Least 45 people and on a mission to mars china sends its 1st unmanned spacecraft to explore the red planet. The sport has once again marks one year to go to the dealing in the pits. Thank you for joining us 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali today to try to resolve this deepening political crisis 6 weeks of mass protests have demanded the resignation of president. At least 14 people have been killed in recent days the m 5 Opposition Movement activists leads the protests accusing the president of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security they rejected a unity government. Goals from the Regional Organization echo us. Rebel groups linked to al qaeda and i so gain strength using mali as a launch pad for attacks in neighboring nations as there is nicolas following the story from senegal he joins us live on the newshour so nick a regional effort stepping up to try and resolve this crisis in mali tell us 1st of all who was in bomb ago today and can they achieve a breakthrough in this crisis. Well among those that are attending this meeting is president bihari from nigeria we have the president of ivory coast from senegal the president of a neighboring country that has been 3 where theres been lots of attacks from armed groups coming from all the into the air there is also the president of ghana we havent seen such a high level delegation coming out to west african country since. They refused to concede defeat during the president ial election of 2016 so that shows the seriousness of this delegation as they gathered at the hotel in bamako to hold discussions with president. There were a group of supporters. That were outside the hotel and they were drowned out by a crowd of protesters many of them women chanting mali needs peace setting the tone of this mediation efforts because in the last year and since it has come to power theres been an uptick of violence especially in 2020 this year where groups such as. Someone loosely mean an alqaeda affiliate. In the greater. Have really launched several attacks away from the north in the center towards the borders of brick enough so really affecting the region as a whole so peace in mali will be one of the issues discussed during this mediation effort and on the table is the discussion as per the recommendation of the government of National Unity and the future of the Prime Minister. A lot of stake naik not just for mali but for the region as a whole because what happens in mali has of course repercussions on the other countries in the region and france it is also present in this region the french have some 4000 troops in mali what role is france playing in this crisis. Well france for the moment is supporting the eco us mediation efforts and remember echo us is not recommending that. Steps down from office good luck jonathan reminded the press on sunday that if he was removed from office that would be unconstitutional and so the president so the ecowas would not agree to that what they want to see is a stable mali because contingent to the stability of bali is the stability of the region for president in my cold hes mentioned this in in a meeting in po that the security of the borders of the European Union starts with the stability in mali remember this is not just the french troops there from this month there is also european troops presence in the north of mali trying to bring stability in that region and despite their presence and the presence of 14000 Un Peacekeeping troops this situation is just deteriorating millions of people fleeting fleeing the north in the center of the country and so and a half of the population dependent on humanitarian aid and what really angers are protesters is the power and the government being absent in the north in the center of the country seemingly doing little to bring back peace to this region and to and to the country last week we saw on social media videos of the son of the Prime Minister whos also an elected m. P. Holidaying vacationing in the yacht in spain while its half of the population here in mali are really dependent on aid and so that has really built up the anger towards. A way of governing remember some of the demonstrators some of the leaders of this demonstrating the demonstrations are former allies of theres a former minister of communication theres a former minister of infrastructure that have now joined the protests. Movement that in the absence of someone who is the opposition figure of mali well its Mahmoud Dicko the influential. Does become the figure of the opposition until then he has no political ambition he has a moral clout over mali and so what he says is of of importance he doesnt say that tito should step down but there should be a change in the way mali is governed fully thank you very much nicholas live there in the kind of off course continue to follow the mediation efforts in mali with you nic cock in the car. Not to the u. S. In the white house says this fundamental agreement on a new coronavirus stimulus Package Senate republicans are set to unveil a one trillion dollars a bill on thursday but theres more evidence of the deepening economic pain caused by the pandemic with another 1400000 people claiming Unemployment Benefits in the last week as bringing our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hockett committee job numbers are starting to rise for the 1st time since march tell us more about this stimulus package and how it will help people. Well i think what we need to talk about 1st is how the white house is going to react to it were watching very carefully because the u. S. President does not have any Public Events on his schedule today but certainly he is watching these numbers carefully he was so overjoyed just a few weeks back when the jobs were coming back but things are not going in that direction in terms of the number of infections here in the United States it what were seeing in this is why were seeing these jobs jobless claims rise is the fact that there is a resurgence of hope at 19 in factions in the United States states like california massive state of the west coast of the United States big driver of a caught me it also states here in this region like the just south of washington d. C. The u. S. State of virginia so with these infections rising what were seeing are businesses closing restaurants closing and the people that would. Ive been working there are getting pushed back out of their jobs so this is a big problem for this president one that so wanted to try and win reelection on his job creation but thats all been wiped out by covert nighty now you talked about that stimulus package that the republicans have agreed on the white house backs it but heres the thing it has to be passed in the house of representatives controlled by democrats and its not clear that thats going to happen but something needs to happen quickly folly because the bottom line is that 2 really important programs that have been keeping this economy afloat workers afloat for the last few months are set to expire Paycheck Protection Program that allows Small Businesses to keep workers on their payroll and also that federal payment of 600. 00 a week for employees thats also set to run out and the goal was to try and get people back to work maybe really continue this Program Using a 70 percent of your previous paycheck to encourage people to go back to work or problem is there are jobs what are they going to do thank you for that kimberly how good life or is there the white house as weve said the number of people unemployed in the u. S. Has risen for the 1st time since march as gabriel is under reports from new york many jobless americans are still waiting for money they were promised before sunrise hundreds of people lined up outside an Unemployment Office in midwest city oklahoma people lost their jobs i mean the economic recession caused by krone virus and are now waiting to get help and be laid on employment tracks dieter blakely used to work at a hotel casino in milwaukee wisconsin she was laid off in march and has yet to receive for Unemployment Benefits its been over 3 months with no income ive been really stressed lately. Bills are piling. I worried all the time. Sometimes i went it got to be a little bit of a habit to when i woke up in the morning to look at my front door and see if there was an eviction notice on there but Deidre Blakely is just one of more than 50000000. 00 americans whove lost their jobs since a pandemic hit the u. S. In march Congress Passed a pandemic aid package that included an extra 600. 00 a week for anyone left unemployed by the pen demick the problem the money still hasnt reached many who need it so why are so many Americans Still waiting for their unemployment money i posed that question to jesse ross dean the former chief economist at the u. S. Department of labor he said the federal government and state governments are facing an tidal wave of Unprecedented Demand and that the systems set up in the 1970 s. To distribute unemployment money simply have not been updated and cant keep up when you triple or quadruple the volume of claims that come in the system the Computer Systems cant keep up and to the extent that people need to be involved we dont have enough people to keep up with that and so the whole the whole mechanism of the system is set up for a time thats very different from now and that leads to difficulties in getting payments out in times like this and with the pandemic still spreading across america and more states closing down again after reopening its feared the unemployment lines could grow along with the frustrations of those still waiting for help gabriels on dough aljazeera in new york. Now the world news frances president emmanuel micro has warned turkey against maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean and is calling for the e. U. To consider sanctions it follows on crowes move to send ships into the waters on an Energy Source in mission and the conflict in libya has also proved to be another source of tension between france and turkey turkey bags un recognized government of National Accord in tripoli while france has been accused of providing military support to warlord tali for have talks. On if he. Doesnt let me be done. In this part of the mediterranean which is vital for all of our countrys energy and Security Issues are central today and they are at stake in the power struggles of turkey and russia in particular which are increasingly asserting themselves and against which the European Union still carries too little weight would be a serious mistake to leave our security in the mediterranean in the hands of other players this is not an option for europe and it will not be something france will it happens lets bring in our paris correspondent. More tension between france and turkey and weve heard some strong words from president micron today tell us more about what he said. Yes a french president was meeting his counterpart from the republic of cyprus at the lease only made some statements before the 2 leaders went in for their discussions now he said that he believed that the e. U. Needed to respond more strongly to what he called provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean now he was talking about turkeys continue drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e. U. The north of cyprus a breakaway north is pro turkey now the e. U. Says this oil and gas drilling is illegal it has called on turkey in the past to stop and there are e. U. Sanctions on ankara for this france would like to see more sanctions imposed and tensions flared even further just on wednesday when turkish warships actually accompanied a turkish submarine being used for this oil and Gas Exploration in the area again violating what was said was violation i should say of maritime law and their own saw friction between france and turkey over the situation in libya natasha. Yes president matt grass saying that any country or foreign powers as he called it violating the u. N. Arms embargo on libya should be sanctioned he called again for sanctions in that case he didnt say much more didnt give much more detail but this again is all part of this war of words is really escalated the past few weeks and months between paris and ankara back in june we saw france accuse turkey of using one of its warships to harass a french naval vessel in the mediterranean that was taking part in a nato operation to enforce this u. N. Arms embargo on libya a france complained to nato pulled its ship out of this operation and said that turkey should be punished weve also heard the whole from both president of turkey president micro in the past both leaders accusing each other or fueling instability in libya so this continues and again present markhor really would have to say once again adding more fuel to the fire thank you very much for that live for us in paris and more now on the situation in libya and turkey is one of several foreign powers involved in libyas conflicts backing as he said the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli and providing weapons such as militarized drones an air Defense Systems warlords highly for her to his base in Eastern Libya has a supporter of egypt the United Arab Emirates and russia the u. A. E. Provides have ties fighters with armed drones while russia has sent mess neris sprit to. This his the founder and director of the sadic institute and joins us live from skype in london thank you so much and being with us on aljazeera the french president highly critical of turkey over the situation in libya russia we know is also involved in libya frances role is a bit murky do you think why do you think mark or hasnt condemned russia in the same way as he has with turkey whats motivating do you think his call for more sanctions. Well france supports russias role in libya and it has done you know if we kind of take a mirror image of this time last year when the governor of National Accord was being attacked in tripoli around this time last year in july of 2001 seeing the New York Times the government French Special forces and. U. S. Antitank missiles were with the helicopters forces in the city ability where they launched friends of russia is also working alongside kind of up those forces in a support mercenaries as youve said so i think they sit on enlarging with you know with that with russias moves and so they dont want to criticize then russia and the u. A. E. And egypt dont use the naval borders of libya to bring in their weapons that use the land border or they use the transports to egypt so its much more about trying to assert any kind of Foreign Policy particularly european lead because it can that gives the illusion of a brand that is not just that wouldnt just be you know motivated by whats happening in libya that gives the illusion of having a broader european problem but the reality is this is much more of an investment policy in libya that stands much longer than what is happening is the military and this goes back to 2015 what if arthur launched his operations in Eastern Libya and relied heavily on egyptian amorality and for support for doing so very well the french have been very ambiguous about their role in libya they say on the one hand that they want a political solution but as youve said theyve been accused of giving military support too highly for have to tell us more about what france is looking to gain from this conflict. Well they have strategic alliances with both the egyptians and the in ratus i mean these surgical lines are so deep that it goes beyond just a few contracts there is a french base and military base in saudi u. A. E. Those are they have jointly cooperated and worked on building and now an emirate to run. In the call that hurt them and so these these strategic relationships also at times have been ideational are good logical synergy they both seem to favor authoritarianism for Different Reasons and they both seem to have got in this kind of man of islam as a minister mr monsters the hide under the bed i mean the definition of islam is in the so wide mode that includes Civil Society actors women drivers atheists or atheism is considered an act of terror by many of these actors in their own region so its the pickle to determine exactly what it is but its all forms of opposition against the actors that they support and all 3 of those actors havent supported it after it was you know unashamedly looks a power grab and in tripoli right its last year has that really and the last 5 years or so there are these deeper strategic alliances that its a way of viewing the world beyond just contract and so you wonder with all these Different Actors internal and external whether a political solution is really possible today in libya. No its not i mean it in an ox libyans you have to wipe and then i mean the easiest way of looking at this is that cutting off the arm supplies to both the both the g m a n l n a would force a resolution because there would be no more bullets left to fire each other but the more that these weapons are being flown and obviously that keeps the conflict going but will persist at the diplomatic level is the ambiguity in this ascension that there are going to support the government actu