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A plan to reform the rules and find them homes. Paying their respects americans on a Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the battle heats up over who will replace the Late Supreme Court justice. He just limits with his support is a limb people denies the scots ways to host the game safely amid the gorillas pandemic and in the n. B. A. Playoffs the comeback is on yet again for the Denver Nuggets as they beat the l. A. Lakers. Were beginning with breaking news from the u. S. State of kentucky a grand jury in louisville has indicted at least one officer involved in the killing of the owner taylor in march with wanton in danger mint 2 others are going to face no charges the citys mayor has declared a 72 hour curfew and to supporting protests tanna a black Health Worker was killed at the age of 26. 00 in a botched drug raid though no drugs were found on the property or names become a rallying cry in demonstrations against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice. His attorney general speaking live the case lets listen in kentucky law states that a person is guilty of one in danger in the 1st degree under circumstances manifesting in st it difference to the value of human life he want lee in gauges in conduct which creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person my office is prepared to prove these charges at trial however its important to note that he is presumed innocent until Proven Guilty during the last 6 months weve all heard mention of possible charges it could be brought in this case its important to understand that all the charges that have been mentioned have specific meanings and ramifications criminal homicide encompasses the taking of a life by another. There are 6 possible homicide charges under kentucky law these charges are not applicable to the facts before us because our investigation show and the grand jury agreed mattingly in growth are justified in the return of deadly fire after having been fired upon by Kenneth Walker let me state that again according to kentucky law the use of force by mattingly and was justified to protect themselves this justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges in this Briana Taylors death the truth is now before us the facts have been examined and a grand jury comprised of our peers and fellow citizens as made a decision justice is not often easy does not fit the mold of Public Opinion and it does not conform to shifting standards it answers only to the facts into the law. With this in mind we must now ask ourselves or do we go from here we continue to prosecute the charges brought in this case as it now proceeds through the Justice System and move to trial that is our responsibility and this will be done while the f. B. I. Continues its investigation. Into violations potential violations of federal law i know that not everyone will be satisfied with the charges reported today my team set out to investigate the circumstances surrounding his taylors death we did it with a singular goal in mind pursuing the truth kentucky as deserve no less get us into Kentucky Attorney general don you know cameron has been giving details of the judgment by the grammar jury in louisville in the case of the killing of Brianna Taylor lets go to john hendren live in louisville john the attorney general there saying justice does not fit the mold of Public Opinion the big question of course now is how people in louisville are going to react to this. Thats right you heard the attorney general there saying not everyone will be pleased but i can tell you here in louisville theyre not in a word weve heard people call those charges that single charge against one officer week we are here at the Briana Taylor memorial this is a makeshift memorial you can see a picture of her black lives matter signs flowers and various tributes to her and these have been up here in a kind of permanent protest since this case began to get attention weeks after the death of Briana Taylor and the reason its here is that right over there that Stone Building is city hall thats where the mayor is and then across from there is a courthouse that is not the courthouse where these decisions were made today and we have seen people here today who have been openly carrying arms and thats not necessarily any kind of threat here its legally permissible as weve seen in some of these other protest sites. But we do see people. Who have been carrying open weapons but they have been among the peaceful protests. This suggests in is that that is all in selfdefense but the people weve talked to out here have said they are very unhappy with this decision its one charge against one officer it is not a murder charge you heard the attorney general there say that federal officials are still pursuing charges so there is the possibility for some kind of broader charges but the idea of the swat police breaking into the home of someone who was not the prime suspect and shooting dead in her own home as she lay in bed has not sat well with people here in louisville and there is concern that police have locked down the whole central part of downtown because they are expecting there to be a reaction theres a curfew for 3 days that begins at 9 oclock each evening and i can tell you from the other cities that weve been to minneapolis kenosha wisconsin that people are not likely to abide by those curfews thats not how the protests operated here in the u. S. People are upset well see in the coming hours how they react and whether that single charge will offer any mitigation to the anger here in the streets john as you say thats absolutely the key because the family will be on a tear there was i think just a week or so ago was offered by the city a 12000000 dollars settlement and the city also pledged that there were going to be reforms to the police but from what youre saying theres really a sense that whatever the city is currently offering it does not sound as though its going to be enough and people are going to be expecting more from the city. Thats right Brianna Taylors mother weeks ago here in louisville and she said no amount of money could compensate her but the fact that the city has to pay 12000000. 00 is a penalty for them and now the concern is how will there be reaction to the streets if im going to ask my cameraman to turn around because there are some of those armed people that weve been talking about and black in the distance. There are protests already scheduled as far away as chicago a 6 hour drive from here for this very evening so this is likely to be another one of those incidents there was george floyd in minneapolis jacob blake in konoha wisconsin and we have had protests for be on the tail e Briana Taylor here in louisville for months. This is likely to kick off more National Protests and they wont just be here they will likely be nationwide john thank you very much indeed obviously as things progress were going to be checking back in with you as time goes on but for now john hendren in the rebel thank you very much indeed obama Russian Police have once again crackdown on protesters in mens scours off to Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as president in an unannounced 70 some demonstrators have been detained people are angry look assange has not resigned following last months disputed election it took his vows of office in front of several 100 government officials several countries say they wont recognize his presidency didnt stupid any of goals of this president the day of assuming the post of the president today is the day of victory convincing him faithful we would not just electing the president of the country we would defending our values hes full life. And independence and in this regard there is a lot to be done. Well but the russian Opposition Leaders for one of the kind of sky has dismissed the swearing in ceremony speaking from neighboring lether when youre at the bottom of the long line the what obstacles this socalled inauguration is obviously a for in reality Likud Shanker has just retired today it means his orders to military and Security Services arent legitimate anymore and can no longer be executed i am the only lead to elected by the belorussian people task now is to build a new batteries to get the. Earlier we spoke to john and sons revise of age in minsk give us an update on the situation their protests are still ongoing we know that in the city center there were thousands all. Quite brutal the rest. From pictures and now people are coming from all different place from different parts of maine basically from outskirts in different major sports to different location now holding a group of people who are full of going to have been victorious quake you know the Central Location and being dependent. Very callous tech take chaotic because you know the police and special forces a lot of the detent the couple of hours together and he didnt get action is very bad tonight so people you know very frustrated. When i was. In a car through the city center there are a lot of people and people are actually saying that we might have the same scenario that we had on the Election Night and probably this cant be could be even the wars in terms of violence from the police. 5 years after more than a 1000000 refugees arrived on the continent the head of the European Commission has admitted its asylum policy isnt working or serve on the way and has told the e. U. Members they must all share the responsibility for refugee and take the pressure off mediterranean nations like malta italy and greece the u. N. Says that use efforts so far have often led to devastating human consequences this package reflects a fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among men but states we all share the benefits we all share the burden this package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach we know that we have to build trust among Member States and citizens confidence that we can manage this as a union the church about those in paris with more on whats being discussed. What we know is the least its a deal that has been formulated by the commission to try and offer a common migration policy because we heard from the head of the commission their initiative on the lead in saying that the e. U. Can no longer tolerate having this ad hoc crisis driven response to migration the sort of response we saw in 2015 when the e. U. Was so divided over what to do with people arriving in the bloc then and more recently of course on the greek island of last boss so this is a policy which would be a common migration policy a common asylum policy as well and its got a big focus on preventative measures so one of the big Building Blocks of in a way is to try and focus on keeping people out of the European Union in effect stopping them from leaving their home countries in the 1st place there also be a greater emphasis on repatriation on deportation of socalled economic migrants upholstering land and sea borders across the e. U. Too thats another measure that has been discussed now one of the most contentious measures is on Asylum Seekers its only been a Sticking Point in the past what the u. Commission is proposing is that Asylum Seekers are redistributed among Member States of the e. U. But it wont be a mandatory scheme Member States will be given Cash Incentives for example in order to host refugees. Well e. U. Politicians discuss the new migrant plan a boat carrying refugees is on its way to france from the mediterranean the crew of the german aid group c. I rescued more than 100. 00 people from waters off libya on saturday but the charity says malta italy and germany have refused to accept them the boats now heading to the french forts of machs a. U. S. Border agency says last year there were 90 percent fewer people arriving that at the height of the refugee crisis back in 215 about 140000 irregular migrant arrivals were recorded in 2019 the most arrivals around 83000 of them were made through greek islands thats followed by a rivals in spain and italy germany except of the largest amount of people more than 116000 france and spain come in 2nd and 3rd respectively but 720000 asylum applications were filed last year thats a far larger number than the arrivals. Among 2 is a spokeswoman for the uns Refugee Agency u. N. H. C. R. Shes joining me by skype from geneva thank you very much indeed for being with us we shouldnt lose sight of the fact that despite there appears to be this 90 percent drop in numbers the numbers are still significantly large can you describe to us the kind of conditions and circumstances that refugees are facing as they cross the mediterranean. Well were seeing a picture across the mediterranean pointing to delays and disembarking migrants and refugees rescued at sea increasing reports of pushbacks and then also most recently we saw in greece the fires that devastated the morea ever stray schneid and Vacation Center as well as the crowding there in the Reception Centers on the Aegean Islands so were seeing that theres a picture that requires a common principled approach that needs to be rights focused to ensure that people can i mean saving lives at sea is the priority but also that people screening and seeking protection can access asylum. Are sort of on the on the lane has described the previous policies as talk and response driven rather than not actual plan why do you think that the e. U. The European Commission at least has not been able to formulate a plan that it appears to have done on previous occasions when actually the problem was regarded as even more serious. Well from our perspective weve been saying that this has been in general has been an ad hoc crisis driven approach to asylum and migration in europe and so weve been advocating for one that is that is comprehensive well managed and predictable because we are seeing when it comes to disembarkation to rescue at sea and also to relocations as were seeing now in greece as well with every that haitians have been encouraging but weve been advocating for that it really points to the fact that we were in need and stay you know advocating for more common principles and less solidarity focused and right centric approach to to asylum and migration so we have seen seen the fact that we are yet to analyze that and see how it impacts on refugees but our concern is really ensuring that we have a very workable and its a very manageable situation it appears a growing growing by the European Commission president on what she said that the pact would rebuild trust between Member States but it does appear as though trust is the key element here that there is a distinct lack of trust amongst many of the e. U. Members but equally theres also of course a distrust bite from the refugees of pretty much everybody that they come into contact with how confident can u. N. C. R. Be that however perhaps well intentioned this practice may be that its actually going to do something tangible. Well we have to say i mean weve weve received you know the but we have to read and analyze and see how it will come critically affect and impact refugees but from our perspective its really about ensuring that that that lives saved and that people are protected and also ensuring a more equitable sharing of responsibility in addition to that i mean the situation in europe also has to be managed but also we have we shouldnt forget that outside europe as well that developing regions in the world host of mass majority of the worlds refugees they also need solidarity and support and there also needs to be safe and legal pathways for people built it to be able to manage these arrivals and and this is a comprehensive approach and with that we hope it will work towards a more more manageable more principled and right centric approach sorry im on to from u. N. H. C. R. We appreciate your time on thank you very much indeed thank you. Plenty more ahead in the news hour including chinese tech giant holloway says its been under attack and its struggling to survive well explain why it blames the United States. And attempt to limit torture under war crimes prosecutions against british troops it triggers controversy. In sport football transfer news including a move from barcelona striker luis suarez. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with state leaders to discuss how to combat covert 19 the government is struggling to get the outbreak under control reporting more than 83000 new infections in the past 24 hours the tory again reports. Ambulance driver minix khumalo is on cave in 1000. 00 g. T. In the indian capital new delhi during the caret of ours pandemic he says hes had to work 48 hour shifts because the Indian Health care system is underfunded and overstretched his family wants him to quit and return to their village hes not ready to do that yet but he does feel badly let down by his government. Will be special about how the government or its representatives should come and see our working conditions they should at least try to talk to us no one comes to meet us or osca us about our issues if we raise our voice about this we are fired from our jobs or transferred to a different sun. Indias official tally of courageous cases is now past 5600000 2nd only to the United States indias Supreme Court says conditions are deplorable for patients in the worst affected states. Doctors and nurses have been protesting against their working conditions and some have threatened to resign. But bottom more people there are no guidelines on how Long Health Care staff should wear personal protective equipment. The Governments Health care policy doesnt even mention the role of nurses and its really sad because women denied having any data on how Many Health Care workers have died a covert 1001 performing their duties. Over the past 6 months to die a picture has emerged of how the worlds 2nd most populous nation is keeping with the pandemic opposition m. P. s say the governments confused messaging hasnt helped. Then we have 20300 cases. One of the most. Stringent logged on all of the board now when were reaching one lakh use as part of the. Opening up i mean i dont understand the patent but the government says people must learn to live with this virus because the cost of the lock down with 120000000 people is too high to pay a Prime Minister under andrew mady is working with state leaders to tackle the crisis Public Health experts say its the best way forward indias response has been under the National Disaster Management Act we did centralize decisions which comes with its advantages and disadvantages but theyre learning all over the world is that we have data locally that data locally and we are empowered locally made he has praised his governments handling of the outbreak with cases rising once again the public may view things differently victoria gating be out there. Spain says all announced new covered 19 restrictions on expanding the number of areas on the locked out on friday but he says set up checkpoints in several neighborhoods in madrid residents are only allowed to leave for work or if they need medical care theres been a surge in cases over the past couple of days. The u. S. Has begun 3 days of fishel tributes to Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg a coffin has been carried up to americas top court where itll remain until friday Justice Ginsburg was the 1st woman to receive the on a she died last week at the age of 87 of pancreatic cancer the chief justice of the u. S. Supreme court has paid tribute to gets back he says her victories helped move the nation closer to equal justice under law a voice in court and in our efforts for a little soft but when she spoke people listened among the words that best describe ruth tough brave a fighter a winner but also fought for careful compassionate honest well rosalynn joins live for us at the Supreme Court in washington d. C. Rosen weve been watching pictures throughout the last few hours of a steady stream of members of the public whove come to pay their respects just talk us through whats been happening there. Well there was a private ceremony earlier on wednesday where the chief justice of the Supreme Court chief Justice John Roberts led a brief ceremony honoring the life and work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg one of the associate justices on the court for the past 27 years then her casket was brought to the steps of the u. S. Supreme Court Building behind me and as you said people have been filing past pretty much through the afternoon now and into the evening they will be able to come and pay their respects to the late justice after 2 days of this her coffin will then be moved to the statuary hall inside the u. S. Capitol building and she will be there lying in state the 1st woman to receive that honor and she will be the 2nd Supreme Court justice to get that honor after the late president and Supreme Court Justice William taft and this is intertwined of course wave of politics in the United States it sparked a fierce debate about the founding of the sea that she held on the Supreme Court just to bring us up to date with whats happening with that. Well at this Point Senate Republicans do have the votes to confirm any person home the President Donald Trump decides to nominate that nomination announcement will happen this coming saturday at 21 g. M. T. We also know that Senate Republicans now are trying an ambitious schedule of trying to get this nominee through the process of confirmation hearings and a floor vote before the november 3rd which is of course the election day for the u. S. President and other members of federal local and state governments here in the u. S. This is an ambitious process because the nominee will have to under grow a thorough background check by federal Law Enforcement that person will have to fill out many documents and there is the expected pushback from Senate Democrats again they dont have the votes to stop a confirmation but they are trying to find tactics that they can use to prolong the process so that this person certainly is not seated before november 10th that is when a serious challenge to the Affordable Care act or also known as obamacare comes before the high court if a justice doesnt hear that case because of a vacancy and then later joins the court that person cannot be involved in the writing of the ruling or in fact even to vote on the ruling that is certainly something that Congressional Democrats want to prevent certainly they are also trying to not talk of perhaps expanding the number of seats on the high court 2021 should democrats take control of the u. S. Senate but for now is trying to basically figure out which person is going to be nominated and then trying to seeing just how quickly or how slowly the confirmation process can be carried out this fall was thanks very much those words when jordan live for us outside the Supreme Court in washington d. C. Chinese tech giant holloway says its battling for survival against nonstop aggression as it says from the u. S. Government the Telecoms Company is facing mounting pressure from the trumpet ministration which last month intensified restrictions limiting always access to crucial chipsets returning your reports from beijing. Customers in china are scrambling to buy while way smartphones tightened u. S. Restrictions have choked the chinese tech giants access to crucial Chip Technology leading to fears Huawei Smartphones me disappear from store shelves as early as next year. The company says its supply chain is under attack. Everyone knows that huawei is facing great difficulty and continuous suppression has brought a lot of pressure on our operations and the ensuring our survival is our main priority for the u. S. Government bad american chip makers from selling to holly last month its 3rd set of sanctions against the company the industry is fighting the bad intel and south korean chip maker s. K. Hynix have been given licenses to continue doing business with way but many others are fools to sell elsewhere while away still the Worlds Largest Telecommunications Equipment maker they are the number 2 maker in the world so if youre a maker and you cant sell to. Big. Quality is now shifting its focus to non smartphone products such as p. C. Tablets and wearables and new a markets such as serbia and angola its delivery of 5 g. Networks is effected by the latest sanctions but a u. S. Move to block the company from government contracts citing security concerns has seen several countries polar suit including australia where the company is cutting more than 1000 jobs. Analysts say the u. S. Restrictions are causing quite a lot of pain in the short term but long term accelerate the development of chinese industry the tech giant and the Chinese Government are invested heavily in becoming less dependent on Foreign Technology you can shop around. However you. Wait and try to but in the not iraq trying. When eventually as well these future plans in the Balance Sheet impinging battling to dominate the high Tech Industry to continue its needs in technology ultimately becomes economy and military Technology Companies will be forced to. Treat aljazeera thank you. So i had an aljazeera poison russian Opposition Leader alexei no ball he is released from a german hospital and says theres a long rehabilitation ahead. Plus a power play in malaysia as his Opposition Leader says he has the backing to topple the Prime Minister and form a new government to. Underscore the actions of the n. B. A. Playoffs as the nuggets attempt yet another comeback. And theres a fairly calm picture across much of the middle east but there is a bit of an improvement in store slightly through the eastern end of the mediterranean good skies of course we would expect those but the winds beginning to change directions they coming in from the mediterranean a bit of a cool falesa things like very much better 28 injuries than the same across into bay rays on a senate temperature. 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You want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour kentuckys attorney general says the Police Officers who fatally shot Briana Taylor and her apartment in march were justified by law to fire only one officer whos already been sacked will Face Criminal Charges those are for shooting into neighboring apartments the 72 hour curfew is being imposed in louisville where the black Health Worker died to prevent protests. Ahead of the European Commission are sort of on the land has called on the e. U. Member states to share responsibility for refugees the blocks new plan hopes to ease pressure on mediterranean nations which handle a disproportionate number of arrivals. The Russian Police have once again crackdown on protesters in minsk hours after Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as president in an unannounced certainly several countries say they wont recognize this president says. Russian Opposition Leader of the has been discharged from a burning hospital where he was being treated for poisoning the kremlin critic says he has a long rehabilitation ahead he spent more than a month in the hospital and was in a coma for hof the time german experts believe he was poisoned with a nerve agents nervous shock moscow is denying involvement they are lippman a senior associate at George Washington universitys institute for European Russian and eurasian. Studies and shes joining me by skype from moscow thank you very much indeed for being with us mam weve heard a great deal about how countries around the world have been reacting to this incident but very little from people in russia itself how do you think this incident is resonating with people inside russia. Well of course there are people who feel anger and outrage still put this this poison ink and there is an outpouring of sympathy for not by any on social networks and i know were here oh can say all. He gets a lot of emails or. Other messages expressing sympathy however there have been no. Public events no public activism would express this outrage. By any is appreciated in russia as an antichrist as an anticorruption crusader he is videos exposing powers that be and explaining their corruption schemes have been very popular with millions watching but as a popular leader he does not enjoy nationwide popularity far from it actually in a recent poll when people were asked in russia who they would vote for president if elections for hailed next sunday president would soon got 40 percent in the finally got to it should be noted that not only does not have their right to run because of previous prosecutions its quite surprising when you could compare it to several years ago for him he was arrested and jailed and there were significant protests in the streets of of some cities in russia particularly in moscow but it seems to be very different now what do you think is the difference between the 2 scenarios. Yes indeed. What youre referring to was 2030 in the bar and he was tried in a provincial city of quetta and sentenced to a long time in prison the sentence was revised overnight he walked but in moscow they knew as. Of this sentence people to take to the streets they were lots of people protesting this sentence that they saw as political. Not this time it is not happening. Well i think one of the obvious recent years that the government has become much less tolerant and much more repressive where it expression expressions of political all opposition is a. Political rally d is an even political p. K. S. One can be detained put. Up in people are a prehensile this may be one but also i think compared 2202030 in. The is no longer seen as a popular leader is an anticorruption pro se their yes is a man who has. Once to organize political campaigns at municipal level in a country where politics is under constraints he has been able to do that in a single. Popularly their people do not regard him as a mayor they would rely on to make their lives better as you were just describing there no more going to develop his focus certainly seems to be politically driven but of course russia is going through its own Economic Issues this time and they are getting arguably progressively worse do you think that the people no longer are interested in focusing on the political element theyre actually more concerned about the economics of the country and the money in their pockets. Absolutely there with people scan cerns begin to without employment and this is new in russia we didnt have a serious unemployment problem for many years but of course we have it now because of the pandemic and other Major Concerns are totally so shaken amik people are concerned about the situation with health care of course with poverty. Of course with the eruption but not with politics and i think in general people in russia do not regard politics and politicians as instruments that they can use as people to make their lives better. Than in situations like now in dire economic straits 1 still the most have been public reaction is concentrate on their own and their familys life who would not look around for a troublemakers for people who would say lets challenge the powers that be and this would make our lives better really good to get the benefit of your experience in this thank you very much indeed maria lipman we appreciate him and thank you. Pleasure well gary is expelling 2 Russian Diplomats who are suspected of spying the pair was given 72 hours to leave the country but gary and prosecutors say theyd been seeking classified military information it raises to 5 the number of Russian Diplomats kicked out of the balkan country in less than a year the saudi king solomon has addressed the Un General Assembly for the 1st time its being held mostly virtually this year because of the they couldnt a virus pandemic can someone use his address to lash out at iran accusing it of having a total disregard for the global economy. The Iranian Regime into feeding them and by supporting the carried out by its proxy militia against a legitimate government this led to a Political Economic and humanitarian crisis that the people of yemen are still suffering from this is a threat to the security of the countries of the region and the waterways vital for the global economy. Malaysia could be said for more political upheaval just months after the new Prime Minister came to power a musician leader im not able to him says hes gathered enough support in parliament to oust marketing yaseen and form a new government the challenge comes as marketings coalition tries to salvage the economy which has been badly hit by the pandemic was the reports from kuala lumpur. A bold pronouncement by malaysias Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim whose reformist government was removed from power 7 months ago because. We have the. Draw for me to vote majority a lot of all by 6. Much more. His next move and possibly hurdle is to meet the king and convince the royal ruler that he commands the confidence of the majority in parliament and should be appointed Prime Minister. Says hes been granted an audience with the king but the meeting had to be postponed because the monarch is in hospital. And was alliance of Hope Coalition was elected in 2018 defeating the governing alliance known as paris on the us you know the had been in power for more than 60 years he was in prison for sort of me at the time on what he says were trumped up charges he was pardoned days after the election the premiership went to Mahathir Mohamad a former Prime Minister who had returned from retirement to defeat. On the understanding that he would hand over power within 2 years but before that could happen the government collapsed in trying to take power on what is using a tactic Prime Minister used in february and his supporters left the then governing coalition and joined forces with politicians defeated in the 2018 election including former leader. Who was convicted of corruption a few months ago in response Prime Minister yes in issued a statement unless claims remain just that until he can prove otherwise and that he remains the rightful Prime Minister we didnt had a televised speech on the pandemic appeared to address announcement indirectly. By pill to your brothers and sisters to reject the blind actions of some politicians deliberately want to affect the political stability of the countrys economic Recovery Plan which is being implemented well at the moment analysts say the current scenario could develop in several ways the Prime Minister could ask for parliament to be dissolved triggering stopped elections but victory for him and his allies is far from a shirt there was a statement made by one of his component party the former leading party in malaysia. Who controlled a government drone was over 60 years on no and theyve indicated a very sort of mixed signals i think theyre pushing for dissolution and its not clear that theyre fully backing looted yassin so were going to have to see how this plays out she also says we didnt is unlikely to step down the 3rd scenario is that the political justly will continue and politics in malaysia remains in a state of flux as Lawrence Lee Kuan the important. Talks between the taliban and Afghan Government are making little progress afghanistans top peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah says finding a middle ground is the only way to end the conflict and some of this is in doha where those talks are being held finding out what the major stumbling blocks are. Theyre only discussing told in conditions at the moment so the wider group can meet they havent even discussed the agenda the Sticking Points remain islamic jurisprudence the use of language as well as inclusion of some of the elements that both sides are not happy with the taliban are saying that the islamic jurisprudence the 100 feet or jurisprudence in law should be the guiding principle and the deciding principle in terms of conflict resolution but the Afghan Government is saying that there are minorities sikhs and hindus who cannot be left out in from this initial agreement in terms and conditions then the taliban want islamic sharia to replace social justice in terms such as quran and sunnah which again has been not welcomed by the other side and then there are issues in terms of the inclusion of the doha dialogue the Peace Process which started between the taliban and the american government. Is objecting to in saying that because they were not party to the agreement they should not at this point included inside beeston condition there has been some progress in speaking to all players including International Partners and they have been saying that they are still hopeful that there is going to be more headway thats to be made but as these talks continue and stall in fighting continues on the ground in afghanistan in the last 48 to 72 hours dozens of Afghan Government forces have been killed both sides accusing each other of escalating the tensions that. The u. N. Says politicians in south sudan have embezzled more than 36000000. 00 in state funds as detailed in the Human Rights Commission report delegations come after president salva kiir fired the finance minister the heads of the tax collection farm and the National Petroleum Company Last Week the Commission Says the laundering was abetted by International Banks and fears the amount may be hire dry conditions and record temperatures of cause wildfires to spread along the west coast of the u. S. Over the past couple of weeks this is led to increasing concern over what this could mean for the environment rob reynolds reports from the state of oregon. The fires ravaging the west coast of the u. S. Have captured the worlds imagination and inspired horror but they are not the only ones in the amazon rain forest that swaths of land are on fire terrifying uncontrollable blazes tore through large parts of australia last year and in the arctic vast fires are consuming the tundra and peat lands of siberia an area that has never burned before on such a scale a fire historian who has studied fars for decades says we have entered a new era im calling it the piracy in and that is because i think were living in a fire age the industrial scale burning of fossil fuels has changed the planet and fires are but one consequence once the tune of our fossil fuel burning. Scaled up. To the point that its an end to the climate all the collateral effects which were discovering are very unhelpful for the world weve created widespread fires create a negative feedback loop speeding up Climate Change these wildfires have already sent more than 30 megatons of carbon into the earths atmosphere recording during European Atmospheric Monitoring Service now all of that carbon will eventually contribute further to Global Warming in the normal course of events burned forests would regroup over time and the trees and plants would reabsorbed much of that carbon but the planet is changing woodlands will become grasslands grasslands may become does or areas that we think of as a. Reference woods may may become Something Else im not sure we we really understand all the all those possibilities some policy makers clearly. See the disastrous future ahead the experience that we have in the state of california just underscoring the reality of the ravages of Climate Change others turn a blind eye it will start getting cooler i will just you just watch even if fossil fuel burning were stopped overnight the world would continue warming for generations because of the Greenhouse Gases already emitted theres no vaccine for fire were going to be dealing with it and managing it in perpetuity this is our planets new normal as humanity enters the age of fire rob reynolds aljazeera Portland Oregon a new record has been discovered for the coldest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere the reading of minus 69. 6 degrees celsius was set 29 years ago near the highest point in the Greenland Ice sheet but it was only recently uncovered by climate historians who are hunting for pasta temperature extremes the u. S. Rice products known as uncle bens has changed its name to bens original after facing criticism for racial stereotyping the revamped brand will drop its logo of an elderly black man which dates back to 946. 00 its linked to a jim crow era troll probably havent its the latest product to change after Racial Injustice protests following the killing of george floyd. Still ahead on aljazeera. Heres something you dont see every day on the tennis court it is going to have the details on this board. And its time for the sport peter thank you very much lets start in japan where the governments and lympics officials have been discussing ways to hold the games safely despite the pandemic so good 2020 was delayed by one year but still remain as to whether they can go ahead preliminary guidelines were laid out on wednesday including athletes from abroad being tested before leaving they come. Trees on arrival and throughout they stay they are ever unlikely to have to complete japans mandatory 14 day quarantine or competitors could be kept in a bubble away from the public no decision has been made on spectator numbers or whether to allow fans at all more concrete plans are expected to be in place by mid december. Cookes a thank you senator your new nutty as International Sporting competitions have been reopened the i. O. C. President thomas back expressed his confidence in going ahead with the tokyo games us thats really reassuring for us we will continue getting support from the nation in order to hold safe and secure games well corporator with all the related parties closely and devote ourselves to preparation for the games meanwhile plans continue to go ahead for the winter Olympic Games in 2022 to be held in beijing the National Speed skating oval is currently under construction there it is expectations are that it will be completed a month ahead of shared will the venue is set to host the olympic speed skating competition as well as the 2021 wolves speed skating championships before that. Basketball and not for the 1st time in the n. B. A. Playoffs the fight back is on for the Denver Nuggets and the 2 nothing down in the western conference finals but beat the l. A. Lakers to get themselves back in contention they did stokes reports the way they were just the nuggets of foot from 31. 00 down twice this postseason but no team has ever come back from 3 nothing so crucial they stopped the lakers charge and their biggest stars were up for the challenge including nicklaus jock itch i. Joke jamal murray was on form 2 and when he made this dunk in the 4th quarter denver with 20 points clear and flying in my mind im not the lakers the chasing their 1st finals appearance in a decade though and didnt roll over without a fight Le Bron James and his team rallied to cut the gap to just 4 points but the nuggets stayed calm until 83. 00 pointers from mary made sure of their victory ending the lakers 6 game winning streak now were always there by ourselves back in the bag leaving but were ready to go some reason we love this i can explain what this team loves and we need to use up the whole like every shot they make every shot miss. You know. If theres like. A lapse and so you know you know before as for starters its one of. The nuggets very much alive in the western conference finals and i look to even attempt to chew when they meet in game 4 on thursday david stakes aljazeera. Over in the Eastern Conference Finals the Boston Celtics and miami heat will play game 4 of the series on thursday and ahead of that game some of miami stars were showing off their football skills in training thats not too bad but thankfully thankfully for Jimmy Buckley and his teammates theyre doing even better than this against the celtics they lead that series 21. Nobody wants to lose a coach is going to just drop in condition and coaches dont want to lose and as to where if you like it theres no friends were trying i was last on to say that. Everybody just when i went now its a belated football transfer news and a potential move for barcelona striker luis suarez he looked like hed be moving to a 10 in champions event us but that deal fell through instead you know if yes its a stain spain after agreeing to a deal with Atletico Madrid if he does join will be replacing. At atletico unlike suarez he did manage to secure a move away to events on a season long loan. And to some womens world cup when its over heath is joining Manchester United the 32 year old winger has joined the red devils on a one Year Contract along with the usa teammate kristen press its a young Ambitious Program there are only a few years old i was really drawn in by the major. And her reputation when i heard about her and then becoming more familiar with the team was. Here and build upon and help out and learn and grow. The worlds best tennis players are warming up for the years 2nd grand slam tournament the french open now usually it takes place around may and june but because of the coronavirus it was delayed this year is greeces rule number 6 stefan asked us he had an easy win the hamburg european open on wednesday taking care of Britains Dan Evans 6361 to move on to the expansive. Hows this for a cheeky bit of play from kazakhstans alexanders book like that under on 3rd resulted in an ace would you believe there is another side of the court. Seemed caught completely off guard it was a bad day for the canadian all round of the lost in straight sets 6 all 62. Of the French Police of released the 2 people they questioned about suspected doping on the Tour De France a part of the close on to roger of night oak in turner who is the lead rider for the arc here sam 16 during a raid of the hotel investigators found Health Products and items that could be linked to doping denies using banned substances. And formula one is going to have a new boss starting in 2021 the former Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali seen a meeting the pope here is set to replace chase carey as chief executive when he steps down at the end of the year. As we leave it for now more sports news for me again later rob peter thanks very much andy. About a species of frog that hasnt been seen for more than 80 years has reemerged in chile comma desert scientists we discovered the small holes of water frog in a tiny hot spring always this near the border with bolivia thats prompted calls to protect its habitat mining terrorism and urban development all threatened water bodies in the area until its going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories and even more not as good by. Corruption it is the invisible behind a wall of silence. Because of. Corruption is not something to be told in that it. Is a african. Country his. Lets destroy this wall. In 2020 the free space over 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. Nominate now. If far. Away if by the mob you lied to the American People failed to do his job on you dont blame sleepy joe for not saying ok he still doesnt have a place to stand this crisis one of the 1st president ial debate on al jazeera. And al that sees for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. By jungle straightly an engineer is inventing tools to help people gain independence. All cited that will put the ability to recognize objects all the fire and save that people with for better vision will be able to recognize everyday objects women make science robot gals episode 4 on aljazeera. A louisville Police Officers charged in connection with the raid that result in the death of Health Worker Briana Taylor. On our intake of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a long awaited overhaul of e. U. Migration and asylum rules mandatory refugee quotas out but each country will be expected to share the burden