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And in thailand tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of bangkok defining a ban on large gatherings and states of emergency. And on soundless and i have all the support the Los Angeles Dodgers put on the back called break in performance to win the 1st game of the National League championship series. But we begin this news hour in kyrgyzstan where the president has announced his resignation after weeks of political turmoil serum buy back of had been facing daily protests since the disputed parliamentary election earlier this month but the vote sparked widespread demonstrations with accusations the vote was rigged in the governments favor since then some leading politicians have been 4 states theres a new Prime Minister and another election has been. Promised so lets say turn out to charles stratfords hes live for us in eastern care to stand charles the president said he would resign after the election was really run so why has he done it right now. Its fair to say mr jeenbekov has been changing his story since these rigged elections on october the full initially off to those elections we heard nothing from him atoll there was a potentially a Statement Given by him saying that resignation was not on the cards. And then we had another statement from him saying that he was going to resign he would resign but only after a new cabinet was full and now yesterday a new cabinet was full and by the new Prime Minister and it was late last night or last night we heard that he wasnt going to resign until there were new elections we understand that there was some very heated discussions held by him and the new Prime Minister and speaker of Parliament Last night trying to negotiate mr jeenbekov departure journalists that we were with in bishkek where outside respect bishkek about 3 aus at the moment but those journalists were telling us that your power supporters were threatening to storm the president s building if he hadnt resigned by 830 last night. The new Prime Minister then come those supporters down and today we understand there were more discussions between the Prime Minister the speaker and the now resigned president and he has indeed yes said that he is going to sit down and interested me in the last i suppose 3 hours or so hes released a statement which is a big indication of just how serious the situation is here as this crisis continues. The president saying the situation is tense so i called on all sides not to be provoked and not to provoke for me peace in kyrgyzstan and unity of the nation is above everything he said im not holding on to power i dont want to be the president who made blood flow as i say you know proof of just how serious a situation it is here in this country. Yeah more than 2 weeks of the. Instability theres a hope that this resignation by the president may go some way towards calming things down quite dont trust us talk about the new Prime Minister what role would you say he has had in this political crisis since the elections back in october 4th so much focus is being put on this man saw that you remember that he was freed by supporters jury in the postelection chaos he was serving an 11 year jail term for kidnapping. You know he has been accused by opposition members and progovernment members using his supporters to bully himself into power he was based in the vote cd and in a parliamentary session a couple of days after the elections and announced that he had become Prime Minister that was disputed because apparently that werent enough enough m. P. s present at that session it was only yesterday that another session was held and he was formally made Prime Minister and he was recognised as being Prime Minister by the by the president who is now resigning but it was his supposed lets not forget we saw charging peaceful demonstrators on the day that the state of emergency was called in this country and as i say his critics describe him as being no less than a bully he has said that he is sticking to the constitution and that he is acting according to the rule of law he has massive support in this country and that is very important to recognize in the rural areas of kyrgyzstan he is seen as no less than a hero somebody who was justly or unjustly sent to jail so we also understand that the russians have been very much involved in this crisis and they are calling for calm here theyre talking to the big play is because they recognize that the situation is going to such a critical point so understand that theyve spoken to possibly even japan and jeenbekov people so as i say were hoping that the president s resignation is going to go some way to easing this crisis but lets not forget the elections the new elections have yet to be cool for it remains to be seen if they do run just how clean and fair they will be ok for their life as any care gets down thank you. Now the largest Prisoner Exchange in yemen civil war is underway in santa more and thousands detainees are being swapped within the hooty rebels and the saudi u. A. E. Coalition which backs yemens government a plane carrying Coalition Forces has been left santa hour flights with the rebels has has just or arrived from say u. N. Bases have also released to u. S. Citizens that exchange for 250. 00 of their fighters white house says humanitarian workers sandra movie and businessman me that have no been released and the remains of a 3rd american have been returned. While the swap follows an agreements during last months un brokered talks in switzerland peace talks 1st began in stockholm and 2018 say the u. S. Coalition and that it sees a greater swap around 15000. 00 detainees but progress has been slow in the 1100 prisoners are expected to be exchanged this thursday he sees will reportedly release around 400 people including 15 saudis Coalition Forces are likely to free nearly 780 fighters well last year haitis freed 290 prisoners and saudi arabia released 128 more in yemen has killed more than 100000 people and millions are suffering food and medical shortages. Is live for as endo has just tell us a bit more about this deal. Well how the deal is under way the who these are now saying that 15 saudis are now on their way to airports along with 5 sudanese who were detained during the fighting earlier in 2016 and 17 and other same time as you can see of the other who 3 prisoners who are who has just landed in the port of son are with or dignitaries senior healthy or facials theyre greeting them this is quite a symbolic moment for the who these the minister of information has just said that the government is continuing its fight to release all the prisoners and that he has all the means to put more pressure on the International Community of the government the internationally recognized government and the saudis to ensure that release of the remaining prisoners were talking about 7000 people who are still detained by both parties and this is why are we having a problem that has been no major consensus between all the parties about how to move forward and who should be released 1st the government is saying that most of the people detained by the who thiis are were kidnapped and therefore should not be part of any deal that should be immediately released by the these 2 for us to move forward to her these are saying no this has to be part of a package would like to see all our prisoners. Released so both parties are trying to portray what is happening today as a big victory and this explains the number of senior officials that you can see in these pictures lining up of the portal sunnah waiting for the prisoners to come out of the plane in a time now well said that. We are showing our viewers live pictures of the scene at some airports a number of dignitaries and military officials have gathered to see this next round of Prisoner Exchanges lets talk about. What happens next do you think this could be conducive to wardes future talks in resolving the the much bigger issues that are still at play in this conflict whether to release yesterday of 250. Prisoners soldiers and in exchange for the release of the 2 americans brokered by oman could be an indication that we are likely to see oman play a significant role in any future political deal in the near future in yemen ive been in touch with her 3 and Yemeni Government officials about what to expect next theyre saying that all depends on whether we will be able to break the deadlock about the prisoners if we have all the prisoners at least 31. 00 is going to go ahead and tackle the prison the political aspect of the deal now we have to remind our viewers how diverse in 2018 the un brokered a deal in in sweden that was going to pave the way for serious discussions about how data province was going to control her data about a National Unity government and both the houthi is pulling out of some of the areas the controls in 2014 that has never happened because of those huge differences about the Prisoner Exchange now reality of 2018 is done more the same as today the south is breaking away from the north the hope for expanding their influence and the internationally recognized government of president other problems so hard it is losing ground to the point that the government itself is based in saudi arabia not able to move to the country and manage its own affairs is going to be an extremely delicate task for the United Nations and also for all the parties to agree on a platform about how to move forward. There and joining us there live to talk us through these events in yemen thank you very much indeed i wish or you live pictures there from some airport lets head there no aljazeera is mohammed are is at the airport and mohamed whats the atmosphere like where you are. Yes i have just received news that the. President s of 4 planes have already has already touched the runway of the sonata national ports. On board this plane have come from say your own international ports. This deal is being the lot to the whole thing as they have been waiting for the presence of war to be released for over 4 to 45 years. The u. S. The u. S. Today they have received. At least 200 prisoners of war who have been stranded in oman for 5 years they were with the with transfer to so outside of yemen for treatment but this deal is the 1st fishel deal for both sides while the both sides have already. Exchange of prisoners of war but with the local will the local communities or low low low committee asians but now this is the office will you unbacked brokers deal for both sides many observers hope this will facilitate them to taste and all the strong called the agreement which was signed in 2018 by both sides and stall call the agreement to close all saw the humanitarian. Facilitations or lifting the ban on on what they support which is an important support for the imports which are which are about 80 percent of the yemens airports port imports come through the data sea ports now im here in the area where people are gathering to receive their prisoners or for. The 1st batch of the presence of 4 well well wait for the 2nd one to meet. The. First plane has already taken off 2 words saudi airports. 15 saudi. Officers on soldiers old clothing 5 sudanese holders. We hope this deal will facilitates of for the more peaceful talks in order to bring an end to the war that has brought death and destruction to the war torn country you know came home had a lot of their life for us outside our airport thank you very much indeed. As for you some other news now the speaker of the Cyprus Parliament dimitris c lewis has resigned in the wake of a cash for passports scandal and ill just hear investigation find senior politicians who were willing to sell cypriot passports can fix it criminals the scheme was run to attract Financial Investment into the country in exchange for citizenship for the government has no abolished that program lets cross live there its in there to see where we can join David Harrison i beg your pardon David Harrison has filed an update from the casino with. Yes well theres been another Dramatic Development in cyprus where the speaker of parliament demitra serious has announced his resignation now as the senators have been hanging on for a couple of days but weve seen protests outside parliament on 2 successive nights and his name is the one they were calling for to resign was a serious did not admit any wrongdoing he still maintains his innocence but he was a key figure in al jazeera a documentary which revealed him to be agreeing to help a chinese criminal obtain an e. U. Passport the last couple of days and also seen him being something of an object of ridicule with mean showing him holding now notorious glass of red wine and winking at the camera theres a serious insists that he will be proven innocent when the attorney generals investigation is complete but for now its another scalp for the people who say that this man is corrupt despite his objections that he house to step down find some more still to come on the news hour including a number of over 1000 cases across europe forcing governments to schools restrictions. Calls for accountability in syria is it live provence Rights Group Claims a year long military campaign has sufficient targets in civilians with devastating results and in sports we hear from the england camp after a rough night when playing. A number of call that 19. Creasing across europe and countries are imposing new restrictions to curb the i break well the World Health Organization says science should only be a last resorts in much looked down was it the fault option because we were caught off guard. Today look down means a very different thing it means a stiff price escalation of proportionate but admitted and time limited measures measures in which all of us or engaged both as individuals and as a society together in order to minimize Collateral Damage over health or economy and society well take your own here up to get a sense of the situation france has declared a Public Health state of emergency and impose night curfews for paris and 8 other cities in germany than the daily number of new cases is now at a 6 month high chancellor Angela Merkel has announced tougher measures on gatherings and mask wearing infections are surging again in northern italy thats where the pandemic 1st too cold in europe its seeing its highest case numbers since march the Czech Republic has closed and schools as cases there hits a record high and the u. K. Is reporting nearly 20000 new Coronavirus Infections in a single day londons mayor says he expects tougher restrictions to be imposed on the capital scene well dr amir khan as adults are with the any chance that is the u. K. S National Health Service he joins us from bradfords by skype kids have you wear this on the news or ive just given our viewers a sense of what the situation is not just in the u. K. But in europe and given that people have been living through so much hardship and restrictions for the last 6 or 7 months why do you think were at this point has all the sacrifice up to him ive been for nothing. Well it certainly feels that way hi thank you for having me you know we are in Georgia National lockdown here in the u. K. Across europe as well and then we had the easing of the lockdown over the summer some of months where the government tried to balance the break out all with the equality unfortunately that led to was an increase in crowbars cases particularly in the young people but that has now jumped to older generation so me round here im seeing in the past. And in some of the more elderly and vulnerable creations with the numbers of brands there its well its very disheartening promote my patients here in bradford where in a local lock down allows me to go to household are not allowed to mingle at all and it feels tough because we have made sacrifices the issue here in the u. K. Particularly has been an issue with not the government not getting the test and trace system of running the so people are being tested enough Contact Tracing its low d and people are being asked to isolate and those who are being asked to isolate arent necessarily isolated and that can be reflected across europe so we need governments really to to to get a quick fix we need to test increase system here in the u. K. To ramp up or to a level which it isnt doing right now but we also need people to not believe the myths that are out there masks do work social distancing does washing your hands does work where local restrictions are put into place across europe it is in court of not we stick to it because that is how we got d numbers down eventually its for and im looking at the situation that youre seeing with patients coming through your doors i mean how much pressure are is your Health Service and Health Services across europe. Bad is it so you worried about what the next few weeks are going to bring order or do you think hospitals and doctors and authorities are better prepared this time around. Unfortunately i am i am worried i do think with better prepared were seeing record numbers of cases of coronavirus that havent yet resulted in the deaths because well theres always a lag that already all the hospitals are full beyond do you more particularly my local hospital even if its full of patients with coronavirus and they being overwhelmed weve got to remember at the same time as they screw the virus time to make way the patients with cancer the people who have actually been people in other infection so that have been stalked those numbers have been going down and these times you know like the spring it is the winter period he is awake and its a huge role you in cases of these in the infection be including really serious ones like many in joyces that you know we we go to look at as well as the couvade. And you go to bear in mind in terms of any check work of the Mental Health the stress that we were all put on the during the initial look down period when officers were with still playing catch up on patients who were not injured enough for other reasons that were now seeing them in the big huge backlog than having the strain on myself and my colleagues and being the only my imagine not going to go on for many more months into the winter period ok im afraid where i have time but thank you so much talk to american for joining us from your surgery and broadford in the u. K. I would just get to take you back again and i bring you these live shots from some airports where those beauty prisoners are now leaving their plane this is of course part of that prisoner swap that has happens we are expecting to see hundreds of prisoners heading back to santa triumphant faces there as you can see i would been giving you quite a bit of coverage from the airport this morning as certainly a lot of dignitaries a lot of senior members of the City Administration are there to welcome those prisoners of the planes so well keep across that story for you bring you more as it comes in. Lets take you to silence now hundreds of dancing government protesters are out on the streets of bangkok openly defying a government ban on public gatherings now theyre calling for the Prime Ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy the governments imposes emergency measures in the Early Morning hours in a bid to stop months of demonstrations the Political Movement in thailand has mostly been led by young people and write scripts he say dozens have been arrested lets cross live now to scott highclere hes in bangkok and those demonstrations scots process art supposed to be fans at this so why are so many people out on the streets at this point. Exactly was in just hours ago the crowd emergency decree went through saying that any gathering more than 5 people is illegal and if you look behind me over my shoulder you see that this is many more than 5 people were asked to me and probably over a 1000 people have gathered here rajpur song area which is a. High end shopping district right here in central bangkok no word went out kind of Early Morning that this is going to take place by some of the remaining protest organizers im saying remaining because at least 6 high level protest organizers were arrested early in the morning after that order went out after we saw that large protest thousands and thousands of antigovernment protesters taking to the streets going from democracy right in front of Government House there cleared out in the Early Morning hours after that emergency decree was issued but people still coming out this afternoon this evening early evening here in central bangkok in the shopping district flouting this order there are police kind of in accord on behind us and they sleep but then slowly but surely these protesters push their way into this intersection and now they occupy again i would say probably a little bit more than a 1000 people here now are. And scared whats likely to happen next i mean are the police poised to move in or the rifle demonstrations being sets out and is there likely to be quite significant invests in the streets of the thai capital you. Know theres really no indication that this is going to turn violent anytime soon you know there was a stronger posture that the police had initially trying to prevent the protests from growing as it has but then they kind of took a softer posture they moved down the street a little bit so they werent really front to front face to face with the majority the protesters here theres no counter protest planned we havent seen anyone from the other side if you will and even at that when there have been like you saw on wednesday those who support the monarchy in the government those who are against it who are those who are protesting i see face to face it was all fairly civil we had a couple of them are says tack and forth but nothing major so far with these several months starting in july several months of protests growing bigger and bigger and bigger and more frequent as were seeing now most of it has remained peaceful thats one thing to underline and thats one. Thing that the protest leaders have been emphasizing that they want to stay peaceful right now yes you do see a lot of people are there now kind of sitting down its becoming more appears to be an occupation if you will but again right now just kind of speeches going on some chants going on but so far than that thats really what were looking at ok that bring us the latest from a rather noisy bangkok thank you very much andy. Now theres been more violence between taliban fighters and Government Troops in afghanistan points over military bases which astroids after a car bomb exploded in war dark province not far from the capital Kabul Security Officials Say 4 taliban fighters were killed while 4 members of the Afghan Forces were injured theres also been moved fighting in the Southern Province of helmand. Live to control food she joins me from philly or working at tell us about the situation there in afghanistan. Well according to local officials fighting in the south and province of helmand seems to be subsiding for now but still there were more clashes between the taliban and Government Forces last night according to officials Government Forces have been pushing taliban fighters further out from my last car which is. Provincial capital there is no there are no reports yet for casualties 4 for either side or about civilians but local government officials we spoke to tell us that the taliban are hiding inside peoples homes and theyre using people as human shields and that prevents Government Forces from adopting a more of pensive stance now in terms of the humanitarian situation down there where tens of thousands have been displaced because of the fighting i spoke to the u. N. And theyre still assessing the situation and progress is kind of slow a 1000 people have been identified so far as i. D. P. s up from 500. Down to 5 yesterday the incident that you mentioned. Several people were injured and killed there was fighting that followed that car bomb. That exploded locals we spoke to tell us that military convoys with Government Forces heading to the side. On that highway are being targeted by Taliban Forces there was another incident in the south there. Were 6 policemen were injured when there was an explosion and this security checkpoint where this explosion took place is where about 50 percent of all attacks are taking place in afghanistan those checkpoints and those outposts is where the Government Forces are so exposed and how this is just another day in afghanistan are rather quiet i would say compared to what weve seen in the past this is more that spin taking a huge toll on all afghans doesnt matter if they are in zabul or in her mind or in kabul because everybody has either lost someone or knows someone that has lost somebody in this war and afghans are beyond tired they are exhausted and thats why they have been asking for a cease fire for cease fire and to lead the peace talks that are currently taking place in doha to progress ok thank you so much indeed. For that report from afghanistan. For a break at the weather heres everton folks. However weve got some wet weather rain clouds gathering across central parts of china big massive cloud here down towards the southwest of course thats where we had our Tropical Storm recently moving across northern parts of the not loss of cloud there into Central China come out into the East China Sea pushing over towards japan well see some wet weather coming back in here as we go on through sas day big and heavy downpours so the day temperatures struggling to get to 13 celsius michel saturday there in tokyo we got plenty of wet weather to ensue Southeast Asia the philippines the same some flooding recently received in heavy downpours once again 122 millimeters of rain here little area cloud here just into the south china seas and that was like another Tropical Storm developing now pushing its way into the central parts of vietnam heavy showers where we would have the flooding into northern parts of vietnam where weather is set to continue over the coming days youve also seen weather of course into central parts of India Hyderabad 13085. 00 millimeters of rain in 24 hours thats what it looks like on the streets west the weather over towards the western side of india as well out west the weather will not just way up towards over the next couple of days as another disturbance pushes out into the arabian sea. So its a come on aljazeera had a pandemic is making it harder for the elderly to survive in zimbabwe. With a cork running down here as president outran makes another stop on the campaign trail in states critical to the election. And in sports enter my ammi are feeling the hates Major League Soccer action coming out later this month or. Land. Plane. Is of defiance it really touched my heart deeply when she started to see you all there locked. Out 0 world remembers a palestinian singer who reached audiences beyond the middle east born into a creative family and as a friend she sang out a powerful and Emotional Message the personal story of riem banda the voice of palestine on aljazeera when the news breaks and the racism protests continue in a number of cities across the United States when people need to be heard in the council area line nearly 500 points were destroyed and about 80 percent of this land that aljazeera has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and solar as if thats going to solve the problem if want to bring you more room in documentaries and lighting. On air and online. More. Her already. The as. They say is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories this hour the largest Prisoner Exchange in yemen civil war is underway in santa more than 1000 detainees are being swaps between the whos he rebels and the Saudi Coalition which backs yemens governments kyrgyzstans president surround by jim back office announced his resignation hes been facing daily protests since a disputed parliamentary election earlier this month protest has accused the government of rigging the votes in its favor. And the speaker of the Cyprus Parliament to me trees see lewis has resigned in the wake of a cash the passport scandal now to see the investigation from senior politicians who were willing to sell support passports to convict the minerals the government has a polish scheme. Israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal settler homes in the occupied west bank that brings its also number of homes approved to almost 5000 over the past 2 days palestinian leadership has condemned the move its the 1st time the jury settler homes that jewish settler homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to annex Palestinian Land as part of a deal with the u. A. E. I will for the past year more than a 1000000 people have fled from ed lobe in northwestern syria as happens as russian and Syrian Forces intensify their airstrikes a Human Rights Group says dozens of those attacks appeared to have targeted civilians getting reports. A year of strikes on your plate have caused widespread destruction and suffering. In a new report Human Rights Watch says syrian and Russian Forces launched on lawful attacks on civilians an apparent strategy a believes to deliberately drive out entire neighborhoods it really is hard to imagine that all of these attacks were iran yes this syrian army is then able to walk into a completely empty area and retake it without any fight whatsoever. Between april last year in march of this year the group documented 46 ground in air strikes often hitting markets schools and hospitals it names 10 syrian and russian officers who may be implicated in war crimes for failing to stop or punish those responsible then i have as well know i was worried when the strike hit my parents neighborhood when we arrived at the hospital was so my mother the missile of decapitating to my sister only recognized her because of her clothes when we went to the site risk it was them from my son did under the rubble. The latest ceasefire in syria signed by russia and turkey in march has led to relative calm in clip the last area of a 9 year war but with more than a 1000000 syrians forced to leave their homes many fear the displaced face irreversible damage on the syrian and Russian Forces have repeatedly said they only target rebels including myself fighters but its hacks on civilians continued despite warnings by the United Nations we are calling for the Un General Assembly to take its own action to urge its Member States to pass sanctions on those commanders most responsible and for the Un General Assembly to take action to help open the 2 very necessary humanitarian border crossings. Now with much of it live in ruins and hundreds of thousands of lives ruined activists say their call for accountability for those responsible will consume the locus of the young. Facebook is stepping up its fights against misinformation and election interference ahead of upcoming polls in parts of africa and you election day reminder will be introduced to the top of facebook and instagram feed in tanzania it will provide official voting information and make any pool sadder friends to be false less visible action interference is also a problem in guinea where some users are reportedly paid seem promotes the governing party only 18 percent of people there use the instinet 15 percent of the entire population uses facebook or a recent survey found 54 percent of your naff reckons get their news from social media 2nd only to television but 67 percent said socalled fake news is affecting their ability to say in forms well lets speak to Eric Mckinsey in nairobi hes the Africa Program manager at me danny nonprofit social Technology Company its great to have you with us on the news or just some i tell me why do people get so much of their news on sites like facebook and instagram. I think the main driver of people getting the news from all men and messaging apps is because. Cost of actually according to some commission is quite high because if you look at the cost of lets say a cable t. V. Subscription or you look at the cost of a daily newspaper compared to the cost of accessing these which tends to be at the trim less sense as a daily cost its more expensive to get access to regular mainstream sources of information to social media well thats thats a machine a country and thats very interesting that that means that there is quite an emphasis on Companies Like facebook to be taking a more responsible role when it comes to getting information i so would you say that that face big for example is doing enough to counter misinformation given the prominence that they play when it comes to informing populations worldwide. I think facebook is trying in terms of putting in initiatives to fight this pitiful Simple Mission and or but a lot of the strategies tend to be driven by a reactionary practices rather than being proactive in terms of educating the audience and one of the things that weve seen is trying to you know were going to sections and different bases and countries to establish local initiatives to information but a lot of times these organizations tend to be quite small and then the type of work they do tends to also be reacting to the spread of the mission of. Preemptively telling audiences this is how you can detect any false information that youre likely to see on the platform so it tends to respond rather than to preempt the spread of this false information do you think that these solutions that facebook is providing i mean are they any use i use social media whenever i see these boxes saying click here to find out more about this my instinct is no i want to school on find more photos of cats or something do you think these measures will really be helping people and and the way that theyre using their social media feeds. I think at some level these buttons need to be radically signed so that the emphasis is on you actually consuming the content your one true other than getting at the people who want to reach you access to you so weve seen some extremely targeted quotes information what people actually produce ads to promote this information theyre going to look for you based on your age based on your location based on all these other things but this is often the kind invisible consequence of using this but people on them might not really you know where oh so at some level these but forums are built to take your content and sell it to advertise it out of and if you a place where you country your friends and family and get all the content that you want so by presenting themselves as a benign go between in terms of accessing information rather than an actual conduit for people to reach you and actually act to be dissin on you then i think that should sort of inform the sort of strategy that takes and this means much more work in terms of understanding audiences in these places and understanding the bad actors as well because it doesnt seem that they actually understand the intentions and actions of these bad actor ok and just finally a final question there are several elections coming up are there any that your organization is particularly concerned about it given the rates of misinformation that we are seeing. I think the main one were looking at is tanzania which is later this month because the government has actually ports a lot of regulations and is to sort of target. Users on all of these platforms and inform and misinform them so weve seen activist information come in sort of targeting one of the main opposition candidates in tanzania where. Theyre posting certain things certain things about opposition and and then also weve seen elections coming up in france. And any where theres also collective good of course russia so were listening to be looking for people who are working in these spaces to work with them to sort of tackle this information and build audience that just see and engage with them so that people know where to turn so actually ok Eric Mckenzie there joining us from nairobi great to get your insights thank you very much indeed for talking to inches here at the Global Pandemic has pushed millions of people in suppose for to save the children says the families of nearly 600000000 children have not received any support from their governments no thats contributed to more than 150000000 more children being forced into poverty bringing the total to 1300000000 kids syria live in that access to Education Health housing you trish and sanitation or even water lets get more on this from shes the c. E. O. Of save the Children International and joins us by skype from stockholm good to have you wear this here on the news hour its hard to visualize numbers like 600000001300000000 just give us a sense of the figures in your latest reports what this looks like to be all families where are these children that have fallen into poverty jane due to the pandemic. Thank you yeah i agree it is difficult to transition what it means for people in their everyday lives and thats part of our work we are talking to each other and we are listening to their own experience too to find out. Find the situation and i just want to share one story that we were told by go from will somebody told us that the situation is not good here in my area there are governments who have to sell frames on the street because their parents have no job people have nothing to eat and if they stay at home they will starve to death the government should give support to families and assist families i think and here people are selling things because theres no other way to support themselves so we do hear a lot of voices from to learn themselves and their families about how theyre struggling to get by. Us a response to the curb it can damage almost all the country sometimes that they would put social Protection Measures in place like Cash Transfer could in boxers but while hundreds of millions of families need express port our report tells us that at least 68. 00 low and middle Income Countries have not been providing any of it well thats not just a its not just the midlands to Income Countries though i mean if you look at countries like the United States even the u. K. Where a mother was found days on the streets of glasgow next to a baby its not just poorer countries that are facing challenges juta coronavirus so given youre seeing these challenges and developed and wealthy countries where do you think money and assistance and aid should come from to help people who are struggling. What is very clear from outlined in a sense i mean we know and this is has been research for 2 years that. Social protection mess and mechanism Cash Transfer is something that really works we know that having. These kind of measures its having an impact on it as an investment that pays off and we do have 3 recommendation and that goes for all governments in low income and high Income Countries and that we only urge governments to invest into and invest in social Protection Measures for children and invest at least one percent of their g. D. P. What we also saying is that we think its critical that those interface interventions are happening and universal coverage because this affects all of. That what they do the benefits systems and programs that are put in place are responsive to future shocks because we know that this is condemning its an extreme situation but we know that we are facing crisis around the globe all the time and we need measures in place to be responsive to response in in yourselves so those are some of the things that we are calling for ok anger ash im afraid read its time to thank you so much effort joining us from stockholm anger ashing c. E. O. Of save the Children International thank you. Well life has become difficult for millions in zimbabwe especially the elderly many had saved to see themselves through retirements but the 700 Percent Inflation rates and economic crisis of white cites much of their savings the pandemic is making life even harder more from mel for its in Machine Alliance province. 68 year old juliet macur has a waits for her daily through trash and her sick husband cant walk to the soup kitchen that means bring home something for him to behind her is 75 year old jimmy banda his wife died some years ago his children are in south africa looking for work this ration of zimbabwe staple food sides or apologise made for maize and vegetables must feed him and his 4 grandchildren. Have been coming here for 2 weeks at least i know my grandchildren and i have something to eat daily displaced must not close their loss of are struggling in the soup kitchen feeds on average 3000 people a day Samantha Mohr ozaki started it when she saw families in the Community Going to bed hungry she is a lot of older people who live alone are regulars some will tell you that the children of her have died because of hiv and aids and some will tell you that they went to south africa and they never came back or remember them some will tell you that. He or she is their brother doesnt do anything for me so i have to make a plan for myself. Some of these pensioners had decent jobs and diligently save for retirement but decades of inflation in zimbabwe wiped out a savings zimbabweans are facing their worst economic crisis in a decade soaring inflation shortages of food foreign currency and now the coronavirus has made things worse we used to get assistance from. Individuals but because. Individuals. Also facing financial challenges. They also find now finding the difficult to extend their. Old age homes receive a monthly grant from the state and the government does give food and cash to families in urban and rural areas but its not enough according to. Him. Of the most. The government said its going to introduce a universal Pension Scheme for older people with a struggling economy it could be months or even yes before that benefit is implemented. Still to come on this new star will have the sport for years it was raining dont run similar National League championship series all the baseball action coming your way after the break. Its time for sport here santa thank you very much. With Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers putting a record breaking performance to pick up the 1st win of the National League championship series on a night that so houston keep alive their hopes of reaching the Season Finale so reports. The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in business. Would be down to nothing and having just come up short in game 2 they responded with a display of historic proportions to beat out land on wednesday jersey 5 time. Turner trickling through the door just put on a batting clinic to become the 1st team in postseason history to hit 5 home runs in the 1st 3 innings of a game he was. Still very serious the braves quite frankly had no idea what had hit them i mean l. A. Running away with it 153 to secure the largest postseason victory in franchise history you know just really good at bats i mean really a lot of just good at bats and then we had some homers and took some walks. Just a really obviously a well played inning you know its one of them days i mean you have a minutes its more amplified i guess when its in this situation but we could see a houston have finally sprung to life in their american League Championship series against tampa bay i. Changed down 3 nothing they won game 4 to keep their fading world series hopes alive. To. Be a game 5 the astros managing to hold off the rays for a full 3 when it was still the same but theyll have to do it all over again in game 5 as they fight for survival so hell malick aljazeera. England suffered a shock defeat at wembley and u. F. O. Nations league it was a miserable night for the world cup semifinalists defender Harry Maguire was sent off in the 1st half as they were beaten one nil by demarcus this is football you know moments change the flow of the going. Ways the nature you cant afford to go down to 10 at any any level of the game its extremely difficult to improve your result when youre down to 10. France down to croatia the team baby in 2018 World Cup Final just like that night and 2 in grossman and killian back they were on the scoresheet final score to want france italy and the netherlands played a draw they both trail a group one leaders poland who won on wednesday belgium lead the group 2 after their when england town and 3rd in that group after their loss and portugal are 1st in group 3 had a france on goal difference after beating sweden. Arsenal manager mikel arteta has opened the door for legendary former gun as a coach awesome venga to return to the club in some Capacity Event are assigned to our ted said during his 22 year reign during which the frenchman won 3 League Titles and a record 7 a cups. I would like to see him back around us you was a mighty figure for me. I can use to learn other things i would have said and i would like to know how close it was over the actual environment i was in i love the city but i think its a fear that has to be very 1st since we were before hopefully good you see my wonder how the vision of the school will be the most. Into miami missed out on a 3rd straight win as they look to boost their chances of making the playoffs you know whats their inaugural season and a Major League Soccer and turn who are part owned by David Beckham looks set to be knighted after brett shia broke the deadlock on 80th minute. But the joy was short lived 3 minutes later hodgson to square things off take more rainy with a crucial goal to help secure a point 11 the final score. And in california classico the San Jose Earthquakes thrashed the l. A. Galaxy 4 nil nick was the star of the night he scored the opener and came back to add more insult to injury with a goal in stoppage time so he sang grand slam champion stanislaw has booked his place into the quarterfinals of the cent petersburg open swiss overcame home favorite if any in 3 sets looking for his 1st a. T. P. Title and 3 years. Defending champion Danny Medvedev had to work hard to progress to the top seeded russian recovered from a shaky saw in his 1st round match against. Medvedev came through eventually he hit 22 aces to secure 836636 love win. And thats all for mandy back to helen thank you so much a sound that is it for me for this new star but to keep it here on aljazeera if youre in finnegan well be with you on the other side of the break with more on that breaking news in yemen the president saw the planes around it in santa fe with us. He began with a war and to put it just here i got shot i fall down i felt like i was that a documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional assigner contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate you know of the consequences of the policies of detainment is really unnecessary all this misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is unacceptable and refugees tale on aljazeera cyprus a european island openly offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august aljazeera made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by Investment Scheme promised before. The start this is. Now aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriote state aljazeera investigations the cyprus papers on the cover. You know that corruption has reached a level like. That before in our country. Like outsider. To president of the United States. The power was in the data we will honor the people with the truth and nothing else discovered. For winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera context these are the things in good storytelling around the biggest issues. And today you should do it again. The largest prisoner swap in yemens conflict is under way more than 1000. 00 people are expected to be released. Alive adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up kyrgyzstans president soren by jim bekoff resigned following weeks of protests. Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of bangkok defying a ban on large gatherings and emergency