Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Top prize for human rights on early efforts against the president ial election while usually regarded as rigged. And the pollution blamed for poisoning iraqi waterways leaving fishermen broke and hungry. And im fond of hummus and i have all the sports european champions by munich kick off their Champions League title defense in emphatic fashion the democrat press next for nil at home. But we begin in nigeria where the president is holding an Emergency Security meeting as parts of lagos burned smoke billowing from a prison after earlier reports of gunshots that have been almost 2 weeks of protests which initially began against Police Brutality Amnesty International says at least 12 protesters were killed in lagos on tuesday night when i go live to ahmed idris whos covering this from for us ahmed lets talk about that meeting 1st of all that the president is holding do we know any more about what theyre going to be discussing. I think its more like a reviewing this situation nationwide president woman who has been under intense pressure to Say Something president of the senate has asked him to address the nation weve heard calls from religious leaders from public and Community Leaders actually calling on the president to speak to the nation to address these concerns about as coming violence across the country the abuses. Allegedly committed by Security Forces and the way things are getting out of hand when now newt has an awesome is taking over what started us i dissent protest march inside the capital city year in may cause in the south and north of the country and then eventually things that got so bad as a tease right now security cheese heads of the army the navy the police the secret services as well as other agents is related with security including the Inspector General of police attending that meeting we expect to hear something out of that meeting in the next one or 2 hours however the concerns are really really rising across the country people are really worried about the turn of events all this is happening as i mentioned against this backdrop of smoke that were seeing coming out of the prison in lagos weve got reports of gun shots being fired what more do we know about that. Well even before then residents i dont but and i remember this is an area where you have the form a seat of government where the President Office and residence live is that our Army Barracks there they could be prison is surrounded by mainly government institutions government establishments all security establishments there residents said they actually saw some people the authorities are describing us woodlands with clubs and stones around that area then eventually gun gunfire was heard and then the smoke and the fires weve seen now live on television. We dont sure at the moment while the fire started is it these are legit hoodlums who broke into the prison to free him mates that started the fire or the prisoners themselves whos talked to the fire that are different accounts of what exactly happened and as we speak apart from that as we speak security has been beefed out beefed up around that area soldiers mobile policemen and other security agents they are patrolling and blocking access to that prison and as we speak also and right now were hearing about more reinforcement being sent towards necchi where another serious incident is being reported remember licky is where. The unfortunate incident on tuesday evening happen where Security Force opened fire on demonstrators protesting peacefully on their own the major highway so were not sure exactly whats happening in mecca right now but it looks like a serious incident this is an area that has been rocked by. A new team and what have you in the last 2 days since the incident on tuesday evening. And thanks very much obviously this is a developing story were going to be checking in with you as it moves on but for now im addressing a boozer thank you very much indeed. The u. S. Secretary of state has joined a global denunciation of the violence against nigerias protesters in geria might prepare said in a statement the u. S. Strongly condemns the use of Excessive Force by military forces who fired on demonstrators in lagos causing death and injury he says they welcome an immediate investigation into the Security Forces and calls for those involved to be held to account and its been revealed than an attack in northwest nigeria 2 days ago killed at least 22 villagers including women and children news has just emerged from fatah state over what happened on tuesday witnesses described what they call 100 Armed Bandits raided the village of tongo quanah. To the pandemic which is leaving some european governments with little choice but to shut down entire cities in an attempt to get infections back under control france went over 1000000 confirmed cases on thursday paris and 8 other large cities are subject to night time curfews spains also recorded more than a 1000000 infections its Health Minister expects life to be tough for the next 5 to 6 months germanys Health Minister meanwhile has tested positive for his country reported another record daily jump and the Czech Republics closing almost all of its shops and businesses after seeing 15000 more cases of john holl is joining us live from the european Broadcast Center in london jonah a very significant rise in cases across countries in europe. Yes you do get the sense dont you that its spiraling somewhat out of control across europe and indeed a few governments now using those very words to describe the situations in the country no one is spared countries big and small all struggling at the moment you mentioned spain there france as well both suffered appallingly at the beginning of this crisis struggling again both crossing the 1000000 infection rate mark both under severe restrictions now with more restrictions inevitably to come in italy the country that was worst affected the 1st time around again seeing the specter of covert 19 returned a Record Number for the country 15199 positive cases identified in the past 24 hours within that the Lombardy Region worst affected in march you remember those pictures that alerted the rest of europe to what was coming for for all of them of medics treating appallingly ill people outdoors in the hospitals there lombardi accounting for the largest percentage of those new infections and then pull out to countries like germany another big country of course the did very much better than everyone else earlier in the year largely because of a much more effective test and trace system even germany now struggling with 11300 cases in the past 24 hours a record for germany that and that 8000 nearly 8000 more than just the day before the government there warning the country to anticipate an uncontrolled rise in infections and then smaller countries the Czech Republic as you mentioned theyre bringing back the same levels of restrictions that it had back in the spring after the government said that would never happen what is happening with the Health Service theyre on the brink of collapse belgium warning of a tsunami of infections its deputy Prime Minister battling the virus herself in intensive care as of the last 12 hours or so so a grim picture as you say across europe the only bright light in all of this is to point out that the death rate is not right. Ising in proportion to those rising infection rates for now that is of course it will be hoped that that stays the same the pain is still being felt of course in the u. K. Where you are not only with the Health Service in the u. K. But also of course with the economy as well. The covert has taken an enormous toll on the economies of all European Countries the u. K. No exception in fact probably worse here in many respects the chance the recent was speaking a couple of hours ago in parliament unveiling the 3rd package of Financial Support measures in just the last month aimed particularly at the Hospitality Industry of food and accommodation businesses and workers with new figures suggesting that some 70 percent 17 percent of food and accommodation businesses in this country report that they are in imminent imminently on the brink of insolvency potentially the chancellor unveiling new measures to support businesses to support employees as this country and the takes its own set of new measures a complicated 3 tier system take a listen to what he had to say a moment ago. If businesses are legally required to close as weve already outlined the government will cover the full cost of employers paying 2 thirds of people salary where they cant work for a week or more. For businesses who can open it is now clear the impact of restrictions on them particularly in the hospitality sector is more significant than they had hoped c. So im making 2 changes to the short time work scheme to make it easier for those businesses to keep staff on rather than make them redundant all very welcome of course for those who most need the help but make no mistake extremely expensive this adding hundreds of millions of pounds not yet quantified to a spiraling level of public debt already at absolutely record levels the highest speed as a ratio of g. D. P. Ratio to g. D. P. In the past 50 years 246000000000 pounds the deficit figure here that dwarfs anything that we saw in 2008 or in the recession of the ninetys it all spells very bad news for the years ahead even after the covert 1000 crisis itself has been overcome jonah thanks very much indeed does john holl in london all bring signs to in south africa one of its largest cities cape town reported a 42 percent rise in infections over the last 2 weeks of the millers joining us live from johannesburg father just talk us through whats happened behind those figures. Well in recent months and South African government has adopted what its called a risk addressed strategy when dealing with the covert 1900 pandemic and at the beginning of the lock down in south africa several months ago the country was at level 5 the strictest level of this lockdown its now moved all the way to level one which of course has given people the opportunity to move around more freely travel between provinces and also frequent and night clubs bars and taverns and this is where the government the Health Minister in particular has really just this week tested positive for corona virus himself has said is the biggest risk in that people have become complacent they arent Wearing Masks and they arent social distancing there was one particular case in cape town where a bar saw an infection of at least 8080 people in the last to 2 weeks and its incidents like this thats concerning the government especially the complacency now is of africa heads towards the Holiday Season and its now in the summer months there is concern that people moving around all and especially between provinces will lead to a 2nd wave and this is what the Health Minister has said that a 2nd wave is inevitable chances are south africa will experience one similar to other countries but it is worth remembering that south africa didnt experience an infection rate as high as anticipated at the height of the outbreak there are about 12 to 13000 new cases every day thats now gone down to about 2000 cases we do know that the latest reports show that 85 people have died at least 8 of them in the last 48 hours alone the government has said that they are fewer cases in this phase of the fight against a coronavirus than expected but theyre still worried theyre saying that they are fighting small. Lames around the country and that people should be vigilant from it it seems very hard job for the government to be able to try to persuade people to maintain social distancing is there any indication of any schemes or to it is that the government is trying to do even prosecutions or punishments to try to enforce on people just how important this is well that is the main problem for the government we did see at the height of their the strategies to try and deal with the pandemic and try you know to do to limit the spread of covert 19 there were a lot of roadblocks there was a lot of high Police Presence in many areas around the country specifically to deal with the movement of people but the concern now is that places like restaurants taverns and bars arent at hearing to his restrictions as they should they have said that they are keeping an eye out on this that there will be fines but thats as far as it goes and ultimately this is what the government expressed several weeks ago that its up to the individual to take care and since that isnt necessarily happening across the country we are seeing what potentially could be a 2nd search the government essentially grappling with trying to control peoples behavior d something that they dont always have the ability to do far better thank you very much indeed thats family to miller bringing us up to date from johannesburg in the news ahead this hour. Caused confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy the f. B. I. Accuses russia and iran of using voters information to intimidate and influence people ahead of the u. S. Election. The u. N. Is appealing for a 1000000000. 00 to help Rohingya Refugees but only half is being played so far and Manchester United are feeling the financial pinch were going to explain why in this sport. He is Prime Minister of lebanon for the 4th time his appointment was announced after consultations between lebanons president and various political groups it was time for the job last year following mass antigovernment protests against the acute economic crisis im corruption. Stop the. Economy and society. Security we would struck what has been destroyed by the explosion. As quickly as possible. Government we have a chance we have. Probably the last to do everything not only the research of the Lebanese Center for policy studies hes joining us now from beirut thank you very much indeed for being with us on aljazeera how hard is it going to be for assad ideally to convince the people of lebanon that he actually has a solution to the problems that in many ways hes been in charge of for several years. Well its not about convincing the lebanese people that he holds a solution we already know what the plan of this Political Class as we know what the French Initiative and i am up program and tails that subprogram that is going to hurt massively the average of any citizen its a program that caters to the interests of the Banking Sector that has stolen peoples money if that has really led this country into a debt that it cannot overcome under the current circumstances what the return of saddam had is signals is that this Political Class as weve known does not care to listen about what the lebanese people have been calling for a sense they rose up on october 17th on words this is part of the culmination of the counterrevolutionary upgrade that started from the moment people took to the streets weve seen all types of tools by this establishment being deployed and the return of the traditional political imperatives that is and body by heidi to do right now is just the best im an apostle well im sorry about that we appear to have lost our feed to beirut and were going to move on from the moment the Afghan Military has confirmed that it was responsible for an airstrike thats reported to have killed 12 children it happened near a mosque in the city of telecon the military says its not clear if the strike accidentally killed civilians it was called to counter a large taliban advance in the area for the consul 40 has the latest from couple. Fighting between Government Forces and the taliban continues unabated across of ghana stand inflicting heavy losses not just on the 2 sides but also on innocent civilians in the province of tahara on wednesday night an airstrike hit a mosque where children were studying killing at least 12 of them and injuring 14 others but the higher Governors Office on thursday confirmed that that airstrike was a mistake and one hitting the wrong place but this is a war thats becoming more brutal and more senseless every day despite repeated calls by afghans and they were National Community for a significant reduction in violence and even a ceasefire now winter will soon be setting in here in afghanistan and thats when fighting comes to a virtual hold because of the harsh weather but if previous years are any indication fighting does spike before winter as both sides try to claim and control as much territory as they can but this year afghans had hoped that this would have been different as the peace talks in doha are still on even though theyre moving extremely slowly i was speaking with several afghans earlier and they all told me that they are very tired in fact they are exhausted all of all the pain that this war has been inflicting on them and they just wanted to end the european parliaments highest honor for freedom of thought the socket of prize is going to the opposition wins in dozens of been staging nationwide protests and strikes calling for an end to president alexander because shank has 26 year rule it was declared the winner of an election in august but many believe the vote was rigged exiled opposition leaders for granted to kind of scalia says the movement against the president will continue. And you. Need. Only election and prosecution fiction i dont think that will be a response youll be so right because essentially hes been promised as children born Human Rights Violations multiple and even this measure. Of assignation and all that after the election. The f. B. I. Is accusing both iran and russia of trying to interfere with the us election thats less than 2 weeks away it says both countries have obtained data on Voter Registration iran is accused of sending fake emails to voters to intimidate them mike hanna reports from washington d. C. These are members of a far right wing Group Calling itself the proud boys according to the f. B. I. Iranian agents are planting emails to Democratic Party voters purporting to come from the proud boys with the intention of creating social unrest to that end we have already seen iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters incite social unrest and damage President Trump of repeatedly recently when asked to condemn the proud boys President Trump instead asked them to stand back and stand by both the director of National Intelligence and the f. B. I. Head ive been accused of attempting to downplay russian interference allegedly in accordance with the president s wishes but russia was also named 1st we have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia this data can be used by foreign actors. To attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy barack obama had been warned of russian interference in the months leading to the 2016 election won by President Trump but the only thing apparently on his mind on this day was to catapult his former Vice President to victory physically campaigning for the 1st time displayed the charm that made him a 2 term president and you know my very good in europe where i have to say that because im not here this is actually central. As it is the whole world. So they really look like i could just take up at any time but a full throated attack on President Trump he hasnt shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends for treating the presidency like a reality show that he can use to get attach it was no coincidence that the bombers 1st appearance in the Campaign Came in the capital of pennsylvania barack obama took pennsylvania in 200820128 was flipped by donald trump in 2016 the state has a high proportion of African American voters and joe biden and his Campaign Managers have identified pennsylvania as the single most important state to win if hes to make his way to the white house. Continue. Apparently not to prepare for the final debate with joe biden that will be taking place on thursday. Washington or the russian government has described the allegations absurd at his door search of other ports for iranian reaction is just a strong. The spokesperson for irans mission of the United Nations tweeted that this is dangerous and malicious accusations against iran and that iran has absolutely no interest in whoever wins the us elections and that iran doesnt interfere with other countries elections in their proper electoral processes this is a sentiment thats also been shared by president Hassan Rouhani prior to these accusations during his weekly Cabinet Meeting on wednesday the president said that iran has absolutely no interest in who becomes the next president of the United States because regardless of whoever that is they will have to kneel to the rayney a nation that is the official position of the iranian government but when we speak to analysts than a lot of people in the capital they believe that a biden presidency would of course be one that would be more favorable to iran and the this administration there on the administration would be more open to the idea of dialogue with biden presidency despite the fact that they believe any kind of a change in the white house doesnt really mean a change in policy towards iran but that the rhetoric that the president has been using and the sanctions that hes imposed on iran since he withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal in 2013 and imposed a series of sanctions on iran that kind of behavior could change possibly with a biden presidency and so that is why this country is watching what is happening in the United States very closely and the results will undoubtedly have ramifications in iran. Ok lets stay in the u. S. Where just in the past couple of minutes the Senate Judiciary committee has approved a full senate vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee connie barretts democrats a boycott of the panels hold the full votes now going to take place on monday Amy Connie Barrett is Donald Trumps pick for the Supreme Court and democrats are worried its going to skew the Supreme Court too far to the right. Its time for the weather heres everton hello there weve got some rather unsettled weather some cool weather making its way across parts of north america band of cloud here just into central parts of the u. S. Thats diving out sort of canada to the north of that because thats where the cold air is to the south of that thats where we got the other the warmer a something of a battleground going on here and it looks like the cold air the blues are going to win out over the red sea the warmer air towards the south so thats the same as we go on through thursday temperature wise 28. 00 in kansas city 22. 00 in chicago for the start of our front well down into single figures very close to freezing so we go on into your friday single figures there for a kansas city in just 9 celsius a 16 for chicago says you get the feel of whats going on cold got that cold air making its way further south was very active system this bringing some heavy downpours in across the midwest through the appalachians and it will drive its way further east which as we go on through sad state joining up with some rather wet weather that we do have down towards the southeastern corner into florida but bad of cloud actually comes out of florida across western central parts of the caribbean some very heavy rain there for jamaica to cuba and his band yoda. Much more still to come because parliament is set to hold a vote that could change the country for decades to come were going to be live in colombo. And after their 1st chaotic match up well look ahead to the final debate between donald trump and joe biden and in sports we hear from one of the most dangerous men in the world ahead of his long awaited return to the oxer gum. d held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell denied the right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent mahmoud you saying his crime journalist. To demand markets release and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. You say. Frank assessments if American Public opinion is betrayed by social media platforms after november what would be good for the cultures if you believe that theyre corrosive to our democracy one obvious solution is to break them up informed opinions lucas said his dont go any way the protesters arent going anywhere either its ability to get evolution. Indepth analysis of the days global headlines who is it thats really out there on the street inside story on aljazeera. If. You want to know it is either a reminder of our top stories this hour nigerias president is holding an Emergency Security meeting as unrest continues in the largest city lagos a prison has been set on fire theres been nearly 2 weeks of protests against Police Brutality france and spain have become the 1st 2 European Union countries to surpass 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases spains Health Minister says drastic measures are needed to contain the outbreak. Sati that he has been appointed Prime Minister of lebanon for the 4th time he resigned from the job last year following mass antigovernment protests against the acute economic crisis and corruption. Fighting in the golan all kind of back is having a devastating impact on people on both sides of the conflict and azerbaijan thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes more than 3 weeks since the fighting started many of them struggling to survive although of the hamid met with some of those displaced people in baba in central azerbaijan. By the side of this road they watched a war unfolding a few kilometers away. With each explosion they wonder what was hit. Has been living in his car for the past month from here he can monitor his village now trapped in the conflict zone. We stay here because we have to take care of our harvest and our land when it calms down we rush there to see what has been hit and feed the animals and then we come back we try to go there 3 times a day. Drive away people are escaping the battlefield theyve managed to bring their livestock to safety they tell us their village has also come under fire. This should have been cotton picking season but theres barely anyone left here to harvest the war has expanded with random shelling reaching well beyond the line of contact so for this year the crops are going to waste about 100000 people have fled their homes living in schools that have such because of the conflict many had already been displaced since their land in 1900. Lived as a displaced person for most of her life her family fled the karabakh region and settled in turkey now the war has caught up with her. I remember when her mania was bombing and our house was hit my sister was 11 she was wounded and my brother was killed i remember all of this its engraved in my memory when turtill got bombed i ran away with my 3 children i had lived through all of this always scared for them i already knew this sounds but they didnt. But these are different times whereas it now has a well equipped army so when suliman know by now the meanest son said he wanted to volunteer she gave him her blessing. And he sent us he got injured i told its for the sake of color have to get our land back no matter if i could join the fight right now. Its been 26 years since as a brit john was defeated by armenia but now its army is making territorial gains and theres a growing hope among many here that they will soon return to their lost land. But that. Sure lankas parliament is due to vote soon on a constitutional amendment that would give the president more power if its passed at a lower president. To dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution critics say it could push the country towards authoritarianism and often and is live for us in colombo talk us through these changes 1st of all. Basically the sweeping changes that the rajapaksa government brought in ones rajapaksa won the presidency and then hes basically party his Brothers Party the is a p. P. Swip the boards in parliament so this is what they are asked for a mandate for to bring initially they said they would bring in a new constitution thats kind of being tweaked to include amendments to the existing constitution of sri lanka so among those changes are very much steps that strengthen the hands of the president its basically taking on all the powers that were diluted in taking taken away essentially from the president in the last constitutional amendment by the previous government so essentially the president can make sweeping appointments across the board to a number 2 of important and sensitive essentially institutions basically the judiciary the Public Service the Police Commission the president has the power essential need to Sack Parliament we had seen that the previous government made it mandatory for parliament to serve 4 and a half years of its 5 year term before president could Sack Parliament but this amendment essentially initially in the region no draft sought to allow the president to do that after just one year of the parliamentary term in admission to that it allows centrally dual citizens from seeking. Basically to be voted and to hold ascension of the office and parliament and that is something that has really brought a lot of reaction from all quarters across the political spectrum where seeing a lot of reaction so those are some of the key things but all over all some of the concerns that have been voiced about these proposed changes is the fact that it vests a lot of power in one individual the executive president of sri lanka and given one of the implications for peoples daily lives in sri lanka wants to impart going to be. When you talk to a centrally the rajapaksa and their supporters there theyre sort of a stand has been that the constitution in its sort of present form of change by the previous government. Sets up sort of 2 power bases that of the Prime Minister and the president it doesnt allow for efficient governance and that is why the raj boxes right from the outset campaigned for a mandate basically to change the constitution but the problem is and this is what observers human rights defenders have voiced that it brings way too much of power in the hands of one individual it removes checks and balances that had been brought in a centrally to ensure that that power is used responsibly power is not abused that there is a system where parliament maintains a sort of extra. Sort of apparent eye is essentially on the executive now the government had directed their draft to the Supreme Court a few weeks ago obviously for a decision as to whether it was in keeping with the constitution the Supreme Court itself found a number of clauses where they said was in violation of the constitution one of those clauses was the immunity of the president in terms of again of the existing constitution it allowed for the president his actions to be taken to court now that the Supreme Court says that if this government as in its draft seeks to change that it must basically be subject to a referendum by the people that they can just go ahead and remove those checks and balances even the whole thing of allowing parliament to be sacked after one year the pres the the the government does say that they will. Then that to 2 and a half years but its still you know for those questions so the whole issue is concerned about sort of the powers of the Broad Spectrum of us in the hands of one individual and the potential of use and misuse in the future. Thanks very much thats Mel Fernandez live for us from columbus the United Nations says it needs another 1000000000. 00 to provide for People Living in the worlds biggest refugee camp the United States United Kingdom and the European Union are holding a virtual Donor Conference to help or hinder refugees so far only half the money needed has been raised more than 1000000 people live in camps in bangladesh and the u. N. Says it severely underfunded program there has been put under more strain by the pandemic and because our thought is the director of u. N. H. C. R. Is Regional Bureau for asia and the pacific and hes joining us now from buying call in thailand thank you very much indeed for being with us why arent countries handing over the cash that they said they would. I think rob but you clearly are with as you said the pandemic and the cold meat crisis there has been a challenge for the humanitarian response globally but at this point of time read really hope that through this conference we can read new and redouble that efforts to resource as you said the funding gap at this point of time just. Almost half a 1000000000. 00 and together with the resources that what is most important is also recommit to lessening the solutions in myanmar we saw refugees so desperately needs given the fact that in the show we were talking about the fact that the numbers across here of the covert 1000 numbers across europe are rising significantly the pandemic hasnt gone away in fact its getting worse what is the likelihood that this conference is actually going to sway peoples mind and actually persuade them to give money when things are actually getting much worse across europe particularly but of course in the United States as well. I think one of the key elements here is that in the bottom of a she could have a lot for example we have 860000 people crammed into very difficult children and by all of this government has extended its hospitality to these people at a time where. The Global Situation in terms of accommodating refugees and supporting refugees has been strained and i think it is really imperative that Member States step up and share the burden because it is not just a crisis for bangladesh all the region and the regional partners are still coming and of course in this restaurants. Bangladesh and the countries in the reason who are supporting these are refugees but also really work with the myanmar government creates the conditions that refugees can go back to repaginate back in you know want to matter in safety and dignity if the money doesnt come through what happens. We are already seeing 3 years down the line the sense of hopelessness and desperation amongst the refugees as we have witnessed sadly and dramatically this year with over. 2400 refugees taking and making a perilous journeys across the sea looking to find green of postures where they can have safety and hope and i think if the interNational Community does not step up right now and come forward with the support that orse d countries need weve seen despair and hopelessness being all that taking the refugees and that is that is a dire need to really support the horse countries and the refugees they havent determined their future to be back in the m. R. They would like to go back to myanmar and much more needs to be done together with them yet my government to make that aspiration a reality answer because i thought he is director of u. N. H. C. R. As Regional Bureau for asia pacific we appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed thank you for having me ira. Donald trump his democratic rival joe biden preparing for the final u. S. President ial debates later on thursday organizers in nashville tennessee have made changes to the for not aimed at avoiding a repeat of trumps interruptions during the 1st debate White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb has more you she wasnt raised in the 1st president ial debate between donald trump and joe biden according to Many Political analysts was a low point in the 2020 us election because i would otherwise be doing ok as you are my president screwing things up the u. S. President repeatedly interrupted his democratic rival and also the moderator chris are there waiting words now today and just 3 days later trump was in the hospital after testing positive for cope with night team raising questions about whether or not he knew he was affected with the virus when he took to the debate stage trumps refusal to do a virtual debate led to the cancellation of the 2nd president ial match up instead both nominees participated in their own separate town halls at the same time and on the same night but now with the final debate set to take place in nashville there are questions about trumps tactics and whether hell take an aggressive stance as he did in the 1st debate or. What. All all. And i dont think we. Want one notable change this time the campaigns agreed to an uninterrupted rule which means the microphone of the candidate who doesnt have the floor will be muted trump is unhappy about the change and has repeatedly attacked the Debate Commission and the next moderator as biased against him. Earlier this week the Trump Campaign sent out a letter to the Debate Commission complaining it changed the focus of the debate from Foreign Policy adding more domestic issues like covert night team and Racial Injustice meanwhile biden has spent the week at home without any Public Events analysts believe he has the most to lose by a poor showing in the final president ial debate will be. On. What you do or say a long. Long long. Long long long. Long its the undecided voter habit thats often try to win over in a president ial debate but there are fewer undecided voters this year than in 2016 with early voting surging most have already made up their mind about who they want to win on election day can really help al jazeera the white house is really news organizations are reporting that the delegation has made a rare visit to sue done to discuss normalizing ties the term follows the deal to remove saddam from the u. S. List of state sponsors of terror the us has been instrumental in helping israel normalize relations with the u. A. E. And buck rein. Fish are dying at an alarming rate in southern iraq and fishermen are accusing the Regional Government of allotting sewage to be dumped into waterways some of 14 reports from cobol programs. Almost every morning mamma does it takes his boat out to fish but these days there is nothing to catch and the serene surface of the war to belies the toxic danger of the barracks beneath thousands of fish washed up in this canal at the beginning of this month 2 weeks on the remnants of what mohamed says was an unprecedented environmental disaster can still be found. I used to fish for personal consumption but many others sell it to earn a living this is impacted us very badly this fish is sold in the market but now people have to buy fish from the fish farms or ones imported from outside the country. The Irrigation Canal feeds into the lake and care about the province and other communities downstream have also reported significant fatalities among their fish stock employees from kerrville us veterinary hospital took samples to investigate the cause has to be. According to the lab analysis and with the visual examination by doctors there is no bacterial viral or fungal disease we had particularly suspected it might be due to herpes disease but all the lab results were negative the visual diagnosis by the veterinary doctors for the water and the fish samples suggests its related to environmental factors only but its not our mandate to investigate them for Community Elders the culprit is clear they accused the local government of dumping sewage into the river and the incident coincided with the annual religious pilgrimage to the nearby holy city of karbala which draws millions of visitors every year similar the less severe cases of contamination occurred during previous years also around the time of the pilgrimage so. The reason is the sewage the heavy water that is coming from kabul a city which they dump in the main can now i always say theyre killing us indirectly they should take care of these areas. The village chief shows us a video he filmed of the sewage flowing into the canal we visited the location to see for ourselves this is the 5 president s have been used to them to the water for 2 weeks now and the smell here is in the quiet awful nevertheless provincial environment for 4 days have told us they have yet to receive orders from the Central Government or the governor or for the province to investigate the matter we put these accusations to the governor of care about blame the fishermen themselves. This is not a fish farm these are normal fish which occur naturally in these canals but the fishermen fish in an improper way and some to. They throw harmful material into the water it kills all poisons the fish. The governor downplayed the significance of the pollution this is not a big issue its just some fish in the canal and its far away from the provincial capital but for iraqis who depend on these waters for their livelihoods the pollution could be life changing. Farm boarders the canal told us that several of his family members had breathing difficulties following the contamination he also worries about his farm and life stock and. It affects the date palms in my form in the past when the water was clean we use it 40 to geisha but know its very dirty residents say the root cause of the pollution is corruption with the government juggling and array of Health Economic and Security Issues they have little hope that their problems will receive the attention they deserve. In iraq province coming up next in sports tampa bay head back in the world series sounds good the details just over a mans. Business majors is by no brass pot. Business ledgers is by no brass pot. Who are. Trying to support his son thank you very much to a rubble by munich have made the winning start to the us a Champions League title defense of kings the common i was the star scoring at twice to help seal 4 nil well home win over it let it go on of course it didnt have an ideal build up to the game with the saw for the 3rd. Missing from the team half to testing positive for co that 19 gun was a lie so this is we wanted to win the match today we have done that excellently we were very sovereign and very convincing concerning the last 24 hours at the end the corona virus has also hit other teams therefore we would have to stick to hygiene rules and keep on Wearing Masks and keep distance theres no other way we can secure ourselves the biggest shock on wednesday came in madrid reale going down 32. 00 against your cranium team shuttle and sevilla and were held by brucia once and bloodbath to end a group b. Both english teams that were in action also won liverpool beating i. X. While Pep Guardiola as man city down the porto we lose the fish and make the last example williams listen they did greatness and shape up the same shape. And then learn. From syria the 2nd harvest they really were so we didnt consider contra drunks we. Should be settling their solution we dont allow a man drowned would you lose and the ball in the position the goal is dangerous and you did it. And i got to start for us really good. Im anxious to united executive vice chairman woodward says the club will continue to invest in the team just by posting a near 20 percent drop in revenue for the last Financial Year 668000000 dollars that was the figure posted photos 1019. 00 to 2020 down from 823000000 dollars the year before like with many clubs across the world the Global Pandemic is taking its toll on uniteds finances games since march for instance i have had to be played behind closed doors no fans old trafford saw match their revenue for 19 percent to 118000000. 00 broadcasting revenues also fell by approximately 132 1000000. 00 thats more than a 40 percent drop which included an 18000000. 00 premier league broadcast in rebate for last season why the to that the club spent more than 250000000. 00 on players last season including sharing out around 100000000. 00 for defend Harry Mcquire well weve been speaking to Daniel Poneman a football finest lecturer at Sheffield Hallam university he believes the pandemic isnt the sole reason that one matches see not as revenues have dropped. I think the situation has affected all football clubs in england so more than others and its worse for close in england further down the League System so those clubs are more reliant on much the income and thats what were talking about here the biggest impact has been the lack of funds in stadiums and thats directly impacted much they revenue if you look at the premier league and Manchester United as an example they still have the broadcasting money of the majority of us the money and obviously still have a big issue also but under stable in their revenue at the minute i imagine income will obviously hit them hard it will affect all clubs even at the top and probably all we do know in terms of football clubs is obviously the sporting performance goes hand in hand with the Financial Performance so we are absolutely seen a drop off in Manchester United supportive performance in continuing the dominance in in recent years compared to the last few years so that will affect sport informants things like you know not consistently qualifying for the Champions League not finishing as high as they used to in the premier league all has monetary value attached to that so of course sporting performances and if you win then you get caught in the cycle whereby you you need to spend more in the transfer market all the more pressure to spend more in the transfer market. And stakeholders and their own. Major League Baseball where the tatar bay rays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on wednesday to level the world series one game apiece when the lowy finally came to life he broke out of his slump with 2 home runs joe wendell had 3 r. B. I. s of his own as the rays beat the dodgers 64. 00 gave 3 takes place on friday. Is very very our influence here you know that. Is so great about his team his Coaching Staff you know as soon as i started drag my feet you know somebody was right there to pick me tonya you know for example its were gone. Just pure joy going in. And out dog on a train at home run everybodys happy everyones jumping up and down you know its not an individual thing out there its everyone with the team and you know whatever help a team when and when youre talking about playing 7 days in a row and how you can get as many outs as you can in the c. S. Yeah i mean these guys are are in uncharted territory and a credit to them theyre not making excuses they expect themselves to make pitches. So you know like i said bill its different certainly but i still we still need those guys to get important its going for for us to win this thing if he. Steps back into the octagon on saturday plays 1st fight in over a year lightweight champion from about the sun russia will be facing just engage have been looking to improve on his 28. 00 and 0 record the longest active unbeaten streak and then may its always difficult when you fight with a new card to aid when it is so much pressure on you know when youre not a shoulder you know its always difficult its never been slake easy you know and right now its like special time for me. Fighting hearing i would not be with all these pandemic stuff with all these were like without crowded out friends and i think its a little bit difficult. 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