Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Sports as demonic secure the 2nd trophy in a week beating bits of rivals act on penalties in the chips and save the cup. Iranians are voting in parliamentary elections under the shadow of expanded sanctions and months after the government put down mass protests over Economic Hardship thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council that is irans constitutional watchdog that includes dozens of members of the Outgoing Parliament the u. S. Responded by imposing new sanctions on members of that council accusing them of rigging the election irans leaders are calling for a high turnout so it is a new tech he said hes voting is a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the National Interests of iran anyone who believes in the National Interest of this country should participate. My advice is that everyone should vote with whatever it opinions they have formed and to do so early and do not leave this to the last minute but rather vote early in the day and spent those live in the central one and run the insignia is for hahn which is largely a conservative areas are there any any indications of what the turnout is going to be like on or. Well weve had a very good turnout already seems there was a long line of people waiting to vote and theres been a long line of a couple of other polling stations we see today but this is. A conservative area and the people who vote for this because of the conservative religious part of the country in the last 2 elections theres been a may most of the seats have gone to conservative candidates of the 19 seats in this province went to conservatives and 5 of those are. City people weve spoken to though theyre voting out of path. In the call of the government in the run up to these elections worried about a low turnout telling people that they should be voting because its their. Duty and then after but theyre voting for local. Issues. Like in lots of other parts of the country those issues are on employment poverty they are pollution particularly an issue there are very few programs for the candidates on the ballot here i think Something Like 192 to choose from most of those candidates are conservative so the choice of people here is conservative or conservative and theyre looking down the long list to see which of those candidates fits their preferences all right. Thank you its got to tehran now where our stand in my life so door so what does it say about the country about about where its going that so many moderates and reformist candidates have been barred from from running. Well i think at this point it means that the country is really looking to move me different direction and the people that are coming out to vote are of that mindset as well this is one of the over 6000 polling stations that were in right now at the moment. Ron. Where polls opened a few hours ago and the people here that weve been speaking to say that theyre here to really fulfill their duties as it remains it doesnt matter whether or not there are candidates reformists or conservatives on the ballots what theyre going to do is carry out their duties now in teheran province over 1500 candidates have been approved and they are choosing 30 members of parliament out of those 1500 so its quite a long process for each person to vote for 30 people on their ballot list but about in terms of what this means on a larger scale what the next parliament will look like in the country and what ramifications that will have for iran and its Foreign Policy im going to be joining joined now by the american studies professor at university of tehran and tech you so much for joining us can you tell me what this means in terms of the future of irans Foreign Policy these elections in particular why are they still mortons actually the political participation of people is one of the essence of Islamic Republic and therefore to cave 37 elections has been how abut these some in the Current Situation is more important and i think considering the way that was affected by islam and. Also after this nation of ours so they money. Confessed to be terrorist acts we bring it into National Consensus that maybe negotiation in a renegotiation with the west supports even then not that you support the development of the country so however my speculation is that the principal used and checks and balances with the government of all he would be in the. Parliament they have a great chance to be there but. To Foreign Policy i think there is a National Consensus to actually. Seeking about the renegotiation some think of argument lets thank you so much for joining us thats thank you very so. Me from university of tehran laying out some of the implications of what these elections mean when it comes to the future of how iran deals with the International Community. Life president tehran on election day thank you. Millions of people are being urged to stay indoors as south korea becomes the country with the highest number number of chronic virus infections outside of China Health Authorities say there are 204 cases nationwide around half of them appointed on friday alone most of the victims are linked to a religious group in the Southern City of in the capital seoul Mass Gatherings and rallies have been banned to prevent an outbreak there lets go to rob mcbride who is what is being done to try to contain it and in this particular city. Thats right this one city is the epicenter of this new outbreak but it is an outbreak that has the whole of south korea extremely concerned just but because of the way it has suddenly spiked in the past couple of days it has Health Officials here putting into place various measures setting up special Testing Centers to try to give a quick test for the coronavirus theyre opening up the special wards which are designed for Infectious Disease treatment and all of the attention at the moment is centered on a particular church here because most of the new cases do appear to have been church go as attending recent Church Services and gatherings there seem to have been mass infections between the church go and some of those churchgoers are not from daegu theyre from other cities and towns it seems that they went back to those cities and towns may have infected other people also visited other branches of the same church may have passed on infections to those people to a lot of the branches of this particular church in other parts of south korea have also now being closed as the authorities try to put into place various measures the countrys president moon julian has held emergency meetings and everyone really waiting to see whether these measures have been taken quickly enough to have contained this outbreak or whether we could be at the start of something bigger so what does saying what do we know about how this is affecting the economy there right now rob. Here in this particular city a very badly this is a city of 2 and a half 1000000 people its the 4th largest city in south korea it has virtually come to a standstill let me just step back and give you a look here when that we are in the downtown. Shopping and Entertainment District its a friday evening here normally the streets would be simply t. V. With people people leaving work meeting up with friends going out for dinner still shopping while the mayor of this city when they realized the seriousness of the outbreak he very quickly took to the airways took to social media urging everybody basically dont go out dont venture out stay indoors this is a very serious situation and that it seems is what people certainly have done that they are not venturing out there waiting to see what does happen a lot of the concern here is with one particular church goer from this church a 61 year old woman who apparently was showing symptoms for several days refused to take a test for the coronavirus she was one of the earliest members of the congregation to fall sick and its known that she was going about her daily business in daegu so a lot of people here are extremely worried about just the kinds of what places she was visiting who she was interacting with as people really sort of are in lockdown here as well as a neighboring city waiting to see exactly what happens next ok rob the private the latest and taking south korea thank you and in china health and communist Party Officials have been fired after more than 200 people were and factored by the crime of virus and type prisons cases are reported to jails and. Provinces and mates and Prison Guards made up most of the 2 in a 58 new cases reported outside the epicenter on thursday Authorities Say Epidemic Prevention and measures were carried out poorly. Thailands Constitutional Court has dissolved a prominent Opposition Party and band its leaders from politics for 10 years the court ruled that the future former party violated election finance laws the party says it wants to mock and the removal of the army from politics and business at the next and 3rd place last year and the 1st election since the 2014 military coup for more on this lets go to wayne hey whos at the partys headquarters and bangkok so what are the implications of this claim. Well i think were heading into a potentially unpredictable possibly volatile period in politics there was certainly emotional sometimes angry scenes inside the Party Headquarters of future food as many supporters had gathered to watch the live stream of this verdict being read out by the Constitutional Court judges and ultimately the verdict was guilty that the party is dissolved only around 2 years after it was formed about a year after it performed so well in the 2019 election and the leaders of the party the judges announced will be banned from politics for 10 years this was all about money that was given from the charismatic leader of this party thomas on june room ruling kit amounting to just over 6000000. 00 now the party said that this was a loan that already started paying the loan back so therefore it didnt come on to the usual Political Party laws governing donations from individuals the judges thought otherwise they said this was a gift it was a donation cannot be classified as a loan so therefore they had no choice but to dissolve the policy this of course will be seen by the leaders of this party by most of the more than 6000000 thais that voted for this party in the election last year as politically motivated that this party simply became too popular and yet again we see another Political Party in thailand dissolved by the courts ok wait what the latest there and bangkok thank you wayne. Plenty more ahead in the news hour including as the next Democratic Caucus looms in nevada well tell me what the party is doing to avoid the problems that caused chaos in iowa. Troubling times for argentinas vulnerable while its government tries to deal with it jack crisis. Why there will be no more face off for these 2 heavyweight fighters thats coming up in a bit and support the child. Casualties are mounting in military operations in Northern Syria the Turkish Military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in sorry came. Forces have retaken the city as part of their offensive on the last rebel held area. Reports of attacks in the. Opposition Syrian National army fine is moved under cover of heavy artillery shelling like took his troops there to was neda the town was a rebel stronghold until 2 weeks ago when along with the city. It fell into the hands of Syrian Government troops the u. N. Says the offensive by the syrian army has resulted in the largest displacement of civilians since the start of the conflict 9 years ago we remain very alarmed about the safety and protection of over 3000000. 00 civilians in italy and its surrounding areas in the northwestern part of syria as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population in retaliation for the death of 2 of its soldiers in an attack blamed on the syrian army the Turkish Defense minister has said dozens of syrian soldiers were killed and admitted to vehicles destroyed it took his officials warned of an eminent minute to offensive if syrian troops dont put out of the Demilitarized Zone youre going to move the. Turkey is a sovereign and independent state it takes its own decisions will make necessary decisions and soldiers will act accordingly we will establish the ceasefire even if we have to use force with the fighting showing no signs of abating thousands of internally displaced continue to converge in it live city of the house in order. That i hope the Turkish Backed operations will alleviate all sufferings because thats the only way we can return to our homes and our villages. The International Community keep talking about peace but we know we will only go back to our villages if the turks launch an offensive. Turkey has expanded its military presence in it live following the death of 13 of its soldiers in it earlier this month of fischel is here insist that troops were deployed to establish peace and provide humanitarian assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people who fled Government Military campaign its too early to determine at this stage whether the offensive by the Turkish Backed rebels in a native on the spot of a Major Campaign to take territory lost over the last few months or just a limited operation but since turkey and russia have not agreed on how to implement a cease fire and push the syrian army behind the Demilitarized Zone fighting is likely to continue. Or how tightly. Thousands have gathered in cities across germany to hold vigils for the victims of a racially motivated shooting and now terminus president has called on the nation to stop using hateful language in the wake of the attack that killed 9 people on a cane has more. On a cold day in february with german head of state expresses his symptoms in caps relating in the simple act the feelings of many his people for those who died here. This is where a 43 year old german used to legally owned gun to target turks and kurds he repeated his attack at this other venue where those 2 ethnic groups congregate when his killing spree there was complete he returned home and murdered his mother before shooting himself federal prosecutors are working on the basis he was a far right supporter see today i mean. That sign the goal of the investigation will be to find out whether there are all accessories all supporters for these attacks and. We will clarify the contacts and environment of the suspected perpetrator in the country but also potential contacts overseas tate us up clear them. Some of the survivors have described their ordeal. The man entered to decide and then more he came to our site he shot straight to the head of everyone he saw he laid down and then he fired at all of us i had behind the wall as i was moving to hide he shot me in the arm i laid it on somebody somebody laid on me and somebody else laid on him we became a pile. The sense of shock in this community is pretty clear already floral tributes have begun to be laid outside one of the venues where so many people were shot dead on wednesday night. Political reaction has been swift all parties condemning the murders and ministers making a frank assessment of the danger of far right violence. And this is the 3rd right wing assassination in germany with. The terrible this is a terrible realisation because these means their right wing extremism has become a threat for germany again its a threat for everyone who lives here this is. A canvas. That is a reference to moments like this last autumn 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue in the eastern city of hallet the 27 year old man is in custody in relation to the killings and earlier last year the christian democrat marable western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right. Ministers have stressed they are investing more time and resources into the fight against far right violence but some people are wondering who else must suffer before society takes the threat more seriously. Dominic cain is outside a mosque and when our people are gathering for friday prayers what are people feeling there atomic. Very clearly a sense of shock concern and sympathy for the victims sympathy shown by the flags which are flying at where i am now marshal hoffs 80 an expression of sympathy of condolence to those who lost their lives several of the victims in the shooting would come here regularly who worship was here at this Turkish Center this is this this mosque here that were standing out in not very far away from where one of the shootings took place one thing to report today from on the political side the interior minister who for us the federal interior minister has announced the Police Presence in germany is going to be increased across the entire country thats the visible Police Presence on the streets but most especially that there will be more protection for mosques because its clear he says that they are on a target for certain groups in society interestingly thats another religious send in society that needs protection remember that synagogues are protected in germany have a Police Presence outside them already now that is being extended to mosques a sign that the government is beginning to take things more seriously all right dominic came with the latest there thank you dominick good to immolate our sense of a researcher and in phase 3 board member of the prosecution project a research lab studying Political Violence she joins us via skype from berlin and we appreciate your time very much im 1st i want to start with just the term far right we are here in the term more but do you think it actually conveys what people mean when they use it. Yes i think it it it does what we see is that theres a lot of historical parallels in the types of violence that were seeing today with other acts of current violence in the past specially in germany so i think that when we look at the source. The hatred the rhetoric the conspiracy theories that are out there almost universally coming its from worms of herbs and what is driving it. I think that there is undercurrent of racism hatred. I see a phobia and its vom folk you know. In sort of a greater. Culture or about making certain people to feel as if they are not entitled to the society that they were brought up believing that they are entitled to. And i think that this picture can manifest in many cases into extreme violence what what can people whether its politicians leaders activists that have a platform what can they do to push to push back against this because if were honest right now we are in an environment where even the president of the United States will retreat right wing and right wing extremists he will retreat people that are lama phobe so what responsibility do leaders have to do something about this to Say Something about this. I think there are leaders are political leaders to take a stand. In a way that is more than just words its a way that they can use their political power to deny the agendas people who are tape but i also think that we are not seeing enough there are other leaders in our communities Business Leaders and other types. Of figures who have the opportunity to speak out strongly in both and i hope that we can see more of that you can be born d. All right emily course thank you very much with the prosecution project thank you thank you this is Prime Minister has failed to show up at court where he was expected to be charged in connection with the murder of a 2nd life thomas a money secretary says he is in south africa attending a doctors appointment. To follow with bonnie was shot dead near her home and 2017 the Prime Ministers 3rd wife messiah to bonnie has been charged with ordering her murder miller joins us live from the citrus capital to say roe so what out of this for me to hes not where hes supposed to be. Well it certainly isnt and i dont know if its come as a surprise for many people in the suit to given that its not often that you would see a sitting head of state appear in court for such grave charges hes private secretary or wanted to emphasize that hes not fled the country has gone for a routine medical check up but when we asked him his checkup not perhaps been have been moved given just how serious these charges are and that is the sitting Prime Minister his private secretary said well his health is just as important they did say he may come back this weekend and perhaps appear in court another day but i do think people in the ceuta they are people you know would certainly think that the Prime Minister is trying to evade the court and perhaps you know has no a to intention of appearing on these charges they have been they have been rumors and this hasnt been verified that he perhaps is looking for political asylum in south africa we do know the Prime Minister has said hes met with the south african president s who are more puerto. Has previously been a mediator in some of the political difficulties that the suit has been experiencing so what does this mean for a look at the court case now. Well the Deputy Police commissioner has said that its too early to issue a warrant of arrest to try and get the Prime Minister back in the suit and this would then imply that the police does see this doctors appointment as a good enough reason for the Prime Minister not to be in court but there also has been speculation around political interference this is a very politically sensitive case of very complex one especially for a party the all the souter convention that coalition that has its own difficulties in terms of internal tensions and people who both support the Prime Minister but also people who want him gone the Prime Minister had said that he would resign he would instead in fact he would retire at the end of july due to his age and when he made the statement to people in a suit to he didnt touch on the issue of the scandal the charges that he is facing instead i suppose normalizing the fact that he would be stepping down his wife my seattle bonnie is facing the same charges shes denied having anything to do with the murder of mr talabani is a strange wife at the time to pull a low bonnie so people in law suit to certainly keeping a close eye on what might happen next but i also think its very uncertain given that the all buster to convention hasnt come out following the Prime Ministers nonappearance of court they havent said anything more but we do know hes facing pressure to resign right from he developed at the latest from a sara thank you. All right lets turn to weather now with rob and were in with flooding in Northern Europe its a big a problem for a while as you well know in the u. K. And its not so much flash for these persistence flooding this is a slow moving expanding rivers were talking about the river 7 here just showing you is like around was to just one place to show cause youre suffering the same and its not the end of the whole winter has been a fairly wet one of those cloud free when those pictures are taken theres another system coming in here wrapped around low south of iceland but it has been the case for the last 2 months this look comes into the u. K. And then moves slowly east was across denmarks consummated northern countries of year effectively so its not the last in the same denmark has been affected theres been no snow reported in denmark at all this winter very rare occurrence and of course that means a bit of rain and the towns are flooded here too and this could also get worse even in finland was she saying well this is a cold country must be snowing in sudden half of finance virgils snow its all in the north its been record snow where the temperatures has been low enough for that to fall and stick is snow but its not the normal case most of Northern Europe most of europe is the warm this winter this is the Current Situation is visa next 12 hours or so theres more rain to come of this is some snow at height but its a long way north and this carries off the next 2 days even in Moscow Spring is showing itself in february richelle thank you very much still ahead on aljazeera its a year since i want to shut its border with find out how thats affected peoples lives. Or it shows why he calls world number one in mexico and support. Frank assessments. Being about. Really the. Climate shift. Informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on goes to school of law is all about him and his astonishingly patronize a in depth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about stood up against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on aljazeera we will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known United States army was so reliant on the private sector i would call it a dependency we have a mismatch between the way we. Work to be and the reality of the 21st century enough for 10 years in a body legal for us and i want to show you how many of the persons that youre sending out you should be child soldiers not. Child soldiers reloaded on aljazeera. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now voting is under way in irans parliamentary elections thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates have been barred from running irans leaders are calling for a high turnout. South korea has announced another spike in corona virus infections bringing the National Toll to 204 its now the worst affected country outside of china the government is imposing emergency measures thailands Constitutional Court has decided to dissolve the 3rd largest Political Party in the country the ruling came after the future Forward Party and its leader were used to breaking election finance laws. Afghan Officials Say a weeklong deal to reduce violence in the region is enough to restart talks between the u. S. And the taliban the deal is due to come into force midnight on friday that was struck during talks between the u. S. And taliban representatives in doha if successful it could pave the way for negotiations between the taliban an Afghan Government and a withdrawal of u. S. Forces New York Times has published an opinion piece by the deputy leader of the taliban titled what we the taliban want sara juden hakani says the withdrawal of Foreign Forces is the 1st and foremost demand of the armed group it goes on to say liberated afghanistan will have an islamic system or all afghans have equal rights that includes the rights of women granted by islam to access work and education despite 18 months of talks and katara conny insists washington does not trust the group completely and that the feeling is mutual they also said the taliban. Well be committed to all International Conventions as long as they are compatible with islamic principles michael simples a Research Professor at Queens University belfast and former deputy u. S. Special representative to afghanistan and he joins us via skype from belfast we appreciate your time so the fact that this was in english in the New York Times who are they talking to they were talking to american politicians out to some extent the American People encouraging them to go ahead to which sadia the taliban have been trying to get out to the americans which is what. Basically they want to say they want to commit the u. S. To withdraw from office on the stop thats the bottom line. That they can turn to to the future of afghanistan which they hope to dont act so when theyre trying to reach out to politicians there are they politicians that they think can make a difference with with the trouble ministration stance on this. Yes well they. Are 6 months ago we seem to be on the brink of the u. S. And the taliban signing on a Historic Deal all fell apart at the last minute and president truong withdrew his permission they are the taliban and their doctors are trying to avoid to that topic this time i think we have to think not as a we ought to think of this op ed not as a reflection of whats or oxycontin or anybody in the taliban leadership actually. This is you know a message that the propagandist is getting across to try and make sure that the deal doesnt fall apart the last time so they get a commitment from the u. S. To callao to us so what has to be different this time. Well i think that. The key thing is auctions speak louder than words one thing which is dead different this time is that there is a there is a formal agreement a partial truce in the run up to they the possible signing thats meant to take place at midnight is a so yes if there is a genuine turning off of the violence that will build up some of the confidence that stops that allows us to go ahead they they all stencil return for pulling out of the deal last time i was a Suicide Attack by the taliban and kabul theyve committed not to do this kind of thing this time but i mean even yet even if they do stick to the truce there are many problems that do you think unless this try to get through the next few days do you think that this race will actually last even for a few days i think they the taliban leadership is genuinely committed to to implementing this truce are they very careful not to couldve call it a cease fire which is probably a good idea they accept that some violence will happen but of late. About a 1000. 00 to be killed in this war i think that theres a substantial reduction all thought over the next 3 of the next week a lot of people will breathe a sigh of relief and perhaps that they the process will be able to go ahead to they the next stage about one thing which i think we can believe from this this if any at least is that theres a very low level of confidence all either side and so you know that to be a slight boost to the confidence if they if the true souls and then we have to confront the next set of obstacles indeed Michael Semple thanks for your expertise ali if you. Libyas former president has been disqualified from running for a senate seat in mays general election the Supreme Court says he does not meet the requirements to be a candidate for his Party Candidates are supposed to be bolivian residents but morales is living in exile in argentina he tweeted against the decision calling it a blow to democracy. International Monetary Fund has warned argentina that its debt is unsustainable the country is battling to avoid another day falls raising fears among ordinary argentinians have a full blown economic crisis reports are going to. Go to saudi i was hoping his pension would be readjusted this year. Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world and he was disappointed when he found out that despite being paid on 240. 00 a month he would not benefit from the latest government incentive because of a lack of money when i see my wife owns a minimum pension and she got a small increase but somehow im considered to be rich with this out of make and we can barely survive i were rich i wouldnt be in this clinic id be somewhere with a decent if i had to come to the hospital. His source is not the only pensioner whos struggling this days argentina is coping with recession inflation growing poverty and billions of dollars in debt. For many here it brings back memories of 2001 economic collapse when argentina was isolated from the International Markets after it failed to pay to debt relief the administration of president out of the financial this and the i. M. F. Seem to agree on one issue that debt payments are unsustainable argentinas new government says that it needs to restructure debt with the i. M. F. Im private phone coders in order to focus on growth to get out of the current economic crisis negotiations are well underway but its not clear yet whether this country will be able to prevent the hold on a sovereign debt once again. Since taking Office President for a man this has increased taxes and strengthened currency controls in an attempt to prevent the loss of much needed u. S. Dollars i think but this one discovers a minute im not sure if its going to achieve it but i think what theyre thinking that even though theyre not saying it the ending at some sort of competent Exchange Rate it helps and keep the external accounts and balance and get that debt restructuring with howard stern at least from the financial point of view reduce the interest burden for the next year or 2 and with this try to spread the message. Argentina has had a long history with the i. M. F. And foreign creditors and there are many especially my governing coalition who say payments should be suspended and of the government of former president. Argentina took on iran 100000000000. 00 in foreign debt that people like. The debt should be investigated going to the i. M. F. Billions of dollars to much cream because dont you trump his full support knowing the argentina couldnt pay it they did it so much be reelected it didnt happen the i. M. F. Violated its own regulations and now they want to tell us what we should do. For amanda says his priority is to help societys most vulnerable as he struggles with foreign creditors but his policies are not reaching everyone in the same way many fear another default could make the situation even worse. The next stage of the u. S. President ial primary process on saturday when voters in nevada choose their preferred democrat to oppose President Donald Trump the nevada caucuses following a disastrous technical failure in the Iowa Caucuses earlier this month the balancer came to avoid those mistakes rob and all support. At an early voting location in las vegas people waited in line for over a. Hour to cast their ballots to me 1st volunteers help the voters enter their names and addresses into tablets next to voters fill out their preferences for the democratic nomination on a paper form finally the secret paper ballot is checked then dropped into a ballot box results will be tabulated on computer spreadsheets and sent by wife i linked to party precincts and state headquarters for most voters the process went smoothly it was relatively easy to understand i mean just a kind of a pain to come out here and you know do it but i think its something thats necessary a flawed Smartphone App and a failed Communication System led to the spectacular breakdown of the Iowa Caucuses something nevada is anxious not to repeat the Nevada Democratic party did the app but election experts say the caucuses will use some new technologies without providing adequate training what we hear from leaks coming out of this train sessions is that its fairly chaotic the Technology Solution should have been fully baked and finished at least a couple of months ago volunteer and Community Organizer hughie new incentives the system is working well so far we are tracking and shape what checking to make sure that the data audit same on paper and on a tablet caucus volunteers and experts here say the decision to have early voting was key taking off much of the pressure to count all the votes at once and help avoid an iowa style caucus meltdown the question is can they integrate the early voting into the precinct voting thats going to happen on saturday and do that seamlessly im not saying there would not be any this is but they wont hold up the entire world thats good because the world wants to know how that will shape the democrat. Race and ultimately the election in november and it wants to know fast robert oulds al jazeera los vegas. Leaders are meeting in brussels to draw up a 7 year plan and its the 1st since the u. K. s departure on the block access taken billions of dollars away from me as finance and now Member States must try to fill that hole if parker has more from brussels a budget battle looms the e. U. Getting all 27 Member States to agree unanimously on a new 70 a bunch it will be no easy task the Council President s hoping for a compromise there are many interests there are many concerns and they are all legitimate with them too and vince the disposable to maltre progress greg said has left a hole of 86000000000. 00 in the e. U. s finances the budget covers everything from agricultural subsidies to efforts to control Climate Change to something called cohesion funds thats money that goes toward supporting some of the e. U. s poorest countries but theres a split between e. U. Member states poorer nations think the wealthier one the should pay more into the budget of one side of the argument the group nicknamed the frugal for the netherlands austria denmark and sweden theyre among many contributors to the e. U. Meaning they pay more to the e. U. Than they receive back then theres a group of 16 poor countries called the friends of cohesion that include the Czech Republic hungry and poland they are against budget cuts relying on easy money to help stabilize the economy. And now the debates become even more toxic with the European Commission the executive branch of the e. U. Saying Financial Support would only be given to countries that respect the e. U. s rule of law poland and hungary have both recently been accused of violating that use democratic principles. Sounding the alarm farmers from the Baltic States estonia latvia and lithuania gathered outside the European Council to protest plans to cut the ease i could cultural from the wants to be Carbon Neutral by 2050 these farmers say the plans will make Food Production more expensive they want Financial Support to be arent just fighting for equal competition. In joint markets. They have also been protests in from the main beneficiary of the ease agricultural subsidies cuts could be home for the president much problems leadership. Bracing for a bigger budget burden is germany the us largest economy contributes around a 5th of the e. U. Budget thats set to rise to a quarter in the coming year is days of difficult and divisive talks are expected strikes its left every corner that we used to see them to squeeze the aljazeera brussels. Gonda and to hold a new round of talks aimed at easing cross border tensions a trade blockade imposed continues to have a major impact on people in both countries economists in uganda say the countrys lost 75000000 dollars in revenues crossing a year ago catherine soy reports from the uganda border town a tuna. On an ordinary day this road heading to ugandas budo through would be battling queues of trucks and thousands of people crossing the border for Business School and other reasons. But this are not ordinary times when they impose a trade blockade traders likely now call franco a suffering because of it has run his shop at the border town of a tuna for 30 years and say there cannot make situation is a what hes seen is in the thick of my business has been badly affected i cannot make ends meet i used to make a profit of about 1000. 00 a month lucky if i make even hopeful but with no viable business many have moved away all this shops had been rented out but traders have had to close up because theres no business so still here are residents of this border town they tell us life has become incredibly difficult. And i tells us her husband both go to he was killed last year by a rundown Security Forces as he tried to smuggle tobacco to the neighboring country using an illegal route several traders who have attempted to use smuggling routes also say to have been killed or harassed. That morning he was very happy as usual he left for rwanda with his bicycle and goods i was called in the evening that my husband is dead and he was shot in rwanda. The situation across the border is equally dire rundowns have been restricted from traveling to uganda for their own safety both countries have accused each other of harboring dissidents using spies and arresting innocent civilians several meetings between the 2 sides have failed to deescalate the situation. Feel free to go to. The do their arrested so again. You deceived us. Ugandan government Officials Say talks to resolve the dispute are going well and the border will soon be open some economists say the country has already made huge losses i abara told us her husband died because he was desperate to do anything to earn money for his family now theyve lost their sole provider and she doesnt know what to do next catherine soy aljazeera the tuna or the uganda rwanda buddha or libya is expected to continue to claim lives even after the conflict is over unexploded bombs and rockets can remain hidden for years putting civilians at risk and we also have reports. Explosives experts recover a rocket that landed in this farm on the outskirts of tripoli it did not explode but formal adam is still in shock. That horse i was sitting inside at night when i heard a huge blow i saw windows shattered i rushed out to check everywhere i found a hole in the farm and dust scattered all over the grass this farm is in the war leader added neighborhood of tripoli about 15 kilometers from the front line the internationally recognized a government accuses forces loyal to warlords really for half the of targeting a residential areas since i have began his office of on the capital in april explosives experts have been receiving that many calls about onyx applauded ordinance. More than his colleagues know the dangers but also that the job they do can save lives if the rocket is not found and made safe then it called explode later and kill civilians they finally managed to dig it out. But the fear. It didnt explode because it hit fragile soil if it hit a house would have sent shrapnel within a wide range we only have primitive tools to recover such ordnance we contacted many institutions but had no response so far. Officials here say nearly 6 tons of onyx applauded devices have been collected in tripoli april some have been destroyed and some have been temporarily stored in the headquarters of the National Safety agency. Mckissack and because of some i didnt we have a special store in salaheddine area but we cant currently reach it because its now in the middle of the Frontline International efforts to in the conflict have so far failed and a cease fire brokered by russia until last month did not last for long the bomb Disposal Team has recently launched a campaign to raise Peoples Awareness of unexploded munitions the weapons you see here are to be detonated later somewhere in the deserts everyone is hoping the war will end soon but for these experts it does not mean the end of their work they say some of the unexploded ordinance will remain hidden a likely put the threat for years to come. To a head. Still head on aljazeera pakistans cricket fans celebrate a return to home soil for whatever its top leaves details in just a bit but. The all. Time for sport with you michel thank you one of the biggest clubs in africa appears to be unstoppable just 6 days ago egyptian pubs amalek lifted the calf super cup with a win over esperance now theyve clinched their 2nd trophy in a week so monaco up against that bitter kyra rivals are actually in the egyptian super cup are actually a top of the Domestic League and refused to give an inch in regulation time and so they went down to penalties at a hes. Fluffed his kick from the spots opening the door for a. Go much to seal the trophy fiza maalik which he did for 3 on penalties is a fool for gypsies to pick up falls amalek and they still have that half Champions League quarter final so that 4 to next week. Plays on the u. S. Womens National Soccer team asking for more than 66000000. 00 in damages as part of the gender discrimination case the players who are the world cup champions assuming the u. S. Soccer federation alleging institutionalized discrimination that includes unequal pay between the mens and womens teams the damages were requested in papers filed in Los Angeles Court on thursday at over. Trial that scheduled to start on may the 5th. The one rory mcilroy leads the event in mexico going into round to the northern irishman shot a brilliant 6 under par 65. 00 to 62. 00 strokes ahead of 2 of the 4 major champions Justin Thomas and Bubba Watson Mccoy has finished no worse than 5th in his last 5 p. G. A. Tour events. Heavyweight boxers tyson fury and Deonte Wilder will weigh in later on friday ahead of their much anticipated w. B. C. Title rematch in las vegas but there wont be a repeat of scenes like these from thursdays Media Conference as the motives of announce that they will keep the fight is a part of a way in as they look to avoid the teams clash again and to reduce the chance that while the fury could be cut forcing him to lay in the event journalist carafa davies is in las vegas for the fight and he says there is a lot more at stake this time round. Theyre owning a lot more money for it its taken all the time it should all of its own it may come down on saturday nights or who has handled the big occasion all week they neither of them has been in a promotion this big before supposed to be if it does the paper of you know it was probably close to grossing 200000000. 00 u. S. Dollars its got very very big legs now its a bit more as a promotion but it wouldnt surprise me at all to see one man down or even both men down in this fight. Tyson fury probably well ahead after 6 or 7 rounds and us watching them want treatment that we can last till we end well while the comes after him and theyre both a little bit heavier for this fight i dont think you want a while to can win on points i think the concerns are that tyson fury gets cuts again as he was in his last fight in september games also valid. And the concern is that fury goes to gun ho and goes for the knockout game while the which is while this game but i think its more of a smokescreen i think tyson who is going to look to put a little bit more pressure on deion say worlds of this time time him as they say in the exchanges and try and still try to out walks him but you know what do you want a wild equalizes in the rights and left hands it can finish of fights anybody on credible so despite its going to be exciting as long as it lasts and who knows it may go another 12 rounds. Cricket fans in pakistan a celebration the return home of their top domestic t 20 tony meant the Pakistan Super League is being held entirely on home soil for the 1st time in 4 years security concerns a previously stopped foreign cricket is from playing in the League Forcing organizers to stage the event in the u. A. E. This years month long tournament features 36. 00 foreign players defending champions chris had gladiators beat islamabad united by 3 wickets in the opening game in front of a packed National Stadium in karate. You know the passion the fans have for living started cricket over the last 10111240 years whatever it was they have had in test cricket all professional cricket so to have this tournament which is been so fantastic over the last 5 years to have it fully here i think the fans as. Have you know i think its great for the overseas players to actually commit to coming for the whole tournament at least precaution these guys. Train young has scored a career high 50 points to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the miami heat the 21 year old signed hole than half of his 153 point attempts and made 18 of 19 free throws the heat for leading late in the game that allowed atlanta to school the last 10 points to secure the narrow win the hawks remain 2nd to last in the eastern conference while miami have now lost 5 of its last 6 matches. And the Sacramento Kings had to survive the late scared to beat the Memphis Grizzlies harrison bonds with a hard time buzzer beater on his way to top for him with 32 points the kings meet the 3rd placed l. A. Clippers in their next western Conference Game as a way to make it back to back victories. Forming a one stop drive as are underway on the final day of preseason testing in barcelona could we see yet more gadgets from the teams the sadies were spotted trying out a new steering system on thursday well champion Lewis Hamilton here using his cheering wheel not just to stay but also pushing it backwards and forwards is apparently holding the wheels to realign. For me its really encouraging to see that my team is continuing to innovate. And stay ahead of the game yeah we have a system in the car so novel novel idea precisely how we use it why we use it thats something wed prefer to keep to ourselves right now were going to now have more for you later rasho. Thank you very much and thank you for joining me here on the news hour here on aljazeera but to keep it here which one is on the other side of the break with my colleague martin tenets time. Banks love to making loans to some friends because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because most taxpayers never go away theres a new one born every single day a 19 it is an emerging national misses its economy but it be officially request is rationing of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i am a sinner im a bad person. Thats machine on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continues advance to was the city of adlib thats a red line for turkey with detailed coverage of the National Policy defense of Wild Elephants is yet to be fully implemented 14 years off it was introduced from the around the world well this fight will be completely transformed over the next fix he is this will be the northern terminus the phase one of the project. Motorist pool is big news in libya but staging car and bike drugs here comes with its own the to cure the risks our club could take part in the 26th rally because we were fighting a war against isis sir aljazeera world travels to the Libyan Desert to see how school told for we can be a unified force you know war chill country give you a rally for a vote on al jazeera. There are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media screwed up also on aljazeera government shut off access to social media. Every news vote for a new parliament after many moderate and reform is candidates were blocked from running. Hello welcome to our jazeera live from doha im of the intel is also coming out. Millions told to set home in a south korean city with fears of coronavirus there and that it could get out of control. The citys Prime Minister heads to south africa hours before he was due to be charged with murdering his 2nd wife. Thailand dissolves an opposition