Are government approved plus. About trying to find Different Things you can build into you know the day to day routine. The battle to lose weight as obesity is found to worsen the effects of coronavirus and on time harmless and i have all the support in the county and that stars as arsenal be on hold as Manchester City to nell to book a spot in the f. A. Cup final. Lets get going starting this news hour in brussels where talks between e. U. Leaders on the blocks budgets and the coronavirus bailout are now gone into overtime the 27 Member States are meeting for a 3rd day to discuss an 857000000000. 00 package to help e. U. Countries cope with the pandemic but theyre divided over how much money can be given out by governments as grants or loans the german chancellor Angela Merkel says shes not sure if a solution will be found. Invited to indian today were entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the farm and the way it is managed and also the issues of the rule of law have now been well dealt with whether there will be a solution i still cant say theres a lot of goodwill but there are also a lot of positions so i will join in working for it but there may also be no result today live now to need barker whos following those developments out of london for us here on the news any movement a toll on those main reasons behind the deadlock. For a Little Movement tour weve already have 2 days of discussions expect possibly a 3rd were likely to see more of those elbow pump greetings as leaders meet each other talks are just about to begin more discussions behind masks because of course the backdrop to all of this is one of the biggest most devastating impacts on the European Union economy pretty much since it began and that is why many nations within the e. U. Are desperately in need of huge sums of money but the e. U. Cannot agree on how to distribute this cash talks went on late into the night so you have the likes of money or micron or france you had anglo merkel of germany trying to convince the 4 nations known as the frugal for the netherlands austria denmark and sweden to have a little bit more wiggle room to compromise when it comes to how the money is distributed they cant agree on whether the money should be given out in the form of grants or in the form of loans of loans roots is one reason allies poland also accused of a liberal reforms in recent months. Have said that they will jump in and support hungry so there are fault lines there are fishes long lost blasting divisions within the e. U. That are really being exacerbated at this crucial time. Chrono france said its absolutely vital for the e. U. To show solidarity right now at a time where a year of skepticism across the block has been growing need thank you very much need correspondent there reporting live for us here on the news out of our bureau in london. Now the World Health Organization says the number of new Coronavirus Infections is it record levels for a 2nd day in a row more than a quarter of a 1000000 cases were reported in just 24 hours the United States continues to lead the global tally with more than 63000 cases reported on saturday both india and south africa have seen near record rises with a combined total of 52000 and factions hong kong has reported the single highest daily increase and in china xinjiang region officials have declared a wartime state quotes banning gatherings and restarting mass screening south to recording 28 new cases the un secretary general antonio terrorists has told al jazeera the pandemic has pushed the world to breaking point exposing deep divisions across different societies my hope is that people will understand that when a recovering when taking profits of the opportunity that of course after the coffee we need to restart when recovering people will be aware of the need to address the footage with these that have caused the chaos that we have in todays world with the government and that requires fighting inequalities that require active crime addiction that requires International Cooperation on the Digital Space that requires a in dnd and much stronger unity and solidarity in the Way International relations are are conceived. Meanwhile there is a heated debate happening in the United States as the 1st day of the new school year gets closer should children be sent back into the classroom during the pandemic and also the risks of doing that from los angeles is rob reynolds. Los angeles parent brenda dell hero is helping her 10 year old daughter emma with School Lessons online its been kind of stressful just because i am i feel like with that more work i feel like with that more work here than art school emmas mother says Virtual Learning is not ideal but shes against sending her daughter back to class the risk outweigh everything i cant of by cat risk my kids getting sick or possibly getting somebody else sick or their teachers or vice versa on friday California Governor Gavin Newsom laid out detailed guidelines for School Reopening including mandatory mask wearing schools in counties with low numbers of cold cases and downward trends may reopen otherwise the school doors must remain closed schools that dont meet this requirement they must begin the school year this fall the Distance LearningSchool Reopening has become a National Political issue President Donald Trump says democrats are scheming to make him look bad and i think its going to be good for them politically so they keep the schools closed no way so were very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools back in may House Democrats approved 90000000000 dollars to support schools reopening safely but the Republican Senate has not approved that measure but when you make it about politics than just people trying to. Score points and get elected i may not but i really think it is a disservice to how the credibly important this issue is the conservative dominated school board in Orange County california recently voted to allow schools to fully reopen without masks or social distancing its time to get these doors open and get these babies but the school board has no power to order schools to reopen thats a decision made by local School Districts and so far the countys largest districts say theyll opt for Virtual Learning los angeles and san diego schools will also use Distance Learning for students brenda del hero has a message for trump my kids are not getting picks i am not going to send my kid to school to see if theyre going to get covered and to see if theyre going to survive an agonizing dilemma for parents teachers and kids now weaponized for political purposes rob reynolds Al Jazeera Los Angeles plenty more still to come here on the news hour for you including. Has been an explosion at a power plant in iran it happened in the Central Province of s. There are no reports of any casualties irans foreign minister zarif has been to the iraqi capital baghdad he helped talks with the Iraqi Foreign minister and discussed relations which have been strained zarif says neighboring nations have to cooperate for the good of the region without interfering in each others affairs and he denounced the u. S. Killing of the Iranian Revolutionary guard commander customs of the money earlier this year. Because some sort of money was a criminal act its a loss to our country and into the entire region and undermines the international if its only sold and terrorism in the region again we reiterate that we can you know maintain sovereignty and territorial integrity of iraq ok joining us live. Put this into context for us how delicate a diplomatic balancing act is this. Well this is the 1st time they reign in foreign minister has visited iraq since the assassination of reign in general qassam so the money back in january and it also comes just days after you know the United Nations issued a report in which labeled the killing which was executed by a u. S. Drone near Baghdad Airport as unlawful so in a way this is a very opportune time for the foreign minister to raise this issue with his iraqi counterparts to emphasize that these killings were carried out. Violation of International Law and to also emphasize that perhaps there should be additional steps taken in one of the schedules that we have seen for. Visits today he is supposed to meet with the head of iraqs traditionary and that could be one of the topics that he might discuss with him on whether or not there might be additional steps taken by the Iraqi Government to follow up on this case but more broadly this visit also comes. Just a couple of months after Prime Minister must cover me with appointed as iraqs new Prime Minister and it is very important for iran to rebalance its relationships in iraq after a few months that were rather of the essence nation of sort of money but also because the me has vowed that he will try to restrict the weapons in the hands of the state and specifically you know take certain actions against groups that have close things with iran such. Hizbollah there was a raid on a type as well just a few weeks ago and Something Like this is likely to cause a lot of concerns among the iranians so they will want to seek some assurances from iraqs government to make sure that its not just the security interest but also its the comic interests are represented and this visit comes just a day before iraqs Prime Minister departs on his 1st foreign visit to 30 arabia which is of course a rival original rival of iran and that visit will be followed up followed up by a visit to her tonsils that if visit this is very much in preparation for the forthcoming foreign visits to saudi and to head on and its to ensure that irans interests are represented similar thank you very much someone of course in their reporting from baghdad. Irans judiciary has suspended sentences for 3 processes according to one of the lawyers the men were convicted in connection with last novembers antigovernment protests more than 7000000 tweets using a hash tag do not execute were posted after they received those death sentences the corruption trial of the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has resumed amid growing anger over his governments handling of the pandemic on saturday Police Use Water Cannon in west jerusalem to disperse crowds outside mr netanyahu is residence israel reimposed restrictions after infractions last week protests have continued for several weeks over the worsening economy and lockdown measures with calls for mass and yahoo to step down. And the israeli authorities have today arrested the palestinian governor of jerusalem. Lets go live now to our correspondent in west jerusalem harry forsett harry this story just developing in the past hour or so get us right up to speed what do we know. Oh yes we know from his lawyer that he has been arrested his lawyer believes its once again to do with. Political activities in occupied East Jerusalem the Israeli Police and Authorities Say that any such activities. Legal under the oslo accords from my 293 onwards and the activities of upholding israeli law that is something that is a lawyer does reject saying that these are attempts to humiliate and harass his client this is something that is very frequent in terms of mr gates since his appointment as the p. A. s governor of jerusalem since september 28th seen in the 1st year of his occupying not really was arrested some 7 times hes been arrested several times since then he was arrested back in april for instance when he was accused of carrying out Political Activities on behalf of the Palestinian Authority for his activities in trying to. Coordinate and see coronavirus measures in occupied East Jerusalem of course East Jerusalem under International Law is occupied israel sees it as sovereign territory having annexed it in 1967 and that is a large part of the rule here between the p. A. And israel and mr gates is the one who often gets arrested usually these arrests last 24 hours these detentions last 24 hours judges tend to release him pretty quickly off to asking for any evidence from the police and authorities to substantiate a longer detention harry thank you very much sheriff also the reporting out of west jerusalem. European countries are threatening sanctions against foreign governments interfering in the conflict in libya in a joint statement the leaders of france germany and italy what they call foreign actors to respect the u. N. Arms embargo they also added that if breaches continue at sea or land or in the air sanctions will be considered turkey supports the un recognized government in tripoli or the u. A. E. Egypt and russia back the warlord after. A new battle is looming over forces of the tripoli government are closing in on the city as a gateway to libyas main Oil Terminals the government of National Court says its planning to recapture the area from have to risk for sousse witnesses say about 200. 00 vehicles have moved eastwards from misrata towards the town of. Syria is holding its 3rd parliamentary elections since the uprising against president Bashar Al Assad started 9 years ago now voting will be held in some form of Opposition Strongholds for the 1st time in years is in a hoarder. Syrians will elect a new parliament its the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president Bashar Al Assads forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they lost to the opposition as in previous elections candidates need to be bettered by security and the credibility of the election has been further questioned by the exclusion of millions of syrians who left their country or have been displaced by the conflict in 1000000 people in the north of the country for example wont have any representation in the next parliament and the deputies who are supposed to represent regime held areas are not real representatives they wont stand by the people they are beholden to the regime which has absolute power and control. But president bashar is facing challenges results of previous elections were not recognized by the International Community the syrian leader will need to agree to political reforms in order to receive western aid to rescue the economy devastated by hears of war and corruption. And the election. Process. After much delay the un announced the creation of a committee to rewrite the constitution ahead of internationally monitored and actions there hasnt been any progress elections contradict the political transition agreed on by the International Community but assad seems to have different objectives many say syrias president is ensuring the Incoming Parliament whose job is to ratify a new constitution will reject any changes to the president s powers and tenure in office. Old war lords. Well we learned people who fought with his forces on the ground so he knows. This people who will be voting soon for their constitutional amendments they know they will be. Changing the constitution when you talk about. Transitional justice the syrian president showed little willingness to agree to political concessions even when he was losing the war he now believes hes won largely thanks to the help of his russian and iranian allies for many this latest election shows how little has changed in assad syria. Ok lets talk live. To beirut in neighboring lebanon. One of the big issues here for those voters who can actually make it to the polls. Voters are concerned about the economy the economy is collapsing their currency is collapsing just look at the statistics the United Nations says at least 80 percent of the Syrian People live below the poverty line and not just in regime held areas the World Food Program is also warning about the real threat of a famine 9 of people a 1000000 people are food insecure and more than 2000000. 00 of them are at risk so the situation is dire the government blames this on sanctions but the opposition and the west have made it clear time and time again that the regime is allowed to import food and medicine but whatever money it has that has been spending it on the war effort now