of course whats interesting in all of this is that what were seeing this happening in the capital bamako there is the most expensive u. N. Operation at hand in mali one 1000000000. 00 a year is spent to ensure that mali is stable and theyre not under attack by armed groups theres 4000. 00 extra french troops and european troops british german troops is the biggest german deployment of troops in mali this bite that massive military presence well that has not brought the peace for ordinary mali and so thats the challenges at hand for the new leadership in mali. Is nicholas reporting live there from dhaka nicholas many thanks indeed. But over of homes damaged or destroyed by floods in sudan has risen 2140000 the level of the nile river remains high in parts of the country farmland was also damaged many of the 18 states in River Nile State those affected are trying to find a way to rebuild as they wait for Financial Assistance lets go live now to cop to mount a serious hit morgan is with us here youve been traveling in the worst affected areas of the country what have people been telling you about their experiences. Well adrian people mostly have been focused on the losses that they have incurred because of the floods because of the weeks of floods now most of them have lost all or most of their properties were talking about homes where people have settled for years or for decades in some cases family homes that have been destroyed or damaged were also talking about farmland now tens of thousands of hectares have been destroyed by the floods most of them on the banks of the nile and aid organizations say that will have a devastating impact on the Food Security situation in the country lets not forget that sudan is already going through an economic crisis with an inflation of more than 160 percent so most of the staple food have seen and hikes in prices by more than 50 percent and affordable to many of the of those who are living here in sudan and the flood situation has just simply made it worse a lot of people are saying that theyre waiting for government response now they see that the government has given them tents and has given them some food to help them cope with the situation but they are saying that these are not enough especially people in river and ill state now that states there are parts of the river that have drawbacks levels or going to going back to its levels prior to the floods but there are other parts in the state and the River Nile States where the level remains high as a matter of fact where it remains to increase because of a river that comes from the if you can high lands and goes to this day and connects with the nile there now people there say that they are was still facing the devastation of the floods and theyre saying that theyre still at high risk of Waterborne Diseases and that the government needs to step in and spray insecticides to make sure that water borne diseases do not spread because they cannot cope with sickness on top of losing their properties or reporting live from courtroom effects due. Were still looking pretty stormy untasted in the atlantic kids tell us more is Jenny Harrison jenny yet there are many storms out there still a gym but thankfully when you need to need to really focus on so i can show you straight away which ones they are one just disappearing off the north of the screen there that is actually come on to that but the other one is that is Tropical Storm beta and you can see them clearly here now and we talk about bt 1st of all it did actually made landfall monday night into southern sections of texas and this of course is what it looks licensure wrenching amounts of rain this storm has barely been moving and in fact as we continue through the day on tuesday it really does almost stall so it really is going to be about the rain with this storm system the winds still its a Tropical Storm strength but its going to weaken quite rapidly throughout the day it has been moving to the northwest but as i say throughout to say it is really going to stall and then eventually move on into wednesday it does begin to move east northeast pushes across as you can see here own into areas in louisiana all that rain really is ahead of the storm system through thursday it continues to work its way eastwards pushing on into mississippi so for the rain over the next few days theyre looking at decoys a loss on top of what is already that another 225. 00 millimeters is really quite possible now from here lets go up into the northern atlantic and look at a teddy this is a very strong hurrican this is got winds about 160 kilometers an hour moving very very quickly up to the north northwest this is going to make landfall in nova scotia as we go through wednesday probably wednesday in the afternoon hours so again a storm well watch but agent that wants to make landfall will also weaken but very very strong winds very heavy amounts of rain but its moving very quickly which is good jenny many thanks indeed still to come here all the news out. A prominent critic of the china such chinese president is sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption will tell you will. Land. Corruption it is there invisible behind a wall of silence. Against corruption corruption is not something to be told that it. Is not african. No country his immune lets destroy this wall. In 2020 the free space overlord encourages 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 here and. Nominate now. Frank assessments what are you seeing in this city to 6 percent of the pupil of police you often see what it means to have this food and indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. It is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha with the news are from aljazeera the headlines the u. K. s Prime Minister has announced a raft of the restrictions will come into force in england this coronavirus case is the surge saying clearly encouraging people to work from home but extending the use of face masks with fines for people who dont comply. The un secretary general has opened the 75th General Assembly debate he says the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the worlds for jealousies of made it even more difficult to confront global challenges and libyas national oil Corporation Says that its restarting some production and export exports rather all Khalifa Haftar had imposed a blockade on Oil Facilities since january but announced an end to it friday. More than 150. 00 countries have agreed to participate in the covert 19 global Vaccine Allocation plan known as kovacs thats nearly 2 thirds of the global population the World Health Organization says that it hopes to develop and distribute 2000000000. 00 those of the vaccine by the end of next year its plan would help rich and poor countries buy and distribute vaccines more fairly the u. S. Though is among those that arent participating having signed deals with vaccine makers were encouraged to see a large number of countries signing up to the call box facility but we face some downed chinese for the accelerator to work as planned it must be funded so far 3000000000 u. S. Dollars has been invested this has resulted in a very successful startup phase but its only a 10th of the remaining 35000000000. 00 needed for scale up and impact. Argentina initially did pretty well containing the corona virus things though have worsened in recent months recorded cases of now past 630000 as the virus spreads from the capital to the provinces. Reports. The intensive care unit in this one site is hospital has been on the front lines of the fight against 19. As patients here struggle to stay alive doctors and nurses have become their main sources for comfort and support. Your kind of a nurse tested positive for the virus after recovering he returned to the job he loves. The reality is what we see here is this fight against death we are making an effort so a person can recover but sometimes its difficult because their bodies are in a very bad shape and many believe this is a joke an underestimate the virus but this virus killed. A few months ago the hospital was forced to close this unit because of a number of infections among Health Care Workers even argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lockdown the virus has continued to spread but the quarantine was crucial to allow the Health Ministry to get ready for the workers who are here in the intensive care unit never Public Hospital in west side so what were being told is that they build this wall for example in the past month among other things to protect the Health Care Workers. This is the hospital in when a site is named after the wife of former president juan put on since march the hospital has increased its i. C. U. Beds from 4 to 24. Only runs the hospital and says the pandemic shows the importance of the Public Health care system when it comes to saving lives. Ok so. We have a. Found sense of what Public Health means we have policies that promotes the right to health and that makes us proud there are more vaccines there are more supplies with hard more people there is a pandemic that is killing Health Workers destroying families we have the time to prepare and thats crucial. Argentina has been a lockdown for 6 months but the government has been slowly opening up some sectors of the economy in an effort to save jobs despite an infection rate that remains high in greater want to scientists the situation is different in other parts of the country reports indicate that covert 900. 00 prating 2 provinces that a few months ago had 0 cases in the city of iran in northern argentina hospitals are also under strain. He said im in them on all tell you the truth this is hell stay at home get bored to tire yourself out enjoy your children paint do whatever you can stay at home 10 seconds out on the street its like having a loaded gun to your chest its preferable to bore yourself out at home than to come here and cry out god dont take me or to cry out for oxygen. Early on argentina successfully managed to contain the spread of coven 1000. 00 now authorities are hoping the Health Care System will be stable enough to cope with the uncertainty in the months ahead. Some breaking news for you now on aljazeera were getting reports of an explosion in southern lebanon. This coming of course just 6 weeks after a massive blast destroyed beirut poor and much of the downtown area of the capital city in this explosion in southern lebanon its believed that there have been several injuries. These are the latest pictures we have of the aftermath of that explosion lets bring in aljazeera sena what is on the line now from beirut site of what more do we know. Well information has been slowly trickling in just over an hour ago a huge explosion that was heard kilometers away thats how powerful the blast was the site of the explosion like you mentioned South Lebanon on in a village known as i call the initial reports because there still has not been any official 5 permission but preliminary reports that the explosion was after an ammunition longing to hezbollah 9. But theres still no confirmation from the group as well now ambulances have rushed to the scene there are reports of casualties a number of injuries now this. Was we understand is in a residential area so this was a building in the south of lebanon you dont have high rise buildings but this is supposedly in a building a residential area and it caused a lot of material damage so this is the information we have for the time being have them of course being the Lebanese Group which is backed by iran the very fact that it has weapons has 5 a lot of enemies within the country and abroad so the information now is that this explosion was that Ammunition Depot in the residential area. Belonging to hezbollah all right said after a moment many thanks subzero say the harder they will keep across. Whats happening in southern lebanon here ill just bring you any more developments as and when any to report. Influential chinese real estate tycoon ren has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption but supporters of the outspoken critic of the communist party said that his sentence is punishment as comments on chinese president xi jinping are serious katrina reports from beijing chinese businessman rented child was found guilty of taking bribes embezzling public funds and enriching himself by about 3000000. 00 while working as chairman of the state owned real estate company. But many believe put really got him in trouble was his vocal criticism of the Chinese Communist party and president xi jinping this and him the nickname the big cannon the repression on any kind of speech has been worse in the worse. As the presidency. So its not you know theres a trend is there the 69 year old was a member of the communist elite board to revolutionary parents he defriended current Vice President one she shot at an early age and gave top trade negotiator leo her one of his 1st jobs but these connections werent enough to protect him from xi jinping loyalists in 2016 his way both page a social media account with over 35000000 followers was taken down after he criticised president shes called for the Chinese Media to serve the communist party but he continued to speak out holding popular book clubs where he discussed western values and independent thinking. In march he wrote a widely circulated article criticizing beijings had like of the coronavirus outbreak saying there was a cover up that red also referred to xi jinping as a clown and. He was quickly detained and in july was stripped of his Party Membership and charged with corruption unlike other chinese dissidents rendered tongue was a longtime member of the communist party and a widely respected businessman rights advocates say this that it proves that even the countrys elite also knew from the chinese governments increasingly granted a crackdown on freedom of speech and interest has always been a party so his criticism towards party came out of that he hopes the party to improve its governance so its not like that but hes a dissident he wants democracy he wants to overthrow a communist party he wants the party to be better but even that is not a tolerated and now a beijing court has sentenced friend to 18 years in jail saying he has confessed to his crimes and would appeal the decision. Aljazeera beijing hong kong as leader says the 12 prodemocracy activists detained on the chinese mainland should be tried there they were arrested last month as they tried to leave hong kong for taiwan by boat the activists are being held for illegal entry into chinese waters the issue of trying suspects on the mainland sparked months of protests last year there have run away from their legal liabilities but in the course of running away from a legal liabilities they come into another crime in another jurisdiction so isnt it reasonable and fair that these trial for people should 1st face their legal liabilities in that jurisdiction according to the law and their offer of course we were arranged for them to come back to face the consequences. Germany has urged the u. K. To stop playing games when it comes to briggs it the comments were made ahead of a meeting of e. U. Ministers in brussels the use chief brings it to go see asia will be briefing the group on the progress thats been made in the latest round of regs talks aljazeera is lawrence lee is in neary a border town in Northern Ireland that sees a lot of cross border trade he spoke to the director of the towns chamber of commerce and further explained how the deal will affect the region. The European Union was absolutely astounded at the sudden revelation from the british side of a said that they were prepared even in theory to break International Law to undermine that there with the current Withdrawal Agreement that Boris Johnson it signed up to and so the e. U. Has put the u. K. On notice that if by the end of this month in just 8 days time the u. K. Doesnt withdraw that threats then the e. U. Will effectively sue them through through the european courts and the other deadline of course they do as a part from this is the october summit at which point both sides say that needs to be a deal but its looking vanishingly less likely that that will happen and of course the that the people who are right at the front line of the sharp end of all this are the businesses and people in towns right on the ball at the irish border between the north in the south because they had all thought that they would all agreement pushed the trade border into the irish sea and that therefore there would be no return to our border across ireland at all and the fact the British Government suggested that it might undermine the Withdrawal Agreement puts that hard border straight back on the table so lets talk to Qana Patterson whos from the neary Enterprise Agency and the chamber of commerce as well. What was your action to call it a gentle wind when when suddenly the British Government announced that it might undermine the Withdrawal Agreements and it said plainly we might break International Law but people here say that that. Shock. Not to get him we thought we had made fix we thought it was fixed and the argument had been understood the arguments were made by all parties and especially the British Government and the fact that Boris Johnson from south had gone into the election with says they havent ready dave. Why we didnt know why this was going to be worked out in practice and that was a concern as we neared that battling this was all supposed to be in place by the force of john kerry next year nevertheless in terms of the big picture we assume that brilliance unship between the year in the u. K. Government was a good woman they would find a retard of the us other than the one thing that neither side will say is what they will do if there is no deal by the 1st of january but clearly somebody has got to were going to lease things like tariffs and making sure that goods coming in from the e. U. Things the u. K. Match they stand as and in the u. K. Not on the back in much that the east end its. Going to organize a lease checks and where are they going to be done that you and you know it will. Some and terms of the what are called fighting solitary checks home home food. Actually. Products you know thats a big spectrum of products very very specific that this yeah im not so ready been a great and in fact as in part of the internal market so infrastructure will be there are those checks will take place a slow go department of agriculture officials will tell you about work. How many products would need checked that was a question whereby if there was an agreement things went well it would be a small relatively small number of products and if theres a break goes badly then were not just talking about Food Products fighting sounded 3 issues were talking about products right across the spectrum i just just a point to make that there were all of that draw agreement doubtless our offices for example you know big issue for the city of london but also here in Northern Ireland because many Service Companies are trading on all island b. S. S. That was for next year. On it thank you very much that there are a lot of concern not just in the European Union but inside the conservative party about all this is well to reason may who you know try to make it happen she said it is unconscionable for any Prime Minister in the 3rd party leader to try to break International Law and so the government of the u. K. Has got still a big fight on his hands to try to persuade itself that anybody else that was proposing is a very good idea. Demonstrations against Police Brutality in colombia of once again violence officers fired tear gas to disperse crowds anger has been building after the death of a man in custody and 11 days ago aljazeera is manuel raw polo reports. Another round of protests in colombias capital. On monday Security Forces deployed tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered at. The plaza the demonstrators say its the police that theyre protesting against and. Were marching against Police Brutality because its necessary to reform Columbus Police it is militarized police that are not trained to respond to street protests and treat social protesters like criminals im. The unrest follows the death of 44 year old have yet or dont use on september 9th. As a you know give out of order a video showing or the news being beaten and repeatedly taste by police went viral on colombian social media. Or do news is pleas for help set off several nights of protests were another 13 civilians were killed after police opened fire on demonstrators. Hundreds more were injured in at least 2 other major cities. Since then tries to reform colombias Police Forces have only grown Public Policy experts say the recent unrest is rooted in the countrys history of armed internal conflict. Colombias been defined as a country at war whether it be a war of secession a drug war a war on terror or all of the tools of the state or in the function of that war the result of this is that citizens who protest or who do not agree with the public order treats criminals delinquents terrorists. While the officers involved in the death of have yet ordered on years have been arrested colombias president even duke and has drawn criticism for downplaying the allegations. Systemic abuse by the countrys Security Forces joe now im glad that the institutions functions that they have arrested those who have dishonored their uniforms but also that our Security Forces continue to be brave and always defend the National Interests because we cant let the institution be stigmatized we have to individualize those responsible and make an example of them critics of the colombian president say the countrys problems go far beyond police abuse pointing to a recent uptick in violence nationwide. There have been at least 17 massacres recorded in the last 2 months alone and attacks from paramilitary groups are becoming more frequent. The recent protests highlight the concern many share that the violence of decades past is returning to colombia. Others worry its a situation thats growing beyond the governments ability to control. Aljazeera. Still to come here on the news in sports as last an ever hear of it she compares himself to benjamin button to kids have to tell him football season and start. A business later his vote to buy the brass pot. Business leaders is both to buy the brass palm. Oil. Other good talk to schools. Well lets start with a name youll probably actually remember is Michael Jordan the basketball legend is entering the world of motor sport he just bought his own nascar team and is partnering with the sports only black driver Bubba Wallace he bought the team alongside his friend and current nascar Driver Denny Hamlin hamlin is a season Ticket Holder at the n. B. A. Charlotte hornets a franchise also owned by jordan Michael Jordan is now the only only the 2nd black owner in nascar or this year he pledged 100000000. 00 for initiatives combating Racial Injustice in the u. S. No team name or car number has been announced yet but its expected to include the number 23 after jordans famous Chicago Bulls jersey now in a statement jordan said that historically nascar has struggled with diversity the timing seemed perfect as the sport is evolving and embracing social change in addition to the recent donations ive made to combat systematic racism jordan says i see this as a chance to educate a new audience and open more opportunities for black people in racing jordans team driver team will have one driver and that job goes to Bubba Wallace this summer he led nascars fight against Racial Injustice in the wake of the death of george floyd he successfully campaigned for the sport to ban the Confederate Flag from races and also competed in the car with the black lives matter paint scheme at a race back in june. The Tour De France team our kids sam 6 says that they are the team thats been investigated for doping french prosecutors say that 2 people in custody are part of the entourage of the main writer who has not been named but we know the teams lead writer during the tour it was a colombian star prince ana who has finished as tour runner up twice r k s m 6 team manager confirmed their hotel was rated last week but stressed that neither he nor his staff are being accused of wrongdoing now to another financial blow for sporting teams and britain the u. K. Government has delayed plans to allow fans to watch games in person the majority of sports have been behind closed doors since the lockdown started in march but there was hope to allow limited numbers to return starting the 1st of october however Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now postponed that by as long as 6 months because it arrives in the coronavirus cases. Still no full capacity over in italy though but 1000. 00 fans were allowed to watch slot on the brit hume of it lead ac milan to their victory in their 1st game of the time season he turns 39 next month but like in themselves to benjamin button after scoring both goals in their victory over baloney and given him a bitch has extended his deal at milan by another year and you can see why they were wanting to keep. Over enter milan theyve signed arturo vidal from barcelona for around 1100000. 00 the move sees him reunite with coach Antonio Conte who he worked with when he played it youve been to us gareth bale says he wants to help tottenham win trophies after finalizing his return to the club hes back on loan from real madrid where hes won 4 European Champions League titles and 2 spanish League Titles as well. Yeah so its a special club to me. Its where i made my name and one amazing club amazing friends and. Just incredible to be back and who for you know it can. You get so much from this and get in the way and really help the team and hoof we win trophies i always thought when when i did leave that one there would i would love to come back and the opportunity you know as a reason or feel like its a good fit is a good time for me. You know im hungry im motivated i want to do well for the team. Coexist also its another new player at tottenham is u. S. Womens National Team member alex morgan spurs signed the 2 time world cup winner just days before the transfer window closed i wanted to challenge myself and playing in a Different League than im used to and just joining spurs kind of so spontaneously and almost like last minute like at the deadline right before the transfer and theyre close and there was just a lot of adrenaline and excitement as i went along with that over to n. H. L. Ice hockey and the fight for the stanley cup title is level one game each plane inside a bio secure bubble in edmonton canada the Tampa Bay Lightning were a game down in the final series against the dallas stars but they raced out of the blocks in game 2 scoring 3 quick goals in the 1st period dallas fought back to get 2 goals but it was not enough the series all square with game 3 coming up on wednesday the n. B. A. Playoffs are also in full swing and later on tuesday the l. A. Lakers will attempt to go 3 up in their western conference final against the Denver Nuggets thats after this buzzer beater by Anthony Davis gave them a 2 nothing lead. Meanwhile things are a bit tighter over in the Eastern Conference Finals the Boston Celtics were 2 games down against the miami heat but fought back in the last one to make it to one game 3 on wednesday and boston say they can do it again. I hate losing more than i think i would want to go through the same way so for us to be able to express. To build the type of energy for ourselves. We have here you know its for the most part kind of just you know cheer. You know theres a different studio you have to bring a different type of energy well thats all your support for now headed back over to Adrian Adrian again many many thanks. Thats it for the news hour but well be back in just a few moments here on aljazeera with live coverage of President Donald Trumps speech at the United Nations General Assembly will see you get it just a few. Corruption it is the invisible behind a wall of silence. Against. Corruption is not something. That. Is a. Country. Lets destroy this wall. In 2020 the free space only encourages 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 here. Water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the European Commission would be very very that it was brought with us is should anybody say anything to. People who see every 2 years simply to invest the profit of a 1. 00. To the last drop on aljazeera an app that saves for the blinds and a robotic arm for the disabled. By jungle straightly an engineer is inventing tools to help people gain independence 30 percent and hes all side of that one. Were right back and were taking you live now to the United Nations in new york the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly underway this is the u. N. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Speaking just ahead of the address of the prerecorded address of President Donald Trump lets listen in from the risk of death and injury as i sit before you today the u. S. Brokered peace talks between the parties in afghanistan are under way women now occupy positions within the afghan Peace Process and president is convinced there is a clear relationship between women in positions of authority and a brighter and more peaceful future for the Afghan People yet again the president has shown the fortitude necessary to bring together longstanding adversaries to work toward sustainable peace through his bold leadership grit dogged determination and an unmatched ability to break through the status quo and make a deal President Donald Trump has delivered on the promises that he made to the American People and the world