Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240711

Troops deployed and a state of emergency imposed ethiopias president moves to replace the Regional Governments in the troubled north. And in sports only going to social looks to pull themselves some breathing space as Manchester United manager is struggling to see just beaten every 3 warning in the english i mean really. Well it has now just gone 1500. 00 g. M. T. Thats 10 am on the us east coast and joe biden is slowly inching ahead in the race to become the 46th president of the United States right now he has a narrow lead over president in battleground states 4 days off to america went to the polls the votes are still being counted amid protests and several legal challenges by the Trump Campaign well biden has spoken in an address to the nation saying he is convinced that he will win he is ahead and. Pennsylvania nevada and in georgia now so far biden is projected by the Associated Press to have won 264 Electoral College votes trump has 214 the magic number acquired is 270 now that means that biden needs to win only one of the undecided states to get over the line we both know tensions are high the kid be high after tough election like weve. Already remember we have to remain. Patient that to precious work out as we count. You know were proving that weve 2 for 244 years in this country democracy works your vote will be counted and how hard people try to stop it i will not let it happen oh lets take a look at some of these numbers in pennsylvania biden is ahead of trump by more than 28000 votes a decision that could actually come in the next few hours the remaining mail in ballots are mostly from the democratic leaning cities of philadelphia and pittsburgh a win that would propel biden postes that 270. 00 mark while biden is also leading in georgia but only by just over 7000. 00 votes then an unusually tight race but officials in georgia say they do expect a recount as per the law of the state a candidate can request a recount if the margin of difference is within 0. 5 Percentage Points or we have correspondents across the country covering all of this for us tomorrow and joe bidens home state delaware alan fischer is following all the developments from the capital washington d. C. But 1st lets head to kristen salumi for the latest on that very crucial count in pennsylvania christine weve been getting these batches of results in recent dribs and drabs and i do believe another one is expected any moment in each of those could potentially be decisive here. Well i just spoke to an election commissioner here in philadelphia and basically things have been picking up again this morning after working around the clock all week officials here in philadelphia and also in pittsburgh the 2 biggest cities in pennsylvania did get to take a break overnight after working so hard this week but they do expect another release of data at some point today where it stands now as you said joe biden ahead by about 20 8000. 00 votes hard to estimate how many ballots are left to count right now were looking at a 150000. 00 plus in philadelphia here we know theres about 40000. 00 that have yet to be counted those include mail in ballots both those received before election day and those that are being contested by the president that were received in the 3 days after election day and theres also whats known as provisional ballots these are ballots that have to be individually verify it and it gets very tricky to do that the commissioners and Election Officials have to individually check and verify each and every ballot in those cases and just to give you an example of why that might be it could be that a signature was not on a mail in ballot or a mail in ballot was requested and then the person went to vote in person and didnt bring the mail in ballot with them so they voted provisionally so that Election Officials would then verify afterwards that they didnt vote why so this is a very time consuming and more tedious process and thats why were seeing the results come in a little bit more slowly and here in pennsylvania the commissioners for me that theyve got 18000 of those provisional ballots that they have to make. Their way through so he was urging everyone to be patient but promising that they would they would get another total out soon today kristen pennsylvania is also one of the state that has this hof percentage point recount threshold and were already seeing less a geisha and flying about so in your mind you think a truly definitive result could be some days away even months to get the number. Yeah i think thats a safe assumption given the legal challenges and as you say the race is closer than a half a percentage point its an automatic recount right now joe biden is ahead by point 4 percent so he hasnt reached that threshold yet and were seeing of course the president make legal challenges wherever he can including to ballots that were received after election day now this is a process that was upheld by the state Supreme Court here in pennsylvania ballots that were marked mailed by election day and marked by election day but received up till 5 pm local time on friday can still be counted according to a decision by the state Supreme Court but President Trump has been raising a stink about this and is hoping that the Supreme Court will again take that up on friday judge alito of the Supreme Court did order Election Officials to put those ballots that came in later a side that something that the state separate secretary of state here in pennsylvania had already asked them to do so whether or not they take up that probably depends on how close the final count is right now those late ballots seem to be a small amount we dont have an exact number but were talking about hundreds maybe low thousands which may not be enough to swing the race one way or another but if it gets really close this could drag on much longer kristensen i mean theyre watching that very critical count for us in pennsylvania thank you so much crystal now lets move over to the capitol and speak to alan fischer he is in washington d. C. By my understanding we havent seen President Trump since that very remarkable press conference on thursday night but it does seem from the statements coming out of the white house that they are turning it down what are his aides telling him right now. Well it depends on who you speak to on one side there are aides who think the president should acknowledge that essentially its over and that pennsylvania is going to put joe biden over the top and hes not going to be able to call that back and then there are others who are close to him particularly his children his advisor jerry commissionaire is also his son in law who very much advise him that he still has a path and if he wants to fight then there by his side certainly the tweet that we saw from donald trump in the last hour or so. Should scuse me suggesting hes going to continue to fight the legal battle he said that tens of thousands of votes were received in states after the 8 pm deadline what he means by that were not entirely sure of course in counting center sometime ballots do arrive after the pm closing of the pauls and thats because if youre in line at 8 oclock you get to vote and not only that the 1000000 ballots would have been delivered in pennsylvania in particular the Republican Legislature there said that those votes couldnt be counted until after the polls closed whereas before they had been processed before election day he also said that votes were not allowed to be observed hes raised a court action about that in pennsylvania just to quote the judge the judge asked the Trump Campaign was there someone who represented dog trump in the room and prevaricated a bit but then said yes theyre wards and the judge said. I dont see what your problem is and that is going to be the difficulty that the Truck Campaign in the republicans have in that they are talking about irregularities theyre talking about fraud but theyre not coming up with any evidence not just in the last half hour or so the Trump Campaign theres a notice that were going to have a News Conference in philadelphia that seems to suggest that theyre going to present some form of evidence but of course what theyre alleging is that tens of thousands of votes were either tampered with or delivered and thats whats changing the result. So if they have one or 2 cases theyre going to have to do better than not just to convince the public but also to convince a judge if we take this to court and i also see that now the man who is leading all those legal challenges around this election chief of staff mark meadows hes tested positive for kind of 19 is that creating even more chaos at the white house. Well you remember the mark meadows was the man who just before the election said that donald trump and the administration wasnt going to defeat the virus it was just going to contain it he himself has been seen on many occasions without a mask in fact there was a very Famous Exchange on capitol hill when he went to speak to journalists they asked them to put on a mask here a fuse and walked off yes he has been confirmed to be carrying covert virus apparently he tested positive on wednesday which is interesting because of course he was in the event at the white house that donald trump held on tuesday night he apparently wanted to keep this quiet to try didnt detract from other news at least 3 other staffers in the white house who also have the virus doesnt seem to be any change in the track interest policy of the white house so theyre not trying to find out who those was in contact with but this is embarrassing and not only embarrassing for mark meadows but for the president as well because you remember that before the election he said come november the 4th the day after the election the media isnt going to be talking about covert at all at the moment you hear this covert call record because they see that as a way to damage donald trump and israel lection efforts well in the last few days have been more than 100 cases of covert across the United States hitting new record levels that we havent seen since the early days of the virus back in march and know the chief of staff someone who stands very close to donald trump every single working day has no been tested positive so thats not good news for the white. Obviously not good for mark may do is in like everyone else im sure would like to wish him a speedy recovery not least because at the moment the president will obviously lead his support of course alan fischer there for us in washington d. C. The press conference that allen was referring to we will be carrying that live here on aljazeera bringing you all the latest thanks so much alan well lets get the view from joe bidens home state of delaware jamal shy our correspondent joins us now from wilmington jamal i was watching that that press conference that joe biden gave he was walking a very fine line there in his speech last night one that i imagine his whole team was hoping would be a victory speech. Well at least his supporters for sure and as they were separating not least because people are looking for some sort of closure although this isnt the 1st time the u. S. Election has dragged on your member back in 2000 the bush v gore one that went on for more than 3 weeks this time obviously tensions are not more high seems to be a lot more at stake and thats why maybe people are looking forward to it but in that press conference the confidence that joe biden has from the results that are coming in the trends in which those results are swaying towards essentially allowed him to focus on maybe throwing forward looking at what he would be focusing on over the next couple of months and if indeed he is announced as the victor in the beginning the early days of his administration well before talking about those policies there was a key message there to the entire nation and he did say he was going to be an address to the entire nation it was a message of calm a message of trying to come together and insistence that democracy was the way forward and it was something that is sacrosanct and must be protected and. An insistence that every Single Person who cross the ballots would have their votes counted obviously he would need everybody every single vote to be counted so he can win but he was saying that this is something that goes beyond politics it is the essence of what makes the United States the United States and therefore it is something that needs to be protected. You mentioned some of the policies and priorities that i 5 see that joe biden is already meeting with economic and Health Advisors essentially prepping his transition team. Well you know for sure i mean really you know he started off by saying hes just come out to him and his running mate who would be future Vice President coming out harris had just come out of 2 briefings one uncovered one on the economy and we heard there from alan when you were mentioning about the chief of staff of the white house getting caught with one of the it shows you the huge contrasts and there are many contrasts between biden and trump but particularly when it comes to covert many accuse the president of irresponsibility when it came to covert of him dismissing it as just in the early days as something that wasnt so serious and then since then not being able to actually grapple with it properly what biden has set out from the beginning is that he and his team and if indeed the future will be referred to as an administration we take it a lot more seriously would come up with a lot clearer policies obviously the way the which in which the u. S. Is governed there is some sort of autonomy in each state for them to deal with things differently there is a limit to how much the federal government can involve however just by leading by example so seeing the future president wearing a mask always as we have seen joe biden seeing them you know encouraging Certain Health and Safety Practices which we didnt see from the Trump Administration many believe that that would have a trickle down impact at least on the layman in terms of how an average citizen would be dealing with it and thats what many people are looking at this specially is because alan pointed out there for the past few days every single day theres been more than 100000 people who have tested positive for this virus so it is a real issue and the biden and his team seem very clear that they are taking it a lot more seriously than the Current Administration and are ready to get to work on it straight away to our correspondent on the ground in delaware with all the latest. Thanks so much to. Plenty more i have here this news hour including. Oh she was on the short list for Vice President meet the woman getting credit for the biden her a surprising success in georgia. And england enters its 2nd lockdown as a mass private Testing Program gets underway in liverpool. And in sport a big turnaround in the fortunes of australias National Rugby team and he will be here with that story for. Now one of the states that joe biden and chris appeared to have flipped is georgia where they lead continues to grow and that state hasnt voted for a democrat nearly 30 years but this year blackfriars has turned out in force thanks in launchpad to one pass and Stacey Abrams narrowly lost the race to become governor 2 years ago by just 55000 votes she accused republicans of widespread Voter Suppression doing everything they could to purge black voters from the rolls and battles civil Rights Groups and court about access so instead of running for Senate Abrams instead go to work fighting those efforts her organization registered approximately 800000. 00 georgia residents to voters well thats now speak to tony what can in the state capital into shes the deputy organizing director at the new Georgia Action Fund a Community Organizing group that engages under represented communities in the state attorney thanks for taking the time to be with us im curious the registration drives that state that the network the huge network that she built in your mind how much of a difference to me. First of all thank you so much for having me it made a tremendous difference so when we look at the margins that we see the state being turned blue by it is undeniable that the 800000 people that we registered and counting as we are still registering today. That that absolutely moved the needle because we know that the people that are registered are typically those that are not able to participate in elections due to Voter Suppression that is widespread in georgia so absolutely were excited and were so then over her leadership and her foresight in predicting that we would be able to do this tony were looking right now at an almost unprecedented level of polarization across the United States and youre out and about speaking to voters from different communities different backgrounds what was decisive for then it does seem despite what we all thought that the pandemic itself didnt make as much of an impact on voting choice and so what was the priority here. Well i think that 2020 has really has been a voting motivator in and of itself we see a lot of things just really coming to coming to their breaking point we see protesting in the street because we see people dying on television every day that look like us and were tired of that were tired of a criminal Justice System that treats our people and fairly black and brown and immigrant and queer and young people unfairly so i think that that coupled with cove it i think that there was just a massive reaction to we cant take this anymore and organizations like the new georgia project and the new director project action we have been having those conversations with people for years so while this seems like a surprise to many people this was a lot of hard work and a lot of strategy and we are excited that we have flipped the state essentially ahead of schedule right before the 2024 predictions but this is no surprise as because we have been putting this work in and talking to these people and explaining to them why the problems that they have are connected to their opportunity to vote only say that george is ahead of schedule didnt do you think that Georgia State is representative of a broader shift perhaps democratic or otherwise across america. You know not necessarily i think when we look at the the other states that represent the United States of america i think that it shows that we have a lot to do and let me not going to head it myself right we may have flipped the state in some respects but theres a lot of flipping to go we have 2 very major sooner races on january 5th to really important run ups that will help help predict that your jet jury georgia the state of the country and of course of the world so i dont know that im comfortable enough to say that georgia is predicting or is that an accurate predictor of the entire country but i do think its an accurate predictor of the trajectory of the country we all have a long way to go still and some big races still coming up as well in january tony what kens there the deputy organizing director of the new Georgia Action Fund thanks for being with us here on al jazeera time thank you and as we were saying earlier President Trumps chief of staff mark meadows has tested positive for the 19 and its unclear when he contract to the virus or if he has any symptoms several white house staffers including President Trump there have been criticized for failing to consistently when mosques in the white house and the u. S. Has seen another record in corona virus infections widespread testing has confirmed more than 132000 cases on friday the death toll now stands at 236000. Well as the wild battles a 2nd wave of corona virus cases europe is the new epicenter 300000 people there have now died several countries are imposing tighter measures to try to tackle the spread fronts has registered a new record of 60001000 cases just over 24 hours after going into lockdown a week ago now in greece the government there has imposed a 3 Week National Lockdown People can only leave their homes if they make an official request by phone supermarkets pharmacies kindergartens and primary schools that can remain open now in the u. K. England and to its 2nd lockdown on thursday nonessential businesses there will be closed for a month and a mask over Testing Program has now begun in liverpool the trial encourages anyone living or working in the city to get tested even if they dont have symptoms well as watching all of this for us from london the team there was so much resistance to this 2nd lockdown in england hows it going. Well there are 3 more weeks of this lockdown across england it should be specified there are other measures in place for example in wales which are actually deemed as tougher including restrictions on peoples travel here in england the the latest hope is that a mass Testing Program in the city of liverpool in the northwest could actually see some progress the idea there is that all half a 1000000 residents are being offered free tests even if they do not have symptoms for profit 19 now there has been some uptake in the program but its early days Health Officials there stressing that they do think people are going to come and put themselves forward allaying fears among some people whove said that theyre worried that they might be mixing with people who actually have the virus this is all of course one way in which the all thirtys hope they can start to keep the economy going through the winter in the absence of a vaccine or a dilemma that countries across europe have theres another development here britain why the the government is now saying the normal resident foreigners in britain cannot enter the country if theyve been in denmark for the last 2 weeks that is because in denmark there has been an outbreak or there has been there have been cases of copied 19 linked to milk farms in denmark around 200 cases more than 10 percent of those with its believed a strain of covered 19 that has meet the World Health Organization says that in that the strains that have been found in these cases may have acquired what they call unique combinations of mutations there are several countries in europe including italy and. In which of also reported profit 19 outbreaks linked to farm gimmicks and there are millions of these animals a quarter call is going on in denmark right now theyre hoping to bring that swiftly under control but it of course raises fears for other countries around the continent now. There with all the latest watching developments for us around europe from london thanks so much to think im reading on and his parliament has moved to abolish and replace the Regional Government in the Northern Region of tikrit and salacious move between the federal government and to raise leaders amid growing concerns of a possible civil war charlotte thats reports the ghosts of ethiopias past linger into grey home to a powerful minority the tigre a Peoples Liberation front dominated ethiopian politics for 3 decades until Prime Minister abi arkham it came to power in 20 a chain they were allies now they preparing for war make a collision of this political ideological difference between the 2 but obviously there is no way that this problem could be resolved through why are. Frankly if collation that is likely to lead into the greatest geopolitical nightmare for the whole of africa. Rb mobilize troops after saying to graze leaders had attacked a federal military base an accusation they deny the an order that is strikes in north to grey bombing arms depots and military equipment the region is home to much of the countrys military personnel and resources a legacy of ethiopias war with iraq trio you know that because you want. The airstrikes have been going on thursday and friday and will continue into the future as well the reason for these is to limit the capacity of the enemy in order to defend itself from Foreign Forces ethiopia has a huge stockpile of rockets into great which can travel 300 kilometers this selfish who could use these rockets to attack a lot of our cities it can destroy our people. Politicians in addis ababa have approved a motion to form an interim government and to gray intonation phone lines have been cars and airports and space coast People Living near its southern border have started donating blood for Government Forces they are fighting for us thats why we give so not only today for the next days and the next 2 weeks we support. The feud escalated 2 months ago after to graze leaders went ahead with Regional Elections despite the government ordering their perspire in meant to coronavirus people and to gray make up 5 percent of ethiopias more than 100000000 population but a politically and economically powerful they have complained of being sidelined and unfairly targeted by the federal government the u. N. And African Union hope abby awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year tries to avoid a full scale conflicts yet its unclear if either side is interested in mediation shallop ballasts. Head flew here on aljazeera the search for survivors. Tropical storm is still underway in Central America the powerful storm could now be headed to florida. With fears farmwork as an 11 on are at risk of abuse as a new contract to protect their rights is suspended. And 4 doctors say Diego Maradona is now fighting for its withdrawal symptoms after his recent brain surgery. However got more lovely sunshine across much of the Arabian Peninsula look further north theres a fair bit of cloud across northern parts of the middle east and whats the weather spilling out. I mean you as a push on just around the caucasus and take a cloud if we can for that lot of cloud across iraq into northern parts of saudi arabia and even here we could catch a shower or 2 as because through the next couple of days not out of the question that we could see the chance eastern possum on as well or maybe you too is that a society of the u. A. E. That we get with a lot of showers from the events towards the caspian similar picture as we go on through monday by monday some wetter weather just pushing into northern parts of saudi arabia here in concert when you can get temperatures around 30 celsius in light winds some lovely weather to come then. Dry weather just around the gulf of aden but we have got showers a little south of that will be some whats the weather just making their way into somalia some heavy rains short runs the. House of eastern kenya just around 10000. 00 there will see some what the weather just pushing towards madagascar show is perhaps not as widespread as were expecting to angola but they are there nevertheless and notice some more in the way of whats the weather across the eastern side of south africa. 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Hello again im a star and lets remind you of our top stories here this hour the president on a trump has fired off a series of angry tweets he alleges tens of thousands of votes were illegally received after the election deadline without giving any evidence he also says election observers were bad from the count has flagged those tweets as misleading. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden has addressed his supporters in his home state of delaware late on friday hes still not declaring victory but says he will eventually win this election biden also edged his supporters to be patient. And in the u. K. England entered its 2nd lockdown on thursday nonessential businesses will be closed for a month and a mask of a Testing Program is underway in the difficult. While a quick update now on the u. S. Senate race and control of the upper house also hangs in the balance and potentially could for some time and right now the republicans and the democrats remain deadlocked with 48 seats each both races in georgia already set for runoffs in january 2 others in North Carolina and alaska remain undecided well lets now speak to the executive editor of news guard james war and hes joining us from chicago james as i was just saying that we could be waiting till january to know whos going to control the senate we still dont know entirely about the presidency how is the country coping with all this uncertainty. Oh i think it would be fair to say a high decree of stress i mean i even have an 11 year old and 16 year old who are showing very little interest in Current Affairs and civics until the last week and now i cant get them up to bed at night because there he moved to cable news and even know how many alert morals there are in georgia florida and illinois for the 1st time in their lives. Well then let me ask you taking a bit of a step back care amidst all of this on 70 about perception the dismissal around this election i dont you what with combating misinformation i think youve been identifying socalled election misinformation super spreaders does President Trump fall into that category yes certainly a lot of his allies do and given his penchant to read tweet misinformation hes done a lot of that it says its been as basic as the plane that lies people are voting for dead ones and the votes that come in after election they dont count by mail there been 10 or 12 and the unfortunate thing is that a lot of them have a very very big audiences facebook and twitter are trying to do something to crow about misinformation and you know all the criticism they have received justifiably theyve done a fairly decent job the most high profile example being trying to curve the in the totally fallacious tweets of the president himself well we have seen some divides develop and the Republican Party so let me ask you ben what are trumps closest aides telling him who do you think is driving this narrative here. Oh i think largely his family and i think this is is pensioned is to turn to them his greatest loyalists. And some critics might say this is coterie of laugh dogs but theyre telling him to fight on fight on when the reality is look very different as moche as evidence by by example by the state of georgia where theyre still counting this is a very traditionally republican state 10000000 people hasnt gone democratic in a president ial race and bill clinton fell southerner in 1992 all the key statewide offices and both houses of the legislature are republican but so this is pretty remarkable theyve turned against trump and it looks like biden will win the state and then you have the wrong and one can on your story that enough with not one but 2 both Georgia Senate races going to run off in january and the eyes of the american political world will be on georgia in the next couple months an astonishing sums of money that wind up in georgia you should know your brothers certainly in broadcast television will be great beneficiaries so the job you really want to have you believe is there you want to be a general manager or the sales director of a television station and 10 or 2 of them we will leave alone james i do want to ask about the Republican Party itself because it really does feel like over the course of his presidency despite the initial resistance that we saw the Republican Party has essentially become the party of trump how much do you think that the g. O. P. Has fundamentally changed over these last 4 years and does does it revelant off them. Oh dramatically well over the caviar that if he loses this election and do remember yes more than 70000000 votes even in the air and defeat. That i think one can say when one looks at the end of a lot of elections across the american spectrum of the public and to well democrats not as well as they thought that surely trump is some form of something one might call trump ism one strong sell not and if he refuses to go down with a group graciousness and then basically announces that hes running for president 4 more years which is not involved early itll be really interesting to see how elected officials who are at this point still even now most elected republican officials are wary of criticism the criticism that have come about trump regarding his refusal to accept election returns is via a large bump from former elected officials so not a lot of political courage among republicans who are who are just very scared of him and dont doubt the possibility that he remains a significant factor in the partys life even their transition to joe biden and it looks like trump is and is here to stay for that a lot at least james warren there the executive editor of news god great to new insights here on out of there thanks for being with us james byrds. As we were just discussing the president has prematurely declared victory multiple times since election day while also alleging voter fraud as the latest comments on thursday night have driven a number of republicans to distance themselves from their partys candidate for instance jeff flake former republican senator from arizona cold on republicans to defend u. S. Elections and Democratic Institutions saying no republican should be ok with the president s statement just now. Marylands republican government mary hogan also joined the condemnation of the president s comments there is no defense for the president s comments tonight undermining a democratic process america is counting the votes i mean must respect the results as we always have before no election or person is more important than our democracy but a prominent republican Lindsey Graham is standing by the president democracy depends upon Fair Elections President Trumps teen is going to have a chance to make a case regarding. Voting irregularities they deserve a chance to make that case and stand with pros to trump your democrats were doing this it be cheered on. 2 mosques in austria have been closed off to a man who attended then killed 4 people and injured 22 others in vienna earlier this week the countrys integration minister insists the move is not an attack on the islamic faith a 20 to 20 year old gunman was shot dead on monday during his rampage in the capital how a group of european diplomats has criticized the Israeli Government while on a visit to an occupied west bank village raised by the israeli army this week Rights Groups say israeli troops a boulder is demolished tents and other structures that housed about 74 people including 41 minus israels army says the structures were built without permission representatives say the action is a violation of International Law Turkeys Central Bank governor has been fired he was removed by president ial decree off to the turkish lira reached a record the position has now been reassigned to a former finance minister. Now ivory coasts Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister has been arrested opposition candidates in the president ial election had been wanted they could face charges of terrorism as well as life imprisonment for denouncing the result thats according to the Public Prosecutor the Constitutional Court has extended a deadline for objections to last weeks Election Results president Alassane Ouattara has been declared the winner but opposition parties say theyll instead set up a Transitional Government 2 candidates boycotted the election saying a 3rd term for the president is unconstitutional. On the 30th of october 2020 i referred to medics of the chief magistrate to open a traditional inquiry into acts of terrorism attacks and conspiracy against the authority of the state manages to mystic workers in lebanon have been left vulnerable after a proposed contract to protect them was scrapped lebanon is home to around 250000 migrants who work under a sponsorship system that Rights Groups say has expose them to abuse them harder reports. For these migrant Domestic Workers home is now the backyard of the Ethiopian Embassy in beirut they say their previous employers denied them their wages and were abusive their common complaint human Rights Groups have documented for years how levanon socalled cofounder system gives employers control over workers lives. I had to escape because my employer constantly beat me she still has my passport and me 700. 00. Lebanons laws are often criticised for failing to protect foreign Domestic Workers apart from providing food and at times shelter activists say they cant do much a few weeks ago the Labor Ministry approved a new contract that would have allowed the workers to keep their own passports and contracts among other changes but a court has since suspended it and there is no rules to protect us so were going to continue with this system for how long we need to so he so we have been crying going. We didnt need an answer for this i mean im not a woman being like you i am the court ruled in favor of recruitment agencies that bring in most of these workers it said the new contract failed to balance between the rights and duties of all parties but others believe this was about protecting financial interests. This is a very dangerous precedent for it. To be able to hold such a decision to protect their Financial Base if you especially when it and bolts that should be. Used in exploitation levanon is home to around 250000 migrants mostly from asia and africa many of them women who work in homes they are not protected by the labor laws and their situation worsened as a result of the countrys economic collapse. Many were left without work others were not paid about them by employers who cant be held accountable the heart of the problem at this stage is the nonpayment of wages and those in the midst of quakers who wish to return home but to do not want to return without all while compromising their rights in light of the Current Situation and all the exploitation of that are coming to surface and that reflects then the sensitive to have it from india. Implemented activists see the attempt at labor reform have been a long battle but it failed and along with 4 Domestic Workers they are back to Square One Center where i was received beirut. 3 people have been killed in afghanistans capital in a bomb explosion there among the casualties as young. Form a news presenter of a tolerant news the surge in violence comes as governor goshes continue talks with the taliban right here in doha. Well more than 150 people. Dead across Central America after Tropical Storm hit the region and triggered mudslides in remote Mountain Areas as one of the west countries. Reports. What the 1000000 troops rescued the survivors stranded on roofs some friday in a remote Mountain Area of. Heavy rains from the remnants of hurricane haider of caused a massive mudslide say might have killed 100 people. In a News Conference president. Said it will be days before the true toll of the storm is known. This morning we had 4 dead but unfortunately that figure went up to 50 after mudslides took place and who are 10 ngo and San Cristobal were trying to reach those areas by foot because we cant get there any other way roads have been cut off. Its thought many of the dead were buried in their homes in the village of about 150 houses have been swallowed by mudslides there. In western high winds and heavy rain of also damaged thousands of homes killing dozens and fry the residents gather to retrieve their belongings from the degrees. Neighborhood im in pain because of lost everything ive been struggling for years to have my house in the streets and said god has to give me something bitsa. Rescue operations across much of Central America have been slowed by destroyed roads and bridges evacuation orders remain in place in parts of the flooding was still a possibility. We have been advising people that i hear on the edge of zone 5 that there is an alert that the river is rising more so that they dont risk their lives. In a Central America reels forecasters say the storm is regaining strength. As it heads towards cuba in florida over the weekend they said that on al jazeera. Now mexico is among the most dangerous countries in the while john lasts a social Media Campaign a 2nd accountability from authorities out of there as money or power plots when capital. Latin america is one of the most dangerous regions in the world to be a journalist according to a recent report by the un in 2019 the region accounted for 40 percent of all confirmed killings of journalists around the world. How they handled the edges from what is says he left his job as a reporter after receiving Death Threats and after several of his colleagues lost their lives for reporting on organized crime in the city while it had a kind of evidence that the korean ive experienced the violence and the threats firsthand i see the risks that are taken every day to practice journalism in Ciudad Juarez and ive witnessed through the lives of my colleagues every time ive had to say goodbye to a friend. Last year one Human Rights Group launched a campaign seeking to quote revive the voices and images of slain journalists by reactivating their social media accounts their slogan is still speaking up noma plan then with that of those both organizers have also incorporated Image Manipulation Software into their campaign this video features the likeness of javier developed as a mexican reporter who was murdered in 2017 so coming out of all this because these tell us. About this journalist and writer i was still on may 15th 2017 on orders by someone who did not like what i published but as you can see im here speaking to you. Activists say they digitally manipulated videos or a form of protest directed at the federal government to do more for press freedom the plot to talk about us out of the what have you heard about this had to return from that to demand just because our institutions are incapable of the laboring justice to his family life that is this all of since 2006 mexico has endured a spiral of violence thats claimed the lives of at least 132 journalists among thousands of others. Despite a promise made by mexican president look is about order to protect members of the news media there have been at least 32. 00 journalists killed since the start of his Administration Security experts point to widespread impunity and collusion between authorities and criminal groups as the main reasons ranking the country just behind syria as the most dangerous for media professionals and let up on the aljazeera mexico city. Hall still ahead for you here on aljazeera only the south korean couple who are taking the dream of owning their own house to new heights. In fort baseballs policy crash that escapes punishment for League Officials and we will have that story for you here in supporters. To drive their industrial expansion and european powers colonised huge areas of the world rich resources free labor and plans were exploited in the name of civilization and well until the colonies decided that had enough in a new 3 part documentary series aljazeera expose the history suffering and legacy of france as an aerial past. Not into this french to colonize ation coming soon frank assessments if American Public opinion is betrayed by social media platforms after november what would be the cautions and if you believe that there are corrosive to our demise. Prosy one obvious solution is to break up informed opinion lucas and his dog anyway the protesters arent going anywhere either its ability of the revolution people indepth analysis of the days global headlines is it thats really out there on the street inside story on aljazeera. I want to see. Every. Fucking back now young couples in south korea are finding it increasingly difficult to afford their own home a common problem in most of the worlds major cities but as Robert Bryant reports from capital seoul one innovative architect has come up with a possible solution newly married and wanting to own their own home in a city of escalating land prices architect chilly maine oak and his wife jungle young hit on a novel solution build a house thats narrow but talk to me 1st people who are curious about what were building they thought it was either a chimney or a lighthouse. With just one room per floor it means a lot of status but with the bottom floors being the living areas mostly for day use and the top 2 more their personal space climbing up and down is kept to a minimum i do feel like theres more to. Talk for is the brain so k. Joy is now designing similar tiny homes for others willing recognition from the city for his originality its a concept already established in neighboring japan and it could provide a way for more young couples to own their own homes in seoul where the average apartment price has now risen to the equivalent of more than 800000. 00 as property prices surge the mathematics of building small and tall become all the more persuasive the land this house stands on cost just under 100000. 00 us dollars spend another 150000. 00 on the house itself and you have a home for less than a 3rd of the price of a similarly sized apartment. And i think this could be a solution its very challenging for young people to buy a home even if they save up for their entire lives. And even in congested central seoul its a way to secure your own individual space when distancing has taken on a new importance the specially trained this can be in a nightmare. Is a very lucky pool has to have this place because there is no knowing this coming place a small haven to call your own rabbit bride aljazeera soul. It is now time to thank so much the stars. Looks to bottom self some breathing space as Manchester United manager has struggling same beating ever since 31 in the English Premier League got a couple of goals going to some park allison grabbing a late 3rd united had lost back to. At games heading into this one despite this when neither team still down in 13th place in the late southampton have taken top spot in the premier league for the 1st ever time they move into 1st place for that so you know we have a new castle on friday the lead on goal difference ahead of Liverpool Liverpool man city on sunday the result is the moment very top position but only for a few moments. Its but its nice for the fans for the players. Make a picture and enjoy it for me to important we stay hungry and we dont leave. People working or real madrid players in our sodden casimir i tested positive for the coverage once seen on fridays being revealed all of the members of the rail saying alongside Staff Members have returned negative results after a new set of tests were carried out in the last few hours both casimir and us out will miss sundays match against valencia and wont travel with their National Teams during the Upcoming International break now a huge game coming up in germany where the top 2 teams in the bundesliga are about to meet just goal difference separate spawn munich and russia dortmund last season buying one a domestic double of trophies as well as the European Champions League dortmund believe only one series the past 10 League Meetings against by. I hope we havent hit the pinnacle yet. The mentality of us players of myself and im sure i can speak about the team now is to aim for another trooper of course who are no its going to be hard but we know we have a lot of quality and the motivation sometimes going to be difficult but so one of us here picks the other one up im sure we can achieve a lot more than just having one season thats been great. Well doctors say theyve sedated Diego Maradona to help him battle substance withdrawal symptoms the argentinian is recovering from brain surgery and remains in hospital and one is aries well the greatest prize of all time he let audience into world cup glory in 1906 hes battled drug and alcohol addiction throughout his life a little bit more than that theone we have seen a reaction that is basically a sweating reaction i one point anger and we have classified as that it is the syndrome the syndrome is the set of signs and symptoms based on what we believe is the withdrawal syndrome we are treating it and have not let him leave often and as an option right now at the Paris Masters the 20 time grand slam champion is up against the 4th seed alexander its very been the semifinals there if he wins hell face 3rd seed down on medvedev in the final on sunday the russian dominating his match against canadas minutes rinat the 3rd seed winning in straight sets to reach what is his 1st final of the season one of a joke of it not playing in this tournament but he does still have something to celebrate its been confirmed hell finish the year at the top of the World Rankings for the 6th time in his career and that puts him level with a mark set by american pete sampras which is when the a. T. P. Cup also secure a record extending 8 Australian Open title. Australia have hit back from a record defeat to beat new zealand in rugbys trying a sion series the try coming up here from time here at super was to prove decisive in a 2422 win for australia in brisbane. Big turnaround from a faulty 35 loss last week. Argentina or the 3rd team in this tournament new zealand will play the south americans next week in the battle for Major League Baseball officials have decided not to punish l. A. Dodgers star Justin Turner the player returned it sue the fail to celebrate winning the world series championship despite having just such a positive for corona virus turner was withdrawn midway through last months deciding game after getting news of his results at least 4 more members of the Dodgers Organization have since tested positive. I dont explorer has rejoined the Boston Red Sox his manager just days after his season long run ended cora won the world series title with boston in 28 same but was fired by the club in january for his part in the Houston Astros cheating scandal he was then banned by the league for this 2020 sees. Play more sport from in a couple of hours song about his hits for next thank you so much have a lot of out of that for me for this years abba dont go away ill be back in just a moment with more of the days news and more of us actually im. Dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic lets start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the News Coverage whats the lay of the land stripping away the spin ripping story about president ial corruption it is real reporting its not if you keep challenging assumptions and the official line we all decided we need to cut our school we dont want to the authority and its media villas think post on out is the right. What was described as the worlds longest long downpour the largest exodus and the creation of independent india and 947. Experts believe india is still at the stage of infection but the long down has already created a humanitarian crisis and driven the Unemployment Rate for 6 to 23 percent and its also highlighted an equality religious tensions and a Health Care System that isnt equipped to deal with the panic. The following week schoolchild of the peace and Mass Movement of people will accelerate the spread of the corner wires from indian cities to its rule hot. Around the World Council and cities are working to manipulate and influence us trolls and sports taking you just algorithms that a treat developed and designed to push content that says click me every click we make you just saw. One and in the throes of a 5 part series really is in mexico examining how propaganda and proper shape content. The algorithm on the jersey. President donald trump makes new allegations of voting irregularities without getting any evidence he wants voting stop vote counting stopped in pennsylvania. And a call for calm by joe biden as he nears the 270 electoral votes needed to become the next president of the United States. Stands 1st to come together sedation to be the start of the we have to train. Hello again i missed on the a 10 this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up