Awaiting to be reunited a father whos one of thousands of palestinian separated from his family for months as a result of covert 19. And im here the same for the sport as brazil tackles the 2nd worst outbreak of coronavirus in the World Football returned to the pitch just meters away from a Field Hospital for covert 19 patients. So then a former canadian diplomat and a businessman have been charged with spying in canada and a case set to increase diplomatic tensions between the 2 countries michael coverage is being held in beijing and businessmen michael spadeful was charged in a city near the north korean border theyre accused of spying for state secrets for a foreign entity. Were detained in late 2018 soon after the arrests in canada or of main ones whos a Top Executive of the chinese tech giant while away is shes the daughter of woe is founder and is facing extradition to the United States on fraud charges if a trade with iran and those developments come as a strain as Prime Ministe
And geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Im Adrian Finnegan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week the pandemic decimates millions of jobs and pushes many into extreme poverty could have Green Recovery be the solution to saving the Global Economy. Flag of convenience chinese ships and crews but flying the senegalese flag local fishermen say the waters off the coast of being overfished. Slaughterhouses are hot spots for coated 19 activist investors say that Meat Processing plants could be the cause of the next pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the Global Economy its pushed back global efforts to reduce poverty improve livelihoods and health care now understandably nations of poured billions into shoring up Health Services but
A court ban protesters in australia say they are running for Racial Justice and an end to aboriginal deaths in Police Custody. The fear is that perus hospitals are running out of oxygen for coronavirus patients the president orders plans to ramp up production. And france says its killed the leader of al qaeda in north africa in an operation in mali. A growing number of Us Police Departments are enforcing changes to their tactics in the wake of George Floyds death the city of minneapolis where he was killed is Burning Police chokeholds and will require officers who see colleagues using improper force to step in and stop them as well as banning chokeholds new york state plans to classify false race based calls to Emergency Services as a hate crime and california will stop training its officers to use a type of restraint that killed george floyd across this country we train techniques on strangleholds. That put peoples lives a risk now we can argue that these are used as exceptions but at
And jobs from the Virus Outbreak donald trump also pledges to bail out the u. S. Oil industry after prices they put into negative territory for the 1st time in history and serious questions are being asked about the true number of coronavirus related deaths in england and wales. The current a virus pandemic could lead to famines in dozens of countries pushing tens of millions more people around the world to the brink of starvation a un report has highlighted the vast number of people around the world who are now acutely food in secure the World Food Program has requested 350000000. 00 to set up a network to keep humanitarian supply chains moving around the world. No samples yet but i must warn you that if we dont prepare and act now to secure access avoid fundies shortfalls disruptions to treat we could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months the actions that we take will determine our success or failure and build a Sustainable Food systems as the b
At the end of the tunnel u. S. President donald trump strikes an optimistic tone but a leading medical official warns americans the hardest moment of their lives is coming. And mortuaries in ecuador run out of space now bodies are being stored in giant refrigerated containers. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken to hospital as he continues to battle a corona virus infection a spokesman said that hed been admitted as a precaution because he still has symptoms 10 days after testing positive earlier Britains Queen elizabeth made a rare address to her nation the 93 year old monarch urged people to remain united and resolute to overcome the virus americas top surgeon has told americans to prepare for the hardest and saddest week of their lives more than 1000 people have died so far over 1200 on saturday alone the highest in a single day the next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment its going to be our 911 moment and its going to be the hardest moment for Many America