Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

As our people are threatened by Kangaroo Court. The u. S. Threatens the International Criminal courts with sanctions over an investigation into alleged war crimes that afghanistan and mass graves are found in a libyan city that was a stronghold of warlord halley 5 time. Army wellings with the smallest uses football likes a comeback in spying and go for turns in the u. S. With a tribute to floyd and the promise to tackle racial injustice. Current a virus is racing through the african continent infections have doubled 22200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands where medical Services Already stretched the World Health Organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found the agency says 75 percent of the continents infections have been recorded in just. 10 countries a quarter of those infections are in south africa with the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit overall more than 5000. 00 people have died across the continent the u. N. Says the lack of testing kits remains a big problem aljazeera has admitted wrists reports it took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 90 to pass the 200000 mark the World Health Organization says infections in africa are now spreading fast from urban to Rural Communities those areas dont have adequate access to health care or awareness of preventive measures one of the Biggest Challenges we face in the response continues to be the real ability of supplies but equally test kids and this is due to the disruptions in the Global Supply chain. The un as a supply Chain Task Force and other mechanisms are in place to address these shortages including work done by the African Union and mullen 8000000 diagnostic supplies and 200000000 my terms of protective equipment are in the pipeline to be shifted to a Program Countries south africa algeria and coming now the continent supports the Global Health but he wants countries must be forced on implementing strong measures and in forcing social distancing. But already many nations in africa i reopening the economies with more than half the population having to go out every day to feed their families locking down entire towns and cities is proving costly experts say africanamerican for less than 3 percent of the global infections for now but that could change of countries are unable to control the spread the outlook for now is warning for governments with nigerias president warning that the violence in west africa in particular hasnt reached its peak 10 of africas 54 nations account for 75 percent of 206000 infections a quarter i know south africa. But the continent is like him behind in testing and early management of cases Health Experts say the earliest to mention that the virus could kill up to 3000000 africans could still be avoided this is. Particularly been on the wall scale being assessed in Community Transmission on we vote in the appropriate measure but so i think since the beginning. They were one of the good think that were not this in their african countries is that they move towards us stronger measures of costs are fets also community is that its now regarding. There is but in india in general we are not just out of what we are observing is that what was predicting based on the worst Case Scenario the world have organization however says there is no indication that severe cases and deaths being missed as the virus caused if you can infections in refugee camps across the continent how many trees. South africa may be one of the war state countries on the continent but a large Informal Sector and crumbling economy mean restrictions have had to be eased tom ellman is that the rector of the south African Medical unit had Doctors Without Borders in cape town i asked them whats needed on the ground. Well its the same things as everywhere in terms of preventing the spread and passing the messages around social distancing and hand washing etc but of course in crowded slum areas where 10 people maybe sharing a shack without access to Running Water these things are really difficult so while testing is essential in the western cape and south africa in general unfortunately hasnt had enough testing to follow the approaches that much of europe has taken where now talking about how to prevent the disease having the worst effects on people who are most vulnerable the elderly people with advanced age hiv and tb that have a very very high prevalence here and diabetes as well as having access to to hospital care and other care when they do but perhaps one of the other issues often forgotten is that the disruption to the Health System itself is what we perhaps most fear in many countries in africa are a breakdown in supply of essential goods vaccines. Sex or Reproductive Health hiv and tuberculosis tests so we need to make sure that while fighting the the direct effects of cove it we also have the capacity and the staff and the supply to manage all the other health all the other illnesses that are affecting people all the time here and do you think that part of that response i respond stock of edge should be perhaps every implementing the lockdown which had been eased quite recently or do you think its just not practical to implementing european or us style lockdowns in south africa. Im a doctor not a politician or a town planner at the inevitably where people have no access to food or water in their homes no access to Internet Television information means to stay alive its impossible for people to stay home without somebody ensuring that those needs are met and thats proved i think extraordinary difficult to manage so whether or not a lockdown is there in theory in practice people have to get what they need to to get by and i think that thats what were seeing in townships of south africa and indeed across africa in high density urban settings so the virus may be accelerating in africa but the epicenter right now really does seem to be south america more than 72000 people have died in latin america and the caribbean with the region now the latest epicenter John Heilemann joins us live now from mexico city so john paint us a picture of which countries for example have been worst hit by the virus in the region. Well peru is certainly one to keep an eye on theyve had more than 200000 cases now and thats a country of less than 32000000 people so its quite high but brazil as it has been for some time is really the worst hit country in latin america 2nd only to the United States in the number of cases and at the moment the country needs 2 major cities religion a go this week a going to be reopening show Shopping Centers so this sort of lemma theyre into when to keep the economy going and when to sort of button down the hatches until the coronavirus policies president diable scenarios come down very firmly on the side of the economy has basically said if youre not and you know oh then you should be getting out to work some of the state governors have tried to quarantine a bit more to try not to such rate the whole system because she got the same dilemma right now it started to gradually come out of the quarantine from the start of june and at the same time the daily caseload is only been increasing in the country yesterday it was at a record level and she also coronavirus czar here is being code exactly that we had a moment here where this could get out of hand and he said that he thinks it might do if they dont keep a careful eye on the situation but if that starts to happen then theyll start shutting down parts of the country going just an update on that the countrys president has come out just this morning and said that people should be getting over their fears and getting out in the streets thats a direct contradiction to the coronavirus saw saying if you dont need to please stay at home now the countrys medical system at the moment is holding out its been getting more move busy especially in mexico city where hospitals are about 80 percent occupancy but in the intensive care units nurses and doctors are really struggling at the moment as youll see in our pool. The. New patient comes into this intensive care unit what is hospital mexico city. In this old war hospital from the 19th century the stuff heading into a new battle. The enemy this time around these few survivors once patients are unable to breathe for themselves. I am exhausted nurse julio cesa 32 has struggled to come to terms with. What would be for the toughest thing is your mental state because you put in all of your effort but the patients still dont survive in my shifts ive seen very few of them get better. Oh great stuff here have been going nonstop since the start of the pandemic and although the countrys Health System is cope so far the capitals hospitals have approached max capacity even as mexico starts to go back to work are you worried about the reopening of the country and what that might bring back to put up a better life its you know im not but again im more disappointed than worried because they say theres less patience and the curve is flattening out but we dont know that we could not have even reached the peak because for us theres been no decrease in the number of patients they dont leave nobody yet and. The number of infected and the dead nationwide has surged and in mexico a worrying pattern is also emerging just had a quick check around this intensive care unit one thing that really strikes you is that everyone is under the age of 60 here and thats a real change in the trend from europe for example but it seems like the most elderly with the most average. Theres a reason 70 percent of mits can i dont for obese due to a junk food habit a matched in the rest of latin america and one in 7 have diabetes it makes makes conserve all ages vulnerable. And even in this hospital one of the best equipped starflight the basic medicines treat it as make im not going to what am i dont you see theres still some antibiotics that we need and that we dont have so we have to talk to the family members to buy them and it means a delay but we dont have another option to get it its been nothing you said but if you fight them but. Many of them its can hospitals are in a worse state with stuff across the country protesting about a lack of gear and training. Perhaps because of that doctors and nurses are getting infected one of the highest rates in the world. With that grim panorama every Success Story is celebrated. And i really owe a gas salesman is one of the he was being discharged on the day of a visit well though still fairly sick. Nothing was going to stop him getting out how youre feeling now youre about to leave which i feel really excited thats why im coughing. Blood he enjoys his freedom once more over. The team in the intensive care unit continue their struggle with the images that youre allowing it. Would be very. Receptive to said i thought i like him because stuff where we want people to be aware that this is getting quarters for people who see that 1000 doesnt exist to know that here on the frontlines were seeing it for ourselves we dont eat for 8 hours we dont drink water were giving our best but we need people to support us. This team knows that in mexico they still might be just the beginning. Now the coronavirus the top official here dealing with this told us that the peak is still yet to come that it could come later in june or even in july and 1 thing to watch is that the moment this is really been centered in the area around mexico city but it could start to hit other parts of the country harder in the time to come and not all of them have the resources the ventilators and the hospitals that the capital has so its going to be interesting to see how they deal with this crisis when it gets to the move far flung parts of mexico particularly the poorer south. John homan with the latest there from mexico city john thank you cities across the United States are continuing to reopen thats despite some states reporting an ongoing increase in new cases many will be watching the daily case numbers anxiously to monitor the effects of the new relaxed restrictions the u. S. Passed that the 2000000 mark of confirmed coronavirus cases on thursday thats the highest number of confirmed cases in the world by more than double according to data tracked by the Washington Post since the start of june 14 states and puerto rico have experienced their worst week yet for new infections the surge in cases in states such as arizona new mexico and utah shows that whilst covert 19 is in retreat in Major Urban Centers it is now sweeping across rural areas and infecting smaller towns well for more on this we can speak to for all ages the cap or she joins us live via skype from florida madame thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so we have these figures obviously passing the 2000000 mark quite a symbolic number for the u. S. To reach how do you assess the situation in the United States when it comes to the fight against covert 19. What i can say is that with 19 and not only in the United States but we just heard the previous reporter from south america and weve heard and saw in africa as well 19 doesnt behave in the same way everywhere and actually i would like to point out that its not its not the buyer says thought the virus behaves as a virus but its actually the biggest difference is made by the host and by the fragility of the host population and so when you mention the problems that there are in certain countries like in mexico where one out of 7 is has diabetes then you understand that on this population the virus can can act much much more severely and in the United States we see that in some parts of the country it is still very very on the move the infection in other parts where they have implemented some rules they that actually the infection is receiving so we dont have one size fits for all i think that this is one of the new ways that we still need to start looking at this problem i mean you mentioned of course how countries are vulnerable in their own in individual ways so what do you think it is that makes the u. S. Particularly vulnerable and i guess in its different areas because its made up of very many different states and then of course you have the urban and Rural Division as well. Yes i actually think that the United States are such a big and different country that the disease the behaves in a different way but i would like to underline 11 point we know that now in the United States there is a moment of social tension with a lot of demonstrations and protests unfortunately these demonstrations are our actually acting as spreaders and fuelers of coping because mass congregations and great gatherings are what fuel infection and so on top of the frustration and the all of the tension that there is around these protests we are actually creating the perfect ground to have a series of other epidemic so we could have epidemic wave 2 who and then 2 point one and then 2. 2 because of this enormous movement of people which of course is occurring has to occur and rightfully so is protesting but this should make the. Audience understand that it can be such a wicked problem to manage because the weaker parts of of society and therefore most probably the people who are protesting are going to be the people who are going to be more affected by the impact of this virus if you are of originally from a silly which was one of the countries in the western world that was hit 1st really so perhaps providing a bit of a template do you think do you see the u. S. Perhaps following in that trajectory when we look at European Countries that are seeing as a containment of sorts or do you think it will follow its own way. I think that because of the. I would say theres also a polarized approach in the United States in cities and in some states cities the situation is very very dramatic and this is the way that it is narrative in other parts i live in the actual county in florida there has been deaths in Single Digits and so it is a very patchy situation and i dont think that we can really make any general statement except that we need to understand what these drivers are because the virus is only part of the problem. The problem is linked to the host its all to link to a series of other factors and other drivers which we really need to look at from an interdisciplinary perspective even just recently published a book initially called the afterwards about what the world whale might look like after the pandemic so tell us what do you think the world will look like when this is over and these contained well what i can say is that we can either go back to where we were and i think that a lot of us are aware that things were just right before there was a lot of talk about Climate Change which is still there and there are a lot of issues which need to be addressed and so i see this pause this time that colbert 19 has forced us into is a time in which we should imagine a different world and i really mean it because certain things that we were doing of that we have been doing were absolutely nonsustainable and we need to give the planet a Better Future illogic outpour always a pleasure to speak to. Her all of just speaking to us from florida thank you thank you. And coming up on the aljazeera news hour rare protests in syria as a political crisis escalates a financial emergency. Was a mistake the u. S. Is top general of regrets is the situation to walk with his commander in chief. And nascars only black driver sends out a clear message as the sport makes a big change to its rules following anti racism protests. The number of americans seeking 1st time Unemployment Benefits us fall and as the u. S. Reopens its economy after 12 weeks of coronavirus shutdowns there were 1500000 jobless claims last week down from nearly 1900000 the week before the spike the slowdown in claims the u. S. Unemployment rate remains at historic levels with 44200000 workers losing their jobs since the start of the pandemic u. S. Markets have plummeted as investors react to renewed fears of a pandemic resurgence and unpleasant economic forecasts from the Federal Reserve all 3 major u. S. Stock indexes were down about 5 percent posting their worst day since mid march thats when markets were sent into freefall by an abrupt economic lockdown put in place to contain the coronavirus well gabrielle is on the is live for us in new york and looking at the numbers what do you think explains this sudden drop in the markets. Yeah it was sudden and it was really widespread and ill just give you an idea the dow for example down 6. 9 percent all 30 stocks on the dow finished in the red s. And p. 500 as you mentioned down 5. 8 percent almost 6 percent all 11 sectors of the s. And p. 500 words were in the red and they were 505 stocks on the s. And p. 500 at one point this afternoon on thursday all but 2 were in the red so 503 of the 505 at one point were in the red that just gives you an idea of how widespread this was why its about many things but it all boils down to coronavirus there are still deep worries now that this is spreading as you mentioned in more than a dozen states were seeing numbers positive cases that are on the increase particularly texas florida and arizona these are all states that with the last few weeks if lifted their stay at home orders and so the economy is really coming back but coronavirus is as well and i think that has really spooked the markets as we also saw this is not even the 2nd wave study at the university of washington came out saying that that socalled 2nd wave of chronic virus isnt expected to hit the u. S. In till probably september and then you also still have no signs of a vaccine anywhere on the horizon late this year or early next year probably at the earliest add all that up and what as one trader said the markets have been operating on irrational exuberance the last few weeks and all of that ended with this huge selloff on thursday that indeed gabriel is on the latest from new york for us thank you. Staying in the u. S. Donald trump is ramping up pressure to stop an investigation into allegations of american war crimes in afghanistan the u. S. President has also rise sang. Against any International Criminal Court Officials involved in the case i. C. C. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is investigating possible crimes by the taliban afghan authorities u. S. Forces and the cia the secretary of state might pompei us as washington will not be threatened by the court for a time it looked like the i. C. Might do the right thing and kill the investigation but last spring the prieto unanimously rejected the prosecutors request to open the investigation but unfortunately then in the spring in march the Appeals Chamber overturned that sound judgment and gave a green light to the current investigation effectively eliminating constraints on the Prosecutors Office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a Kangaroo Court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next well mike hanna is live for us in washington d. C. And mike its been a pretty clear for some time that the u. S. President and the administration arent particular fans of the i. C. C. But why do you think trump has made this announcement now why is he ramping up the pressure now. Well this has been brewing for a long period of time we heard there from the secretary of state saying that this is a reaction to the fact that the i. C. C. Decided to go ahead with the investigation despite representation is by the United States in particular not to do so but this was a big display by the trumpet ministration speaking to the media in the wake of the president s executive order was the secretary of states the National Security adviser to the attorney general so certainly they are lying down all the top members of the cabinet to express sent to demonstrate the administrations anger at the i. C. C. But as i said this is been brewing a long time and certainly this display is a huge signal from the United States that it is not going to let this matter rest it is not a signatory to the rome statute passed in 1998 which is the basis for the i. C. C. However subsequent u. S. Administrations have flirted with the idea of getting more involved to the i. C. C. That of clinton that of barack obama but generally u. S. Administrations have been completely opposed to the military or u. S. Soldiers appearing before the i. C. C. And certainly this is a continuation of the trumpet ministration which is actually ramping up its resistance to the i. C. C. And its criticism of it because mike when we heard from mike from peo just a little bit earlier you know he finished by saying almost like a warning to allies saying you know you could be next but what has the International Reaction to these u. S. Statements actually been so far. Well theres been very strong reaction from traditional allies of the United States the Dutch Foreign minister has tweeted out his shock at the u. S. Decision the e. U. Has issued a statement saying that it is unacceptable expressing its ongoing support for the e. U. The only message of favor that has come internationally is unexpectedly from the Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu whos welcomed the u. S. Decision now mike pump aoe and the attorney general william barr in that briefing early on in the day made specific Group Reference to israel saying that israel too was in the crosshairs of the i. C. C. As they put it there its the u. S. Position obviously being welcomed by israel but its significant that members of the trump come that went out of their way to put the u. S. Alongside israel in terms of being in the crosshairs of the i. C. C. This certainly playing to a Political Base within the United States and reestablishing the trumpet ministrations unqualified support for israel mike hanna with the latest on that story from washington d. C. Thank you. Meanwhile americas top general says it was wrong for him to join President Trump for a photo opportunity outside the church after the area was cleared of antiracism protesters chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley says he regrets company tromp because it created the perception of military involvement in domestic politics he was with the president as he walked through Lafayette Square after police used pepper spray and stun grenades to Disperse Protesters the president then posed with a bible outside the church. As many of you saw the result of the photograph of me a lot for your square last week that sparked a National Debate about the role of the military in Civil Society should not have been that my presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics as a commissioned uniformed officer it was a mistake that ive learned from and i sincerely hope we all can learn from it lets go live now to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett so trump has been reacting to some of the criticism whats he have to say yeah the u. S. President is down in dallas texas right now where he has been talking at a round table eastern meeting with faith and africanamerican leaders in that city and really sort of trying to digest what has happened in the country in the last few weeks with respect to the social unrest and of course the video that spawned that movement of calling for change within Americas Police forces now the u. S. President for his part has repeatedly said that he does not believe that george floyd the victim in that video that that his death will be in vain so this is an effort to try and take things to the next step talking about how to change policing and change communities so that they help and benefit all americans the u. S. President though at the same time defending his heavy handed approach to clearing some of the rioting and looting that occurred not just in front of the white house but also suggesting that in places like minneapolis that it was what really turned things around the u. S. President also saying that he believes that his actions were compassionate in other words what he did save many lives and businesses and he once again reiterated that he doesnt believe there is any need to defund the police that the most of the Police Officers in the United States care about their communities and their forces should not be disbanded. Were going to have stronger Police Forces because its what you need in minneapolis they went through 3 nights of him and then i was insistent on having the National Guard go in and do their work it was like a miracle its just everything stopped and ill never forget the scene its not supposed to be a beautiful scene but to me it was if you watch policeman running out of a Police Precinct and it wasnt their fault they wanted to do what they had to do but they werent allowed to do anything it wasnt really there for but they were running down the street they werent allowed to do what theyre trained to do now the attorney general william barr also speaking at this round table speaking more specifically about the video where we saw george floyd dying at the hands of police with a Police Officers need on his neck he called it a ghastly spectacle that has forced america to look at long standing issue saying that there is not and has not been for a very long time equal protection under the law for all americans meaning that africanamericans they understand they say have a legitimate concern and thats why they say they are redoubling their efforts to try and build up and reform policing but not disband it but how can with the latest from the white house thank you. And thank you more still to come on this aljazeera news hour including a rescue and relief operations in china as floods forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes shaken and stirred james bonds car maker lets workers go as the british industry fights through the coronavirus recession and football returns in spain but have we seen the last of the big money player transforms. We got more hot sunshine across eastern process here here its actually hearts thundery we have got some thundery showers up around the Baltic States to lie down towards remaining just across hungary and play by the really active weather that is further west its cool and share because the area of low pressure swirling away in the sky bringing outbreaks of heavy rain into central parts of france and the lapses way back across belgium Northern Areas of france southern areas of england and wales will heavy showers coming through here as we go on through friday then fix a little further north as we go on and saturday much of England Wales pushing into southern scotland seeing that whats the weather joining in with the damp weather is well at this stage well see some western weather continuing into the southeast of france he shows pushing back into northern parts of germany notice it stays thundery more heavy showers possibly with some large hail and well tornado mixed in as well not quite as warm as it has been in moscow temperatures here 17 celsius southern parts if you stay warm dry and sunny with lots of sunshine as is the case across Northern Africa more warm sunshine here might just catch field shower just around the straits of gibraltar a lot so showers into the gulf of guinea with some very heavy rain for southern parts of much area. National borders will be based on migration is polarized to include. In strident positions are close im ahead of us how do you define an indigenous brits who do they benefit isnt this more about living with difference and you and visas and who do they contain. The right to live anywhere in the world have every right to leave their country maybe his sam goes head to head with paul carney and on aljazeera. 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. It cannot be approached what about the guy that can afford it that guy still needs water in a new 2 part series aljazeera examines the social financial and Environmental Impact of water privatized nation loads of water on aljazeera. For a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is accel orating in africa the number of infections has halted 200000 in less than 3 weeks but the u. N. Says a shortage of testing kits remains a big problem President Trump says authorize sanctions against the International Criminal Court Officials investigating u. S. Misconduct in afghanistan i. C. C. Prosecutor for 2 bensouda is investigating possible crimes by the taliban afghan authorities. U. S. Forces and the cia. Americas top general says it was wrong to join President Trump for a photo opportunity outside a church after the area was cleared of antiracism protesters by camilli says he regrets creating the perception of military involvement in domestic politics. Multiple mass graves have been discovered in the libyan city of tire and other areas recently of retaken from forces loyal to warlord honey for half that libyas government of National Accord says they contain the remains of soldiers who had been taken prisoner that who know was have tars last stronghold in the west of the country and was recaptured by the g. N. A. T. Last week malikai now has more now from misrata now cuny forces are saying that theyve been able to recover hundreds or over 100. 00 bodies in these mass graves these mass graves are yet another indication of the brutality of the libyan conflict and the fall on the on the residents in the area now in march the u. N. Support mission in libya released a statement saying they received reports of hundreds of in 4th disappearances killings and the displacement of entire families in the city of the huna widely kenyatta again tonight thats the militia that was under heavy fire have in control of the city of through a u. N. Support mission also added that they verified numerous summary executions at the tribunal prison on september 13th. So now the d. N. A. The hope of misrule have told us that there are you know a 1000000000 grow among the dead in these mass graves were also understanding that the. Ministry of justice have appointed a committee to identify and investigate the circumstances of the. Minister of interior but he has said they will pursue the perpetrators of these crimes syrian president Bashar Al Assad has sacked his Prime Minister just a month before elections and while the country grapples with an economic crisis public anger is now spilling out onto the streets its give you an idea of just how bad serious finances are at the start of the 9 year civil war one u. S. Dollar traded at 47. 00 syrian pounds earlier this week the currency collapsed to a record low of 3000. 00 to the dollar prep prices of basic goods have skyrocketed in a country where more than 80 percent of the population live below the poverty line already well the crisis has led to rare protests in the asset controlled southern sway the province demonstrators have chanted antigovernment slogans authorities have blamed a wave of new u. S. Sanctions which take effect later this month well reenter crimea is the rector of Syria Conflict Research Program at the London School of economics and Political Science she joins us now via skype from london madame thank you as always for being with us here on aljazeera so do you think that sacking the Prime Minister is going to make any difference. Its will not make any difference whatsoever and the main reason there was a popular pressure to change the Prime Minister really is the economic deterioration and the reason why the syrian public were criticising the Prime Minister and the minister is only because they know this is the level they can criticize without getting in trouble they know that any you see them Prime Minister has no power at his disposal to change the situation they know that the power lies somewhere else this is that where this is about where they can create the. Point that criticism so it may or a little bit of criticism but is not going to change anything the constitution doesnt give the Prime Minister any power even if he has it right now the economy is in complete completely overrun and there is very little he can do to rescue the situation i mean obviously this is a country that has faced the one year civil war and then sanctions so i mean the reasons i guess could seem obvious but just elaborate on them for you for us if you will what are the worst effects of the war the situation right now on the people of syria. Affairs i mean the economy isnt that owens 1st you have decades of very damaging economic and monetary policies they started well before 2011 and then you of course the war that destroyed the economy it transformed the economy completely so its now more dependent on the continuation off the nile and 7 on the informal economy and then you have the also destruction of the productive sector of the economy so the country is no more dependent on the import of that than the exports so theres very little hard currency coming into syria i like the import export richard changed from 62 percent and year to 2013 years ago it was 16 percent only. We have also the economic sanctions they were indeed very damaging specially these sanctions. On the Banking Sector which means importing anything to syria or exporting to the front of difficult very expensive so as a result like the total accumulated economic losses agrees to almost how to really own dollar by the in the fast year right to this is 8 kind the syrian g. D. P. The syrian hard currency reserves which was around 18000000000. 00 and with those that 2010 has been completely depleted no Prime Minister is going to be able to reverse the situation the Household Income which was almost 230. 00 of the ever salary in 2010 right now its 40. 00 when the prices of goods have increased 34 so the level of suffering great now in syria just present them and then were hearing about people who are like really high upper middle class going to bed hungry right so its really hitting everyone and changing the whole government is is not going to lead to any change well because of course you know where a few weeks away from an election and we were just showing images a little earlier on our screens of protests against the government because of this which obviously in the context of the one year civil war you know it must take something for someone to come out and protest against the government for this so do you see this is a turning point for Bashar Al Assad what do you see this leading not so much the Election Results but how drug drastic do you think the situation can become. Well its drastic but not for assad himself is not going to change much for his dont support it but iran on the ground for the ordinary people i dont see on the war anyone coming to the rescue sadly and although syria is not making it to the from fuse anymore well deliver of something great now its much more than before im talking to people every day just come to you a cool experience street blew the veil of. Despair or in this and just people i mean people used to be well off now nothing even not know who to put on the table for their children is on the machinable level of suffering on everyone and you have only this like one percent of the top those who are very close to the regime or profited from the war who are now you know enjoying and spoke about well. Something has to be done and its going to certainly more than the change of the Prime Minister will be as good as for the president himself and the people around him i doubt it will at the stays where we have to speak to you again of course in the run up to these elections to see what developments there are of any for the moment to bring took lanny director of the Syria Conflict Research Program at the l. S. E. Here in london thank you thank you. A floods in south china have killed dozens of people and many more missing heavy rains swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230000 people from their homes rivers are overflowing and mudslides swept down hills rescue and relief operations are ongoing across the regions the extreme weather has caused more than half a 1000000000. 00 worth of damage British Union leaders have told al jazeera that manufacturing is on the brink of its biggest collapse in generations because of Government Action every week thousands of jobs are being lost and sector as such as aerospace and car manufacturing are in sleep has the story. It might be james bonds car of choice but the pandemic is proving to strong aston martin the luxury car maker announcing nearly a quarter of its highly Skilled Workforce is to go its a sign of the times where can they go if they lose their jobs at the moment while at the moment there is no way its a get goodies we creating in the car industry across the West Midlands nobody is recruiting in the car industry across the u. K. Weve samy announcements from bentley of a 1000 workers blame i didnt know weve seen the previous and im from a site east where they are losing a very large number of their existing employees so the reason no way for them to get up every job in a car factory generates 10 in the supply chain just of the road this company which makes parts for nissen and jackie were landrover Just Announced over a 400 job cuts to drive a has only just come back with very limited capacity because of social distancing its announces its annual results next week and it will not be pretty. In april of this year the u. K. Produced fewer than 200. 00 new cars and registered just over 4000. 00 thats the lowest level since 946. 00 ms which are completely unsustainable the governments focus then and now remains on reducing infection rates on what to do about the flood crisis in british manufacturing theres almost total blanket silence. Nearby is commentry the u. K. s home of the motor car it went through a collapse in commie king when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister in the 1980 s. And it has taken nearly 2 generations for the city to get over it but it now has a plan for how to avoid it all happening again and he wants the government to hear its the figures im seeing taking in employment levels to a place that we havent seen not just my generation the generation before but maybe the 1920s what we need to go much to do is as well as thurlow in people and spending billions of pounds on actually keeping people off work and each we invest in new technology called trees the location for the u. K. Interest lies ations center we need to be the place where the new batch of the future built Union Leaders nationally are having similar conversations even suggesting a new made in britain strategy could tie in with brics states but they say they arent getting very far reopening the economy will make the difference between a very deep and damaging recession and a depression and if we move into a longstanding depression that has consequences not just on jobs and im talking millions of jobs. But on Peoples Health it recessions kill people the view across the industry is that its like watching the tidal wave coming and not getting off the Beach Companies are making hard choices the effects on people will be every bit as bad as the virus Lawrence Leigh aljazeera in the West Midlands. An indian landowner has left most of his property to 2 elephants that he say he says saved his life from gun toting criminals x. R. Imaam of from a village in the eastern state of bihar raised aged 20 and ronnie aged 50 there burst each elephant has to start off looking after them day and night to end roe his property freely it mom says he will be precise smaller amount of land to his wife and children. To get me out the every so many other friends saw isolated and dying dying because of human greed people appointed to get the bones in their tusks. Many of them and have sometimes even performed the last Funeral Rites who goes to. I bet his wifes not happy here watching the news hour live from london and still to come. In sports i knew revealed for the back cover rally in saudi arabia. Is going to sports now here is. Where thank you very much and that starts in texas where golf is returned to the United States after more than 2 months shut down vocal and of onerous and early in the 1st round players observed a moments silence for george floyd. As the p. G. A. Tour commits to him well find. The voices and efforts to head systemic issues of social and Racial Justice in. The 46 states Colonial Country Club was left vacant as it reflects how long floyd was pinned to the ground by a Police Officer in minneapolis before he died last month before play world number one bore remark or called for greater diversity in the us tiger you know doesnt look the same as me dont you know its had a very different upbringing to the one that i have but he was my hero growing up and it didnt matter what color skin was you know what his beliefs were tiger was my hero a nice you know hes been a lot of kids heroes over the years that have grown up playing golf and you know we have had him. You know weve been very lucky to have him in our game and you know i think. There should be more people like him and golf well golf is not the only sport reacting to anti vices and protests nost calls on the black drive a bubble what they see says bunning the Confederate Flag is a huge Pivotal Moment the flag has been a common sight at rices for more than 70 years but many for many its a symbol of White Supremacy slavery and racism and says it goes against its commitment to be more inclusive on wednesday while i strive a call that displayed new paintwork in tribute to the black lives matter movement. Sure black labs you matter not snot that were saying no other lives better its were trying to say that black labs matter too if we put g. O. I. A. And i think a lot more people would understand that we want to be treated equally judged on our skin color and the actions of. 2 are based off of our skin color its different so thats what were trying to get across we want to be a part of want to come together as one you know we always say no law all eyes will not matter its all black or its a significant move by nascar which has a large farm vice in the Southern States but reports a ballpark cross told us that in the long run they could end up a truck to pull people to the sport thats the risk of losing at least some fans but you know quite frankly nascars attendance has been going down the last 10 years and they know that they need to be more inclusive they need to be more diverse and they can do all the things. That they can and have all sorts of programs to try to increase the diversity in nascar and increase the diversity of its fan base but when they came to the racetrack and saw the Confederate Flag i think people of all races would look at that and say well you know what whats nascars message here and nascars message had been that while they didnt approve of it they dont want to alienate any part of their fan base and their message with this ban is that they dont care as much about anything some of their fans if they feel like this will a is the right thing to do and be it you know i certainly think that theres a belief that they will increase fans with this move. And i felt saying the Carolina Panthers have removed a statue from outside the stadium of the form of Jerry Richardson on that same for 25 years but so does in 28 enough to accusations he made a racist comment to a black team scout and had made other inappropriate comments to women it seems that they took it down in the interest of Public Safety primarily pascha names will be replaced by black lives matter in the opening round of going to in the league restarts later this month. Meanwhile football has just returned in spain after a 3 month layoff no fans were allowed in for the league is fast going back to seville darby to 2 in severe and very bettis but hundreds gathered outside the stadium to great that same buses so more than 600 Police Officers were called to keep the situation under control sophia late in the game is nearly finished to nail. And the president of l. A. Can says corona virus will have a big impact on the upcoming transfer window have you tell us is predicting more direct swaps of players far than the usual Big Money Moves you know. There will be fewer transactions because of cash flow around 3000000000 euros changed hands this time last year but i think this year it wont be much more than 800000000 there will be more player swaps instead of. Athletics as my den unconventional return after its coronavirus hiatus the impossible was staged at an empty stadium in all slow with several things taking part remotely from all over the world in the 2000 meters in the wage and same running in norway against a kenyan team running in nairobi norway came out on top and in the poll vote record holder mando 2 planetis won by 25. 00 metres which could not be much by his new survival who was competing in hes back garden in from its. But the most impressive performance came from a man racing against the clock norways 2 time 400 Meter Hurdles World Champion costa more how was trying to set a new record over 300 metres and he did it in a time of 33. 78 seconds which was comfortably clear of chris lawrences mark set back in 2007 and finally the route for next years dakar rally was released earlier on thursday for the 2nd giovanni or we staged entirely in saudi arabia egypt and jordan have been considered to share it but Coronavirus Travel restrictions have put an end to those plans devise begins in jeddah on january 3rd and in the same city 12 days later they will also spoke before that bob absolutely thank you so much for that and that is it from me barbara sara for the news hour do stay with us theyre going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the days news i hope youll join me back thanks for watching. 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