Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Are being exploited during indias coronavirus lock down and could end up deep and poverty. And delivering food to the desperate including one man who says he hadnt eaten for 17 days how coronavirus is making life even beliefs and parts of england. And his 4 month firms will be in the stadiums but the worlds most watched Football League is coming back after 3 months away the English Premier League is set to restart on june 70. Now donald trump is being accused of glorifying violence after adding fuel to the fire of racially charged protests across the u. S. The president says that when the looting starts the shooting starts he is referring to the city of minneapolis where days of demonstrations have followed the killing of an unarmed black man there the National Guard has been called in and the mayor has declared a 72 hour emergency Victoria Gate and he begins our coverage. This was the police said a very different night of protest an entire Police Precinct in minneapolis was set on fire as anger directed at those who swear to protect and serve escalated the. Not far from the Police Station mall burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the United States in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of africanamericans by the police is new but it is very role right now. In louisville kentucky the day the judge ruled has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an africanamerican woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. It is this video of the last moments of George Floyds life a Police Officer kneeling on his neck thats driving the outrage floyds family the citys mayor and National Politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t. V. And it wasnt selfdefense the f. B. I. Is promising a thorough investigation but it could take weeks for a prosecutor to decide on criminal charges and people here are impatient francis i am pleading i am pleading with individuals. To remain calm and to let us conduct this investigation President Trump called those involved in the violence thugs and said he was prepared to have the federal government assumed control at the mass request minnesota is sending in the army National Guard donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as hell is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that were going to get through this. The protests in George Floyds name are only growing as more people in more cities feel justice in america is far from equal Victoria Gate and be aljazeera. As a reporter in minneapolis has been on the scene for the past few days now. The city of minneapolis basically gave up on key Police Station in the pocket of the city were called the 3rd precinct 4 where george boyd was arrested and subsequently died the precinct that serves that part of the city of minneapolis was overrun by demonstrators they broke in they breached some security fencing that had been put up they got inside and then they are acknowledged that it was his decision to give up on the 3rd precinct that even the symbolism of the last building that has subsequently been set d on fire and still continues to rage and flames that that symbolism is that that that was a property and the building is far less important than protecting lives and that was the mayors decision to wave the white flag and evacuate we have had a very difficult time in our community with racial tensions especially when it comes to relationships with the police force another black man brazil mobley in a sense handcuffed. No weapon killed on the streets of minneapolis there was anger in that crowd but they most of them marched peacefully they demonstrated peacefully but then we had a Splinter Group that was allowed to go off and create damage to do harm on to the city and that continued for the next couple nights are there what i would call these bad actors some are from out of town tonight at the protest d movement and an arc guest who had come in from the state of virginia to be part of the trouble. Its a difficult question but there are people who are motivated beyond a political statement but there really has not been a great police in gave them and police have basically ceded the 3rd Precinct Police Department Building itself and the surrounding neighborhood the firefighters they got in for the fight one blaze on that block that was started by demonstrators but right now when we went into city hall a one last look of it b from a bridge overlooking the scene and there were several fires including that Police Station still going without a drop of water being placed on a. Well lets take a detailed look at just what president trying tweeted about the protests 1st warning the maire of minneapolis to get his act together then rising that these thugs a dishonoring the memory of george floyd and he wont let that happen trump also said that he told the governor of minnesota that the military is with him all the way any difficulty and we will assume control but when the looting starts the shooting starts well donald trump is not the 1st to use such a threat form a miami police chief well to head he was the 1st to say when the looting starts the shooting starts while promising violent reply reprisals on black protesters back in 1967 on twitter has now hidden trumps tweet saying that it violates the rules about glorifying violence however it can still be viewed if you click into it with twitter saying that it may be in the publics interest for it to remain accessible or we can speak to scott lucas who is a professor of american studies shortly but i do want to show you some live pictures that were getting in right now from minnesota you can see that the fires there are still raging after a night of protests after the killing of george floyd well lets now go to scott lucas he joins us on skype from birmingham in the u. K. Scott professor lets start with these tweets i see the u. S. President is now coursing a man who once said we dont mind being accused of Police Brutality with the head he said that surely many will view this as even further provocation here. Its not just provocation it is an incitement to violence when the looting starts the shooting starts it is for that reason that twitter. Has been waging war on all week have. I the tweets as you noted. By going away tweets or replies now if donald trump was seriously concerned about trying to step back from what we have seen in many and many applets over the last few nights and them in cities like google and kentucky that he might support chip fry the minneapolis mayor who has called for charges to be brought in this case against the officer who is accused of killing george floyd he might support take reprised call for protesters to stop the burning to stop looting and to start a dialogue on a way forward the troops interest is not in trying to make pace trump his interest is twofold here 1st is of course to look like he can come in and save the situation by making threats and secondly because this is tied to something that started earlier this week which is when social media including twitter began flagging his dissent from ation of the postal voting being fraudulent that is a lie but trump is using it to possibly undermine novembers elections so trump in other words is politicizing exploiting this situation with potentially dangerous consequences well its got me consulate i forget that this is an Election Year and until now President Trump has been trying to court africanamerican vices how has their relationship with the government changed since he took office. Well it is donald trump may say hes courting africanamerican voters if we get rallies in this pandemic or actors pandemic youll see a few signs blatchford trump but trump is only antagonized africanamericans both during the 2016 campaign with inflammatory remarks and then with his policies we can talk about for example his declaration of places like chicago baltimore other cities with africanamericans or rather homes his denunciation of africanamerican politicians for being mentally inferior and crazy the latest opinion poll shows that the Presumptive Democratic nominee joseph biden has more than 95 percent support among the Africanamerican Community and lets be honest here donald trump isnt counting on africanamericans to get that 2nd term in the white house if as i said he permits the elections or cannot stop the elections from going to have taking us back now to whats happening on the ground there in minneapolis i mean its a city where Excessive Force complaints against Police Officers a common and i see more than 60 percent of victims and Police Shootings for the last decade until last year it was black is this now a case that were seeing of enough is enough. Look i mean racial violence and indeed. Police violence against unarmed africanamericans is not new its been around for decades i grew up with it in the American South what we have seen is in areas far beyond the south think about los angeles in the early 1990 s. Think about in recent years the killing of arnold africanamericans from missouri to new york to South Carolina which led to the black lives Matter Movement this is an ongoing issue which needs discussions of Justice Needs discussions of trying to protect those who are unarmed while at the same time trying to ensure that we have responsible Security Forces in america the difference now in 2020 is that we dont have a man to the white house a lot for barack obama who might support those efforts weve got a man whos exploiting and as you noted potentially inflaming an already to the situation scott theres a quote that struck me and meeting around the chaos around this a Community Organizer in minneapolis said we want justice for george boyd but this is also about the dignity and then in that city africanamericans and Something Like just one 3rd as much as white residents and thats if theyre employed so how do you address any of these tensions without addressing economic equality here. Youre absolutely right you have to address this not just as a police force a Community Issue or place in the community you have to address longstanding economic and social divisions that have only been exacerbated and indeed have been exacerbated not just during the Trump Administration but for decades so when you talk about for example the shooting of Michael Brown in the st louis in 2014 at start of the black lives movement it was an area of africanamerican deprivation when you talk about for example the killings that have taken place of other africanamericans they have been in places where they have been as it were. Below whites well below whites for a long time so in the same week that we talk about george floyd b. Well at least dying and possibly being killed we know that africanamericans are 3 times as likely than whites to die from coronavirus so this is a marathon not a sprint there must be justice in George Floyds case but there has to be a commitment to wider issues across the United States for some movement to economic and social possibilities for all scott as weve been talking about weve also seen the anger of around George Floyds getting spread to other cities and then also take into account other alleged incidents of Police Brutality louisville for instance Briana Taylor weve seen anger around this issue and other incidents before but are we now seeing the beginning of a broad a social movement here that could potentially be taken even further than me sane. We already have broader social movements the question is what type of broader social movement we have you will see elements of the American Media that not only report as they should do on the violence and report on the protest well see them try to inflame this that these are as bad actors that these are dangerous people who are about but there are other people across america munich communities in social movements not just black lives in the matters but across racial boundaries who are looking for a better way forward in other words in an america where we too often follow donald trump streets of divisions there are people who believe that we need gun control that we need adequate medical care for all that we need the assurance of jobs for all decent housing for all we saw only in 2018 that a number of people reached the u. S. Congress but trying to build bridges across these issues so it doesnt have to be simply destruction thats the one message i want to try to hold onto today scott nicus the professor of american studies at the university of banning him great to get your insight sound out of there thank you for joining us thank you. Well theres plenty more ahead for you on this news hour and tears and. Restrictions are back in south korea after it sees a sudden jump in corona virus cases. Growing concern in one province in pakistan after hundreds of children there test positive at 19. And the fans of a danish Football Team zoom in to watch the restart of their league and its hit with that story. That indias government is being accused of using the coronavirus emergency to exploit millions of workers after 2 months of lockdown some of indias biggest states have suspended most labor laws in a bid to restart the economy or trade unions say changes to working hours wages and even health and Safety Standards we can work as rights at a time when they cant protest and as a reports from new delhi. Government or your view. Of the seas the production of clothes for his designer label and his work. Sales fell by 70 percent of the past 2 months locked down and heyman says hell have to layoff around 75. 00 of his 300. 00 employees. The suspension of most of the states labor laws he no longer beats the governments permission to file a stop in this difficult finding industry is going to be suffering a lot of these losses by his council. This is what was very important support from the government. With a provision which is home to 230000000. 00 people is one of many states to change its labor laws including getting rid of the minimum wage extended working hours and reducing employee benefits. The states say the changes will help businesses and get the worlds 5th largest economy back on track. Paying the price. As soon as the changes were announced. Fired from the womans were factory hes worked in for 4 years the. Work is continuing at the company and 800000 people are working new workers have been hired on daily wages and none of those who used to work at the company have been brought back. Trade unions say the revised laws will drive down wages in a country where the minimum is just over 2. 00 a day Union Leaders defied lockdown guidelines to protest in new delhi which Police Quickly dispersed bloated then when. I go to work were going to look i dont resent the idea. Of the country on the rim of the net. And then saying i am going to run your. Own live ammo. The biggest changes have been in states ruled by promise to marry the modis part of the jump the Party Critics say the governments using the economic slump to push through laws that supplants and 1st being elected 6 years ago and at a time when people arent allowed to protest the International Labor organization has warned 400000000 indians could slip into poverty as a result of indias lockdown and urging Prime Minister modi to send a clear message to states to homes labels and protect workers from exploitation elizabeth aljazeera new delhi. We can now speak to tony dobbins hes a professor of employment relations and Human Resources management at the university of birmingham new joins us from the u. K. Via skype tourney and this isnt just happening in india are we seeing a global trend here. Well there are big differences in where his rights and where conditions all across the globe countries like in the very weak work has ranks and sounds of very poor conditions but if we look elsewhere even in the United States the worlds biggest economy where it is in the in the United States health very quite limited democratic rights. Trade unions are not recognized in most american way places so its quite easy in the United States for employers said hire and fire because were seeing this with code of 9 seemed so lots of american in lawyers and across differences theres a laying off workers and on employment said america. Is increasing quite rapidly on many on a more aware because in america her only entitled to receive sort of basic unemployment payments. In comparison if we look said its a europe. There are big differences between europe and the a. O. s and how policy responses have been formulated d regarding cope with 19 of the strong stronger collateral rights in europe can comparison compare to the United States particularly in Northern Europe so many European Countries are respond thats occurring at 19 by Institution Job or tension in complex action schemes to prevent reforms east which have been negotiated with trade unions and employers groups. This is called fellow an unfair load of his on the job pretensions schemes are entitled to receive. A seat and 90 percent of the wages while east came last the problem will be of these job or tension and they can protection schemes are ended too abruptly and you might see an increase in rent on c. S. And tony i do want to ask you about the cases where we are seeing this kind of erosion of what is right is there a danger that this could go on for some time that it becomes institutionalized even after this pandemic is over. Yes its definitely possible in particular countries and particular employers who made you choose curve at 19 on the crisis as an excuse or most suited to degrade where conditions boil atic you see in different responses by different employers so in the u. K. For example. British airways has attracted quite a lot of attention instead of an ounce and must fit on the c s despite using the chopper tension and incomplete section in the unions and British Airways a claim and now the airline plans sits him an ace employees contracts and then subsequently rehired them on new contracts within this area pain conditions are not coming across as opportune as opportunism so there are big differences in employee response between. Companies that are using the crisis as an excuse. Diminished terms and conditions of employment somewhere. But there are more progressive than quotas as well so all who are looking at alternatives to separate on c. S. Like for example short time work and so some employees decide to continue lots of additional times there are incidents sort tony doesnt have a professor of employment relations and Human Resources management at the university of birmingham thank you very much sir for joining us on out of there thank you very most. Now more than 900. 00 children under the age of 10 have tested positive for corona virus and pakistans southern sindh province and most of them off from poor families where social distancing is impossible at home reports. Relatives wait outside to busy Emergency Department in 6 province their children are inside isolated receiving treatment for crazy 19 at least 930 children under the age of 10 have tested positive for the virus most of them symptomatic but the concern is how they became infected in the 1st place but all new cases where the children probably have gotten this infection from some of their elders who had left the whole world bunch on there or d probably the founder did not practice russian distancing in the proper manner the reason why im seeing this is because from since the 26th of february 2020 schools have been closed despite the pakistani governments advice to follow World Health Organization guidelines on social distancing many people here are not to some its not a choice. Most of the children that tested positive come from poor communities they live in cramped conditions big families in small spaces. Look at the situation were living it its all solid waste the smell is everywhere meanwhile the government is talking about hygiene and social distancing how is it possible in a situation like this and how can we keep our children safe. Many of pakistans hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of created 19 cases more than 61000 people so far and more than 1200 deaths with the numbers and with the economy already weak the crisis has forced many people out of work the governments projects 18000000 job losses will pakistan. Anees are relying on food handouts its a character if you do situation where youre only if you open businesses youll want to everybodys life and risk if you shut down businesses then there is an economic downturn search not to be easy choice its a choice between the devil and the deep sea because you can poke a stone is considering imposing another nation wide lockdown in faith or flattening the curve but it may prove hard to follow for those living in sindh province which now has the highest number of confirmed corona virus cases in the country so the height of disease. Quarantine measures in the philippine capital manila will be eased from next month after months of a Strict Lockdown thats severely depressed the economy there thats despite 539. 00 new cases being reported on thursday thats the largest spike since the 1st infection was reported there in january now in a televised address president regard to try to reassure the nation that the vast majority of cases a mild and that the death rate as. Well the reopening of hundreds of south korean schools has been suspended and some of those forced to close after a spike there and corona virus cases 58 new infections have been announced most of them from seoul and linked to an online shipping warehouse robert pride is in seoul with this update. This is an outbreak thats causing major disruption to the reopening of schools schools here in south korea as elsewhere have been closed for months and after a lot of very careful planning to make sure its done safely then very carefully we are in the middle of a staged reopening of schools its a reopening thats already been delayed by a couple of weeks because of another cluster or another outbreak and were now likely to see further disruption we want in the middle of this process so some schools that had are due to reopen several 100 of them now have to pull back theyre reopening and theres more than a 200. 00 schools in an area called both on and to the west of a soul a soul which had already reopened are having to close again no boots on is the location of this major Warehouse Distribution center that is at the center of this latest outbreak we have had the latest daily cases of the new cases of corona virus in south korea 58. 00 and most of these cases are from this facility it is slightly less than yesterday so the authorities are hoping that theyve brought this latest cluster under control but there are have to carry out several 1000 tests of people who work at this center that Associates Family members to try to trace everybody whos been infected and it has led to the authorities now reimposing some of the restrictions that they had already relaxed at least in the greater seoul metropolitan area. Well still ahead here on aljazeera we look at how important air power has become and maybe as complex as the u. S. Backed government makes more gains against her if i have to as forces. One of the worlds most famous marathons is cancelled for the 1st time in history more details coming up in sports that lesson. Plan. June on and on to see a 3 years into the blockade we look at the future of the g. C. C. Crisis in part on life and caught up people in power is back with more investigative documentaries and indepth stories as the world battles the corona pandemic aljazeera brings you the latest from around the world a new 2 part investigation asks whether water should be a free Natural Resource or a commodity traded for profit and how well the u. S. Elections shaping up as the country battle scalded 90 we look into whether donald trump can survive this historic set. To announce his era. Frank assessments tourism but the street is dead in the water whats been the result misinterpreting a lot more significantly and indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. The. Head again. Lets remind you of our top stories this hour a minneapolis Police Station has been set on fire amid a 3rd night of protests over the death of george floyd and on and around the u. S. National guard has been called into the city and the mayor has declared a local state of emergency for 72 hours of protests spreading across the United States at least 7 people were shot in louisville kentucky where crowds turned out to demand justice for Brianna Taylor a black woman facially shot by police in her home in march and President Trump has tweeted about the protests saying hes prepared to have the federal government assume control trump roach when the meeting starts the shooting stops twitter has hidden that tweet behind a warning saying it violates its rules about who are fined by the its. All more now on the top story on the growing widespread anger over the death of george floyd debbie hynes is a former Baltimore City prosecution and she says this incident exposes deep for the was in the u. S. Justice system. Justice is supposed to be blind and justice is not supposed to work differently it is supposed to work the same way whether youre white whether youre black whether you latino whether youre Asian American it doesnt matter what color you are but the reality is it works quite differently and theres a lot of 2nd guessing always in the case is a Police Officer is when its a black victim thats involved its a 2nd guessing what more do we need well maybe there was something that we didnt see on the video its always looked at from the advantage of the perpetrator and not from the advantage of that from the point of view of the victim who was being choked to death for 10 minutes but just is not supposed to work like that is supposed to be justice for all and that includes black americans showing that black lives to matter in this country and i think back to the case of walter scott the africanamerican who was shot in the back 9 or 10 times as he was falling away from Police Officers in South Carolina that officer was aggressive he was put on trial and had his 1st trial it was a hung jury which means a jury although they saw a video they saw a man being shot in the back who was running away who was not a threat to the Police Officer the jury could not reach a verdict and that is what happens when i say there are 2 sides of justice in america so when any ordinary circumstance if you have a picture not even necessarily a video it would work that the person would be convicted of 1st degree murder for even less less than what we see on this video this video is outrageous and one of the other Police Officers who was of the 4 that the other 3 that restraining there he also had at least i believe 3 other he had 3 complaints against him and he was also still working one of the officers had a civil suit that was settled for Excessive Force that was settled by the city and he was still working i mean thats just the problem is that even though these officers were fired i hate to say this but these officers can likely go to another jurisdiction and start working again as Police Officers thats the whole irony of the whole thing they cannot work in minneapolis but they can work for another Police Department and that is what happens in some of the. Well as weve been reporting twitter has hidden a tweet by u. S. President donald trump over that on rest saying it glorified violence this is now the 3rd comment that twitter has flagged up the president accuses the social Media Company of censorship and on thursday he signed an executive order aimed at stripping social media platforms of some Legal Protections especially if they remove or amend content on these sites she had returned the reports from washington. Twitters placement of an exclamation mark and a suggestion that users get the facts about mail in voting after the president s unsubstantiated claims about the corruption of postal ballots have led to the executive order theres no president in American History for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of Human Interaction therefore today abseiling executive order to protect it appalled the free speech rights of the American People however this is new crackdown instead there will be a review of section 230 of the Communications Decency act the prevents Internet Companies from being sued over content and hes calling for the federal Communications Commission trade commission and state attorneys to look at placing new rules on social Media Companies to control editing he says to protect free speech but the president does not have the Legal Authority to strike down section 230 and he may face resistance from the f. T. C. And f. C. C. Independent bodies that have been reluctant in the past to take on policing the internet it is talking about a review which implies a period of time its not clear how much of this is saber rattling right theres things you can do with an executive order those things you cant do there are probably litigation if they did try to do an executive order this is a nuanced complex issue republicans complain about censorship on social media platforms democrats like House Speaker nancy pelosi speaking about facebook on thursday complain there isnt enough both have threatened similar legislation our Business Model is to misrepresent the facts and to be a platform to do that and try to hide under freedom of speech which is of course a complete violation of everything freedom of speech stands for both are also stepping into tricky territory about who decides what is acceptable and what isnt and the issue the framers of the constitution were clear about it should not be the government but should be the platforms themselves but i dont think facebook or. In general should be arbiters of truth i think thats kind of a dangerous line to get down to in terms of just citing what is what what is true and what isnt Civil Liberties advocates warn that private companies have their own commercial priorities and should not become gatekeepers of the truth facebook already censors content in consultation with governments around the world the company has been broken up so it does its utmost to keep local authorities happy and bipartisan support for doing just that has been growing if facebook and other platforms have less as they struggle hold over our daily discourse its argued limiting free speech on their sides may not be necessary she had returned see aljazeera washington. French call manufacturer renner has announced it could slash up to 15000. 00 jobs over the next 3 years the company employs around 180000. 00 staff globally and wants to reduce costs by more than 2000000000 dollars when i was already struggling before costs elsewhere during the 1000 crisis joint venture partner nissen announced the claires of its factory in spain and 3000 redundancies 24 hours ago well for more on the story lets bring in our correspondent she is in paris natasha can you tell us a little more about when it was announcement and how the news is being received over that. Yes renault has revealed a cost cutting 2200000000. 00 plan its a plan that they will spread over the next 3 years now and what they will do they say is cut 15000. 00 jobs worldwide here in france where the carmaker is based they plan to cut more than 4000. 00 jobs now there were some reports earlier today saying there were no would close 4 plants in france so far the boss of renault has told french media today that in fact only one plant will be closed but of course any closure of plants and the loss of jobs is a huge blow to those who work in unions say that they are extremely angry and theyre going to try and fight for these plans to stay open of course has been struggling in recent times ever since its boss was arrested in japan in 2018 but also more recently because of the current virus lockdowns around the world carmakers have struggled because people are simply not buying as many physicals here in france in the month of april vehicle sales plummeted by 80 percent and rose also faced the challenge of trying to move into electric vehicle production. Natashas see the french government has a 15 percent stake in the company and if the renter is such an iconic french brand is the government pitching into hell. Yes whatever is a certain iconic french brand it is one of the car brands that people know around the world and can certainly place as french in the french government as this 15 percent stake it wants to save the company the french government says the rideau is simply struggling for its survival now the government is negotiating a moment with the renault for a 5500000000. 00 state backed loan however the french finance minister bruno the mares made it very clear to the bosses of renault that in order for no to benefit from that money would have to fulfill certain conditions one of those conditions is it would have to focus a lot more on electric car production it would have to enter into a Franco German project to produce more recyclable electric batteries and also that it would have to keep jobs in france now one of the conditions of Bruno Lemaire talked about was trying not to close plants will have to see what the government says in response to this plan. There for us in paris thank you very much natasha all government ministers in spain expected to approve a new basic income scheme for a 1000000 poor families and the latest measure to help spaniards struggling to make ends meet because of the coronavirus pandemic the family benefit is expected to cost taxpayers 3000000000. 00 a year. Well leaders of some of the poorest parts of the u. K. Are concerned that they want to cope if the government reintroduces austerity cuts that in the wake of the lock down their affairs that benefits and social spending will be slashed to pay off the huge debts that have built up from supporting and laid off now until he has more from middlesbrough and northeastern england. What will things be like when its all over for rich places maybe not so bad but poor communities have a right to be worried the post industrial landscape of teesside in northeastern england tells a story of joblessness poor life chances and join the virus the high mortality rates if the British Government tries to pay off its huge debts or will stare ac. Than they can begin to imagine how much worse things will get its almost too difficult to comprehend how we would go about doing that because were i think were as low as we can get in terms of the the cook with my life i cant even start to think about how we would make more coats firsthand experiences of all this show a town already on the age we need to live is vital supplies to 17 people with Underlying Health conditions and therefore most at risk in this tiny house of for Asylum Seekers including an elderly woman from sierra leone who has diabetes given the things binny has seen any more cuts to services would be catastrophic but there was a case right here in central middles for someone who did not eat for 17 days 17 for 17 days so she has been going over food banks she saw the food banks were closed and even though she was fully entitled as a citizen but she was look at you know overlooked and she was almost going to die disease thrives in poverty the economic response to the Health Care Crisis will make or break places like this. Just before all this started the new British Government swept to power on a promise of what it called levelling up plowing money into the forgotten english northern towns but not only has covered 19 put all of that on ice its also led to a new enormous National Debt debts which towns like middlesborough are in no position whatsoever to help a back story here could be that of any port town in any country which has taken on massive debt nationally or globally that that will happen we will lose generations we will lose businesses people will lose hope hope the health and social implications will be colossal that it isnt an option for when these new affordable rates prudently and spending intelligently is the only solution to this so many of the problems here predated the virus but maybe the Health Care Crisis could have a Silver Lining after all better jobs stronger communities surely mean healthier people largely aljazeera middlesborough. Sudan has accused the Ethiopian Army of backing militias crossing into sudanese territory and raiding farmland and resources a Sudanese Army Spokesman Says ethiopian fight has reached the eastern bank of the act by a river aiming to reroute the flow of water there sudans military says one of its officers was killed and 6 other soldiers wounded in fighting during that incursion well our correspondent had been morgan is in khartoum for us here but this isnt the 1st tense incident weve seen what sparked this by saying. Well muscles here tensions between the sudanese and if you can troops along the so in is specifically in the state of qatar it has been going on and off for the past few months and weve heard from sovereign government officials think that if you troops and if you can militias backed by the if you can army have been overstepping from their territories into sudanese territories and attacking its population now weve heard from the Army Spokesperson that on may 26th and 28th. If you can militias backed by the Philippine Army attacked some of its camps some of its military camps and some civilians wounding one killing one military official and wounding several including civilians and they said that the syrian army has retreated and that they have deployed further troops to normalize or days to stabilize the situation and to make sure that no further attacks of course now this comes at a time where sudan is trying to hold talks with or is rather holding talks between itself and between the officials over the issue of the border weve seen sudanese and if you can officials meeting here in khartoum and in the capital addis ababa over the issue of Border Security to make sure that such tensions to not occur and to try to do market the border which is largely under market that theres been lots of issues along the border even in areas where they are where its known there is no clear boundary there is no station that shows that this is where the border starts and this is where the Sudanese Border and so this issue of demarcated borders has been causing a lot of tensions and weve seen lives being lost over here as weve been reporting here on al jazeera sudan and ethiopia also involved in discussions about the grand stand how might this affect that relationship. Also there has always been saying that it wants to take the diplomatic path to solve all the issues whether its the issue of the border or whether its the issue of the ground if you can run as on stand now with regards to there has been a deadlock and sudan has been trying to bring both sides egypt and if you along with itself to the negotiating table offering the option of videoconferencing or teleconferencing due to the global virus pandemic now the 2 sides are yet to come the 3 sides are going to come together rather weve seen sudan talking to the egyptian side since im talking to the ethiopian side and weve seen over the past few months so theyre making calls between itself and they feel pains to resolve both the issue of the dam and the border dispute but weve also spoken to military officials who say that they are concerned about the impact this would have on the diplomatic relations between the 2 countries especially because this area is very cultural and they are worried that the farmers would not be happy if you continue to take over their territory saying that if they do not control the situation then maybe those on the ground would eventually get frustrated and take matters into their own hands from both sides have an organ there for us in the sudanese capital khartoum thank you very much. Now the un recognized government in libya says its destroyed 3 ahmed vehicles belonging to world Khalifa Haftar the government of National Courts forces say they now control areas surrounding young look and some are wreaking electric camps south of tripoli chips rails i have to are retreating from their positions the d. N. A. Has accused have to of trying to bring in sudanese mess in areas to fight alongside his forces under your. Government the whole region is almost empty of the enemy we have managed to completely control the areas around the military camps are minimal come in different areas soon they will reach more remote places and beyond i salute men on the front for their patience more than a year with this thing this brutal enemy of course the enemies in are trying to reorganize their ranks a modern mathematics from sudan followed him up. Well the 2 sides have been fighting for control of the west of libya since april last year the balance of power in the air has become a key factor in the conflict as alex get off this explains the war in libya has taken a dramatic turn as rival air forces newly reinforced by allies over seas jewel over its skies because of the countrys fluttering air power has been decisive in changing the fortunes of each side in turn in particular with the use of armed drones the warlord Khalifa Haftar us forces 1st used chinese made wing long to drones 4 years ago 1st in and then to pressurise the un recognize government of National Accord or d. N. A. Forcing it to retreat to a tight pocket round the capital tripoli with a range of 1500 kilometers these have been able to operate out of bases in the east Striking Government targets in the west. Heavily armed and able to loiter over targets feeding back Vital Information to the headquarters the wing longs helps forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar advance and besieged the beleaguered g. N. A. T. In tripoli often inflicting indiscriminate damage but turkeys extensive military aid to the un backed government earlier this year changed all that as the jna started to receive Turkish Armed drones namely the bericht to these drones with a limited range while not as capable as the wing longs still gave the jna the ability to strike have to as forces interrupt his supply lines and protect its own units as they had vance to catch in their enemies by surprise this tripolis troops counterattacked in recent days Government Forces have rapidly retaken several coastal towns and the all important air base in delaware t. N. Which was retaken after several assaults and the destruction of the russian made panther f. N. C. Units in the area is just the regime huge going to rush of blood. Or. Perhaps the army has lost. The last resource there in the last almost 6 years and there are 2 regimes. Nurse small turkish. Resistance. General emigrants as surgery. After forces have been driven back and their stranglehold in tripoli has loosened but in an ominous turn the u. S. Military has confirmed russian jets have flown from russias base in syria to do for air base in libya after center of air operations. Satellite images issued by the u. S. Command in africa clearly show russian Fighter Aircraft on the runway the influx of foreign aircraft into the libyan conflict has changed the military balance for both sides but momentum is no with forces loyal to the internationally recognized government in tripoli whose success has come with the extensive help of turkeys government as its forces take back control of most of western libya. Topless aljazeera and Australian Court has ruled that all kinds of letters related to the sacking of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the 1970 s. Must be released a historian took legal action to access the letters written by Queen Elizabeth governor general john kerr but in previous lawsuits ruled that they were off limits the dismissal of the Labor Party Leader represent an unprecedented intervention by the crown in london and was one of the most polarizing events in a strangers political history. Well still ahead on aljazeera in sports no fans but plenty of as the nascar racing series continues its comeback. Well its now time for sports and heres andy with news of. Yet so coming back but up to 6 English Premier League games to look set to be played at a neutral venue when the season restarts on june the 17th u. K. Police saying theyve made their request to league ball sister juice demands on the force the specific games. Yet to be confirmed but unlikely to include any fixture when liverpool could secure the title liverpool are 25. 00 points clear of the top of the table the police say its part of a plan to stop people gathering outside stadiums during games well thats a view the club strongly disagrees with his little pool fan and broadcaster concerned football supporters being castigated as people who will break lockdown not least by the polices responsibility it is to have a cooperative relationship with football supposed so if you can be really really clear in careful on every opportunity challenge this so will some people be idiots yes some people being idiots every single day of this yes will some of those people be able to be put into the comparable support says yes well are they are their identities multifaceted on how they be multifaceted right the way through absolutely well again 17th date remains provisional for now as the league whites for government guidance on exactly how to stage matches safely behind closed doors teams have just stepped up to full contact training with players and staff at every club being tested for coronavirus twice a week or course the will is not normal in and certainly trains not normal now we would be you know after a session i got to be buff soldiers and thats not really allowed it and if you know sit in the canteen and so they still have to come dressed to still have to part 3 bases away so its all the stuff that you have to just to dia to yourself but i think weve proven that it looks very very safe. Its a nice area has been given the all clear from the countrys government so restart in june the 20th clubs had already started Group Training sessions at this week the league was suspended in early march for the events of one point clear at the top of the table there are 12 rounds of matches left in that seasons. Now the Danish Super League has taken a new approach to replacing fans in their stadiums i guess supporters werent allowed into their home ground for the resumption of the competition but thanks to a huge bank of screens fans were able to make a zoom call and join the action as best they could the league has made its return after being suspended for more than 2 months and north americas biggest Football League is moving towards a restart as well Major League Soccer teams have been given the green light to start small Group Training sessions the league may be completed in a playoff tournaments ill be hosted in florida in july and the Boston Marathon has been canceled for the 1st time in its 124 year history the race which has been held every year since 8097. 00 attracts around 30000. 00 competitors from all over the world organizers say Virtual Events will be held instead entrance who can prove theyve run the distance on their own will still receive a finishers medal theres no way to hold this usual race format without brainwash numbers of people into close proximity and wire out while our goal in our whole was to make progress and contain the virus in recovering our economy this kind of event would not be responsible or realistic on september 14th or any time this year but the n. H. L. Is the biggest north American League to announce detail plans for the legal regime of the 24 top ranked teams heading straight into the playoffs all remaining regular season games have been scrapped the league has teams based across canada and the usa but just to help cities will be used for all of the games the 1st step is voluntary practice sessions at same facilities and its hoped they can start an early june while hockey rights are run kennedy says with no fans being allowed in savan use teams will still face a financial hit even if the season can be finished. The n. H. L. Of the big 4 sports america is the most gay driven league it doesnt have a really big american t. V. Contract right now so getting fans in europe is more important for hockey than it is for baseball basketball or football so there are the financial missions are very real you know in the n. H. L. Has the salary cap when the season began we were all going to civilian but in the coming years it would rise at least a few 1000000. 00 especially because there is an Expansion Team coming in seattle and there is a new american t. V. Deal coming in the next couple of years now it seems pretty likely that the cap will either be stagnant next year or even go down so were looking at me 8080000000. 00 maybe go back into the high seventys because of all of the lost revenue you know the players are going to need a couple of weeks on the expo for the play any real game simply because of the chance of being 3 otherwise so youre going to have to have everybody in the same place whether thats in the United States or in canada so i think thats the 1st step obviously sniggering you know where they want to train you cant start in which city now north americas nascar racing series is into the 2nd week of its comeback no fans are allowed on the venues but the drivers certainly fired up for this race in North Carolina joey chasing derek smith me colliding there on the are spinning lap when some to win the race and hes 3rd in the overall season standings. Ok more for me throughout the day but thats how its looking for the stars thanks very much andy well thats it for me and for this news hour but falling back to bo will be here in just a moment and i will see you after that you stay with us here on aljazeera for all the latest especially on the unrest across the u. S. Water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential Natural Resource into a commodity traded for profit just because its lawyer doesnt mean its going to be what about the guy that can afford it that guys teles water in a new 2 part series aljazeera examines the social financial and Environmental Impact of water privatized nation loads of water coming soon. As the world fights the corona pandemic and were learning more about this every day the new patent your new join our global community. How we come to be able to fight. 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