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Hospital care after the porch explosion in lebanon. Packing up and shutting up shop in colombia a devastating Economic Impact one of the worlds longest lock downs. Is in doha with your schools chairman champions by a munich march into the Champions League semifinals of the hammering boss alumina 8. Tens of thousands of people have been gathering in the came the better russian capital minsk for a 6th night of protests over last weeks disputed president ial elections despite a ruthless crackdown in which heavily armed police were deployed against Peaceful Protesters and thousands were arrested workers from some of the biggest state run factories of walked off the job just hours after hundreds of people arrested over the past few days were suddenly released from prison president Alexander Lukashenko has called for people to return to work but made little reference to the actual protests speaking on video from lithuania opposition to this vote on a ticket of skya has called on the International Community to help organize talks shes also asking supporters to join mass demonstrations this weekend. And. We need to stop the violence on the streets of valor russian cities i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful mass events in each town on the 15th and 16th of august. People must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just today. Al jazeera staff rason is in the capital mens consent is this update Peaceful Protesters exactly exactly whats happening here right at the Independence Square in minsk and the crowds are swelling here by the minute this all started because workers from a truck to a factory in the outskirts of minsk left their factory when they were on strike marched through the city center and then asked others to join in which they did so they ended up here which and initially led to quite a tense situation because they were marching towards the building then slowly military police came out so people were really scared what they were going to do but then very surprisingly soldiers put down their shields which led to very emotional scenes with women 100 of them and people really crying because you have to remember of course that many here have been living under syrian rule for more than 2 decades so where this is going to lead nobody knows but its getting getting bigger and bigger many here at the square considers for the planet a kind of sky as the new president and the kind of sky herself has now offered to government to have a dialogue about this Transitional Government as she says because she considers herself a winner with 60 to 70 percent of the vote but so far has not responded to this offer. Well on a ticket of skye a has fled to lithuania which is now considering welcoming better russians as refugees on humanitarian grounds and Lithuanian Foreign minister has told aljazeera that he needs to be collective action for political dialogue and better ways to take place. We decided to step in since very beginning basically we cannot take watch employees to the events in the neighborhood but since its neighborhood we cannot speak indifferent and thats always this dialogue with neighbors very complicated i would say our approach also quite collectively that i think months where we can find added value and progress and there are issues where you can basically and now we see this crisis and crisis was because of the actions of this whole d issue beyond any borders because of their bodily violations of human rights the brutality cruelty and for forcibly even crimes committed against the civilian population thats something we cannot say finally we are demanding credit simple things to release those detained also also to stop while im supposed to start some quite brief but to stop the dialogue with only people who own citizens and they need much by the way they were not aggressive they were not rushing windows so burning cars but the force used against them was really extraordinary and thats what remains something racist in the future and thats. Very difficult when you have no intentions whatsoever holding that right in the region for Domestic Affairs of that sense that what we what we are talking here has no borders and theres a tension and at the same time happening in europe in the continent and thats why we discussed this issue also today the Foreign Ministers of European Union having this extraordinary meeting its not just getting a prepared to go we have to go collectively International Community European Union therefore we are here action its a collective action sent here we are about to prepare possible targets that individual measures against those responsible for little a little short of those so for the succession of the u. S. Of course. Also we discussed the opportunity to establish special fund for the victims of oppression. The moral back up what kind of also maybe some time to support those who suffered because of the suppression. So we discussed very concrete measures not just assessing the situation and i think this election. And on the market i think but also we have to it is visiting our relations that. Well in Foreign Ministers of the greatest are preparing new sanctions against the government of batteries and those behind the violence and detention of peaceful protest as the fall guy has more on that. Well the meeting of the Foreign Ministers happened remotely they all dialed into a central hub in brussels and basically shared their ideas on how to pile the pressure on alexander look at shankar oh theres no shortage of solidarity for the belorussian people and no shortage of criticism and condemnation for Alexander Lukashenko according to a spokesperson for the german chancellor Angela Merkel was shocked. Scene seems of violence on the streets of minsk and other cities over the course of the past few days and also as live on the lam the European Commission president said that there had been a brutal violation of human rights that warranted immediate sanctions and sanctions does appear to be the direction of travel the e. U. Foreign ministers together in a unified way are prepared to take that could take the form of asset freezes or travel bans on senior figures within. Leadership we could well see other forms of peanuts have measures been imposed but lets not forget the e. U. Has already imposed a raft of sanctions on the country already imposed restrictions on certain officials we know the nimble arms embargo has been in place for some time now so the e. U. Is also under pressure to see exactly what it can do to force Alexander Lukashenko into line weve had poland weve had the Baltic States already come forth and volunteer as mediators in any forthcoming dialogue between look at shanker and the opposition the opposition of welcome that but look at shank oh is far from it he remains defiant so the role now for the e. U. Is to pile on the pressure and to try and open a corridor of communication. What russia says 33 of its nationals detained in belarus have been released and sent home they were arrested in minsk last month present on xander look at shango accuse them of being must in recent by moscow to incite riots ahead of the president ial vote russia dismissed the accusation saying there employees of a private Security Firm that was just. Going through the country so for more on the overall situation in better ways we can speak to International Affairs expert their argument dow weve obviously seen pictures of protests people continuing to turn out on to the streets we know about the detentions and then also the government then releasing some 2000 people after they had been detained i mean how would you describe whats happening would you say that the Police Brutality is getting worse. I was difficult to say because were not getting a very good look at whats going on inside prisons or in the back of paddy wagons. It does seem and again also weve had problems with the internet it does seem that since monday and tuesday most intense periods you know that the Police Brutality at a level of Police Violence has actually. Simmer down which is a very good thing for the protest side 1st off obviously because it means fewer of them are getting hurt and thats thats always a good thing. But equally it shows that the kind of situation that because it would most like to have into neared which is kind of full fledged aggression between the protesters and Security Services make the rank and file Security Services feel under threat so that they then you know remain on site thats not really happening and as weve started to see you know in dribs and drabs and theres theres no sense of how large how big of wide scale this is yet but we have seen as your correspondent pointed out riot troopers dropping their shields joining the protesters in some smaller cities weve seen larger groups of police detach and join the protests interested me just to be fair about this so that we know that been protests that theres always the same a lot of information that were not getting because all of the problems with communications in the country and lack of transparency with information but we know that there are protests and minsk and dozens of all the cities outside of the capital are you saying that the president is concerned about not having the troops in there were sole says to be able to contain protests everywhere or is he concerned about the loyalty of the Security Forces. Both i mean for the 1st point you know we have to remind ourselves that political power and Political Authority in some ways is based on theater. Shingo has been able to protect himself as this kind of invulnerable authoritarian president with a fearsome Security Force behind him and intimidate people into to not protesting except on specific issues and in extremis. What we saw this year is protests and galleries kind of going from the usual small hundreds to the thousands and millions and then out into other cities. And protesters you know this is prior to the president ial election and the administrations ability to contain this really being challenge and shown to be wanting so with so many people on the streets you know as you said we saw it saw thousands of people arrested we saw people being herded into jams into any facility that they could be used to detain people for a certain amount of time simply because they didnt have enough space in the cells. At the end of the day you know their ordinary citizens are always going to outnumber the number of people who are soldiers or policemen are in other positions or did a lot about how can i just ask about the response of the International Community that is preparing a new round of sanctions against the better russian government but this is all already a country that is subject to sanctions and isolated from the International Community so what can they do how much leverage do they have. The e. U. Has very limited to no leverage you know in terms of economic links. Part of the reason why i would find solution because regime is that you know he largely for when the privatization and market transition in the 1990 s. That other post soviet states went to so the economy isnt as to degrade it will upon a me equally solution go have been politically distant if not isolated from the rest of rest of western europe for decades now for prior human rights abuses again as you mentioned earlier theres already a comprehensive array of sanctions in place so the e. U. At this point is basically signaling that. Regards this is an extremely important issue but there arent really many concrete levers that they can pull people can are in russia and even those are weaker than one might expect but equally even if you were to see some sort of comprehensive regime of economic sanctions intended to really isolate the others from the rest of the world so long as russia is not going to engage in the sanctions and is willing to support it. In breaking them you know those sanctions are just not going to be effective so really this is in the hands of the people right now. Thank you. Joining us stephanie london with all thoughts on the thanks ali. You know the news hour live from london more still ahead. I was. Accusations of betrayal palestinians protest against the agreement between israel and the u. A. E. The son of an gotos from a president is sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement and forward. And the sisters sizing each other up ahead of the u. S. Open well tell you which williams came out on top later. The u. S. Department of justice says it seized iranian fuel from 4 tankers headed to venezuela it says its the biggest of a such seizure both iran and venezuela are on the u. S. Sanctions. For tankers theyre going to use if. Theyre there. Theyre not supposed to be doing better results of those to be doing that and so we did we see tankers and were moving them and moved to euston lets get more on this now from mike hanna mike is that in any further reaction from the state department or anyone else about how and why this cargo was seized. Well no further reaction apart from that original statement making clear that this was the oil was used in accordance with u. S. Sanctions against both venezuela and against iran now the ships were actually stopped back in july but the Justice Department needed to apply for a federal court order to be able to see the oil that was on board these tankers more than a 1000000 barrels of oil this oil has now been moved off the 4 tankers and transported to houston once again there was a very strange article in the Justice Department statement saying this all happened with the help of unspecified partners the Iranian Ambassador to ben as well as says the ships were not iranian at all and calls this the lies and propaganda this is what he had to see. What over the north and then we know right now there is nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refineries u. S. Officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media and i ask you who is the bigger victim of terrorism the u. S. Or iraq. Its believed that there were 2 earlier shipments of oil from iran to venezuela in may and in june and observers expressed surprise at that particular time that the u. S. Had not attempted to intercept these vessels however that policy has now changed with the u. S. Taking this unspecified action against the iranian tankers and confiscating all the oil all right thank you very much with the latest from washington mike hanna so for more analysis im joined from washington as well from washington by Mark Fitzpatrick a former u. S. Deputy assistant secretary of state so the seizure of this cargo is this an escalation of the u. S. Pressure policy on iran. Well i would call it a continuation of it has the effect of being an escalation. Because the United States hasnt done this too much to date actually seize the oil but the United States has a policy of trying to drive Iranian Oil Exports to 0 theyve frozen iranian revenues from from previous oil sales so in effect that was confiscated at the end yes this does read to that up another step what about the timing of this because the seizure comes after its become clear that u. S. Efforts to extend the iran arms embargo will likely fail at the u. N. Security council yes i think the timing is interesting i think that the the announcement was timed for when the United States is facing this massive defeat in new york at least they can boast about their you iran policy having done something in their view positive by seizing the oil at the same time that theyre being isolated in new york with almost every other state boarding against the United States effort to extend the arms ban they might be isolated diplomatically in the u. N. Security council but the concern is that the fate of that text of that resolution will result in the u. S. Triggering a of all u. S. Sanctions on iran. Yes in it honest i would say that thats actually the u. S. Objective i dont think they cared that much about the specifics of this. Effort to extend the arms ban because if they can get all of the pre 215 sanctions reinstated then that would reinstate the arms ban and Everything Else and that effort may Begin Next Week now thats going to run into a lot of problems because all of the states who opposed the u. S. Effort to extend the arms ban are also going to oppose the u. S. Effort to snap back sanctions and there will be a big legal mess in the Security Council a big legal mess but well President Trump of succeeded in completely killing off the j. C. Penney a way that the new deal if he hasnt already to the point where it will be impossible for any potential success that to resurrect it sure that thats exactly what hes trying to do will he succeed you know it depends on another player it depends on how iran will respond if United States declares that sanctions u. N. Sanctions have been snapped back and every other party at the Security Council says no United States has no standing to step back sanctions then whether theres any real impact depends on what you rondos and i think iran will probably be wise enough to say well nobody agrees with the United States so no sanctions have not snapback we will continue to maintain the framework of the iran deal even though were not agreeing to throw the limits in hopes that in a few months circumstances will change and we can get it all back together under a new u. S. President thank you thank you feel thoughts on this appreciate it Mark Fitzpatrick joining us from washington. The palestinians have protested against the u. S. Brokered agreement between israel and the United Arab Emirates hundreds gathered in occupied East Jerusalem at the last after friday prayers palestinian leaders condemned the move describing as a trial demonstrators trampled on pictures of i would have these crown Prince Mohammed bin zeid and the and the rotty flag are a force that is unless youre someone has war on the protests. It was an expression of anger and repudiation of the u. S. Part in carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the attitude here too at least publicly if not in the background policy of having a resolution in the Israeli Palestinian conflict known as ation with other arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was a smaller protest as well and hebron and the south of the occupied west bank but the real pushback even come from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal this is a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u. A. E. Should not have gone along with this from the u. A. E. Perspective what theyre saying is that they have acted in a way which has rescued the occupied west bank from the threat of imminent an extension of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel thats seen very differently of course in ramallah which is where the palestinian issue appears headquartered they say this is israel gaining something very valuable merely for not having done anything not having sacrificed any land not having given any major concessions its all to the palestinians. Irans Foreign Ministers criticize western countries for demanding political change in lebanon as a condition for providing Financial Aid to the country ramaj odds are if was the latest high profile figure to visit beirut his attention increasingly turns to recovery and reconstruction the off to mop of the ports explosion Stephanie Decker ports now from beirut. A French Navy Ship with more than 700 soldiers docks in beirut shattered port here to help rebuild a broken city. You know if you dont have so many details there are humanitarian emergency challenges and there will be future challenges of reconstruction but there are also challenges on the political side a government capable of taking courageous decisions will be necessary and finally there are also economic challenges to get out of this crisis major reforms will be needed. Frances defense minister went on to meet the lebanese leadership the french have taken a leading role here in the off tomorrow of the catastrophic explosion and here at the same time the u. S. Undersecretary of state for Political Affairs together with the u. S. Ambassador to lebanon here too and clearly a very busy diplomatic day hirani and foreign minister giving his opinion on who should choose lebanons next government model dont but do not. Believe that the government and the people of lebanon should decide other countries should not abuse the tragic needed to to ation of lebanon with those with big condition. But many here dont see their presence that way and i think this for them paul was. You know are taking advantage of this catastrophic event but that but that happened and it was a week ago or 10 days ago in order to leverage their position and lebanon and egypt as well to advance their political interests i think they are in for one shot and setting up the political agenda in the country because you know the countrys political faction are interrelated or they have very good at nation support these foreign powers and as diplomats negotiate what the next government will look like the people of beirut are having to come to terms of whats happened to their city whats happened to their homes and for those whove lost everything just having to get through the day its volunteers that are doing most of the work here any official help is notably absent and whatever the next government may look like many people will tell you nothing will change and justice for all of this will never come Stephanie Decker al jazeera beirut. Meanwhile protesters in lebanon have been calling for an independent International Investigation into the blast but hezbollahs leader Hassan Nasrallah says he wouldnt trust the findings. But if we. Have that hizbollah who will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f. B. I. s participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accepts an International Investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. Or 3 major hospitals and half of the clinics in the lebanese capital is still not functioning hundreds of patients who need a treatment for illnesses before the blast cant now get the care that they need and its methe reports to us from st george hospital. From new life to near death in the blink of an eye. This is the Maternity Unit of St Georges Hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and land and over here. On the 9th floor omar 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy when i woke up when i open my eyes and he looked at u. T. At 1st i he was screaming his heart out. Had been recording the 1st explosion on his phone i dont. Im here dont be afraid omar says. You will come and get out im scared thats your. Beauty still had his tubes stuck with him in and his entire cycle was still running at that point the very next thing i wanted to do was just put some shoes on because theres debris everywhere theres glass shards everywhere i could feel them in my feet and i was looking at u. D. C. It and he was barefoot as well and with standing on glass there were a dozen children with their families up here at the time of the explosion unfortunately one of the parents died 2 parents in the very critical case in the i. C. U. And all in this was seen by the patients you can imagine how tough is for the patients they have cancer they are afraid from the explosion and from the noise and they see that parents or or in the very particular case dr newman has 110 child Cancer Patients with his unit damaged hes been driving across lebanon trying to find space in other facilities 3 beirut hospitals are out of action and around another 25. 00 Health Facilities are not functional according to the World Health Organization theres also been a surge in corona virus and thats a particular risk for child Cancer Patients with compromised immune at. Lebanons hospitals were in a crisis before the explosion and economic collapse and a shortage of dollars has left them without cash to buy foreign medicines and pay stuff and to this day. Its been very difficult we try to hold it together in front of our kids but i mean even they come and speak to us about it its everywhere everybodys talking about its on t. V. Its everywhere so as much as we can try to shield them from this horrible nightmare that happened we still got our own time where we are very very. I mean its very painful. Yuri has been found a place in a different hospital to continue his chemotherapy hes getting close to the end of his treatment his prognosis is very good the cuts on his head from the explosion will soon hell Bernard Smith aljazeera beirut much wants to help still ahead on the news hour almost president is visiting the gas rich region where a fight is linked i still see a strategic port town. Also south korea commemorates comfort women with protesters calling for an apology and compensation from japan. And steering into trouble a setback for drivers hopes of a triple crown peter has those details just ahead. Weve got hot and humid weather now spilling across northwestern year just not going through the low countries heading towards germany in the form of thundery downpours breaking that extreme heat that we have seen recently said areas of light pressure areas of thunderous showers will continue across the southern half of the u. K. Down across the low countries because they have a spreading their way towards austria towards the balkans as we go through the next couple days its trying to freshen up behind itll tell you some time that 24 celsius in london with those storms in place behind another system just making its way into the by of biscay 31 celsius the 4 border for the South Lawrence of the the mid to high twentys across by and so too bad here its all some of the temperatures there its a scandinavia a little colder i would toss at least inside of you of the fabulous of cloud into western russia with one or 2 showers here but not as heavy as the shadows that we have down swards the black sea towards the balkan plain just pushing up across central parts up towards the northwest 25. 00 celsius there in london for much of the med here it is fine and dry lots of sunshine in play over the next few days family showers continue just around the sun held a little further north and they should be heavy downpours there for nigeria that making the way for the west. 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Says it sees more than a 1000000 barrels of iranian fuel from 4 tankers headed to venezuela President Donald Trump says the fuel is being taken to houston a major oil shipping. And irans foreign minister has criticized western countries for demanding political change in lebanon as a condition for providing Financial Aid homage ahmadzai reef is visiting beirut after last weeks deadly explosion. The son of im going as for president chose a eduardo to santos has been sentenced to 5 years in prison as a filomena dishonor has been found guilty of embezzlement of fraud it been put in charge of the countrys 5000000000 dollar wealth fund jaring his fathers rule verdict was linked to a 500000000 dollar transfer that it sent that had been sent to an overseas account in 2017. This is a Massive Underground of events luckily no oil but across the african continent. The sensing the is it really confounds that i think the new president is serious have 5 years is that its not a bad acts up or to give up for a fox. Amy chair that opportunity and a pianist he added moves on most of those are going to countries you know going to this case its a huge country thats had there its about iraq it is a group of war and the 7 it come to that is making oil on the roof of this war pollution it going to that should be frightening but for the fans to do some to has brought in the system perhaps those are the corn is around and i decided to have done rather well so i think this is an important lesson to not really did that and you know what about i think a lesson across the arctic and if you want what. Well now to mozambique where the president has visited the Northern Province of Congo Delgado days off to fight is linked to a key port for any pain you see vowed to create jobs in an effort to prevent young people from joining them. Still trying to regain control of the port town of. Prayer in the gas rich area which has been seized by armed groups 3 times already this year which is in neighboring zimbabwe and says regional leaders are under increasing pressure to try and help. In made me here to discuss the crisis. There was no. One the region can do to assist mozambique he does not meet again on monday and say this time there be increasing pressure to actually do some one of the expectations that one would be. Seen from our leadership. And i live for Fact Finding Mission that will be printed same tool to mozambique and this is an intelligence military intelligence political economy and. Experts trying to establish the extent and the gravity of the situation in couple of another muslim because mozambiques president felipe visited the area affected by the violence and he promised to do more to assist people there they speak elation some other countries in Southern Africa could send in troops to assist mozambiques army its happened before in the democratic republic of congo in the city and in mozambique back when a number of fighters were causing problems there most of these governments this fight is the theory to all responsible for the violence the area in northern rich in natural gas and some projects are worth more than 60000000000. 00 is a concern for the fighting could spill over into other countries in the region similar to whats been seen currently on the continent in the region and the horn of africa. Officials in the indian city of chennai have moved out hundreds of tonnes of the chemical that exploded in lebanons capital last week and Explosives Company in the city of hyderabad has taken control of the Ammonium Nitrate but people who live near its new location a worried about the risks of storing the chemical compound theres a berth for not purana reports from new delhi. Making its way through a village on the outskirts of the Southern City of hi there a truck carrying the chemical explosive Ammonium Nitrate the last batch of around 700. 00 tons is being moved from chennai to an explosives manufacturer and the state of talent. But some People Living near its new location didnt know about the huge blast in lebanons capital or the chemical being stored just 3 kilometers from their homes. Strict precautionary measures should be taken to avoid any unfortunate incident in a village or the factory should be shifted to some other deserted place. As was the Ammonium Nitrate explosion in beirut on august 4th that prompted customs offices in chennai to move the 700 tons of the explosive chemical being stored in a Container Freight yard on the outskirts of the city and then. This information would be the police. Or not it was not a safer place to keep the only needed steps taken to. A designated store or whatever and bidding process customs was a little undertaking. Hydrabad based Company Bought the material months ago that its relocation has been fast tracked after the lebanon blast the explosive grade Ammonium Nitrate was seized at the chennai portion 2015 experts say it shouldnt have been stored in the area for so many years because i wanted richard restored in a place specifically that was strongly for i wanted it for the. Products and you know that but here in the border area they have stored with the many other things which is very very dangerous you know luck clearly this is not explored the fire or anything else but you know you cannot depend on luck always and also you enough to ensure that all started bloomberg the company that now owns the Ammonium Nitrate says its been handing up to 2000 tonnes of the material every month without incident but environmentalists say no amount of Ammonium Nitrate is safe when stored in large quantities elizabeth purana aljazeera new delhi thai police have arrested a prominent Student Activist amid a growing protest movement calling for political reforms. Also known as penguin is accused of sedition assault and breaking coronavirus restrictions during a rally last month 2 other protesters were also arrested last week on similar charges and were later released pending an investigation. Well a 1000 students at one of time as most prestigious universities define restrictions to show their support for. As the school says it allows nonviolent political gatherings but insists it was given to short notice to ensure the safety of the students students across thailand have been protesting since the middle of july when for a new constitution and changes to laws that shell thailands powerful mauna kea. Well now to iraq the countrys recorded 4000 new corona virus infections its highest single day increase nearly 70 deaths have also been reported a sharp rise in cases is already overwhelming hospitals that have been stretched by decades of conflict and sanctions a curfew has been extended in a number of cities to contain the virus which has killed more than 5600 people when Australian Health officials made unjustifiable and inexcusable mistakes when they allowed passengers with covert 19 to disembark a cruise ship in sydney back in march this is the verdict of a scathing new report by an independent commission 120 of the 2700 passengers were feeling unwell when they left the ruby princess helping spread the virus around the country a Public Inquiry says New South Wales Health Failed to get quick test results before passengers disembarked at the time it was australias single biggest source of infection with more than 600. 00 cases and 20 deaths linked directly to the ship colombia has now registered the worst Economic Contraction in its history caused by the longest coronavirus restrictions anywhere in the world unemployment has more than doubled since last year and economists say the pandemic has devastated thousands of businesses across the country erasing gains made over the past 2 decades alison drum p. S. U. Reports from bogota. Its the end of the line for the poise hair salon until recently a successful endeavor of hairdressers and dress in his partner but almost 5 months of coronavirus restrictions and the lack of promise government assistance left them with no other option but to close its doors. We were doing very well i sold a car and a motorcycle to further invest in the shop we built it with much effort savings and especially love its very sad to see your dreams come to an end like many other countries depend taken a heavy toll in colombia but its hitting particularly hard in a country that has seen a steady Economic Growth for 2 decades and where more than 5000000 people had risen from poverty to enter into the middle class we are facing the most. Strongest recession that we have in the history of. Data we are getting basically an economy. And. Unemployed in terms of just closing down. This is something that has never happened in the country before. Many shops that have reopened are struggling to get back into gear and normal times this mall would be teeming with people that this time but as you can see theres barely anybody here and more than 10 percent of its shop have already closed for good. Others are striving to keep the doors open like youve. Raised in a low income family through hard work he was able to open a successful restaurant in an up and coming neighborhood. With the pandemic he has reduced the staff from 16 to 4 people and theres been operating at a loss hoping things will turn around soon but hes pessimistic. But i fear the country will go back to the 80. And were seeing it already with the street seem to doubt and colonized by the us its showing us how fragile a new middle class really is this pandemic arrived and its destroying it a lot of people are falling through the cracks is it by lousy the government has announced a series of measures to deal with the crisis pumping billions into the countrys central bank and promising debt relief an economic assistance but for many its already been too little too late to keep the lights on at least in the room and just. Now british tourists in several countries are causing their holidays short theyre scrambling to return home after the u. K. Said it would impose a 14 day quarantine on arrivals from france the netherlands and malta starting saturday the quarantine also applies to travelers from the caribbean islands of a and k. Cost you to rising infection rates that and estimated 160000 british tourists were in france when the quarantine was announced. I was supposed to come. The morning. To you. Whats going on now is the gist of. The. One. Part of. My. Malaria season has started in africa and doctors in sierra leone a warning that parents avoiding health care during the pandemic could lead to more infant deaths the aid agency Doctors Without Borders says children are arriving at hospitals so theyre lean malnourished and there are fears of a malaria crisis sarra hierarch reports. Its a busy day in this village named ken im a city. Health care workers are looking for signs of covert 19 and malaria especially among pregnant women infants its the rainy season and mosquitoes authorising teens the 19 entered the country after early on and even more after in enter can imagine strict really observe that there was less people coming to our facility or to the cities. So we really faced a decrease of people coming probably because of the few of carvilles and so the children receive yet we are used to receive children that are moderate to seriously ill and now become even more severe on the going was a bigger deal it was this is the nearest hospital where theres been a 40 percent drop in patients since last march. Doctors say they recently admitted one of the worst medical cases that ever seen in an infant the 18 month old had pneumonia diarrhea and malaria yeah method 1st and she couldnt sit or eat thanks to god and the hospital she is better now. Sierra leone is one of the poorest countries in the world with one of the highest infant mortality rates. Malnutrition is the leading cause of death for children here and doctors warn its facing a malaria crisis made worse by the arrival of coded 19 poorly equipped and underfunded Community Health centers are seeing fewer patients during the pandemic. Health care workers believe the legacy of ebola which killed 4000 people a few years ago. Has heightened coronavirus fears. Especially for those living in canada the worst affected region outreach programs like this are also trying to stop misinformation in rural communities. And encourage locals to visit hospitals again instead of going to traditional healers. So to hide it into. South korea has held a ceremony to remember women and girls who were forced by japan to work in brothels during world war 2 the issue continues to be a point of contention between the 2 countries and was marked ahead of south koreas liberation day on saturday bright has more from seoul. The location of the Japanese Embassy in seoul is also the site of a permanent protest against japans wartime atrocities protesters accuse the japanese of still not properly atoning for the treatment of socalled comfort women taken from korea to work in Imperial Army brothels during world war 2 other sporadic protests here a pity the troubled relations between the 2 neighbors such as this campaign to boycott japanese goods that followed a long running court battle to force Japanese Companies to compensate the korean victims of wartime forced labor through. This goes against International Norms in that case we have no choice but to respond so we should handle this to avoid that happening through additional japan did respond imposing trade restrictions that damage south koreas high tech manufacturing despite appeals from seoul. We hope the japanese government would more actively and sincerely respond to ongoing efforts to resolve this issue through diplomatic channels because. This deep rooted and acetate has even affected the handling of the coronavirus with japan accused of imposing unnecessarily harsh restrictions on south korean prabal as well clearly hurting both countries neither seems able to hold back from taking a swipe when National Pride is at stake the latest spat this monument to the comfort women built in a Botanic Garden with a man bowing in apology bearing an uncanny resemblance to japans Prime Minister shinzo our day people say but this artwork doesnt refer to our bit at all if that person is our bear then that will be good despite japans insistence that wartime grievances were settled years ago Many South Koreans say theyre still waiting for that japanese apology bride aljazeera sold. So i had on the program and help gave in and ship it out a fact as a straight that im signed and that test against pakistan has only action. Is a sport now with. Marion thank you so much one of europes elites football clubs has been. Good in the Champions League quarter finals barcelona handed the heaviest defeats in the Club Competition by fellow 5 time when his by in munich the jim 82 routes headed by 2 goals each from Thomas Miller and philip could see new even pay to sit. And. Also netted for byron. They could now face a number of the competition favorites in the semi finals Manchester City the english club will be without star striker Sergio Aguero for saturdays quarter final against olympic leon he hasnt yet recovered from knee surgery and said he had been dominant in england since 2011 winning 11 major domestic titles but european saw the way has eluded them so its a different competition right now is a knockout. Stage game so its a finals every single game. But we are ready only we can say is that we are ready to try to do our best. Performance to. A player linked with a move to man city has given leon later injury skate midfielder. Wind down clutching his ankle during a training Game Management still hoping the 22 year old will be fit for the knockout match and the parasangs mans injured manager has cost the club more than 35000 dollars you pay for impose the final after thomas 2 cols halftime talk in the quarter finals caused a late kickoff to the 2nd of what he said must have worked coming from a goal down to beat atalanta 21 elsewhere theres been a mens ereal change in Womens International football the netherlands coach serena victim on will take over from full level airs in the main so next year under her leadership the dutch have won the European Championship and reached the World Cup Final last year when they were beaten by the us. Uganda joshua chipped a gay has pulled off a stunning runs a smash a world record that has lasted 16 years the 23 year old shaving almost 2 seconds off the 5000 meters mark at the Monaco Diamond League meeting he has clocked 12 minutes 35. 36 seconds 210000 metres Will Champion predicted a record run at the 1st time in the meeting of the season delayed by coronavirus. And i will be used for englands summer of cricket despite the coronavirus pandemic theyve enticed archrivals australia for 31. 00 day internationals and 3 t 20 s. Next month the matches will take place in a secure environment just like the test series now between england and pakistan the weather has frustrated the home side again on day 2 of the 2nd test in southampton pakistan battling to 218 for 9 when bad light ended play early fast bowler James Anderson with 3 wickets well mohammad there is one remains 55. 00 not out and in and the englishman who is on the pace is 6 times formula one World Champion Lewis Hamilton the mercedes driver was fastest in 2nd practice the sunday spanish grand prix hamilton leads the championship by 30 points and is aiming for his 4th for real win in barcelona will be a good way to bounce back after he and his team were beaten to the finish line after last weekends 70th anniversary grown printing britain by red bulls max stepan. And a setback for a former formula one World Champion hoping to win the indy 500. 00 thats Fernando Alonso he crashed in the final hour of this practice alonso is making his 3rd attempt at the final leg of motor sports triple crown is already won the Monaco Grand Prix and the lamont 24 hour race. Serena williams is one the latest battle of the sisters as she counts down to another toll to the major tennis title the 23 time grand slam singles champion has been warming up for next months us open at a 1st official tournament in moving 5 months the 38 year old was up against older sister venus in the 2nd round of the lexington open in kentucky it was the 31st professional meeting in a rivalry spanning 22 years serena coming from a sit down to vanquish venus 366364 reach the quarter finals. Sports around the world are taking different approaches to how they play on during the virus and they make in the u. S. Some like the n. B. A. Or in a bubble or others like the n. F. L. Dallas cowboys say theyll play in front of fans as early as the autumn the cowboys will follow guidelines set by texas public Health Officials which allow only 50 percent capacity at the stadium but owner jerry jones says its important for fans and for the country i can easily see how expression of the people would be for is just not worth the. Effort risk whatever of that point to go on i believe it is the n. F. L. Can be exciting. When i say exciting it can be an inspirational part of how we address colwyn not only into my reminder of this year but as we go into 21 a day after some riders abandon their bikes to take cover because of a huge hail storm competitors in the citys criterium did often they were greeted by much friendlier weather souvenirs a primo sort of raw glitch shown again to extend these over a lead finished 2nd on the stage but it opened up an advantage of almost 6 minutes italys davide formal was the stage winner the c. V. And is a warm up for next months Tour De France thats where we leave it for now more sports news on the way again later fact samarium in london thanks very much. But i will be back in a mine with a focal s. And. A round up of the days top stories coming up very shortly and of course theres always a web site as well al jazeera dot com. The health of humanity is at stake a Global Pandemic requires a global response. W. H. O. Is the guardian of Global Health delivering lifesaving to lose supplies and training to help the worlds most Vulnerable People uniting across borders to speed up the development of test treatments and of that seat keeping you up to date with whats happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w. H. O. Making healthy a world for you. To everyone. History has called it the great war in the 2nd that assumes the declining onto an empire forges its alliance with germany and the central powers as the war gives birth to 3 nationalist movements determine the future world war one through our own bodies onal jazeera. The 21st century began with extraordinary Economic Growth across much of latin america. But since this halted in 2008 theres been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism on strive to. Achieve land politician goes on a journey to me leading left wing figures to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. In latin america a giant in turmoil on aljazeera. The. Thousands of factory workers in baton rouge defy the president and join protest as calls growth or even big demonstrations at the weekend yet to go. Slow i marry up to my eyes in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program the United States says it has seized tankers carry iranian oil to that is why ala ron accuses the us a fabricating lies. Picking up the pieces from this the struggle to consider