Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Because effects are being felt on the other side of the u. S. As far off as new york. Charged with undermining National Security but a russian protest leader Maria Kolesnikov could go to prison for up to 5 years. And Japans Parliament picks the next Prime Minister if he days to his priorities include fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy. And timely harding with all of your sports news the former head of world athletics would mean diac has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption well bring you more on that story later this news hour. Well a 2 pronged weather assault in the United States has people fleeing wildfires one part of the country and rushing to avoid severe flooding and another slow moving Hurricane Sandy has made landfall on the gulf coast threatening to unleash heavy rain and catastrophic flooding and another powerful storm is also brewing in the about to take her. And teddy could hit being the new to as an early as this weekend and then just 2 of 7 storms county moving across the atlantic with 5 of them casual categorized as tropical cyclones its only the 2nd time on record this is happened the last time was in 1971 and on the other side of the u. S. And oregon a federal disaster has been declared as wildfires continue to ban forcing people out of their husbands jay gray is in my b. L. Alabama were still getting a lesson from this storm keep the brain continue to fall kiran will be a lot of damage and given your hurt and look at some of the other conditions here you can see the wind is really gusting it and blowing around freezing lamps here we know that are down across this city we also know that theres some significant damage to the building and homes here if you move down to mobile bay you can see the wind is pushing that water white caps obviously and this isnt going on for hours and welcomed him in for several hours or were going to continue to see this driving rain across this region the National Weather service this morning will likely see his store exploding in many areas as a result of her jeanne valley its still a category 2 storm it does seem to be moving a bit of its strength but not enough to matter at this point and the real issue here is its just refuses to get up and move away and it has moved across the shoreline but its been no hurry to clear this area and so thats the kind of thing that were dealing with here right now and well continue to deal with for the next 7 to 8 hours or so we know that power is out to more than 400000 people across the region im afraid that number is going to climb as well if again we just continue to take a beating this really just the opening of whats going to be a long and very difficult right here. Well as i was saying earlier storms arent the only Natural Disaster affecting the u. S. Several states along the west coast ill still battling record phials oregon as the latest hot spot on president on trying has approved its disaster declaration giving access to more federal funds from estacado reynolds reports. Theres not much left of talent in phoenix in Southern Oregon the ferocious wildfires of recent days have reduced most of the 2 small towns to ashes the worst thing ive ever seen in my life its the same up and down the west coast near Boulder Creek california dozens of homes were incinerated heaps of rubble and covered chimneys and burned out vehicles all that remain near los angeles the socalled bobcat fire is only minimally contained it is burning close to the famed mt wilson astronomical observatory and outlying suburbs 23000 firefighters are battling dozens of major fires in california and oregon more than 4000 houses have burned in california alone and tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and drifting over it all a choking shroud of smoke and ash its making skies hazy as far away as new york Portland Seattle and San Francisco now have some of the worst air quality on the planet we started for the end 95 rather than just that quatermass because of the ash in s. T. K. To oregon 50 kilometers from Portland Police are allowing residents to return to their homes and assess the damage fires on this scale are unheard of in this part of oregon those have never happened i mean weve had fires you know open up in the national forth before theyve never been this close to the canada and ive lived here 33 years theyve never been that close to me candy evacuated days ago but her home is a total. Last haslam stranger call you on the phone and tell you that your house is burning its a total loss is its not something you want to wake up to. Amid the destruction signs of strength and resilience this is another aspect of this terrible disaster people coming together to support one another with donations of free food water and other necessities organizers say so many donations are poor and in here they can barely give it all away. People here say they all have to look out for one another oh it is donating all of us fresh veggies breads not anything that we can do to help out families that are in need you know thank you you know with the fires and everything we kind of need to make sure that were helping out as much as we can some of the organs fires are now partly contained helped by the verbal weather but the trees will likely continue to burn until the autumn rains begin in earnest weeks from now robert oulds aljazeera has to cater oregon. Steffen as a counsellor at the Climate Council of australia he says there is no doubt the extreme weather in the us is being triggered by global warming. The way we say is that theyre being strongly influenced by Climate Change and there are a couple of factors that play into this one where there was the extreme hot conditions which led up to these fires but also in Northern California and oregon and dry conditions and this is sort of a toxic mix for hoarders we saw exactly the same thing happen in australia about 9 or 10 months ago when the enormous finest down here now were seeing it on the other side of the pacific and its a clear fingerprint of Climate Change im making what normally occur anyway fires much worse than that they were before this theres theres a skewness toward more intense tropical cyclones or her fins and there are really 2 factors in a play here one is because the atmosphere is warmer than it was 50 or 70 years ago it can actually hold more water vapor so this is super charging the storms too to run down enormous amounts of water at the same time in terms of storm surges the storms are running on higher sea levels than were around 70 or 80 years ago so this means that you have a double whammy of more water coming down in the atmosphere its coming down on a higher sea level this actually really exacerbates the storm surge the flooding and the damage that these storms cause. Well theres plenty more ahead for you this news hour including find out what the u. S. Congress had to say about boeing and the law and last year of 2 crashes involving it 737 mags and killed 346 people. A possible agreement between west African Leaders in mali is military trying to that could give power to a new civilian government and in support the Boston Celtics find the miami heat too hot to handle well have all that action for you coming up. Now a better russian protest leader who disappeared after being detained by masked men has been charged with undermining National Security Maria Kolesnikov is in jail in minsk after ripping up her passport to avoid being sent to ukraine by force before her arrest she played a major role in organizing demonstrations against longtime leader alexander hes accused of rigging last months president ial election lets get all the latest from our correspondents to fasten whos in the capital minsk step what do these charges mean for kolesnik over. These charges are actually quite broad to call for action aimed at undermining National Security instead of what the police earlier sat was a coup detat which was of course much harder to prove but still she is facing 2 to 5 years in prison she was indeed the last female Opposition Leader still in the country and because she ripped off her prosperous overreading being deported to ukraine she gets turned tear into a National Leader the Opposition Movement is not really relying on its leaders to be honest so it wont affect the protests that we have been seeing in the last couple of weeks in fact only one of the opposition members of the council that was 68 it took to have this transitional. Government by the opposition its now still 3 and hear about a ruse and shes in fact being protected by european diplomats 24 sevenths so they come to her house to make sure that shes also not being arrested step despite all of this it does really feel like you can shine cuz trying to consolidate his position especially after getting moscows renewed besting. Exactly here came back and he already told president putin that he doesnt need the military reserves that putin had already approved near the border but actually on the other hand the 1st public appearance he had was together with the russian minister of defense and also asked show you go to the minister of defense for weapons of from russia so in fact he is still asking for help from russia in the meantime he also said that he is not thinking of any new elections about he will work on and changing the constitution something that he has sat before but that is a process that will take years and the opposition is not willing to wait for that and neither is this large protest movement which will turn to the street again despite all these agreements with russia in the coming weekend steadfast and our correspondent on the ground for us in minsk thanks so much that. The horrific culmination of failures by boeing engineers and management thats the conclusion of a us house investigation which blames the plane maker for 2737 x. Crashes that killed 346 people the report says a series of decisions by boeing employees that to the crash of a lion and an Ethiopian Airlines flight within 6 months of each other the report also places blame on the federal Aviation Administration for what it calls grossly insufficient of a science the entire 737 months phase is still grounded wild wind when its must be tried by a house correspondent can be how could he joins us from washington d. C. Can be some very strong words there from the democrats. Yeah this report is certainly very comprehensive it doesnt have a lot of new information in it but in terms of the depth that really outlines the problem the scale and the scope of the problem at least as perceived by the United States when it comes to the failures of boeing and also the federal Aviation Administration what it says is that there is a pattern of technical miscalculations management misjudgments said oversight lapses on the part of not just boeing but also the management in terms of boeing and its engineers and as well gross oversight by the federal Aviation Administration which is the agency overseeing aviation in the United States so this is certainly something that is going to have reverberations in congress as they set forward trying to rectify the issues that led to these crashes and it can be just how partisan is this being regarded in d. C. What might the next steps be. The next steps are likely to be legislation in order to undo some of the damage that has been caused in terms of not only the reputation of the Aviation Agency that you know really ensure safety in the United States but you have to remember that theres an enormous amount of backlash that occurred as a result of these crashes it led to president grounding all macs 730. 00 sevens in the United States something that we saw all around the world and there is exists expectation by the public here in the United States that there will be accountability so this is something that will be rectified through legislation what theyre hoping to do is to really try and reform the regulatory system which they say right now is flawed and to ensure Public Safety will need to be repaired can be there for us in washington d. C. Thank you very much company well we can now speak to todd cassis hes a former boeing and safety engineer and also currently c. Of s. Safe dot com he joins us now from boston as can be was saying that condemnation today not just for boeing but also for the f. A. A. It does seem from this report like the agency left boeing centrally to supervise itself. Well the supervision of safety at boeing is well as with other manufacturers as a shared responsibility of the manufacturer and of the administration the f. A. A. Ministration one of the big changes from when i was working at boni an early versions of the 77. 00 is that there is another layer of management of boeing lera management between the f. A. A. Representatives and the f. A. A. Now whether or not this cause directly an oversight that will lead to a system being in the field that lead to accidents thats not for this report to decide or for me but clearly this is a change that has potential for conflict of interest so well told i know there was some talk of the 77. 00 x. Having its grounding order lifted soon so it could potentially be back in the air by the end of the thea might this report that were seeing now have an impact on that it would certainly have an impact in that getting the aircraft back in the air is not just the u. S. Decision one of the unprecedented things that happened was any other aviation authorities around the world said regardless of what the u. S. Says about whether the airplane is fit to fly it will have to go through them as well thats something that typically doesnt happen in one of the points that this report makes says that boeing withheld critical information from the f. A. A. That sounds very intentional could this potentially have further consequences for the company well certainly if this is something that can be borne out in either a Regulatory Environment such as what the congress can do or a Legal Environment such as the court system yes you could be consequences but at this stage its entirely too early to say whether or not it has been proven to the point of there being a century well we have obviously of this yes and massive downturn in aviation and travel because of the pandemic and there also obviously huge passenger confidence issues around the 737 max but it seems that airlines still want the plane will the plane still continue to be produced. Well the plane is being produced and right now of course youre not flying commercially but this is a situation where this aircraft is a central part of boeing production for the next several years and problems as there are improvements sincere crap that make it very attractive for allies around the world so im confident that there will be 7 to 7 matches in the air maybe not as soon as boeing would like. Todd catus their c. E. O. Of safe dot com always great to get your insights here on out there thanks for being with us tom thanks for having me. Now japans emperor has appointed a new Prime Minister yes he did asuka is a long time ally of former Prime Minister shinzo who resigned last month for Health Reasons but pride has more from seoul. Its the ultimate victory for a selfmade politician yasha hed a sukkah who in a career spanning decades has finally risen to the highest Political Office in the land. In contrast to many of japans previous Prime Ministers his previous cessations be included suga does not come from one of japans elite political dynasties hes the son of a strawberry fama his elevation means a change in style but not in substance as a faithful right hand man to say he is expected to follow the same conservative economic policies while applying his acknowledged problem solving skills to the continuing covert 19 crisis and the ill fated Tokyo Olympics that the pandemic has delayed and now threatens to wreck. A well known figure on the domestic political stage it was super powerful chief cabinet secretary who heralded last years succession of emperors unveiling the name of the new imperial era. His appointment as Prime Minister was confirmed at an imperial palace audience with emperor and i repeat oh well hardworking and reliable many believe he lacks the charisma needed for the job in particular in his dealings with other world leaders. Thats something that comes naturally to shinzo of a who leaves the office having set a record as japans longest serving Prime Minister but are trying to muster i would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the people who supported me in both tough and difficult times its a bit of a mess of money next today the sugar and demonstration will be born i would like to ask for your strong support for the ruling l. D. P. Party su gars mission is to act as continuity Prime Minister for the next year before elections are called with japans mounting problems suga needs to prove he has the required leadership skills to do that rob mcbride aljazeera now refugees being moved into a new camp on the greek island of last pass must have their asylum processed quickly so they can leave thats according to the United Nations 12000 people were left without shelter when the morea camp burned down last week the u. N. Representative in greece has asked for european help to house them there are fears that the new camp will suffer the same overcrowding problems as the original one as stephanie deca has all the latest from let us. At the moment this is the only option the greek authorities are saying where they can ensure that the refugees in the migrants have you know food shelter and most importantly where theyre going to process their paperwork a lot of people are still reluctant you can probably see them having bought some some some things in some supermarkets ahead and then theyd pull them back to the street where theyre currently living those that are not in the camp because the conditions in moriarty camp that are down were so desperate and weve had a visit here of the u. N. H. E. R. Head of the group office at the u. N. Agency that deals with refugees and i asked him you know they themselves have criticized morea camp whether you know he was satisfied with this one but this is what he had to say its not manageable to manage a camp with 5 times its capacity or even times the capacity that insomuch as we speak you need she are easy pushing the authorities that should await the process so that people do not stay too long in these places this is still our message we hope that any new camp does not go. Does not become overcrowded because its unmanageable so its overcrowded and its also having to do with allowing these people to leave the island the sense of speeding up their paperwork the other side of the story is that basically the islanders are fed up theyve been hosting this population for years now many people many of them want them to leave completely but certainly you know this camp is expanding still the army is expanding at its certainly seems at the moment and even the message from the greek authorities is that people are not leaving the island any time soon. Now u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for an investigation into allegations of mass hysterectomies of Spanish Speaking when a nurse working at a facility in georgia reported that several women whod been detained did not understand why they were having operations to remove or possibly a uterus the whistleblower says the facility also refused to test people with coronavirus symptoms and faked medical records a detainee at that center likened it to an experimental concentration camp. Still ahead here on aljazeera returning to flooded homes the challenge facing many people in sudan as they try to dry out after unprecedented rains. And desperate for water farmers in mexico seize control of a dam in protest of a water debt owed it to the u. S. In baseball in a bubble well have more on how teams plan to keep playing during this budget. Just like. Hello there fairly quiet and calm picture across much of the middle east the winds are going to be picking up again in the next couple of days. Developing you say that the central Western Areas a soggy but this is what i mean about the ways we could well see some dust. Through the interior of iraq tom it is not faring too badly mid fortys celsius 39. 00 is expected to high in doha but of course it does tend to feel very humid when the temperatures come down particularly when the winds are very light or coming from the east theres no real change on friday how much is still pretty high for the eastern end of the magic of these charges are above average for this time of year then down into Central Africa plenty of rain showers and thunderstorms becoming a little widespread and also typically for this time of year beginning to push a little bit further south because they want to shine as across areas of our. And its a fairly catty picture as you can see staying mostly fine across much of south africa weve lost that run of the frontal system is coming through you say damages are in the high teens celsius where we have goals of very warm air is across into both wanted temperatures here are above the average sunny for this time of year its going to be mostly fine for the next few days and how much is getting up to about 36 sunny by sunday meanwhile feeling much cooler in cape town with showers on sunday. Carpeted beyond. Taken without hesitation forgotten died for our. Power defines our. Babies were toy. Its the collect the babies the people in power investigates exposes and question the use and abuse of power around the globe. On aljazeera. Examining the headlines that said to me. In the watch it on the news and the Community Came forth unflinching how relevant is the debate here in this day and age how. The protest movement 3 observes the awakening of a nation sharing personal stories with a global audience. Explore an abundance of world class programming the world is watching on aljazeera. Again i missed. That remind you of our top stories here this hour Hurricane Sandy has swept ashore on the u. S. Gulf coast bringing the threat of record flooding the category 2 storm has already cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and forced some people to evacuate. The u. S. House investigation has blamed boeing management for 2737 max crashes that killed 346 people last year it all but also criticized the federal Aviation Administration for what it called grossly insufficient oversight. And japans emperor has formally appointed the new Prime Minister if he days to guy is a longtime ally of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abbate who resigned last month for Health Reasons. The number of people affected by floods in sudan has risen to more than 650000 tens of thousands of homes have been damaged by the unprecedented rise of the nile river and as its waters recede residents are struggling to clean up and make repairs have a morgan reports from the capital khartoum. This is what the inside of the lost his house looks like now weeks of flooding has damaged or destroyed much of what he has he says hes got no way of treating the water out hiring a water pump is costly and hes lost too much already but he says moving elsewhere after the floods is not an option. Shadier than my house is about 3 kilometers away from the nile and ive lived here for a number of years. Getting a plot to move elsewhere is costly with todays economy and me and my family cant afford it so all drain the water and hope this doesnt happen again next year at the lost his home is one of dozens that have been damaged in his village of kalac in the southern part of sudans capital hard to. Torrential rains caused the nile to rise to levels not seen in more than a century the resulting flood damage to well over 100000 homes around sudan most were just kilometers away as the river burst its banks wiping out villages and towns and displacing more than 600000 people and it forced the government to declare a 3 month state of emergency some chose to stay in their homes despite them being filled with water the man waters have begun receding after nearly 3 weeks and people in the area are hoping to start the recovery but there have been problems with the drainage system and its weakness can be seen on the streets of out of tune after rainfall since the start of the rainy season 2 months ago some of the major highways have been cut off schools and Health Facilities have either been damaged or destroyed its a site that repeats itself every year but meteorologists say this years rains are unprecedented so dans government says its focus is on helping those whove been displaced and preventing water borne diseases but more rains and floods are expected in the coming days and those displaced say the government needs to do more to help them. We want the government to give us new plots so that this doesnt happen again really who live in the banks of the mine we dont have the ability to buy new plots it should be the government giving us a plot so that the problem is addressed by the route a normal houses collapse from rained off until he gets a new plot this house is all that out the lot he has he says hell do what he can to get the water out so that he and his family can return to their home and start rebuilding he will morgan on his their own hearts on. Now the british Prime Minister has defended a proposed law that would allow the government to override parts of its agreement of its Withdrawal Agreement im sorry with the e. U. Boris johnson insists it will help up hold the u. K. s economic and territorial integrity but the European Commissions chief says if the u. K. Changes any part of that Withdrawal Agreement it will destroy global trust in the country live on the land says britain is throwing its good name to the wind by not respecting the deal thats already signed and approved more for more lets now speak to a correspondent to d. M. Baba he is in london for us the d. M. I see despite some initial opposition from within his own Party Boris Johnson does appear to be getting his m. P. s in line. Well hes in the process of trying to placate some of the rebellious members of his own conservative party that bill you were talking about which passed on its 1st reading here in parliament on monday in the in the words of one of johnsons own ministers does break International Law and so theyre looking at some kind of amendment to consider next week which would give parliament more say on actually actioning the provisions in that bill Boris Johnson is now on committee here in parliament made up of members of different parties and hes been pressed mostly it must be said on the governments covered 19 response but over breaks it hes been asked whether he thinks the e. U. Is negotiating in good faith when pushed he said he doesnt think so although what hes Northern Ireland secretary actually contradicted him before and he has been denying this charge that in fact the idea itself of the bill is damaging to the u. K. s interests and its reputation something that many of his own and he have been telling him in the last week on a team as he was saying and fastened on to land has also been addressing this and has state of the union speech today saying this is a matter of trust is there any trust left. Well the hughes message is that yes we continuing to talk and were back into what will be the 9th round of direct talks on the future trade relationship between the 2 in the u. K. Boris johnson is set a deadline from his side of meet october by which a deal must be struck if not that means no deal bricks if hes called in the last few days call the outcome a good outcome but just now here in parliament when pressed by that committee on whether it really would be a good outcome with terrorists or u. K. Exports to the e. U. Here she said no that wouldnt be a good thing for british manufacturers but his hope and expectation is that the outcome wouldnt be what happened so nobody really knows now there for us in london with all the latest thank you very much noting how hundreds of hasidic jews from belarus trying to visit a pilgrimage site in ukraine are stuck at the border for every jewish new year tens of thousands of pilgrims travel to the town of mon to visit the tomb of rabbi naaman this year they were warned by the israeli and ukrainian governments not to travel because of coronavirus destructions ukraine has accused belarus of aggravating the situation by giving false information the programs are now held up at the border and are calling on israel to deliver aid many of them have been left with no food money or shelter. Now mali is a military coup leaders will have a maximum of 18 months to hand over power to a civilian government and in which west african mediator has agreed to lift all sanctions on but only if the military puts together a Transition Team within days make us hacker points the. Gun as the president greeting mileys new strongman colonel see me going in addressing mondays coup leader as mr president no firm hand shakes but a warm welcome on his 1st foreign visit meeting west african heads of states have imposed sanctions on the country after you ousted president brian booker kater from power 3 weeks ago in a bloodless coup. To do. In the middle. East to put in place come. To. Me to. This. Not. Only to. Brute. Force African Leaders condemned the coup shutting its borders and stopping Financial Transactions with a landlocked country following the meeting they greed to an 18 month transition to full civilian rule and the lifting of sanctions a full Transition Team is put together in matters of days not months on stage this weekend the military didnt represent their roadmap in charge or where the military remains largely in power to Civil Society actors politicians and religious leaders. The gender took the applause as a sign of their support however the influential and 5 Opposition Movement disavowed malis military leadership in their methods. We denounced intimidation tactic methods dating from another time as well as the grabbing by the military leadership that goes against the a spear a shameful chain. In july the un condemned these militaries extrajudicial killings of civilians they are meant to protect they along 4000 french and european troops are fighting armed groups in northern and central mali called in the fighting are over 6000000 facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis Counterterrorism Measures make it difficult for humanitarian organizations to have engagement with local populations and whoever is there to represent them this has become the challenge for mileys new leadership attempting to embody the aspirations of the people and gain legitimacy both at home and abroad because hawke aljazeera. Well yemen is at risk of slipping away from the road to peace the Un Special Envoy is mourning the increasing violence the diet humanitarian situation and the coronavirus pandemic are all to blame saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Were also singled out for giving nothing to this years aid appeal diplomatic as said james bays reports in his monthly briefing to the Security Council Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths gave a grim assessment of the situation in yemen the only glimmer of hope another effort by the un and the International Committee of the red cross to try and arrange a Mass Exchange of prisoners we expect to see the parties this week. To continue discussing. Prisoner exchanges. Is that this major but actually result in the release of some prisoners. And some evidence of the implementation of those commitments but peculiarly given the threat of covert 19 in places of detention of the Security Council diplomats hope a Prisoner Exchange would be a confidence building exercise potentially leading to a wider political digits but the news from the ground is not good violence continues to rage on the uns humanitarian coordinator says theyve had to cut funding to the most needy in part because the countries of the Saudi Led Coalition have not come up with the money they promised to give the un several that elements including the king of saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and us who have a ticket a responsibility which they discharge in recent years and so far and nothing in this years un. It is a take you let me reprehensible to promise money which gives people hope that they may nick hope help may be on the way and then to dash. I simply failing to fulfill the promise the risk of an environmental catastrophe in yemen hasnt been lifted either the u. N. Thought it had an agreement from the who is to send the team aboard the south for the damaged tanker they fear could rupture spilling over a 1000000 barrels of crude oil into the red sea but theres been little progress and the risk of maritime ecological disaster has not been averted jamesburg aljazeera. Well indias official tally of corona virus cases has now exceeded 5000000 and a 2nd only to the u. S. More than 90000 new infections have been recorded on wednesday but the actual number is thought to be much higher because of inadequate testing more than 82000 people in india have now died of covered 1000. Home more than a 1000 girls in pakistan are kidnapped every year forced to marry and convert to islam Prime Minister iran concepts the practice must stop child stratford has this report. The only body in her family a pakistani they didnt lose they like generations of hindus along with all the partition of india and 947 have lived in the Southern Province of sindh in their lives the ali says on september the 10th 3 armed men forced their way into a home and kidnapped a 15 year old daughter were going to. I dont know what theyve done to her if shes alive or not and what about her life jojo 2. Police suspect pasha who is 3 years under the legal age of marriage in pakistan has been forced to convert to islam and marry a muslim man i think that was Human Rights Commission of pakistan says more than a 1000 normal muslim girls were forced to convert to islam every year theres been widespread outrage to the practice among muslims and norm muslims in pakistan members of the religious minority communities protested demanding better protection their rights. Hindus and christians make up around 5 percent of pakistans 220000000. 00 muslim majority population the government is helping to renovate around 400. 00 Hindu Temples places of worship often neglected since the partition of india more than 70 years ago by the Prime Minister in run calm has been praised for recent program that gives indian sikhs visa free access to visit a shrine close to the border evidence he says of pakistans commitment to ensuring freedom of worship he says the kidnapping and forced conversions to islam have to stop. You cant simply. Related how can you forcefully convert someone to islam or force them into marriage either by threatening them or at gunpoint as we have heard incidents like these and sent all these practices are totally under slotnick. Terms of changing the law remain a challenge in 2016 the original sin to simply trying to pass a bill banning under eighteens from converting to another religion some muslim religious parties objected to the age limit. They threatened to besiege the assembly if the governor approved the bill which he then refused to sign into law a revised version of the bill was signed into law in 2019 the religious parties protested again a Parliamentary Committee on minorities and forced conversions wants to eventually make the law a political a cross of pakistan. Religious minority struggled through the independence of pakistan with our muslim brothers and sisters but certain loopholes were left in the constitution which they used by certain groups against them we are fully aware and all the parliamentarians from all parties are on one page and will soon constitute a lorry gainst the brutal crimes of forced conversions and marriage. Police believe the statement posted online of cautious saying she was not kidnapped but willingly converted to islam and married a muslim man was forced they say kidnappers often threaten victims into making similar claims. Thank god punishes home her family has destroyed the army says she cant live without her daughter and she just wants her back. Aljazeera. The European Commission is proposing a more ambitious target for cutting Greenhouse Gases in europe in a state of the Union Address the chief servant elin said a reduction target of at least 55 percent by 2030 thats up from the current target of 40 percent and that would put the e. U. On track to reach net 0 emissions by 2050 and thats all as 2 of antarcticas most important classes are weakening and starting to tear apart Scientists Say the pine islands and waits glassy is a being damaged by the warming about oceans and atmosphere the survival of the way its classy has been deemed so critical for the u. S. And britain launched a multimillion Dollar Research mission how to surf it is an environmental policy specialist at the university of california davis she explains what needs to be done to slow the melting process. We actually have known for some time that these glaciers were melting and they were on the track that they were on track to perhaps one day disappear completely but we didnt necessarily know was how quickly that was likely to happen and the mechanisms underlying the new studies that are coming out are showing are shedding light on that mechanism and indicating that melting is happening much more quickly than we had expected until recently there is a difference between these glaciers melting and the whole glacial system melting and we also have control over some of these things the fact that the glaciers are melting and that may be may eventually disappear or nearly completely that seems to be something that might be inevitable but the rate at which that happens that i think about it as a runner as if you might know theres finish line some distance away but you have control over how quickly you are slowly you get there and you also have control over how painful it is along the way those translate into we can have control over how quickly we act and how strongly we act to mitigate Climate Change which will slow the pace at which the glaciers melt we also have control over the adaptation measures that we can take so that the melting isnt as costly to humans. Well still ahead for you here on aljazeera 2 teams are still neck and neck as they battle to reach the stanley cup mia has all the action next since course. Talking bad about mexicans celebrating 210 years since the end of colonial rule but the events are all different this year because of coronavirus distractions president on drugs money Lopez Obrador gave the traditional cry of independence overlooking and. Event usually attracts thousands but this time it was limited to a military squadron. A fondness and the mexican state of chihuahua occupying a dan in order to prevent a was a payment to the United States on the 1944 tracy both countries must share water found along the border between the 2 nations but found the say they need the results for their crops i know of how it has no. This dry desert landscape is in the state of chihuahua in northern mexico just south of the us border it hasnt rained much lately and many here are concerned that crops and livestock are under threat if farmers like but i would guess cea tell us what little water remains in the region is about to be given to the United States under a water sharing treaty signed between the 2 countries during world war 2 on the order of the work of others these are Water Reserve that we have collected we have to restrain from harvesting more than one crop or a year in order to subsist and not run out of water now the government shows up and says they have to pay the United States it isnt true. The issue of water is a boiling hot topic in this part of the country and protests against the decades old water treaty have been growing more and more violent in recent weeks the medics have been mostly lionels its a reaction from citizens who are defending their homeland water is everyones heritage water doesnt belong to anyone water is for everyone and for all mexicans that is why were outraged and this reaction from citizens is a result of this anger with the u. S. And mexico signed the water treaty of 944. 00 the United States agreed to send more water to mexico than it receives but it still requires mexico to release water from dams along some of the driest parts of the border. At level dam the largest in the state of chihuahua Mexican National guard troops are keeping watch farmers recently seized control of the dam and have attacked members of mexicos National Water commission who plan to extract water from the reservoir mexico has until october 26th of this year to pay off its water debt with the United States which amounts to some 100000000000 gallons of fresh water and the word of mexicos president has addressed the recent violence but claims Water Reserves and she are enough to pay both the water debt to the u. S. And supply the needs of farmers in the region the president has also suggested the conflict is politically motivated it dont matter dont. They took over the kid dam which was being used to follow through with a commitment to deliver water to the United States under the treaty of 1904 only good but since the literal interest this has become a political issues. As the drought in northern mexico worsens a growing number of supporters are joining in the protest against the treaty the hopes are fading 1st aleutian that will guarantee farmers access to the water they say is essential to their survival. Below al jazeera mexico city. Well it is now time for sport in the land drama and while the thetic yes quite the breaking news for us the former head of world athletics lamine diac has been found guilty of corruption and must now serve 2 years in prison the 87 year olds trial ended on wednesday in paris where hes been under house arrest since 2015 hes guilty of accepting bribes from athletes to cover up their doping offenses many of them are russians d. X. Been sentenced to 4 years in prison with 2 of them suspended and also find nearly 600000. 00 its a dramatic fall from grace for the man who was in charge of world athletics for 16 years when it was called the i w a f his son. Was also sentenced to 5 years in prison but he lives in senegal which has refused to extradite him but the 1st you direct. The defense team of mr diak will appeal this verdict this decision is unjust and inhumane the tribunal has acted under political pressure wanting to use mr dia as an example it was a big question the trouble. It was a foods to. One of the fruits world wide case involving mean that leaders in the indian Sport Community to understand that there was a big majority political pressure its not the 1st time that the french german english judge was difficult to resist resist pressure obviously to do the job you know as definitively you know i know of you we know its. Just too true decision because of low switching over to basketball the miami heat have drawn 1st blood and theyre in be a Eastern Conference Finals series with the Boston Celtics jimmy butler basically won the game for miami with this 3 pointer. But it was a close one and the celtics fought back hard to force overtime then butler put the heat in the low. With just 12 seconds remaining hed credit this block by a buyout to jason tatum near the end of the heats victory in game one final score 117114. And i just. You know everything that you really do. Score doesnt come up with huge defense of luck it does. Or if you are one and you know youre more. In the west the Denver Nuggets are through to the conference finals for the 1st time since 2009 jamal murray scored 40 points on a night when nicholas joke had a triple double as they beat the 2nd seed Los Angeles Clippers one of 489. 00 the final score to denver in game 7 its the 1st time in n. B. A. History that a team has won 2 playoff series in the same post season after trailing by 3 games to 1. 2 teams are still battling out an ice hockey to play the dallas stars in the stanley cup final the new York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning were neck and neck forcing the 2nd overtime but it was jordan goal that gave the islanders the winning edge on game 5221 this when kept the islanders alive to avoid elimination in the eastern final game 6 will be on thursday. After meeting with fee for south americas Football Confederation has confirmed its qualifying matches will go ahead next month for the 2022 world cup in qatar all 10 south american nations need to play each other home and away but because of the coronavirus pandemic there are already 4 rounds behind schedule fever president johnny infant tinos already ordered european clubs to release their players to play in the matches despite travel restrictions. Meanwhile south americas main Club Competition the Liberty Doris cup has resumed after a 6 month suspension due to the pandemic restrictions have been introduced to allow the games to go ahead daniel has more from buenos aires. The Regional Football Association common ball has implemented a series of measures to deliver to doris cup can resume in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. Come a ball has designed and implemented a Detailed Programme to enable us to restart our competition with the object at the return to football will be safe. Those measures include no spitting no kissing one another or the ball no exchange of shirts the obligatory use of mosques through those not on the pitch and of course no fans theyve ruled the 32. 00 clubs in the competition can choose their teams from squads of 50 rather than 30 players some will need to the Argentine Club 6 times neighbors adore is champions but could dounia as last week announced more than 20 of their players were infected. We cant rush to be a 100 percent it doesnt exist we hope to be the best we can and im relaxed and hopeful we will be. Calm the board has allocated 95000000 dollars to help overcome the difficulties since commercial flights have been suspended and there are different degrees of lockdown in the 10 competing nations but why in this time of crisis are they playing football the tour the national team. The americas cup has been postponed until next year and they played no Club Football here in argentina since march those hot beds of footballing passion like the iconic baka genius stadium behind me have been eerily silent you know you know when you have the football here is a fundamental element of many peoples lives and life must go on as part of the gradual return to some kind of normality as well as a reminder of one of the pleasures were missing i think its a very very would challenge for south America Africa only world because we showed that in europe they did it they play the Champions League they play much east you know of any problem so i think we have to do it we have to do to live. Because then of course there are the financial implications for all the clubs that play the. Need the money need the dollars especially in argentina in venezuela. In your way so they have to play. And play they will continuing a 61 year tradition that pits the best of south Americas Club sides against one another only this year and until the final in Rios Maracana stadium in january theyve covered 19 to contend with to. That. One of cyrus. And Major League Baseball poor air quality from the west coast wildfires has postponed 2 game series between San Francisco giants and the mariners in seattle in the us state of washington for the other teams playing into the postseason playoffs and all the says games will be held inside so called bubbles just families will be allowed to enter inside as well as long as they quarantine with the player that theyre with for 7 days before the series starts the bubbles will be a neutral locations in texas and california. Golf 2nd major championship of the year the delayed u. S. Open tees off on thursday and of course all eyes are on the 15 time major winner tiger woods hes won the u. S. Open 3 times but not since 2008 woods won the masters last year but at mits its getting harder as hes getting older but he says at the end of the day he just misses the fans for me in particular i miss the energy and just the. Just the positiveness that the that the fans bring in but thats something that ive been playing in front of for you know one or 2 decades what were dealing with right now is not what we all want but us are already and. Its the big energy this is just not quite its not quite the same without the fans. All right well thats it for me with all of your sports for the day had record stasia thanks so much a and to remember you can always find much much more on our website and watch my vet there a dot com that is it for this news out of dont go away ill be back in just a moment but more needs. To he now Global Community we are out because obviously you know both thats how crazy is that what response that looks like be part of the debate if youre in each if you can jump into the conversation right away when no topic is off the table youre not afraid of anyone taking power we just call it what. You see is 3 children richer and the poor getting poorer its not kill destroy the system its just to look at the system and adapt it to the modern World History on out is the era. Close your eyes. Listen. Muslim i never thought id be singing in parliament with the boy i never dreamt of the way the words fail music speaks to short films about how music down rules and inspire hope for a better life a. J. Selects on aljazeera. Each country has tackled the crisis in its own way some like peru in argentina with strict early lockdowns others like brazil emphasizing the economy over Health Brazil has just reduced to the 120000 deaths from the virus 2nd in the wall. Only to the United States today is that we dont work a days that we dont eat and dont have enough to pay for utilities or anything at all many countries in latin america believe their rates of infection will be peaking around now and they begin dreaming about the end of the crisis thats not happening the nightmare only continues. Hurricane sally begins to wreck how about along the u. S. Gulf coast sweeping and strong winds torrential rains and concerns about catastrophic flooding. Hello again im a star as al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Charged with a